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United Nations to Help Lebanon Investigation (New York Times)
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Tue, 19 Jun 2007 03:30:30 GMT

The Security Council approved a request from Lebanon?s prime minister to have the United Nations commission investigating the 2005 assassination of the former Lebanese prime minister, Rafik Hariri, help investigate last week?s killing of a legislator, Walid Eido. Mr. Eido died in an attack similar to the one that had killed Mr. Hariri, when a vehicle parked along the same road in Beirut blew up ...


Finland to repatriate UN forces from Lebanon in October (AFP via Yahoo! News)
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Mon, 18 Jun 2007 12:25:38 GMT

Finland will withdraw its forces from the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) in October as scheduled, the government said on Monday.


2 killed, 3 wounded in explosion in Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon (International Herald Tribune)
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Mon, 18 Jun 2007 15:29:55 GMT

An explosion went off in Lebanon's largest Palestinian camp Monday as members of an Islamic militant group tried to prepare a bomb, killing two people and wounding three, Lebanese security officials said.


Lebanon army tightens noose around militants (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
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Mon, 18 Jun 2007 10:19:29 GMT

Lebanese troops tightened the noose around al Qaeda-inspired militants at a Palestinian refugee camp in north Lebanon on Monday, where the army made major advances after a month of fighting.


Rockets fired from Lebanon into Israel (USA Today)
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Mon, 18 Jun 2007 08:01:21 GMT

Militants in Lebanon fired at least two rockets into Israel, causing no casualties and little damage, but raising the possibility of a new flare-up on the volatile border less than a year after Israel's bloody month-long war against Hezbollah.


Lebanon army shells Palestinian refugee camp (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
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Mon, 18 Jun 2007 07:51:22 GMT

Lebanese troops shelled al Qaeda-inspired militants entrenched in a Palestinian refugee camp in north Lebanon on Monday, where the army has reported advances after a month of fighting.


Fighting Resumes At Lebanon Refugee Camps (CBS News)
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Mon, 18 Jun 2007 15:30:06 GMT

Fighting has resumed at a refugee camp in northern Lebanon, with Army troops bombarding al Qaeda-inspired militants holed-up inside among thousands of Palestinian refugees. A blast has killed two people at a larger refugee camp in southern Lebanon.


Militants in Lebanon fire 2 rockets at Israel (USA Today)
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Mon, 18 Jun 2007 01:16:56 GMT

Two Katyusha rockets fired from Lebanon fell on northern Israel Sunday afternoon, police and the military said. No one was hurt, but there was some damage, they said.


UN to help Lebanon murder investigation (AAP via Yahoo!7 News)
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Mon, 18 Jun 2007 21:33:16 GMT

The UN security council has approved Lebanon's request for UN help in investigating the murder of an anti-Syrian legislator.


Three soldiers killed in Lebanon battle (Daily Telegraph)
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Mon, 18 Jun 2007 19:14:00 GMT

THE Lebanese army lost three more soldiers overnight as it closed in on diehard Islamist militants in a camp in north Lebanon while a blast killed two Islamists near a southern camp.