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Israel seizes 33 senior Hamas officials
Abbas calls for truce
Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas called for a halt to rocket fire and a truce with Israel yesterday after the army seized 33 senior Hamas figures in latest crackdown aimed at stopping the Gaza salvos.
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18 killed in Afghan operations, arms dump blast
Two operations in southern Afghanistan killed 18 suspected militants, including seven "foreigners," while six people died when a stash of ammunition exploded in the east, officials said yesterday.
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US issues sanctions warning to Iran
Armada enters Gulf
The United States threatened new UN sanctions to punish Iran's nuclear drive as it ratcheted up tensions with the biggest display of naval power in the Gulf in years.
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Lebanon asks militants to surrender or face fire
Thousands of refugees flee fighting
Lebanon issued an ultimatum to Islamic fighters holed up in a Palestinian refugee camp to surrender or face further attack, raising fears yesterday of a resumption of fierce fighting that has claimed69
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Car bomb kills 25 Iraqi mourners
A car bomb exploded at the burial ritual of a murdered local leader in the western Iraqi city of Fallujah yesterday, killing 25 people, state television reported.
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38 killed in Siberian mine blast
A gas explosion ripped through a Siberian mine yesterday, killing 38 people in the latest in a grim catalogue of Russian mining disasters.
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