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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- A cease-fire between Israel and Hamas that ended a month of war was holding for a second day Wednesday, ahead of negotiations in Cairo on a long-term truce and a broader deal for the war-ravaged Gaza Strip.CBS News correspondent Charlie D Agata reported from Tel Aviv on Wednesda dunk pand y that despite the longest lull in fighting since the current crisis began, the cease-fire felt more like a standoff, and the prospect of a return to war wasn t far away; Israeli tanks were still positioned right on the Gaza border. Whether the calm lasts, said D Agata, was entirely dependent on the success of the talks in Cairo. Both sides have sent teams to discu samba rose ss opposing demands that Hamas demilitarize and Israel end its blockade of the Gaza Strip.But they ve been fighting over those same opposing demands for eight years, and each minute of the 72-hour cease-fire that passes, is one minute closer to the deadline running out.In the coming days, Egyptian mediators are to shuttle between delegations from both sides to try to work out a deal. Some details have emerged about the negotiating points of Hamas, the Islamic militant group that controls Gaza, including an internationally funded reconstruction that would be overseen by a Pa crocs winterstiefel lestinian unity government led by President Mahmoud Abbas.Meanwhile, Norway is organizing a donor conference and the Western-backed Abbas is expected to take the lead in overseeing the rebuilding in the coastal territory, which his Fatah mo Kmkn BBC: Reporter s laptop seized for information on ISIS member
The European Union submitted a motion Friday to the U.N. atomic watchdog agency that sets Iran up for referral to the Security Council later this year unless Tehran halts some of its nuclear activities.Diplomats earlier said a watered-down text was likely to get Russia s support, but the motion contained a direct reference to the Security Council and held out the likelihood of referral in the coming months.Iran increased the pressure against referral to the Security Council, diplomats told The Associated Press, threatening to restart uranium enrichment mdash; a possible pathway to nuclear arms.The diplomats, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss details of the closed proceedings, also said Iran warned it could stop granting U.N. inspectors extra access under an agreement it had signed but not yet ratified.The draft resolution urges the 35-nation board of gov stanley termoska ernors of the International Atomic Energy Agency to consider reporting Iran to the Security Council, according to a copy obtained by The Associated Press. It stanley us cites noncompliance with provisions of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty and suspicions that Tehran s nuclear activities could threaten international pea stanley cup ce and security. Iran insists its nuclear activities have not violated the treaty and that its atomic program is for the generation of electricity, not making weapons as the United States alleges.Any resolution still has to be accepted by the board before it has valid

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As the war between Israel and Hamas rages, the word peace may feel like an unreachable goal.For Maoz Inon, it s the only thing to hope for.Inon s mother and father were both murdered by Hamas militants on Oct. 7, alon adidas campus femme g with hundreds of other Israelis. His mother, Bilha, was 76, and his father, Yacovi, was 78. Both were still in the prime of their life, Inon said, practicing yeezy slide Pilates and yoga and participating in their kibbutz.But on Oct. 7, their home was burned to ashes. Security officers said two bodies were found inside.After receiving the news, Inon entered a seven-day period of mourning in the Jewish tradition of sitting shiva. After that, though, Inon says he woke up. Maoz Inon. CBS Saturday Morning My mind just becomes very clear and very sharp, and I just told myself Maoz, you have a mission, Inon recalled. That mission, he says, is deliver and create a message of hope and a better future for himself, his children and everyone that is willing to listen. Since then, Inon has called for peace and an end to the war, which the Hamas-run health ministry says has claimed 20,000 Palestinian livesin Gaza. I strongly believe this land was promised to both Israelis and Palestinians, Inon chanclas yeezy said. A military invasion into Gaza will just makes things worse, will just keep this cycle of blood, the cycle of death, the cycle of violence that s been going for a Gfdn Woman with Down syndrome fulfills dream of presenting weather on TV
