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In response to twin Qassam missile attack on Sderot from Gaza Tuesday, May 19, the Israeli Air Force went into action early Wednesday against a range of Hamas positions in Rafah, Khan Younes, Zeitun and Tufah suburbs of Gaza city and, Deir Balakh. DEBKAfile's military sources report that several Sinai-Gaza smuggling tunnels, missile foundries and three Hamas command posts in Gaza City were struck in Israel's most extensive Gaza raid since its major offensive ended in January. The Palestinians reported casualties.

NEW YORK, May 20 (Four men were arrested on Wednesday in a suspected plot to bomb a synagogue and Jewish community center in New York City and to shoot at military planes with stinger missiles, law enforcement officials said.

SALT LAKE CITY -- Utah officials reported the state's first death associated with swine flu and Arizona recorded that state's third victim, pushing the national death toll to 10 people.

Web Exclusive: Film is adaptation of Kashua's novel -- 'City of God' co-director Katia Lund is attached to helm 'Dancing Arabs,' which will be her first feature since she directed 'City' with Fernando Meirelles.

Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand must prove his fitness ahead of the Champions League final.

International News: Rulli, Petraglia writing script about massacre -- Italy's most infamous act of postwar political terrorism, the Piazza Fontana massacre, will get its first cinematic depiction in a high-profile pic being developed by Cattleya, the indie stable in which Universal holds a stake. The Piazza Fontana bombing in Milan in 1969 at the headquarters of a big national bank killed 17, wounded 88, and triggered a series of other deadly bombings in other Italian cities over the ensuing three decades, now known as country's 'strategy of tension' period. The bombings have been widely ascribed to the country's secret services as a ploy to prevent the country's Communist party from taking power, with the CIA also reportedly involved. Cattleya topper Riccardo Tozzi described the still-untitled Piazza Fontana project as 'a big 'JFK-like' film with an A-list cast.' 'Most of the main backstory is finally now known. So the time has come to come to terms with the past and reach some kind

Besieged by safety questions after a recent fatal crash in New York, regional airlines meeting in Salt Lake City this week emerged Wednesday with talking points that emphasized any problems they might have are industrywide and not exclusive to smaller carriers.

An official says a top al Qaeda suspect held at Guantanamo Bay will be sent to New York City for trial. Ahmed Ghailani would be the first Guantanamo detainee brought to the U.S., and the first to face trial in a civilian criminal court.

Spenders are still racking up credit card debt in these parts of the country.

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