- US plays down split with Europe over Israel - by Andrew Rettman
EUOBSERVER / ST PETERSBURG - US foreign affairs chief Condoleezza Rice played down the split between Europe and America on reactions to Israel's bombing of Lebanon, as rapidly developing Middle East events threatened to hijack the energy agenda of the G8 summit in St Petersburg.
"I don't think there is anyone here who would say Israel does not have the right to defend itself," Ms Rice stated on Sunday afternoon (16 July), with the - mostly civilian - death toll from Israeli bombs passing 70 and with 8 Israeli civilians killed by rocket fire, as the UK Navy was preparing to evacuate their citizens from Lebanon
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