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  • Rice pressing for Israel-Lebanon deal to end war Open this result in new window
    Reuters via Yahoo! News - 1 hour, 7 minutes ago
    U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will press Israel and Lebanon on Sunday to strike a deal on an international force to end a 19-day-old war, after Hizbollah threatened to strike deeper into Israel.

  • What Next, Lebanon? Open this result in new window
    Washington Post - 1 hour, 43 minutes ago
    MUKHTARA, Lebanon, July 29 -- From his hilltop citadel, Walid Jumblatt was a worried man Saturday. In Lebanon's Byzantine, ever-shifting politics, the leader of the country's Druze community has emerged as one of Hezbollah's harshest critics. But a savvy veteran, he understood the arithmetic......

  • 516 reported killed in Lebanon, Israel Open this result in new window
    AP via Yahoo! News - 1 hour, 49 minutes ago
    At least 516 people have been reported killed in Lebanon and Israel since fighting broke out July 12 between Israeli forces and Hezbollah guerrillas.

  • Rice seeks deal on peacekeepers to end Lebanon war Open this result in new window
    Reuters via Yahoo! News - Jul 29 4:52 PM
    U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will press on Sunday for Israel and Lebanon to strike a deal on an international force to end a 19-day-old war, after Hizbollah threatened to strike deeper into Israel.

  • Blair says Lebanon force agreement possible in days Open this result in new window
    Reuters via Yahoo! News - Jul 29 2:25 PM
    British Prime Minister Tony Blair said on Saturday he believed it was possible to get agreement on a peacekeeping force for Lebanon within days and that this could clear the way for a ceasefire.

  • Rice meets Israeli PM over Lebanon crisis Open this result in new window
    AFP via Yahoo! News - Jul 29 12:41 PM
    US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, hours after flying in from Malaysia to mount a second bid to defuse fierce fighting in Lebanon.

  • Protests in European capitals against Israeli assault in Lebanon Open this result in new window
    AFP via Yahoo! News - Jul 29 12:22 PM
    Thousands of people demonstrated in Berlin, Bern and Paris, brandishing placards and shouting anti-Israeli slogans in protest at its offensive in Lebanon.

  • Bush: Lebanon clash brings hope for change Open this result in new window
    AP via Yahoo! News - Jul 29 10:22 AM
    President Bush said Saturday that while the fighting in Lebanon is "painful and tragic," it also presents opportunity for change in the Middle East, a region that has "suffered decades of tyranny and violence."

  • Bush renews call for multinational force for Lebanon Open this result in new window
    AFP via Yahoo! News - Jul 29 10:07 AM
    US President George W. Bush stressed that a multinational force for war-torn Lebanon must be dispatched swiftly.

  • Syria denounces call for international Lebanon force Open this result in new window
    AFP via Yahoo! News - Jul 29 9:25 AM
    Syria has slammed US-backed proposals for the deployment of a multinational force in southern Lebanon, saying it would be "an occupation force" that could deepen the conflict and spark a backlash against the troops.

  • Australian Contribution to Lebanon Peacekeepers to Be Limited Open this result in new window
    Bloomberg.com - 1 hour, 9 minutes ago
    July 30 (Bloomberg) -- Australia may make only a small contribution to an international peacekeeping force that's being formed to help end the military conflict between Israel and the Hezbollah fighters in Lebanon, Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said today.

  • First seaborne delivery of US aid arrives in Lebanon Open this result in new window
    AFP via Yahoo! News - Jul 29 9:55 AM
    The first shipment by sea of US aid for Lebanon arrived on a naval vessel in Beirut, carrying medical supplies and thousands of blankets for people affected by the conflict.

  • Lebanon crisis is part of broader struggle: Bush Open this result in new window
    Reuters via Yahoo! News - Jul 29 8:18 AM
    President Bush on Saturday cast the Lebanon war as part of a broader struggle against terrorism and said a strategy to end the violence there must address the threat posed by Hizbollah.

