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Refugees blame Israel for Lebanon destructionThroughout southern Lebanon, a human tide of refugees has been flowing back to the homes they fled… 15/08/06 12:08 CET
Syrian president insists that resistance to Israel is legitimateSyria’s president has spoken out for the first time since the ceasefire between Israel and… 15/08/06 12:08 CET
Lebanese head home in wake of ceasefireTens of thousands of Lebanese refugees are heading back to their homes in the south of the country… 15/08/06 07:08 CET
Spain hopes fire horror soon dousedThere is hope in the stricken Spanish region of Galicia that the forest fire situation is at last… 15/08/06 07:08 CET
Bush puts Middle East conflict in wider contextThe President of the United States has said Iran must stop supporting armed groups trying to derail… 15/08/06 07:08 CET
Nasrallah claims “victory” over IsraelLebanese citizens listened last night to Hizbollah’s leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah declaring his… 15/08/06 07:08 CET
EU boosts Lebanese aidEU aid chief Louis Michel has visited Beirut to examine the repercussions of the month-long… 15/08/06 07:08 CET
Bedside visit for Cuban leaderThe first video images of ailing cuban leader Fidel Castro have been shown on the country’s state… 15/08/06 07:08 CET
French, Italians eager to lead UN peace force in LebanonWhich countries will provide soldiers for the United Nations interim force in Lebanon, … 15/08/06 06:08 CET
New UN chief in Kosovo at key timeGerman diplomat Joachim Ruecker, confirmed as the UN’s next head of mission in Kosovo, has been… 15/08/06 06:08 CET
Syria’s Assad sees no peace for Middle EastGiving his first speech on the Lebanon crisis, Syria’s President has said that peace in the Middle… 15/08/06 06:08 CET
Israeli troop withdrawal to begin in coming daysIsrael says it plans to pull its troops out of southern Lebanon sometime over the next seven to ten… 15/08/06 06:08 CET
Israel warns refugees it is unsafe to return to southern LebanonWith the UN truce between Israel and Hizbollah holding and Israeli forces starting to pull back… 15/08/06 06:08 CET
Lebanese line up for promised Hizbollah aidAs relief agencies scramble to get supplies to those who have lost everything in Lebanon, a pledge… 15/08/06 06:08 CET
Olmert undone by military failings in eyes of many IsraelisSeveral hundred thousand Israelis displaced by a month of war against Hizbollah are happy to be… 15/08/06 06:08 CET
China and South Korea protest over Japanese PM’s shrine visitJapan’s Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi’s visit to a shrine for the war dead in Tokyo has provoked… 15/08/06 01:08 CET
Lebanese head home as ceasefire holdsWith the UN truce between Israel and Hizbollah in its second day and holding, the people of… 15/08/06 01:08 CET
Israeli troop pull-out from Lebanon to be acceleratedIsraeli army chiefs are reportedly speeding up plans to withdraw from small pockets of southern… 15/08/06 01:08 CET
