Coming Up This Week World Bank and IMF annual meetings take place in Washington, DC today through Saturday. Climate change programs are high on the agenda - although rich countries don't want to pay …

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Gaza The U.S. chided Israel for its heavy-handed tactics on two fronts of war. First, a State Dept. spokesman said the U.S. "has concerns with" the "scope and nature" of Israel's airstrikes on Beirut …

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Middle East Hezbollah's deputy leader, Naim Qassem, expressed support for a ceasefire during a televised address yesterday. He didn't mention any conditions - not even the group's longstanding demand …

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Middle East Hamas commemorated the one-year anniversary of its surprise attacks on Israel by firing a rocket at Tel Aviv for the first time in two months. Israel responded by firing at the suspected …

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Coming Up This Week Today is the first anniversary of Hamas's attacks that dragged Israel into direct conflict on three fronts. One year later, 101 hostages remain captive in Gaza (although dozens co …

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Middle East A day after Israel's trojan horse attack remotely detonated thousands of Hezbollah members' pagers across Lebanon, a follow-on attack remotely detonated hundreds of Hezbollah walkie-talki …

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