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Israel: No plans to end Lebanon blockade
Aug 22 2006 10:07PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Tuesday that Israel has no plans to lift its air and sea blockade of Lebanon until an international peacekeeping force takes up positions along the Syrian border and at Beirut's airport.
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U.N. draft rules of engagement detailed
Aug 22 2006 6:42PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Proposed rules of engagement for an expanded U.N. force in southern Lebanon would allow troops to open fire in self-defense, protect civilians and back up the Lebanese army in preventing foreign forces or arms from crossing the border, according to a U.N. document obtained Tuesday.
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U.N. seeks immediate cease-fire in Congo
Aug 22 2006 6:38PM (CT)
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - The United Nations called for an immediate cease-fire Tuesday by rival army supporters of Congo's two presidential candidates, and three days of deadly fighting ebbed as the European Union sent reinforcements to the restive Central African nation.
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Many Zimbabwe shops run out of new bills
Aug 22 2006 2:24PM (CT)
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) - Confusion and frustration reigned as Zimbabwe switched to new currency Tuesday to try to tame its hyperinflation, with shops throughout the capital handing out IOUs and candy in lieu of change after they ran out of low denomination bank notes.
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Ethiopian troops in central Somalia
Aug 22 2006 1:57PM (CT)
BAIDOA, Somalia (AP) - Ethiopian troops reportedly arrived in a central Somali town Tuesday in a move that may stoke tensions with the Islamic militiamen who control most of southern Somalia.
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Flood-ravaged Ethiopia opens dams
Aug 22 2006 8:21AM (CT)
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) - Ethiopia began releasing water from dams taxed by two weeks of heavy rain to prevent them from bursting as the death toll from devastating floods climbed, state media said Tuesday.
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U.N. meeting sought over Darfur crisis
Aug 22 2006 3:31AM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. Security Council president has invited the key players in the Darfur crisis to a meeting next week on a proposed new resolution to transfer peacekeeping in the conflict-wracked region to a U.N. force, a move the Sudanese government strongly opposes.
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