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QANA, Lebanon – Israel approved plans to widen its ground offensive against Hezbollah terrorists in Lebanon early Tuesday. The country’s Security Cabinet also rejected calls for a cease-fire until an international peacekeeping force able to intervene with force, preferably headed by NATO, was in place. A participant, speaking on condition …

To help save your vision as you age, you may want to give fish oil the thumbs up and cigarettes the thumbs down. Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) — the leading cause of age-related vision loss — is nearly twice as common in elderly smokers as nonsmokers. And seniors who eat …

BAGHDAD, Iraq – Hundreds of Iraqi soccer fans enjoyed a peaceful show as they watched the World Cup quarterfinals on an outdoor screen in northern Iraq, but not everybody liked what they saw. About 1,000 people attended the viewing of the matches late Saturday in a public park in Sulaimaniyah, …

CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. – A man who prosecutors say lured underage girls he met on a vampire-related Internet site to cemeteries for sex pleaded not guilty to rape and sodomy charges. Eric Fischer, 23, was ordered held on $350,000 bail after entering the plea Thursday on a 25-count indictment that …

UNITED NATIONS – An e-mail sent by a Canadian U.N. observer and obtained by FOX News casts doubt on claims by U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan that the Israeli attack on a U.N. peacekeeper observation post along the Lebanese border was intentional. The email from Major Paeta Hess-von Kruedener warned that …

It’s interesting what $3-a-gallon gasoline will do to Americans’ views on energy exploration. In 1990, when President George H.W. Bush issued a presidential directive that prohibited energy exploration off the Atlantic, Pacific and Alaskan coasts and in the eastern Gulf of Mexico, the environmental movement cheered and few objected. We …

KHARTOUM, Sudan – Sudan‘s president lashed out at the U.S. on Sunday, saying Washington’s plans to create a “new Middle East” were behind an international push to replace African Union peacekeepers with U.N. forces in war-ravaged Darfur. President Omar al-Bashir has always opposed United Nations intervention in Sudan’s remote Darfur …

This is a partial transcript from “The O’Reilly Factor,” September 12, 2006, that has been edited for clarity. Watch “The O’Reilly Factor” weeknights at 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. ET and listen to the “Radio Factor!” BILL O’REILLY, HOST: Now for the top story tonight. Opposing point of view joining …

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – A third bag of Dole baby spinach that tested positive for a deadly E. coli strain has been linked to a specific batch packaged at a Salinas Valley plant, state health officials said. A Pennsylvania state lab identified the strain Tuesday in a sample of spinach purchased …

PARIS – The Airbus A380, the world’s largest passenger jet, took to the sky with a full load of passengers for the first time Monday, and the European aircraft maker announced further management changes in the wake of costly delays to the $13 billion jet program. The 308-ton jet touched …