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Israel's ambassadors and consuls general from all over the world have been summoned to attend a conference to be held over global challenges facing Israel. The meeting to be attended in Jerusalem Al-Quds on December 27-31 is hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, headed by Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, the ministry reported on its website.

Israel’s ambassadors and consuls general serving throughout the world will discuss broad diplomatic and strategic issues at a conference to be held next week in Jerusalem. This is the first time a conference for all of Israel’s Heads of Missions has been held.

CAIRO, Aug 4, 2006 (AFP) - Arab foreign ministers will hold an extraordinary meeting Monday in Beirut to support Lebanon, Arab League number two Ahmed Ben Helli told AFP Friday. "The meeting of Arab foreign ministers will take place next Monday in Beirut, it will be a follow-up of the session which took place in Cairo on July 15," the deputy secretary general of the pan-Arab body said. Israeli warplanes pounded areas north and south of Beirut on Friday, killing at least 28 people, as part of the military offensive against Lebanon launched following the July 12 capture of two...

DAMASCUS, Syria - Arab, Iranian and Turkish foreign ministers condemned terrorist bombings in Iraq (news - web sites) and called on Iraqi officials to cooperate on border control Sunday after talks on the Iraqi crisis — which Baghdad's interim authority boycotted. AP Photo   But the foreign ministers of Iraq's neighbors — including Syria and Iran — did not directly address U.S. and Iraqi calls for greater action to stop fighters crossing their countries' borders into Iraq. L. Paul Bremer, the top U.S. administrator in Iraq, said Sunday that those fighters were taking part in deadly and escalating attacks on...