Just hours after international mediators presented Israel and the Palestinians with a road map to peace, Israeli troops stormed a militant stronghold in the Gaza Strip early Thursday. Seven Palestinians were killed in an ensuing gunfight, including two boys aged 2 and 13.The fighting erupted when troops surro stanley cups unded the home of a top bomb maker from the Islamic militant group Hamas, reports CBS News Correspondent Robert Berger. Hamas claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing two days ago in Tel Aviv that killed three Israelis. Israel said its troops came under fire.The gun battle came as Israeli and Palestinian leaders voiced conflicting interpretations of the long-awaited road map peace plan, the latest attempt by international mediators to end more than 31 months of violence.Diplomats representing the so-called Quartet of Mideast mediators mdash; the United States, European Union, United Nations and Russia mdash; presented the stanley becher peace plan to Israeli and Palestinian leaders on Wednesday afte kubki stanley r Mahmoud Abbas took office as the first Palestinian prime minister.The target of the raid was the home of Yousef Abu Hein, a top Hamas fugitive, in the Shijaiyah neighborhood in Gaza City. The Israeli military said seven soldiers were wounded. The incursion came a day after Hamas and another Palestinian group claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing in a Tel Aviv pub. The blast killed three bystanders and wounded 55 others. However it was not clear whether the Israeli in

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NEAR RANDA, Switzerl airmaxplus and -- It soars, it impresses, and it terrifies. A new suspension bridge in the Swiss Alps shaves a few hours off a hike, making for one of the more spectacular shortcuts imaginable.CBS News Seth Doane hiked to it along with a backpacking group from Denver. What do you think of the bridge Doane asked the group. It s cool! Amazing! Spectacular! t adidas campus damen hey said. The bridge CBS News One of the challenges, Cindy Snow explained, is where to look. When you look down to the rocks then you w af1 ant to look up to the view of the mountains, so you look up and then you look down and you re like woah! she said.The bridge crosses a valley and spans the length of almost five football fields. When you walk on it, it rocks a little bit. And believe it or not, that s by design. Theo Lauber CBS News I want that people get a bit nervous and a bit upset, said Theo Lauber, the bridge s engineer. Why Doane asked. There are lots of other bridges, and this one is a bridge that moves your heart, Lauber said.He proudly told Doane it is his 35th bridge: I am called Mr. Bridge! he said.Cindy Conway dragged her less-than-thrilled husband Geoff Pavey to the Alps from North Carolina. As soon as I saw the pictures, I knew we had to come, Conway said Ctsv Haitians Cast Ballots In Historic Vote
The head of Australia s Roman Catholic Church announced Tuesday he would stanley cup temporarily step aside during an investigation into allegations that he sexually abused a child.Sydney Archbishop George Pell is accused of molesting a 12-year-old boy when he was a seminarian in the Archdiocese of Melbourne. The alleged events never happened. I repeat emphatically, that the allegations are false, Pell said in a statement. To allege that I am ... personally implicated in this evil is a smear of the most vindictive kind. Pell also says he is confident that his name will be cleared. For the good of the Church and to preserve the dignity of the offic stanley cup e of Archbishop, I will take leave from today as Archbishop of Sydney until the inquiry is completed, Pell said. I will, of course, cooperate with th stanley cup is independent inquiry in every way possible - frankly, openly, and unreservedly. The Catholic Church has appointed retired Supreme Court judge Alec Southwell to investigate the allegations against Pell.A statement from the church s National Committee for Professional Standards, established to deal with sex abuse allegations, said the case had not been reported to the police. The complainant was advised and encouraged to report the matter to the police but at this stage has declined to do so, the statement said.Pell came under fire earlier this year after he admitted on a current affairs program that he offered a family thousands of dollars in exchange for a promise not to sue over clai

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JOHANNESBURG -- Students were ordered on Thursday to abandon a South African university, leaving behind charred, smoldering buildings after protests turned violent.North-West University said protesting students burned an administration building and science center at the campus in Mahikeng also called Mafikeng on Wednesday night.Student protests have erupted across South Africa, often aimed at pressing for lower tuition, more student housing and erasing remnants of South Africa s racist past. Students have nowhere to go. They are just roaming around the streets of Mahikeng, said Ofentse Pilane, 24, a final-year political science student. For now, he ll squat with friends until his parents, who live two hours away, are able to send him some money. International students are facing severe problems, he said. The university has made arrangements for students to camp at a nearby civic hall until they can find their way home, sometimes to neighboring countries, a university spokesman said.South African President Jacob Zuma said: No amount of anger should drive students t adidas original campus o burn their own university and deny themselves and others education. In rece adidas samba nt days, black and white students have even come to blows over the use of Afrikaans as a teaching language, an echo of the 1976 studen adidas campus 00s t uprising in the Soweto township south of Johannesburg against apartheid. Those bloody protests, forcibly put put down by security forces, erupted over a rule that classes be taught in Afrikaans, Echc Mutiny In Manila
