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  • Bush sends Rice to Mideast, backs multinational force for Lebanon Open this result in new window
    AFP via Yahoo! News - Jul 28 4:17 PM
    US President George W. Bush sent Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice back to the Middle East to win support in Beirut and Jerusalem for quickly deploying a UN-backed force to Lebanon.

  • Canada winding down Lebanon evacuation Open this result in new window
    AFP via Yahoo! News - Jul 28 4:03 PM
    Canada will complete its evacuation of Canadians from war-torn Lebanon on Saturday, believing all who wanted to escape the fighting have already fled, a senior official said.

  • Mother, Children Escape Lebanon Open this result in new window
    WCVB TheBostonChannel.com via Yahoo! News - Jul 28 3:11 PM
    A Methuen family that planned to spend the summer in Lebanon was able to escape the war-torn country with the help of a cab driver and the U.S. Marines.

  • Shadid in Southern Lebanon: It's 'About Peoples' Lives' Open this result in new window
    Editor and Publisher via Yahoo! News - Jul 28 3:17 PM
    NEW YORK There are at least two people Anthony Shadid of The Washington Post calls each day from war-torn Tyre, Lebanon. One is an editor in Washington, D.C., and the other is his five-year-old daughter in Boston.

  • 12 killed in Israeli attacks in Lebanon Open this result in new window
    AP via Yahoo! News - Jul 28 2:05 PM
    Israeli warplane and artillery attacks Friday hit Hezbollah positions and crushed houses and roads in southern Lebanon, killing up to 12 people. Hezbollah said it fired a new kind of rocket, which landed deeper inside Israel than hundreds of other strikes in 17 days of fighting.

  • Man Dies In Lebanon Explosion Open this result in new window
    WGAL via Yahoo! News - Jul 28 2:52 PM
    A man is dead after an explosion at a workplace in Lebanon City.

  • Israel, Lebanon's Hezbollah Continue to Trade Fire Open this result in new window
    Washington Post - Jul 28 12:06 PM
    JERUSALEM, July 28 -- Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah militia traded fire across the two countries' border Friday, and the United Nations relocated some of its observers in south Lebanon, as President Bush asked Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to return to the region.

  • Bush, Blair speed up diplomacy on Lebanon crisis Open this result in new window
    Reuters via Yahoo! News - Jul 28 11:40 AM
    President George W. Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair, pressured for a Lebanon ceasefire, sped up diplomacy on Friday for a U.N. resolution aimed at halting the violence and establishing a multinational force.

  • EU to help Lebanon contain giant oil spill Open this result in new window
    AFP via Yahoo! News - Jul 28 12:05 PM
    The European Commission is to help Lebanon contain a huge oil spill south of Beirut caused by an Israeli air strike on a power plant, officials said.

  • UN calls meeting to start planning Lebanon force Open this result in new window
    Reuters via Yahoo! News - Jul 28 12:07 PM
    U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan has invited countries interested in participating in an international force for Lebanon to gather in New York on Monday to begin planning.

  • KCC Professor Searches For Way Out Of Lebanon Open this result in new window
    KITV TheHawaiiChannel.com via Yahoo! News - Jul 28 12:17 PM
    A Kapiolani Community College professor is trying to find a way out of Lebanon while attacks between Hezbollah and Israel continue.

  • Arab women reporters on frontlines of Lebanon war Open this result in new window
    AFP via Yahoo! News - Jul 28 11:25 AM
    A male news anchor appeared on screen from the safety of Arabic station Al-Jazeera's studio in Doha as two female correspondents in full war gear reported live from both sides of the Lebanon-Israel frontline.

  • Situation for civilians in southern Lebanon unacceptable: ICRC Open this result in new window
    AFP via Yahoo! News - Jul 28 11:04 AM
    The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) condemned the situation of thousands of people trapped by war in south Lebanon as unacceptable and said Israel must do more to spare civilians.

