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Israeli occupying troops pulling out of Lebanon
As the fragile ceasefire is still in force between Lebanon and Israel, the army of the occupying regime of Israel continued the hand-over of positions to the United Nations Interim Force (UNIFIL) yesterday.
Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 8/18/2006

US worried lest Hizbullah would reconstruct Lebanon
Lebanese daily As-Safir in its Friday edition reflected the strong worry of the US officials about Hizbullah's serious plans for reconstruction of Lebanon.
Lebanon-Israel-USA, Politics, 8/18/2006

Envoy condemns Israel's crimes in Lebanon
Salloukh said that a committee consisting of representatives from Lebanon's ministries of state, justice and foreign affairs has been appointed to pursue not only the crimes committed by Israel during the 33-day war but also the use of banned weapons by Israel against the Lebanese people.
Lebanon-Iran, Politics, 8/18/2006

Iran's cooperation with Lebanon based on norms
Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid-Reza Asefi today denounced the remarks by US President George W. Bush and Israel's deputy premier Shimon Peres on clandestine cooperation between Iran and the Lebanese Hizbullah, as well as the Lebanese government.
Lebanon-Iran-USA, Politics, 8/18/2006

Peretz: Israel surprised by Lebanese resistance force
Under fire for unleashing full-scale war on Lebanon for almost five weeks, Israel's defense minister Amir Peretz admitted that Israel had underestimated Lebanese resistance forces, Israeli newspaper said on Thursday.
Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 8/18/2006

Controversy in Norway over troops offer for Lebanon
The Norwegian government's offer to contribute troops to the newly planned UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon has provoked controversy because it has not been approved by Oslo's parliament.
Lebanon-Israel-Norway, Politics, 8/18/2006

Merkel vows no combat troops for UN mission in Lebanon
Germany will also contribute to the UN military mission in Lebanon but won't provide combat troops, the press quoted German Chancellor Angela Merkel as saying today.
Lebanon-Israel-Germany, Politics, 8/18/2006

Enemies intended to pass to Iran through Lebanon: Rafsanjani
Iranian Substitute Friday Prayers Leader of Tehran Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani said in his Second Sermon here that the enemies of Islam, the revolution, and Iran had imagined that Lebanon was a passage through which they could reach Iran.
Lebanon-Iran-USA, Politics, 8/18/2006

Hariri calls Lebanese unity, condemns al-Assad
The Head of the Future bloc in the Lebanese parliament MP Saad Hariri rejected what he termed as threats and incitement at civil conflict in Lebanon by Syrian President Bashar Assad and urged the Lebanese to rally behind the state and its legitimate institutions.
Lebanon-Syria, Politics, 8/18/2006

Iran's Supreme Leader congratulation to Nasrallah
Lebanon-Iran, Politics, 8/18/2006

Aviation minister orders re-operation of Cairo-Beirut line
Egypt-Lebanon, Politics, 8/18/2006

Lebanon orders army to move south
The foreign ministers of France, Turkey and Malaysia arrived in Beirut on Wednesday to work out details on formation of a 15,000-strong international force to oversee peacekeeping efforts in Lebanon.
Lebanon-Israel-UN, Politics, 8/16/2006

Calls for trying Israeli officials for war crimes in Lebanon
"You are expected to fulfill your responsibility for establishment of international peace and security and defending the rights of nations who have been exposed to aggression," part of the letter said.
Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 8/16/2006

Lebanon: UN emergency aid distributed in Tyre, fuel supplied to hospitals
A UN spokesman said that emergency aid from the world body was distributed yesterday to war-devastated Lebanese in the southern port city of Tyre and tons of fuel were sent to hospitals to keep them operating.
Lebanon-Israel-UN, Politics, 8/16/2006

