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Date: 30 July 2006

Families struggle to stay together while fleeing violence in …
San Jose Mercury News – CA, USA
TYRE, Lebanon – When Israeli airstrikes tore through the lemon orchards
and potato patches of Mansouri, a village near Lebanon’s border with Israel,
the …
www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/world/15154157.htm

Israeli strike shuts key Lebanon-Syria border point
Malaysia Star – Malaysia
BEIRUT (Reuters) – An Israeli air strike closed Lebanon’s main crossing
point to Syria on Saturday for the first time since the start of the war
between Israel …
thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2006/7/30/worldupdates/2006-0
7-30T040046Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_-261620-2&sec=Worldupdates

Lebanon peacekeeping deal ‘possible in days’
ABC Online – Australia
British Prime Minister Tony Blair says he believes it is possible to get
agreement on a peacekeeping force for Lebanon within days and that this
could clear …
www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200607/s1700666.htm

Rice, Olmert discuss deployment of int’l force in Lebanon
Xinhua – China
… Condoleezza Rice and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert discussed on
Saturday night the deployment of a multinational force in southern Lebanon,
local media …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-07/30/content_4894133.htm

Israel-Lebanon fighting leads Arab media
Seattle Post Intelligencer – USA
… each other as well as the United States. “In Lebanon, the case is completely
different. We have a peaceful unarmed people, who are …
seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1107AP_Mideast_Fighting_Arab_Media.html

ANALYSIS: Israel’s options are limited in the Lebanon operation
Ha’aretz – Tel Aviv,Israel
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is the figure leading the strategy
of changing the situation in Lebanon, not Prime Minister Ehud Olmert or
Defense …
www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/744043.html

Rice back in Israel for talks on Lebanon crisis
Xinhua – China
… of State Condoleezza Rice arrived in Israel on Saturday, with hope
to achieve an early end to the violence between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah
guerrillas. …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-07/29/content_4893812.htm

Blair says Lebanon force agreement possible in days
Reuters.uk – UK
… FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Prime Minister Tony Blair said on Saturday he
believed it was possible to get agreement on a peacekeeping force for
Lebanon within days …
today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=200
6-07-29T212438Z_01_N29215977_RTRUKOC_0_UK-MIDEAST-BLAIR.xml

The old enemies are uniting over Lebanon
Telegraph.co.uk – United Kingdom
… The war in southern Lebanon, however, is shaking the familiar mosaic
of alliances and divisions throughout the region, involving as it does
Israel – the one …
www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2006/
07/30/do3004.xml&sSheet=/opinion/2006/07/30/ixopinion.html

Fuel spill off Lebanon ‘catastrophic’
TVNZ – New Zealand
… too. Israeli forces bombed the tanks at the power station on July 14
and July 15, a few days into their offensive on Lebanon. Lebanese …
tvnz.co.nz/view/page/411319/798972

Chirac says no UN force in Lebanon until ceasefire
Reuters AlertNet – London,England,UK
PARIS, July 29 (Reuters) – An international force under the mandate of
the United Nations should not be sent to Lebanon until there is a ceasefire
accompanied …
www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L29562748.htm

Israelis edge closer to war with Syria
Telegraph.co.uk – United Kingdom
Israel and Syria appeared to be edging closer to direct military confrontation
last night after tit-for-tat attacks around the Lebanese border and the
…
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/07/30/wmid130.xml

Syria denounces call for international force in Lebanon
Peninsula On-line – Qatar
DAMASCUS • Syria yesterday slammed US-backed proposals for the deployment
of a multinational force in southern Lebanon, saying it would be “an
occupation …
www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/Display_news.asp?section=World_News&subsection=
Gulf%2C+Middle+East+%26+Africa&month=July2006&file=World_News2006073035534.xml

Ninety Missiles Over Sabbath, IAF Bombs Syria-Lebanon Border
Arutz Sheva – Israel
… He also denied that Iran and Syria were providing aid to Hizbullah.
Despite a specific threat by Syria to stay away from its border …
www.israelnationalnews.com/news.php3?id=108652

No Help From Syria, Iran: Nasrallah
Arab News – Jeddah,Saudi Arabia
BEIRUT, 30 July 2006 — Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah yesterday emphasized
that Syria and Iran were not providing any military support to his movement
in …
www.arabnews.com/?page=4&section=0&article=83038&d=30&m=7&y=2006

