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Resolution on Lebanon may come next week
Aug 2 2006 11:38PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Diplomats acknowledged Wednesday that any U.N. Security Council resolution to stop fighting in Lebanon could take until next week, as the United States and France struggled to bridge wide differences on what to do first: send in peacekeepers to disarm Hezbollah or impose a cease-fire.
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Mideast war rages with no end in sight
Aug 2 2006 11:23PM (CT)
BOURJ AL-MULOUK, Lebanon (AP) - Hezbollah fired its biggest and deepest volley of rockets into Israel on Wednesday as Israel pursued the guerrillas with 8,000 soldiers on the ground and heavy bombing. With fighting in its fourth week and diplomatic efforts stalled, the region braced for a bitter and long war.
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Ongoing violence kills 53 people in Iraq
Aug 2 2006 10:35PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Bombs exploded on a soccer field Wednesday killing 11 young people, and at least 42 other people _ two of them Americans _ died elsewhere in sectarian or political violence. Still, the president said plans are on track for Iraqis to take over security.
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3 killed in Israeli airstrikes in Gaza
Aug 2 2006 10:30PM (CT)
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Israeli tanks and troops moved back into southern Gaza early Thursday, closing off the entrance to a main town, residents and the military said. Three armed Palestinians were killed in airstrikes, the latest stage of Israel's monthlong offensive.
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Red Cross delivers more aid in Lebanon
Aug 2 2006 7:06PM (CT)
GENEVA (AP) - The international Red Cross delivered more aid in Lebanon on Wednesday, and U.N. officials said they negotiated with Israel safe passage for two oil tankers to sail into the country to help ease a growing fuel crisis.
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Israel admits mistakes in deadly raid
Aug 2 2006 6:57PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - The Israeli military's inquiry on the bombing of a building in the south Lebanese village of Qana that killed 56 civilians admits a mistake but charges that Hezbollah guerrillas used civilians as human shields for their rocket attacks, a statement early Thursday said.
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GI says soldiers ordered to kill Iraqis
Aug 2 2006 6:41PM (CT)
TIKRIT, Iraq (AP) - A U.S. soldier testified Wednesday that members of his squadron accused of murdering three Iraqis had received orders to kill all the insurgents they encountered during a raid on an island suspected to harbor al-Qaida members.
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Commander: Insurgent attacks up in Iraq
Aug 2 2006 4:39PM (CT)
CAMP FALLUJAH, Iraq (AP) - Insurgent attacks have risen in western Iraq but Iraqi troops are beginning to take responsibility for a bigger area of Iraq's most troubled province, the top Marine commander in Iraq said Wednesday.
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Hezbollah fires record rocket barrage
Aug 2 2006 3:28PM (CT)
NAHARIYA, Israel (AP) - Hezbollah rockets struck Israel in record numbers and deeper than ever Wednesday, pushing the three-week total over the 2,000 mark and killing a Boston-born man fleeing on his bicycle toward shelter.
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Brits may hand over Basra control in '07
Aug 2 2006 3:12PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - Britain is likely to hand over control of the southern Iraqi province of Basra to local security forces early next year, Britain's top military official said Wednesday.
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Heavy equipment used to bury the dead
Aug 2 2006 2:30PM (CT)
BAALBEK, Lebanon (AP) - Villagers outside this Hezbollah stronghold used the bucket of a front-end loader to carry away the dead Wednesday, after a night of Israeli airstrikes and a commando raid killed 16.
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Talabani sets optimistic security goal
Aug 2 2006 2:29PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - President Jalal Talabani predicted Wednesday that Iraqi troops will assume security duties for the whole country by the end of the year, even as more U.S. soldiers headed to the capital to bolster local forces struggling to contain violence.
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U.S. military academies welcoming Iraqis
Aug 2 2006 1:18PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - The Iraqi Defense Ministry announced Wednesday that it will begin accepting applications from Iraqis who want to attend U.S. military academies.
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Nature, wildlife also victims of rockets
Aug 2 2006 1:01PM (CT)
MOUNT NAFTALI FOREST, Israel (AP) - Huge swaths of forests and fields across northern Israel have been scorched by thousands of Hezbollah rocket strikes over the past three weeks, and experts said it would take nature at least 50 years to recover.
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Iran VP: Country still considering offer
Aug 2 2006 12:29PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Iran is still considering a package of incentives offered by Western nations in June for Tehran to suspend its nuclear program, Iranian Vice President Isfandiar Rahim Mashaee said Wednesday.
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Olmert criticizes Syria, defends Bush
Aug 2 2006 12:10PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - On a table facing his desk, Ehud Olmert keeps photographs of three Israeli soldiers whose capture by Islamic militants in Gaza and Lebanon sparked the latest Mideast crisis.
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12 killed in Iraq soccer-field attacks
Aug 2 2006 12:03PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Two hidden bombs exploded on a Baghdad soccer field Wednesday, killing nine young people. A mortar shell landed while another soccer game was underway, killing three children, police said.
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Hezbollah rocket reaches farthest point
Aug 2 2006 6:14AM (CT)
BOURJ AL-MULOUK, Lebanon (AP) - Hezbollah guerrillas said they struck deeper into Israel than ever Wednesday, landing a Khaibar-1 rocket near the town of Beit Shean. Israel, which claims the rocket is Iranian-made, confirmed the hit and said at least seven people were wounded.
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Hezbollah's fight impresses supporters
Aug 2 2006 5:39AM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Hezbollah can claim at least one victory in its fight with Israel _ a growing reputation in the Arab world as one of the few forces to successfully stand up to the powerful Israeli army.
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Media restrictions imposed in Iraq case
Aug 2 2006 3:22AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - The media and public will be barred from witnessing the testimony of Iraqis in a hearing for U.S. Army soldiers accused of raping and murdering an Iraqi teenager, an Army commander has ruled.
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Merchants in Iraq shut down stores
Aug 2 2006 2:45AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Haidar Ali used to worry about whether to stock three-piece suits or casual wear in his boutique. Now he worries about feeding his children
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Bodies still in ruins of Lebanon homes
Aug 2 2006 2:32AM (CT)
SRIFA, Lebanon (AP) - Inaya Haydar stepped cautiously over the debris that had been her uncles' and cousins' homes. Ten days ago, Israeli bombs reduced the dwellings to ragged cement fragments. Three square blocks of Srifa were leveled.
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