  • Rice back in Israel for talks on Lebanon crisis Open this result in new window
    AFP via Yahoo! News - Jul 29 8:33 AM
    US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has arrived back in Israel to try again to broker an end to the bloody Lebanon conflict.

  • Mother and her six children killed in Israeli Lebanon raid Open this result in new window
    AFP via Yahoo! News - Jul 29 8:39 AM
    Fourteen civilians, including a mother and her six children, have been killed in a new wave of Israeli air raids on Lebanon, police said.

  • Rice arrives in Israel for talks on Lebanon war Open this result in new window
    Reuters via Yahoo! News - Jul 29 8:15 AM
    U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived in Israel on Saturday for fresh talks on ways of ending an 18-day-old conflict between the Jewish state and Lebanon's Hizbollah guerrillas.

  • Mother, children among 12 killed in Israeli Lebanon raids Open this result in new window
    AFP via Yahoo! News - Jul 29 7:20 AM
    Twelve civilians, including a mother and her five children, have been killed in a new wave of Israeli air raids on Lebanon.

  • Israeli planes pound targets in Lebanon Open this result in new window
    AP via Yahoo! News - Jul 29 6:42 AM
    Israeli planes targeted bridges in southern and eastern Lebanon in new airstrikes Saturday, destroying one in a resort area on the Syrian border, as U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was returning to the region to try to broker peace.

  • Lebanon oil slick 'worst environmental disaster' in Med Open this result in new window
    AFP via Yahoo! News - Jul 29 5:58 AM
    The Mediterranean is threatened by its worst ever environmental disaster after Israel's bombing of a power plant in Lebanon sent thousands of tonnes of fuel gushing into the sea, the environment minister charged.

  • Rice Returns to Israel, Seeking Terms to End Lebanon Conflict Open this result in new window
    Bloomberg.com - Jul 29 3:32 PM
    July 29 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert of Israel in a bid to end the 18-day-old Lebanon conflict as Israeli forces withdrew from a Hezbollah-controlled village that had been the focus of ground fighting.

  • Combat Eases in Lebanon, Rice Returns to Israel Open this result in new window
    NPR - Jul 29 3:49 PM
    Ground combat came nearly to a halt Saturday between the Israeli army and the forces of Hezbollah in Lebanon, as Israel pulled its troops out of the Lebanese town of Bint Jbail. But Israel kept up its air and artillery barrages of southern Lebanon, and Hezbollah continued to fire rockets into Israel. Meanwhile, Secretary of State Rice has returned to Israel for further talks.

  • Israel refuses to set date for ending Lebanon assault Open this result in new window
    AFP via Yahoo! News - Jul 29 4:53 AM
    A top Israeli official has refused to set a date for the Jewish state ending its assault on Lebanon, just hours before US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was due back in the region to try to broker peace.

  • Rice to give Israel details on Lebanon force plan Open this result in new window
    Reuters via Yahoo! News - Jul 29 3:31 AM
    Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will present Israeli leaders with "concrete" proposals for deploying an international force in southern Lebanon, an Israeli government spokesman said on Saturday.

  • Rice pressing for Israel-Lebanon deal Open this result in new window
    The Age - 6 minutes ago
    US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will press Israel and Lebanon to strike a deal on an international force to end a 19-day-old war, after Hizbollah threatened to strike deeper into Israel.

  • Israeli airstrikes pound targets in Lebanon as Rice returns to Mideast Open this result in new window
    USA Today - Jul 29 1:00 AM
    Hezbollah's leader greeted a new Mideast mission by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice with a warning of what was to come if an end to Lebanon's war can't be found: rockets deep into central Israel.

  • In southern Lebanon, a familiar tale Open this result in new window
    Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - 31 minutes ago
    TIBNIN, Lebanon -- Families hand down tales of mayhem like heirlooms and mark their personal milestones against the dates of wars.

