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Date: 11 August 2006

Syria not aiding Hezbollah, says ambassador
Xinhua – China
MOSCOW, Aug. 10 (Xinhua) — Syria’s ambassador to Russia rejected on Thursday
claims that Damascus is aiding Hezbollah by supplying it with weapons.

news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-08/11/content_4947446.htm
See all stories on this topic:

Stuck in Lebanon
Khaleej Times – Dubai,United Arab Emirates
WHAT exactly is Israel trying to achieve in Lebanon? The Israeli … indefinitely.
So what is that Israel wants to achieve in Lebanon? Israel …
www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/ed
itorial/2006/August/editorial_August22.xml&section=editorial&col=

Israeli bombs kill 11 in Lebanon
Washington Post – United States
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Israeli air raids killed 11 people in north Lebanon
on Friday as the United States and France strove to clinch a draft UN
resolution to end …
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/11/AR2006081100058.html

Israel delays its push into Lebanon as talks continue
Detroit Free Press – United States
… Israel offered the United Nations more time Thursday to negotiate an
end to fighting with Hizballah before sending troops deeper into Lebanon.

www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060811/NEWS07/608110373/1009

Claims desk for OFWs from Lebanon set up
INQ7.net – Philippines
ALTHOUGH it has yet to receive claims for unpaid back wages from domestic
helpers who have returned from Lebanon, the labor department on Friday
said it has …
newsinfo.inq7.net/breakingnews/nation/view_article.php?article_id=14761

Hezbollah enmeshed Lebanon’s social fabric
Houston Chronicle – United States
BEIRUT, Lebanon — In bombed-out southern villages and refugee-filled
schools across the country, Hezbollah supporters go door to door, checking
if people …
www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/world/4110088.html

Russia calls for 72-hour truce in Lebanon
The Australian – Sydney,Australia
RUSSIA today called for a UN Security Council resolution demanding a 72-hour
humanitarian truce in the Lebanon war as a US-French settlement plan had
failed to …
www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,20092769%255E2703,00.html

Feature: Lebanese refugees in Syria long for returning home
People's Daily Online – Beijing,China
… Up to one million people, or a quarter of the Lebanese population,
have been displaced and around 140,000 have sought asylum in Syria.
english.people.com.cn/200608/11/eng20060811_291961.html

Ojeda of Chili Solidifies with Syria and Lebanon
SANA – Syrian Arab News Agency – Damascus,Syria
… SANA) – Chairman of the Syrian-Chili Friendship Parliamentary Association
Sergio Ojeda showed on Thursday solidarity and gave support to Syria against
what …
www.sana.org/eng/22/2006/08/11/56695.htm

Talking to Syria [John Derbyshire]
National Review Online Blogs – New York,NY,USA
I retailed Tom Friedman’s story about trying to get Syria on side for Gulf
War 1, traveling with James Baker to Damascus 14 times, coming home each
time to …
corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=ZmI5YjViNGZjZjUxYmJhOGE4ZjQwYzExMDIwNDdjMTY=

Syria hands over Iran-born Dutch activist to Iran
IranMania News – Iran
LONDON, August 11 (IranMania) – Syria handed over in May to Tehran a Dutch
citizen of Iranian origin, whose whereabouts have been unknown for almost
three …
www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.a
sp?NewsCode=44965&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs

UN steps up push for Lebanon deal
BBC News – UK
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is heading to the UN in New York
where efforts are being stepped up to try to end the violence in Lebanon
and Israel. …
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4782839.stm

Russia calls for Israel-Lebanon ceasefire
ABC Online – Australia
ELEANOR HALL: To events in Lebanon, Russia has taken the initiative to
bring an immediate halt to the fighting as talks at the United Nations
remain bogged …
www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2006/s1712850.htm

Lebanon’s figurehead of state
Globe and Mail – Canada
BAABDA, LEBANON — In theory, Émile Lahoud is still President of this
tiny, beleaguered country. A table in his office is lined …
www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.2006081
1.MIDEASTLAHOUD11EDM_ART_2241/TPStory/International

