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Violence in Darfur |
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Written by Edmund Sanders
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Friday, 18 August 2006 |
With the Darfur peace accord stalled and the U.S. preoccupied in the Middle East, western Sudan is slipping back into a level of violence not seen for two years, diplomats and analysts say. A much-touted peace deal announced in May has only heightened hostilities by splintering rebel groups. And although Darfur has been the Bush administration's top priority in Africa, the point man on U.S. efforts to end the violence, Deputy Secretary of State Robert B. Zoellick, resigned in June, leaving those duties unfilled.
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Bush: Hezbollah Loser |
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Written by JIM RUTENBERG
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Tuesday, 15 August 2006 |
President Bush on Monday defended his handling of the war between Isreal and Hezbollah, declaring that Hezbollah had been the loser in the monthlong fight and warning Syria and Iran against resupplying the Lebanese militia. |
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Hezbollah Inspires Sudanese |
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Written by Daily Star - Lebanon
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Tuesday, 15 August 2006 |
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir said Sudan has taken inspiration from Hizbullah and would battle a proposed international peacekeeping force in the strife-ridden Darfur region, the state news agency reported Tuesday. The statements by Bashir appeared to strengthen Sudan's resolve to resist a possible UN-backed force to end the bloodshed and ongoing refugee crisis. More than 200,000 people have been killed in the western region since 2003, when ethnic African tribes revolted against the Khartoum government. |
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Lebanon truce holds |
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Written by Lin Noueihed - Reuters
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Monday, 14 August 2006 |
As a truce between Israel and Hizbollah guerrillas entered its second day on Tuesday, planning got underway for a beefed up U.N. peacekeeping force to back the Lebanese army when it deploys to the south. Ground clashes, Israeli air strikes and Hizbollah rocket fire ceased on Monday as the fragile truce took hold, encouraging droves of Lebanese refugees to return to southern villages devastated by the month-long war. |
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Iran Must Stop Support |
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Written by Tabassum Zakaria
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Monday, 14 August 2006 |
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Iran must stop supporting armed groups trying to derail democracies in Iraq and Lebanon, President George W. Bush said on Monday, casting the war between Israel and Hizbollah guerrillas as part of a wider struggle against terrorism. As a fragile truce took hold in southern Lebanon, Bush again squarely blamed Hizbollah for provoking the month-long conflict and said the group had suffered defeat. |
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