Thursday, August 10, 2006

8/10/06

'Airlines terror plot' disrupted A plot to blow up planes in flight from the UK to the US and commit "mass murder on an unimaginable scale" has been disrupted.

US pressure prompts delay of offensive The IDF General Staff postponed the expansion of ground operations in south Lebanon late Wednesday night.

Nasrallah: We'll turn Lebanon into graveyard for IDF Hizbullah leader says Israeli attacks had not weakened organization's capabilities.

Arab demands split French-US consensus Arab objections over the details of a deal to end the fighting between Israel and Hizbullah have eroded a rare diplomatic consensus between France and the United States.

243 N. American Immigrants Arrive in Israel Thursday The first chartered plane of a record-setting week of Western Aliyah arrived in Israel Thursday.

Annan warning over Gaza situation The war in Lebanon and northern Israel should not distract attention from events in Gaza.

'New Mideast' May See Stronger Extremists The "new Middle East" being born out of the warfare in Lebanon may be one where Islamic extremists are even stronger.

Islamists seize key Somali town The Islamic militia has seized control of a strategic township near the Ethiopian border from Somalia's transitional government.

Young drive 'radical media shift' The "networked generation" is driving a radical shift in media consumption.

Ahmadinejad: Bush will 'not have good ending' Iranian leader says in US television interview Americans have 'imperial ambitions, don't want to live in peace with other nations'.