Israeli planes bombed Hizbollah strongholds in eastern Lebanon on Monday and there were more clashes on the ground as the U.N. Security Council failed to agree on a draft resolution seeking to end the 27-day-old war. Diplomats from the council's five permanent members -- the United States, China, Russia, Britain and France -- are to meet later on Monday after failing to agree whether to amend a draft a resolution to take account of Lebanon's concerns.Meanwhile, there was no let up in fighting which has killed more than 800 people and both sides vowed to keep on fighting.Israeli jets struck the eastern Bekaa Valley, including the Hizbollah stronghold of Baalbek early on Monday, security sources said....
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 Lebanese network pushes definition of 'reality TV' |
On Lebanon's Al-Manar TV network, the news is all war, all the time.Through 26 days of fighting, Al-Manar, the broadcast voice of Hezbollah, has been the militant Islamic movement's cheerleader and spinmeister. Along the way, it has managed a couple of journalistic scoops.The broadcaster's biggest achievement, though, has been its ability to remain on the air. Its studios and offices in the southern suburbs of Beirut were among the first hit by Israeli warplanes when fighting broke out last month. Al-Manar was back on the air within minutes and quickly shifted its transmissions to secret locations.Before the fighting, programming included soap operas, soccer games, children's shows and other fare, in addition to pro-Hezbollah talk shows and news....
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Editor - 21:19:00 08-06-06
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| Israel Strikes Qana After Rocket Barrage Israel Says It Has Destroyed Hezbollah Rocket Launchers Responsible for Barrage That Killed 15 |
The Israeli army said Sunday it had attacked the Lebanese town of Qana and destroyed the launchers that fired rockets on Haifa. Earlier, Hezbollah guerrillas unleashed their deadliest rocket attack on northern Israel, killing 12 reserve soldiers with a single missile at the Kfar Giladi kibbutz and killing at least three people and wounding dozens more with a barrage that battered Haifa. Israeli warplanes and artillery also pounded Lebanon, causing at least 13 deaths as fighting intensified despite a draft U.N. cease-fire resolution. Loud explosions echoed across Lebanon's capital, Beirut, when Israeli jets fired missiles into its southern suburbs in the afternoon. Hezbollah and its allies rejected the U.S.-French text of the U.N. resolution, saying its terms for a halt in fighting did not address Lebanon's demands a signal that the nearly 4-week-old battle would burn on. ...
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Editor - 14:04:00 08-06-06
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| Italy won’t release documents in CIA case Military intelligence chief cites ‘state secrets’ for holding records |
Italy’s government has acknowledged that there are secret documents it cannot declassify related to the alleged CIA kidnapping of a terrorism suspect in Milan, a senior official in parliament said on Sunday. The head of Italy’s Sismi military intelligence agency, Nicolo Pollari, has refused to cooperate fully with magistrates investigating a possible Italian role in the incident, saying he was restricted by “state secrets,” his lawyer told Reuters. At the same time, Pollari has denied any wrongdoing. The head of parliament’s intelligence oversight committee, Claudio Scajola, said after a four-hour hearing with Pollari on Sunday the new center-left government had declined to declassify documentation related to the case. He did not offer specifics. The vast majority of the times they use “State Secrets or National Security” as an excuse you can bet it has nothing to do with the countries security, most likely its to cover-up for some officials who have done something illegal ...
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Editor - 13:58:00 08-06-06
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| Pakistan bridge collapse kills 40 |
Forty people have died after a bridge collapsed in heavy monsoon rains in Pakistan's north-western city of Mardan, according to authorities. At least 100 people had gathered to watch the flooded river when part of the bridge caved in. Troops and local people have resumed the search for those still missing, officials say. Weeks of heavy rain and landslides have killed hundreds of people and displaced many more in Pakistan and India. The 10m (30ft) high bridge collapsed in Mardan, a city about 100km (60 miles) north-west of the capital, Islamabad, on Saturday. Relatives of the missing people spent the night in the open near the toppled bridge and many were helping in the search, local mayor, Himayatullah Mayar, said. ...
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Editor - 13:49:00 08-06-06
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| Besieged Lebanese Turn to Internet to Express Private Longings and Vent About the War |
Like many of her compatriots, artist Zena el-Khalil has turned to blogging on the Internet to express her longings and fears amid the fighting in Lebanon. Writing from Beirut, the 30-year-old tells of wanting to have children and worries about Israeli air raids on the capital. "Word on the street is that Israel is threatening to hit Beirut now. I feel so helpless," she said in a recent entry in her online diary. "I called my husband and told him to come home right away. If I die, I want to be in his arms." Another blogger, 27-year-old Jamal Ghosn, bemoans the casualties among Lebanese children. "Lebanese children don't hug teddy bears when they sleep, they sleep with Katyushas in their beds, in case you didn't know," he wrote with bitter sarcasm. ...
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