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            Mideast figures high in battle over Bolton nomination
          
          
        
 
      
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            Syria offers to talk but warns it may join conflict
          
          
        
 
      
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            UN, UK officials denounce Israeli attacks
          
          
        
 
      
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            Israel attacks civilian targets in Lebanon
          
          
        
 
      
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            Thousands around the world protest Israeli raids
          
          
        
 
      
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            Pakistan steps up nuclear program
          
          
        
 
      
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            Ethiopian forces take second town in Somalia
          
          
        
 
      
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            Mexico erupts in protest over election fraud
          
          
        
 
      
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            BP pays out millions to Colombian farmers
          
          
        
 
      
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            US speeds up bomb delivery for the Israelis
          
          
        
 
      
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            Bringing on 'World War III'
          
          
        
 
      
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            ICRC calls on Israeli army to leave Palestine Red Crescent premises
          
          
        
 
      
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            World looks elsewhere as Gaza death toll rises
          
          
        
 
      
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            Egyptian mediation stalled after attack on ship
          
          
        
 
      
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            Middle East conflict escalates
          
          
        
 
      
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            US vetoes UN resolution on Gaza despite humanitarian warnings
          
          
        
 
      
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            Hillary Clinton rallies for Israel at UN
          
          
        
 
      
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            Israel violates law on US weapons in Mideast
          
          
        
 
      
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            Russia cracks down on G8 protesters
          
          
        
 
      
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            Karzai plans return of Taliban's religious police
          
          
        
 
      
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            UN nuclear sanctions may lead to a second Korean war, warns defiant North
          
          
        
 
      
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            Afghan civilian casualties continue to mount
          
          
        
 
      
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            Factional fighting displaces more in Darfur
          
          
        
 
      
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            US projects three more years in building Afghan army
          
          
        
 
      
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            Gaza crisis escalates as Israel enters Lebanon
          
          
        
 
      
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            Warlord surrenders to Somali militants
          
          
        
 
      
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            Italian spies connected with CIA kidnapping arrested
          
          
        
 
      
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            Opposition claims fraud in Mexican election
          
          
        
 
      
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            Faith groups tell Bush to 'love thy neighbor'
          
          
        
 
      
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            Human rights monitors doubt US diplomatic assurances on torture
          
          
        
 
      
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            DoD ignored clarification requests for interrogation methods
          
          
        
 
      
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            Corporate tax cuts hurt government bottom lines
          
          
        
 
      
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            Growing calls for US to intervene in Gaza crisis
          
          
        
 
      
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            French agents questioned detainees at Guantánamo
          
          
        
 
      
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            Gaza Strip hit with 'collective punishment'
          
          
        
 
      
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            Minerals flow abroad, misery remains in DRC
          
          
        
 
      
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            Gaza crisis explodes as Israeli forces launch massive operation
          
          
        
 
      
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            Israeli jets 'buzz' Syrian president's home
          
          
        
 
      
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            African summit fosters anti-US sentiment
          
          
        
 
      
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            Mistrust clouds tenuous peace process in Nepal