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Anger Flares at Egypt Army for Brutal Protest Raid

CAIRO - Thousands of demonstrators barricaded themselves in Cairo's central square with burned-out troop carriers and barbed wire Saturday and demanded the removal of the military council ruling Egypt, infuriated after soldiers stormed their protest camp overnight, killing at least one person and injuring 71 others. In a...

Israel Pounds Hamas Targets in Gaza for Third Day

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- Israel pounded Hamas targets in Gaza with air strikes and tank shells Saturday, killing four militants, Palestinian officials said, as Palestinian missiles reached deeper into Israel in the most intense round of fighting since the Gaza war. In all, 18 Gazans have been killed and more than 65...

Israeli Officials Celebrate After Goldstone Rethinks War Crimes Report

JERUSALEM -- Israeli officials feel vindicated after Judge Richard Goldstone retracted part of his harsh criticism of Israel's conduct in Gaza two years ago, and have launched a major diplomatic effort to get the United Nations to rescind the Goldstone Report. "I found it hard to believe that Judge Goldstone, a Jew and...

Israeli Airstrike Kills Gaza Militants

JERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli aircraft killed 3 Palestinian militants who were planning to abduct Israelis over the upcoming Jewish festival of Passover, the military said early Saturday. An Israeli military spokeswoman said that an "aircraft had fired at a terror squad of the terror group Hamas that was planning to carry out...

Army: Gaza Militants Fire 2 Rockets Into Israel

JERUSALEM -- Israel's army said Gaza militants fired two rockets into southern Israel early Saturday, capping a week of intensified Palestinian rocket and mortar launches from the Hamas-run coastal territory and Israeli retaliations. No one was injured in the attacks but one rocket damaged a house, an Israeli army...