Greece sends more aid to war-torn Lebanon
People’s Daily Online – Beijing,China
Greece sent a fresh consignment of humanitarian aid to war-torn Lebanon
on Saturday, the foreign ministry said in a statement. An …
english.people.com.cn/200607/30/eng20060730_288127.html

Iran Is Bush’s Target in Lebanon
Los Angeles Times – CA,USA
… WASHINGTON — To President Bush, the conflict in Lebanon is more than
a campaign by Israel to protect its citizens from Hezbollah missiles.
…
www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-usmide
ast30jul30,0,5289218.story?coll=la-home-headlines

Rice, PM discuss French force in south Lebanon
Ha’aretz – Tel Aviv,Israel
… night for the start of another round of shuttle diplomacy between Jerusalem
and Beirut, aiming to push a diplomatic solution for ending the war in
Lebanon. …
www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/744083.html

Rice pressing for Israel-Lebanon deal to end war
Malaysia Star – Malaysia
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will press
Israel and Lebanon on Sunday to strike a deal on an international force
to end a 19-day …
thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2006/7/30/worldupdates/2006
-07-30T095519Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_-261628-2&sec=Worldupdates

France presents UNSC resolution on Lebanon crisis
Jerusalem Post – Israel
… members on Saturday would call for an immediate halt to fighting between
Israel and Hizbullah and seek a wide new buffer zone in south Lebanon
monitored by …
www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=115329202
9875&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Australia offers ‘very limited’ forces to Lebanon
Jerusalem Post – Israel
The United States has asked Australia to contribute troops to a proposed
peacekeeping force in war-torn Lebanon, but any Australian contingent
would be “very …
www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=115329
2029667&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

US aims to present Lebanon truce on Wednesday
Jerusalem Post – Israel
The US will attempt to reach a deal on a cease-fire in Lebanon and the
deployment of a multinational force in Lebanon and present it at the UN
Security Council …
www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=115329202
8810&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Blair talks to Bush, Chirac on Lebanon peace force
Reuters – USA
… Blair said earlier on Saturday he believed it was possible to reach
agreement on a peacekeeping force for Lebanon within days, possibly paving
the way for a …
today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2006
-07-30T030534Z_01_N29215977_RTRUKOC_0_US-MIDEAST-BLAIR.xml&archived=False

Protesters mob Australian PM over crisis in Lebanon
Taipei Times – Taiwan
Violent scuffles broke out between police and pro-Lebanon protesters who
mobbed Australia’s prime minister yesterday demanding more government
action to bring …
www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2006/07/30/2003321046

Two Indian soldiers wounded in Lebanon
Times of India – India
JERUSALEM: Two Indian soldiers participating in the United Nations Interim
Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) were wounded in an Israeli Air Force operation
when a bomb …
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1823682.cms

516 Reported Killed in Lebanon, Israel
Washington Post – United States
— At least 516 people have been reported killed in Lebanon and Israel
since fighting broke out July 12 between Israeli forces and Hezbollah
guerrillas. …
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/29/AR2006072901175.html

Analysis: Syria is the key for a successful agreement
Jerusalem Post – Israel
… The key for all these goals is Syria. Syria, despite the fact that
its forces have left Lebanon recently, is the influential and leading
power in Lebanon. …
www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1153292
028866&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Israeli bombing cuts off link route to Syria
DailyIndia.com – Niskayuna,NY,USA
… July 30 (DPA) Israeli planes renewed air strikes early Sunday on the
Masnaa area, bombing the main road to the border region with Syria, Lebanese
security …
www.dailyindia.com/show/46864.php/Israeli_bombing_cuts_off_link_route_to_Syria

Syria-Lebanon border crossing hit
Aljazeera.net – Qatar
An Israeli missile strike has hit the main Lebanese border crossing into
Syria, forcing its closure for the first time in the 18-day-old conflict.
…
english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/FE0DCDB1-D8B1-445E-893A-5FA322DD38D5.htm

