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Global outrage greets Israel 'war crime' in Qana
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, Israel's air strike on the Lebanese village of Qana sparked global outrage, with the UN Security Council deploring the deaths and Arab and Muslim leaders and thousands of livid protesters in the Middle East branding the assault a war crime. Diplomats said the United States again forced the emergency meeting of the UN [...]
China blasts Security Council silence over UN deaths in Lebanon
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, United Nations: China on Thursday blasted the UN Security Council's failure to agree a statement condemning the killing of four UN peacekeepers in Lebanon, amid signs of a backlash on other key negotiations. An important meeting scheduled for Thursday of six major powers on a resolution against Iran's nuclear programme was postponed indefinitely [...]
Isolated NKorea peeks out at world at Asian talks: analysts
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, Kuala Lumpur: North Korea's presence at a regional forum here this week provides a rare chance for the pariah state to escape mounting diplomatic isolation after its missile tests, analysts say. North Korean Foreign Minister Paek Nam-Sun is due to arrive in Kuala Lumpur Thursday to attend Asia's top security talks, the ASEAN [...]
Israel punches into Lebanon as civilians flee
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, Tyre, Lebanon: Israeli warplanes blitzed southern and eastern Lebanon on Sunday after troops in tanks and armoured cars punched across the border and seized a strategic village, intensifying the war on Hezbollah despite mounting concern over the plight of civilians. Shiite guerrillas responded with a new hail of rocket fire on Israel's third [...]
341 Americans Successfully Evacuated by Bus From Southern Lebanon
Jim Garamone, American Forces Press Service, WASHINGTON: A total of 341 Americans successfully convoyed out of southern Lebanon and are shipping out of Beirut harbor for Cyprus, State Department officials said today. Maura Harty, assistant secretary of state for consular affairs, said the bus convoy got the Americans to the harbor, where they are boarding [...]
Choosing Words Carefully: Language to Help Fight Islamic Terrorism
Dr. Douglas E. Streusand and Lt. Col. Harry D. Tunnell IV, National Defense University Center for Strategic Communications, The United States must do more to communicate its message. Reflecting on Bin Ladin's success in reaching Muslim audiences, Richard Holbrooke wondered, “How can a man in a cave outcommunicate the world's leading communications society?”1 Use Precise [...]
Frightened Lebanese Flee Israeli Bombardment Of South
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, Tyre, Lebanon: Exhausted and frightened, southern Lebanese were fleeing Tuesday for the relative safety of the north, some taking probably futile precautions to identify themselves as civilians to Israeli warplanes pounding the region. On the outskirts of the southern port of Tyre, Ali Mohsen had tied a white sheet to the roof of [...]
England Memo Underscores Policy on Humane Treatment of Detainees
US Department of Defense, WASHINGTON: A memo from Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England underscores the department's standing policy of treating detainees humanely and orders commanders responsible for detainee affairs to review their practices to ensure they are in compliance. “The Supreme Court has determined that Common Article 3 to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 applies [...]
Iran's President Ahmadinejad due in Indonesia
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, JAKARTA: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrives in Jakarta Tuesday for a visit during which he may ask Indonesia to play a mediating role with Western nations over Iran's contested nuclear program. The five-day trip comes amid intensive diplomatic efforts to force Tehran to halt uranium enrichment that could be used in a nuclear [...]