  • Journalist hurt when Lebanon convoy hit Open this result in new window
    AP via Yahoo! News - Jul 28 11:39 AM
    Israeli artillery hit a convoy evacuating villagers from southern Lebanon on Friday, slightly wounding a journalist and a driver.

  • Israeli bombs kill 14 in Lebanon Open this result in new window
    Reuters via Yahoo! News - Jul 28 10:06 AM
    Intensive Israeli bombing killed 14 people in Lebanon on Friday and Hizbollah said it had fired new longer-range rockets at Israel, as diplomacy to end the 17-day-old war marked time.

  • Red Cross asks for $81 million for Lebanon Open this result in new window
    AP via Yahoo! News - Jul 28 8:52 AM
    The international Red Cross appealed Friday for $81 million to help victims of the fighting in Lebanon. Life is becoming "unbearably dangerous" for civilians who have been trapped by the violence, the International Committee of the Red Cross said.

  • Israeli forces strike south Lebanon, face fierce resistance Open this result in new window
    AFP via Yahoo! News - Jul 28 7:44 AM
    Israeli forces and Hezbollah fighters are engaged in fierce clashes around a flashpoint border town in south Lebanon, as the air force struck a succession of targets in a new wave of deadly strikes.

  • Minister: Hezbollah doesn't need al-Qaeda's help fighting Israel in Lebanon Open this result in new window
    USA Today - Jul 28 8:03 AM
    Hezbollah doesn't want al-Qaeda's help or fighters from Osama bin Laden's terrorist organization to come into Lebanon to battle Israeli forces targeting the militant group, one of two Hezbollah ministers in Lebanon's government told USA TODAY on Friday.

  • More Canadian evacuees arrive in Turkey from Lebanon Open this result in new window
    AFP via Yahoo! News - Jul 28 8:34 AM
    Another 550 Canadian nationals fleeing war-torn Lebanon have arrived in Turkey, bringing to 9,700 the total number of foreigners to have been evacuated via this country, officials said.

  • James Zogby: What must be done in Lebanon Open this result in new window
    HuffingtonPost - Jul 28 5:32 PM
    In the current context of Israel's war on Lebanon and renewed pressure from the US to force implementation of UNSC Resolution 1559 (which called, among other things, for the disarming of all militias in Lebanon), it is instructive to review the results of our April 2005 poll of Lebanese public opinion. We conducted this poll following the passage of 1559 and the Syrian withdrawal. What we found

  • Israeli raids strike Lebanon as ceasefire calls increase Open this result in new window
    AFP via Yahoo! News - Jul 28 7:18 AM
    Israeli planes have blasted south Lebanon for a 17th day while the military mobilised thousands more reservists for the battle that the Jewish state's main backers, the United States and Britain, were to discuss at the White House.

  • Israeli bombs kill 13 in Lebanon Open this result in new window
    Reuters via Yahoo! News - Jul 28 6:58 AM
    Intense Israeli bombardment killed 13 people in Lebanon on Friday, while U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said she would return to the region only when the time was right for a lasting solution to the crisis.

  • Israeli warplanes pound Lebanon Open this result in new window
    AP via Yahoo! News - Jul 28 4:07 AM
    Israeli warplanes fired missiles at dozens of targets across southern Lebanon overnight Friday, including buildings that were reduced to rubble and a Hezbollah base where long-range rockets were stored, the military said.

  • In Israel's sights, Lebanon truckers face death Open this result in new window
    Reuters via Yahoo! News - Jul 28 5:45 AM
    Ahmed Suleimani looks out for Israeli warships on the horizon when he drives along Lebanon's coastal road, praying his truck won't come under fire.

