Wednesday, July 26, 2006

7/26/06

UN calls for Mid-East ceasefire UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, at Middle East crisis talks in Rome, has called for an immediate ceasefire from both Hezbollah and Israel.

Nasrallah vows deeper missile strikes Hizbullah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, looking extremely tired, defiantly vowed Wednesday that his guerrilla fighters would begin firing rockets deeper into Israel.

Iranian report: Suicide bombers en route to Lebanon Iran is set to send the first group of suicide bombers to Lebanon on Wednesday.

PM to olim: You're our secret weapon Minutes before the first of 650 new olim from France streamed off their planes at Ben-Gurion Airport Tuesday, Jewish Agency Chairman Ze'ev Bielski declared, "This is the Jewish answer to Hizbullah and to Hamas."

Mubarak: Egypt will not go to war for Lebanon Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak rejected calls for tougher action in response to Israel's offensive in Lebanon.

Abdullah: IDF could cause Mideast war Saudi King Abdullah appealed to the world Tuesday to stop IDF attacks on Lebanon.

Saddam 'forced' to courtroom Saddam Hussein, who has been receiving medical care for his hunger strike to protest against his trial for crimes against humanity.

Rice to Abbas: Its time for a new ME US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met Tuesday with Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah following her earlier meeting with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.

Annan: Israel 'Deliberately' Killed 4 U.N. Observers A crisis in the U.N. is brewing following charges by Sec. Gen. Kofi Annan that Israel "deliberately" attacked a UNIFIL post.

Letters expose EU divide on Solana Middle East role The Finnish EU presidency has sent a muted response to French president Jacques Chirac's request for a stronger role for EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana in the Middle East.