  • US boat brings aid for Lebanon war displaced Open this result in new window
    Reuters via Yahoo! News - Jul 29 12:49 AM
    A U.S. boat carrying the first American aid delivered to Lebanon by sea arrived in Beirut on Saturday with supplies for the 800,000 people displaced by Israel's 18-day bombardment.

  • Bush: Lebanon Clash Brings Hope for Change Open this result in new window
    ABC News - Jul 29 10:55 AM
    Bush Says Fighting in Lebanon Is 'Painful and Tragic,' but Also Presents Opportunity for Change

  • More Sri Lankans arrive home from Lebanon Open this result in new window
    AFP via Yahoo! News - Jul 29 12:13 AM
    A second batch of Sri Lankan migrant workers returned home from Lebanon in line with an evacuation plan backed by the International Organisation of Migration (IOM), officials said.

  • Security Council draft resolution on Lebanon seeks ceasefire, peacekeepers Open this result in new window
    CP via Yahoo! Canada News - Jul 29 6:04 PM
    NEW YORK (AP) - A draft resolution circulating Saturday among UN Security Council members would call for an immediate halt to fighting between Israel and Hezbollah and seek a wide new buffer zone in south Lebanon monitored by international forces and the Lebanese army.

  • Two Indian soldiers injured in Lebanon Open this result in new window
    NDTV - 41 minutes ago
    Two Indian soldiers participating in the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon were wounded in an Israeli Air Force operation. The incident happened when a bomb hit close to their post in southern Lebanon, a spokesman said.

  • Two Indian UN peacekeepers wounded in Lebanon Open this result in new window
    Yahoo! India News - 25 minutes ago
    Beirut, July 30 (DPA) Two Indian UN peacekeepers were wounded late Saturday in an Israeli air raid on their post in south Lebanon, a spokesman for the UN force said.

  • Aust asked to join Lebanon peacekeeping force Open this result in new window
    ABC via Yahoo!7 News - Jul 29 6:25 PM
    The United States has formally invited Australia to be a part of an international mission to southern Lebanon.

  • Australia to make limited contribution to any Lebanon force: Downer Open this result in new window
    Channel NewsAsia - 34 minutes ago
    SYDNEY : Australia would only be able to make a limited contribution to an international peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon because of troop commitments elsewhere in the world, Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said on Sunday.

  • US plan for Lebanon a 'bandage' Open this result in new window
    The Australian - 2 hours, 45 minutes ago
    US-BACKED plans for a stabilisation force to pacify Lebanon's border are nothing more than a "bandage" fix to Hezbollah's conflict with Israel, says Timur Goksel, a veteran of the region who served with the United Nations in south Lebanon for 24 years.

  • Lebanon crisis splitting Blair from allies Open this result in new window
    UPI - 7 minutes ago
    LONDON, July 29 (UPI) -- British Prime Minister Tony Blair's alliance with U.S. President George W. Bush during the crisis in Lebanon has alienated many of his closest supporters.

  • Security Council draft resolution on Lebanon seeks cease-fire, peacekeepers Open this result in new window
    Fort Wayne News Channel 15 - 1 minute ago
    NEW YORK A draft resolution on Lebanon is circulating among U-N Security Council members. It would call for an immediate halt to fighting between Israel and Hezbollah and seek...

  • Lebanon is the sideshow to Irans sinister moves on Iraq Open this result in new window
    Times Online - Jul 29 3:56 PM
    While the world remains understandably transfixed on Lebanon and Israel, one fact bears keeping in mind: more people were killed in Iraq in the past two weeks than in Israel and Lebanon combined.

  • Rice pressing for Israel-Lebanon deal to end war Open this result in new window
    Khaleej Times - 43 minutes ago
    JERUSALEM - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will press Israel and Lebanon on Sunday to strike a deal on an international force to end a 19-day-old war, after Hezbollah threatened to strike deeper into Israel.

