July 19, 2006 Islamic World News, Islamic-World
KHARTOUM (Reuters) — Sharp differences emerged on Monday between Sudan and the international community over the purpose of an upcoming conference at which world powers are set to push for a United Nations peacekeeping mission in Darfur.
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July 19, 2006 Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
BAGHDAD (Reuters) — Gunmen killed over 50 people in an attack around a crowded market in a violent town near Baghdad on Monday, one of the bloodiest incidents in Iraq this year.
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July 19, 2006 Iran, Iran News
ST. PETERSBURG (AP) — Group of Eight (G-8) leaders were told Iran was seriously considering a package of incentives aimed at getting it to halt its nuclear programme, South African President Thabo Mbeki said Monday.
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July 19, 2006 Iran, Iran News
TEHRAN — Western analysts see Iran as relishing an Israeli offensive that will divert mounting pressure away from its nuclear programme and say Hizbollah could not have acted without a nod from its old ally Tehran.
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July 18, 2006 Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
DAMASCUS (AP) — The United Nations and Britain urged the deployment of peacekeepers in Lebanon and Russia offered troops for any such force, as the UN dispatched an envoy to Israel on Monday in the first big swirl of diplomatic efforts to stem the Mideast violence.
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July 18, 2006 Middle Orient, Middle Orient Press
BEIRUT — Israel’s assault on Lebanon threatens to weaken Arab moderates throughout the region, bolstering the image of Islamic fighters at a time when anger among the Arab public is running high over the “war on terror†and America’s role in Iraq.
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July 18, 2006 Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
ISRAELI AIR STRIKES killed 42 people across Lebanon on Monday, including 10 civilians hit on a southern bridge, on the sixth day of a bombardment that has wreaked the heaviest destruction in Lebanon for over 20 years.
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July 17, 2006 Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
Lebanon has accused the United States of blocking a Security Council statement calling for a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, and said the impotence of the UN’s most powerful body sent wrong signals to small countries.
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July 16, 2006 Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
Israel continued to pound Beirut’s southern suburb on Sunday, the fifth successive day of an offensive on Lebanon. The air strikes, which killed 35 civilians on Saturday, including 15 children, were meant to punish the Lebanese government for failing to disarm the resistance group Hezbollah. Â
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July 16, 2006 Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
At least 12 Lebanese villagers, including women and children, were killed on Saturday in an Israeli air strike on vehicles fleeing a village in southern Lebanon, a witness said. The convoy was leaving the border village of Marwahin when it was attacked.
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