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Essential News from The Associated Press
Latest Headlines  As deaths rise, no end seen to Israeli offensiveJuly 11, 20145:41 PM ET JERUSALEM (AP) — Asserting it has broad international support for a fierce military offensive in the Gaza Strip, Israel is showing no signs of ending the operation, vowing to press on until there is a halt to rocket attacks from the seaside territory.   Over 100 killed in Gaza as rockets fall on IsraelJuly 11, 201410:17 PM ET JERUSALEM (AP) — With the official Palestinian count of the dead passing 100, and rockets fired by militants striking Israel from the Gaza Strip and from Lebanon, Israel's prime minister on Friday brushed off a question about cease-fire efforts.   House chairman: $3.7B border request 'too much'July 11, 20148:02 PM ET WASHINGTON (AP) — A key Republican said Friday that President Barack Obama's multibillion-dollar emergency request for the border is too big to get through the House, as a growing number of Democrats rejected policy changes Republicans are demanding as their price for approving any money.   US border effort sputters as migrants cross againJuly 11, 20144:36 PM ET MEXICALI, Mexico (AP) — A U.S. effort to discourage immigrants' repeated attempts to enter the country illegally by dropping them back in Mexico hundreds of miles away from where they were caught has been sharply scaled back after producing relatively modest gains.   Commanders: Benghazi rescue hampered by info lackJuly 11, 20143:57 PM ET WASHINGTON (AP) — Two of the four U.S. deaths in Benghazi might have been prevented, military leaders say, if commanders had known more about the intensity of the sporadic gunfire directed at the CIA facility where Americans had taken refuge and had pressed to get a rescue team there faster. 
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