  • Israeli Planes Pound Targets in Lebanon Open this result in new window
    ABC News - Jul 29 7:01 AM
    Israeli Airstrikes Target Bridges in Southern, Eastern Lebanon As Rice Returns to the Mideast

  • Security Council draft resolution on Lebanon seeks cease-fire, peacekeepers Open this result in new window
    KVOA Tucson - 47 minutes ago
    NEW YORK A draft resolution on Lebanon is circulating among U-N Security Council members.

  • US demonstrators protest in support of Lebanon Open this result in new window
    ArabicNews.com - 39 minutes ago
    Thousands of demonstrators here Friday called on the US government not to hinder establishment of ceasefire in Lebanon and to help stop the massacre of Muslims.

  • Israeli strike shuts key Lebanon-Syria border point Open this result in new window
    The Star Online - 2 hours, 52 minutes ago
    BEIRUT (Reuters) - An Israeli air strike closed Lebanon's main crossing point to Syria on Saturday for the first time since the start of the war between Israel and Hizbollah, security sources said.

  • Lebanon Area Fair goes out with bang Open this result in new window
    Lebanon Daily News - 1 hour, 36 minutes ago
    The Lebanon Area Fair is a week for farmers and artisans particularly young ones to show off the work theyve done for the past year, raising and nurturing animals or crops or crafting items with their own hands.

  • Egyptian aid to Lebanon Open this result in new window
    ArabicNews.com - 36 minutes ago
    Five Egyptian military C-130 planes arrived in Lebanon, carrying medicine, food stuffs and blankets and other medical kits for the Lebanese people at directives.

  • Failure to call for Lebanon ceasefire illogical: Irish FM Open this result in new window
    ArabicNews.com - 38 minutes ago
    Ireland's Foreign Affairs Minister Dermot Ahern yesterday expressed his disappointment at the lack of an international call for an immediate ceasefire in Israel's continuing attacks on Lebanon.

  • N. Lebanon man jailed for letting child drive Open this result in new window
    Lebanon Daily News - 1 hour, 37 minutes ago
    A 27-year-old North Lebanon Township man pleaded guilty and was sentenced Wednesday for allowing his nephew to drive a sport utility vehicle on the PennDOT drivers exam course on a Sunday afternoon earlier this year.

  • Rice, Olmert discuss deployment of international force in Lebanon Open this result in new window
    People's Daily - 1 hour, 9 minutes ago
    Visiting U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert discussed on Saturday night the deployment of a multinational force in southern Lebanon, local media reported.

  • Lebanon bourse to reopen Open this result in new window
    AME Info - 30 minutes ago
    Lebanon's stock market will reopen Tuesday after being shut for the past two weeks because of war in the country, reported Gulf Daily News. The bourse will keep a 5% trading limit imposed when share prices fell by 10% for consecutive days after hostilities commenced.

  • Cabinet split revealed as Straw attacks Lebanon tactics Open this result in new window
    Scotland on Sunday - Jul 29 5:28 PM
    A MAJOR Cabinet split over the Middle East crisis was laid bare last night after former Foreign Secretary Jack Straw condemned Israeli action in Lebanon as "disproportionate", warning the raids would further destabilise the fragile region.

  • Blair says Lebanon agreement possible in days Open this result in new window
    Reuters.co.uk - Jul 29 4:47 PM
    SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Prime Minister Tony Blair said on Saturday he believed it was possible to get agreement on a peacekeeping force for Lebanon within days and that this could clear the way for a cease-fire.

  • City march over Lebanon conflict Open this result in new window
    BBC News - Jul 29 2:47 AM
    A demonstration is held in Cardiff city centre opposing Israel's military action in Lebanon.

  • Lebanon force agreement possible: Blair Open this result in new window
    Sydney Morning Herald - Jul 29 1:25 PM
    British Prime Minister Tony Blair said on Saturday he believed it was possible to get agreement on a peacekeeping force for Lebanon within days and that this could clear the way for a cease-fire.