Egyptian FM to visit Syria amid continuous Lebanon crisis
People’s Daily Online – Beijing,China
Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit will kick off a visit to Syria
on Sunday for talks with Syrian officials on means to reach an immediate
ceasefire …
english.people.com.cn/200607/30/eng20060730_288129.html

Australian Contribution to Lebanon Peacekeepers to Be Limited
Bloomberg – USA
… international peacekeeping force that’s being formed to help end the
military conflict between Israel and the Hezbollah fighters in Lebanon,
Foreign Minister …
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aWxhkfdTMHT8&refer=home

Israel makes new incursion into Lebanon
NEWS.com.au – Australia
ISRAELI forces made a new incursion into Lebanon today and were engaged
in fierce battles with Hezbollah guerrillas in the south-eastern border
area, Lebanese …
www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,19960617-1702,00.html

Lebanon refugees trapped between bombs and poverty
Scotsman – United Kingdom
NABATIYEH, Lebanon (Reuters) – Zahra Mohammed lost a child to measles in
1982 because she could not reach a doctor during the Israeli invasion
of Lebanon. …
news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=1105962006

Israel says in no rush for Lebanon ceasefire
Reuters AlertNet – London,England,UK
JERUSALEM, July 30 (Reuters) – Israel is in no hurry to strike a ceasefire
that would end fighting in Lebanon, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on
Sunday. …
www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L30864870.htm

Israel strike kills 35 civilians in south Lebanon
Washington Post – United States
QANA, Lebanon (Reuters) – An Israeli air strike on a south Lebanon village
on Sunday killed at least 35 civilians, including 21 children, witnesses
and rescue …
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/30/AR2006073000040.html

Displaced in Lebanon find it increasingly hard to meet food needs
AME Info – United Arab Emirates
With the crisis in Lebanon escalating, the United Nations World Food Programme
said today that hundreds of thousands of displaced people are finding
it …
www.ameinfo.com/92665.html

Rice holds talks with Israeli FM on Lebanon crisis
Forbes – USA
… Rice began talks Sunday with Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni as
part of a new round of diplomacy to try to find a way out of the 19-day-old
Lebanon crisis …
www.forbes.com/home/feeds/afx/2006/07/30/afx2913753.html

Many casualties in Lebanon strike
BBC News – UK
… the casualties. The strike comes as Hezbollah militants fight Israeli
forces following a new incursion into southern Lebanon. US …
news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/1.0/-/2/hi/middle_east/5228224.stm

Israel launches new incursion in Lebanon
Independent Online – Cape Town,South Africa
Jerusalem – Israel’s military confirmed that tanks and troops had rolled
into a new section of southern Lebanon on Sunday, describing it as the
latest …
www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=3&art_id=qw1154245140539B253

212 OFWs from Lebanon arriving in RP
INQ7.net – Philippines
SIX batches totaling 212 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) from Lebanon
are scheduled to arrive Sunday, foreign affairs spokesman Gilbert Asuque
has said. …
newsinfo.inq7.net/breakingnews/nation/view_article.php?article_id=12544

US exploiting Lebanon crisis to rein in Syria and Iran
Middle East North Africa Financial Network – Amman,Jordan
… What the US is really seeking to do is implement a plan to rein in
Syria and Iran in the name of what is taking place in Lebanon. …
www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=1093121877

Hill: Efforts in place to find lasting peace in Lebanon
INQ7.net – Philippines
… Secretary of State Christopher Hill on Sunday said international efforts
to broker talks are aiming for a “lasting ceasefire” between Israel and
Lebanon. …
newsinfo.inq7.net/breakingnews/nation/view_article.php?article_id=12551

LEBANON: Mass burial of unclaimed bodies in Tyre
Reuters AlertNet – London,England,UK
… The bodies had lain unrecovered for up to ten days in the burned-out
shells of cars, or scattered around the devastated villages of south Lebanon.
…
www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/f63ced0ef6bdd4674221b135ead2898f.htm

Lebanon a no-win for UN troops
Chicago Tribune – United States
NAQOURA, Lebanon — Trapped between a sea full of Israeli gunships and
hills crawling with Hezbollah guerrillas, UN troops hunkered down in bomb
shelters last …
www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-060730
0147jul30,1,868019.story?coll=chi-newsnationworld-hed

