Lebanese Islamists seek surrender of camp militants
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TRIPOLI, Lebanon  - Lebanese Islamists on Thursday sought the surrender of al Qaeda-inspired militants locked in deadly battles with troops at a Palestinian refugee camp but the group said it would not give itself up.
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Palestinian leaders tried on Monday to negotiate an end to a bloody standoff between the Lebanese army and Islamist militants who have been holed up in a refugee camp for more than a week.
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Pakistani Muslim clerics said on Monday they were making a last-ditch bid to avert an assault on militants holed up in a mosque after authorities issued what they said was a last warning for them to surrender.
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NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon  - Lebanese troops tightened the noose around al Qaeda-inspired militants at a Palestinian refugee camp in north Lebanon on Monday, where the army made major advances after a month of fighting.
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Twenty Islamist militants are killed by Lebanese troops as they tried to flee a besieged refugee camp, officials say.
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Palestinian mediators are hopeful a deal will be reached soon to end a month of fighting between Lebanese troops and al Qaeda-inspired militants entrenched in a refugee camp, political sources said on Tuesday.
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TRIPOLI, Lebanon -- Seven Al Qaeda-inspired guerrillas surrendered yesterday to a secular Palestinian faction at a besieged refugee camp in northern Lebanon, offering the first tangible sign that moderate Palestinians might be moving against the militants.
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Lebanon's defense minister issued an ultimatum Wednesday to Islamic militants barricaded in this Palestinian refugee camp to surrender or face a military onslaught
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NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon  - Lebanese troops unleashed artillery and tank barrages at al Qaeda-inspired militants dug-in at a Palestinian refugee camp early on Sunday, before fighting eased for the first time in three days.
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Lebanon's army pressed on with an offensive to uproot al-Qaida-inspired militants, pounding their hideouts in a Palestinian refugee camp with artillery Saturday, a day after sending tanks and armored vehicles to seize positions in the camp's outer neighborhoods.
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NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon  - At least 20 militants and two Lebanese soldiers were killed in a battle on Sunday when fighters from the Fatah al-Islam group tried to flee a Palestinian refugee camp, a security source said.
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Pakistani Muslim clerics said on  Monday they were making a last-ditch bid to avert an assault on  militants holed up in a mosque after authorities issued what  they said was a last warning for them to surrender.
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AIN AL-HILWEH, Lebanon  - Islamist militants attacked Lebanese troops at a second Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon on Monday, killing two soldiers and threatening to plunge the country into long-term instability.
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U.N. relief officials appealed Wednesday for safe access to the Palestinian refugee camp at the center of a standoff between Islamic militants and the Lebanese army
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NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon  - Sporadic fighting erupted on Tuesday between the Lebanese army and Sunni Islamist militants holed up in a battered Palestinian camp, with no sign of progress in efforts to mediate an end to the 10-day standoff.
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Sporadic gunfire erupted Thursday inside the Nahr el-Bared refugee camp where Islamic militants are holed up after refusing an ultimatum by Lebanon's defense minister to surrender or face a military onslaught. Lebanon's leader vowed to uproot the fighters.
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NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon  - Fresh fighting broke out on Sunday between the Lebanese army and militants in a Palestinian refugee camp, but a senior member of the governing coalition said there were no plans to end the standoff by military means.