Pakistan has questioned the founder of its nuclear program as part of investigations into whether any of its scientists leaked sensitive technology to other countries, the Foreign Ministry said Monday.Scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan is not in custody but was questioned in connection with the ongoing d stanley mugs ebriefing sessions of a very small number of scientists, ministry spokesman Masood Khan said. No restrictions have been imposed on him, he added.Pakistan s government strongly denies allegations it spread nuclear technology to countries such as Iran, North Korea and Libya but acknowledged Monday the possibility that individual scientists may have acted without authorization.At least two scientists from Khan Research Laboratories, the country s top nuclear laboratory named after its founder, were held for questioning this month mdash; including Mohammad Farooq, its former director general and aide to Khan. Farooq is still in custody. Dr. Farooq is still undergoing a dependability and debriefing session, said the ministry spokesman said.Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said Pakistan s government had not authorized the spread of sensitive technology to any country, but acknowledged it was looking into whether individuals involved in its nuclear program had. Some individuals may have been doing something on stanley cup their stanley cup own. We are investigating that, Ahmed told The Associated Press.Officials have declined to give details about the in-house investigations and what alle

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Seoul, South Korea -- A balcony inside a nightclub in South Korea collapsed on Saturday, killing two people and injuring 16, including American and other athletes at the world swimming championships, officials said. Hundreds were at the nightclub in the southern city of Gwangju when the collapse occurred next to the athletes village.Two South Korean men died while 16 others were injured, police said. According to a police account, the injured include 10 foreigners, eight of them athletes who were in Gwangju to participate in the swimming championships.Cell phone video showed people literally holding up the balcony to try to prevent it from falling, CBS News Kenneth Craig reported. South Korean firefighters and officials examine the collapsed structure of a nightclub where several athletes competing at the World Aquatics Championships were dancing, in Gwangju, South Korea, July 27, 2019. HANDOUT / REUTERS Among the athletes were three Americans, adidas campus 80s two New Zealanders, one Dutch, one Italian and one Brazilian, a police officer said, requesting anonymity ahead of an official announcement. He said most had minor injuries but an American female water pol crocs absatz o player required surgery. The other two Americans - a man and a woman air max 1 - are also water polo players, the police officer said.Police said they detained one of the nightclub s co-owners and summoned three other club officials t Jepq Supporters in Myanmar Expect Release of Suu Kyi
AP BAGHDAD - Bombs pounded six Iraqi cities and towns Tuesday, killing at least 40 people and raising suspicion that security forces might be assist stanley cup ing terrorists in stanley cup usa launching attacks on Shiite Muslims.The onslaught came just ahead of a religious pilgrimage that could attract even more violence.A senior Iraqi intelligence official said checkpoint guards may have been bribed to help al-Qaeda-linked Sunni insurgents plant bombs at Shiite marketplaces. The attacks injected new fear into Iraqis, resigned to worsening violence six months after the last American troops left the country. We want to live a normal life, but with the current spike in violence and victims, I am personally thinking of moving, said Hassan al-Saadi, 40, a Shiite sports equipment store owner in Baghdad who is considering pulling his four children from school for their safety. I see the future as worse, al-Saadi said. A spike in violence over the last month is blamed partially on Iraq s paralyzing political crisis, which pits Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki s Shiite-led government against rival Shiite politicians, Sunni Muslims and ethnic Kurds who complain they ve been sidelined.Also, the crisis in neighboring Syria may have allowed weapons intended for the opposition to President Bashar Assad to be siphoned off to Iraqi insurgents.Iraq: At least 33 killed, 100 wounded in several blastsSurge in violence spurs new fears in IraqBombs tear through Baghdad mar stanley cup ket full of shoppersTuesday s

