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Israeli Bomblets Plague Lebanon 
New York Times - Oct 06 9:14 PM
Officials say it will take more than a year to clear southern Lebanon of about one million unexploded bomblets remaining from Israel?s war with Hezbollah.Police at scene of Lebanon accident Norwich Bulletin - 1 hour, 56 minutes ago
LEBANON Colchester police are at the scene of a one-car accident at 872 Norwich Ave. near the Colchester town line. According to reports, the car hit a tree and Life Star medical helicopter had been called to transport an injured male for treatment.LDS members break ground on Lebanon Stake Center Albany Democrat-Herald - 46 minutes ago
Gold shovels bit into dirt choked with blackberry vines as members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ceremoniously broke ground for their new Lebanon Stake Center.Helping Lebanon's Recovery - Agriculture Has Been Hard-hit By Recent Hostilities Medical News Today - Oct 07 3:11 PM
The Food And Agriculture Organization Of The United Nations (FAO) is currently helping Lebanon speed up the recovery of its agriculture sector, following recent hostilities, which had a devastating impact on the people and economy of the country.Agriculture, the mainstay of rural economy, has been hard-hit by the war. [click link for full article]TCG Gaziantep Frigate To Depart For Lebanon To Join UNIFIL TurkishPress.com - Oct 07 3:28 PM
ANKARA - Turkish Naval Forces Command stated on Thursday that the TCG Gaziantep frigate would leave for Lebanon tomorrow to join the Naval Forces Command of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL).Turkish frigate sails to join UN peacekeepers in Lebanon AFP via Yahoo! News - Oct 06 10:51 AM
A Turkish navy frigate sailed for Lebanon to join the enlarged United Nations peacekeeping operation there in the first contribution from a Muslim country to the international force, the Anatolia news agency said.Turkey confirms frigate, engineers en route to Lebanon AFP via Yahoo! News - Oct 06 7:53 AM
A Turkish navy frigate will leave for Lebanon to serve in the enlarged UN peacekeeping operation there and will soon be followed a unit of engineers, a foreign ministry spokesman has said.Dark memories rekindled in Lebanon Houston Chronicle - Oct 06 10:48 PM
After a 90-year absence, Turkish forces are returning to Lebanon this weekend, but their impending arrival as U.N. peacekeepers is opening up old wounds in this Armenian community on the edge of Beirut. Lebanon confirms al Qaeda active in country Al Bawaba - Oct 07 10:58 AM
Lebanon's Acting Interior Minister Ahmad Fatfat confirmed in a newspaper interview Saturday the presence of al Qaeda in Lebanon, disclosing that "we have apprehended four groups" belonging to this network.Group returns from Lebanon 10/08/06 Dearborn Press & Guide - Oct 07 5:39 AM
DEARBORN - A group of more than 30 people was due to return home yesterday after a week-long visit to war-torn Lebanon. The American Arab Chamber of Commerce sent a fact-finding delegation to Lebanon last week.[NCC] National Council of Churches Supports Middle East Initiative, visits Lebanon [Press Release] Worldwide Faith News - Oct 07 3:59 PM
New York City, October 6, 2006--The National Council of Churches USA (NCC) is sending representatives to Lebanon and is joining with other faith groups supporting the latest initiative to bring a lasting and just peace in the Middle East. Churches for Middle East Peace (CMEP), of which the NCC is a part, is supporting the International Crisis Groups global advocacy initiative designed to generate Turkish minister's son to serve in Lebanon force TurkishPress.com - Oct 07 6:25 AM
ANKARA - Turkey's transport minister said Saturday his son had left for Lebanon as part of a Turkish naval unit that will serve in the expanded UN force to stabilize the conflict-torn Middle Eastern country.Malaysia Could Extend Lebanon Peacekeepers' Stay -Report Nasdaq - Oct 06 11:04 PM
KUALA LUMPUR (AP)--Malaysia is prepared to extend its participation in United Nations peacekeeping missions in Lebanon beyond a stipulated six month period, news reports on Saturday quoted a senior minister as saying.Lebanon Riot Leaves 1 Dead, 16 Injured ABC News - Oct 06 11:50 AM
