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• Ann Curry
In July 2006, Curry reported on the Israel-Lebanon war, and she was one of the only American reporters to file stories on both sides of the conflict from Beruit and Northern Israel.  In the summer of 2005, Curry traveled with First Lady Laura Bush ...
• Muslim holy month of fasting starts
Lebanon's Sunnis and some Shiites did start Ramadan on Monday, but the Iranian-backed militant Hezbollah group and its supporters are to begin fasting Tuesday. Gestures of goodwill In a gesture of goodwill ahead of the holy month, Pakistan suspended ...
• Thursday, July 20
CHRIS MATTHEWS, MSNBC HOST:  Will the Israeli-Hezbollah conflict explode?  Will Israel occupy Lebanon?  Will it attack Syria?  Will we get dragged in?  And how is this war affecting us here in our politics?  Let‘s play HARDBALL.  Good ...
• Al-Sadr shifts toward fighting
... on al-Sadr to renounce and disband his Shiite militia. By snubbing the give-and-take of politics, al-Sadr would have a freer hand to carve out a kind of parallel state with its own militia and social services along the lines of Hezbollah in Lebanon, a ...
• Israel's president slams Ahmadinejad speech
Iranian support for Hezbollah divided Lebanon. Its support for Hamas split the Palestinians and postpones the establishment of the Palestinian state." Nonetheless, he told world leaders at their annual ministerial meeting that Israel will continue to ...