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Lena Dunham has shared an emotional message alongside naked pictures nine months after her hysterectomy. The 32-year-old, who had the operation in December after suffering for years with endometriosis, said the occasion felt bittersweet. She explained that the date was particularly poignant as nine months is the length of time a woman carries a baby before birth – and ‘I won’t ever do it the way I planned to.’

Hizbollah missiles rain down on Haifa in northern Israel Ground Offensive Denied Updated: 13:03, Monday July 17, 2006 Israel has denied reports its troops have launched a ground offensive in Lebanon against Hizbollah militants.Wire reports initially said its soldiers were hunting out Hizbollah missile bases. But it later went back on the account and also denied reports that an Israeli F16 jet had been shot down over Lebanon.Meanwhile, Hizbollah missiles have again been falling on Haifa, in northern Israel.Israel has already warned it will knock out Lebanon's electricity grid if the rocket attacks continue. Bomb damage in Beirut Israeli...