Lebanon Police Clash With Rioters; One Person Is Killed, at Least 16 Others Are InjuredLebanon Riot Leaves 1 Dead, 16 Injured Los Angeles Times - Oct 06 11:57 AM
BEIRUT, Lebanon -- Police clashed Friday with hundreds of rioters protesting attempts to demolish illegal housing in a southern suburb of Beirut. One person was killed and at least 16 were wounded.DEBKA Exclusive: Moscow posts two Chechen platoons in S. Lebanon, one headed by an ex-rebel commander, to improve DEBKAfile - Oct 07 1:10 AM
The Muslim commandoes of the Vostok (East) and Zapad (West) battalions of the Russian Army s Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) (picture) are being sent to guard the 150 Russian military engineers. They arrived in Beirut this week to restore the roads in Lebanon damaged by Israeli bombing.Israeli Bomblets Plague Lebanon New York Times - Oct 05 10:06 PM
Officials say it will take more than a year to clear southern Lebanon of unexploded cluster bombs dropped by Israel.Bridgeton grad Marguglio leading Lebanon Valley Bridgeton News - Oct 06 9:56 PM
Stephanie Marguglio continues to produce points at a rapid pace for the Lebanon Valley College field hockey team. Through nine games this season the Bridgeton High School graduate has scored nine goals and addded six assists, earning her a team-high 24 points.Iran, Lebanon discuss rebuilding damaged areas ArabicNews.com - Oct 06 8:09 PM
Iran's Ambassador to Lebanon Mohammad-Reza Sheibani met with Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri today and talked with him about Iran's participation in rebuilding Lebanese damaged areas in the recent Israeli aggression against Lebanon.UN official calls for ICC inquiry into Israeli war crimes in Lebanon ArabicNews.com - Oct 06 8:08 PM
The Geneva-based UN Human Rights Council special representative on the "right to food" said yesterday that the International Criminal Court (ICC) should investigate whether Israel is guilty of war crimes for a bombing campaign in Lebanon that blocked access to food and water.U.N. troops in Lebanon rise in strength AP via Yahoo! News - Oct 05 2:20 PM
The U.N. peacekeeping force in south Lebanon is set to reach half-strength by mid-October, two months after a Hezbollah-Israeli cease-fire.U.S. Awards $5 Million Contract for Oil Spill Clean Up in Lebanon RedNova - Oct 06 4:10 PM
WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- The United States Government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), has awarded a $5 million contract to SEACOR Environmental Services to assist in cleaning up an oil spill following the recent conflict in Lebanon.Inside Hezbollah, Big Miscalculations Washington Post - Oct 07 6:24 PM
BEIRUT -- The meeting on July 12 was tense, tinged with desperation. A few hours earlier, in a brazen raid, Hezbollah guerrillas had infiltrated across the heavily fortified border and captured two Israeli soldiers. Lebanon's prime minister summoned Hussein Khalil, an aide to Hezbollah's... Along...Turkish Troops Set off for Lebanon Zaman Online - Oct 06 2:10 PM
The first Turkish naval force will depart for Lebanon from Aksaz Naval Base today. Infantry units will, however, leave Turkey next week. Turkey is expected to send less than 1,000 troops, to be deployed to 15 kilometers around the city of Sur.In 1916, a Blowout for the Ages New York Times - 36 minutes ago
Ninety years ago, Georgia Tech got revenge for a 22-0 defeat in baseball when they beat Cumberland College of Lebanon, Tenn., 222-0 in football.Youth labor builds a new Lebanon out of ideals The Daily Star Lebannon - Oct 06 12:19 PM
Singing and dancing under the shade of olive trees, a group of university students takes a break from their efforts to build a new Lebanon with their labor and idealism. "We do everything together. As you can see, we are happy and smiling. This can change minds, it inspires," says Amal Haber, 22, part of a team of young men and women working to repair the war-damaged.Lebanon riot leaves 1 dead, 16 injured Syracuse.com - Oct 06 12:13 PM
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) Police clashed Friday with hundreds of rioters protesting attempts to demolish illegal housing in a southern suburb of Beirut. One person was killed and at least 16 were wounded.Israeli court tells state to explain Lebanon inquiry AFP via Yahoo! News - Oct 05 12:21 PM
