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Snake in Grass claim writer’s criticsNobel literature prize-winner Gunter Grass is in the eye of a storm in Germany as the grand old man… 17/08/06 08:08 CET
France agrees to head UNIFIL forceFrance has said it is willing to lead the expanded UN force in Lebanon until at least next… 17/08/06 08:08 CET
Security alerts a week after alleged terror plot foiledA week after security services prevented an alleged terror plot involving transatlantic flights… 17/08/06 08:08 CET
Lebanese army crosses LitaniReturning to a part of their country many have never entered as soldiers, the Lebanese army has… 17/08/06 08:08 CET
Britain finally pardons WWI “cowards”In 1916, as World War One raged, Private Harry Farr was condemned as a coward and shot. More than… 17/08/06 08:08 CET
Abbas promises ‘no more rockets from Gaza to Israel’At a ceremony inducting new Gaza security recruits, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas announced… 17/08/06 07:08 CET
Criticism as France’s largest squat evacuatedPolice have evacuated what is thought to have been the largest squat in France citing fears that… 17/08/06 07:08 CET
Experts try to clean up Lebanese coast oil spillHow to deal with a massive oil spill left behind from the Israel-Hizbollah conflict has been the… 17/08/06 07:08 CET
Lebanese troops take control of Hizbollah strongholdsLebanese troops have begun deploying in southern Lebanon, linking up with UN peacekeepers. The… 17/08/06 07:08 CET
Humanitarian aid effort picks up paceIn Lebanon, convoys of vehicles carrying humanitarian aid are making their way south, taking food… 17/08/06 07:08 CET
Japan presses Russia for details on fisherman’s deathJapan’s ambassador to Russia is pressing Moscow for more details on the fatal shooting of a… 17/08/06 01:08 CET
Lebanese army crosses Litani river into southIt was an historic moment, for the first time in decades, Lebanese troops have deployed in the… 17/08/06 01:08 CET
Mixed reactions in Beirut to Lebanese army deploymentAs Lebanese troops heading for the border with Israel, for the first time since 1968, there was… 17/08/06 01:08 CET
Israeli troops start handing over to UNAs Lebanese troops moved in to Hizbollah territory in the south of the country for the first time… 17/08/06 01:08 CET