  • Lessons of History on Lebanon, Iraq Open this result in new window
    Newsweek - Jul 28 4:39 PM
    The common thread of the administration's policy in Iraq and Lebanon is an ignorance of history and a willful disregard of its lessons

  • Brent Budowsky: A Real Plan For Freedom, Democracy, Security in Lebanon and the Middle East Open this result in new window
    HuffingtonPost - Jul 28 4:02 PM
    Today the Middle East has become an arc of chaos, instability, war, danger, anger, and rage from Afghanistan through Iraq to the Israeli and Lebanon border. There are radioactive and deadly dangers in places such as Somalia that are not even on the policy radar with enormous impact on our battles against terrorism There is a dangerous level of degeneration; an urgent need for new thinking and

  • Oil From Bombed Plant Covers Lebanon Shore Open this result in new window
    ABC News - Jul 28 3:16 PM
    Oil Spilled From Power Plant Bombed by Israelis Contaminates Long Stretch of Lebanon's Coast

  • Oil From Bombed Plant Covers Lebanon Shore Open this result in new window
    Los Angeles Times - Jul 28 3:19 PM
    BEIRUT, Lebanon -- A black coat of oil now covers the Lebanese capital's once-beautiful sandy Mediterranean shore, spilled from a power plant that was knocked down by Israeli warplanes two weeks ago.

  • 12 Killed in Israeli Attacks in Lebanon Open this result in new window
    ABC News - Jul 28 2:31 PM
    Israeli Attacks Kill Up to 12 in Southern Lebanon; Hezbollah Fires Rockets With Longer Ranges

  • Israel won't expand offensive in Lebanon Open this result in new window
    AP via Yahoo! News - Jul 28 1:56 AM
    Israel's government decided Thursday not to expand its battle with Hezbollah in southern Lebanon for now, but authorized the army to call up 30,000 reserve soldiers in case the fighting intensifies. Lebanese officials estimated a civilian death toll as high as 600.

  • Israel and Lebanon: a long and bitter entanglement Open this result in new window
    The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News - Jul 28 1:00 AM
    Arab militants strike across the border from southern Lebanon, provoking a massive Israeli response, with thousands of soldiers pouring into Lebanese territory and airstrikes pounding enemy positions.

  • Six dead in new wave of Israeli air raids on Lebanon Open this result in new window
    AFP via Yahoo! News - Jul 28 3:18 AM
    Six civilians, including a Jordanian, have been killed in Lebanon as Israel launched a new wave of air strikes across the country.

  • Israeli bombs kill 11 in Lebanon Open this result in new window
    Reuters via Yahoo! News - Jul 28 2:06 AM
    Israel battered Lebanon on Friday, killing 11 people as waves of air raids struck villages in the hills behind the southern port of Tyre and hundreds of artillery rounds crashed across the border.

  • Fresh efforts under way to end Lebanon fighting Open this result in new window
    Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - 34 minutes ago
    BEIRUT, Lebanon -- After more than two weeks of fierce fighting between Israeli forces and Hezbollah guerrillas, leaders from the Middle East to Washington and the United Nations signaled a sense of urgency yesterday to end the destabilizing conflict.

  • Lebanon War Draws in Israeli Citizen Army Open this result in new window
    Los Angeles Times - Jul 28 12:34 PM
    ALONG THE ISRAEL-LEBANON BORDER -- Nir Tiser is supposed to be hiking in the Swiss Alps. Meni Cohen should be home with his 8-month-old daughter. Instead, here they are in uniform, with jets streaking overhead and machine guns rattling at suspicious shapes at night.

  • Israel presses Lebanon bombardment as truce calls mount Open this result in new window
    AFP via Yahoo! News - Jul 28 1:34 AM
    Israel pressed its bombardment of Lebanon and mobilised thousands more reservists as its main international backers Britain and the United States were set for a White House summit.

  • Aussies OK after Lebanon convoy bombing Open this result in new window
    Sydney Morning Herald - 4 minutes ago
    Australians trying to flee Lebanon in a privately organised convoy escaped injury when bombs went off nearby, Australian foreign affairs officials say.

  • Lebanon: a pawn in Iran's power play Open this result in new window
    The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News - Jul 28 1:00 AM
    Lebanon is a struggle within a struggle. Most immediately, Hizbullah's abduction of two Israeli soldiers in a cross-border raid on July 12 has triggered a huge Israeli response, so far short of a full-scale ground invasion.