Israeli faith in Lebanon victory starts declining: poll
Khaleej Times – Dubai,United Arab Emirates
JERUSALEM – Israelis are less and less convinced their armed forces can
defeat Hezbollah and increasingly critical of Prime Mininster Ehud Olmert,
two opinion …
www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/
2006/August/middleeast_August295.xml&section=middleeast

Negotiators aim for more progress on Friday on Lebanon resolution
Monsters and Critics.com – Glasgow,UK
… York – French and American negotiators appeared to have narrowed down
differences over a draft resolution on ending the conflict in Lebanon,
prompting optimism …
news.monstersandcritics.com/middleeast/article_1189272.php/Neg
otiators_aim_for_more_progress_on_Friday_on_Lebanon_resolution

RP asks Lebanon to help evacuate OFWs
INQ7.net – Philippines
… that the note verbale, “the highest form of communication we could
possibly direct to a friendly government,” was sent last week and that
Lebanon has yet …
newsinfo.inq7.net/breakingnews/nation/view_article.php?article_id=14784

Is the RPG-29 to blame for failures in Lebanon?
RIA Novosti – Moscow,Russia
… They observed that Israeli tanks were hit in Lebanon, not in Israel.
Members of Hizbollah, no matter what emotions they may evoke …
en.rian.ru/analysis/20060811/52523923.html

Push for Lebanon agreement at UN
BBC News – UK
World powers are stepping up efforts at the UN to reach agreement on a
Security Council resolution aimed at ending violence in Lebanon and Israel.

news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4782235.stm

Talking to Syria [Michael Rubin]
National Review Online Blogs – New York,NY,USA
… up internet. So, Syria said yes on the 15th visit? A few … the supplicant.
Syria values the process of dialogue over substance. When Assad …
corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=N2ZiNjJiY2ZiNjg4ZWQ0Njk2ZDA1NDE4NWU4MGVkNTY=

Lebanese children refugees in Syria
People's Daily Online – Beijing,China
Two Lebanese boy stay with their father in his temporary home at Damascus
University in Damascus, capital of Syria, Aug. 10, 2006. …
english.people.com.cn/200608/11/eng20060811_292187.html

Syria: the key to Lebanon conflict?
Jane's – Coulsdon,Surrey,UK
Syria is now being seen as a possible key to breaking the deadlock. Amid
the ongoing crisis, leading Israeli analysts are proposing …
www.janes.com/security/international_security/news/jid/jid060811_1_n.shtml

UN deal on Lebanon ceasefire expected today
National Post – Canada
… is expected to be presented today as the United States and France appear
to have reached a deal to guide the withdrawal of Israeli troops from
southern Lebanon …
www.canada.com/nationalpost/news/story.html?id=0
ad4f4ff-bba5-43de-91e9-93525c132720&k=50783

Food running out in south Lebanon, aid blocked
Reuters – USA
TYRE, Lebanon, Aug 11 (Reuters) – Humanitarian agencies sought ways to
get aid to an estimated 100,000 people trapped in southern Lebanon on
Friday and the …
today.reuters.com/News/CrisesArticle.aspx?storyId=L11425907

In pictures: Lebanon conflict
BBC News – UK
Israel has continued its air strikes against Lebanon, including in the
southern suburbs of Beirut, as diplomats at the UN try to reach an agreement
on a truce. …
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/4783889.stm

Diary: Getting aid to Lebanon
BBC News – UK
Aid agencies say they are frustrated by the difficulties of delivering
humanitarian relief to southern Lebanon amid the conflict between Israel
and Hezbollah. …
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4783047.stm

Lebanon aid ship still in Cyprus
Monsters and Critics.com – Glasgow,UK
… Huguenin said Friday. Israel has imposed a sea blockade on Lebanon
since Israel launched its massive offensive on July 12. On Tuesday …
news.monstersandcritics.com/middleeast/article
_1189356.php/Lebanon_aid_ship_still_in_Cyprus

Olmert comes under fire for Lebanon failures
Times Online – UK
… four weeks of unwavering public support, Mr Olmert’s Government woke
up to an unprecedented barrage of criticism today for its handling of
the war in Lebanon. …
www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-2308742,00.html