LEBANON: ICRC delivers food aid to eastern villages
Reuters AlertNet – London,England,UK
TYRE, 30 July (IRIN) – Villagers in south Lebanon have received a much-needed
load of food aid from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC),
but …
www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/7e76a1970f81be550f5fefcc2a74b89e.htm

Death toll from Israel offensive hits 750: Lebanon
SABC News – Auckland Park,South Africa
The death toll from Israel’s 19-day offensive against Lebanon has risen
to around 750, the Lebanese health minister said today. …
www.sabcnews.com/world/the_middle_east/0,2172,132168,00.html

What if Lebanon’s army joins Hizbullah?
Jerusalem Post – Israel
As Israeli ground forces cross over into Lebanon in an effort to destroy
Hizbullah’s capacity to fire rockets and missiles at Israeli civilians,
the president …
www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1153292028924&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull

Lebanon Cancels Talks With Rice Following Israeli Strike That …
Voice of America – USA
… least 50 Lebanese civilians. Israeli officials say they are in no rush
to reach a cease-fire in Lebanon. The Israeli air strike …
www.voanews.com/english/2006-07-30-voa9.cfm

Dozens killed in Lebanon air raid
BBC Bulgaria – Bulgaria
… The US secretary of state has cancelled a visit to Lebanon as its prime
minister says he will only discuss a full and immediate ceasefire. …
news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/1.0/-/1/hi/world/middle_east/5228224.stm

80 more Filipinos home from Lebanon
ABS CBN News – Philippines
Eighty overseas Filipino workers from Lebanon arrived Sunday in Manila,
the latest evacuees to be repatriated from the strife-torn country, the
Department of …
www.abs-cbnnews.com/topofthehour.aspx?StoryId=45946

IDF prepared for attack by Syria
Jerusalem Post – Israel
While Israel is not interested in opening a front against Syria, if President
Bashar Assad decides to attack Israel, the IDF will respond harshly and
with its …
www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=115329203296
4&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Two words sum up crisis: Syria, Iran
The Free Lance-Star – Fredericksburg,VA,USA
… powers that foment violence, destruction, and hate by supporting and
encouraging various extremist groups to advance their agendas, to wit:
Iran and Syria. …
fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2006/072006/07302006/209096

Lebanon calls for emergency Security Council meet
Daily News & Analysis – Mumbai,India
BEIRUT: Lebanon’s Prime Minister Fouad Siniora called UN Secretary-General
Kofi Annan on Sunday and demanded an emergency Security Council meeting
after an …
www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1044520

Cleric praises warriors for Lebanon
The Age – Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
… There were chants of “Hezbollah, Hezbollah” from the demonstrators,
who were calling for a ceasefire and an end to Israeli attacks in both
Lebanon and Gaza. …
www.theage.com.au/news/national/cleric-praises
-warriors-for-lebanon/2006/07/30/1154198012857.html

Lebanon’s unlikely leader
San Francisco Chronicle – CA, USA
(07-30) 04:00 PDT Tyre, Lebanon — As the war in Lebanon grinds on into
its third week … Saniora is an unlikely man to lead Lebanon through
this crisis. …
www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2006/07/30/INGA0K5COQ1.DTL

FACTBOX-Details of aid to Lebanon
Reuters AlertNet – London,England,UK
… UNITED NATIONS – Jan Egeland, UN emergency relief coordinator announced
launch of “Flash Appeal for Lebanon” to collect $150 million in humanitarian
aid. …
www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L30832830.htm

UN to hold Lebanon crisis talks
BBC News – UK
The session, scheduled for 1500GMT on Sunday, was announced as France circulated
a draft resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Lebanon. …
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5229058.stm

750 killed in Israeli offensive on Lebanon
Daily News & Analysis – Mumbai,India
BEIRUT: Seven hundred and fifty people have been killed, mostly civilians,
and more than 2,000 wounded in Lebanon since Israel launched its air,
sea and land …
www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1044527

Israeli raid kills 54 in Lebanon
NDTV.com – New Delhi,India
The strike comes as the Shia militia fights Israeli forces following a
new incursion into southern Lebanon. US Secretary of State …
www.ndtv.com/template/template.asp?template=Lebanoncon
flict&slug=Israeli+raid+kills+54+in+Qana&id=90804&callid=1

