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Date: 18 August 2006

Canada should help Lebanon clean up coastal oil slick, save …
Canada.com – Hamilton,Ontario,Canada
… The Canadian delegation had met with Syria’s foreign minister and other
officials in Damascus before arriving in Beirut. Wrzesnewskyj …
www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=b
0ddc274-f081-4d05-86da-467040df4d75&k=96180

Israel asks Ankara to impose embargo on Iran, Syria
Dünya online – Turkey
Israel is asking for Turkey’s help in blocking weapon shipments from Iran
and Syria to Hezbollah, which it hurt logistically through its offensive
on Lebanon. …
www.dunyagazetesi.com.tr/news_display.asp?upsale_id=275203

Syria Participates in the efforts to combat pollution of the …
SANA – Syrian Arab News Agency – Damascus,Syria
Representatives from Syria, Greece , Turkey , and the European Union yesterday
discussed in Athens ways to fight the pollution resulted from the oil
spot that …
www.sana.org/eng/22/2006/08/18/58748.htm

Arab Media Accuses Iran and Syria of Direct Involvement in Lebanon …
Iran Press Service – Paris,France
… democracy groups in Lebanon, known as the “Forces of 14 March”
went into attack against what they call “a coup” by the Iran and Syria-backed
Hezbollah …
www.iran-press-service.com/ips/articles-2006/august2006/arab_media_19806.shtml

UN says most Lebanese returning home
Houston Chronicle – United States
… Most of the people who fled fighting in southern Lebanon between Hezbollah
and Israel are returning home from shelters in Lebanon and Syria, UN officials
said …
www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/world/4126162.html

FM Gul to visit Palestine, Israel and Syria
Zaman Online – Istanbul,Turkey
By Cihan News Agency. Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul is expected
to go to Palestine during his visit to Israel where he will …
www.zaman.com/?bl=hotnews&alt=&trh=20060818&hn=35770

Lebanon facing humanitarian crisis
Guardian Unlimited – UK
Lebanon is facing a humanitarian emergency as more than 650,000 refugees
pour back into the south from less ravaged parts of the country and from
Syria. …
www.guardian.co.uk/syria/story/0,,1853534,00.html

Germany’s Steinmeier Seeks `Strong’ Offshore Role in Lebanon
Bloomberg – USA
18 (Bloomberg) — Germany aims to make a ``strong’’ contribution to sustaining
a cease-fire in Lebanon, focusing on off-shore aid and military support
from the …
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601100&sid=as6Lbp2ExSVw&refer=germany

Lebanon survives treacherous journey to world basketball …
CBC News – Canada
SENDAI, Japan (AP) – Lebanon’s American-born coach Paul Coughter has taken
a lot of trips in his life but none like the journey he and his players
endured to …
www.cbc.ca/cp/nba/060818/v081812.html

LEBANON: FASSINO, CRITICISM OF D’ALEMA FOR ULTERIOR MOTIVES
Agenzia Giornalistica Italia – Italy
… is once again speaking on, defining as “exploitive” the criticism over
the past few days of Foreign Minster Massimo D’Alema for his visit in
Lebanon, where he …
www.agi.it/english/news.pl?doc=200608181850-11
95-RT1-CRO-0-NF51&page=0&id=agionline-eng.arab

Pinoys a no-show in Lebanon pick-up area
Sun.Star – Philippines
Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) staying and working in Sidon, a city in
the southern part of Lebanon, failed to show up at the designated collection
center in …
www.sunstar.com.ph/static/man/2006/08/19/new
s/pinoys.a.no.show.in.lebanon.pick.up.area.html

Qana buries its dead after Lebanon conflict
Euronews.net – Lyon,France
More than 200 people have been buried in mass funerals in southern Lebanon
today. Some 5,000 mourners gathered in Qana, where an …
euronews.net/create_html.php?page=detail_info&article=375584&lng=1

