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After southern Lebanon, what about the Palestinians?

Hello again, I'm Orman Alney, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International,

a daily look at the issues Americans care about most.

The country expected to lead 15,000 peacekeepers in the issues, Americans care about most. The country expected

to lead 15,000 peacekeepers in southern Lebanon is now talking about a symbolic force of just

10 officers and 200 engineers. Is France scuttling the resolution that stopped the fighting? We'll get

the latest from the United Nations. Also on to the point, Hamas and the Palestinian Authority talk of forming a

unity government. At the same time, there's a threat to dissolve all civil institutions

and demand that Israel keep order in the West Bank and Gaza. Has the success of Hezbollah emboldened

militants, or will it lead to diplomacy in the region's oldest conflict? What about Israel's

plan to pull out of the West Bank?

First, here's the news.

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whose contributors include the Ford Foundation and the John D. and Catherine T. McArthur Foundation. Hello again. Mormon. I'm only back with To the Point. The Lebanese Army is deploying equipment and soldiers south of the Latani River, but France may be backing away from its promise to lead a peacekeeping force. On To the Point, that development, and the impact of Hezbollah's success on Hamas and the

Palestinian Authority.

First, this news update in Detroit, U.S. District Judge Anna Diggs-Taylor has ruled that warrantless

wiretapping by the National Security Agency is unconstitutional.

She says it violates the rights to free speech and privacy and the separation of

executive and congressional powers. Evan Kamaker is dean and professor of American constitutional

law at the University of Michigan's law school. He served as deputy assistant attorney

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