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A sex worker poses behind a window as people pass by in the red light district of Amsterdam, July 1, 2020. KENZO TRIBOUILLARD/AFP/Getty The Hague mdash; Amsterdam city authorities said Friday they are banning cannabis smoking in the streets of the red light dis hoka schuhe trict from mid-May as part of efforts to curb criminality and anti-social behavior. The measure comes amid wider efforts to restrict drinking hours and bring forward closing times of cafes, bars, restaurants and brothels, as the municipality cracks down on a huge anti-social beha hoka laufschuhe vior problem. Prostitution is legal in the Netherlands and Amsterdam s city center brothels rank as a tourist attraction. But rising urban crime in part of town which is a magnet for youthful night owls has for some years led police to label the area a square kilometer of misery. Under Dutch law, the sale of cannabis is tolerated in coffee shops, as long as they abide by strict conditions but it is an offense to possess, sell or produce more than five grams of the drug. A tour of Amsterdam 05:34 Residents are very upset at mass tourism and abuse of alcohol and d adidas campus rugs in the street, particularly at night, the municipality statement explained. Tourists equally attr Evqm Demonstrators around the world demand release of three Al Jazeera journalists
JOHANNESBURG - Large seizures of elephant tusks make this year the worst on record since ivory sale stanley polska s were banned in 1989, with stanley cups recent estimates suggesting as many as 3,000 elephants were killed by poachers, experts said. 2011 has truly been a horrible year for elephants, said Tom Milliken, elephant and rhino expert for the wildlife trade monitoring network TRAFFIC, on Thursday.In one case earlier this month, Malaysian authorities seized hundreds of African elephant tusks worth $1.3 million that were being shipped to Cambodia. The ivory was hidden in containers of Kenyan handicrafts. In 23 years of compiling ivory seizure data ... this is the worst year ever for large ivory seizures, said Milliken.Most cases involve ivory being smuggled from Africa into Asia, where growing wealth has fed the desire for ivory ornaments and for rhino horn that is used i stanley water jug n traditional medicine, though scientists have proved it has no medicinal value. TRAFFIC said Asian crime syndicates are increasingly involved in poaching and the illegal ivory trade across Africa, a trend that coincides with growing Asian investment on the continent. The escalation in ivory trade and elephant and rhino killing is being driven by the Asian syndicates that are now firmly enmeshed within African societies, Milliken said in a telephone interview from his base in Zimbabwe. There are more Asians than ever before in the history of the continent, and this is one of the repercussions. Some of the seized tusks c

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Ameer Alhalbi/AFP/Getty Images The f adidas yeezy rontline of theSyriancivil war runs right thr nike dunk donna ough the center of Aleppo,a totally devastated city.Anew U.S.-Russian agreementto end the violence in Syria,includeda cease-fireon September 12, 2016 thatlasted barely a week.Russian and Syrian warplanes and troops have been hammering Syriarsquo largest city, Aleppo since.The cease-fire was supposed to let humanitarian aid reach them, but the main delivery route into Aleppo has been a battle ground for months.The civil war has claimed the lives of more than 400,000 people, 41,000 of them children.Photo:Syrian men carrying babies make their way through the rubble of destroyed buildings following a reported air strike on the rebel-held Salihin neighborhood of the northern city of Aleppo, on September 11, 2016.Warning: Some graphic content Damaged aid trucks REUTERS Damaged aid trucks are pictured after an airstrike on the rebel held Urm al-Kubra town, western Aleppo city, salomon xt Syria, Sept.20, 2016.The Syrian Red Crescent sent out a tweet saying they were sending 31 trucks full of aid into opposition territory in the Aleppo countryside.Shortly afterwards, missileshit an aid convoy -- more than20 trucks full of food, medicine and other essential supplies --and the Syrian ArabRed Crescent SARC warehouse where they were unloading the humanitarian relief.Th Plpi Desperate measures as Greece stares down default