LEBANON: Gradual lifting of Israeli blockade
Reuters AlertNet – London,England,UK
BEIRUT, 18 August (IRIN) – It has yet to lift its blockade of Lebanon,
but Israel has eased restrictions on the passage of ships carrying food
and other …
www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/d0
66ec07f074b3d786104b998c656bc7.htm

Italian cabinet approves peace force for Lebanon
Swissinfo – Switzerland
ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s government on Friday approved sending troops to
Lebanon and the defence minister said his country might eventually lead
a UN force …
www.swissinfo.org/eng/international/ticker/detail/Italian_cabinet_approves_
peace_force_for_Lebanon.html?siteSect=143&sid=6984779&cKey=1155919978000

France Will Limit Peace-Keeping Troops Sent to Lebanon
Los Angeles Times – CA,USA
By Johanna Neuman, Times Staff Writer. WASHINGTON — President Bush called
on France today to send more troops to a UN peacekeeping force headed
for Lebanon. …
www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-0
81806bush,0,695749.story?coll=la-home-headlines

Bush, Lebanon Seek Greater French Role in UN Force (Update1)
Bloomberg – USA
18 (Bloomberg) — President George W. Bush joined Lebanon today in urging
France to provide more troops to the force of United Nations peacekeepers
that is …
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a.eEvvW9uPc0&refer=home

Lebanon aid appeals: where you can donate
Guardian Unlimited – UK
A fragile truce is holding in southern Lebanon after a month of conflict
between Israel and Hizbullah fighters. Aid agencies have …
www.guardian.co.uk/syria/story/0,,1828541,00.html

Losing Lebanon…again
Jerusalem Post – Israel
… and a victory for all Lebanese citizens, and also all Muslims and Arabs
worldwide,” he says of the outcome of the recent conflict in Lebanon,
explaining that …
www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1154525892
510&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Lebanon Crisis: returns nearly over, refocus on south
Reuters AlertNet – London,England,UK
… in Syria peaked at an estimated 180,000, but by the end of Thursday,
the fourth day of the ceasefire, more than 107,000 had crossed back to
Lebanon on the …
www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/UNHCR
/fe8aa389acaace9e39533796d9ec9105.htm

UN optimistic about Lebanon force
RTE.ie – Ireland
… has said it is cautiously optimistic about meeting the deadline, in
ten days time, to expand an international force to oversee the ceasefire
in southern Lebanon …
www.rte.ie/news/2006/0818/lebanon.html
Resolution on Lebanon: three sides of the same coin
RIA Novosti – Moscow,Russia
MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti political commentator Pyotr Goncharov) – At first
glance, it seems that the UN Security Council resolution on Lebanon merely
binds the …
en.rian.ru/analysis/20060818/52794569.html

Assessing the United Nations After the Lebanon War of 2006
Zaman Online – Istanbul,Turkey
Of course, we all breathe a bit easier with the news of a ceasefire in
Lebanon even if its prospects for stemming the violence altogether are
not favorable at …
www.zaman.com/?bl=commentary&alt=&trh=20060818&hn=35752

Implication of US intervention in Israel-Lebanon conflict
People's Daily Online – Beijing,China
The month-long conflict between Israel and Lebanon finally came to a standstill
on August 14. Israel has decided to accept the UN …
english.people.com.cn/200608/18/eng20060818_294569.html

Sharon legacy battered by Lebanon war
ABC News – USA
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The same day an uneasy truce took effect in the Lebanon
war, doctors treating former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon reported
a sharp …
abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=2328431

UN asks for compromise and quickness in Lebanon deployment
EiTB – Euskadi,Spain
The United Nations got pledges on Thursday of 3,500 troops for an expanded
UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon, but it was unclear whether the soldiers
…
www.eitb24.com/portal/eitb24/noticia/en/international-news/internationa
l-mission-u-n—asks-for-compromise-and-quickness-in-l?itemId=B24_4
841&cl=%2Feitb24%2Finternacional&idioma=en

