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Zeina Karam / Associated Press:
Israel nearly triples troops in Lebanon — BEIRUT, Lebanon - Israel staged wide-ranging airstrikes and sent commandos into the Hezbollah heartland Saturday as the United Nations raced to begin enforcing its new cease-fire blueprint and stop the heavy fighting still raging in southern Lebanon.
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New York, 11 August 2006 - Secretary-General's statement to the Security Council on the adoption of a resolution on Lebanon — I welcome wholeheartedly the resolution you are about to adopt, and I am greatly relieved that it provides for a full and immediate cessation of hostilities.
New York Times:
U.N. Council Backs Measure to Halt War in Lebanon — The Security Council agreed unanimously on Friday on a measure calling for a full cessation of hostilities in Lebanon, deploying 30,000 Lebanese and United Nations forces in southern Lebanon and calling upon Israel to withdraw its forces "in parallel."
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Washington Post:
Peace Resolution for Lebanon Unanimously Approved at U.N. — Council Calls for Israeli Withdrawal, International Force — The U.N. Security Council unanimously approved a resolution Friday that calls for a halt to the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah and authorizes the deployment …
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
A Response To Paul — Paul Mirengoff, a true gentleman and a friend, responds to my criticism that he unfairly criticized George Bush for agreeing to the Security Council resolution, rightly noting that I did not explain myself in much detail. Paul politely restates his case and attempts to interpret my thin line of argument.
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Kathy Gannon / Associated Press:
'Green Helmet' helps rescue the wounded — TYRE, Lebanon - After hours of digging in the blistering heat, Salam Daher emerged from the wreckage with the body of a 9-month-old baby, a blue pacifier still pinned to its nightshirt. — He held the infant up and, click, an Associated Press …
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Matthew Pennington / Associated Press:
Pakistan nabs 17 in airplane terror plot — ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Pakistani intelligence agents have arrested as many as 17 people, some of them British nationals and at least one with alleged ties to al-Qaida, in the plot to blow up jetliners flying from Britain to the United States.
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Associated Press:
Conservative group sets sights on Chafee — PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Fresh off their first victory over a Republican incumbent, GOP conservatives seeking party purity on taxes and spending are focused on ousting moderate Republican Sen. Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island.
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Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
Chafee Is Targeted By GOP Conservative Group
Chafee Is Targeted By GOP Conservative Group
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Wall Street Journal:
Aircraft-Security Focus Swings to People — Spotting Dangerous Individuals Gains Supporters, but Remains Beset With Problems — Security officials trying to protect America's airliners face a twin battle: stopping bad stuff and stopping bad people. — Most of the focus has traditionally …
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Telegraph:
Muslims urge Blair to end the violence — Tony Blair has been urged to change UK foreign policy and do more to end the violence in the Middle East. — A letter to the Prime Minister from some of Britain's most influential Muslims, which appears as a full-page advert in some national newspapers …
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Julie Burchill / Haaretz:
Bleeding-heart ignoramuses — A few weeks back it was my birthday, and my equally non-Jewish journalist friend Chas Newkey-Burden took his life in his hands and presented me with a cuddly toy. Now, normally I feel that people who bother with cuddly toys over the age of eight are either mad …
Peter Baker / Washington Post:
Increasingly, Bush Escapes the Media Pack — GREEN BAY, Wis. — On one of the scariest days yet in the five-year battle with terrorists, President Bush prepared to make a speech to reassure the American people. But the White House press corps was 1,000 miles away in Texas.
Associated Press:
Lamont aide to apologize for comment — WATERBURY, Conn. - Democrat Ned Lamont's campaign manager said he would apologize to the mayor of Waterbury for describing the city that backed his opponent, Sen. Joe Lieberman, as a place "where the forces of slime meet the forces of evil."
Los Angeles Times:
The West 100 — Our list of the most powerful people in Southern California — 1. Donald Bren — Chairman, Irvine Co.; 74, Newport Beach — Simply put, Orange County looks like Orange County—much of it uniformly manicured and catering to the high life and high tech—because of the influence of one man.
Andrew Gimson / Telegraph:
Americans will die for liberty — As we took off from London for New York a few days ago, our three over-excited children asked if there was any chance of the plane being blown up. I explained that the likelihood of that happening was virtually zero, and wondered how we were going to maintain …
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