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Top Iranian and Syrian officials met in Damascus Thursday to discuss methods for continuing the flow of arms to Hezbollah as it battles Israel, according to Middle East media. Kuwait's Al-Siyassah newspaper, citing "well-informed Syrian sources," said Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah was...
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AFP - Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said sending UN peacekeepers to Lebanon without a lasting ceasefire in the Middle East conflict would be a "suicide mission."
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AP - The United States is charting a separate course from its European and Arab allies in the Middle East.
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AP - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called for a cease-fire in Lebanon and criticized U.S. policy in the Middle East on Wednesday, saying Washington wants to "recarve the map" of the region with Israel's help.
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Prodi: Italy will join Mideast force
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AP - Italian Premier Romano Prodi said Wednesday he would commit troops to a military force for Lebanon if it had a U.N. mandate.
Sources: YAHOO
Mideast trouble should not deflect focus on Afghanistan: minister
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AFP - The tensions in the Middle East must not deflect international attention from Afghanistan's development as the war in Iraq has done, Afghan Foreign Minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta said.
Sources: YAHOO
Sources: YAHOO
Rice's Mideast visit draws mixed reviews
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AP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice won praise from Israel but little enthusiasm from its Arab neighbors as she shuttled between Middle East cities Tuesday, still lacking a formula for ending Israeli-Hezbollah fighting or for long-term peace.
Sources: YAHOO
Hezbollah vows rockets deeper into Israel
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AP - Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, looking exhausted, defiantly vowed Wednesday that his fighters would begin firing rockets deeper into Israel, beyond the northern port of Haifa.
Sources: YAHOO
Mubarak Criticizes US Mideast Policy
AHN
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak Tuesday took a swipe at US Middle East policy, before departing for Saudi Arabia to discuss ongoing fighting between Israel and Hezbollah. His remarks were seen as a jab at US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's belief that the violence should not be halted...
Sources: AHN
Arab leaders mull Israel-Hezbollah crisis
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AP - Letting Arab leaders figure out what to do about Hezbollah's weapons and assembling a strong international peacekeeping force along Israel's border are among proposals to be discussed at a meeting of key Mideast players in Rome on Wednesday.
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Rice Meets With Olmert In Israel
AHN
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has arrived in Israel to meet with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and discuss among other things, ways to resolve the looming regional crisis in the Middle East and the continued violence in Lebanon and Gaza. Rice said Tuesday on her arrival, "I have no doubt there...
Sources: AHN
Germans split over taboo of Mideast deployment
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Reuters - The prospect of German soldiers heading
to the Israeli border region as part of an international force
has sparked a fierce debate about what Germany's role in the
Middle East should be some 60 years after the Holocaust.
Sources: YAHOO
Sources: YAHOO
Mideast fighting threatens Iran diplomacy
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AP - Iran insists it will not be drawn into the Middle East fighting between Israel and Tehran's Hezbollah clients but may be unable to avoid fallout on the already difficult diplomatic struggle over its nuclear program — hardening positions on all sides, experts on the talks said Monday.
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Annan wants end Israel-Hezbollah conflict
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AP - U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Monday he wants the upcoming meeting of key Mideast players to agree on a package to stop the Israeli-Hezbollah fighting and ensure lasting peace between Israel and Lebanon.
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AP's John Roderick recalls 1940s Lebanon
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AP - AP Special Correspondent John Roderick reported for the AP for 39 years, mainly in Asia. Early in his AP career he covered the Middle East from 1948 to 1949.
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Sri Lanka Seeks International Help For Its Citizens Trapped In Lebanon
AHN
The government of Sri Lanka is appealing to the international community for assistance in evacuating its citizens still trapped in the war-ravaged Lebanon. Officials on Monday said an estimated 80,000 Sri Lankans are working in the war-torn Middle East country mostly as domestic helpers, truck...
Sources: AHN
Syria says will urge Mideast cease-fire
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AP - Syria, one of Hezbollah's main backers, said Sunday it will press for a cease-fire to end the fighting between Israel and the Islamic militant group but only in the framework of a broader Middle East peace initiative.
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Indonesia Ready To Send Troops To Middle East For Peace
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Indonesia said Saturday that it is ready to send troops to the Middle East under a UN mandate to restore peace in the region.
Sources: AHN
U.N. official calls for end to violence
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AP - The United Nations' top humanitarian official inspected firsthand the destruction wrought by Israeli air raids on south Beirut as he began a relief mission to Lebanon on Sunday.
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Iraq PM to urge U.S. to work for truce
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AP - Iraq's prime minister said Saturday he will urge U.S. officials to work for a cease-fire in Lebanon during his visit to Washington, saying Israel's "hostile acts" adversely affect the entire the Middle East.
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Pope calls for prayers for Mideast peace
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AP - Pope Benedict XVI said Friday that he does not plan to intervene diplomatically in the Middle East fighting, but called on people of all religions to join Sunday's worldwide day of prayers for peace.
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Asia Ready To Send Peacekeeping Force In Lebanon
AHN
The governments of Indonesia and Malaysia have expressed their readiness to send peacekeeping troops as part of UN deployment to the Middle East as Asian countries are showing growing concern in the region and urged the international community to act swiftly. With the ferocious bombings of Israel...
Sources: AHN
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