Israel's High Court ordered the state to explain its decision to appoint a government inquiry into the handling of the Lebanon war instead of a more rigorous independent state commission probe.Greenpeace warns of toxic risks to two million in Lebanon AFP via Yahoo! News - Oct 05 10:31 AM
Two million residents of Lebanon, about half the population, could face health risks posed by toxic releases from Israeli bombing in the July-August war, Greenpeace warned.Homes planned on Lebanon hill Albany Democrat-Herald - Oct 06 2:43 PM
LEBANON A Vancouver company plans to develop 282 residential lots on Ridgeway Butte, which towers over Lebanon and the South Santiam River on the east edge of town.Iran, Lebanon discuss rebuilding Lebanese damaged areas Islamic Republic News Agency - Oct 06 9:55 AM
Iran - Lebanon - Meeting Iran's Ambassador to Lebanon Mohammad-Reza Sheibani met with Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri here Friday and talked with him about Iran's participation in rebuilding Lebanese damaged areas in the recent Israeli aggression against Lebanon.Israeli Bomblets Plague Lebanon Common Dreams News Center - Oct 06 8:45 AM
Israeli Bomblets Plague LebanonMore forces are headed to Lebanon The Philadelphia Inquirer - Oct 06 12:03 AM
The U.N. peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon is set to reach half-strength by mid-October, two months after a Hezbollah-Israeli cease-fire.Lebanon apprehends four groups belonging to al-Qaida: official People's Daily - Oct 07 6:09 PM
Lebanese Acting Interior Minister Ahmad Fatfat on Saturday disclosed that "we have apprehended four groups" belonging to the network.Greenpeace Warns of Toxic Risks to Two Million in Lebanon Common Dreams News Center - Oct 06 8:45 AM
Greenpeace Warns of Toxic Risks to Two Million in LebanonTurkish Navy Ship Sets Sail For Lebanon Mision - Official Nasdaq - Oct 06 2:50 AM
ANKARA (AP)--A Turkish frigate set sail from a Mediterranean base Friday to join an international naval force monitoring the coast of Lebanon, a Navy official said, before the expected deployment of hundreds of Turkish peacekeepers next week.Turkey confirms frigate, engineers en route to Lebanon AFP via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News - Oct 06 3:51 AM
A Turkish navy frigate was set to leave for Lebanon to serve in the enlarged UN peacekeeping operation there and will soon be followed a unit of engineers, a foreign ministry spokesman has said.UNIFIL says it boosts Lebanon's economy Reuters via Yahoo! News - Oct 05 7:11 AM
U.N. peacekeepers went on a public relations campaign in Lebanon on Thursday, explaining in a statement how the presence of their beefed-up force would benefit the struggling Lebanese economy.WP: Inside Hezbollah, big miscalculations MSNBC - 1 hour, 2 minutes ago
In speeches and iconography, Hezbollah has cast its war with Israel in Lebanon as a "divine victory." But a reconstruction of the period before and soon after the seizure of the soldiers reveals a series of miscalculations on the part of the 24-year-old movement that defies its carefully cultivated reputation for planning and caution.UN peacekeepers breathe life into Lebanon economy Middle East Times - Oct 06 3:40 AM
NAQURA, Lebanon -- The thousands of extra United Nations peacekeepers deployed in southern Lebanon since an Israel-Hezbollah truce in mid-August are creating new business opportunities in a battered local economy.Israel general fired over calls for leaders to quit over Lebanon AFP via Yahoo! News - Oct 05 5:38 AM
A top Israeli general who is about to retire has been fired for calling on Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and army chief Dan Halutz to resign over the Lebanon war, military sources said.U.N. force in Lebanon gains strength Miami Herald - Oct 06 12:20 AM
U.N. force gains strength The U.N. peacekeeping force in south Lebanon is set to reach half-strength by mid-October, two months after a Hezbollah-Israeli cease-fire. But as Turkey sends engineers and Germany sends warships, the U.N.'s announcement of a more-robust policy to use force, if necessary, has raised concerns of new tensions with Hezbollah.U.N. Troops in Lebanon Rise in Strength ABC News - Oct 05 2:41 PM
U.N. Peacekeeping Force in Lebanon Is Set to Reach Half-Strength by Mid-OctoberReport: Turkey to deploy troops in Lebanon AP via Yahoo! News - Oct 05 1:47 AM