  • Two UN peacekeepers injured in Israeli strike on Lebanon Open this result in new window
    People's Daily - 2 hours, 38 minutes ago
    Two UN peacekeepers were injured in an Israeli air raid which hit near their border post in south Lebanon on Saturday, a UN spokesman said.

  • Lebanon force agreement possible: Blair Open this result in new window
    AAP via Yahoo!7 News - Jul 29 1:06 PM
    British Prime Minister Tony Blair says it is possible to get agreement on a peacekeeping force for Lebanon within days and that could lead to a cease-fire.

  • Un Observer Teams In South Lebanon To Relocate Open this result in new window
    Scoop.co.nz - Jul 29 5:19 PM
    Three days after a United Nations post in Lebanon was destroyed during an Israeli bombardment, leaving four dead, the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) has decided to temporarily move unarmed observers into more secure positions.

  • Israeli airstrike targets key road in south Lebanon Open this result in new window
    People's Daily - 2 hours, 39 minutes ago
    Israeli warplanes pounded a road near a Lebanese customs post in south Lebanon on Saturday, local TV reported.

  • Ship-borne evacuations end in Lebanon but Canada will help remove stragglers Open this result in new window
    CP via Yahoo! Canada News - Jul 29 1:31 PM
    BEIRUT (CP) - The last of the scheduled ships ferrying Canadian evacuees out of embattled Lebanon disembarked on Saturday.

  • Lebanon peacekeeping deal 'possible in days' Open this result in new window
    Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Jul 29 4:54 PM
    British Prime Minister Tony Blair says he believes it is possible to get agreement on a peacekeeping force for Lebanon within days and that this could clear the way for a cease-fire.

  • Aust asked to join Lebanon peacekeeping force Open this result in new window
    Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Jul 29 6:39 PM
    The United States has formally invited Australia to be a part of an international mission to southern Lebanon. Foreign Affairs Minister Alexander Downer says the US Secretary of State Dr Condoleezza Rice has asked him for an Australian contribution to the force.

  • 2 Indian UN peacekeepers wounded in southern Lebanon Open this result in new window
    CBC - Jul 29 1:15 PM
    Two UN peackeepers from India were wounded Saturday in an Israeli airstrike near their border post in southern Lebanon.

  • 31 war victims buried in mass grave in southern Lebanon Open this result in new window
    CP via Yahoo! Canada News - Jul 29 1:30 PM
    TYRE, Lebanon (AP) - The coffins were turned in the direction of Mecca, the Muslim holy city, and a Shiite cleric recited the prayer for the dead before the 31 plywood caskets were lowered Saturday into a new mass grave.

  • Indian peacekeepers wounded in Lebanon Open this result in new window
    Sify News - 1 hour, 7 minutes ago
    Two Indian UN Peacekeepers were wounded today when an Israeli airstrike hit near their border post in southern Lebanon, a spokesman said.

  • 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.

  • Israel steps up assault on Lebanon Open this result in new window
    News From Bangladesh - 1 hour, 55 minutes ago
    Israel has rejected a United Nations call for a three-day truce in southern Lebanon, as US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice returned to the region.

  • Lebanon crisis worsens - aid worker Open this result in new window
    NZCity - Jul 29 5:26 PM
    Aid workers in Lebanon say locals are feeling vulnerable and desperate. Oxfam International has sent a Rapid Response Team into the war-torn country overnight.

  • Pro-Lebanon supporters attack Howard's car after speech Open this result in new window
    KFVS12 - 44 minutes ago
    CANBERRA, Australia Pro-Lebanon supporters mobbed the Australian prime minister's car in the western city of Perth. They threw things at the car and scuffled with police as John Howard's entourage sped away.