Flights between Jordan and Lebanon resume
People’s Daily Online – Beijing,China
… Middle East Airlines (MEA) arrived in Beirut from Amman with 149 passengers
on Thursday, the first since Israel imposed an air blockade on Lebanon
nearly five …
english.people.com.cn/200608/18/eng20060818_294573.html

Italy to Send Peacekeepers to Lebanon
Washington Post – United States
ROME — Italy’s government on Friday formally agreed to send peacekeeping
troops to Lebanon, though Premier Romano Prodi said the number of soldiers
hadn’t yet …
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/18/AR2006081800167.html

Syria to form its own “Hezbollah”
Questions and Observations – USA
Under the “hey it worked for them” department, Syria is now forming its
own version of Hezbollah with which to contest the Golan Heights. …
www.qando.net/details.aspx?Entry=4435

Laborites slam Defense Minister for supporting talks with Syria
Ha'aretz – Tel Aviv,Israel
Senior Labor members are criticizing their party leader, Defense Minister
Amir Peretz, for advocating talks with Syria. Peretz called …
www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/751918.html

Germany still open to talks with Syria on Lebanon
Jerusalem Post – Israel
Germany is still open to talks with Syria on solving the crisis in Lebanon,
the foreign minister said Thursday, despite a dispute over a controversial
speech …
www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=115452589
5692&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

EU wants leading role in Lebanon reconstruction
Jerusalem Post – Israel
The European Union on Friday vowed to be a driving force in the reconstruction
of war-shattered Lebanon, saying it has credibility from all sides of
the …
www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1154525901
139&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

LEBANON: PISANU, WE MAINTAIN ADHESION BUT FIRST GUARANTEES
Agenzia Giornalistica Italia – Italy
18 – Forza Italia maintains its support for sending Italian soldiers in
southern Lebanon, but first it asked the Prodi government for precise
guarantees on …
www.agi.it/english/news.pl?doc=200608181609-1152
-RT1-CRO-0-NF11&page=0&id=agionline-eng.oggitalia

Iran cleric hopes US learns from Lebanon conflict
Reuters AlertNet – London,England,UK
TEHRAN, Aug 18 (Reuters) – An influential Iranian cleric said on Friday
he hoped the United States would learn from the conflict in Lebanon and
allow Iran’s …
www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/RON838680.htm

War inflicted $3.6 billion damage on Lebanon
Reuters – USA
BEIRUT (Reuters) – A month of Israeli bombardment has inflicted a “disastrous”
$3.6 billion worth of physical damage on Lebanon from which it could take
years …
today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=reutersEdge&storyID=2006-08
-18T114836Z_01_L18829610_RTRUKOC_0_US-MIDEAST-LEBANON-RECONSTRUCTION.xml

Italy cabinet approves peace force to Lebanon
Business Day – Johannesburg,South Africa
ROME – The Italian government formally approved on Friday the deployment
of troops to Lebanon as part of a UN force meant to secure peace between
Israel and …
www.businessday.co.za/articles/world.aspx?ID=BD4A253105

Lebanon Seeks Greater French Role in UN Peacekeeping Force
Bloomberg – USA
18 (Bloomberg) — Lebanon urged France, likely leader of United Nations
peacekeepers on its southern border, to send more of its own troops to
ensure that the …
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=ag8mjtz60dDQ&refer=home

LEBANON: FINI, FOR NOW ONLY WISHES, POLITICALLY USELESS VOTE
Agenzia Giornalistica Italia – Italy
… of the Chamber and the Senate regarding the parliamentarian resolution
which would give the green light to Italy’s participation in the UN mission
in Lebanon. …
www.agi.it/english/news.pl?doc=200608181355-1102-RT
1-CRO-0-NF11&page=0&id=agionline-eng.oggitalia

