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 WACO, Texas (AP) - President Bush on Saturday urged world leaders to turn the words of a Mideast cease-fire deal into action, even as Israel expanded its air and ground campaign into Lebanon.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said the broadened Israeli offensive had been anticipated and she hoped the hostilities would end in "a day or so." Rice predicted "skirmishes" will continue despite the cease-fire agreement, but she hoped the large-scale violence will stop.
"My understanding is that this is part of the normal operations that were contemplated. When the cease fire — the cessation of hostilities — comes into being, Israel will stop," she said in an interview with Israel Television.
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