  • Bush urges Lebanon crisis force Open this result in new window
    BBC News - Jul 28 9:58 AM
    US President George W Bush says an international force must be sent to Lebanon, after talks with Tony Blair.

  • Lebanon Shuns Israel-Hezbollah Fight to Avert War (Update1) Open this result in new window
    Bloomberg.com - Jul 28 9:05 AM
    July 28 (Bloomberg) -- Lebanon's government is keeping its army away from the battlefront between Israeli forces and Hezbollah fighters because it lacks the firepower to sway the conflict and fears it may spark a civil war by intervening.

  • UN peacekeepers in Lebanon offer bitter lessons Open this result in new window
    INQ7.net - 33 minutes ago
    NAQURA, Lebanon - The fluttering whoosh of a Hezbollah rocket was instantly followed by the thud and boom of Israeli artillery. At the UN peacekeepers' headquarters in Lebanon, just 300 meters from the falling shells, a siren screamed and a loudspeaker crackled to life.

  • Annan plans meeting for potential contributors to international force for Lebanon Open this result in new window
    San Diego Union-Tribune - 2 hours, 5 minutes ago
    UNITED NATIONS, 5:46 p.m. July 28 (AP): U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan has called for a meeting Monday of countries that could contribute troops to an international force on the Lebanon-Israel border.

  • Aid workers lament no safe access to south Lebanon Open this result in new window
    Stuff - 2 hours, 58 minutes ago
    BEIRUT: Aid workers are finding it impossible to get medical supplies and food safely to isolated villages in southern Lebanon due to the Israeli bombardment, aid agencies said today.

  • 6th Dist. Cong. race: Conflict in Lebanon produces odd pairing Open this result in new window
    Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune - Jul 28 6:42 PM
    The conflict in Lebanon has created another unexpected pair of foreign policy soulmates among Sixth Congressional District candidates. Democrat Patty Wetterling and Republican Michele Bachmann, who disagree on everything from taxes to abortion to the war in Iraq, completely agree that Israel's military action in Lebanon is justified and that President Bush is right not to pressure Israel for an

  • Lebanon crisis: UN calls for 72 hour ceasefire Open this result in new window
    NDTV - 1 hour, 21 minutes ago
    Israeli artillery continued to pound southern Lebanon and Hizbollah rockets targetted northern Israeli towns on Friday. Israel has lined up forces on its northern border and ground troops were operating in Lebanese territory.

  • UN pulls back Lebanon observers Open this result in new window
    TVNZ - 1 hour, 9 minutes ago
    The United Nations has withdrawn eight peacekeepers from two outposts in southern Lebanon after another base, destroyed this week in a deadly Israeli airstrike, came under renewed attack.

  • In pictures: Lebanon crisis Open this result in new window
    BBC News - Jul 28 7:39 AM
    Images of the conflict in Lebanon and Israel, as the crisis enters its third week.

  • Anger in India over Israeli war on Lebanon Open this result in new window
    Yahoo! India News - 1 hour, 41 minutes ago
    New Delhi, July 29 (IANS) Scenes of unbelievable destruction and mounting casualties of innocent non-combatants caused in Lebanon by Israeli air strikes have evoked outrage in India.

  • Lebanon war draws in Israel's citizens' army Open this result in new window
    CP via Yahoo! Canada News - Jul 28 4:47 PM
    ALONG THE ISRAEL-LEBANON BORDER (AP) - Nir Tiser is supposed to be hiking in the Swiss Alps. Meni Cohen should be home with his eight-month-old daughter. Instead, here they are in uniform, with jets streaking overhead and machine guns rattling at suspicious shapes at night.

  • Bush and Blair call for Lebanon peace force Open this result in new window
    Guardian Unlimited - 2 hours, 40 minutes ago
    George Bush said today he and Tony Blair had agreed that an international stabilisation force should be quickly inserted in Lebanon and that a plan to halt hostilities was needed on an "urgent basis".

