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...victory rally illustrates the importance of a continued international commitment to restoring stability to the region, a commitment that has fallen on deaf ears since the United Nations (UN) brokered ceasefire came into effect this summer. Hezbollah will continue to pose a threat to the stability of Lebanon and the security of the region as long as it maintains its arsenal (Nasrallah claimed that Hezbollah still possesses 20,000 rockets), is permitted to expand it, and continues to voice its aggressive intentions.It is both a practical and psychological necessity to force Hezbollah to disarm. If allowed, Hezbollah will rearm itself...
...were let in. Carter, a former assistant defense secretary under the Clinton administration and a member of the council, told The Crimson that the meeting addressed several issues, including “Ahmadinejad’s skepticism of the reality of the Holocaust, Iran’s nuclear programs, Lebanon and Iran’s support for Hezbollah, Iraq, and human rights.” “It was my impression that Ahmadinejad was not very interested in hearing anything but the sound of his own voice,” Carter said. “He gave responses that...
...very good." Meanwhile a bit farther north, Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi had just wrapped up a notably more austere Mediterranean holiday in the Tuscan coastal town of Castiglione della Pescaia. Prodi could bask in several recent Italian successes on his beach break: a key role in the Lebanon cease-fire, and a merger of Sanpaolo IMI and Banca Intesa to give Italy its first major European banking player. But by the second week of September the sunny summer spirit was fading. Telecom's announcement that it was splitting its fixed-line and mobile phone sectors - which could result...
While many students spent their summers working on their resumes or tans, some found themselves trying to evacuate from the war in northern Israel and southern Lebanon...
...Bush has called me worse things - tyrant, populist dictator, drug trafficker, to name a few," Chavez said. "I'm not attacking Bush; I'm simply counterattacking. Bush has been attacking the world, and not just with words - with bombs. I think the bombs he's unleashed on Baghdad or Lebanon do a lot more harm than any words spoken in the United Nations...