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2 die as inflatable art takes off

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07 24th, 2006

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Millions watch Indian boy’s rescue

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07 24th, 2006

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Newly crowned Miss Universe faints

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07 24th, 2006

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Rice: ‘Urgent’ need for cease-fire

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07 24th, 2006

On her way to the Middle East, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says the need for a cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah guerrillas is “urgent,” but only when the conditions are right.

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Man hunts for 9/11 photo

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07 24th, 2006

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Daredevil crashes in record try

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07 24th, 2006

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Weekend treasure for ‘Pirates’

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07 23rd, 2006

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Hospital: Sharon’s condition sinks

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07 23rd, 2006

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has taken a turn for the worse in recent days, a hospital spokesman said Sunday.

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Is climate change here?

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07 23rd, 2006

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07 21st, 2006

Israeli fire fighters extinguish a helicopter after it crashed on a hillside near the northern Israeli village Romot Naftaly near the border with Lebanon early morning Friday July 21, 2006. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)AP - Pitched battles raged between Israeli forces and Hezbollah fighters on the border Thursday, and Israel warned hundreds of thousands of people to flee southern Lebanon “immediately,” preparing for a likely ground offensive to set up a buffer zone.


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Israel: Offensive will continue

Author: Bill Naked Teens
07 21st, 2006

Israeli strikes against Hezbollah targets resumed Friday in war-torn southern Lebanon, with Israel warning that its offensive will continue until the Islamic militia is rendered incapable of attacks.

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Israel: Offensive will continue

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07 21st, 2006

Israeli strikes against Hezbollah targets resumed Friday in war-torn southern Lebanon, with Israel warning that its offensive will continue until the Islamic militia is rendered incapable of attacks.

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US resists UN calls to stop Mideast fighting
Reuters AlertNet - 1 hour ago
By Evelyn Leopold. UNITED NATIONS, July 21 (Reuters) - The United States has resisted international pressure to support UN calls to end or at least suspend the fighting in the Middle East to stop the casualties, send in aid and allow negotiations.
Mideast Conflict Escalates as UN Offers Plan Los Angeles Times
UN chief demands halt to Israel-Hezbollah fighting Khaleej Times
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07 21st, 2006

A Palestinian wounded during an Israeli army operation in the Mughazi refugee camp is rushed on a stretcher in to the hospital in the town of Deir Al Balah in the Gaza Strip Thursday, July 20, 2006. During the army's second day of an operation in the Mughazi refugee camp in central Gaza, Israeli aircraft on Thursday carried out two strikes against Palestinian militants, the army said. Palestinian medics said one Palestinian militant was killed and at least six more were wounded, one seriously. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)AP - A Hamas activist and three relatives were killed Friday in an explosion at his home in Gaza City, hospital officials said. Palestinians said the house was hit by an Israeli tank shell.


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07 21st, 2006


CNN

Casualties mounting in conflict
The Australian - 2 hours ago
By Lin Noueihed in Beirut. ISRAELI jets struck Lebanon overnight in a 10-day-old war that is claiming more lives and forcing thousands to flee, but Hezbollah stills says it will free two Israeli soldiers only as part of a prisoner swap.
Hezbollah Builds Its Own Identity Wall Street Journal (subscription)
Hezbollah leadership intact - Nasrallah Ireland Online
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07 21st, 2006

A fire officer stands near a train coach destroyed in a bomb blast in Bombay, India, in this Tuesday, July 11, 2006 file photo.  Three sets of deadly bombings have hit India in the past 10 months, attacks that may reflect a troubling new reality: the crystallization of militant groups into regional networks inspired by al-Qaida.  (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)AP - Police arrested three men in the July 11 train bombings in Bombay, the first formal arrests in the attacks that killed 207, Indian television reported Friday.


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07 21st, 2006

This photo released by the Department of Defense shows U.S. Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Carl Jensen, 2nd from right, commander of Task Force 59, helping U.S. citizens off a U.S. Marine Corps CH-53 Super Stallion helicopter in Cyprus, following their flight from the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, July 19, 2006. The United States Central Command is assisting with the departure of U.S. citizens from Lebanon. DoD photo by Gunnery Sgt. James H. Frank, U.S. Marine Corps. (AP Photo/Department of Defense, Sgt. James H. Frank)AP - U.S. Marines ferried 1,200 Americans from a Beirut beach to the USS Nashville on Thursday — the first Marine operation in Lebanon in more than two decades.


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Regina Leader-Post

Attacks making life harder in Lebanon
Seattle Post Intelligencer - 10 hours ago
By DONNA ABU-NASR. BEIRUT, Lebanon — The price of food, medical supplies and gasoline rose by as much as 500 percent in parts of Lebanon on Thursday as Israel's relentless bombardment destroyed roads, bridges and other supply routes.
23 Tons of Bombs Dropped on Kommersant
Battered Lebanon faces humanitarian crunch Business Day
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Makfax

Three Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza (2nd Roundup)
Monsters and Critics.com - 11 hours ago
Gaza - The Israeli army tightened its closure of the West Bank and killed three Palestinians during fresh fighting in Gaza Thursday. An army spokeswoman said Israel sealed off the borders to the West Bank, prohibiting
Israel quits refugee camp Daily Telegraph
Israel kills 4 in Gaza Reuters.uk
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San Diego Union Tribune

Refugees remain stuck in Lebanon
International Herald Tribune - 14 hours ago
BEIRUT A small group of US marines landed in Beirut on Thursday for the first time in decades to help evacuate Americans onto a US Navy ship bound for Cyprus, in the second mass American exodus from battle-torn Lebanon.
Marines evacuate 1,000 Americans from Lebanon Ynetnews
US Marines back in Beirut Euronews.net
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Lebanese overlooked in evacuations

Author: Bill Naked Teens
07 20th, 2006

As nations scrambled to ferry their citizens out of Lebanon, one group of people has been all but forgotten — the Lebanese.

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