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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — There are no Israeli ground troops involved, but Israel is again exchanging fire with Palestinian militants in Gaza. The Israeli military says the militants have fired 70 rockets toward Israel since a three-day truce expired yesterday. In response, Israel has targeted more than 30 sites in Gaza. A Palestinian health official says three bodies were found under the ruins of a mosque, including that of senior Hamas official.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is explaining his thinking in authorizing airstrikes in Iraq. U.S. strikes yesterday targeted fighters and weapons of the Islamic State near Irbil (ur-BEEL'), the capital of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region. American planes also have dropped food and water to members of a religious minority who fled from the militants but have ended up trapped on a mountaintop. In his weekly media address, Obama says when the U.S. has the ability to stop a massacre of innocent people, the nation shouldn't look away.
SANAA, Yemen (AP) — A Yemeni security official says an airstrike has killed three suspected al-Qaida militants in the country's central province. The official did not specify if it was a U.S. or Yemeni aircraft involved in the strike. Yemen has been grappling with an al-Qaida insurgency and receives counterterrorism training and assistance from Washington.
ENTEBBE, Uganda (AP) — Ugandan homosexuals and their supporters are holding a gay pride parade on a beach in the lakeside town of Entebbe. The parade is their first public event since a Ugandan court invalidated an anti-gay law that was widely condemned by Western governments and human rights watchdogs. Many marchers have been wearing masks, wary of being publicly identified in a country where homosexuals face discrimination.
HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii election officials are scrambling to set up polling stations ahead of the state's primary election, which will go ahead today despite rain and winds from Tropical Storm Iselle (ee-SEHL'). Officials are postponing the election for about 8,000 voters in two precincts on the Big Island because of road damage. Iselle (ee-SEHL') knocked out power, caused flooding and downed trees when it crossed onto the Big Island, but there have been no reports of injuries or deaths.
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