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By Maya Gebeily BEIRUT (Reuters) -A U.S. envoy said on Monday he was “unbelievably satisfied” with Lebanon’s reply to a U.S. proposal on disarming Hezbollah, following meetings in Beirut held hours after Israel launched new air strikes and a cross-border incursion. Envoy Thomas Barrack’s proposal, delivered to Lebanese officials during his last visit on June …

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By Andrew Mills (Reuters) -The U.S.-backed proposal for a 60-day ceasefire between Israel and Hamas envisages a phased release of hostages, Israeli troop withdrawals from parts of Gaza and discussions on ending the conflict, an official familiar with the negotiations has said.    The plan is subject to approval by both parties involved in the …

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By Alasdair Pal MORWELL, Australia (Reuters) -A month into the trial of the Australian woman accused of murdering three of her estranged husband’s elderly relatives with poisonous mushrooms, her barrister Colin Mandy stood and delivered one of the case’s pivotal moments. “The defence will call Erin Patterson,” Mandy told the court.  Patterson, who was convicted …

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By Alasdair Pal SYDNEY (Reuters) -An Australian woman was on Monday convicted of murdering three elderly relatives of her estranged husband with a meal laced with poisonous mushrooms, and attempting to murder a fourth, in a case that gripped the country. After a week of deliberation, the jury found Erin Patterson lured her mother-in-law Gail …

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By Ece Toksabay ANKARA (Reuters) -The lawyer for Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, who like the mayor is in jail under an expanding crackdown on Turkey’s opposition, told Reuters on Monday he faces “entirely fabricated” charges meant to criminalise the right to a legal defence. Mehmet Pehlivan, who had already been detained for a day in …

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By Claudia Doerries SLUBICE, Poland (Reuters) -Poland introduced temporary controls on its borders with Germany and Lithuania on Monday, in what the government said was a step to check migrants more thoroughly amid public concerns over immigration. The move followed similar border measures over the past year and a half by The Netherlands, Belgium and …

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