Turkey will send its first deployment of peacekeepers to Lebanon next week by dispatching about 260 soldiers to join the international force, private NTV television reported on Thursday.Lebanese PM urges UN action over Israeli flights AFP via Yahoo! News - Oct 07 2:22 AM
Prime Minister Fuad Siniora has appealed to UN chief Kofi Annan to put pressure on Israel to stop its warplanes from overflying Lebanon and withdraw from a village.Toxic risks to 2mn in Lebanon: Greenpeace Gulf Times - Oct 06 3:27 AM
BEIRUT: About 2mn residents of Lebanon, about half the population, could face health risks posed by toxic releases from Israeli bombing in the July-August war, Greenpeace warned yesterday.No home their own Dayton Daily News - 24 minutes ago
LEBANON Six-week-old Rose Lynn sleeps in a baby swing as her 19-month-old sister, Emily, pushes a toy vacuum nearby.United Nations force in Lebanon to reach half-strength by mid-October Montana Standard - Oct 05 11:08 PM
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) The U.N. peacekeeping force in south Lebanon is set to reach half-strength by mid-October, two months after a Hezbollah-Israeli cease-fire.Israeli Supreme Court deals blow to government investigation of Lebanon war CNews - Oct 06 3:58 AM
JERUSALEM (AP) - The Israeli Supreme Court has given the government five days to explain why it has refused to appoint an inquiry with judicial powers to look into heavily criticized decision-making during this summer's war against Lebanon's Hezbollah guerrillas, a lawyer said Friday.Aid to Lebanon drives meet with huge success Khaleej Times - Oct 05 10:08 PM
DOHA Officials from the Qatar Authority for Charitable Activities (QACA) say the humanitarian campaigns mounted by the country to provide assistance to war-torn Lebanon have proved to be highly successful.United Nations force in Lebanon to reach half-strength by mid October CP via Yahoo! Canada News - Oct 05 3:44 PM
BEIRUT (AP) - The UN peacekeeping force in south Lebanon is set to reach half-strength by mid-October, two months after a Hezbollah-Israeli ceasefire.Robert Fisk: The Age of Terror - a landmark report Independent - Oct 07 4:17 PM
A few days after Lebanon's latest war came to an end, I went through many of the reporter's notebooks I have used in my last 30 years in the Middle East. Some contained the names of dead colleagues, others the individual stories of the suffering of Arabs and Kurds and Christians and Jews. One, dated 1991, is even splashed with a dark and viscous substance, the oil that came raining down on us Lebanon s used half of insurance coverage on suit Albany Democrat-Herald - Oct 05 3:09 PM
LEBANON The Lebanon Community School District has used close to half of its insurance coverage to date on a lawsuit involving two members of the Lebanon School Board.Hezbollah ally seeks Saudi help in calming Lebanon tensions Khaleej Times - Oct 07 1:47 AM
BEIRUT - Lebanese parliament speaker Nabih Berri, a key Shia ally of Hezbollah, was due in Saudi Arabia on Saturday to seek the Sunni-led kingdom s help in reducing growing sectarian tensions.Manhunt Continues for Prison Escapee WCAX 3 - 1 hour, 54 minutes ago
The manhunt continues Friday in the Upper Valley of New Hampshire and Vermont for an escaped prison inmate. Police say 23-year-old Corie Goodhue of Lebanon was serving time at the Grafton County Jail, when he walked away from a work detail at around 6:30 Thursday night.Berri: Lebanon more imperiled now than during war The Daily Star Lebannon - Oct 05 1:34 PM
Speaker Nabih Berri is more fearful for Lebanon today than he was during the recent month-long war with Israel. In an interview with Lebanese weekly Al-Afkar published Friday, Berri also warned Israel that fighting could be renewed. "We will resort to the arms of the resistance if Israel stalls in withdrawing from the Shebaa Farms," the speaker said.One killed in Lebanon clash NDTV - Oct 06 10:28 PM
Police clashed with hundreds of rioters protesting attempts to demolish illegal housing in a southern suburb of Beirut. One person was killed and at least 16 were wounded.Israeli General Fired After Criticizing Military's Handling of Conflict in Lebanon Voice of America - Oct 05 9:50 AM
