European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 2, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Pages stars and stripes Mideast edition june 2007 in the world lebanese continue to bomb Camp by Bassem Mroue the associated press Lebanon under the cover of artillery dozens of lebanese army tanks and a Mored carriers on Friday pushed Forward against islamic militants barricaded in a palestinian refugee Camp in Northern the concentrated bombardment began in the with heavy barrages targeting All parts of the Nahr Elba red where Fatah islam Mili Tants have been holed up in a 13day siege by the lebanese the artillery bombardment sent Clouds of White smoke rising from the and the shelling ignited fires inside spewing Black the Mili Tants have barricaded themselves in the Camps residential neighbourhoods of winding streets and apartment reports on the ground indicated the army did not penetrate deep into the but limited its Advance to outer neighbourhoods militants use for sniper fire against army Nahr like the other 11 palestinian Camps in has been off limits to authorities under a nearly 40yearold agreement that allowed palestinians to run their own palestinian representative to Abbas told Al Nazeera television that the military action was engaging militants on the Camps outer he said there would be no storming of the Camps in where thousands of civilians two lebanese soldiers were killed and 10 wounded in the fighting according to Security officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the the officials said that a unit of Fatah islam Mili Tants was wiped out but gave no casualty the deaths Friday raised to 34 the number of sol Diers killed since fighting Between the army and Fatah islam militants began on May tropical storm Barbara expected to hit land Mexico City the second named storm of the Eastern Pacific Hurricane season grew Back to tropical storm Force on Friday and it was expected to hit the coast of Mexico or Guatemala Over the week Ben a resident watches As Black smoke from explosions fills the air above a lebanese army jeep returning from the fighting at the besieged Nahr Elba red refugee Camp near on tropical storm was in Force from to Barra de and the Hurricane Center m Miami warned that tropical storm Barbara could unleash heavy life threatening flooding and the first tropical storm of the Eastern Pacific 2007 faded at sea Christian in Pakistan condemned to death Pakistan a Christian was sentenced to death for allegedly insulting islam Prophet and a human rights activist Friday urged Pakistan president to spare his life Younis was arrested in september 2005 on the outskirts of the Eastern City of Lahore after residents told police he made derogatory remarks against islam and on a court sentenced Masih to death under Pakistan s harsh blasphemy which rights groups say have been misused against christians since former president Ziaulhaq enacted them in 1980s to win the support of Hartline religious kidnapped reporter says Hes been treated Well Gaza Gaza strip a British reporter kidnapped in the Gaza strip nearly three months ago appeared Friday in a videotape posted on an islamic militant web saying his captors had treated him denouncing and criticizing British and Mideast policy there was no Date on the recording the first sign of life from Alan Johnston since his abduction and it was not Clear Why his captors decided to Post the British broadcasting who has been covering the palestinian territories for three has a reputation for and it seemed Likely he was reciting what he was told to Johnston looked fit and Calm during the three minutes he Leader says China poses no threat Singapore most asian countries do not see chivas military buildup or increased defense spending As a threat to regional Evan though it has worried Washington and Singapore prime minister said most asian countries assess the Challenge from China to be More economic than prime minister Lee Hsien Loong said in a speech to inaugurate a three Day regional Security the Shangrila dialogue is being attended by several defense minis ters and top officials from 26 including Secretary of de sense Robert japanese defense minister Fumio Indian defense minister Antony and the chinese army Deputy chief of the general from the associated press Bush defends system at heart of Putin argument looking for jobs with defense contractors private military the easiest Way to Speed up your overseas Job by Jennifer Loven the associated press Washington president Bush defended his plan to build a missile defense in rus Sias Back even though it has sparked fresh tensions in the already frayed Washington mos cow Bush suggested that russian president Vladimir Putin needs to get Over Russia has reacted to the new system by unleashing several rounds of harsh rhetoric against the United the cold War is Bush told foreign reporters in an inter View that previewed an eight Day trip to Europe next were now into the 21st cent where we need to Deal with the True which Are threats of Radical extremists who will kill to Advance an and the threats of Bush eight Day which be gins will include meet Ings with Putin during and on the sidelines of a Summit in Germany of leading industrialized hoping to normalize the president also this week invited Putin to come his family summer compound on the Maine coast july a Njo nth after the group of eight but Bush also is making stops before and after the Summit that could further inflame his rus Sian counterpart Bush is visiting Poland and the czech former soviet satellite states that Are now nato where Bush wants to base parts of the missile defense the president sai0 in the thurs Day interviews that Bart of the Rea son for his trip was to ally peo Ples fears Abou the system he thinks its aimed at him its Bush said of he the system is meant to protect nato allies against hostile Russia is not Russia is a Putin said thursday that tests of new russian were a 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