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Monday, July 31, 2006

By Challiss McDonough, VOA News
Qana, Lebanon

An Israeli airstrike on the village of Qana has killed at least 54 people, more than half of them children, with other bodies believed buried in rubble. Israel says it was trying to attack Hezbollah, a group the State Department has designated a terrorist organization.

Louis Antoine Léon de Saint-Just (August 25, 1767 – July 28, 1794), usually known as Saint-Just, was a French revolutionary leader. Closely allied with Robespierre, he served with him on the Committee of Public Safety and perished with him after the events of 9 Thermidor.

Read Louis de Saint-Just's "Speech Against the King" one of many resources available free at www.saint-just.net

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