Israel has fired a top general after he criticized the military's handling of the conflict in Lebanon and called for the resignation of the army chief and prime minister.Ankara prepares to join UN forces in Lebanon The Daily Star Lebannon - Oct 05 1:34 PM
Turkey, the only Muslim member of NATO and a country with close ties to both Israel and Arab states, will become the first Muslim nation to deploy peacekeepers in Lebanon next week, a Turkish television station reported Thursday. Turkey's Foreign Ministry would not immediately confirm the report, saying.ICC Should Probe Israel On Lebanon Bombing -UN Rts Envoy Nasdaq - Oct 05 7:50 AM
GENEVA (AP)--The International Criminal Court should investigate whether Israel is guilty of war crimes for a bombing campaign in Lebanon that blocked access to food and water, a United Nations rights expert said Thursday.Lebanon's economy after the war: Restoring bridges over political troubled water Mena Report - Oct 05 10:29 AM
Earlier this month, Lebanon s parliamentary majority leader Saad Hariri warned that Lebanon should not miss the golden opportunity to receive significant aid from Arab states and the international community.America flouted law by flying bombs to Israel through Britain Evening Standard - Oct 07 3:36 PM
The US Government flouted British and international law to fly bunker-busting bombs through UK airports to bolster Israeli raids on Lebanon. Washington failed to tell Britain it was flying the weapons in and out of Prestwick in Scotland - potentially putting lives and the airport at risk.Rescuers Come To Mideast Animals' Aid CBS News - Oct 06 11:03 PM
As the number of homeless pets in Lebanon doubled, there was no place for them in shelters. Until a U.S. organization offered to airlift 300 of them, Steve Hartman reports in this week?s Assignment America.Airlifting of Russian bridge battalion to Lebanon completed Itar-Tass - Oct 05 10:44 AM
BEIRUT, October 5 (Itar-Tass) - Russia has completed the airlifting of a bridge battalion to Lebanon as part of an international effort to help Lebanon normalize the situation and restore infrastructure in its southern areas following a withdrawal of Israeli troops from there.Opinions divided on Mt. Lebanon business district Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Oct 05 4:51 AM
Although no one spit venom or jumped in elation, the five people who spoke at a public hearing last week had strong opinions about the possibility of Mt. Lebanon creating a special business district on Washington Road that would charge property owners for promoting the businesses there.Israeli General Fired over Criticisms Against Gov't Zaman Online - Oct 07 2:10 PM
Head of IDF s Ground Forces Command General Yiftah Ron-Tal was discharged from office after he said Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert should take responsibility for the failure of the war with Lebanon and leave his post.UN official calls for ICC inquiry into Israeli war crimes in Lebanon Islamic Republic News Agency - Oct 05 9:37 AM
UN - Middle East - Human Rights Council The Geneva-based UN Human Rights Council special representative on the 'right to food' said on Thursday that the International Criminal Court (ICC) should investigate whether Israel is guilty of war crimes for a bombing campaign in Lebanon that blocked access to food and water.UN warcrimes prosecutor attacks international double standards AFP via Yahoo! News - Oct 06 11:29 AM
Chief UN warcrimes prosecutor Carla del Ponte hit out at international double standards, saying some serious crimes such as during the Israel-Lebanon were just simply being ignored.Greenpeace warns of toxic risks to two million in Lebanon Khaleej Times - Oct 05 8:53 AM
BEIRUT - Two million residents of Lebanon, about half the population, could face health risks posed by toxic releases from Israeli bombing in the July-August war, Greenpeace warned on Thursday.Cluster Munitions in Lebanon Human Rights Watch - Oct 05 2:13 AM
The UN Mine Action Coordination Center South Lebanon (UNMACC) has estimated that Israel fired as many as four million submunitions into Lebanon during the conflict in July and August 2006. For comparison, Coalition forces used about 1.9 million submunitions in Iraq in 2003, and the U.S. Air Force used about 248,000 submunitions in Afghanistan in 2001-2002.Tribute Paid to Lebanon Coach Valley News - Oct 05 6:15 AM