  • Three Pinoy workers rescued in south Lebanon Open this result in new window
    ABS-CBNNEWS.com - 1 hour, 30 minutes ago
    Three Filipino workers trapped in the fighting in Tyre, the most dangerous hotspot in south Lebanon, have been rescued, ANC reported Saturday. The three workers were identified as Reny Carrantes, Adelina Asuncion and Teresita Impelido. Two of them are from Isabela.

  • Rice To Visit Lebanon Today For Peace Talks Open this result in new window
    Bernama - 2 hours, 16 minutes ago
    WASHINGTON, July 29 (Bernama) -- United States President George W Bush said the Secretary of State Dr Condoleezza Rice would visit Lebanon on Saturday for talks with the warring countries, Press Trust of India reports.

  • Bush and Blair lay out Lebanon plan but warn Tehran Open this result in new window
    Guardian Unlimited - 2 hours, 41 minutes ago
    Tony Blair and George Bush delivered yesterday their sharpest warning yet to Iran over its involvement in Lebanon and its suspected nuclear weapons programme.

  • Bush, Blair urge new force to quell violence in Lebanon, enforce eventual cease-fire Open this result in new window
    Khaleej Times - 2 minutes ago
    WASHINGTON - President George W. Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair say a multinational force should be dispatched quickly to help Lebanon regain control of the southern part of its country from the Hezbollah militia.

  • Lebanon debt outlook Open this result in new window
    AME Info - 30 minutes ago
    Investor patience and regional support means Lebanon is unlikely to default on its sovereign debt, although its credit risk is up, according to Reuters. Lebanon has $36bn in public sector debt. Saudi Arabia has transferred $1bn to Lebanon's central bank to secure its economy and currency.

  • Guns pound Lebanon as Aussies join fight Open this result in new window
    The West Australian - 8 minutes ago
    Intense Israeli bombardment killed 13 people in Lebanon yesterday amid uncertainty as to when US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice would return to the region to push for a lasting solution to the crisis.

  • Neutral venue likely for Socceroos-Lebanon game Open this result in new window
    ABC via Yahoo!7 Sports - Jul 28 4:38 PM
    The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has told Lebanon to move its Asian Cup qualifying match against Australia to a neutral venue if there is safety risk due to the current conflict between Israel and Hezbollah.

  • Israel Hits 130 Hezbollah Targets in Southern Lebanon (Update1) Open this result in new window
    Bloomberg.com - Jul 28 6:28 AM
    July 28 (Bloomberg) -- Israel struck as many as 130 Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon, using planes and artillery, a day after ruling out an increased land offensive.

  • UN urges 72-hour stop to Israel-Lebanon fighting Open this result in new window
    Boston Globe - Jul 28 12:04 PM
    U.N. Emergency Relief Coordinator Jan Egeland Friday asked for a 72-hour pause in the fighting between Israel and Hizbollah to enable relief workers to evacuate the elderly, the young and the wounded from southern Lebanon and to get in emergency aid supplies.

  • Christians Fleeing Lebanon Denounce Hezbollah Open this result in new window
    New York Times - Jul 27 8:01 PM
    Many Christians from southern Lebanon considered Hezbollahs fighting methods as much of an outrage as the Israeli strikes.

  • Israel nixes major U.N. role in Lebanon Open this result in new window
    AP via Yahoo! News - Jul 27 7:50 PM
    Israel's U.N. ambassador on Thursday ruled out major U.N. involvement in any potential international force in Lebanon, saying more professional and better-trained troops were needed for such a volatile situation.

  • Bush and Blair propose multinational force to quell violence in Lebanon Open this result in new window
    CP via Yahoo! Canada News - Jul 28 3:36 PM
    WASHINGTON (CP) - President George W. Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair declared Friday that a multinational force should be dispatched quickly to help Lebanon regain control of the southern part of its country from the Hezbollah militia.

  • Lebanon told to consider moving matches Open this result in new window
    Sydney Morning Herald - Jul 28 3:22 PM
    Asian Football Confederation (AFC) president Mohammed bin Hammam has told Lebanon to move their Asian Cup qualifiers to a neutral venue if the safety of visiting teams is at risk because of the conflict between Israel and Hizbollah.

