[WCUSP] ME News from UN Wire

[C.J. Minster]

UN Wire, a publication of the UN Foundation, featured the following Middle
East news today:

  *Italy offers to lead UN Mideast peace mission*
   <http://r.smartbrief.com/resp/elyweJlHnvaQhNMJTD>     Italy has told
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan it is willing to lead an
expanded UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon. But Italy cautioned it can only
carry out the mission if Israel -- which shot suspected Hezbollah fighters
late Monday -- respects the UN-brokered truce.    Bloomberg
/ClipSyndicate<http://r.smartbrief.com/resp/elyweJlHnvaQhNMJTD>(8/22),
  The Daily Star (Lebanon) /Agence
France-Presse<http://r.smartbrief.com/resp/elyweJlHnvaQhOXhYC>(8/22),
  CNN <http://r.smartbrief.com/resp/elyweJlHnvaQhPjalf> (8/22),
BBC<http://r.smartbrief.com/resp/elyweJlHnvaQiqdDqs>(8/22)<http://r.smartbrief.com/resp/elyweJlHnvaQiKWTpV>
    *Bush: UN peace deployment urgent:* A UN peace force in Lebanon must be
deployed as soon as possible to protect the fragile Israel-Hezbollah truce,
U.S. President George W. Bush urged Monday.   The New York
Times<http://r.smartbrief.com/resp/elyweJlHnvaQirenBL>(free
registration)(8/22)
  *Reports: Iran unveils its nuclear response*
Iran's top nuclear negotiator on Tuesday delivered the country's response to
a package of nuclear incentives offered by the West, reports say.   ABC News
/Associated Press <http://r.smartbrief.com/resp/elyweJlHnvaQisgsjM>
(8/22)<http://r.smartbrief.com/resp/elyweJlHnvaQiLiLCy>

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