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BEIRUT, Lebanon – Senators John Kerry and Christopher Dodd held talks on Monday with Lebanese leaders on the country’s deepening political crisis, a day before the two Democratic lawmakers head to neighboring Syria. Kerry and Dodd met with U.S.-backed Prime Minister Fuad Saniora whose government is facing open-ended street protests …

BEIRUT, Lebanon – Israel is demanding that U.N. troops patrol the Syria-Lebanon border to prevent Hezbollah from receiving arms shipments. But even if Israel overcomes Syrian objections to the idea, policing the mostly mountainous frontier could prove nearly impossible. The controversy has developed as the United Nations tries to muster …

LOS ANGELES – Mel Gibson has admitted to making anti-Semitic remarks during his drunken driving arrest and has asked members of the Jewish community to help him recover from his alcohol addiction. “I want to apologize specifically to everyone in the Jewish community for the vitriolic and harmful words that …