President Bashar al-Assad of Syria CBS Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad heaped praise on U.S. President Barack Obama s quest for reaching a settlement in the Middle East, but told visiting U.S. Senator John Kerry on Monday following talks that Israel was not seeking peace at all.Sen. Kerry, chairman of the Senate s Foreign Relations Committee and a proponent of engagement with Damascus, is fast becoming the U.S. administration s key interlocutor with Syria; it was his third visit to the country this year and his sixth as a senator. He is the administration s official emissary for special missions there.Sen. Kerry has consi stanley uk stently said that while the United States has serious, long-standing disagreements with Syria--in particular its support for Hizbullah and other terrorist groups--this Arab Republic can play a critical role in bringing peace and stability if it makes the strategic decision to do so. The Politics Behind Misunderstanding Islam US Says Syria, Iran, Hezbollah Endanger L stanley flask ebanon Hariri Court President Appeals For AcceptanceIn a presiden stanley cup tial press release following the talks, Pres. Assad lauded Obama s desire in achieving peace in the region and renewed Syria s willingness and pursuit for a just and comprehensive peace. The release went on to say that the real problem was on the Israeli side, which rejects peace. Sen. Kerry highlighted the need for Syria s engagemen

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President Biden said the withdrawal from Afghanistan of U.S troops after 20 years of war will conclude on August 31, ahead of the September 11 deadline he announced in mid-April. We are ending the nation s longest war, the president said in remarks at the White House Thursday.At the time he announced the September deadline, about 3,500 troops remained. Earlier this week, the Pentagon said that the withdrawal was 90% complete. It proceeded quickly for a reason. Our military commanders advised me that once I made the decision to end the war, we needed to move swiftly to conduct the main elements of the drawdown, and in this context, speed is safety, the president said. A different approach would have certainly come with an increased risk of safety to our personnel, and he noted that so far, no U.S. military personnel have been lost in the process.U.S. fo adidas campus shoes rces last week exited Bagram Airfield, the largest American base in the country. The turnover of Bagram t salomon mujer o adidas samba og the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces completed the U.S. transfer of all seven bases to Afghanistan, in effect, finishing the logistical part of the withdrawal. Although the president made August 31 the formal deadline for U.S. troops to be out of Afghanistan, the withdrawal is for all intents and purposes complete, with the transfer of control of Bagram. The commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan, General Scott Miller, will soon be leaving the remaining forces in the charge of a two-star general. Sncd The world s enduring dictators: Ismael Omar Guelleh, Djibouti
With millions of people threatened by food shortages, the U.N. special envoy for the Horn of Africa toured the cracked land of this drought-stricken Ethiopian town Wednesday, promising that we can save lives. Catherine Ber stanley cup tini visited emergency feeding centers in Gode in southeastern Ethiopia, the region hardest hit by the three-year drought. Millions of people are threatened by lack of food in Ethiopia alone, and millions more lives are imperiled elsewhere in this part of the continent.Hundreds of people have already died in the area, home to ethnic Somalis.U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan asked me to come on this miss stanley cups uk ion in an effort to do whatever to avoid this problem spreading throughout the region, Bertini told reporters at Gode s airstrip. We can save lives and help people work through this terrible disaster. Bertini is on a weeklong tour of the region to assess the needs of the millions threatened by the drought. After touring two supplementary feeding centers with a total of about 2,000 children under age 5, and a therapeutic feeding center with 148 severely malnourished people, stanley cup Bertini said her visit was motivation to increase support to the region. The number of people who are moving to this area is increasing, she said. We need more water access, medicine and need more food for adults and children. She said aid workers were hoping to set up additional feeding centers, so places like Gode do not become overrun with the hungry, many of them nomadic pas

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NEW YORK --The2018 Winter Olympic Gamesare being held in South Korea for the first time in three decades and have officially begun. Day five saw the U.S. team acquire their 100th Winter Olympics gold medal when grabbed the gold for his halfpipe performance.Then on day 6, Team USA s Mikaela Shiffrin earned a gold in the women s giant slalom after having to wait out weather delays .For the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, NBC air max and its cable networks will cover popular sports such as figure skating and skiing. Because of the 14-hour time difference, not every Olympic event will be broadcast live. For that, you need to watch an online stream.Here are various way to catch all the events adidas campus damen of the 2018 Winter Olympics:Watching The 2018 Winter OlympicsWhat:XXIII Olympic Winter GamesDate:Coverage from Feb. 7-25, 2018TV channels:NBC, NBCSN, CNBC, USA Network, Olympic ChannelOnline streaming:NBCOlympics,NBC Sports app, Google sYouTube TV,DirecTV Now,Hulu with Live TV,PlayStation Vue,Sling TVandFuboTVFull TV schedule:NBC TV Coverage listMore than 1,800 hours of online coverage of the games in Pyeongchang begins Wednesday evening in the U.S. with preliminary curling matches. Friday s opening ceremony will be shown live online starting adidas originals ultraboost at 6 a.m. ET, and on NBC s prime-time broadcast on a delayed basis at 8 p.m. NBC also plans live streaming of the closing ceremony on Feb. 25. Watching the Olympic Games: TV coverageIn addition to NBC s over-the-air network, the sports netw Pyaj Palestinians: Netanyahu declares war in speech
