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Israel seizes guerrillas in Lebanon raid
Aug 1 2006 11:43PM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Israel poured up to 10,000 armored troops into south Lebanon Tuesday, and separately sent commandos deep into the eastern Bekaa Valley where they raided a Hezbollah-run hospital and captured guerrillas during pitched battles, a major escalation of the three-week-old war.
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Israel targets smuggler's boats by Gaza
Aug 1 2006 9:22PM (CT)
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Israeli missile boats fired at the Gaza beach early Wednesday, hitting crafts and structures owned by a Palestinian known as the top arms smuggler in Gaza and Egypt, Palestinians said.
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Attacks across Iraq kill more than 70
Aug 1 2006 7:25PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Bombings and shootings killed more than 70 people in Iraq on Tuesday in a surge of bloodshed as U.S. forces prepare to take back Baghdad's streets from gunmen. The dead included 20 Iraqi troops, a U.S. soldier and a British soldier.
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Jordanian lawmaker disavows terrorism
Aug 1 2006 6:32PM (CT)
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) - A Jordanian lawmaker charged with provoking sectarian strife by publicly describing Abu Musab al-Zarqawi as a "martyr" told Jordan's military court Tuesday he did not condone the actions of the militant leader slain in Iraq.
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Lebanese village becoming ghost town
Aug 1 2006 4:54PM (CT)
KHIAM, Lebanon (AP) - In this battered village near the Israeli border, Hezbollah fighters are about the only people left. A handful of them were uneasy and distrustful as they talked Tuesday but united in their message: Morale is high and Israel will lose.
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Iranian president rejects nuke deadline
Aug 1 2006 4:12PM (CT)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran's hard-line president rejected a U.N. Security Council deadline for it to suspend uranium enrichment, saying Tuesday Tehran would not be pressured into stopping its nuclear program.
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Iranian TV reporter killed in Baghdad
Aug 1 2006 3:20PM (CT)
NAJAF, Iraq (AP) - The Baghdad correspondent of the Iranian government-run Al-Alam television station was assassinated in the western part of Baghdad, one of his colleagues said Tuesday.
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Polls show Israelis support incursion
Aug 1 2006 2:25PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Polls show wall-to-wall support for Israel's fight against Hezbollah, even with Israeli civilians enduring a barrage of rocket fire and the army poised for a sweeping ground offensive that is sure to lead to more casualties.
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Hearing for 4 soldiers in Iraq begins
Aug 1 2006 2:19PM (CT)
TIKRIT, Iraq (AP) - The U.S. Army opened a hearing Tuesday to determine whether four American soldiers must stand trial for allegedly murdering three Iraqis during a raid where they claimed they were under orders to "kill all military-age males."
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Lebanon sees environmental devastation
Aug 1 2006 1:02PM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Endangered turtles die shortly after hatching from their eggs. Fish float dead off the coast. Flaming oil sends waves of black smoke toward the city.
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Israel communal farm way station for war
Aug 1 2006 12:45PM (CT)
KIBBUTZ SDE ELIYAHU, Israel (AP) - In this Israeli communal farm, the war with Hezbollah is felt in the exceptional traffic passing through the blue gate: kibbutzniks on their way out after being summoned by the army and refugees from northern Israel on their way in.
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45 reportedly kidnapped in western Iraq
Aug 1 2006 11:55AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - A provincial governor said Tuesday that 45 people from his predominantly Shiite region have been kidnapped in a Sunni area of western Iraq while en route by bus out of the country.
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Iran's foreign minister criticizes U.N.
Aug 1 2006 9:21AM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Iran's foreign minister blasted the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday for failing to stop the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah, and he called the United States and Israel "partners in these brutal crimes" against Lebanese civilians.
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Iran cleric calls for Hezbollah weapons
Aug 1 2006 6:23AM (CT)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - A senior cleric has called on Muslim states to provide weapons to Hezbollah to fight Israel, an Iranian news agency reported Tuesday.
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U.N. aid convoys to Lebanon delayed
Aug 1 2006 6:23AM (CT)
GENEVA (AP) - Two U.N. aid convoys destined for southern Lebanon were halted Tuesday after failing to receive necessary security clearance from Israeli military forces and Hezbollah.
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Dispatches from Lebanon's sectarian lines
Aug 1 2006 5:26AM (CT)
JOUNIEH, Lebanon (AP) - Some Christians in this town north of the Lebanese capital don't want a cease-fire: They want to see Hezbollah beaten first. A Sunni says he doesn't like the guerrillas but hates Israel more. A young Shiite who fled Israeli bombardment vows to join the guerrillas.
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Lebanese premier faces impossible job
Aug 1 2006 4:03AM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Faced with the worst Israeli military onslaught in more than two decades, Prime Minister Fuad Saniora has a nearly impossible job as the leader of Lebanon.
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