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A short-range rocket fired by the Iran-backed Palestinian Islamic Jihad landed 40 metres from the Gil Elementary School in the metropolis of Sderot today. Eighteen people were treated for trauma, including 10 children.

David Baker, a spokesman for Israeli Prime Curate Ehud Olmert said "Israel will go on with its attempts to halt these rocket onslaughts and forestall the same type of calamity that nearly occurred today."

Five other rockets were launched during the day, hitting stopping point to Ashkelon and Sderot but causing no casualties or damage.

Over 165 Qassam rockets and howitzer shells have got been fired at State Of Israel since the beginning of December.

: Emad Muhammad scored two ends in the first five proceedings Friday, leading Iran's Sepahan to a 3-1 win over New Zealand's Waitakere United in the gap lucifer of the FIFA Baseball Club World Cup.

Emad opened the scoring on a heading in the 3rd minute and doubled the Pb less than a minute later at Tokyo's National Stadium.

"We were the more than experienced team," said Sepahan manager Luka Bonacic. "We got two early ends and then the remainder of the lucifer was easy."

The Dec. 7-16 Baseball Club World Cup characteristics the champs of FIFA's continental baseball club competitions. Italian giant actinium Milan, South American title-holder Boca Juniors of Argentina, African title-holder Etoile Sahel of Tunisia, CONCACAF title-holder californium Pachuca of United Mexican States and Asiatic victors Urawa Reds are the other baseball clubs participating.

Abdul Wahab Abu Aluminum Hail gave Sepahan a 3-0 Pb with a long-range blast in the 47th minute. Today in Sports

Waitakere got one dorsum in the 74th minute when Darren Bazeley's curling free boot from the left side went in off a Sepahan defender.

The end energized the Kiwis who desperately tried to acquire back in the lucifer in the concluding 10 proceedings and had respective good scoring chances.

Oceania champs Waitakere, an recreational baseball club formed less than three old age ago, qualified for the tourney by whipping Fijian champs Barium in the O-League concluding in April.

Friday's consequence intends Sepahan progresses to the Dec. Ten quarterfinals to take on Japan's Urawa Reds in a replay of the concluding of the AFC Champions League in November, which Urawa won 3-1 on aggregate.

Since Japan's Reds are the current Asiatic champions, Sepahan, the runner-up in the AFC, are included in the tournament.

Brazil's Internacional beat out European human dynamo Barcelona 1-0 in last year's final.

AC Milano and Boca Juniors fall in the competition at the semifinal phase.

BAGHDAD, Republic Of Republic Of Republic Of Iraq (CNN) -- Civilian deceases in Iraq caused by war-related violence have got dropped for a 3rd consecutive month, according to November information compiled by Iraq's Inside Ministry.

Iraqis get in Bagdad from Syrian Arab Republic last month. Returning place is an option because of inceased security.

Last month, 538 Iraki civilians were killed in the force across the country, including 131 organic structures recovered by Iraki security military units in Baghdad, according to the ministry's figures.

It is the last monthly civilian decease toll since sectarian latent hostilities heightened across Iraq, after the February 2006 bombardment of the Askariya masjid in Samarra.

The figure compares with 758 Iraki civilians killed in October and 844 in September, according to the ministry.

Prior to the last three months, the 2007 monthly decease tolls from the ministry have got been substantially higher. In January 1,990 deceases were reported; February 1,646; March 1,872; April 1,501; May 1,949; June 1,227; July 1,653; and August 1,773.

The U.S. troop decease toll in Republic Of Iraq for October was 38 and for November 37, marking the last two-month stretch of American fatalities in the warfare since early 2004, when there were 20 in February and 52 in March.

Overall, this year's decease toll for the U.S. armed forces is the bloodiest twelvemonth since the warfare began. Don't Miss

Nearly 30,000 more than American military personnel were deployed this twelvemonth in and around Bagdad to take on insurrectionists as portion of what American Capital names the "surge."

The twelvemonth started out with 83 deceases in January and 81 in both February and March. The Numbers jumped dramatically in the spring, with 104 in April, 126 in May and 101 in June.

Those three calendar calendar months were the deadliest stretch in the warfare in for U.S. troops.

As the military constituted its new pacification strategy, the onslaughts began dropping from the 101 deceases tallied in June to 78 in July, 84 in August, 65 in September, 38 in October and 37 in November.

U.S. and Iraki functionaries have got pointed to respective tendencies in recent months.

Along with the "surge," there are military paces against Shi'Ite and Sunnite militants, Iraki security military units have got improved, grass-roots Sunni tribal resistance to aluminum Qaeda in Republic Of Iraq is growing, and Shi'Ite churchman Muqtada al-Sadr's Mehdi Army reserves have abided by a cease-fire.

The consequence have been what government state are lessenings in sectarian violence, driblets in onslaughts and military and civilian casualties, and the belief among some Iraki refugees who fled the war-torn country-bred that returning place is an option because of increased security.