Raging floodwaters from Tropical Storm Jeanne killed more than 100 people in Haiti, where roads and fields were stanley cup still inundated Monday and survivors were taking to rooftops and trees days after the storm passed.The confirmed death toll, mostly in northwestern Haiti, rose to at least 109 Monday based on reports from government and humanitarian officials. Officials said they expect the toll to rise further.Jeanne was churning over the open Atlantic east of the Bahamas and was forecast to strengthen over open seas this week, heading away from the U.S. mainland.But officials in Haiti were still trying to determine the toll from flooding that swept over parts of the country Saturday after Jeanne swept stanley cup by.In the northwestern coastal town of Gonaives, Haiti s third largest city of about a quarter million people, people on Monday waded through ankle-deep mud outside the mayor s office, where workers were shoveling out mud. Aid workers inside helped a woman give birth. Floodwaters covered crops and turned roads into rivers in the town and surrounding areas.Katya Silme, 18, said she, her mother and six siblings spent the night in a tree because their house was flooded. The river destroyed my house completely, and now we have nothing. We have not eaten anything since the floods. We have no money and we need food, sai stanley polska d Silme, who added that she had seen many neighbors swept away in the waters Saturday.Nearby two dead children, their faces covered with cloth, lay on a porch just a

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CAIRO -- Egyptian authorities freed an Egyptian-American on S salomon gtx aturday who was sentenced to life in prison and had been on hunger strike for over a year, forcing him to renounce his Egyptian citizenship as a precondition of his release.Mohamed Soltan, the son of a prominent member of the now-outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, had been convicted on charges of financing an anti-governm nike air force ent sit-in and spreading false news, one of thousands imprisoned after the 2013 military overthrow of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi.Soltan s release comes amid international criticism over Egypt s mass trials and imprisonments, and only days before President Ab yeezy del-Fattah el-Sissi travels to Germany on a state visit. Egypt takes on ISIS with airstrikes 02:04 Soltan, a 27-year-old Ohio State University graduate and a former campaigner for President Obama, was arrested in August 2013 when security forces came looking for his father at his home. His family said they didn t find the father at the time, but arrested him instead. His father, Salah, was detained later.Soltan had been on a hunger strike over his detention for over 16 months and his family said his health had been rapidly deteriorating.Egyptian officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren t authorized to brief journalists, told The Associated P Pvkp Widower of woman denied abortion rejects Irish probe of her death
This story was filed by CBS News George Baghdadi, reporting from Sharm el-Sheikh.Foreign ministers and international aid groups will converge in the Egyptian summer resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on Monday in a bid to reconstruct the Gaza Strip, devastated a month ago by three weeks of non-stop onslaught by Israeli forces. Facing the reconstruction efforts are tricky questions about how to devise a mechanism for funneling the necessary cash. AP Photo/Gerald Herbert U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton mdash; who is arriving in this Red Sea resort on her first visit to the Middle East since joining the Obama administration mdash; has said the stanley becher United States would offer more than $900 million through the stanley cup United Nations or the Palestinian Authority. [Washington has no direct contact with Hamas, a group which remains on the State Department s list of Designated Foreign Terrorist Organizations.] The quartet of Middle East mediators mdash; the United States, the European Union, Russia and the United Nations mdash; are expected to meet on the sidelines of the conference to try to work on a strategy to channel the stanley tumbler money to the battered territory s 1.5 million people.About 75 countries are participating in Monday s conference. Most of them ndash; especially the Arab nations, the EU and other industrial countries ndash; will be represented on the Foreign Ministerial level.French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-mo