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A Middle East and Jewish community adviser to Barack Obama is joining the campaign staff full-time.

Egyptian police shot and killed a Sudanese man trying to cross into Israel.

Iran's test of a satellite launch was a failure, data show.

Israel would attack Lebanon without restraint if a Hezbollah-dominated Lebanon struck Israel, Ehud Olmert said.

A Russian military official said Israel supplied arms to Georgia and trained its military intelligence units.