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Security Council OKs Mideast peace deal
Aug 11 2006 11:14PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. Security Council adopted a resolution Friday that calls for an end to the war between Israel and Hezbollah, and authorizes 15,000 U.N. peacekeepers to help Lebanese troops take control of south Lebanon as Israel withdraws.
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Israeli drone strike on convoy kills 7
Aug 11 2006 11:09PM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - An Israeli drone fired at a convoy of refugees fleeing southern Lebanon on Friday night, killing at least seven people and wounding 22, an Associated Press photographer said. The Israeli military said it was investigating the incident.
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'Green Helmet' helps rescue the wounded
Aug 11 2006 7:31PM (CT)
TYRE, Lebanon (AP) - After hours of digging in the blistering heat, Salam Daher emerged from the wreckage with the body of a 9-month-old baby, a blue pacifier still pinned to its nightshirt.
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6 killed in Israeli strike on convoy
Aug 11 2006 5:32PM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - An Israeli drone fired at a convoy of refugees fleeing southern Lebanon on Friday night, killing at least six people and wounding 16, an Associated Press photographer said.
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Police eye money trail in airliner plot
Aug 11 2006 5:10PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - Investigators on three continents worked to fill in the full, frightening picture Friday of a plot to blow U.S. jetliners out of the Atlantic skies, tracking the money trail and seizing more alleged conspirators in the teeming towns of eastern Pakistan.
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Bodies of 2 missing GIs found in Iraq
Aug 11 2006 4:15PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - The bodies of two U.S. soldiers missing since a helicopter crash this week were found west of Baghdad, the U.S. military said Friday. That brought the number of U.S. troops to die this month in Iraq to at least 19 _ most in insurgent-plagued Anbar province.
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Israeli PM accepts cease-fire deal
Aug 11 2006 4:09PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has accepted an emerging Mideast cease-fire deal and informed the United States of his decision, Israeli officials said Friday.
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Survival is constant concern in Lebanon
Aug 11 2006 2:07PM (CT)
IBL EL-SAQI, Lebanon (AP) - Near the heart of the war zone, the Dana Hotel _ once a weekend getaway from the hubbub of Beirut _ was empty, both swimming pools drained and not even a caretaker around.
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Israel expands offensive in Lebanon
Aug 11 2006 12:33PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel began an expanded ground offensive Friday in southern Lebanon after expressing dissatisfaction over an emerging cease-fire deal, government officials said.
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Egeland: Mideast anger worst in 20 years
Aug 11 2006 11:36AM (CT)
GENEVA (AP) - U.N. humanitarian chief Jan Egeland said Friday the anger on all sides in the Middle East is the greatest he has seen in two decades of trying to help the troubled region make peace.
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Suspect tries to flee Turkey courthouse
Aug 11 2006 11:33AM (CT)
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - A suspected Islamic extremist on trial for killing a high court judge was subdued by security forces Friday after he tried to escape from the courtroom to attend traditional prayers.
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U.N. urged to discuss Hezbollah offenses
Aug 11 2006 6:55AM (CT)
GENEVA (AP) - The U.N.'s human rights chief told an emergency United Nations session on the Israeli invasion of Lebanon that delegates must also consider offenses by Hezbollah.
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Hezbollah enmeshed Lebanon's social fabric
Aug 11 2006 2:34AM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - In bombed-out southern villages and refugee-filled schools across the country, Hezbollah supporters go door to door, checking if people have enough food and medicine.
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