| Today's Headlines:
We are looking for sales & marketing representatives in different countries. Apply now!
Hizbullah and Israel: who is the terrorist?
Lebanon-Israel, Analysis, 7/29/2006
Israel retreats from Lebanese border after battle
Israel yesterday said it carried out over 60 aerial attacks in southern Lebanon, among them rocket launchers, weapon stores, and infrastructures.
Lebanon-Israel-USA, Politics, 7/29/2006
UN envoy: Israel should withdraw from occupied territories
UN secretary general's special envoy in Lebanon Terge Roed-Larsen said today for the resolution of the crisis in Lebanon and achieving a long-term ceasefire in the region, Iran and Syria should be actively involved.
Lebanon-Israel-UN, Politics, 7/29/2006
Israel miscalculated greatly and failed: officials
Publicity of Hizbullah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah and his ability to forge unity among different religions in Lebanon have led to the failure of the Israeli regime in achieving its 'illegitimate aims', said a parliamentarian.
Lebanon-Israel-UK, Politics, 7/29/2006
US demonstrators protest in support of Lebanon
A number of Jews and Christians accompanied protesters, who were carrying flags of Lebanon and Palestine as well as pictures of Hizbullah chief Hassan Nasrallah and late leader of Palestinians Sheikh Ahmad Yasin.
Lebanon-Israel-USA, Politics, 7/29/2006
Mubarak: Israeli military operations is collective punishment of Palestinians, Lebanese
Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak has stressed the need for accelerating international diplomatic moves for halting raging war in Lebanon. The President said current military operations are a collective punishment of the Lebanese and Palestinians.
Lebanon-Egypt, Politics, 7/29/2006
Iranian official criticizes Muslim rulers for indifference towards Israel
Iran's Prosecutor General Qorbanali Dorri- Najafabadi today strongly criticized Muslim heads of state for their silence and lack of attention towards Israeli crimes, calling on both governmental and non-governmental organizations to condemn Israel's brutal actions.
Regional-Iran, Politics, 7/29/2006
UN aid chief calls for 'humanitarian truce' to help children and wounded
he spoke of the dozens dying every day in Lebanon and said the Health Ministry now puts the civilian death toll at more than 600, adding that "the majority are women and children."
Lebanon-Israel-UN, Politics, 7/29/2006
Failure to call for Lebanon ceasefire illogical: Irish FM
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.
Lebanon-Israel-Ireland, Politics, 7/29/2006
Rice back shuttling in Lebanon - Israel conflict
US President George W. Bush says urgent efforts to resolve the crisis in the Middle East are continuing, both through Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's weekend return trip to the region and an impending United Nations Security Council meeting that could authorize a multinational peacekeeping force.
Lebanon-Israel-USA, Politics, 7/29/2006
Israel escalating dangerous situation, warns Straw
UK Former foreign secretary Jack Straw Friday broke ranks with his cabinet colleagues to issue the strongest warning yet from a British government minister against Israel's continuing bombardments of Lebanon and Gaza.
Lebanon-Israel-UK, Politics, 7/29/2006
Bush apologizes to Blair for secret airlifting military equipment to Israel
UK Liberal Democrat leader Sir Menzies Campbell demanded Friday that any further requests from the US to use British airports to transport weapons to Israel should be refused.
Lebanon-Israel-UK, Politics, 7/29/2006
Blair repeating blunder of supporting Israel's attack on Egypt: MPs
UK Prime Minister Tony Blair was warned yesterday that he was repeating Britain's biggest foreign policy blunder in the past 50 years by supporting the Israel's bloodbath in Lebanon.
Lebanon-Israel-UK, Politics, 7/29/2006
Iran Sunni Muslims advisor calls for support of Lebanon
Iran's Presidential Advisor for Sunni Muslims affairs Molavi Es'aq Madani today stressed all-out support for Lebanon's Hizbullah.
Regional-Iran, Politics, 7/29/2006
Israel attacks on Gaza, UN official describes the devestation
"The destruction of vital civilian infrastructure such as bridges, roads, and the only electrical power plant in Gaza, the ongoing closure of most border crossings into and out of Gaza, and frequent roadblocks are suffocating any attempt at building a viable economic and social infrastructure in Gaza."
