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Airlines feel the pressure over UK flight delaysAs major disruption continues in British airports, airlines are starting to feel the strain of… 14/08/06 07:08 CET
Israeli offensive continues until the last minuteIsrael continued to launch air strikes on Lebanon in the hours counting down to today’s UN-brokered… 14/08/06 07:08 CET
UN ceasefire in Lebanon on knife-edgeThe record of the UN’s 60 year existence and close involvement in Middle East conflicts suggests… 14/08/06 07:08 CET
Ceasefire takes effect in LebanonSouthern Lebanon holds its breath as the UN ceasefire comes into effect. UN Resolution 1701… 14/08/06 07:08 CET
Human and material toll of Lebanon conflictIsrael’s officially-stated goals in Lebanon – to retrieve kidnapped Israeli soldiers and to… 14/08/06 07:08 CET
New photos of Castro, with main ally at bedsideA second set of pictures has been published of the ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro. This time he… 14/08/06 07:08 CET
Shooting of Hizbollah fighters highlights truce’s fragilityWhile on the whole the guns have fallen silent, the shooting of two Hizbollah guerrillas by Israeli… 14/08/06 07:08 CET
Hizbollah propaganda war follows truceIn Lebanon, the sounds of rocket fire, artillery shells and air-raids were quickly replaced by car… 14/08/06 07:08 CET
Forest fire alert eases in SpainIt is the beginning of the end of Spain’s fire nightmare. That, at least, is the hope in the… 14/08/06 07:08 CET
UK airport terror alert level reducedBritain has scaled down the security alert imposed last week after the discovery of an alleged plot… 14/08/06 01:08 CET
