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Global marches protest Israeli offensive
Aug 5 2006 11:37PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - Thousands of people marched in Britain, South Africa and Egypt Saturday to protest the Israeli offensive in Lebanon, some demanding an immediate halt to the fighting and others pressing for sanctions against Israel.
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Syrian village buries airstrike victims
Aug 5 2006 11:09PM (CT)
JANDIRES, Syria (AP) - In stunned disbelief, this small, impoverished Syrian village on Saturday buried 23 of its own killed when Israeli missiles slammed into a refrigerated warehouse just across the border in Lebanon.
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U.S. activists call for troop withdrawal
Aug 5 2006 10:16PM (CT)
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) - "Peace Mom" Cindy Sheehan and 14 other U.S. anti-war activists on Saturday joined Iraqi lawmakers in demanding a timetable for withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq.
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Satirists help Israelis blow off steam
Aug 5 2006 10:09PM (CT)
NAHARIYA, Israel (AP) - Satirists are pouring their energies into the war effort, helping Israelis blow off steam by poking fun at their politicians and generals, and of course at Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah.
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Saudi cleric issues anti-Hezbollah edict
Aug 5 2006 9:49PM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - A top Saudi Sunni cleric whose ideas inspired Osama bin Laden issued a religious edict Saturday disavowing the Shiite guerrilla group Hezbollah.
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Al-Qaida's No. 2 welcomes Egyptian group
Aug 5 2006 9:48PM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Al-Qaida's No. 2 leader said in a new videotape aired Saturday that an Egyptian militant group has joined the terror network.
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Mideast fight ramps up despite diplomacy
Aug 5 2006 9:30PM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Israel and Hezbollah sharply intensified fighting Saturday with airstrikes, rocket attacks and brutal ground fighting _ an apparent bid to inflict maximum mutual damage even as the United States and France agreed on a draft U.N. resolution calling for a halt to the violence.
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U.N. draft seeks full halt to fighting
Aug 5 2006 9:12PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.S. and France agreed Saturday on a draft Security Council resolution that seeks a full halt to fighting in Lebanon, breaking a three-week impasse caused partly by Washington's refusal to press Israel to end its offensive against Hezbollah.
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Analysis: Lebanon war hurting U.S. goals
Aug 5 2006 7:56PM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Anger toward America is high, extremists are on the upswing and hopes for democracy in the Middle East lie dashed. The Lebanon war is creating dangerous ripples in the war on terror, the future of Iraq _ even the effort to keep nuclear weapons from dangerous hands.
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Palestinian parliament speaker arrested
Aug 5 2006 7:38PM (CT)
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) - Israeli forces arrested the speaker of the Palestinian parliament at his house in the West Bank early Sunday, and pressed their monthlong offensive in Gaza against Hamas.
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Iran bans Nobel winner's rights group
Aug 5 2006 7:31PM (CT)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran's hard-line government banned a rights group led by Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi on Saturday, saying her Center for Protecting Human Rights had not obtained the proper permit.
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Israelis differ on missile defense
Aug 5 2006 7:06PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - A joint U.S.-Israeli laser system that successfully shot down Katyusha missiles in several tests but was shelved last year could have made Israel safer against Hezbollah attacks, a former head of research and development for the Israeli army said Saturday.
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Israeli town unified in face of rockets
Aug 5 2006 5:29PM (CT)
MAALOT-TARSHIHA, Israel (AP) - A siren wailed Saturday afternoon and Yousef Yaroni sprinted toward a bomb shelter. It's a drill the grocer repeats several times a day.
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Jews and Arabs equal in eyes of rockets
Aug 5 2006 5:23PM (CT)
MAALOT-TARSHIHA, Israel (AP) - A siren wailed Saturday afternoon and Yousef Yaroni sprinted toward a bomb shelter. It's a drill the grocer repeats several times a day.
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U.S. reinforcements hit Baghdad streets
Aug 5 2006 4:54PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - U.S. soldiers sent to beef up security in Baghdad were seen for the first time on the streets of the capital Saturday as Iraqi police used loudspeakers to reassure people that the Americans were there to protect them.
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Beirut theater opens doors to refugees
Aug 5 2006 3:51PM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Al-Madinah Theater was supposed to show art films this summer. Instead it has become a home to scores of refugees, and a cultural oasis where their children can act, draw and watch movies.
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Israel: Hezbollah rocket tally at 3,000
Aug 5 2006 1:59PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - More than 3,000 Hezbollah rockets have hit northern Israel in more than three weeks of fighting, the Israeli army said Saturday.
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Hearing set in rape-slaying of Iraq girl
Aug 5 2006 1:43PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - The stress of military duty in Iraq is expected to be at the core of defense arguments when a hearing opens Sunday to determine whether five American soldiers should be tried in the rape-slaying of a 14-year-old girl.
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Israeli minister praises U.N. draft
Aug 5 2006 12:58PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Agreement by the United States and France on a possible Mideast cease-fire deal is an "important development," but Israel will not halt its war against Hezbollah for the time being, an Israeli Cabinet minister said Saturday.
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Israeli minister praises U.N. draft
Aug 5 2006 12:52PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Agreement by the United States and France on a possible Mideast cease fire deal is an "important development," an Israeli Cabinet minister said Saturday.
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Hezbollah vows to continue fighting
Aug 5 2006 10:57AM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - A Hezbollah Cabinet minister said Saturday that the guerrilla group will continue fighting as long as Israeli troops remain inside Lebanon. He was responding to news that a U.N. cease-fire resolution would be adopted in the next few days.
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U.S., France OK deal on Lebanon fighting
Aug 5 2006 9:26AM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The United States and France reached agreement Saturday on a U.N. Security Council resolution aimed at ending the fighting between Israel and Lebanese Hezbollah guerrillas, U.S. Ambassador John Bolton said.
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Missiles neutralizing Israeli tanks
Aug 5 2006 12:35AM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Hezbollah's sophisticated anti-tank missiles are perhaps the guerrilla group's deadliest weapon in Lebanon fighting, with their ability to pierce Israel's most advanced tanks.
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