Syria’s Assad calls Israel’s Qana attack terrorism
Reuters AlertNet – London,England,UK
… Syria, a main backer of Hizbollah, has been supplying electricity,
fuel and humanitarian aid to Lebanon, whose infrastructure has been targeted
by Israeli …
www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L30795118.htm

House Speaker endorses RP peace team to Lebanon
Sun.Star – Philippines
HOUSE Speaker Jose de Venecia proposed Sunday a small Philippine contingent
for a United Nations-sponsored international peacekeeping force in Southern
Lebanon …
www.sunstar.com.ph/static/man/2006/07/31/news/h
ouse.speaker.endorses.rp.peace.team.to.lebanon.html

Lebanon crisis ‘cannot continue’
BBC News – UK
… continue”. His comments followed the attack in Qana, southern Lebanon,
where more than 54 civilians, at least 34 of them children, died. …
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/5229510.stm

Israeli troops push into Lebanon, fight Hizbollah
Daily News & Analysis – Mumbai,India
BEIRUT: Israeli forces battled Hizbollah fighters in southern Lebanon on
Sunday after the Jewish state crossed the border with tanks and troops,
opening a new …
www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1044600

4 soldiers injured in Lebanon
Ynetnews – Israel
Four soldiers have been injured Sunday by an antitank missile fired in
the al-Tayyiba area in southern Lebanon, west of Metula. …
www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3283798,00.html

WFP says Israel refused OK for Lebanon aid convoy
Reuters AlertNet – London,England,UK
ROME, July 30 (Reuters) – The UN food agency said it cancelled an aid convoy
to southern Lebanon on Sunday because it did not have Israeli authorisation,
but …
www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L30793298.htm

Annan: End the fighting in Lebanon
Jerusalem Post – Israel
… Otherwise, he said, Hizbullah will rise again – “not just against us
and not just against the people of Lebanon, but against the whole region
and civilization …
www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1153292035930&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

India flays Lebanon bombing, calls for truce
Hindustan Times – India
India condemned as ‘outrageous’ Israel’s air strikes on Lebanon on Sunday
which left dozens of people dead and suggested an immediate and unconditional
…
www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1756587,0008.htm

Annan calls for end to fighting in Lebanon
Jerusalem Post – Israel
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Sunday repeated his call for an immediate
halt to violence between Israel and Hizbullah, condemning an IAF air strike
that …
www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1153292035677&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

US: Agreement to end Lebanon fighting near
Jerusalem Post – Israel
… House’s position that Israel had the right to defend itself and contended
on Sunday that an agreement was near on ending the fighting that has ravaged
Lebanon. …
www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1153292035233&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

LEBANON: Qana massacre provokes crowd attack on UN building
Reuters AlertNet – London,England,UK
… centre of the capital was brought to a standstill as more than 2,000
demonstrators gathered outside UN House to protest against the Israeli
offensive in Lebanon …
www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/b6403a0e416622efbf60443954294231.htm

Crossfire War – Syria Shoots Down Israeli Drone to Protect Weapons …
NewsBlaze – Folsom,CA,USA
Night Watch: DAMASCUS – Syria indicated more intentions of becoming directly
involved against Israel when its air defenses shot down an Israeli surveillance
…
newsblaze.com/story/20060729141524payn.nb/newsblaze/OPINIONS/Opinions.html

Syria: US support for Israel no longer justified
Reuters AlertNet – London,England,UK
UNITED NATIONS, July 30 (Reuters) – Syria said on Sunday that the United
States could no longer justify its support for Israeli military action
in Lebanon and …
www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N30455080.htm

LEBANON-SYRIA: Hear Our Voices – “I never thought we would …
Reuters AlertNet – London,England,UK
“I have four children, two boys and two girls. We have become refugees
in Damascus, Syria. I never thought this would happen to me and my family.
…
www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/af91cf634fbd850566d786153ef5b1bb.htm

EU divisions harden on Lebanon options
International Herald Tribune – France
… There is growing skepticism among Europeans about supporting a multi-national
peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon unless there is a durable cease-fire
…
www.iht.com/articles/2006/07/30/news/union.php