Farewell, Mr. Metcalf ... Thanks for Everything Lebanon -- For most of his 73 years, few people beat Langdon Frank Metcalf to the main event of the day -- to basketball practice at Lebanon High, to the championship game, to the duck blind or the deer stand, to the party.Hezbollah's Big Miscalculations Washington Post - 2 hours, 21 minutes ago
Despite claiming "divine victory" in recent war, militia was caught off guard by Israeli response.Panama AGMnews - Oct 07 8:43 AM
Guatemala, Iran, Lebanon, , Poland, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Syria, and Yemen. ... Jim Cramer's Real Money Radio Recap, Sept. ... 'A good man,' says ... arms to Argentina, Austria, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chad, Guatemala, Iran, Lebanon, Panama , Poland, South Africa, Sri ...Lebanon Withdrawal Completed Totally Jewish - Oct 05 8:17 AM
The Israeli army this week withdrew its forces from the vast majority of Southern Lebanon, a month and a half after the end of hostilities with Hezbollah.Lebanon man dies after accident on St. Rose Road Lebanon Enterprise - Oct 05 5:41 AM
On Friday, Sept. 29, Robert O'Daniel died following a single-vehicle accident five miles north of Lebanon on St. Rose Road. According to Kentucky State Police, O'Daniel, 65, of Lebanon was traveling south in a 1993 Mitsubishi pickup.Turkish Troops Leaving for Lebanon ERT.gr - Oct 05 8:05 AM
Turkey will send more than 200 navy officers and soldiers to Lebanon on Friday, the first from a Muslim country to join the UN peacekeeping force monitoring a truce between Israel and Hezbollah guerrillas.Cleanup to Start at Old Sites in Lebanon Los Angeles Times - Oct 04 1:49 PM
BYBLOS, Lebanon -- Cleanup is set to begin within days at the first of three ancient World Heritage sites damaged in the summer's Hezbollah-Israel war -- a crumbling old castle rising from the Mediterranean whose foundation stones are now coated with oil sludge.Lebanese PM urges UN action over Israeli flights Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Oct 07 3:55 AM
Prime Minister Fuad Siniora has appealed to United Nations chief Kofi Annan to put pressure on Israel to stop its warplanes from overflying Lebanon and withdraw from a village, his office says.Rice's Tour of Mideast Yields Little Progress on Key Issues Washington Post - 1 hour, 7 minutes ago
LONDON, Oct. 7 -- It was a tough week for Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in the Middle East. On four issues pivotal to the future of the world's most volatile region, U.S. diplomatic efforts made no visible progress or came up against unexpected resistance during her five-day tour, according...Lebanon aid campaign a huge success The Peninsula - Oct 05 2:53 AM
DOHA The Qatar Authority for Charitable Activities (QACA) has announced the successful completion of its humanitarian campaign in the war-ravaged Lebanon, which was carried out with the support of leading charitable organisations in Qatar.UN warcrimes prosecutor attacks international double standards Middle East Online - Oct 07 5:17 AM
Carla del Ponte hits out at ignoring serious crimes during Israel-Lebanon conflict, lacking independent investigation.Left in Lebanon: A million bomblets International Herald Tribune - Oct 05 1:49 PM
Since the war with Israel ended, nearly three people have been wounded or killed each day by unexploded cluster bombs dropped by Israel.London police: Inquiry after Muslim officer refused guard duty at Israeli embassy during Lebanon war Al Bawaba - Oct 05 5:58 AM
Britain's top police officer has ordered an urgent inquiry into a decision to excuse a Muslim officer from guard duty at the Israeli embassy during Israel's recent offensive on Lebanon, police said.Cheney Back Delivering the Grim Campaign Speech Washington Post - 1 hour, 30 minutes ago
MILWAUKEE -- Vice President Cheney sometimes starts speeches with a Ronald Reagan quotation about a "happy" nation needing "hope and faith." But not much happy talk follows. Not a lot of hope, either. He does, though, talk about the prospect of "mass death in the United States."Israeli Troops Leave Lebanon, No Sign of Hezbollah Baltimore Jewish Times - Oct 06 1:23 PM
