July, 2006

• 21 July

  U.S.: Iranians witnessed N. Korea missile test

  Asked at a U.S. Senate hearing about reports that Iranians witnessed the July 4 tests, Assistant Secretary of State Chris Hill, the chief U.S. negotiator with Pyongyang, replied: “Yes, that is my understanding” and it is “absolutely correct” that the relationship is worrisome.

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• 21 July

  Finance minister: Lebanon ‘now being destroyed’

  BEIRUT (CNN) — Israeli bombing in Lebanon during the past week has crippled the country’s economy, reversing what had promised to be a boom year, the nation’s finance minister said Thursday.

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• 21 July

  Lebanese refugees pour across Syrian border

  Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora said earlier that up to 500,000 people had been forced from their homes by Israeli airstrikes that began last week after Hezbollah guerrillas seized two Israeli soldiers in cross-border raid.

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• 21 July

  Family bids Beirut goodbye, with mixed feelings

  Tony and Monika Esseily and their three children were winding up a vacation in Lebanon when Israeli airstrikes began July 12.

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• 20 July

  Spain and Malta agree deal over stranded migrants

  A standoff between Malta and Spain over the fate of some 50 African migrants has been resolved.

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• 20 July

  Australians left in Beirut as rescue ship forced to go

  While thousands of Westerners have been bussed, flown and shipped out of Lebanon as Israel continues to bomb the country, some are struggling to get out.

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• 20 July

  Ninth day of fighting in Lebanon

  Israeli troops were reportedly fighting Hezbollah militants in two locations near the border.

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• 20 July

  Egypt groups want deals with Israel revoked

  CAIRO (AFP) — Israel’s crushing offensive in Lebanon prompted calls by Egyptian opposition groups Wednesday for peace deals with the Jewish state to be revoked and oil and gas exports to be frozen.

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• 20 July

  Arab gov’ts have different reasons for truce

  CAIRO — Arab governments disagree on who to blame for starting the Middle East violence of the past week but, unlike Israel and the United States, they agree at least that the bombings should end immediately and talks should begin.

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• 20 July

  Lebanese short of food, water under Israeli bombs

  TYRE — Ghassan Bourji says he has run out of insulin for his two diabetic children and heart medication for his mother because Israeli bombardment has cut supplies to his village of Rmadiyeh in south Lebanon.

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