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Rockets from Lebanon reignite tension in Israel's north
Lebanese army and international forces bolstered troop numbers, stepped up patrols and declared a state of alert Thursday after an early morning rocket attack on Israel by an unknown group in southern Lebanon threatened to widen the ongoing Gaza Strip...Tags: Crisis, United Nations, International Relations, Defense, Judaism
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Palestinians say 7 dead, including baby, in Israeli airstrike in Gaza
The Associated PressThe U.N. suspended food deliveries to Gaza and the Red Cross accused Israel of blocking medical assistance after forces fired on aid workers, killing two, as the threat of a wider conflict emerged with Lebanon. With violence unabated in Gaza, key Arab...Tags: Foreign Aid, Metal and Mineral, George Bush, National Government, Defense
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Gaza war claims 257 children, leaves many more injured or psychologically scarred
Associated Press WriterGAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Tiny bodies lying side by side wrapped in white burial shrouds. The cherubic face of a dead preschooler sticking up from the rubble of her home. A man cradling a wounded boy in a chaotic emergency room after Israel...Tags: Foreign Aid, Refugee, United Nations, Family, Demographics
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UN stops aid to Gaza, accuses Israel of attack on truck flying blue UN flag
Associated Press WritersJERUSALEM (AP) — The U.N. suspended food deliveries to Gaza and the Red Cross accused Israel of blocking medical assistance after forces fired on aid workers, killing two, as the threat of a wider conflict emerged with Lebanon. With violence...Tags: Medical Services, Foreign Aid, Metal and Mineral, Charity, Employees
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Living with war
I had never known the fear that comes from realizing your home may become a pile of rubble in a matter of seconds. I had never felt the threat of an unrelenting, ruthless, undiscriminating force, whose callous attempts at accomplishing a goal have come at...Tags: Civil Unrest, Refugee, Terrorism
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Pakistan fires official who confirmed Mumbai gunman's identity
McClatchy-TribuneISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- The Pakistani government on Wednesday abruptly fired its national security adviser after he confirmed that the surviving gunman captured in the Mumbai attacks is a Pakistani, a key piece of evidence contained in a dossier amassed by...Tags: Mumbai Terror Attacks, Murder, CNN, Defense, Guerrilla Activity
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Joe the Plumber: war correspondent
Joe the Plumber, the Ohio man who became a household name in the presidential campaign, says he's heading to Israel as a war correspondent for the conservative Web site pjtv.com. Samuel J. Wurzelbacher says he'll spend 10 days covering the fighting....Tags: Civil Unrest, John McCain, Joe the Plumber, Ohio
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AP Analysis: Rockets from Lebanon raise fears Israel will have to fight on 2nd front
Associated Press WriterNAHARIYA, Israel (AP) — Residents of this northern Israeli town awoke Thursday to one of their country's worst nightmares: Rockets from Lebanon, and the possibility of a second front in a battle that has raged for two weeks in Gaza. No armed...Tags: Crisis, Civil Unrest, Gaza Crisis
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How it grew from conflict to carnage
Twelve days into its punishing military assault on Hamas in the Gaza Strip, Israel was proceeding on two tracks yesterday: exploring a cease-fire initiative by Egypt and France while readying troops for a possible push into Gaza's crowded cities and...Tags: Refugee, Society, United Nations, Armed Conflicts, Parliament
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Joe the Plumber to be Joe the War Correspondent
TOLEDO, Ohio - Joe the Plumber is putting down his wrenches and picking up a reporter's notebook. The Ohio man who became a household name during the presidential campaign says he is heading to Israel as a war correspondent for the conservative Web site...Tags: Civil Unrest, John McCain, Joe the Plumber, Ohio
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Israel, Hamas Consider Cease-Fire
Israel and Hamas scaled back their fighting in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday and weighed a cease-fire proposal from Egypt and France, even as Israeli leaders considered a deeper assault into the Palestinian group's urban strongholds. Fighting on the 12th...Tags: Armed Conflicts, Civil Unrest, Gaza Crisis, United Nations, Terrorism
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'Defiance' helps Liev Schreiber catch up with his past
Los Angeles TimesOn a recent chilly morning, Liev Schreiber was eating breakfast in a downtown Manhattan restaurant while a swarm of shutterbugs hovered outside on the corner near his apartment. However, Schreiber wasn't exactly the one whom the photographers were after....Tags: Pennsylvania, Ang Lee, Sandy Koufax, Celebrity, Massacres
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