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World -- August 4, 2006
- Annan calls for one-year extension of UN mission in Iraq
- Bush discusses Mideast crisis with German chancellor
- Blair hopes for UN resolution on Lebanon ceasefire in next few days
- Egyptian judges condemn Israel's offensive on Lebanon, Palestinian territories
- Egypt's Mubarak calls for U.S. intervention for ceasefire in Lebanon
- Four Canadian soldiers killed in Afghanistan
- Fighting in Lebanon hinders aid work, say Swiss agencies
- Israeli army ordered to prepare for new stage of offensive in southern Lebanon
- Lebanese Hezbollah warns of rocket attacks at Tel Aviv if Beirut struck
- Russia demands immediate ceasefire in Middle East
- Top U.S. military leaders see civil war in Iraq possible
- Two more Palestinians killed in fresh Israeli airstrike on eastern Rafah
- Two huge explosions rock southern Beirut: al-Jazeera
- U.S. ready to work with Ukraine's new PM
- U.S. to help train, equip Lebanese forces
- War has killed 900, says Lebanese PM