Israel's war with Hezbollah ended much the way it was waged -- unpredictably, and with a good deal of self-doubt. "It's over, Mom," one soldier muttered into his cell phone as he crossed back from Lebanese territory at the Israeli border village of Zarit before dawn Sunday.Lebanese PM urges UN action over Israeli flights Khaleej Times - Oct 07 4:08 AM
BEIRUT - Prime Minister Fuad Siniora has appealed to UN chief Kofi Annan to put pressure on Israel to stop its warplanes from overflying Lebanon and withdraw from a village, his office said on Saturday.Israeli warplanes overfly Hezbollah strongholds in Bekaa AFP via Yahoo! News - Oct 06 3:56 AM
Israeli warplanes were flying low over the Bekaa Valley and its main town of Baalbek, both strongholds of Hezbollah in eastern Lebanon, an AFP correspondent has said.Expert reveals Lebanon human rights abuses NZZ - Oct 04 9:49 PM
A Swiss international law expert tells swissinfo that there were a number of violations of the Geneva conventions during this summer's conflict in Lebanon.The Oxford Student - Official Student Newspaper Oxford Student - Oct 07 2:24 AM
What next for Lebanon? Early morning hours of July 13, 2006, Antelias, Lebanon: I lie sleepless on the sofa of our TV room. In the background I hear the Israeli warplanes hovering in the air.Marauders Edge Lebanon -- Again -- for Three-peat Valley News - Oct 06 6:15 AM
Concord -- Oh, but there are so many strokes from which to choose. Where to possibly start? All goals achieved in Lebanon aid campaign Gulf Times - Oct 05 12:45 AM
THE Qatar-Lebanon Campaign 2006, launched to support Lebanese war victims, has come to a close after achieving its goals, Qatar Authority for Charitable Activities (QACA) general manager Ahmed bin Mohamed al-Muraykhi said.OIC states blast Lebanon war report of UN envoys Gulf Times - Oct 05 12:46 AM
GENEVA: Arab and Muslim countries yesterday angrily rejected a report by four UN human rights investigators on the Lebanon war, calling it "biased" and too soft on Israel.Arabs, Muslims blast UN report on Lebanon The Peninsula - Oct 04 10:04 PM
Geneva Arab and Muslim countries yesterday angrily rejected a report by four UN human rights investigators on the Lebanon war, calling it biased and too soft on Israel.Russian military construction workers setting up camp in Lebanon The Russia Journal Daily - Oct 04 10:06 PM
SAYDA (Lebanon) - Russian combat engineers, in Lebanon to repair infrastructure devastated during a month of fighting this summer between Hizbollah fighters and the Israeli military, are building a tent camp, a RIA Novosti correspondent reported Wednesday.Other high school football games Lancaster Online - Oct 06 11:26 PM
Ephrata rode a dominating ground attack to its first victory of the season Friday night, defeating host Lebanon in Section Two action, 31-12.Fifth Russian cargo plane heads to Lebanon Russian Information Agency Novosti - Oct 04 11:07 PM
MOSCOW, October 4 (RIA Novosti) - A fifth cargo plane with equipment for Russian combat engineers in Lebanon took off Thursday from an air base outside Moscow, the Russian Air Force commander said.Turks Won't Take on Hizbollah Strategy Page - Oct 07 2:36 AM
October 6, 2006: Turkey has begun deploying peacekeeping troops, 260 combat engineers, in south Lebanon. No more than a thousand Turkish troops will go to Lebanon.Government sends bomb disposal experts to Lebanon Prague Daily Monitor - Oct 04 11:09 PM
Prague, Oct 4 (CTK) - The Czech government wants to send two or three bomb disposal experts to Lebanon to join the UNIFIL corps, Foreign Minister Alexandr Vondra told journalists Wednesday.Israeli army chief fires general over Lebanon war criticism WOAI - Oct 04 7:19 PM
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel's army chief fired a top general Wednesday over his criticism of the war in Lebanon and government policy, the army said. The dismissed officer, Maj. Gen. Yiftah Ron-Tal gave unauthorized interviews to several Israeli news media earlier Wednesday, an army statement said.Russian soldiers in Lebanon Russian Information Agency Novosti - Oct 04 11:07 PM
A cargo plane with the first group of Russian combat engineers has arrived in Lebanon and started to offload equipment for a field camp. Russia has pledged to send a bridge-building battalion to help the war-ravaged country restore its destroyed infrastructure.