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In Lebanon, some disdain for Hezbollah
By TODD PITMAN, Associated Press Writer 39 minutes ago
They pushed, shoved, shouted and cursed one another.
In the end, Hezbollah supporters were turned back from an attempt to plaster posters of their leader around Marwaheen, a Sunni Muslim village in southern Lebanon that is mourning the loss of 23 residents from an Israeli air attack during the war.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060826/ap_on_re_mi_ea/mideast_hezbollah;_ylt=AkkyQcrw4en9wp7bED.AKfxvaA8F;_ylu=X3oDMTA0cDJlYmhvBHNlYwM-
Israel asks Muslim states to send troops
By RAVI NESSMAN, Associated Press Writer1 hour, 22 minutes ago
The Israeli government said Saturday it is asking friendly Muslim countries to contribute troops to the U.N. force that is to help police the cease-fire in southern Lebanon between Israel and Hezbollah.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060826/ap_on_re_mi_ea/mideast_peacekeepers;_ylt=AuS8vhKeqt6CpruHNoGQmRhw24cA;_ylu=X3oDMTA5aHJvMDdwBHNlYwN5bmNhdA--
Newt in '08???
It's Gingrich's to Lose in 2008.
Sorry, Hillary. And Big John, you might have missed your chance in 2000. That's because a new and innovative poll from John Zogby about 2008 presidential candidates finds former Republican Speaker Newt Gingrich way out front of fellow GOP-ers like Sen. John McCain and also finds moderates like former Virginia Gov. Mark Warner far ahead of libs like Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton.
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/politics/whispers/articles/060820/28whisplead_2.htm
New urgency to learn Chinese
WASHINGTON - Pearl Terrell was so determined that her great-granddaughter Shayla begin learning Chinese that she spent two weeks this summer driving 100 miles a day from her home in West Virginia to a middle school in Frederick County so the soon-to-be fifth-grader could learn the language.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/14521977/from/RS.4
Iraqis loot base after British leave
By HAIDAR HANI, Associated Press WriterFri Aug 25, 10:46 AM ET
Looters ravaged a former British base Friday, a day after the camp was turned over to Iraqi troops, taking everything from doors and window frames to corrugated roofing and metal pipes, authorities said.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060825/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_base_looted
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