Rice to UN for Lebanon peace talks
Reuters – USA
… Top Western diplomats converged on the United Nations on Friday to
try to halt Israel’s month-old war with Hizbollah guerrillas in Lebanon,
where Israeli air …
today.reuters.com/News/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2006-
08-11T140607Z_01_L07726695_RTRUKOC_0_US-MIDEAST.xml&WTmo
dLoc=NewsHome-C1-topNews-7

Rice hopes for Lebanon vote at UN on Friday
Reuters – USA
… Reuters) – US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice hopes the United
Nations will vote on Friday on a resolution to end the bloodshed in Lebanon
and Israel but …
today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2006-0
8-11T114941Z_01_N11302055_RTRUKOC_0_US-MIDEAST-UN-RICE.xml

Bush On The Conflict In Lebanon
Voice of America – USA
… The conflict started in July when Hezbollah terrorists based in southern
Lebanon crossed into Israel, killed several Israeli soldiers, and kidnapped
two others …
www.voanews.com/uspolicy/2006-08-11-voa2.cfm

Israel Pounds Border Crossings to Syria
Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier – Waterloo,IA,USA
BEIRUT, Lebanon – Israeli airstrikes pounded south Beirut and border crossings
to Syria, killing at least 14 people across Lebanon as ground fighting
picked up …
www.wcfcourier.com/articles/2006/08/11/ap/headlines/d8je8lb80.txt

Israel Pounds Border Crossings to Syria
ABC News – USA
… In far north Lebanon, Israeli jets blasted a key bridge to Syria, killing
at least 12 people. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko). By CHRISTOPHER
TORCHIA. …
abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=2301142

‘US Troubled By Syria’s Growing Self-Confidence’
All Headline News – USA
Jerusalem, Israel (AHN) – A senior US Defense Department official says
Washington is deeply concerned by Syria’s “rising self-confidence” as
it continues to …
www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7004504706

UN rights body condemns Israel over Lebanon
Scotsman – United Kingdom
… Reuters) – The United Nations new Human Rights Council on Friday voted
by a big majority to condemn Israel for its current military assault in
Lebanon and for …
news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=1170712006

Deal to end Lebanon crisis in sight
Mail & Guardian Online – Johannesburg,South Africa
The United States and Lebanon said on Friday a deal on a United Nations
resolution to end Israel’s month-old war with Hezbollah guerrillas is
in sight. …
www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articleid=280616&area=/
breaking_news/breaking_news__international_news/

US optimistic of UN vote on Friday on Lebanon war
Khaleej Times – Dubai,United Arab Emirates
… United Nations, John Bolton, said ‘we are getting closer’ to an
agreement between resolution backers, the United States and France, and
Lebanon and Israel. …
www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/middl
eeast/2006/August/middleeast_August303.xml&section=middleeast

Lebanon raises terror risks in Asia
Manila Standard Today – Philippines
… Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s national security adviser warned yesterday
that Israel’s military offensive against Hezbollah militants in Lebanon
would heighten …
www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=news03_aug12_2006

Israel begins massive ground offensive in Lebanon
Irish Examiner – Cork,Ireland
Israel has begun an expanded ground offensive in southern Lebanon after
expressing dissatisfaction over an emerging cease-fire deal, government
officials said. …
www.irishexaminer.com/breaking/story.asp?j=82089036&p=8zx89338&n=82089416

US and Lebanon say ceasefire deal in sight
SABC News – Auckland Park,South Africa
The United States and Lebanon said today a deal on a UN resolution to end
Israel’s month-old war with Hizbollah guerrillas was in sight. …
www.sabcnews.com/world/north_america/0,2172,132854,00.html

Outside View: UN force in Lebanon? Yes, but
Monsters and Critics.com – Glasgow,UK
… are facing as they draw up the draft resolution aimed at stopping the
fighting between Israel and Hezbollah is the kind of force to deploy in
south Lebanon. …
news.monstersandcritics.com/middleeast/article_11894
31.php/Outside_View_U.N._force_in_Lebanon_Yes_but

