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• Lebanon - The United States and Arab allies sent military aid to Lebanon and the Lebanese army deployed extra troops to a Palestinian camp where it has been battling Islamist militants this week. A fragile truce held between the army and the...

• Lebanon - The United States and Arab allies sent military aid to Lebanon and the Lebanese army deployed extra troops to a Palestinian camp where it has been battling Islamist militants this week. A fragile truce held between the army and the Fatah al-Islam militant group in northern Lebanon at the Nahr al-Bared camp, where the faction is based, despite sporadic clashes. The fighting, which started on Sunday, has killed 76 people.

• North Korea fired several short-range missiles, but the United States and its Asian allies said the launches were part of normal military drills and would not affect talks on Pyongyang's nuclear arms programme. "It appears to be a routine exercise," said Gordon Johndroe, spokesman for the White House National Security Council.

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