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U.S., France near deal on Mideast draft
Aug 10 2006 10:33PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The United States and France were close to a deal on a Security Council resolution aimed at ending the monthlong conflict between Israel and Hezbollah and could break the diplomatic deadlock at last on Friday. But diplomats said they were still trying to overcome last-minute Lebanese objections to the draft.
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Israel delays northern push in Lebanon
Aug 10 2006 10:04PM (CT)
IBL EL-SAQI, Lebanon (AP) - Israel grabbed strategic high ground in south Lebanon on Thursday but delayed a major push northward, as diplomats cited progress toward agreement on a U.N. cease-fire resolution that could soon go to a vote.
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Man, attendants fight aboard Qatar plane
Aug 10 2006 9:47PM (CT)
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) - A fight between a passenger and flight attendants on a Qatar Airways plane sparked a hijacking scare Thursday, prompting the plane to return to Amman on a day of increased tensions on flights after a foiled terror plot in Britain.
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British Muslims fear arrest backlash
Aug 10 2006 9:19PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - News of a thwarted plot to down trans-Atlantic airliners sent a shiver of anxiety through Britain's Muslim community Thursday.
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35 killed in bombing near Iraqi shrine
Aug 10 2006 3:28PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - A suicide bomber blew himself up Thursday among pilgrims outside Iraq's holiest Shiite shrine, killing 35 people and wounding 122. A radical Sunni group claimed it carried out the attack in the southern city of Najaf, warning Shiites they are not safe even "deep in your regions."
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U.N. rips lack of aid access in Lebanon
Aug 10 2006 2:31PM (CT)
GENEVA (AP) - The top U.N. humanitarian official said Thursday that relief workers have not been able to bring lifesaving aid to tens of thousands of people in Lebanon, and that the U.N. Security Council must act to stop Israeli and Hezbollah fighting.
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Some Israelis criticizing war in Lebanon
Aug 10 2006 2:04PM (CT)
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - The first cracks in Israeli support for the war in Lebanon emerged Thursday, with leading intellectuals and mainstream politicians criticizing the government's decision to send more soldiers into Hezbollah territory.
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Bolton: Resolution could get vote Friday
Aug 10 2006 1:48PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - There could be a vote Friday on a U.N. resolution aimed at ending the monthlong conflict between Israel and Hezbollah militants, U.S. Ambassador John Bolton said.
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Lebanon: 350 soldiers, police detained
Aug 10 2006 1:19PM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Israeli troops detained about 350 Lebanese soldiers and police in Marjayoun after capturing the town on Thursday, Lebanon's interior minister said. The Israeli military said nobody was taken prisoner.
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Tourist stabbed to death in Jerusalem
Aug 10 2006 12:35PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - A tourist was stabbed to death Thursday by an Arab youth near one of the gates to the walled Old City in what was believed to be a political attack, police said.
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Lebanese mayor says he's seen it before
Aug 10 2006 12:09PM (CT)
IBL EL-SAQI, Lebanon (AP) - As Israeli shells and bombs exploded on the other side of the hill, the 72-year-old mayor of this south Lebanon village said he'd seen it all before.
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Gaza-Egypt border reopens, but briefly
Aug 10 2006 9:56AM (CT)
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Israel ordered the Gaza-Egypt border crossing closed just hours after it was partially opened for the first time in weeks, European Union and Palestinian officials said Thursday.
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Families: Egyptians may have sought work
Aug 10 2006 9:49AM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Anxious families of some of 11 Egyptians who failed to show up for their programs at an American university said Thursday that the students may have decided to try to look for work and live in the United States.
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Jordan's air force making trip to Beirut
Aug 10 2006 4:06AM (CT)
ABOARD JORDAN'S ROYAL AIRFORCE SQUADRON 3 (AP) - It's risky business flying into Beirut these days. Israeli bombings have left the international airport in tatters, and strikes nearby regularly target the city's southern suburbs.
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'New Mideast' may see stronger extremists
Aug 10 2006 3:43AM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - The "new Middle East" being born out of the warfare in Lebanon may be one where Islamic extremists are even stronger and reformists are isolated amid widespread skepticism over U.S. promises of democracy, activists in the Arab world warn.
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Gaza-Egypt border reopens in one direction
Aug 10 2006 1:07AM (CT)
11 RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - The Gaza-Egypt border partially reopened Thursday, after weeks of closure during Israel's military offensive in the Gaza Strip, a spokeswoman for European border monitors said.
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