LEBANON: Russia proposes 72-hour humanitarian truce
Reuters AlertNet – London,England,UK
NEW YORK, 11 August (IRIN) – In an effort to push the parties working on
the current United Nations Security Council draft on Lebanon to come to
a conclusion …
www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/3ae68dd5c9d690f0ebbf1ab4508a2c3a.htm

Arab bourses rebound on news of Lebanon diplomatic moves
Monsters and Critics.com – Glasgow,UK
… markets improved this week on news of an imminent UN Security Council
resolution seeking a halt to the month-old hostilities in Lebanon, financial
analysts …
news.monstersandcritics.com/business/article_1189361.php/A
rab_bourses_rebound_on_news_of_Lebanon_diplomatic_moves

Lebanon: the view from Syria
Open Democracy – London,UK
The war in Lebanon has taken over life in Syria. It’s everywhere. …
The education system and the media in Syria nourish and reinforce such
views. …
www.opendemocracy.net/conflict-middle_east_politics/syria_hizbollah_3812.jsp

“Syria has violated international law” – Amnesty International
British Ahwazi Friendship Society – London,UK
Amnesty International has issued a statement claiming that Syria violated
international law by deporting five Ahwazis, most of them refugees, to
Iran in May. …
www.ahwaz.org.uk/2006/08/syria-has-violated-international-law.html

LEBANON: INTINI, NO OTHER ROAD THAN DIPLOMATIC AGREEMENT
Agenzia Giornalistica Italia – Italy
11 – There is no other road than a diplomatic agreement that find consensus
of the two parts: Lebanon and the Arab World on one side, Israel on the
other. …
www.agi.it/english/news.pl?doc=200608112052-1269-R
T1-CRO-0-NF82&page=0&id=agionline-eng.italyonline

Beckett hails Lebanon breakthrough
Guardian Unlimited – UK
Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett hailed the prospects of a end to the
month-long Lebanon crisis after a draft UN resolution was finally agreed.

www.guardian.co.uk/uklatest/story/0,,-6009627,00.html

Israel expands offensive in Lebanon
Houston Chronicle – United States
JERUSALEM — Israel began an expanded ground offensive Friday in southern
Lebanon after expressing dissatisfaction over an emerging cease-fire deal

www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/world/4110959.html

UN Lebanon resolution progressing slowly
ABC Online – Australia
MAXINE McKEW: As the conflict between Israel and Lebanon enters its 31st
day, there would appear to be no end in sight to the violence and destruction
being …
www.abc.net.au/lateline/content/2006/s1713323.htm

Lebanon sees major progress in talks with US
Khaleej Times – Dubai,United Arab Emirates
… As the diplomacy continued, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert ordered
the Israeli army to expand its ground offensive into Lebanon, citing a
lack of progress …
www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/middlee
ast/2006/August/middleeast_August304.xml&section=middleeast

Israel attacks convoy fleeing south Lebanon
Reuters – USA
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Israeli aircraft fired rockets at a convoy of hundreds
of cars carrying people fleeing south Lebanon on Friday, killing at least
six people …
today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2006-
08-11T210638Z_01_L11459020_RTRUKOC_0_US-MIDEAST-SOUTH.xml&
WTmodLoc=NewsHome-C3-worldNews-3

Plan would put 15,000 UN troops in Lebanon
Houston Chronicle – United States
… fighting between Israel and Hezbollah, and authorizes the deployment
of 15,000 UN peacekeepers to help Lebanese troops take control of south
Lebanon as Israel …
www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/world/4111575.html

Food running out in south Lebanon
Reuters – USA
TYRE, Lebanon (Reuters) – The mayor of Tyre said the port city could run
out of food in two days and humanitarian agencies tried to get aid to
an estimated …
today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2006-08-1
1T192554Z_01_L11420787_RTRUKOC_0_US-MIDEAST-LEBANON-AID.xml&archived=False

Lebanon text finished
International Herald Tribune – France
UNITED NATIONS, New York Ambassadors negotiating a resolution to halt the
fighting in Lebanon said Friday that they had reached agreement on a final
text. …
www.iht.com/articles/2006/08/11/news/nations.php

