Israeli boy killed as Hezbollah shells hit Shlomi area
Israeli warplanes hit Hezbollah positions in southern Lebanon after shelling in northern Israel killed a 16 year old and wounded five others. The boy’s death marks the first civilian fatality since Israel’s May 2000 withdrawal from southern Lebanon amid rising border violence.
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Shlomi
Israel
Hezbollah
Lebanon
Syria
Iran
Ali Hussein Saleh
Beirut
Nothern
Oil wealth not guarantee for Iraq's prosperous middle class
Iraq sits on vast oil reserves yet studies warn wealth rarely lifts nations from poverty. Experts note oil riches can fuel corruption and conflict, not broad prosperity. Even with pumping returning to pre war levels, expectations may outstrip gains as Washington shapes revenue use for reconstruction rather than direct payments.
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Iraq
Washington
Basra protests fuel and power shortages turn violent
Basra residents angered by fuel shortages and electricity cuts clashed with British troops, one demonstrator and a security guard killed, while four U.S. soldiers and a journalist were wounded in guerrilla attacks. A convoy death and a soldier found dead were reported. Coalition used fuel handouts and added generators to ease the crisis.
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Basra
Iraq
U.S
3Rd Corps Support Command
Diwaniyah
Coalition
Charles Heatly
Global Security
Kuwait
United Nations
Iain Pickard
Hisham Halawi
Halawi
Associated Press
Baghdad
Heatly
Afghanistan Welcomes NATO Run of Peacekeeping Force
Afghanistan welcomed NATO taking command of the 5,000 strong ISAF peacekeeping mission and urged expansion beyond Kabul as Germany and the Netherlands relinquish leadership. A Monday change of command is planned with Kabul hopeful of improved mission effectiveness under NATO. Separately, a Taliban insurgency rages in rural areas while the UN reports attacks on aid workers and police in Kandahar province.
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Afghanistan
NATO
International Security Assistance Force
Germany
Netherlands
ISAF
Foreign Ministry
Pakistan
United Nations
Maywand
Kandahar
U.N
David Singh
Nighttime U.S. fire kills six Iraqis in Baghdad suburb
In Slaykh north Baghdad, a 9 pm transformer outage left streets dark and checkpoints on edge. Six Iraqis returning home before curfew were shot. Anwaar Kawaz lost husband Adel and three of four children. Witnesses described chaotic, possibly friendly-fire gunfire as vehicles were halted by soldiers.
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Baghdad
Iraq
Slaykh
U.S
Anwaar Kawaz
Associated Press
Guy Shields
Coalition
Kawaz
Anwaar
Bilal Habashi
Adel Kawaz
Ibrahim Arslan
Arslan
Ali Kadum
Japanese cult raid after member's death in Fukui
Police commandos seized the Pana Wave Laboratory center in Fukui prefecture as investigators pursue a beatings claim linked to the death of Satoshi Chigusa a 40 year old assistant professor. Autopsy cites heat stroke and trauma. The group venerates white robes and seeks refuge from electromagnetic waves.
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Tokyo
Pana Wave Laboratory
Fukui
Satoshi Chigusa
TV Asahi
Kyodo News Service
Japan
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