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The World Health Organization confirmed today an outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in the West African country of Gabon. Thirteen people have died from the disease so far and seven more are infected. Jennifer Ludden reports from Abidjan on the race to locate the source of the outbreak and to contain it.

Jennifer Griffin reports that funeral services were held today for people who died when Israel bombed a refugee camp in southern Lebanon last week. The deaths helped spur the United States to seek a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah guerillas.

NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports on the expected return of President obutu Sese Seko (moh-BOO-too SEY-sey SEH-koh) to Zaire. He has been in France or the past four months undergoing treatment for cancer while his country truggled with civil war.

NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports on the growing lobby against Mexican ID cards. Three states have passed bills barring their acceptance, arguing the cards violate federal law.

NPR's Jennifer Ludden in Jerusalem reports it is too early to tell whether the latest Israeli-Palestinian agreement will put an end to the bloody clashes in the West Bank and Gaza. The two sides have sharply intensified their propaganda war over the past two-and-a-half weeks.

NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports Israeli troops and Palestinian gunmen have been battling on the outskirts of Jerusalem. Israel says it will seal off the village of Beit Jala from where Palestinians have repeatedly opened fire on a nearby Jewish neighborhood.

NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports Israeli troops have been demolishing Palestinian homes and razing fruit and olive groves near Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip in a bid to stop Palestinian attacks on the settlers. There have been loud complaints from human rights activists and others.

NPR's Jennifer Ludden in Jerusalem reports on a special Israeli commission investigating the deaths of 13 Israeli Arabs last October. The victims were shot dead by security forces during demonstrations in support of the Palestinian uprising in the West Bank and Gaza.

Israel's outgoing Prime Minister Ehud Barak will not take on the position of defense minister in the new Israeli government. Barak told incoming Prime Minister Ariel Sharon today that he had changed his mind. Noah Adams talks with NPR's Jennifer Ludden in Jerusalem.

NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports after a week of intense Israeli-Palestinian violence in the Gaza Strip, some Palestinians are beginning to question whether their armed rebellion will succeed against the overwhelming firepower of the Israelis. But many Palestinians still say there's no alternative.