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Associated Press:
Nasrallah speaks, vows surprises — Hizbullah leader, Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah, spoke for the first Thursday since the beginning of the week, saying Hizbullah's entire infrastructure and leadership hierarchy were still intact and functional. — "I can confirm without exaggerating …
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Haaretz:
IDF searching for tunnels in south Lebanon — Two IDF soldiers were killed and six others were wounded in heavy clashes with Hezbollah just inside south Lebanon, close to Moshav Avivim, on Thursday afternoon. — Hezbollah fired mortar shells in the area in effort to disrupt the rescue of the wounded.
Amos Harel / Associated Press:
Four soldiers killed in clashes with Hezbollah; thousands of IDF troops in Lebanon — Warplanes resumed strikes on targets across Lebanon on Friday as Israel warned hundreds of thousands of people to flee the south "immediately," preparing for a likely ground invasion to set up a deep buffer zone in southern Lebanon.
Ynetnews:
2 IDF choppers collide, then crash in north; casualties reported — (VIDEO) Two Apache combat helicopters on way to mission in Lebanon make contact in mid-air, crash south of Kiryat Shmona; casualties reported; circumstances of incident unclear at this time, but IDF believes crash caused by accident
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Hussein Dakroub / Associated Press:
New Israeli-Hezbollah fighting breaks out — BEIRUT, Lebanon - A large fight between Israeli forces and Hezbollah guerrillas broke out Thursday evening on the Lebanese side of the border, the Israeli army said, adding that its troops suffered casualties but did not elaborate.
White House:
President Bush Addresses NAACP Annual Convention — Washington, D.C. — African American History — THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all very much. (Applause.) Thank you very much. Bruce, thanks for your introduction. Bruce is a polite guy — I thought what he was going to say, it's about time you showed up.
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Washington Post:
President Bush Addresses NAACP Convention — BUSH: Thank you very much. — Bruce, thanks for your introduction. — Bruce is a polite guy. I thought what he was going to say, "It's about time you showed up." — Ain't I glad I did? — See, I see this as a moment of opportunity.
Don Michak / journalinquirer.com:
Bill Clinton to campaign for Lieberman in Waterbury — U.S. Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman is rolling out the big gun in his increasingly close primary battle with Greenwich Democrat Ned Lamont. — Former President Bill Clinton is slated to campaign on behalf of the three-term incumbent Monday in Waterbury …
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David Ignatius / Washington Post:
To Save a Revolution — You could sense the hurt and anger as Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora pleaded this week to the U.S. ambassador and other diplomats in Beirut for a halt to Israeli attacks on Lebanese targets. "The country has been torn to shreds," he said. "I hope you will not let us down."
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Reuters:
Iran leader asks Germany for help on Zionism — German government official says a letter written by Iranian President Ahmadinejad to German Chancellor Merkel asks her to help solve Palestinian problem, deal with Zionism. Official says letter 'rather weird'
David Wooding / The Sun:
Exiled Bakri in SOS plea — EXILED preacher of hate Omar Bakri has begged the Royal Navy to rescue him from war-torn Beirut. — The Muslim cleric who fled Britain last year, tried to board a ship full of women and children yesterday but was turned away. — He also wrote to the British …
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Andrea Shalal-Esa / Reuters:
Pentagon OKs $6 bln in arms sales to Saudi Arabia — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Bush administration said on Thursday it approved the sale to Saudi Arabia of 24 UH-60L Black Hawk helicopters, radios, armoured vehicles and other military equipment worth more than $6 billion (3.25 billion pounds).
Joyce Wadler / New York Times:
The Allure of the Tool Belt — THE evening he made the awkward toast, David Mager was not aware — not consciously, at least — that his longtime girlfriend was involved with the contractor. As far as he was concerned, it was just a joke, a teasing reference to the amount …
Ryan Lenz / Associated Press:
U.S. Says Attacks in Iraq Up 40 Percent — Iraq's top Shiite cleric urged his followers Thursday to refrain from reprisal violence against Sunnis, his strongest call yet for an end to increasing sectarian bloodshed. The statement by Grand Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani came as U.S. military officials reported …
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