  • Lebanon: Bush, Blair Seek Multinational Force Open this result in new window
    This Day - 2 hours, 32 minutes ago
    United States President, George Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair said Friday that a multinational force should be immediately dispatched to south Lebanon to help end the conflict.

  • 229 Filipinos from Lebanon arriving Saturday Open this result in new window
    INQ7.net - 2 hours, 54 minutes ago
    ANOTHER 229 Filipinos from Lebanon returning to the country on three separate flights Saturday, Foreign Affairs spokesman Gilbert Asuque said.

  • Lebanon told to consider moving matches Open this result in new window
    AAP via Yahoo!7 Sports - Jul 28 3:02 PM
    Asian Football Confederation president Mohammed bin Hammam has told Lebanon to move their Asian Cup qualifiers to a neutral venue because of the war.

  • Bush and Blair back UN force to take control in Lebanon Open this result in new window
    Times Online - Jul 28 3:08 PM
    TONY BLAIR and President Bush have vowed to push for a UN resolution next week authorising a multinational force to help the Lebanese Army to take over Hezbollah-controlled territory in south Lebanon.

  • Israeli Warplanes Pound Targets in Lebanon Open this result in new window
    NPR - Jul 28 6:04 AM
    U.N. observers in south Lebanon say there's a lull in the fierce ground battles between Israeli soldiers and Hezbollah guerillas near the villages of Bint Jbail and Maroun al-Ras. But Israeli warplanes continue to pound suspected Hezbollah targets throughout Lebanon. Hezbollah fired more than 100 rockets into northern Israel on Thursday, wounding at least 20.

  • Daily evacuations end in Lebanon but Canada prepares in case war escalates Open this result in new window
    CP via Yahoo! Canada News - Jul 28 2:50 PM
    OTTAWA (CP) - Canada will wind down its evacuation of Canadians in Lebanon after rescuing a total of 12,500, including 1,005 Canadians on their way Friday by boat from Beirut to Cyprus.

  • Israeli warplanes pound Lebanon; Rice returning to Israel for more talks Open this result in new window
    Seattle Times - Jul 28 8:22 AM
    Israeli warplanes fired missiles at dozens of targets across southern Lebanon, including buildings that were reduced to rubble and a Hezbollah base where long-range rockets were stored.

  • Aid workers lament no safe access to south Lebanon Open this result in new window
    Stuff - 2 hours, 3 minutes ago
    BEIRUT: Aid workers are finding it impossible to get medical supplies and food safely to isolated villages in southern Lebanon due to the Israeli bombardment, aid agencies said on Friday.

  • Public Challenges Arab Leaders on Lebanon Conflict Open this result in new window
    NPR - Jul 28 6:18 AM
    Demonstrations against the Israeli military campaign in Lebanon have been growing on the streets of Arab capitals. Pro-American Arab leaders are recalibrating their positions. U.S. hopes of keeping them on board for a wider Middle East initiative may be eroding. Renee Montagne talks to Deborah Amos.

  • Israeli Warplanes Pound Lebanon Open this result in new window
    ABC News - Jul 28 5:02 AM
    Israeli Warplanes Pound Lebanon; Rice Returning to Israel for More Talks

  • Diplomatic divisions as deaths mount in Lebanon war Open this result in new window
    Reuters via Yahoo! News - Jul 27 5:30 PM
    Israeli warplanes bombed Lebanon on Friday as the Jewish state called up 15,000 reserve soldiers and diplomatic divisions appeared to widen over how to end the 17-day-old conflict.

  • Lebanon: Muslims Call on UN to Stop Israel Open this result in new window
    This Day - 2 hours, 33 minutes ago
    As the attacks on Lebanon by Israel continued, the Assembly of Muslims in Nigeria (AMIN) has called on the United Nations, especially the Security Council to act urgently to halt what they called aggression of innocent people.

