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July, 2006
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23 July
Giving diplomacy a chance, Rice heads for Mideast
Rice will visit Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert in Israel and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank.
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23 July
Israeli bombs, Hezbollah rockets keep coming
At least six Israeli bombs fell on the coastal city of Tyre in a 20-minute span Sunday morning, killing one civilian and wounding at least 20 others.
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23 July
Pope renews Mideast cease-fire call
Benedict issued his latest plea as he greeted some 3,000 pilgrims in a meadow near his Alpine vacation retreat on a day that he had dedicated to prayers for peace in the Middle East
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23 July
Mid-East faces uncertain future
Will it make it easier or harder to resolve the pressing problems of Palestine and Iraq – and the much bigger battle against Islamic extremism? The more immediate question is: Who will emerge with what?
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23 July
Israeli jets bomb Lebanese cities
In Sidon, 14 people were injured and a mosque was destroyed in the first strikes on the southern port city.
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23 July
Iraqi army ‘saves British troops’
A routine patrol discovered five Katyusha rockets aimed and ready to fire at a base housing around 200 soldiers of the Light Infantry.
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23 July
Hezbollah rocket attack kills 2 in Haifa
The barrage of rockets landing in and around Haifa Sunday morning wounded 11 people, witnesses and local officials said.
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23 July
Car bombings kill 50 in Iraq
The first suicide car bomb exploded at 9 a.m., ripping open a packed open-air market in the Sadr City section of eastern Baghdad, Baghdad police said; 32 were killed and 65 were wounded.
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23 July
Suicide blasts kill 8 in Kandahar
A purported Taliban spokesman claimed responsibility for the blasts and warned of more as NATO prepares to take control of the volatile southern Afghan region.
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