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• Hundreds homeless after deadly Lebanon clashes

  - 2008-07-27

  TRIPOLI, Lebanon AFP — Hundreds of people were still homeless on Sunday after the latest bout of deadly sectarian fighting in the northern Lebanese port city of Tripoli. "The army has barred residents from returning to some areas because there are unexploded grenades from the fighting and the troops...

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• Lebanese man killed by Israeli fire: medics

  - 2008-02-03

  MARJAYOUN, Lebanon AFP — One Lebanese man was killed and another wounded on Sunday when Israeli troops opened fire on them near the divided border village of Ghajar, medics and Lebanese officials told AFP. "Two wounded men were brought in to the Marjayoun government hospital. One died of his...

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• Hezbollah warns against creation of US bases in Lebanon

  - 2007-10-22

  BEIRUT AFP — The militant group Hezbollah warned on Monday against the alleged creation of US military bases in Lebanon, saying the foreign troops would be treated as "occupation forces." "It is impossible to accept such a project. American soldiers on Lebanese soil will be considered an occupation force...

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• UN peacekeepers prove blessing for south Lebanon economy

  - 2007-10-13

  TYRE, Lebanon AFP — Traders in Tyre's bustling souk say UN peacekeepers have brought "baraka" and a dose of good fortune to south Lebanon, making up at least in part for the ravages of last year's Israel-Hezbollah war. The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon UNIFIL has spent millions...

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• Lebanese troops withdraw after killing 222 Islamists

  - 2007-09-04

  BEIRUT AFP — Thousands of people cheered Lebanese troops withdrawing Tuesday from a battleground in north Lebanon where the army said it had killed at least 222 extremists during a 15-week standoff. Defence Minister Elias Murr hailed the battles that culminated Sunday at the Naher al-Bared Palestinian refugee camp...

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• Two Lebanese soldiers killed in battles with Islamists

  - 2007-08-08

  NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon AFP — Two Lebanese soldiers were killed in battles with an Islamist militant group besieged for nearly 12 weeks inside a Palestinian refugee camp, an army spokesman said Wednesday. One of the soldiers died on Tuesday night and the second on Wednesday morning. Their deaths...

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• S Korean soldiers set to leave for Lebanon

  - 2007-07-03

  SEOUL AFP — About 60 South Korean combat soldiers will leave for Lebanon later Wednesday to prepare for the deployment of a peacekeeping force, defence officials said. South Korea plans to send 300 more troops, mainly combat soldiers, in the middle of this month to join a United Nations...

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• Clashes at Lebanon siege camp ease as clerics meet militants

  - 2007-06-22

  NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon AFP — Lebanese troops used artillery, tanks and machine guns against Islamists holed up in a Palestinian refugee camp on Friday despite the government saying the offensive had ended. Defence Minister Elias Murr called a halt to the military onslaught late on Thursday, but said soldiers...

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• Intense fighting resumes at Lebanon siege camp

  - 2007-06-21

  NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon AFP — Lebanese troops used artillery, tanks and machine guns against Islamists holed up in a Palestinian refugee camp here Friday despite the government saying the offensive had ended. Defence Minister Elias Murr had called a halt to the military onslaught late on Thursday, but said...

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• Lebanese army shoots across border at Israeli soldiers

  - 2007-02-07

  JERUSALEM AFP — The Lebanese army has fired shots at Israeli troops across the border in Israel in the first such incident since the end of the war last summer, causing no injuries, the Israeli army and a Lebanese security source said. The incident was sparked by Israeli sappers...

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