Former commander warns of UN ‘disaster’ in Lebanon
Times Online – UK
Italy pledged a significant number of troops to the United Nations peacekeeping
force in southern Lebanon today, stepping into the breach after France
pledged …
www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,251-2319047,00.html

Oil spill assistance pledged
Kathimerini – Athens,Greece
… According to UN estimates, the oil slick has polluted more than 140 kilometers of coastline, stretching all the way up to Syria. …
www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_politics_100004_18/08/2006_73267

Let Iran, Syria rebuild Lebanon
Sun-Sentinel.com – Fort Lauderdale,FL,USA
… Hezbollah. Why not let Iran and its willing helper, Syria, rebuild the infrastructure since it controls the minds of the Lebanese people?
…
www.sun-sentinel.com/news/opinion/letters/sfl-pbmail
998aug18,0,6043471.story?coll=sfla-news-letters

Displaced Lebanese in Syria return home
ReliefWeb (press release) – Geneva,Switzerland
Displaced Lebanese in Syria began packing their belongings as soon as the United Nations-sponsored cessation of hostilities went into effect at 08:00 local …
www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/EKOI-6SS5PD?OpenDocument

Syria still waits for a seat at negotiating table
Boston Globe – United States
DAMASCUS — As the war in Lebanon dragged on, Syrian analysts say, government officials here hoped Syria’s isolation would finally end. …
www.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2006/08/1
8/syria_still_waits_for_a_seat_at_negotiating_table

Syria Calls to Treat Causes of Struggle in the Middle East
SANA – Syrian Arab News Agency – Damascus,Syria
… The aim of the Canadian delegation visit is to be briefed on Syria’s view points on the region far away from what is circulated by some world media. …
www.sana.org/eng/21/2006/08/18/58594.htm

Pinoys a no-show in Lebanon pick-up area
Sun.Star – Philippines
Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) staying and working in Sidon, a city in
the southern part of Lebanon, failed to show up at the designated collection
center in …
www.sunstar.com.ph/static/man/2006/08/19/
news/pinoys.a.no.show.in.lebanon.pick.up.area.html

Italian cabinet approves peace force for Lebanon
Swissinfo – Switzerland
ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s government on Friday approved sending troops to
Lebanon and the defence minister said his country might eventually lead
a UN force …
www.swissinfo.org/eng/international/ticker/detail/Italian_cabinet_approves
_peace_force_for_Lebanon.html?siteSect=143&sid=6984779&cKey=1155919978000

UN asks for compromise and quickness in Lebanon deployment
EiTB – Euskadi,Spain
The United Nations got pledges on Thursday of 3,500 troops for an expanded
UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon, but it was unclear whether the soldiers
…
www.eitb24.com/portal/eitb24/noticia/en/international-news/international-m
ission-u-n—asks-for-compromise-and-quickness-in-l?itemId=B24_4841&c
l=%2Feitb24%2Finternacional&idioma=en

LEBANON: PISANU, WE MAINTAIN ADHESION BUT FIRST GUARANTEES
Agenzia Giornalistica Italia – Italy
18 – Forza Italia maintains its support for sending Italian soldiers in
southern Lebanon, but first it asked the Prodi government for precise
guarantees on …
www.agi.it/english/news.pl?doc=200608181609-11
52-RT1-CRO-0-NF11&page=0&id=agionline-eng.oggitalia

War inflicted $3.6 billion damage on Lebanon
Reuters – USA
BEIRUT (Reuters) – A month of Israeli bombardment has inflicted a “disastrous”
$3.6 billion worth of physical damage on Lebanon from which it could take
years …
today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=reutersEdge&storyID=2006
-08-18T114836Z_01_L18829610_RTRUKOC_0_US-MIDEAST-LEBANON-RECONSTRUCTION.xml

Syria still waits for a seat at negotiating table
Boston Globe – United States
DAMASCUS — As the war in Lebanon dragged on, Syrian analysts say, government officials here hoped Syria’s isolation would finally end. …
www.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2006/0
8/18/syria_still_waits_for_a_seat_at_negotiating_table

