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BEIRUT, Lebanon – Hezbollah (search) guerrillas attacked an Israeli base in a disputed part of the south Lebanon (search) border on Wednesday, and Israel responded with an airstrike. Israel said it suffered casualties in the exchange. The guerrillas attacked three Israeli positions in Chebaa Farms (search), an area where the …

CHILLICOTHE, Ohio – Lightning struck a softball field Wednesday night at a prison, killing one inmate and injuring five prisoners and two guards, authorities said. The inmates were playing softball when the lightning struck, said Tim Brunsman (search), warden at the Chillicothe Correctional Institution (search). A storm was moving through …

LONDON – The Albanian dissident and author Ismail Kadare (search) said Monday that his small victories in smuggling work out of his homeland inspired him to continue writing in the face of oppression. Kadare was in Edinburgh to collect the inaugural Man Booker International Prize (search), which will be awarded …