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The British Prime Minister Toney Blair is on his way to Washington for talks with President Bush over the continued fighting in the Middle East. Israeli military action in Lebanon is now in its third week. Mr. Blair's officials say his meeting with Mr. Bush will focus on ways to secure a UN resolution as a matter of urgency. Mr. Blair has been coming under increasing pressure from many quarters including sections of his own Labor Party to distance himself from America's refusal to call for an immediate ceasefire in Lebanon. Nehmi Gramy. reports.
"Toney Blair believes the calling for an immediate ceasefire in the Middle East is simply unrealistic. But his aides are highlighting the fact he wants an urgent search for peace. So as he flies to Washington, he is trying to formulate a plan, which he'll then try to sell it to president Bush. The Prime Minister hopes that with American backing, it could then be put before the United Nations Security Council next Tuesday. But the stakes are high for Toney Blair. In Britain he has been criticized by members of parliament across the political divide for his refusal to call Israel's bombing of Lebanon disproportionate.
In the past half hour, the U. S Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has said she would return to the Middle East for more talks on the crisis. She gave no timetable for her return.
Israeli jets have continued to strike at southern Lebanon. The military said it had attacked 130 targets overnight. Israel said many of those targets were suspected Hazbollah missile launching sites.
In the latest air strike, a Jordanian man was killed, and 4 people were wounded, when Israeli missiles hit a village near the town of Nabatiya. Hazbollah also renewed its rocket attacks on northern Israel. There were no reports of injuries.
"A Jordanian aid flight has arrived in Beirut with one of the first aid shipments to be allowed into its airport after the runway was rendered unusable during the earlier days of Israel's current offensive. The plane brought urgently-needed medical supplies for a field hospital being set up nearby.
And the first UN convoy has now left Beirut for southern Lebanon to collect refugees fleeing from the fighting. Our correspondent Fergo Keen is with the convoy. As he left, he sent this report:
"This convoy is now just getting ready to leave to head south, a huge number of vehicles, in which are many members of the international media, it's going to be the first journey into the south to see the desperate plight of the refugees, tens of thousands of them are trying to get out of the southern Lebanon because they are under constant Israeli bombardment with the fighting going on all of the time between Hazbollah and Israelis. Now if you look just here, you see a car which hasn't its roof with a piece of white cloth and the letters IU stenciled onto it, that's to inform the Israeli pilots overhead. That "we are not military, we are not Hazbollah, this is a civilian convoy". And you look here, you see an ambulance because, of course, one of the other features that we have noticed watching refugees flood out of the south is the number of people who have been wounded."
Israeli soldiers and tanks have withdrawn from northern Gaza Strip, ending a two-day incursion in which at least 29 Palestinians died. As they withdrew, there was more violence. Israeli aircraft also attacked a metal workshop and homes owned by militants, wounding several people. Correspondents say the operation was the bloodiest violence since Israel launched its Gaza offensive a month ago. From Gaza, Lucy Williamson reports:
"Air strikes rock cities across Gaza around midnight destroying several buildings, the Israeli army says it has carried out 4 attacks on weapon facilities belonging to militant groups in the east of the Gaza city, in Hanunis of the south, and in 2 towns further north, early reports say one of those killed during the attack was a civilian, a teenage boy. Israel also withdrew from the S area, east of Gaza city overnight. Eyewitnesses said they destroyed farmland, power lines and telephone cables. Local residents streamed outside after the pullout to inspect the damage. At least 29 people were killed during the two-day operation, many of them civilians.
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Ministers from 10 countries are holding talks about North Korea on the sidelines of a major Asian security conference in Malaysia. North Korea itself is now taking part. A North Korea spokesman at the talks hosted by the regional grouping ASEAN says the delegation would consider walking out of the gathering if North Korea's recent missile test were condemned.
Officials in China report that 32 people have been killed, and more than 60 are missing after Typhoon Kemis swept through parts of the country. The storm hit Southeast China on Tuesday before moving inland, causing floods and forcing the evacuation of more than a million people. The Chinese Vice Premier has called to improve weather forecast to reduce the impact to storms.
BBC World News.
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divide:A dividing point or line quarters: Often quarters An unspecified person or group stencile:钢印
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