On Monday, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton praised the Libyan people for their efforts to rid the country of the armed bands blamed for the killings.

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Israeli observers have suggested that even if parts of the Fatah leadership are serious about reducing the level of violence, they plainly do not exercise authority over some of the various armed bands.

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In the hurricane-ravaged city, where people are thirsty and hungry, living in squalid conditions and in fear of armed bands of marauding looters, the response is seen as confused, ineffective and puzzlingly slow.

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Small bands of armed rebels are still hiding in the mountains.

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Members of the three armed services, military bands and huge crowds of flag-waving well-wishers lined the route as the royals made their way from a reception in the City of London to a formal lunch at Westminster Hall.

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On the ground, the army's tactical victories against bands of poorly armed rebels seem simply to prompt the hydra heads of revolt to sprout elsewhere.

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Since 2001 Railroad Earth has been playing bluegrass plus snatches of rock, folk, and jazz with the same open armed, occasionally long-winded approach that's helped jam bands like Phish and the String Cheese Incident earn throngs of rabid fans.

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