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Israel Museum puts Dead Sea scroll on rare display Tue - 12:08 PM

By MATTI FRIEDMAN

Associated Press Writer

MIDEAST ISRAEL PALESTINIANS ANCIENT SCROLLS

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A museum employee points at the 'Book of Isaiah' from the Dead Sea scrolls at the Shrine of the Book in Jerusalem, Tuesday May 13, 2008. One of the most important of the Dead Sea scrolls is going briefly on display in Jerusalem this week more than four decades after it was last seen by the public.

JERUSALEM One of the most important Dead Sea scrolls is going on display in Jerusalem this week - more than four decades after it was last seen by the public. The 24-foot scroll with the text of the Bible's Book of Isaiah had been in a dark, temperature-controlled room at the Israel Museum since 1967. It went on display two years earlier, but curators replaced it with a facsimile after noticing new cracks in the calfskin parchment.

The museum decided to put the scroll back on show for three months as part of Israel's 60th anniversary celebrations.

Australian fined for buckling in beer, not child Tue - 11:58 AM

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DARWIN, Australia An Australian man has been fined after buckling in a case of beer with a seat belt but leaving a 5-year-old child to sit on the car's floor, police said Tuesday.

Constable Wayne Burnett said he was "shocked and appalled" when he pulled over the unregistered car Friday in the central Australian town of Alice Springs.

Lebanese army expands deployment to impose order Tue - 11:43 AM

By BASSEM MROUE

Associated Press Writer

MIDEAST LEBANON CLASHES

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A Lebanese Druze man talks on a public phone beside a burning store in Chouweifat, South of Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, May 12, 2008. Heavy fighting broke out between pro- and anti-government supporters in the area of Chouweifat, Lebanon's central mountains overlooking the capital Sunday sending echoes of gunfire and explosions rolling across Beirut.

BEIRUT, Lebanon The Lebanese army expanded its troop deployment to tense areas around the country Tuesday, saying its soldiers would use force if needed to impose order after clashes between the U.S.-backed government and Hezbollah-led opposition.

The army, which is respected by the Hezbollah militants, has played a central role in defusing the violence by calling on armed supporters from both sides to leave the streets.

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