More than 250 people have been reported killed in Lebanon and Israel since fighting broke out July 12 between Israel forces and Hezbollah guerrillas. IN LEBANON: At least 227 people have been killed and more than 450 wounded, according to figures reported by the Lebanese national police and the military. Among the dead are 20 Lebanese army soldiers and two Hezbollah guerrillas. Among the civilian deaths are 8 Canadians, 2 Kuwaiti nationals, 1 Iraqi, 1 Sri Lankan, 1 Jordanian, police have reported. Latest deaths: ...
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 Italy, France Team On Immigration Agree To Take Similar 'Humane' Measures In Combating Illegal Immigrants |
French Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy told reporters Friday that he and his Italian counterpart agreed to work "decisively and humanely" to stem the flow of illegal immigrants, Italian news agencies reported. Leaving the one-hour meeting with Giuliano Amato, Sarkozy said the two countries hoped to present soon a common initiative to combat illegal immigration. "Italy and France, like all European countries, are confronted with the problem of massive and illegal immigration. We agreed that we will intensify our efforts and work together in the same direction, decisively and humanely," Sarkozy said, according to the Apcom and Ansa news agencies. ...
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Editor - 11:47:00 07-18-06
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| Gunmen storm Fatah officer's home |
Gunmen have stormed the home of a senior Palestinian security officer in Gaza, officials say. Nabil Tammous, a member of a security force loyal to President Mahmoud Abbas, was not there at the time. The attackers forced their way into the house, blew it up and also seized three bodyguards, security sources said. The ruling party Hamas, which has clashed frequently with Mr Abbas's Fatah party, denied any involvement in the attack. One report said a fourth guard was killed in the incident. The two factions, Hamas and Fatah, were locked in an intense power struggle for months after Hamas gained control of the Palestinian parliament in elections in January. ...
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| Afghanistan forces retake Taliban-held district |
Afghan and coalition forces fought heavy battles Tuesday to retake two districts in southern Afghanistan captured by Taliban militants and had expelled the rebels from one town by evening, officials said.The Islamic rebels took over the remote and largely lawless southernmost Garmser and adjoining Naway-i-Barakzayi districts of Helmand province late Monday.In Garmser, on the border with Pakistan, they burned the Afghan flag flying at the district headquarters and hoisted another, apparently that of pro-Taliban Pakistan religious party Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam, the interior ministry said."At 5:30 p.m. we got back control of Naway district," defense ministry spokesman Gen. Mohammad Zahir Azimi told AFP.Police had earlier said authorities had regained control of the district after a few hours of fighting late Monday, but Azimi said they had not....
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| Bush blocked review of spy program: Gonzales |
Bush prevented a review earlier this year by Justice Department lawyers of his warrantless domestic spying program, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales testified on Tuesday. Gonzales told the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, however, that he was confident the program's constitutionality would be upheld by a proposed review of it by a secret federal court.Gonzales said Bush refused to give the Justice Department's Office of Professional Responsibility access to the classified program begun shortly after the September 11 attacks and disclosed in December by The New York Times.The office announced in May it was unable to conduct an investigation into the role department lawyers had in developing the National Security Agency's eavesdropping program, which targets overseas telephone calls and e-mails of Americans with suspected terrorists ties....
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| Diplomat: Proposed Resolution Gives Iran Short Time to Suspend Uranium Enrichment |
A proposed U.N. Security Council resolution would give Iran a short time to suspend uranium enrichment and work on a heavy-water nuclear reactor or face the prospect of economic and diplomatic sanctions, a council diplomat said Tuesday. France's U.N. Ambassador Jean-Marc de La Sabliere, the current council president, said the council was starting to work on an Iran resolution. But he gave no details as he headed into a brief meeting with envoys from the United States, Russia, China, Britain and Germany who have been the key players in negotiations with Iran....
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