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Beirut residents pessimistic over resolution talksAs residents in Beirut woke up again to the sight of more smouldering buildings there is growing… 09/08/06 12:08 CET
Israeli cabinet considers expanding military actionIsrael’s security cabinet is meeting to discuss whether to expand its offensive against Hizbollah… 09/08/06 12:08 CET
Royal family in phone tap scandalBritain’s royal family is once again at the centre of an eavesdropping scandal. Police arrested… 09/08/06 12:08 CET
Beirut battered again after night of bombingThe Lebanese capital’s southern suburbs have once again been pounded by Israeli bombs leaving more… 09/08/06 12:08 CET
ICRC highlights difficulties faced by aid agencies in South LebanonThe work of aid agencies in southern Lebanon has become virtually impossible. Bridges and access… 09/08/06 12:08 CET
Beirut pounded in fresh air strikesThere is still no end in sight to the Middle East crisis. While diplomatic efforts intensify, there… 09/08/06 07:08 CET
Daily ordeal of exiles in a ghost townSix years after the last conflict between Hizbollah and Israel, it looks like history is repeating… 09/08/06 07:08 CET
Hizbollah targets Israeli tanks as residents fleeHizbollah says it has destroyed two Israeli tanks during fierce fighting in Southern Lebanon… 09/08/06 07:08 CET
UN resolution to be amendedA Security Council resolution aimed at ending the Middle East crisis is to be amended. Lebanon… 09/08/06 07:08 CET
Fires blaze trail of destruction in PortugalPortugal remains on high alert today as forest fires continue to rage across the country. Eight… 09/08/06 07:08 CET
Slow progress in Lebanon diplomacy effortsThe diplomatic process to try to stop the fighting in the Middle East grinds slowly on. … 09/08/06 06:08 CET
Israel opts to widen its ground offensiveAfter a month of inconclusive but devastating fighting, Israel has decided to expand its ground war… 09/08/06 06:08 CET
Spain asks for European help to fight firesSpain has asked other European Union countries for additional planes, helicopters and fire engines… 09/08/06 06:08 CET
Israel warns Lebanese in south to stay put or face attackIsraeli leaflets rained down from the sky warning the inhabitants of Tyre and Sidon to stay put… 09/08/06 06:08 CET
Evacuation of Israel’s Kiryat Shmona pushes onThe Israeli border town of Kiryat Shmona is in the firing line for Hizbollah rockets. Residents… 09/08/06 06:08 CET