Lack of funds could halt aid to Lebanon as 60,000 cross border
With 60,000 displaced Lebanese already having crossed the border back to their homes since Monday, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today appealed for more funds, warning that emergency aid to the almost one million people displaced by the recent fighting could stop unless more international assistance is forthcoming.
Lebanon-Israel-UN, Economics, 8/16/2006

Ahmadi-Nejad: Leaders of US, Britain, Israel should stand trial
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad today said that the leaders of US, Britain and Israel should stand trial as war criminals.
Lebanon-Iran-UN, Politics, 8/16/2006

Assad: Recent war confirms correctness of Syria's approach to Lebanon's resistance
Syrias President Bashar Assad yesterday said that the recent war proved that Syria's approach to the Lebanese resistance was correct and disproved the approach of other Arab countries to the issue as wrong.
Syria-Lebanon, Politics, 8/16/2006

Rice said Hizbullah needs to disarm or face international pressure
If Hizbullah refuses to cooperate with the Lebanese government and disarm, both the militant organization and its foreign sponsors will face isolation from the international community, according to US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
Lebanon-Israel-USA, Politics, 8/16/2006

Abul Gheit: Disarming Hizbullah is a domestic Lebanese affair
Lebanon-Egypt, Politics, 8/16/2006

Maronite spokesman say leadership should be united
Lebanon, Politics, 8/16/2006

Lebanon- Israel ceasefire violated by Israel
Israeli forces killed a combatant of Islamic Resistance, military wing of Hizbullah, in southern Lebanon today, violating the first clause of UN Security Council Resolution 1701 which calls for stopping war and hostile actions.
Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 8/14/2006

UN to investigate Israel's crimes in Lebanon
Russian foreign ministry declared the UN Human Rights Council intends to dispatch a special commission to Lebanon to investigate Israel's war crimes against civilian people there.
Lebanon-Israel-UN, Politics, 8/14/2006

Israel hit south Beirut with 20 missiles prior to ceasefire
Even after the passage of a UN resolution to cease fire, Israel did not miss the opportunity to stop its attacks on Lebanon with the Israeli jets firing at least 20 missiles on south Beirut, capital of Lebanon on Sunday destroying a complex of eight residential buildings and at least six families were thought to have been in them at the time of the attack.
Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 8/14/2006

UN Security Council resolution for Lebanon - Israel ceasefire: full text
Lebanon-Israel-UN, Politics, 8/14/2006

Lebanese return home, UN aid, mines risk
With thousands of people moving back to their homes or communities in war-ravaged Lebanon, where a cessation of hostilities took effect this morning, United Nations agencies are providing assistance while warning of the dangers posed by landmines and other unexploded ordnance.
Lebanon-Israel-UN, Politics, 8/14/2006

Mubarak talks to Seniora, orders helping reconstruct electric grid
In 2000, President Mubarak visited Lebanon a day after Israeli air force raided the Lebanese power grid and gave directives for the Egyptian Ministry of Electricity to rebuild it.
Lebanon-Egypt, Politics, 8/14/2006

Bush: Cease-fire in Lebanon important step forward
He said the next task is helping "people in both Lebanon and Israel return to their homes and begin rebuilding their lives without fear of renewed violence and terror."
Lebanon-Israel-USA, Politics, 8/14/2006

Israel's aggression pollutes Lebanon's beaches
Vaez-Javadi pointed out that the Israeli army had not spared the environmentally crucial areas of southern Lebanon from its bombardments
Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 8/14/2006

Israelis question their own aggressive policy
With a truce in effect between Lebanon and Israel, following a major aggression by Israel on Lebanon dislocating a quarter of Lebanon's population, in what is being seen as a policy and military failure to Israel, Haaretz said "Today's extraordinary Knesset session could be the start of a new period in Israeli politics."
Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 8/14/2006

Hezbollah Claims Win As Cease-Fire Holds
Lebanon, Politics, 8/14/2006


News from around the web:

Mass Funerals in Southern Lebanon - LA Times
(http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/sns-ap-lebanon-israel,1,2285077.story?coll=sns-ap-world-headlines)
The breeze blew fine dust across graves where 29 people killed in an Israeli airstrike -- half of them children -- were buried, as the ground was opened for funerals in south Lebanon on Friday, the Muslim holy day
Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 8/18/2006

Girl’s Life Bound Close to Hezbollah - NY Times
(http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/18/world/middleeast/18hezbollah.html?_r=1&ref=middleeast&oref=slogin)
Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 8/18/2006

Hezbollah Guerrillas Reflect on Damage - Washington Post
(http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/18/AR2006081800089.html)
Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 8/18/2006

Israeli Troops Criticize Army, Equipment - LA Times
(http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/sns-ap-mideast-angry-soldiers,1,6348240.story?coll=sns-ap-world-headlines)
Israeli soldiers returning from the war in Lebanon say the army was slow to rescue wounded comrades and suffered from a lack of supplies so dire that they had to drink water from the canteens of dead Hezbollah guerrillas.
Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 8/18/2006

With Guns Silent, Wartime Unity Unravels in Israel Amid Fierce Criticism of War Effort - NY Times
(http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/18/world/middleeast/18israel.html?ref=middleeast)
Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 8/18/2006

U.N., Others to Help in Lebanon Oil Spill - Washington Post
(http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/18/AR2006081800046.html)
Lebanon-Israel-UN, Politics, 8/18/2006

New stature for Lebanese military? - CS Monitor
(http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0818/p06s01-wome.html)
Lebanon, Politics, 8/18/2006

Italy to send 3,000 troops to Lebanon - Guardian Unlimited
(http://www.guardian.co.uk/syria/story/0,,1853308,00.html)
Lebanon-Israel-UN, Politics, 8/18/2006

Lebanese Troops Move Into South for First Time in Decades - Washington Post
(http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/17/AR2006081700914.html)
Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 8/16/2006

Lebanese Cabinet Agrees to Deploy Troops - LA Times
(http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/sns-ap-lebanon-israel,1,2285077.story?coll=sns-ap-world-headlines)
Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 8/16/2006

Clustered in Fear, and Now Death - LA Times
(http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-ainata16aug16,0,3809468.story?coll=la-home-headlines)
The close ties of a town in southern Lebanon span oceans. That same bond linked neighbors who gathered in vain to escape Israeli shelling
Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 8/16/2006

Hezbollah Leads Work to Rebuild, Gaining Stature - NY Times
(http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/16/world/middleeast/16hezbollah.html?ref=middleeast)
Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 8/16/2006

Returning Home to Ruins: Shock Is Mixed With Outrage - NY Times
(http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/15/world/middleeast/15beirut.html?_r=1&oref=slogin)
Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 8/16/2006

Israel Can Swap Prisoners for Soldiers - Washington Post
(http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/15/AR2006081500182.html)
Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 8/16/2006

Hizbullah leader claims victory - Guardian Unlimited
(http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,,1844240,00.html)
Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 8/14/2006

Largely Empty, Stronghold of Militia Is Still Perilous - NY Times
(http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/14/world/middleeast/14troops.html?_r=1&ref=middleeast&oref=slogin)
Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 8/14/2006

IDF general: Troops lacking food can steal from Lebanese stores - Haaretz
(http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/750384.html)
Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 8/14/2006

Israel Leaflets Lebanon Before Truce - Washington Post
(http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/13/AR2006081301001.html)
Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 8/14/2006

Report: US helped Israel plan Lebanon offensive - CS Monitor
(http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0814/dailyUpdate.html)
White House denies as 'flat wrong' a US role in Hizbullah conflict, with an eye toward Iran
Lebanon-Israel-USA, Politics, 8/14/2006

In a Political Move, Lebanon Offers an Army That All of Its Sects Can Accept: Its Own - NY Times
(http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/14/world/middleeast/14lebanon.html?ref=middleeast)
Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 8/14/2006


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