Syria’s Front for the Liberation of the Golan
Die Welt – Germany
… would be far more than irritating. Syria also wants to start its own
Hizballah to terrorise Israel’s Golan. You’d think the pictures …
www.welt.de/z/plog/blog.php/the_free_west/the_free_wests
_weblog/2006/08/18/syrias_front_for_the_liberation_of_the_golan

Oxfam launches £1m Lebanon Appeal
Guardian Unlimited – UK
Oxfam is launching a £1 million Middle East Crisis Appeal to help fund
humanitarian aid in Lebanon. The organisation’s effort will …
www.guardian.co.uk/uklatest/story/0,,-6023041,00.html

Envoy condemns Israel’s crimes in Lebanon
IranMania News – Iran
… report, Iranian Ambassador to Beirut Mohammad-Reza Sheybani in a meeting
with Lebanese Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh, condemned Israel’s crimes
in Lebanon. …
www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default
.asp?NewsCode=45113&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs

Germany to not send troops to Lebanon
NDTV.com – New Delhi,India
… Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday that Germany would not send
combat troops as part of the contemplated international peacekeeping force
in Lebanon. …
www.ndtv.com/template/template.asp?template=lebanonconf
lict&slug=Germany+to+not+send+troops+to+Lebanon&id=91698&callid=1

MIDEAST CEASE-FIRE CONTINUES: Lebanon’s army is deployed to south
Detroit Free Press – United States
… A United Nations force is expected to join the troops to patrol southern
Lebanon. … Meanwhile, the area of Lebanon’s border with Israel was in
ruins. …
www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060818/NEWS07/608180379/1009

3,500 troops pledged for expanded UN Lebanon force :: latest
Irish Examiner – Cork,Ireland
The United Nations has received pledges of 3,500 troops for an expanded
peacekeeping force in Lebanon, but it is unclear whether the soldiers
represent the …
www.irishexaminer.com/breaking/story.asp?j=82363252&p=8z363554&n=82363632

Defining Victory in Lebanon
Los Angeles Times – CA,USA
LIKE THE WAR IN LEBANON ITSELF, the war of words over who “won” the bloody
monthlong conflict cries out for a cease-fire. The Bush …
www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-ed-lebano
n18aug18,0,2025948.story?coll=la-opinion-leftrail

UN, others to help in Lebanon oil spill
Seattle Post Intelligencer – USA
PIRAEUS, Greece — UN and maritime agencies promised help to Lebanon Thursday
to clean up an oil slick caused by Israeli bombing during the monthlong
fighting. …
seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1107AP_Mideast_Oil_Spill.html

War in Lebanon gives birth to new Middle East
RIA Novosti – Moscow,Russia
… commentator Marianna Belenkaya) – Israeli and American politicians,
Syrian President Bashar Assad and many Islamic leaders say the war in
Lebanon has changed …
en.rian.ru/analysis/20060818/52784699.html

ANALYSIS: A new ‘Mini-Iran’ is emerging in southern Lebanon
Ha’aretz – Tel Aviv,Israel
By Amos Harel and Avi Issacharoff, Haaretz Correspondents. Thursday was
supposedly a historic day in Lebanon. For the first time …
www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/751917.html

UN Wins Pledges of Soldiers for Peacekeeping Force in Lebanon
Bloomberg – USA
… Nations won pledges from countries, including Bangladesh, Indonesia
and Malaysia, to contribute soldiers to a peacekeeping force in southern
Lebanon that will …
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aDiPPYGvb.E4&refer=home

Government Tries to Retake Lebanon
Los Angeles Times – CA,USA
… KFAR KILA, Lebanon — The government tried to assert its limited authority
across Lebanon on Thursday, reopening the bombed Beirut airport and establishing
…
www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-fg-lebar
my18aug18,1,4977638.story?coll=la-news-a_section

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