US Vetoes Measure Demanding Israel Stop Gaza Fight
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The United States on Tuesday vetoed a U.N. Security Council draft resolution demanding that Israel stop a major offensive in the Gaza Strip that has cost at least 68 Palestinian lives.
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Halting Palestinian rocket attacks could be crucial for Sharon&#39;s plan to abandon occupied Gaza next year. Criticism has soared since a. Palestinian rocket killed two Israeli toddlers at a border town last Wednesday.
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Israel prevented Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh returning to Gaza from a trip abroad on Thursday to stop him bringing in money donated by Muslim states.
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The move suggests the sides were seeking to pull back from a potential showdown in the Gaza Strip, at least for now.
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THE White House has given its backing to the Israeli parliamentâs approval to withdraw Jewish settlers from Gaza. The United States government said the controversial move was a step forward in peacemaking with the Palestinians.
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The United States has vetoed an Arab-backed resolution at the United Nations Security Council that demanded an end to Israel&#39;s military operations in the Gaza strip.
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The United States pressed Sudan's  government on Monday to stop its latest military action in the  western Darfur region and remove any obstacles preventing full  deployment of U.N.-African Union peacekeepers.
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Arab nations want the UN Security Council to adopt a resolution demanding Israel stop a major offensive in the Gaza Strip, but the United States raised objections at an emergency meeting on Monday.
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JERUSALEM -- Israeli officials said yesterday that they would continue military actions aimed at stopping Palestinian rocket fire from the Gaza Strip, as troops battled militants there during the latest raid.
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JERUSALEM - Israel unveiled a new tactic yesterday aimed at deterring Palestinians from firing rockets out of the Gaza Strip: It will cut off Gaza's electricity bit by bit as a pressure tactic every time rockets hit Israeli territory.
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The Islamic militant group Hamas accused the United States on Thursday of trying to thwart European efforts to ease an economic blockade of a new Palestinian unity government.
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UNITED NATIONS - The United States on Tuesday vetoed an Arab-backed resolution that demanded an immediate end to military operations in the northern Gaza Strip and the withdrawal of Israeli forces, saying the measure was "lopsided and unbalanced" and "absolves terrorists in the Middle East."   Israel launched the operation six days ago after a Palestinian rocket killed two children in the southern Israeli town of Sderot. The drive into Gaza has left 68 Palestinians dead...
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Israeli leaders decided on Wednesday against a broad offensive in Gaza to curb cross-border rocket attacks but did not rule out cutting off Israeli-supplied power to the territory, a government official said.
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UNITED NATIONS : The United States said it will push for a vote on its UN resolution on the bloodshed in Sudan&#39;s Darfur region, and offered strong words in the face of a possible veto from China.
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Israel, under pressure from the United States, agreed to marginally loosen restrictions at Gaza's border crossing with Egypt on Thursday, but did not make any longer-term commitment to keep the frontier open.
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Defending Israel's massive incursion into the northern Gaza Strip, the United States vetoed an Arab-backed resolution demanding that the Jewish state immediately end military operations and called the resolution "lopsided and unbalanced."
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UNITED NATIONS - The United States on Tuesday vetoed an Arab-backed resolution demanding an immediate end to military operations in the northern Gaza Strip and the withdrawal of Israeli forces.    The vote in the 15-member Security Council was 11 in favor and one against, with Britain, Germany and Romania abstaining...