Palestine-Israel-UN, Politics, 7/29/2006
Abbas to heads of Jerusalem churches in Gaza: great challenges require unity
during a popular meeting that gathered heads of Jerusalem Churches who came to show solidarity in Gaza, he stressed the importance of a national unity to face the Israeli challenges
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 7/29/2006
Israeli occupation death threats, harrasment - life in Balata as 'normal'
Last night, at approximately 3:00 am, a Nablus man, Sa'id Haettalla, 53, from Balata Refugee Camp, was arrested and interrogated by Israeli occupation forces for the second time in two days, apparently without reason.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 7/29/2006
Mubarak: Any attempt to drag Egypt into illogical conflict unacceptable
Answering a question on calls for dismissing the Israeli ambassador and canceling the Camp David peace treaty between Egypt and Israel in response to the heinous Israeli attacks on the Lebanese and the Palestinians, President Mubarak said dismissing the Israeli ambassador would not by any means serve the situation
Egypt-Israel, Politics, 7/29/2006
Bush, Blair conference on Lebanon, regional issues
Lebanon-Israel-UK, Politics, 7/29/2006
Linking Egyptian national grid to Gaza's to alleviate Palestinians woes
An Egyptian Ministry of Electricity and Energy source said yesterday that the implementation of an urgent program to link Egypt's national grid to that of the Gaza Strip aims at assuaging sufferings of our brothers in Palestine especially areas that have been denied electricity due to Israeli attacks
Egypt-Palestine, Politics, 7/29/2006
Resolution aims to weaken Iran's nuclear position
Pressures exerted on Iran by the United States and Britain resorting to Chapter 7 of the UN Charter, which makes a resolution enforceable, aims to make Iran overlook its demands about nuclear energy, an Iranian parliament deputy said today.
Iran-UN, Politics, 7/29/2006
News from around the web:
A Refuge That Became a Place of Death - Washington Post
(http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/30/AR2006073000594.html)
Victims Were From Two Extended Families; Most Suffocated in Debris
Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 7/29/2006
Israel Pulls Out of Hezbollah Stronghold - LA Times
(http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/ats-ap_intl10jul29,1,1159337.story?coll=sns-ap-topinternational)
Lebanon, Politics, 7/29/2006
A Larger and More Powerful Rocket Hits Deeper in Israel, Adding a New Dimension - NY Times
(http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/29/world/middleeast/29fighting.html?_r=1&ref=middleeast&oref=slogin)
Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 7/29/2006
Danse macabre - CNN
(http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/29/btsc.perry/index.html)
Eight days ago, the Lebanese Army buried 87 bodies in a mass grave in the city of Tyre. Today, they are laying another 34 in the ground.
Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 7/29/2006
Israeli strikes may boost Hizbullah base - CS Monitor
(http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0728/p06s01-wome.html)
Hizbullah support tops 80 percent among Lebanese factions
Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 7/29/2006
Shiite Cleric Calls Maliki Visit to U.S. a Betrayal - LA Times
(http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-iraq29jul29,1,7321972.story?coll=la-headlines-world)
The premier's failure to condemn American policy helped neither Iraq nor Lebanon, the sheik says
Iraq-USA, Politics, 7/29/2006
U.S. to Move 3,700 Troops to Baghdad - LA Times
(http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/ats-ap_intl11jul29,1,1552554.story?coll=sns-ap-topinternational)
Iraq-USA, Politics, 7/29/2006
Israelis kill Islamic Jihad commander and militant - Washington Post
(http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/29/AR2006072900570.html)
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 7/29/2006
Somalia PM: Libya, Egypt Backing Militants - Washington Post
(http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/29/AR2006072900210.html)
Somalia's prime minister charged Saturday that Egypt, Libya and Iran are arming the Islamic militants who challenge his rule
Somalia, Politics, 7/29/2006
|
Advertise on ArabicNews.com. MyFlowers.com sold more than $2700 of flowers in one month advertising on ArabicNews.com! Make your company, and products a success. Special rate for new and small business. Inquire!Advertising Info
Short Takes:
Announcing plans for a meeting on Monday of potential troop contributors to a United Nations stabilization force in southern Lebanon, Secretary-General Kofi Annan said yesterday it was time for "concrete, practical steps" to end the hostilities in the region and protect civilians from further attack. "We've gone beyond statements and exhortations .. We're looking for concrete, practical steps to take action."
Go
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.
Go
|
phone cards