The Israeli cabinet has agreed to widen the country's ground offensive against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon. The decision, made at a closed door session, received unanimous approval, according to a senior political source. The government is also planning to call up thousands more reservists, Israeli radio reported. Earlier Prime Minister Ehud Olmert ruled out an immediate truce, saying Israel would continue its offensive as long as its security was threatened. On Monday, Israel agreed to a 48-hour suspension of air strikes to allow an investigation into air strikes on the village of Qana in which some 54 civilians died. ... http://news.bbc.co.uk censor News |
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It's Crash After Crash At Airshow Plane Struck By Navy Warbird; Couple Dies In Crash Landing; Pilot Missing |
| The propeller of a Navy warbird sliced into a home-built airplane on a taxiway during an airshow Sunday, killing a passenger, officials said. The victim in the home-built Van's RV — one of the most popular kit-.. full News |
Editor - 22:50:00 07-30-06 |
Senior Sri Lanka rebel says truce void, war back on |
| Sri Lanka's four-year ceasefire is now void and the island's two-decade civil war is back on, a top Tamil Tiger rebel told Reuters on Monday as the guerillas and the military entered a sixth straight day of fig.. full News |
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Wind hampers crews battling huge wildfire |
| High wind hampered fire crews again Sunday as they fought a wildfire that had dashed across nearly 300 square miles of remote rangeland in northern Nevada.The brush fire 50 miles northeast of Winnemucca had exp.. full News |
Editor - 22:36:00 07-30-06 |
US begins building treaty-breaching germ war defence centre |
| Construction work has begun near Washington on a vast germ warfare laboratory intended to help protect the US against an attack with biological weapon, but critics say the laboratory's work will violate interna.. full News |
Editor - 22:22:00 07-30-06 |
Lebanese search for normalcy as conflict rages on |
| Tapas, a popular nightspot in the swinging Gemayzeh strip, is filled with a young cosmopolitan crowd of fun seekers seemingly oblivious to the Israeli bombs raining down on the city. "Compared to a week ago, yo.. full News |
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