Tuesday, August 08, 2006

8/8/06

UNSC delays action on cease-fire The UN Security Council delayed action Monday on a UN resolution aimed at ending the Israeli-Hizbullah conflict.

South Lebanese warned of strikes Israel has warned residents of southern Lebanon that it will escalate operations there as it continues its campaign against Hezbollah militants.

PM mulls Lebanon deployment plan Prime Minister Ehud Olmert termed the Lebanese decision to move its army southward an "interesting" one that needs to be considered carefully.

Analysis: Hizbullah still strong Operation Change of Direction was launched last month with the declared goal of weakening Hizbullah.

Natan Sharansky: Israel's Very Survival at Stake Former Soviet refusenik and Israeli Cabinet Minister Natan Sharansky believes that Israel's war against Hezbollah is a "test case" for the free world in the war against terror.

In Wake of War, Anti-Semitic Incidents Increase Worldwide The Jewish Agency says that reports it has received in recent days indicate a "dramatic increase" in the amount and severity of anti-Semitic incidents around the world.

US says Iran may use Lebanon war to hurt Iraq The U.S. ambassador to Iraq accused Iran on Tuesday of having forces in Iraq.

Political uncertainty in Ukraine persists The political crisis in Ukraine has been resolved, but uncertainty persists.

Hezbollah Leader a Star in Syria Excerpts from a speech by Hizbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah blast from the speakers of Tareq Otabashi's music shop in the Syrian capital.

Bird flu spreads in Indonesia Bird flu has spread to Indonesia's easternmost province of Papua.