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Israel hit sites in southern Lebanon with artillery fire and airstrikes.

The army said it had acted after intercepting rockets that were fired earlier in the day into northern Israel.

The incidents further weakened the ceasefire that Israel agreed on with Hizbola, a Lebanese-based

Shia militia, in November after a year of war. Each side had accused the other of violating the

truce's terms. Doctors treating Pope Francis said he would be discharged from hospital on Sunday

after a stay of more than five weeks. Sergio Alfieri, the head of the Pope's medical

team, said that the 88-year-old pontiff, who was diagnosed with bilateral pneumonia, had been

in danger of losing his life. Francis is expected to rest for at least two months.

Britain's energy secretary, Ed Miliband, ordered the operator of the National Electricity

Grid to investigate the power failure that closed Heathrow Airport for most of Friday.

The airport operator said Heathrow was fully operational on Saturday, having been out of action

the previous day by a fire at a nearby electrical substation.

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