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European and Arab officials holding crisis talks on Lebanon failed to agree Wednesday on an immediate plan to halt the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah guerrillas. Although officials called for an end to the violence, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said there cannot be a return to a “status quo” of political uncertainty and instability in Lebanon. She said any cease-fire must be “sustainable.” U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said the solution to the Mideast crisis should involve Iran and Syria.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14035942/Hezbollah inflicted heavy casualties on Israeli troops as they battled for a key hilltop town in southern Lebanon for a fourth day Wednesday, with as many as 14 soldiers reported killed.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14021722/Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Wednesday expressed “deep regret” after an Israeli bomb destroyed a U.N. observer post on the border in southern Lebanon, killing four observers.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14034540/Countdown w/ Keith Olbermann broadcasts LIVE at 8 pm et, and the count is never complete without you. Join us.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki insisted Wednesday that Iraq is a front line in the war on terrorism and said those behind the rampant violence in Iraq are perverting the Islamic faith. "I know some of you question whether Iraq is part of the war on terror," al-Maliki told a joint meeting of Congress, where some lawmakers have been critical of the new Iraqi leader's position on the current conflict between Israel and Hezbollah militants. "Let me be very clear," al-Maliki said. "This is a battle between true Islam, for which a person's liberty and rights constitute essential cornerstones, and terrorism, which wraps itself in a fake Islamic cloak."
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14040060/Political commentator Ann Coulter is taking on former President Bill Clinton's sexuality. In a taped segment on Tuesday night's edition of CNBC's "The Big Idea With Donny Deutsch," Coulter said that she believes the former president's behavior shows "some level of latent homosexuality."
http://www.nbc4.com/news/9577408/detail.htmlLooks like Britney Spears might be having another rough pregnancy. She went into false labor on July 15, according to In Touch Weekly, and now has her doctor on speed dial. “She's fine now,” a “family insider” told the mag. “Britney started cramping. She had a real scare.” Spears also had a few health scares during her first pregnancy. Spears, who is seven months pregnant, learned that she needs to cut down on the Cheetos.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13639828/And if you missed Keith on Leno, we'll show a good chunk of it tonight.
That's some of what we're planning for tonight's show.
Finally,
An Illinois man is trying to cross North America on an All Terrain Vehicle. Jim Bergren's journey started 29 days ago in Oregon. He reached Alger County last night.
Bergren came up with the idea when he started creating a Web site that seeks to map ATV trails in the country.
He plans to keep designating ATV trails after his trek is finished. Bergren expects to reach the East coast around Aug. 5.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CROSS_COUNTRY_ATV?SITE=NWCN&TEMPLATE=STRANGEHEADS.html&SECTION=HOMEHey, some people got a lot of time on their hands.
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Heavy rain from Tropical Storm Kaemi caused a levee in southern China to collapse, threatening to inundate an area that’s home to 20,000 villagers, the official Xinhua News Agency said Wednesday.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14041169/Former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was rushed to the intensive care unit of a Tel Aviv hospital Wednesday to undergo a form of kidney dialysis, a hospital spokeswoman said.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14037885/The defeat of former Christian Coalition director Ralph Reed in a Georgia primary last week has raised Democratic hopes there may be further fallout from the Jack Abramoff corruption scandal.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13990475/site/newsweek/The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals today granted embattled Congressman William Jefferson, D-LA, a small victory, by way of an administrative injunction, temporarily preventing FBI agents from sifting through documents seized from his Capitol Hill office in May. The document review was to begin today.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14042251/from/RS.1/As the old saying goes, all is fair in love and war. And politics, too. Even though Republican Michael Steele says he probably wouldn't want President Bush campaigning for him in Maryland and that he considers his party affiliation a scarlet letter, the White House said Wednesday that Bush still is backing Steele in his Senate race.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14040642/from/RS.4/Sheriff's investigators who reopened an old case file are trying to find about 50 women who were photographed decades ago by a man now on death row for murdering two aspiring models in the early 1980s, authorities said Tuesday.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14026634/The Washington Supreme Court ruled against gay marriage Wednesday, upholding the state’s 1998 Defense of Marriage Act.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12549069/General Motors Corp. said Wednesday it lost $3.2 billion in the second quarter as it absorbed heavy charges for its massive restructuring program. But the world’s largest automaker reported an adjusted profit without the charges that handily beat Wall Street estimates and its sales surged 12 percent.
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