Israeli forces have bombed the runways of Beirut International Airport
Jul. 13, 2006

Israeli forces have bombed the runways of Beirut International Airport, forcing Lebanese authorites to shut down the facility. The strikes, which took place around 6 a.m. local time, forced the diversion of two flights to Larnaca airport in Cyprus. It was not immediately known whether the strikes came from Israeli aircraft or naval vessels. Some 19 civilians have died since the Israeli raids against Lebanon began July 12.

Israeli forces have bombed the runways of Beirut International Airport

Israeli forces have bombed the runways of Beirut International Airport, forcing Lebanese authorites to shut down the facility.
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U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld in Tajikistan on July 10 for a two-day unannounced visit
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He will meet with Tajik President Emomali Rakhmonov and Defense Minister Sherali Khairulloev, a Tajik Foreign Ministry spokesman said.
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Ukraine's Orange Coalition consisting of Our Ukraine Party, Bloc Yulia Timoshenko and the Socialist Party, has been officially dissolved
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The coalition was formed June 22, but fell apart July 6 when the Socialist Party announced it had joined with the Communist Party in forming a coalition under Viktor Yanukovich's Party of Regions.
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Left-wing Mexican presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador will wait and see
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Lopez Obrador has called on his supporters to converge on the capital from around Mexico on July 12, and will stage another march in Mexico City on July 16 to protest the result.
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Britain plans to send an extra 900 troops and additional helicopters to reinforce southern Afghanistan
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Britain plans to send an extra 900 troops and additional helicopters to reinforce its current 3,600-strong military presence in Helmand province, southern Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Des Browne told Parliament ...
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Gunbattles broke out between Shiite and Sunni fighters in the Ghazaliya district of western Baghdad
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Gunbattles broke out between Shiite and Sunni fighters in the Ghazaliya district of western Baghdad, Iraq, on July 10, Reuters said. Ghazaliya is a predominantly Sunni neighborhood, and has seen several sectarian clashes in recent days.
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A stand still between China-Russia and US-UK-Japan in security council on north Korea
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China proposed a U.N. Security Council (UNSC) statement on North Korea on July 10, dismissing an earlier Japanese proposal out of concern that it could set the stage for military action...
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European Union and many developing countries accuse US of blocking Doha World Trade Organization talks
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President George W. Bush called a meeting of senior US administration officials on Monday to discuss the “Doha round” of global trade talks, amid accusations from the European Union and many developing countries that US intransigence was blocking a deal.
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