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There is no ground zero in Cyprus, Anderson. Cyprus is your safe haven. If you want to give Cyprus 'star' status why not discuss the real issues of Cyprus.
Q&A: Cyprus conflict
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/1761585.stm
The United Nations is heading attempts to bring peace to the divided island of Cyprus - but it is proving tricky to unravel decades of conflict and stalemate over the island's status. BBC News Online looks at the key issues.
What is the current state of the peace process?
Hopes of peace were raised dramatically at the start of 2002, when then President Glafcos Clerides agreed to dine with Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash in the Turkish-occupied north. It was the first time since partition that such a journey had been made.
IF YOU WANT TO FEEL SAFE IN CYPRUS, Andy, take it up with Turkey.
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Nic, is right. The less people in the area the more likely only soldiers will be 'affectively' killed. Civilians need to leave the area. I don't believe there will be a ceasefire soon either. For Israel this is not a 'flash in the pan' conflict. It is the beginning of an 'end' to the terrorist networks that plague it's borders and people. This isn't a matter of 'Muslim' right or wrong. This is a matter of 'correctness' and saavy in knowing where the limits of war starts and stops. Israel is doing well, actually. Everyone expected the USA to have to step in to effectively disengage the terrorist networks from their patronizing governments. I guess not. This is a tragic 'truth' to the end of a Palestinian nation if the Palestinians don't see their own best interest in ending this unconditionally. I doubt sincerely the borders of Israel will shrink further again.
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For as sorry circumstances are, Chris is at her best. How completely through can she be?
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Has Iran ever been so eclectic ?
Iran, U.S. Allied in Protecting Artifacts
Priceless Tablets Sought as Settlement In Lawsuit Over 1997 Hamas Bombing
By Peter SlevinWashington Post Staff WriterTuesday, July 18, 2006; Page A03
CHICAGO -- Iran and the United States make an unlikely pair these days, dueling over nuclear plans and radical Islam. Yet lawyers for the feuding governments are on the same side here in a dispute over thousands of ancient Persian artifacts held by a Chicago museum.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/17/AR2006071701177.html
So much for the Anti-Semitic tough guy. Like I said, Israel is doing well for itself. It's called respect !
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Madeline Albright is quite right. She is mostly correct all the time. Good to see her. Reassuring to hear from her.
So. Do you think a further war is good for oil prices? No? It all depends whom side you sit. If you are an oil man, the war could really be great news.
FOCUS: Further Oil Price Rises Hinge On Iran
LONDON (Dow Jones)--Rising tensions in the Middle East are adding volatility to an already tight global oil market, analysts said Monday, but major supply disruptions remain unlikely barring a dramatic move by the region's second-biggest oil producer, Iran.
As conflict escalated over the weekend between Israel and the Shiite militant group Hezbollah in Lebanon, oil prices rose above $78 a barrel, with some analysts predicting they would hit the $80 mark by the end of the week.
http://www.cattlenetwork.com/content.asp?contentid=52748
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Austin-area copes with heat
06:00 PM CDT on Monday, July 17, 2006
KVUE.com
VERNON BRYANT / DMN A dock at Lake Lavon in North Texas no longer reaches water.
Thermometers in Austin were expected to reach the century mark Monday, and it doesn't look like there will be any relief for the next several days.
KVUE Storm Team meteorologist George Kanuck said Monday's high was expected to reach 100 degrees Monday. The 7-day forecast shows some relief starting Thursday, when the high is only expected to reach 98 degrees.
"My suggestion if you're going to head outside today... don't. It's going to be really hot today," Kanuck said. "It's not only the temperature that we're worried about... it's the heat index as well."
The heat index, which is a measure of how the temperature plus the humidity feels on your skin, was expected to reach between 104 degrees and 109 degrees.
KVUE Online Video
KVUE's Clara Tuma reports
The temperature record in Austin is 105 degrees, but Kanuck said he does not believe temperatures will get that high.
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) said Monday afternoon that it reached a new all-time peak demand record, but they did not have a problem meeting demand.
http://www.kvue.com/news/local/stories/071706kvueheat-cb.206182d8.html
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Iran blamed as Lebanon battle broadens By Harry De Quetteville in Tiberias
(Filed: 16/07/2006)
Iran was thrust to the forefront of widening conflict in the Middle East last night when Israel and America blamed it for supplying the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah with sophisticated weapons to fight a proxy war against the Jewish state.
Israeli intelligence claimed that 100 Iranian Revolutionary Guards were in Lebanon helping Hezbollah, and that their weapons would enable Hezbollah to strike with devastating force at Israel's armed forces and civilian population as far south as the capital, Tel Aviv.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/07/16/wleb216.xml&sSheet=/news/2006/07/16/ixuknews.html
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Saudi Arabia and it's allies of peace makers. Very nice. Iran needs to be careful. If for one minute it thinks it has friends in the Middle East when it seeks nothing but 'rhetorical' hatred of Israel; it may find being Shi'ite a very lonely place to be. Iran has been interestingly silent these days. That could cut both ways. Silence is golden OR the silence before the storm.
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The strongest place for this newscast is live and telling the story by the foreign correspondents. However, Andy is 'the star,' not the war, not the disaster and certainly not the input of Christiana Amanpour or Nic Roberts. This is not a news broadcast, it is a news production. More 'jazz' than reality. The 'taped' segements that dominate this broadcast allows for 'control' of the content rather than it's discovery.
The truth is buried as deep as the rubble that covers South Lebanon.
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I want to hear from Nic and Chris not Andy and John. I don't want the fluff. I don't want 'the cartoon' rockets. I don't want Andy's face all over the screen from Cyprus. I want an experienced journalist that knows the territory unafraid of showing the truth and devastation BUT one that knows how to stay alive. I thought there was a glimmer of that when Nic went with escort to the place where Hamas headquarters was destroyed. It may have gotten far to dangerous for that, but, Nic nor Chris have stated same.
Sorry, Andy, Aaron would have had a far more extensive and less produced program.
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