| News 2 Aug. 2006
Middle East
Updated: 1 hour, 44 minutes ago
BOURJ AL-MULOUK, Lebanon - Israel launched its deepest ground strike into Lebanon on Wednesday, claiming it captured five Hezbollah guerrillas and killed 10 in the northeastern city of Baalbek, while nearby air raids killed at least 15 civilians.
Israeli warplanes also attacked a Lebanese army base in the southern part of the country, killing three soldiers, a security official said.
Hezbollah guerrillas hit back Wednesday, firing a heavy barrage of more than 300 rockets at towns across northern Israel since dawn, Lebanese security officials said, including one that hit the West Bank for the first time. At least one person was killed and six wounded, Israeli rescue services said.
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Cuba
HAVANA - Fidel Castro said Tuesday that he was stable and in good spirits after surgery, according to a statement read on state television, as the communist government tried to impose a sense of normalcy on the island’s first day in 47 years without the bearded leader in charge.
Castro, who temporarily handed power to his younger brother Raul on Monday night after undergoing intestinal surgery, indicated the operation was serious when he said: “I cannot make up positive news.”
But he said his health was “stable,” and “as for my spirits, I feel perfectly fine,” according to the statement read by moderator Randy Alonso on a daily public affairs program. He said it would take some time for doctors “to provide a verdict” on his recovery.
Castro apologized for not giving more details but said the threat posed to his government by the United States means his health must be treated as “a state secret.”
Castro expressed his gratitude for the good wishes he received from leaders and supporters around the world, and called on Cubans to remain calm as they carried out their daily routines.
“The country is prepared for its defense,” he said in the statement. “Everyone needs to struggle, and work.”
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Things that make you go "what the f@#k!" file.
The Spanish-American War has been over for more than 100 years, and now so is the tax imposed in 1898 to help fund it.
As of Tuesday, all phone companies selling long-distance phone service are legally required to eliminate the 3 percent federal excise tax on long-distance service, which had been established in 1898 as a luxury tax on wealthy Americans who owned telephones.
Verizon Communications said Tuesday that it has stopped collecting the 3 percent federal excise tax on monthly consumer telephone bills for long-distance and bundled services.
After a long legal battle and strong urging from Congress, the Internal Revenue Service and the Department of the Treasury decided in May to discontinue the federal 3 percent excise tax on long-distance telephone service effective Aug. 1.
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Category: Art and Photography
The art of photography is imagery for your life. It means many things to many people around the world. Hi my name is Doug and welcome to the Sublime Imagery Blog. Photography is a creative process that takes many forms with surprising results. Here at www.sublimeimagery.com Tom and I enjoy the creative process and are constituently looking for new avenues to explore. I hope to bring you each week our perspective on the creative process. We want you to know what does and does not work. I hope this will be an informative blog that will have topics covering many different subjects. I might even go off on non photo related topics.
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