Text of draft UN resolution on Lebanon war
Reuters AlertNet – London,England,UK
… 2. Upon full cessation of hostilities, calls upon the government of
Lebanon and UNIFIL (The UN Interim Force in Lebanon) as authorized by
paragraph 11 to …
www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N11173073.htm

US and France agree on UN Lebanon vote
Financial Times – London,England,UK
The United States and France reached agreement yesterday on proposals to
halt the fighting in Lebanon even as Israel ordered a big new push against
Hizbollah …
www.ft.com/cms/s/61ae5bc4-296f-11db-9dcc-0000779e2340.html

Syria not aiding Hezbollah, says ambassador
Xinhua – China
MOSCOW, Aug. 10 (Xinhua) — Syria’s ambassador to Russia rejected on Thursday
claims that Damascus is aiding Hezbollah by supplying it with weapons.

news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-08/11/content_4947446.htm

Stuck in Lebanon
Khaleej Times – Dubai,United Arab Emirates
WHAT exactly is Israel trying to achieve in Lebanon? The Israeli … indefinitely.
So what is that Israel wants to achieve in Lebanon? Israel …
www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/edit
orial/2006/August/editorial_August22.xml&section=editorial&col=

Israeli bombs kill 11 in Lebanon
Washington Post – United States
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Israeli air raids killed 11 people in north Lebanon
on Friday as the United States and France strove to clinch a draft UN
resolution to end …
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/11/AR2006081100058.html

Israel delays its push into Lebanon as talks continue
Detroit Free Press – United States
… Israel offered the United Nations more time Thursday to negotiate an
end to fighting with Hizballah before sending troops deeper into Lebanon.

www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060811/NEWS07/608110373/1009

Claims desk for OFWs from Lebanon set up
INQ7.net – Philippines
ALTHOUGH it has yet to receive claims for unpaid back wages from domestic
helpers who have returned from Lebanon, the labor department on Friday
said it has …
newsinfo.inq7.net/breakingnews/nation/view_article.php?article_id=14761

Hezbollah enmeshed Lebanon’s social fabric
Houston Chronicle – United States
BEIRUT, Lebanon — In bombed-out southern villages and refugee-filled
schools across the country, Hezbollah supporters go door to door, checking
if people …
www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/world/4110088.html

Russia calls for 72-hour truce in Lebanon
The Australian – Sydney,Australia
RUSSIA today called for a UN Security Council resolution demanding a 72-hour
humanitarian truce in the Lebanon war as a US-French settlement plan had
failed to …
www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,20092769%255E2703,00.html

Feature: Lebanese refugees in Syria long for returning home
People’s Daily Online – Beijing,China
… Up to one million people, or a quarter of the Lebanese population,
have been displaced and around 140,000 have sought asylum in Syria.
english.people.com.cn/200608/11/eng20060811_291961.html

Ojeda of Chili Solidifies with Syria and Lebanon
SANA – Syrian Arab News Agency – Damascus,Syria
… SANA) – Chairman of the Syrian-Chili Friendship Parliamentary Association
Sergio Ojeda showed on Thursday solidarity and gave support to Syria against
what …
www.sana.org/eng/22/2006/08/11/56695.htm

Talking to Syria [John Derbyshire]
National Review Online Blogs – New York,NY,USA
I retailed Tom Friedman’s story about trying to get Syria on side for Gulf
War 1, traveling with James Baker to Damascus 14 times, coming home each
time to …
corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=ZmI5YjViNGZjZjUxYmJhOGE4ZjQwYzExMDIwNDdjMTY=

Syria hands over Iran-born Dutch activist to Iran
IranMania News – Iran
LONDON, August 11 (IranMania) – Syria handed over in May to Tehran a Dutch
citizen of Iranian origin, whose whereabouts have been unknown for almost
three …
www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=44965&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs

France and US narrow gap on Lebanon
International Herald Tribune – France
WASHINGTON The United States and France narrowed their differences Thursday
on a draft resolution on the Lebanon crisis, diplomats said, and the French
foreign …
www.iht.com/articles/2006/08/10/news/nations.php

