In private, Bush lets fly on Hezbollah
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It wasn&#039;t meant to be overheard. Private luncheon conversations among world leaders, picked up by a microphone, provided a rare window into both banter and substance &amp;#151; including President Bush cursing Hezbollah&#039;s attacks against Israel.
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US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has departed Asia for the Middle East, wagering personal prestige on a bid to sign up Israel and Lebanon to a UN resolution aimed at sidelining Hezbollah.
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Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah said Monday that his guerrillas had achieved a "strategic, historic victory" against Israel. Nasrallah, speaking on the day a cease-fire took effect &#151; ending 34 days of fighting between Hezbollah and Israel &#151; called Monday "a great day."
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Hezbollah's leader offered Thursday to stop rocket attacks on northern Israel in return for an end to airstrikes throughout Lebanon.
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Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah accused President Bush on Tuesday of creating chaos in Lebanon, rejecting his charge that the militant group and its allies were causing the violence.
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President Bush pledges US support for Lebanon after the killing of minister Pierre Gemayel heightens tensions.
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Like the "war on terrorism," which it often intersected, President Bush's efforts against nuclear proliferation has followed many paths.
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BEIRUT, Lebanon -- Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah told supporters Friday that his guerrillas will not surrender their weapons until a stronger Lebanese government is in place _ including 20,000 rockets his group claims to still have after its 34-day war with Israel.
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The militant Hezbollah group denounced President Bush on Friday for urging Lebanon's anti-Syrian lawmakers to push through their own choice for president if necessary to resolve a long political deadlock.
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President Bush declined Thursday to criticize Israel's tactics in its continuing offensive against Hezbollah guerrillas in southern Lebanon, and gave a sharp condemnation of Iran's role in the bloody fighting.
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The Bush administration is taking advantage of a lull in terror attacks to send the State Department's ranking Mideast official to the region to assess chances of serious peacemaking.
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Everybody's doing it, so why not the White House? President Bush's team is joining the blogosphere, planning regular postings during his Mideast trip.
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BEIRUT -- In the mix of theater and pulpit that makes for a Hezbollah rally, the group's leader, Hassan Nasrallah, appeared yesterday before hundreds of thousands of supporters for the first time since its war with Israel ended last month.
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The Bush administration took action Wednesday aimed at choking off a major fundraising channel for Hezbollah operating in the tri-border area of Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay.
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The big guns have barely fallen silent in Lebanon but already President Bush and the State Department are finding cause for cheer in the outcome of the 34-day war between Israel and Hezbollah militia.
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Analysis: Bush's trip has made one thing  clear: Israel and the Palestinians aren't making peace anytime soon
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Hezbollah and its backers, not the government, now appear in control of Lebanon&#039;s fate.