  • UN decides to pull troops from south Lebanon Open this result in new window
    People's Daily - 2 hours, 19 minutes ago
    The United Nations has decided to withdraw all UN troops from their posts along the Israel-Lebanon border, according to reports from the Danish capital Copenhagen on Friday.

  • 13 die in Israeli bombardment of Lebanon Open this result in new window
    The Scotsman - Jul 28 5:17 PM
    INTENSIVE Israeli bombardments killed at least 13 people in Lebanon yesterday, while Hezbollah used a new, deadlier missile to strike deeper into Israel than it has at any time previously in the 17-day conflict.

  • Support for Hezbollah Increasing Among South Lebanon Residents Open this result in new window
    Voice of America - Jul 28 1:05 PM
    As Israel's military offensive in Lebanon continues for a third week, the death toll on both sides of the border is climbing. There has been intense fighting between Hezbollah and Israeli troops, and Israeli airstrikes have continued to flatten the towns and villages of southern Lebanon.

  • Aid Distribution in Southern Lebanon Open this result in new window
    Kevin Sites in the Hot Zone via Yahoo! News - Jul 27 5:51 PM
    TYRE, Lebanon Wednesday afternoon, the first United Nations shipment of humanitarian relief supplies reached the southern Lebanese city of Tyre. Kevin Sites interviewed the U.N. spokesman for Lebanon, Khaled Mansour, about the shipment and the U.N.'s plans for distributing aid in the embattled south.

  • Israel hits more Lebanon targets Open this result in new window
    BBC News - Jul 28 2:44 AM
    Israel carries out dozens of air strikes on Lebanon, as UK Prime Minister Tony Blair flies to Washington for talks.

  • UN chief plans meeting to arrange troop contributions for Lebanon-Israel border Open this result in new window
    CP via Yahoo! Canada News - Jul 28 1:01 PM
    UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Secretary General Kofi Annan said Friday he will invite countries that might contribute troops to an international force to be deployed on the Lebanon-Israel border to a meeting on Monday, a key step to bringing the current fighting to an end.

  • Bush, Blair speed up diplomacy on Lebanon crisis Open this result in new window
    The Star Online - Jul 28 3:37 PM
    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair, pressured for a Lebanon cease-fire, sped up diplomacy on Friday for a U.N. resolution aimed at halting the violence and establishing a multinational force.

  • Bush cites Iran's role in Lebanon conflict Open this result in new window
    AP via Yahoo! News - Jul 27 5:33 PM
    President Bush declined Thursday to criticize Israel's tactics in its continuing offensive against Hezbollah guerrillas in southern Lebanon, and gave a sharp condemnation of Iran's role in the bloody fighting.

  • LEBANON: Egeland calls for humanitarian truce to rescue children and infirm Open this result in new window
    IRIN - Jul 28 5:58 PM
    NEW YORK, 28 Jul 2006 (IRIN) - Top United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator Jan Egeland proposed a 72-hour humanitarian ceasefire to the UN Security Council on Friday in an effort to rescue children and infirm trapped by the ongoing violence between the Hizbollah militia and the Israeli Defence Force (IDF) in southern Lebanon.

  • American evacuees from Lebanon to arrive in Georgia Open this result in new window
    WALB News 10 - Jul 28 5:42 PM
    ATLANTA (AP) -- A flight carrying American evacuees from Lebanon that was scheduled to land in Atlanta today has been canceled. A spokeswoman for Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport -- Felicia Browder -- says she has no details on why the flight was canceled.

  • Jordan confirms citizen's death in Lebanon Open this result in new window
    People's Daily - Jul 28 6:25 PM
    A Jordanian citizen was killed on Friday in Israeli air strikes on southern Lebanon, confirmed an official source.

  • Bush, Blair warn Syria, Iran over Lebanon crisis Open this result in new window
    IranMania.com - 14 minutes ago
    LONDON, July 29 (IranMania) - The United States and Britain urged Syria and Iran to be part of the search for an end to the conflict in Lebanon, or risk more opposition from the international community, AFP reported.

