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INTERNATIONAL: Underlying factors fuel ethnic conflict
Civil conflicts between ethnic groups have been a frequent occurrence since the end of the Cold...
LEBANON/ISRAEL: Nasrallah calls for Israel indictment
Hizbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah yesterday presented in a televised address what he said was...
LebanonINTERNATIONAL: Climate impasse persists at Bonn
The latest round of UN climate change negotiations in Bonn ended on Friday with the United...
InternationalINTERNATIONAL: Speculation fuels wheat market turmoil
The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) yesterday asserted that a lower wheat harvest is...
InternationalLEBANON/ISRAEL: Escalation can be avoided - this time
Israeli and Lebanese military forces clashed on the border yesterday, killing two Lebanese...
LebanonUN/ISRAEL/TURKEY: UN 'inquiry' will help mend ties
The UN yesterday launched an inquiry into the May 31 Israeli raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla,...
IsraelINTERNATIONAL: China sustains iron ore imports
Iron ore production declined by 6.2% in 2009 to 1.588 billion tons, the first such fall in seven...
InternationalINTERNATIONAL: Territories eye ICJ Kosovo 'precedent'
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on July 22 gave its advisory opinion on Kosovo's...
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