Middle Orient

TEHRAN (AFP) — Iran’s leadership has rejected demands to freeze sensitive nuclear work contained in an international proposal aimed at resolving the crisis over Tehran’s nuclear drive, an official was quoted as saying Saturday.

Following are excerpts from an Egyptian parliamentary debate on the recent Israeli-Palestinian clashes, which aired on Channel 1, Egyptian TV, on July 4, 2006: MP Ibrahim Al-Gogari: It is not enough to demand the recalling of the Egyptian

Following are excerpts from an interview with Lebanese TV news presenter May Chidiac, who was injured in an assassination attempt last year. This interview was aired on LBC TV on July 2, 2006.

The Israeli army has warned Lebanon to evacuate all residents from a southern Beirut neighborhood where it believes Hizbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah lives, Israeli media reported on Thursday.

TERHAN (Fars News Agency)- A Hezbollah official said Israel’s disrespect for 6 years of diplomatic moves for the freedom of Lebanese prisoners underlay captivity of 2 Israeli soldiers by Hezbollah forces at the Lebanese-Palestinian border on Wednesday.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Head of the Judiciary informed of the formation of headquarters in Iran’s border provinces in a bid to encounter anti-security moves.

DAMASCUS, (SANA) Director of the Bureau of the Arab League Secretary General Hisham Youssef on Thursday condemned the Israeli flagrant aggression on Lebanon.

MOSCOW, (SANA)- Russia has condemned the Israeli aggression on the civilian infrastructures in Lebanon and Gaza Strip, asserting strong support to Lebanon’s sovereignty and integrity.

Hezbollah has said that it has captured two Israeli soldiers in attacks from Lebanon on enemy border posts. The Lebanese group said on Wednesday that it had captured the pair to secure the release of detainees held in Israeli prisons.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi here Thursday condemned Israel’s invasion of Lebanon and destruction of Lebanese infrastructure.