The plan initially would involve putting an international force of up to 10,000 Turkish and Egyptian troops under a NATO or U.N. commander into southern Lebanon following a cease-fire.
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Hezbollah rockets strike northern Israel
One Katyusha rocket killed a 15-year-old girl in the village of Meghar in the Galilee region, Israeli police and medical service officials said.
Read More »Israeli forces close in on key Hizbollah stronghold
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli forces battled to take over a second Hizbollah stronghold in southern Lebanon on Tuesday
Read More »Rice says need to keep focus on Palestinian state
RAMALLAH (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Tuesday there was a need to remain focused on establishing a Palestinian state alongside Israel despite the crisis in Lebanon.
Read More »“Russian roulette” with rockets in northern Israel
SAFED, Israel (Reuters) – Eliezer Asulin lives alone in the remains of his home, half-destroyed by a direct hit from a Hizbollah rocket fired from Lebanon.
Read More »Thai election commissioners jailed for poll abuse
BANGKOK (Reuters) – A Thai court sent three election commissioners to jail for four years on Tuesday for mishandling April’s inconclusive general election, clearing the way for a new poll to end a long-running political crisis.
Read More »Congo election protest turns violent in Kinshasa
KINSHASA (Reuters) – Congolese opposition protesters rampaged down a main highway into Kinshasa on Tuesday,
Read More »Congo election protesters fight police in Kinshasa
KINSHASA (Reuters) – Congolese opposition protesters rampaged down a main highway into Kinshasa on Tuesday,
Read More »Israeli Arab deputy threatened over hostage remark
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel’s interior minister has threatened to strip an Arab lawmaker of his citizenship for speaking in
Read More »Israel probes helicopter crash that killed two
Israel has confirmed the deaths of two of its airmen in a helicopter crash. It is not being ruled out that Hizbollah rocket fire
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