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Pictures of the destruction caused by the recent violence in the Middle East have galvanized public opinion worldwide, but are presented in vastly different ways by broadcasters in Israel and the Arab world. Terence Smith reports.

Kwame Holman reports on the debate over guns in the cockpit. Then, Elizabeth Farnsworth leads a debate with Captain Stephen Luckey, Patricia Friend, and Michael Goldfarb.

British Royal Marines led a force of 1,000 allied troops in a new search of southeastern Afghanistan Thursday, with plans to destroy caves and bunkers and capture al-Qaida members who may still be in the region.