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Murdoch set to back Blair for a place in his boardroom

Fox TV owner and media magnate Rupert Murdoch is expected to offer Tony Blair a senior role in his News Corporation empire when he stands down as Prime Minister.

http://informationclearinghouse.info/article14265.htm

As they set out a vague plan for bringing a cessation of violence in the Israel-Lebanon conflict at a joint press conference in the White House, they repeatedly referred to the threat posed by Iran and Syria, and their links with Hizbullah.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,,1832856,00.html


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Cabinet ministers warned that Mr Blair's refusal to stand up to Mr Bush would hasten his own exit from power.

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/politics/article1202887.ece


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With one in five of Lebanon's 3.8 million population homeless and hostilities continuing, WFP has launched a three-month US$8.9 million emergency operation to feed over 300,000 people, including 50,000 in Syria.

http://www.wfp.org/english/?ModuleID=137&Key=2174


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Aid workers are finding it impossible to get medical supplies and food safely to isolated villages in southern Lebanon due to the Israeli bombardment, aid agencies said on Friday.

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L28781822.htm



MSF: Aid corridors 'an illusion'

An international medical charity has said that Israel's promised humanitarian aid corridors in south Lebanon are an illusion and that rockets have landed close to its teams two days in a row.

http://tinyurl.com/s8sa3


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