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Syria rejects more IAEA visits for nuclear probe (Reuters) Reuters - Syria said on Friday a U.N. watchdog report failed to show anything suggesting a Syrian complex bombed by Israel was a covert nuclear reactor and no further inspector visits would be permitted. Solana hopes Obama tackles Mideast peace from day one (AFP) AFP - European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana said Friday that he hoped that US president-elect Barack Obama tackles the Arab-Israeli peace process as soon as he assumes office on January 20. Germany bans Hezbollah television station Al-Manar (AP) AP - Germany has banned Hezbollah's television station on grounds that it violates the country's constitution, an Interior Ministry spokesman said Friday. UN urges Israel, Lebanon to reach permanent ceasefire deal (AFP) AFP - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon urged Lebanon and Israel to seize the chance to move ahead on a permanent ceasefire and settlement, according to a report released this week. Israel in new bid to strip Arab ex-MP of nationality (AFP) AFP - Israeli Interior Minister Meir Sheetrit launched proceedings on Friday to revoke the citizenship of Arab former MP Azmi Bishara, who fled Israel last year amid claims he had spied for Lebanon's Hezbollah militia, a ministry spokesman said.