News: Lebanon

We have started to collect the most important news related to Lebanon in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

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• August 1st 2006 – July 26th 2006
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• July 20th 2006 – July 13th 2006
• July 13th 2006 – February 11th 2006
• February 9th 2006 – December 11th 2005
• December 9th 2005 – November 12th 2005

Lebanon: news

Iran anger at Lebanon aid 'block'

Tuesday, July 25th 2006, 21:22
related countries: Iran, Saudi Arabia, Turkey

Iranian media say Turkey and Saudi Arabia have stopped Iran using their air space to send aid to Lebanon.
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Israel 'to control Lebanon strip'

Tuesday, July 25th 2006, 20:55
related countries: Israel

Israel says it will keep control over an area in southern Lebanon until an international force can be deployed.
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Saudi king offers Lebanon $1.5bn

Tuesday, July 25th 2006, 16:49
related countries: Israel, Saudi Arabia

The Saudi king pledges $1.5bn financial support to Lebanon and warns Israel's attacks could trigger a regional war.
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Israel urged to shun cluster bomb

Tuesday, July 25th 2006, 14:59
related countries: Israel, United States

A US human rights group accuses Israel of using cluster bombs in civilian areas during its assault on Lebanon.
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Rice regrets Mid-East 'suffering'

Tuesday, July 25th 2006, 14:03
related countries: Israel, United States

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice expresses concern for "innocent people" suffering in the Mid-East.
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Sri Lankans to 'stay in Lebanon'

Tuesday, July 25th 2006, 13:00

Sri Lanka advises citizens trapped in Lebanon by Israel's military assault to stay where they are.
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Asean concerned at N Korea test

Tuesday, July 25th 2006, 12:54
related countries: Israel, Malaysia

South East Asian nations voice concern over North Korea's missile tests at a regional security meeting.
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Indians flee Lebanon conflict

Tuesday, July 25th 2006, 0:54
related countries: Cyprus, India

Indian citizens evacuated from the fighting in Lebanon fly home from Cyprus to Madras and Mumbai.
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UN launches Lebanese aid appeal

Monday, July 24th 2006, 21:44
related countries: United States

The UN launches a $150m Lebanon aid appeal and the US pledges $30m as its secretary of state visits.
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Rice holds key talks in Lebanon

Monday, July 24th 2006, 17:26
related countries: Israel, United States
related places: Beirut

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice holds crisis talks with Lebanon's PM on an unannounced Beirut trip.
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Blair 'working on Mid East plan'

Monday, July 24th 2006, 15:16

Tony Blair has said a plan is being drawn up to secure an "immediate cessation of hostilities" in Lebanon.
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US calls for 'sustainable' truce

Monday, July 24th 2006, 7:34
related countries: Israel

Condoleezza Rice, on her way to Israel, says a truce is urgently needed in Lebanon, but conditions must be right.
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UN appalled by Beirut devastation

Sunday, July 23rd 2006, 21:06
related countries: Israel
related places: Beirut

The levelling of parts of Beirut by Israeli forces violates humanitarian law, says the UN's emergency relief chief.
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Israeli jets bomb Lebanese cities

Sunday, July 23rd 2006, 9:48
related countries: Israel
related places: Beirut, Sidon

Israeli planes bomb targets in Beirut and Sidon, while a volley of Hezbollah rockets strikes Haifa, killing two.
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Israel 'seizes' Hezbollah village

Sunday, July 23rd 2006, 0:24
related countries: Israel

Israeli forces say they have taken a Hezbollah stronghold as new air strikes are reported on Lebanese cities.
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Thousands flee southern Lebanon

Saturday, July 22nd 2006, 20:55
related countries: Israel

Thousands of civilians flee southern Lebanon amid fresh Israeli warnings and continued air and ground raids.
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Fresh Israeli raids into Lebanon

Saturday, July 22nd 2006, 15:36
related countries: Israel

Israel continues air strikes and small-scale incursions into Lebanon, as troops and tanks gather on the border.
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Israelis mass on Lebanese border

Saturday, July 22nd 2006, 12:31
related countries: Israel

Israel lines up troops and tanks on the border with Lebanon but says any ground action will be limited in scope.
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Lebanon Indians arrive home

Saturday, July 22nd 2006, 9:17
related countries: Israel

Indians escaping an Israeli military offensive in Lebanon return home after being evacuated.
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Indians arrive home from Lebanon

Saturday, July 22nd 2006, 7:04
related countries: India

Indians escaping an Israeli military offensive in Lebanon return home after being evacuated.
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Israel calls up army reservists

Friday, July 21st 2006, 18:31
related countries: Israel
related places: Beirut

Israel calls up reserve soldiers and urges people to quit southern Lebanon, a possible prelude to a ground offensive.
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French plan south Lebanon rescue

Friday, July 21st 2006, 9:51
related countries: France

France plans an operation to rescue about 400 nationals trapped in southern Lebanon, its defence minister says.
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Annan demands Lebanon ceasefire

Thursday, July 20th 2006, 21:10
related countries: Israel

The UN chief urges a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, amid fears of a humanitarian catastrophe.
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Fighting inside Lebanese border

Thursday, July 20th 2006, 11:16
related countries: Israel

Israeli soldiers and Hezbollah militants clash inside Lebanon as aid agencies warn of an impending catastrophe.
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Middle East war crimes warning

Thursday, July 20th 2006, 8:52

War crimes could have been committed in Lebanon, Israel and Gaza, a senior UN official warns.
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US marines aid mass evacuation

Thursday, July 20th 2006, 8:32
related countries: United States
related places: Beirut

US marines land in Beirut to help Americans citizens as a mass evacuation from Lebanon gathers pace.
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