  • Security Council draft resolution on Lebanon seeks cease-fire, peacekeepers Open this result in new window
    KBCI Boise - 40 minutes ago
    NEW YORK A draft resolution on Lebanon is circulating among U-N Security Council members. It would call for an immediate halt to fighting between Israel and Hezbollah and seek a wide new buffer zone in south Lebanon monitored by international forces and the Lebanese army.

  • 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.

  • First batch of Bangladeshis returns from Lebanon today Open this result in new window
    News From Bangladesh - 1 hour, 40 minutes ago
    At least 139 Bangladeshis will arrive at Zia International Airport today, reported BBC radio in its evening programme yesterday. The Bangladeshis were stranded in Lebanon following the Israeli attacks on Hezbollah.

  • Bush: Rice Pushing UN Force for Lebanon Open this result in new window
    Voice of America - Jul 29 11:05 AM
    U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is back in the Middle East Sunday, with plans for a United Nations force to separate Israeli troops and Hezbollah militants fighting in southern Lebanon.

  • 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.

  • Explosion at Lebanon equipment business kills worker Open this result in new window
    phillyburbs.com - Jul 29 11:00 AM
    LEBANON, Pa. - An explosion at an equipment-rental business killed an employee who was trying to cut open a 55-gallon drum with an acetylene torch.

  • Lebanon to Israel: swop land for peace Open this result in new window
    Aljazeera - Jul 29 11:57 AM
    Lebanons Prime Minister Fouad Siniora has said that if Israel wants peace with Hezbollah it must withdraw from the disputed Shebaa Farms area that it has occupied since 1967.

  • 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.

  • UN envoy stresses Iran's participation in resolution of Lebanon crisis Open this result in new window
    Islamic Republic News Agency - Jul 29 2:31 PM
    Iran - Lebanon - UN UN secretary general's special envoy in Lebanon Terge Roed-Larsen said here Saturday for the resolution of the crisis in Lebanon and achieving a long-term ceasefire in the region, Iran and Syria should be actively involved.

  • Israel has continued its bombardment of Lebanon as US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived in the Middle East in  Open this result in new window
    ABC Asia Pacific - Jul 29 3:55 PM
    In the latest attacks, warplanes struck Lebanon's main crossing point into Syria, closing the passageway. Fourteen civilians, including a mother and her six children, were killed in the latest wave of Israeli air raids.

  • 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.

  • Turkey says ceasefire a must for possible role in Lebanon force Open this result in new window
    TurkishPress.com - Jul 29 3:22 PM
    ISTANBUL - Turkey could take part in an international stability force in Lebanon if a ceasefire is established and both Israel and Lebanon approve such a mission, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Saturday.

  • Blair talks to Bush, Chirac on Lebanon peace force Open this result in new window
    Reuters via Yahoo! News - 1 hour, 39 minutes ago
    British Prime Minister Tony Blair talked to President George W. Bush and French President Jacques Chirac on the Mideast crisis on Saturday, his spokesman said, as the diplomatic drive for a UN resolution aimed at ending the conflict in the Middle East gathered pace.

  • ACN to Provide Grants for Falilies Hit by Israeli Bombardment of Lebanon Open this result in new window
    Catholic Times - Jul 29 4:08 PM
    By John Pontifex: Families devastated by the conflict in Israel and Lebanon are to receive more than £35,000 in emergency help from Aid to the Church in Need.

  • Mother and her six children killed in Israeli Lebanon raid Open this result in new window
    TurkishPress.com - Jul 29 3:17 PM
    NABATIYEH - Fourteen civilians, including a mother and her six children, were killed on Saturday in a new wave of Israeli air raids on Lebanon, police said.

  • Turkish Charities Mobilized for Lebanon Open this result in new window
    Zaman Online - Jul 29 2:12 PM
    The humanitarian tragedy resulting from Israels Lebanon offensive, now on its 17th day, continues to grow. However, Turkish charity organizations are mobilized for Lebanon.

