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Wave of rocket attacks kill 8 in Israel
Aug 3 2006 11:36PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - A massive wave of guerrilla rockets pounded northern Israel in a matter of minutes Thursday, killing eight people hours before Hezbollah's leader offered to stop the attacks if Israel ends its airstrikes. Israel hit back early Friday with airstrikes in southern Beirut.
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Israeli push into Gaza kills 8 people
Aug 3 2006 10:59PM (CT)
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Dozens of Israeli tanks pushed deep into the Gaza Strip and aircraft fired missiles at Palestinian militants Thursday, killing eight people in heavy fighting that mirrored the Israeli offensive against Hezbollah guerrillas in Lebanon.
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Shiite cleric hails Hezbollah militants
Aug 3 2006 10:17PM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Lebanon's top Shiite Muslim cleric hailed Hezbollah militants Thursday as "the soldiers of the Arab and Islamic nation" on their way to triumph over the U.S. and Israel.
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France, U.S. step up Mideast negotiating
Aug 3 2006 8:30PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Under intense international pressure to stop the Israeli-Hezbollah fighting, France and the United States stepped up negotiations Thursday on a resolution that calls for an immediate cessation of hostilities and sets conditions for a lasting peace.
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Hezbollah leader threatens Tel Aviv
Aug 3 2006 7:11PM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Hezbollah's leader offered Thursday to stop rocket attacks on northern Israel in return for an end to airstrikes throughout Lebanon.
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U.S. generals warn of civil war in Iraq
Aug 3 2006 6:22PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Thousands of Shiite youths, some armed, headed into Iraq's capital Thursday for a pro-Hezbollah rally as skirmishes erupted with U.S. troops that left at least three people dead, officials said. Fifteen rally-goers were wounded in a bus bombing.
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Report: 2 huge explosions rock Beirut
Aug 3 2006 5:17PM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Two huge explosions had rocked Beirut early Friday in what local media said were new Israeli airstrike on Hezbollah strongholds south of the city.
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Counting the Lebanon dead not so easy
Aug 3 2006 4:09PM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - In the rocky hills and isolated villages of southern Lebanon, counting the dead from Israeli airstrikes and artillery has become a dangerous and often imprecise task.
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Jordan prosecutor seeks death in attack
Aug 3 2006 3:18PM (CT)
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) - A Jordanian military prosecutor on Thursday demanded the death penalty for seven alleged militants charged with firing rockets at two U.S. warships docked in the Red Sea port of Aqaba.
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Jordan's king says Arab moderates change
Aug 3 2006 3:12PM (CT)
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) - Jordan's king warned the United States and Israel Thursday that the fighting in Lebanon has weakened moderates across the Mideast.
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Hezbollah rockets kill 8 in Israel
Aug 3 2006 2:52PM (CT)
MAALOT, Israel (AP) - A wave of Hezbollah rockets pounded northern Israel Thursday, killing eight people, Israeli rescue officials said.
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Accused U.S. soldiers refuse to testify
Aug 3 2006 1:25PM (CT)
TIKRIT, Iraq (AP) - Four U.S. soldiers accused of murdering Iraqi detainees refused to testify Thursday at a military hearing, where witnesses described how one of the victims spat blood as he lay dying and another was covered in brain matter.
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Ahmadinejad: Destroy Israel, end crisis
Aug 3 2006 9:49AM (CT)
PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia (AP) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Thursday the solution to the Middle East crisis is to destroy Israel. In a speech during an emergency meeting of Muslim leaders, Ahmadinejad also called for an immediate halt to fighting in Lebanon between Israel and the Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah.
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Iran's president voices new optimism
Aug 3 2006 8:56AM (CT)
PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia (AP) - Iran's president expressed optimism Thursday that the dispute over his country's nuclear program can be resolved through talks, despite mounting impatience with his rejection of U.N. Security Council demands to suspend uranium enrichment.
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At least 9 dead in Baghdad bombing
Aug 3 2006 7:18AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - A bomb strapped to a motorcycle exploded in the center of Baghdad Thursday, killing at least nine people and injuring 21, police said.
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Muslims press U.N. for truce in Lebanon
Aug 3 2006 5:13AM (CT)
PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia (AP) - The Islamic world's largest organization of countries demanded on Thursday that the U.N. implement an immediate cease-fire in Lebanon and investigate what it called flagrant human rights violations by Israel.
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Report from British ambassador warns Iraq
Aug 3 2006 5:01AM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - A confidential report from Britain's outgoing ambassador to Iraq warned the country is sliding toward civil war and is likely to divide eventually along ethnic lines, according to a news report Thursday.
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Israelis work to save abandoned pets
Aug 3 2006 4:59AM (CT)
MAALOT, Israel (AP) - A dozen youngsters carrying water and dog food ventured into the deserted streets of northern Israel, taking advantage of the nighttime lull, when Hezbollah usually stops firing rockets.
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Journalist killings in Iraq condemned
Aug 3 2006 4:54AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Two international media watchdogs have condemned the slayings of two journalists in Iraq that one of the groups said raised to at least 100 the number of media members killed since the U.S. invasion in March 2003.
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Lebanese premier: Death toll tops 900
Aug 3 2006 3:40AM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Lebanon's death toll in more than three weeks of Israel-Hezbollah fighting has reached more than 900, Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Saniora said Thursday in a video statement to an Islamic conference in Malaysia.
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U.S. Military increasingly using air lifts
Aug 3 2006 2:55AM (CT)
CAMP ANACONDA, Iraq (AP) - The U.S. military is increasingly using air lifts instead of ground convoys to resupply troops to avoid the deadly roadside bombs that remain a major killer of American soldiers after more than three years of war.
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Gas, medicine in short supply in Lebanon
Aug 3 2006 2:43AM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Lines stretch for blocks at Beirut gas stations, supermarkets have run out of fresh milk and drugstores are low on essential medicines.
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Refugee girl brings bravado in Lebanon
Aug 3 2006 2:42AM (CT)
BOURJ AL-MOULOUK, Lebanon (AP) - Perched on her mother's knee, Batoul Taweel bragged that explosions didn't scare her. But when a thunderous barrage of Israeli artillery shells hit the hills around her village just a few moments later, the 9-year-old looked terrified.
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