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EU ministers discuss air terror threatsSeveral EU interior ministers have been meeting in London to assess the threat to European security… 16/08/06 12:08 CET
Lebanon talks underway for deploying UN troopsFrench Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy has been visiting Beirut to discuss conditions for… 16/08/06 12:08 CET
Lebanese refugees return to scenes of devastationAt least half a million Lebanese people, who had fled from the Israeli attacks, are now either home… 16/08/06 12:08 CET
Russian patrol guards kill Japanese fishermanA Japanese fisherman has been shot dead by a Russian patrol boat near a chain of disputed islands… 16/08/06 12:08 CET
Children among dead in Iraq flea market bombingAt least eight people have been killed and around 28 more wounded in an explosion at a small flea… 16/08/06 12:08 CET
Just what constitutes a planet?That is the question being pondered by experts at a major conference and for Pluto their answer… 16/08/06 07:08 CET
War is over, but environmental struggle beginsApart from people’s homes and the infrastructure that have been destroyed, one of Lebanon’s… 16/08/06 07:08 CET
Handover in Lebanon as troops change overIsraeli forces have begun leaving the border region of Lebanon as their counterparts from the… 16/08/06 07:08 CET
Top Israeli general under fireIsraeli Defence Force Chief of Staff Lt. General Dan Halutz is coming under increased pressure to… 16/08/06 07:08 CET
Residents return to devastated neighbourhoodsAs the ceasefire holds, thousands of Lebanese are returning to their bombed-out homes, to salvage… 16/08/06 07:08 CET
UK air travel interests protest security ‘inconsistencies’Backlog chaos at London airports has raised protests from the travel industry that new security… 16/08/06 06:08 CET
New PM named in Czech RepublicThe prime minister of the Czech Republic, Jiri Paroubek, has officially resigned, ending a… 16/08/06 06:08 CET
Israeli commission to probe Lebanon war conductIsraeli Defence Minister Amir Peretz has appointed a commission to investigate Israel’s conduct in… 16/08/06 06:08 CET
London to Washington plane diverted in security alertA United Airlines passenger plane travelling from London to Washington has been diverted to Boston… 16/08/06 06:08 CET
Possible Palestinian coalition may recognise IsraelIt is the first step towards forming a broader Palestinian government. President Mahmoud Abbas and… 16/08/06 06:08 CET
EU ministers discuss closer cooperation on terrorism preventionThere are renewed calls for an improvement in the flow of information between police forces in… 16/08/06 06:08 CET
- Lebanese troops about to move into Hizbollah territory
The Lebanese government has approved a plan to deploy 15,000 members of its army in south… 16/08/06 06:08 CET