  • Israeli strikes kill 11 in Lebanon Open this result in new window
    MSNBC - Jul 28 3:31 AM
    Israel battered Lebanon on Friday, killing 11 people as waves of air raids struck villages in the hills behind the port of Tyre and hundreds of artillery rounds crashed across the border.

  • Oil From Bombed Plant Covers Lebanon Shore Open this result in new window
    RedNova - Jul 28 5:09 PM
    By SCHEHEREZADE FARAMARZI BEIRUT, Lebanon - A black coat of oil now covers the Lebanese capital's once-beautiful sandy Mediterranean shore, spilled from a power plant that was knocked down by Israeli warplanes two weeks ago.

  • Bush backs international force in Lebanon Open this result in new window
    Business Standard India - 49 minutes ago
    Washington, July 28 (PTI) Backing an international force to return peace in Lebanon, US President George W Bush today said Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice would visit the region tomorrow for talks with the warring countries.

  • Israel readies more troops for Lebanon conflict Open this result in new window
    AFP via Yahoo! News - Jul 27 3:17 PM
    Israel geared up to intensify its deadly offensive against Lebanon, readying thousands more reservists after claiming it had won the green light from the world to crush Hezbollah.

  • UN decides to withdraw troops from south Lebanon Open this result in new window
    People's Daily - Jul 28 6:10 PM
    The United Nations has decided to withdraw UN troops south Lebanon, the Danish army said in a statement Friday.

  • Central Texan Families Getting Out Of Lebanon Open this result in new window
    KXAN 36 Austin - Jul 28 4:57 PM
    The first plane out of Lebanon carrying American evacuees arrived in the U.S. Thursday. One hundred forty Americans touched down at Baltimore-Washington International Airport shortly before 6:30 a.m.

  • Israeli Attacks Kill Up to 12 in Lebanon Open this result in new window
    phillyburbs.com - Jul 28 11:04 AM
    TYRE, Lebanon - Israeli warplanes and artillery attacks Friday hit Hezbollah positions and crushed houses and roads in southern Lebanon, killing up to 12 people. Hezbollah said it fired a new kind of rocket, which landed deeper inside Israel than hundreds of other strikes in 17 days of fighting.

  • Another Central Texas Family Gets Out Of Lebanon Open this result in new window
    KXAN 36 Austin - Jul 28 4:56 PM
    The ongoing violence in Lebanon has brought a Pflugerville family's summer vacation to an abrupt halt. The plan was to visit family and take in the amazing history that this country, only a few times larger than Travis County, has to offer.

  • Bush, Blair warn Syria and Iran over Lebanon crisis Open this result in new window
    Channel NewsAsia - Jul 28 3:02 PM
    WASHINGTON - The United States and Britain on Friday urged Syria and Iran to be part of the search for an end to the conflict in Lebanon, or risk more opposition from the international community.

  • Canada to evacuate nationals in Lebanon until Saturday Open this result in new window
    AFP via Yahoo! News - Jul 27 3:57 PM
    Ottawa will evacuate Canadians stranded in Lebanon until Saturday, a foreign affairs official said in a statement.

  • 12 Killed in Israeli Attacks in Lebanon Open this result in new window
    RedNova - Jul 28 3:07 PM
    By KATHY GANNON TYRE, Lebanon - Israeli warplane and artillery attacks Friday hit Hezbollah positions and crushed houses and roads in southern Lebanon, killing up to 12 people.

  • Israel Won't Expand Offensive in Lebanon Open this result in new window
    ABC News - Jul 28 2:47 AM
    Israel Decides Against Wider Offensive in Southern Lebanon, OKs Call-Up of 30,000 Reservists

  • Woman Recounts Escape From Lebanon Open this result in new window
    WCVB TheBostonChannel.com via Yahoo! News - Jul 27 3:34 PM
    As Hezbollah continues to bombard Israel with rockets and Israel prepares to send more troops into Lebanon, one local woman said she is happy to be out of the war-torn region.

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