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French blow to expanded UN peacekeeper forceUN peacekeepers in Lebanon should be boosted by a further 3,500 troops within the next fortnight… 18/08/06 12:08 CET
Lebanese deployment in south gathers momentumA series of Lebanese Armoured Personnel Carriers have been unloaded at the port city of Tyre, as… 18/08/06 12:08 CET
ETA claims crisis in Basque peace processViolent Basque separatist group ETA has said the fledgling peace process in the region is in… 18/08/06 12:08 CET
Cigarrette firms in the US have been found guilty of breaking racketeering laws, but have escaped paying major finesA federal judge found that companies like Philip Morris and British American Tobacco had, in her… 18/08/06 12:08 CET
Pollution worries rise in LebanonA UN conference in Greece has said 50 million euros in aid is needed to clean up the oil slick… 18/08/06 07:08 CET
Hizbollah begins to act on rebuilding pledgeAfter claiming they won the war against Israel, Hizbollah is now bidding to win the peace in… 18/08/06 07:08 CET
Lebanese troops close to Shebaa FarmsLebanese troops were given a hero’s welcome as they arrived in the village of Shebaa, close to the… 18/08/06 07:08 CET
Lebanese soldiers retake south of countryLebanese soldiers have taken control of the south of their country for the first time in almost 40… 18/08/06 07:08 CET
UN ups peacekeeping recruitment driveWith France offering to add a mere 200 extra soldiers to its contingent in Lebanon, the United… 18/08/06 07:08 CET
Qana buries its dead after Lebanon conflictMore than 200 people have been buried in mass funerals in southern Lebanon today. Some 5,000… 18/08/06 07:08 CET
Israeli alarm over UN peacekeeper forceThe small force of UN peacekeepers in Lebanon should receive a boost of some 3,500 troops within… 18/08/06 07:08 CET
French firm Suez may face criminal spy chargesA legal council is to review charges of industrial espionage by French utility company Suez against… 18/08/06 06:08 CET
Suspected terror plot on Germany’s railwaysPolice in Germany are hunting two men in connection with a suspected terrorist plot last month… 18/08/06 06:08 CET
