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U.N. force stays 1 more year in Lebanon (AP via Yahoo! News)
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Fri, 24 Aug 2007 23:15:51 GMT

The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Friday to keep peacekeepers in Lebanon for another 12 months, recognition that the country remains unstable more than a year after Israel's war with Hezbollah.


UN extends Lebanon peace force (AFP via Yahoo! News)
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Fri, 24 Aug 2007 21:55:21 GMT

The UN Security Council Friday extended for another year the mandate of the UN's peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon, strengthened after the Israeli-Hezbollah war in August 2006.


Civilians evacuated from besieged Lebanon camp (AFP via Yahoo! News)
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Fri, 24 Aug 2007 20:29:20 GMT

The families of Islamist fighters besieged in a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon were evacuated by the army on Friday, opening the way for a possible final military assault on the militants.


U.N. to extend Lebanon peacekeeping mandate (USA Today)
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Fri, 24 Aug 2007 15:40:21 GMT

The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Friday to extend the mandate of the 13,600-strong U.N. peacekeeping force in Lebanon and called for a permanent cease-fire and long-term solution to last summer's Israel-Hezbollah war.


U.N. extends Lebanon peacekeeping role (AP via Yahoo! News)
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Fri, 24 Aug 2007 15:05:25 GMT

The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Friday to extend the mandate of the 13,600-member U.N. peacekeeping force in Lebanon and called for a permanent cease-fire and long-term solution to last summer's Israel-Hezbollah war.


Families of Islamist militants leave Lebanon camp (AFP via Yahoo! News)
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Fri, 24 Aug 2007 13:21:04 GMT

The families of Islamist fighters besieged in a bombed-out Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon for three months were being evacuated from the battered camp on Friday, an army spokesman told AFP.


Families of militants flee Lebanon camp: army (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
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Fri, 24 Aug 2007 12:47:31 GMT

The families of Islamist militants battling Lebanese troops for the past three months began leaving a battered Palestinian refugee camp in north Lebanon on Friday, a military source said.


Civilians set to leave besieged Lebanon camp (AFP via Yahoo! News)
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Fri, 24 Aug 2007 12:01:30 GMT

The families of Islamist fighters besieged in a bombed-out Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon for three months are set to be evacuated from the battered camp on Friday.


Lebanon: Militants want families out (AP via Yahoo! News)
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Fri, 24 Aug 2007 10:40:24 GMT

A deal was reached with Islamic extremists holed up in a Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon to allow their families to leave the besieged area, a Muslim clergyman and a senior military official said Friday.


Islamists at Lebanon camp says civilians ready to leave (AFP via Yahoo! News)
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Fri, 24 Aug 2007 08:23:30 GMT

Islamist fighters in a besieged refugee camp in Lebanon have reestablished contact with Palestinian clerics over plans to evacuate civilians, a spokesman for the clerics told AFP on Friday.