Lebanon faces power vacuum threat
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Lebanon is facing a potential power vacuum after
its president left office with no elected successor, and rivals
argue over who will now take control. Before he walked out,
pro-Syrian President Emile Lahoud said that the army should take
charge.
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Rudd sweeps to power in Australia
Labour Party leader Kevin Rudd swept to power in
Australian elections yesterday, ending a 11-year conservative era
and promising major changes to policies on global warming and the
Iraq war.
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Israeli, Palestinian youth "just want to have fun"
Both young and articulate with a penchant for
cappuccino, Israeli Noa Tamir-Helfgott and Palestinian Nelly Soudah
share common goals: leave the Middle East conflict behind and live a
normal life.
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Uneasy neighbours in occupied West Bank
The rolling hills inland from Israel's busy
coastal strip are dotted with towns and villages nestled under
towers rising above the olive groves. Look closely, though, and one
sees differences. Some towers are the minarets of mosques, others
are concrete lookout posts for Israeli troops guarding Jewish
settlements in the West Bank.
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