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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Lebanon: news

Israel halts fire for Qana probe

Monday, July 31st 2006, 5:43
related countries: Israel, United States
related places: Qana

Israel agrees to stop south Lebanon air strikes for 48 hours to investigate more than 50 deaths in Qana.
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Annan urges Lebanon action 'now'

Sunday, July 30th 2006, 21:14
related countries: Israel

The UN secretary general renews calls for an urgent truce after Israel kills 54 Lebanese civilians.
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Dozens killed in Lebanon air raid

Sunday, July 30th 2006, 17:15
related countries: Israel

More than 54 civilians, at least 34 of them children, die in Lebanon in Israel's deadliest strike of the conflict.
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Several hurt in Gaza air strikes

Sunday, July 30th 2006, 12:07
related countries: Israel

Several people are wounded in fresh Israeli air strikes in Gaza as Lebanon offensive continues.
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US envoy foresees 'hard decision'

Sunday, July 30th 2006, 4:19
related countries: Israel, Syria

The US secretary of state will meet leaders in Israel and Lebanon, and warns of the need for "give and take".
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Israel rejects UN aid truce call

Saturday, July 29th 2006, 18:36
related countries: Israel, United States

Israel refuses a UN plea for a three-day truce in Lebanon, as the US secretary of state returns to the region.
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UN deaths 'threaten peacekeeping'

Saturday, July 29th 2006, 11:09

The UN says the peacekeeper deaths in Lebanon may deter countries from contributing to a future force in the area.
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UN calls for aid truce in Lebanon

Saturday, July 29th 2006, 5:10
related countries: United Kingdom, United States

The UN seeks a three-day truce to let aid enter Lebanon - but the US reject calls for an immediate ceasefire.
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Bush aims for rapid Lebanon force

Friday, July 28th 2006, 21:48
related countries: United States

An international force must be swiftly sent to Lebanon, the US president says, after talks with Tony Blair.
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US 'outrage' over Israeli claims

Friday, July 28th 2006, 16:20
related countries: Israel, United States

The US rejects Israel's claim it has approval to carry on bombing Lebanon, as UK and US leaders prepare for talks.
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Israel hits more Lebanon targets

Friday, July 28th 2006, 10:50
related countries: Israel, United Kingdom
related places: Washington

Israel carries out dozens of air strikes on Lebanon, as UK Prime Minister Tony Blair flies to Washington for talks.
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UN 'shock' at Lebanon bomb deaths

Friday, July 28th 2006, 6:34
related countries: Israel

The UN Security Council voices "shock and distress" at the deaths of UN troops in an Israeli raid on Lebanon.
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Israel to bolster troop numbers

Thursday, July 27th 2006, 21:00
related countries: Israel

Israel approves a new call-up of reservists but will not expand ground operations in Lebanon, the cabinet says.
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Israel says world backs offensive

Thursday, July 27th 2006, 14:11
related countries: Israel

Israel says key world powers gave the green light to its Lebanon campaign by not urging an immediate truce.
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Australian troops quit S Lebanon

Thursday, July 27th 2006, 5:55
related countries: Aruba

Australia is withdrawing a contingent of troops from south Lebanon, following the deaths of four UN observers.
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Nine Israelis killed in Lebanon

Thursday, July 27th 2006, 5:27
related countries: Israel

Nine Israeli soldiers die in clashes - the country's biggest loss of life in one day of its campaign in Lebanon.
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Israel troops 'ignored' UN plea

Wednesday, July 26th 2006, 21:34
related countries: Israel

UN observers in Lebanon urged Israeli troops 10 times to stop shelling before four were killed, a UN report says.
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UN calls for Mid-East ceasefire

Wednesday, July 26th 2006, 12:15

UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, at Middle East crisis talks in Rome, calls for an immediate truce.
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China slams Israel over UN deaths

Wednesday, July 26th 2006, 8:24
related countries: China, Israel

China condemns an Israeli attack in Lebanon which killed four UN observers, including a Chinese national.
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Israeli bomb kills UN observers

Wednesday, July 26th 2006, 5:10
related countries: Israel

Four UN observers are killed in an Israeli air strike in southern Lebanon, as world powers prepare for talks on the crisis.
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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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