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Venezuela joins Mercosur free trade zoneVenezuela has formally become the fifth full member of South America’s biggest trade bloc Mercosur… 21/07/06 07:07 CET
Oil prices tied to Middle East conflictThe fighting between Israel and militants in Lebanon is being closely watched by oil traders who… 21/07/06 07:07 CET
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Hizbollah still attacking IsraelThe Israeli offensive has not yet succeeded in stopping Hizbollah rocket attacks. There have been… 21/07/06 07:07 CET
One in five Lebanese ‘forced to leave homes’An estimated 150,000 Lebanese civilians have fled their country since the start of the Israeli… 21/07/06 07:07 CET
Israeli troops amass on Lebanon borderThousands of Israeli troops and tanks are massing on the Lebanese border amid increasing signs that… 21/07/06 07:07 CET
Mass graves for Lebanese deadAs southern Lebanon suffers its tenth day of bombardments, hospitals start to bury the dead in… 21/07/06 07:07 CET
Hizbollah lives on in Beirut’s barren streets.The heavily shelled districts of southern Beirut resemble a ghost town. Most of the residents of… 21/07/06 07:07 CET
Lebanese army “ready to confront” Israeli ground offensiveIsraeli jets struck Beirut overnight, part of an increasingly bloody 10-day-old offensive. Elite… 21/07/06 06:07 CET
Israeli helicopter pilot dies in border collisionIsrael has confirmed that two of its military helicopters have collided near the Lebanese border. … 21/07/06 06:07 CET
Khmer Rouge’s ‘Butcher’ diesOne of the most infamous leaders of the former Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia has died. Ta Mok, who… 21/07/06 01:07 CET
