[AP/Newsday] A Lebanese army officer said nine Lebanese troops had been killed in the fighting at the northern Nahr el-Bared camp since Friday, raising the army's death toll to 44 since the standoff there began two weeks ago. Fatah Islam spokesman Abu Salim Taha said that five militants, including a senior leader, had been killed and seven wounded since Friday.
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