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The grand march: Palestinians crash Israel's border
Many Palestinians and Arabs have celebrated the reactions of Hizbullah to Israel's aggressiveness, when Arab leaders seem to be able to do little but talk, the Arab public perceives.
Lebanon-Israel, Analysis, 7/20/2006
UN Human Rights Council calls for independent inquiry into Israeli war crimes in Gaza
"In these circumstances, I strongly recommend that, as a matter of urgency, an independent inquiry be made to determine whether or not the recent attack on Gaza's electricity power station was a war crime.
Palestine-Israel-UN, Politics, 7/20/2006
UK Archbishop condemns Israel's destruction of Lebanon
Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams said "My condemnation of this resort to violence is unequivocal,"
Lebanon-Israel-UK, Politics, 7/20/2006
500 thousand Lebanese displaced by Israel's aggression
Hizbullah major missile attacks will target Tel Aviv soon, but residents will be given one hour's notice to flee, a Palestinian news agency said on Wednesday.
Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 7/20/2006
German party: Israeli acts are barbarism in Lebanon and Gaza
Germany's opposition Left Party (Linke) strongly criticized Israel's military onslaught in Lebanon and Gaza, branding it an "act of barbarism,"
Lebanon-Israel-Germany, Politics, 7/20/2006
MPs condemn Blair's failure to insist on Israeli ceasefire
The all-party group warned that Israel had "gone far beyond defending itself" by heavily targeting civilian infrastructure, the Lebanese army, and Christian areas of Lebanon.
Lebanon-Israel-UK, Politics, 7/20/2006
Palestinian death toll from Israeli acts reach 12 in Gaza
Hospital sources said that Abu Libda is the third citizen murdered by Israeli occupation army today.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 7/20/2006
Israel uses chemical weapons in aggression on Lebanon: doctors
Michel Aoun, former Lebanese prime minister and current head of the "Free Patriotic Movement" also spoke directly from Lebanon by mobile phone. He said 650 people have been killed till now and over 1,000 injured by the Israeli aggression in Lebanon.
Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 7/20/2006
Iran works for EU package reply by late August
Iran today said that the special panels studying package of the European Union (EU) for national nuclear program will work out on a reply until August 22.
Iran-UN, Politics, 7/20/2006
US holds Lebanon hostage to gain levarage with Syria
US Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton said Syria's rejection of the UN mission "in effect applies to all of our collective efforts to get an international solution" to the crisis in Lebanon.
Lebanon-Israel-USA, Politics, 7/20/2006
Enter-Iraqi dialogue begins in Cairo
A delegation representing various Iraqi parties and sects arrived here Tuesday night on a visit to Egypt.
Iraq-Egypt, Politics, 7/20/2006
Concerned at rising tension in Somalia
Reacting to an increasingly tense atmosphere in Somalia, where fighting threatens to spread to Baidoa, the seat of the Transitional Federal Institutions, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan and his senior envoy to the country today urged the parties to engage in a dialogue aimed at peacefully settling their differences.
Somalia-UN, Politics, 7/20/2006
Bush meets Sudan VP on peace agreement
US President George W. Bush met today with a leader of Sudan's new national unity government to discuss how the United States can help Sudan build on the political progress and extend the benefits of peace throughout the war-torn country.
Sudan-USA, Politics, 7/20/2006
New draft resolution on Iran's nuclear issue
A new draft resolution on Iran's nuclear case was presented to Russia and China -- two of the five veto-wielding members of the Security Council, France's Ambassador to the UN and UNSC president for July Jean-Marc de la Sabliere said.
Iran-UN, Politics, 7/20/2006
News from around the web:
Iraqi Prime Minister Denounces Israel’s Actions - NY Times
(http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/20/world/middleeast/20shiites.html?_r=1&oref=slogin)
Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki of Iraq on Wednesday forcefully denounced the Israeli attacks on Lebanon, marking a sharp break with President Bush’s position and highlighting the growing power of a Shiite Muslim identity across the Middle East
Iraq-Lebanon, Politics, 7/20/2006
Syrians defiant, outraged at Lebanon's destruction - Washington Post
(www.washingtonpost.com)
Next to the Umayyad mosque in old Damascus, Samir Hamsho plastered a Hizbollah flag and a picture of its leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah outside his antique textiles and carpets shop.
Syria-Lebanon, Politics, 7/20/2006
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Short Takes:
The European Parliament voiced today 'extreme alarm' at the military escalation and the resulting humanitarian crisis in Lebanon and called for an immediate ceasefire. The leaders of the Political Groups of the European Parliament and EP President Josep Borrell issued a statement after a meeting in Brussels calling for an immediate cease-fire.
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