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Just hours after attacking Pearl Harbor, Japan invaded the Philippines. The second assault was less immediate but arguably much longer lasting–longest of all for the thousands of American civilians living there at the time, who quickly became Japan's captives. Many of them would remain interned there until the end of the war, with little attention from home, making them feel, in the words of American Red Cross worker Marie Adams, like the "lost tribe of the Philippines."
Pick an industry. Odds are it is being transformed by the Internet: retail, media, travel, manufacturing, even politics. "New economy" titans like Yahoo!'s Terry Semel like to say this represents the long-overdue demise of the omnipotent middleman: Consumers can find vastly more choices online than in a big-box store or a newspaper, while the big companies and institutions that used to dictate tastes and buying habits are losing their power.
AP - Israel unleashed a furious military campaign on Lebanon's main airport, highways, military bases and other targets Thursday, retaliating for scores of Hezbollah guerrilla rockets that rained down on Israel and reached as far as Haifa, its third-largest city, for the first time.
AP - President Bush strongly defended Israel's attacks in Lebanon on Thursday but worried they could weaken or topple the fragile government in Beirut. The Mideast violence exposed divisions between the United States and allies and raised fears of a widening war.
AP - Inspectors on Thursday quadrupled the number of possible ceiling bolt problems in a Big Dig tunnel where a woman was crushed by falling concrete, adding to the urgency of the growing debate over who should ensure the safety of the troubled project.
• Israel bombs Beirut-Damascus highway • IDF: Rockets hit Haifa; Hezbollah denies attack • Israeli ambassador: Haifa attack "major escalation" • Hezbollah launches scores of rockets into Israel • Israel, Lebanon officials say violence amounts to "acts of war" • U.S. Embassy personnel to leave Lebanon