  • Air Force Continues Operating in Lebanon Open this result in new window
    Israel National News - 1 hour, 2 minutes ago
    (IsraelNN.com) The air force during the night struck 40 terrorist targets in Lebanon, including the firing of 6 air-to-surface missiles at the main Lebanon-Syria thoroughfare, cutting off the road entirely.

  • UNHCR Sends First Convoys of Relief Supplies to Lebanon Open this result in new window
    Voice of America - Jul 29 9:20 AM
    The U.N. refugee agency is sending the first convoys of aid for Lebanon from Syria today. The UNHCR says it plans to deliver 400 tons of emergency relief supplies to Beirut over three days.

  • Two UN peacekeepers wounded in Israeli Lebanon raid Open this result in new window
    Channel NewsAsia - Jul 29 12:17 PM
    TYRE - Two Indian UN peacekeepers were wounded on Saturday in an Israeli air raid on their post in south Lebanon, a spokesman for the UN force said.

  • 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.

  • Two U.N. peacekeepers wounded by air strike in Lebanon Open this result in new window
    The Star Online - Jul 29 12:23 PM
    BEIRUT (Reuters) - Two Indian soldiers with the U.N. peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon were wounded and their observation post damaged by an Israeli air strike on Saturday, a U.N. spokesman said.

  • Lebanon part of 'war on terror', says Bush Open this result in new window
    Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Jul 29 12:25 PM
    US President George W Bush says the Lebanon war is part of a broader struggle against terrorism. Mr Bush says a strategy to end the violence there must address the threat posed by Hezbollah.

  • NO PEACEKEEPERS FOR LEBANON WITHOUT POLITICAL ACCORD, CHIRAC TELLS BLAIR Open this result in new window
    The Tocqueville Connection - Jul 29 12:50 PM
    PARIS, July 29, 2006 (AFP) - French President Jacques Chirac repeated Saturday, in a phone call to British Prime Minister Tony Blair, that France will not back an international peacekeeping force for Lebanon unless a comprehensive political accord is in place.

  • Evacuees from Lebanon arrive in Atlanta Open this result in new window
    WTVM 9 - Jul 29 1:19 PM
    ATLANTA Dozens of war-weary American evacuees from Lebanon who landed this afternoon in Atlanta after days of traveling were happy to finally be back on U-S soil, even as many were still not done trying to reach home.

  • Bush: Lebanon Clash Brings Hope for Change Open this result in new window
    Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune - Jul 29 7:42 AM
    WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush said Saturday that while the fighting in Lebanon is "painful and tragic,'' it also presents opportunity for change in the Middle East, a region that has "suffered decades of tyranny and violence.'' Bush, in his weekly radio address, said he will work with allies to get a U.N. Security Council resolution mandating a multinational force in southern Lebanon, where

  • 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.

  • Bush renews call for multinational force for Lebanon Open this result in new window
    AFP via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News - Jul 29 7:26 AM
    US President George W. Bush has stressed that a multinational force for war-torn Lebanon must be dispatched soon.

  • 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.

  • Evacuations end in Lebanon Open this result in new window
    EdmontonSun.com - Jul 29 1:18 PM
    BEIRUT The last of the scheduled ships ferrying Canadian evacuees out of embattled Lebanon disembarked on Saturday. Canadian military spokesman Maj. Daryl Morell said about 700 people 600 Canadians and the remainder foreign nationals boarded two vessels in Beirut and were en route to Cyprus.

  • Israeli citizen army shelves private lives for 2nd Lebanon war Open this result in new window
    The Plain Dealer - Jul 29 7:46 AM
    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.

  • Two UN peacekeepers wounded in air strikes in Lebanon Open this result in new window
    Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Jul 29 12:24 PM
    Two Indian soldiers with the United Nations (UN) peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon have been wounded and their observation post damaged by an Israeli air strike, a UN spokesman says.

  • 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.

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