| • Annan to meet Rice, Solana on Mideast crisis
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| UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan is scheduled to meet U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana on Thursday in New York to discuss the situation in the Middle East, UN Deputy Secretary General Mark Malloch Brown announced Wednesday. |
| • Israel decides to continue fight against Hezbollah
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| "The intensive fighting against Hezbollah will continue, including attacks on the group's infrastructure and command posts, its operational abilities, its armaments, and the leadership of the organization," said a statement issued following a security cabinet meeting. |
• Israeli PM: negotiations not ruled out
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| Israel did not rule out negotiations to resolve the conflict with Hezbollah, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said when he paid a surprise visit to the rocket-battered city of Haifa on Tuesday evening. |
