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Fighting in Lebanon camp kills 2 (AP via Yahoo! News)
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Sun, 19 Aug 2007 11:23:37 GMT

Two soldiers died during gunbattles with Islamic extremists in a Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon, a senior military official said Sunday.


Bloodied but unbowed, Lebanon's soldiers vow to fight on (AFP via Yahoo! News)
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Sun, 19 Aug 2007 05:55:29 GMT

Abdel Karim Hussein joined the army in Lebanon as soon as he turned 18. One year later, he languishes on a stretcher in his village near Nahr al-Bared refugee camp, recovering from a head wound.


Mehdi fighters 'trained by Hizbollah in Lebanon' (Independent)
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Sun, 19 Aug 2007 23:19:40 GMT

Lebanon's Hizbollah has trained Shia fighters from Iraq in advanced guerrilla warfare tactics, according to Mehdi army militants who have been fighting British forces in the south of the country. Members of Muqtada al-Sadr's powerful militia said they had received instruction from fellow Shias from Hizbollah, the movement that fought Israel's vaunted military machine to a bloody standstill in ...


France circulates resolution calling for permanent Lebanon-Israel cease-fire (The Daily Star Lebannon)
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Sun, 19 Aug 2007 19:56:53 GMT

France distributed a draft UN Resolution to Security Council members on Friday which stressed the need for greater progress in achieving a permanent cease-fire between Israel and Lebanon as envisioned by Resolution 1701, which brought an end to last summer's war with Israel.


S. Lebanon rebuilds with help from Iran (Boston Globe)
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Sun, 19 Aug 2007 08:51:03 GMT

BINT JBEIL, LEBANON -- Along the roadways of southern Lebanon, thousands of banners festoon street lights and utility polls. They feature a distinctive symbol, a red inscription from the center of Iran's flag, protectively swathing Lebanon's iconic green cedar.


Fighting in Lebanon camp kills 2 (York Daily Record)
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Sun, 19 Aug 2007 15:17:37 GMT

BEIRUT, Lebanon—Two soldiers died during gunbattles with Islamic extremists in a Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon, a senior military official said Sunday.


Renewed fighting in northern Lebanon kills 2 soldiers (EARTHtimes.org)
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Sun, 19 Aug 2007 19:52:43 GMT

Beirut - Two more Lebanese Army soldiers have been killed in renewed heavy fighting with al-Qaeda inspired Islamic militants in a Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon, a military spokesman said Sunday. One of the soldiers was killed in fighti...


Two decades after his abduction in Beirut, Brian Keenan makes good on his 'holidays' in Lebanon (The Daily Star Lebannon)
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Sun, 19 Aug 2007 20:29:27 GMT

When Brian Keenan set out for Lebanon in 1985 he felt impervious to the violence of the country's Civil War, already a decade old at the time. After all, Keenan was a traveler not a tourist, and his Belfast upbringing had taught him that life goes on, even in places where newspaper headlines warn of imminent doom.


Bloodied but unbowed, Lebanon's soldiers vow to fight on (AFP via Yahoo!Xtra Entertainment)
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Sun, 19 Aug 2007 05:44:09 GMT

BEBNIN, Lebanon (AFP) - Abdel Karim Hussein joined the army in Lebanon as soon as he turned 18.


Lebanon residents killed in cycle crash (Salem Statesman Journal)
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Sun, 19 Aug 2007 10:14:34 GMT

Two Lebanon residents were killed Saturday morning when the motorcycle they were riding crashed near Sodaville, Linn County officials said.