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Israel Defends Tough Stance on Palestinian Rocket Squads

JERUSALEM – Israel on Tuesday stood by its new policy of firing artillery shells at rocket squads operating from populated areas in Gaza, even after a round killed an 8-year-old Palestinian girl. The military intensified its offensive against Palestinian rocket fire after the Islamic militant group Hamas took charge of …

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European Space Probe Goes Into Orbit Around Venus

DARMSTADT, Germany – After a 250 million-mile journey, a European space probe reached orbit around Venus on Tuesday on a mission to explore the planet’s dense, hot atmosphere. Mission controllers at the European Space Agency control center in Darmstadt cheered, applauded and embraced as they picked up the signal from …

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Bush Joins War of Words Over Immigration

WASHINGTON – President Bush accused Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid on Thursday of “single-handedly thwarting” action on immigration legislation, and got a brisk retort in return. “President Bush has as much credibility on immigration as he does on Iraq and national security,” shot back the Nevada Democrat. The exchange was …

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