July, 2006

• 24 July

  South Lebanon caught in cross-fire

  HASBAYA, Lebanon (Reuters) – Caught between Hizbollah rocket fire and Israeli air strikes, some residents of southern Lebanon are losing patience with the guerrilla group they blame for a war that is costing them lives.

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• 24 July

  Israel kills five in Gaza

  GAZA (Reuters) – Israeli shells killed five people and wounded several others in the Gaza Strip on Monday, including two members of the same family who were riding a donkey cart when they were hit, Palestinian witnesses said.

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• 24 July

  Born-again allies, France and US unite over Lebanon

  PARIS (Reuters) – France and the United States worked together to oust Syria from Lebanon and, despite tactical differences due to divergent agendas in the region, they agree who is to blame for the current crisis — Hizbollah.

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• 24 July

  Oil slips as Rice calls for Mideast ceasefire

  LONDON (Reuters) – Oil slipped below $74 a barrel on Monday due to diplomatic efforts to resolve the conflict in the Middle East, a region that pumps almost a third of the world’s oil.

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• 24 July

  Lebanon needs huge aid inflow to repair war damage

  BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon will need billions of dollars in aid to recover from Israel’s war with Hizbollah, which has ruined many civil installations, hit tourism, forced businesses to close and forced hundreds of thousands to flee.

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• 24 July

  Two more suicide attacks in Afghanistan

  KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Two suicide bombers targeted Afghan and U.S.-led coalition troops in Afghanistan on Monday, amid a wave of such attacks before NATO takes over security in the country’s violent south.

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• 24 July

  Heavy fighting as Israel pushes further into Lebanon

  Heavy fighting erupted today as Israeli ground forces pushed further into Lebanon, entering another Hezbollah stronghold, and 10 Israeli soldiers were wounded, the military said.

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• 24 July

  Sectarian break-up of Iraq is now inevitable, admit officials

  The Iraqi Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki, meets Tony Blair in London today as violence in Iraq reaches a new crescendo and senior Iraqi officials say the break up of the country is inevitable.

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• 24 July

  UK calls Israeli attacks ‘disproportionate’

  The British Foreign Office ministe Kim Howells yesterday stood by his criticisms of the 12-day bombardment of Lebanon with a warning that Israel had to win the “political battle” as well as confronting Hizbollah militarily.

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• 24 July

  Rice in Beirut for talks with Lebanese premier

  “Thank you for your courage and steadfastness,” Rice said upon meeting Siniora, according to The Associated Press.

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