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Rockets hit Lebanon despite cease-fire
Aug 14 2006 11:33PM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Tens of thousands of Lebanese jammed bomb-cratered roads Monday as they returned to still-smoldering scenes of destruction after a tenuous cease-fire ended 34 days of vicious combat between Israel and Hezbollah.
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2 Fox News reporters kidnapped in Gaza
Aug 14 2006 11:28PM (CT)
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Masked Palestinian gunmen ambushed a car carrying a Fox News crew in Gaza City on Monday and kidnapped two journalists, including one American, witnesses and Fox said.
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Abbas heads to Gaza to end infighting
Aug 14 2006 10:16PM (CT)
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas traveled to the Gaza Strip on Monday to try to end infighting between Palestinian factions and to work with the Hamas-led Cabinet to form a national unity government.
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Annan details Mideast cease-fire terms
Aug 14 2006 9:39PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Secretary-General Kofi Annan has warned Israel and Lebanon against occupying additional territory and told them to refrain from responding to any attacks "except where clearly required in immediate self-defense."
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Israeli airstrike injures 8 in Gaza
Aug 14 2006 9:20PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - An Israeli airstrike late Monday destroyed a house in the Gaza Strip, injuring at least eight people, officials said. The military said an Islamic Jihad command center was targeted but Palestinians said the building was empty.
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Hospital says Sharon's condition worse
Aug 14 2006 8:54PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, who has been in a coma for more than seven months, suffered a further deterioration in his health Monday, according to the hospital where he is being treated.
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10 Katyusha rockets explode in Lebanon
Aug 14 2006 6:52PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel's military said Hezbollah guerrillas fired at least 10 Katyusha rockets into southern Lebanon early Tuesday. None hit inside Israel and no injuries were reported.
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Sunni speaker faces ouster attempt
Aug 14 2006 6:19PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Shiite and Kurdish parties are organizing a bid to oust the Sunni parliament speaker whose comments about the insurgency and regional self-rule have angered and embarrassed key political groups.
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General: U.N. peacekeepers need troops
Aug 14 2006 5:47PM (CT)
PARIS (AP) - The French general who leads the U.N. peacekeeping force in Lebanon said Monday he wants reinforcements quickly, warning that even one "stray act" could unravel a diplomatic effort to halt the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah.
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Haditha probe leaves Marines wondering
Aug 14 2006 5:16PM (CT)
HADITHA, Iraq (AP) - A young Marine wonders if his superiors will support him if he shoots at perceived threats. An officer worries that civilians look at his Marines with more suspicion. The proud colonel acknowledges that his Corps has lost stature in the public's eyes.
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Lebanese find destruction back home
Aug 14 2006 4:58PM (CT)
MARWAHEEN, Lebanon (AP) - Villagers began returning home Monday after Israel's 34-day onslaught that cut a jagged swath through southern Lebanon, leaving behind scenes of near-total destruction. In many border villages, gunmen emerged from collapsed buildings and hugged one another.
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Israeli PM faces opposition criticism
Aug 14 2006 4:27PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told parliament Monday that he took full responsibility for the conduct of the battle with Hezbollah, as Israel's wartime unity collapsed and opposition politicians began criticizing the monthlong fight against the Lebanese guerrillas.
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Mideast peace vulnerable to provocations
Aug 14 2006 3:03PM (CT)
AITA AL-SHAAB, Lebanon (AP) - With no clear cease-fire line, any village or hilltop in southern Lebanon is a potential flash point that could bring down the truce between Israeli troops and Hezbollah fighters.
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Ruined roads, traffic slow Lebanon aid
Aug 14 2006 2:20PM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Aid workers navigated bombed-out roads and sat in traffic jams as they struggled to deliver humanitarian relief to southern Lebanon after Monday's cease-fire, with a surge of Lebanese refugees trying to get home.
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Analysis: When will the next war come?
Aug 14 2006 2:20PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - The war in Lebanon has badly bruised the Israeli government and boosted Hezbollah's standing in the Arab world. Israel says it has made some gains _ the Lebanese army, backed by international troops, is to take control of south Lebanon.
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U.S., Iraqis at odds over blasts' cause
Aug 14 2006 1:43PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - A deadly series of explosions in a Shiite neighborhood of Baghdad triggered a new battle Monday _ between the U.S. military and the Iraqis over what caused the blasts. The number of casualties also was in dispute.
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Israelis warily confront sudden silence
Aug 14 2006 1:21PM (CT)
KIRYAT SHEMONA, Israel (AP) - Some residents emerged warily from their bunkers in this border town Monday as a cease-fire with Hezbollah brought an eery silence to the surrounding hills. A few cars returned to the roads and traffic lights began working again, but life was far from normal.
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Nasrallah declares victory for Hezbollah
Aug 14 2006 12:52PM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah declared Monday that his guerrillas achieved a "strategic, historic victory" against Israel.
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Haditha prompts reflection among Marines
Aug 14 2006 12:29PM (CT)
HADITHA, Iraq (AP) - A young Marine wonders if his superiors will support him if he shoots at perceived threats. An officer worries that civilians look at his Marines with more suspicion. The proud colonel acknowledges that his Corps has lost stature in the public's eyes.
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Olmert takes sole responsibility for war
Aug 14 2006 11:48AM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Monday he took sole responsibility for the offensive against Hezbollah guerrillas in Lebanon, and said the war shifted the strategic balance in the region.
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Road ahead difficult for ending conflict
Aug 14 2006 11:16AM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Even if the U.N.-imposed cease-fire holds beyond its implementation Monday, the road to truly ending the Hezbollah-Israel conflict is fraught with difficulties. A dizzying set of conflicting interests could quickly fracture the truce.
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Refugees find widespread devastation
Aug 14 2006 10:35AM (CT)
BINT JBAIL, Lebanon (AP) - There was no sign of life in Bint Jbail on Monday, only incinerated cars, devastated buildings and an Israel tank parked near the entrance to town.
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New uniform for Iraqi police unveiled
Aug 14 2006 10:06AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - The U.S. military unveiled a new uniform Monday for Iraq's national police that will be difficult to copy _ a move aimed at preventing insurgents, death squads and common criminals from impersonating officers.
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U.S.: Iraqi Shiites get help from Iran
Aug 14 2006 8:33AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - The U.S. military has evidence that Shiite extremists in Iraq are receiving arms and training from Iran, but it is not clear if the Iranian government is involved, a U.S. spokesman said Monday.
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Israeli official says cease-fire holding
Aug 14 2006 6:52AM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel's defense minister said Monday that barring isolated skirmishes with Hezbollah, the U.N.-imposed cease-fire is holding in southern Lebanon, and Israel is coordinating with the United Nations to relinquish captured territory.
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Hezbollah distributes its own leaflets
Aug 14 2006 2:57AM (CT)
ZAHRANI, Lebanon (AP) - Hezbollah distributed leaflets on Monday congratulating Lebanon on its "big victory" and thanking citizens for their patience during the 34-day war with Israel.
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Pace: Bigger U.S. force may stabilize Iraq
Aug 14 2006 2:54AM (CT)
MOSUL, Iraq (AP) - Iraq could be stabilized faster if the United States increased the size of its force, but the costs would outweigh the benefits, the chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff said Sunday.
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