Beyond Lebanon – AP –

By Brent Scowcroft The Washington Post Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has stated that a simple cease-fire in Lebanon is not the solution to the current violence. She says it is necessary to deal with the roots of the problem. She is right on both counts. But Hezbollah is not the source of the problem; […]

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Trade talks on hold, possibly for years

By Steven Weisman & Tom Wright International Herald Tribune GENEVA Negotiations aimed at reaching a new global trade agreement collapsed here Monday, touching off a bitter new round of recriminations between the United States and Europe over farm trade barriers and dealing a blow to the Bush administration’s international economic agenda…more

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