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Cease-fire solidifies after shaky start
Aug 15 2006 11:03PM (CT)
ON THE ISRAEL-LEBANON BORDER (AP) - Hundreds of Israeli soldiers walked out of Lebanon on Tuesday _ some smiling broadly and pumping their fists, others weeping or carrying wounded comrades _ as a cease-fire with Hezbollah solidified after a shaky start. The process was expected to accelerate over the coming days.
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Jordan calls for Mideast peacemaking
Aug 15 2006 10:37PM (CT)
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) - Jordan called Tuesday for the immediate resumption of Arab peacemaking with Israel, saying the time was ripe after guns fell silent in the Lebanese-Israeli conflict.
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Palestinians seek 2 kidnapped reporters
Aug 15 2006 8:47PM (CT)
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Palestinian security forces hunted for two abducted Fox News journalists Tuesday, and the Palestinian president and prime minister intervened in an attempt to gain their release.
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Life returns to battered Israeli town
Aug 15 2006 7:45PM (CT)
KIRYAT SHEMONA, Israel (AP) - Life slowly returned to the battered Israeli town of Kiryat Shemona on Tuesday, as residents emerged from grimy bomb shelters and began cleaning up the wreckage caused by more than a month of Hezbollah rocket attacks.
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Countries ready to fortify U.N. force
Aug 15 2006 7:43PM (CT)
PARIS (AP) - The international community was scrambling Tuesday to put together a fortified U.N. peacekeeping force for southern Lebanon as Israeli forces began a pullout from the volatile region.
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U.N. hopes for 3,500 troops in Mideast
Aug 15 2006 7:27PM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The United Nations hopes that 3,500 well-equipped troops can deploy to Lebanon within two weeks to quickly reinforce the U.N. peacekeeping contingent so the Lebanese army can start moving into the south and Israeli troops can withdraw, a senior U.N. peacekeeping official said Tuesday.
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Jackson tries for prisoner exchange
Aug 15 2006 6:53PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Trying to build on a cease-fire in Lebanon, civil rights leader Jesse Jackson launched an effort Tuesday to arrange the release of prisoners held by Hezbollah and Israel.
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Lebanese rescuer 'Green Helmet' injured
Aug 15 2006 5:47PM (CT)
TYRE, Lebanon (AP) - A civil defense worker who has drawn controversy for holding up the bodies of children killed in Lebanon said Tuesday he was lightly injured fighting a weekend fire sparked by an Israeli bomb.
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Israel claims death of Hezbollah leader
Aug 15 2006 5:17PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli forces killed a senior Hezbollah leader just before the U.N. cease-fire took effect, the army said early Wednesday.
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Syria, Iran leaders praise Hezbollah
Aug 15 2006 3:29PM (CT)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - The leaders of Iran and Syria crowed Tuesday that Hezbollah defeated Israel, with the Iranian president telling a cheering crowd that "God's promises have come true" and the Syrian chief saying U.S. plans for reshaping the Middle East have been ruined.
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U.S. acknowledges bombs triggered blasts
Aug 15 2006 1:40PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Car bombs triggered gas explosions in a Shiite neighborhood two days ago, the U.S. said Tuesday, acknowledging that the attack was due to a hostile act.
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Palestinians being named after Hezbollah
Aug 15 2006 1:22PM (CT)
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Nahed Ghurani worried that naming his new son Hezbollah might cause the boy problems when he grows up. But young Hezbollah Ghurani won't be the only Palestinian in this predicament.
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16 killed in bombing, gunbattle in Iraq
Aug 15 2006 1:07PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - A suicide bombing in the north and street battles hundreds of miles away in a Shiite holy city in the south claimed 16 lives Tuesday, demonstrating the tenuous security in Iraq as the U.S. focuses on curbing sectarian violence in Baghdad.
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Ahmadinejad says Hezbollah victorious
Aug 15 2006 9:16AM (CT)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Tuesday that Hezbollah has "hoisted the banner of victory" over Israel and toppled U.S.-led plans for the Middle East.
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Iran opens exhibition mocking Holocaust
Aug 15 2006 8:53AM (CT)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - An exhibition of cartoons about the Holocaust opened this week, reflecting Iran's response to last year's Muslim outrage over a caricature of the Prophet Muhammad in a Danish newspaper.
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Iraqi Sunnis ask speaker to step down
Aug 15 2006 8:12AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - The head of the main Sunni bloc in parliament called Tuesday for the Sunni speaker of parliament to step down to promote stability within the unity government after Shiite and Kurdish parties insisted on his removal.
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Iranian warns Israel to fear missiles
Aug 15 2006 6:41AM (CT)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - An Iranian hard-line cleric warned Israel on Tuesday that Iran's long-range missiles will land in Tel Aviv if the Jewish state attacks Iran, state-run television reported.
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Syria: U.S. Mideast plan an 'illusion'
Aug 15 2006 6:40AM (CT)
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - Syrian President Bashar Assad said Tuesday that the U.S. plan for a "new Middle East" has collapsed following Hezbollah's successes in fighting against Israel. Israel's foreign minister, meanwhile, warned Syria not to intervene in Lebanese affairs or use the Hezbollah militia to influence the Beirut government.
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Writer Mahfouz moved to intensive care
Aug 15 2006 6:08AM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Nobel Prize-winning writer Naguib Mahfouz has been moved to intensive care at a Cairo hospital, an official said Tuesday, describing his condition as "unstable."
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Fierce gunbattles erupt in Iraq
Aug 15 2006 5:28AM (CT)
KARBALA, Iraq (AP) - Fierce gunbattles broke out Tuesday between armed supporters of an anti-U.S. Shiite cleric and Iraqi security forces after a raid on his office in this southern holy city, leaving many people injured, officials and witnesses said.
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Israel can swap prisoners for soldiers
Aug 15 2006 4:41AM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel has 13 Hezbollah prisoners and the bodies of dozens of guerrillas that it could offer in exchange for two captive soldiers, military officials said Tuesday.
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Suicide bomb kills 4, wounds 35 in Iraq
Aug 15 2006 4:36AM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - A suicide bomber on Tuesday exploded a truck rigged with a bomb outside the Iraqi president's party headquarters in a northern city, killing four people and wounding 35, police said.
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Israel, Hezbollah fight to a draw
Aug 15 2006 3:29AM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Despite its desperate 11th-hour push, the mighty Israeli military fought to a virtual stalemate against a small group of Hezbollah guerillas as a cease-fire took effect.
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Shiites return to destruction in Beirut
Aug 15 2006 3:13AM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Khadijeh Tabaja couldn't recognize her own apartment building. She took one look at the charred shell, its balconies pancaked and hanging from one side, and screamed, "Where is my home? Somebody tell me this is not my home!"
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Army: Israel to begin handover in Lebanon
Aug 15 2006 1:54AM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel plans to begin relinquishing captured positions and handing them over to the Lebanese army on Wednesday, army officials said.
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