Jack Straw stands up for Lebanon
Times of India – India
LONDON: The 19-day-old West Asia crisis hit the British capital and Tony
Blair’s cabinet on Sunday with his former foreign secretary leading a
full ministerial …
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1827070.cms

Annan urges Lebanon action ‘now’
BBC News – UK
… Israeli prime minister, Ehud Olmert, has expressed regret at the killing
of civilians in Qana, but said he would not call an end to the bombardment
of Lebanon. …
news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/1.0/-/2/hi/middle_east/5229058.stm

Israel hits Lebanon road at border with Syria
Reuters AlertNet – London,England,UK
BEIRUT, July 30 (Reuters) – An Israeli air strike hit Lebanon’s road to
Damascus at the border with Syria for a second consecutive night on Sunday,
witnesses …
www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L30233156.htm

Iraqi Cleric Demands Cease-Fire in Lebanon
Guardian Unlimited – UK
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) – Iraq’s top Shiite cleric demanded an immediate cease-fire
in Lebanon, warning Sunday that the Muslim world will ``not forgive’’
nations …
www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-5983528,00.html

ICRC Press release No.06/83 – Lebanon
Reuters AlertNet – London,England,UK
Geneva (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is
alarmed by the increasing number of civilian casualties resulting from
the ongoing armed …
www.alertnet.org/thenews/fromthefield/220224/115428131854.htm

Rice calls of Lebanon trip, returns to US today
Financial Express – Bombay,India
JERUSALEM, JULY 30: US secretary of state Condoleezza Rice called off a
trip to Lebanon after Israel bombed a village there on Sunday, but she
stopped short of …
www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=135776

Syria. No to “International Force” Zionist Proxy for Lebanon
Kavkaz Center – Istanbul,Turkey
Syria on Saturday slammed Rice’s call for an international force to pacify
southern Lebanon as an occupation force that would do the Zionist regime’s
job. …
kavkazcenter.com/eng/content/2006/07/30/5135.shtml

Iran Is Bush’s Target in Lebanon
Los Angeles Times – CA,USA
… WASHINGTON — To President Bush, the conflict in Lebanon is more than
a campaign by Israel to protect its citizens from Hezbollah missiles.
…
www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-usm
ideast30jul30,0,5289218.story?coll=la-home-headlines

Blair talks to Bush, Chirac on Lebanon peace force
Reuters – USA
… Blair said earlier on Saturday he believed it was possible to reach
agreement on a peacekeeping force for Lebanon within days, possibly paving
the way for a …
today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=
2006-07-30T030534Z_01_N29215977_RTRUKOC_0_US-MIDEAST-BLAIR.xml&archived=False

Israeli strike shuts key Lebanon-Syria border point
Malaysia Star – Malaysia
BEIRUT (Reuters) – An Israeli air strike closed Lebanon’s main crossing
point to Syria on Saturday for the first time since the start of the war
between Israel …
thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2006/7/30/worldupdates/2006-
07-30T040046Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_-261620-2&sec=Worldupdates

ANALYSIS: Israel’s options are limited in the Lebanon operation
Ha'aretz – Tel Aviv,Israel
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is the figure leading the strategy
of changing the situation in Lebanon, not Prime Minister Ehud Olmert or
Defense …
www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/744043.html

Blair says Lebanon force agreement possible in days
Reuters.uk – UK
… FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Prime Minister Tony Blair said on Saturday he
believed it was possible to get agreement on a peacekeeping force for
Lebanon within days …
today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=
2006-07-29T212438Z_01_N29215977_RTRUKOC_0_UK-MIDEAST-BLAIR.xml

The old enemies are uniting over Lebanon
Telegraph.co.uk – United Kingdom
… The war in southern Lebanon, however, is shaking the familiar mosaic
of alliances and divisions throughout the region, involving as it does
Israel – the one …
www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2006
/07/30/do3004.xml&sSheet=/opinion/2006/07/30/ixopinion.html

Syria denounces call for international force in Lebanon
Peninsula On-line – Qatar
DAMASCUS • Syria yesterday slammed US-backed proposals for the deployment
of a multinational force in southern Lebanon, saying it would be “an
occupation …
www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/Display_news.asp?section=World_News&subsection
=Gulf%2C+Middle+East+%26+Africa&month=July2006&file=World_News2006073035534.xml

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