I was last here in early January when then-Prime Minister Ariel Sharon had a stroke and went into a coma.
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Israel rules out rapid truce as warplanes bomb Beirut
BEIRUT (AFP) — Israeli warplanes blasted Beirut Tuesday and troops battled Hizbollah fighters as Israel effectively ruled out
Read More »Arabs want unconditional ceasefire; Khatib in Rome
THE ARAB WORLD wants an immediate Mideast ceasefire without conditions but Israel won’t stop its bloody offensive until its captured soldiers are released and
Read More »Raid captures 6 ‘death squad’ members
BAGHDAD (AP) — US and Iraqi soldiers captured six members of an alleged “death squadâ€in Baghdad on Tuesday
Read More »1st shipment of US aid arrives in Lebanon
BEIRUT (AP) — The first shipment of American aid for Lebanon pulled into Beirut port Tuesday and Israeli
Read More »Somali government confirms talks with Islamists
MOGADISHU (AFP) — Somalia’s interim government on Tuesday yielded to UN pressure and confirmed that
Read More »Libya AIDS trial adjourned again
TRIPOLI (AFP) — Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor accused of infecting hundreds of Libyan children with the AIDS
Read More »Israel bomb kills 4 UN observers in Lebanon
BEIRUT (Reuters) – An Israeli air strike on Tuesday hit a U.N. base in southern Lebanon,
Read More »Iran warns of Middle-East ‘storm’
Mr Ahmadinejad called on the international community to take action to prevent what he called a brewing and dangerous storm.
Read More »Saudi king offers Lebanon $1.5bn
He also approved $1bn for the Central Bank of Lebanon to support the economy.
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