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Report: Marines may have foiled evidence
Aug 17 2006 10:48PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. Marines involved in the killings last fall in Haditha of two dozen Iraqis, most if not all of them civilians, appear to have destroyed or withheld evidence, The New York Times reported.
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South Lebanon welcomes country's army
Aug 17 2006 10:31PM (CT)
QLEIA, Lebanon (AP) - Villagers throwing rice and Hezbollah supporters holding banners welcomed the country's army to south Lebanon on Thursday after a nearly 40-year absence, and the first airliner landed at Beirut airport since fighting began more than a month ago.
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U.N. gets 3,500 troops for Mideast force
Aug 17 2006 9:01PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The United Nations got pledges Thursday of 3,500 troops for an expanded U.N. peacekeeping force in Lebanon, but it was unclear whether the soldiers represented the right mix of countries and units and could deploy very quickly.
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Abbas says militants to end attacks
Aug 17 2006 7:01PM (CT)
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Thursday that militant groups promised to suspend attacks on Israel in hopes of ending a nearly 2-month-long Israeli crackdown in the Gaza Strip.
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Unexploded bomblets a danger in Lebanon
Aug 17 2006 4:10PM (CT)
TYRE, Lebanon (AP) - Hamid Asan Hasan dropped his wallet, and as he stooped to pick it up he spotted the small round object. Curious, he picked that up too. It exploded and blew off part of his hand.
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Germany won't send troops to Lebanon
Aug 17 2006 3:04PM (CT)
BERLIN (AP) - Chancellor Angela Merkel said Thursday that Germany would not send combat troops to an international peacekeeping force in Lebanon, but was contemplating offering help securing the country's coast.
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2 more American soldiers killed in Iraq
Aug 17 2006 1:55PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Car bombs killed 10 people in Baghdad on Thursday as violence persisted in the capital despite the U.S.-led security crackdown. Two more American soldiers were killed in combat, the U.S. command said.
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Workers struggle to move aid in Lebanon
Aug 17 2006 12:48PM (CT)
GENEVA (AP) - Relief supplies poured into Lebanon on Thursday and aid workers were struggling to move the goods to the areas most affected by a month of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah militants, U.N. officials said.
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Iraq doubles funding for oil imports
Aug 17 2006 9:22AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Iraq has doubled the money allocated for importing oil products in August and September to tackle the country's worst fuel shortage since Saddam Hussein's 2003 ouster, a senior Iraqi official said Thursday.
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First commercial flight lands in Beirut
Aug 17 2006 8:50AM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - A Middle East Airlines passenger jet flew into Beirut airport from Jordan on Thursday as officials partially lifted a 36-day Israeli air blockade.
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Israel downplayed Hezbollah's arsenal
Aug 17 2006 6:11AM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel's defense minister, his credentials already in question before the just-ended war in Lebanon, says the military downplayed the extent of the Hezbollah guerrilla group's missile threat when he took office, according to a newspaper report Thursday.
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Lebanese official criticizes Syria's Assad
Aug 17 2006 5:17AM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - The head of Lebanon's largest parliamentary block blasted both Israel and Syria in a fiery nationalistic speech Thursday to hundreds of supporters.
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Iraq violence feeds funeral businesses
Aug 17 2006 4:31AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Back in 1982, Radhwan Mizaal Ali opened a tiny shop offering funeral supplies. Now he runs six shops, and business is booming.
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For majority of Arabs, Hezbollah won
Aug 17 2006 4:03AM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Babies have been named "Hezbollah" and "Nasrallah." Even some die-hard secularists are praising the Shiite fundamentalist militia in the wake of its cease-fire with Israel _ saying its fighters restored their feelings of honor and dignity.
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