SWC: Investigate Lebanon for war crimes
Jerusalem Post – Israel
The Simon Wiesenthal Center on Thursday called on the UN Human Rights Council
to investigate the negligence and complicity of Lebanon in the commission
of war …
www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1154525850
270&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

US and France narrow gap on Lebanon truce
Swissinfo – Switzerland
… The key obstacle was the timetable for Israel’s withdrawal from a narrow
strip of southern Lebanon. France, backing Lebanon, wants …
www.swissinfo.org/eng/international/ticker/detail/U_S_and_France_narrow_
gap_on_Lebanon_truce.html?siteSect=143&sid=6964275&cKey=1155240505000

Diplomats heighten talks on ending Lebanon fighting (Roundup)
Monsters and Critics.com – Glasgow,UK
… and American negotiators Thursday appeared to have narrowed down differences
over a draft resolution on ending the conflict in Lebanon, prompting optimism
that …
news.monstersandcritics.com/middleeast/article_1189163.php/
Diplomats_heighten_talks_on_ending_Lebanon_fighting__Roundup_

Israeli left divided over Lebanon clashes
Christian Science Monitor – Boston,MA,USA
… Israel’s Security Cabinet approved Wednesday an expanded ground operation
in south Lebanon, but has put it off to give the international community
time to …
www.csmonitor.com/2006/0811/p07s02-wome.html

Blair sees Lebanon agreement ‘within hours’
Independent Online – Cape Town,South Africa
… an agreement could be reached at the United Nations Security Council
over the next 24 hours on a ceasefire resolution for the conflict in Lebanon,
a Downing …
www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=3&art_id=qw1155241983402B253

Hopes rise for Lebanon deal at UN
BBC Bulgaria – Bulgaria
There are signs of progress at the UN on a Security Council resolution
calling for an end to the conflict in Lebanon between Hezbollah and Israel.

news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/1.0/-/1/hi/world/middle_east/4782235.stm

Acting for Lebanon
Al-Ahram Weekly – Cairo,Egypt
Egyptian solidarity with Lebanon reached a peak this week. Inflamed by
Israel’s savage massacres of civilians in Qana and other …
weekly.ahram.org.eg/2006/807/re52.htm

Lebanon gripped by anti-American sentiment
San Jose Mercury News – CA, USA
BEIRUT, Lebanon – In trendy central Beirut, a large banner looms over the
now nearly empty streets of downtown: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
stares …
www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/world/15244878.htm

UN Secretary-General Expects Resolution on Lebanon Soon
Voice of America – USA
… continuing intense negotiations to agree on a joint resolution to present
to the UN Security Council, aimed at a truce between Israel and Hezbollah
in Lebanon. …
voanews.com/english/2006-08-10-voa62.cfm

Paris expecting agreement on Lebanon resolution ‘any moment’
Monsters and Critics.com – Glasgow,UK
… France was expecting an agreement ‘any moment’ on the planned United
Nations Security Council resolution to end the current crisis in Lebanon,
Foreign Minister …
news.monstersandcritics.com/middleeast/article_1189135.php/P
aris_expecting_agreement_on_Lebanon_resolution_any_moment

At War with Syria and Iran: The Neo-Cons May Get Their Wish
Foreign Policy In Focus – USA
… the same group of neo-conservatives including William Kristol, Richard
Perle and Charles Krauthhammer are pushing for Israel/US go to war with
Syria and Iran. …
fpif.org/fpiftxt/3422

443 Bangladeshis arrive in Syria from Lebanon
The Daily Star – Dhaka,Bangladesh
At least 443 Bangladeshis arrived in Syrian capital Damascus yesterday
evening under the supervision of International Organization for Migration
(IOM) on their …
www.thedailystar.net/2006/08/11/d60811013120.htm

War in Lebanon: Pros and Cons of Talking with Syria
Voice of America – USA
… in Lebanon entering it fifth week, some Middle East specialists and
former policymakers are calling for the US administration to talk with
Syria about reining …
www.voanews.com/english/NewsAnalysis/2006-08-10-voa36.cfm

  

  

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