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U.N. needs troops to monitor cease-fire
Aug 19 2006 11:18PM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Israeli commandos raided a Hezbollah stronghold deep in Lebanon on Saturday, engaging in a fierce gunbattle, and the Lebanese government threatened to halt further troop deployments to protest what U.N. officials called a violation of the 6-day-old cease-fire.
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Ahmadinejad: U.S. ties hurting Britain
Aug 19 2006 7:34PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - Britain's close alliance with the United States is damaging its standing in the Muslim world, Iran's president said in an interview published Saturday.
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Israelis travel to survey the damage
Aug 19 2006 7:17PM (CT)
METULLA, Israel (AP) - Israelis flocked to northern Israel Saturday to view the damage left behind by the 34-day war against Lebanese guerrillas and show solidarity with local residents.
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Blast causes fire on pipeline in Turkey
Aug 19 2006 5:15PM (CT)
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - A suspected Kurdish rebel attack caused an explosion and huge fire on a natural gas pipeline in eastern Turkey, the Energy Ministry said.
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French troops reinforce Lebanon presence
Aug 19 2006 5:11PM (CT)
NAQOURA, Lebanon (AP) - French soldiers landed in Lebanon on Saturday, the first reinforcements for an expanded U.N. peacekeeping force tasked with keeping the truce in the Israel-Hezbollah conflict.
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Troops long out-of-uniform sent to Iraq
Aug 19 2006 4:45PM (CT)
CAMP ANACONDA, Iraq (AP) - Spc. Chris Carlson had been out of the U.S. Army for two years and was working at Costco in California when he received notice that he was being called back into service.
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Palestinian deputy PM arrested in raid
Aug 19 2006 4:05PM (CT)
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) - Israeli soldiers burst into the home of the Palestinian deputy prime minister before dawn Saturday and took him away for questioning, detaining the highest-ranking Hamas official in a seven-week-old crackdown against the ruling Islamic militant group.
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Pope urges release of priest in Iraq
Aug 19 2006 3:58PM (CT)
VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Benedict XVI has appealed for the release of a priest kidnapped at gunpoint in Baghdad earlier this week, the Vatican said Saturday.
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Israel warns it will enforce arms ban
Aug 19 2006 3:25PM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel warned that Saturday's raid against Hezbollah in Lebanon, its first since a cease-fire went into effect six days ago, may not be its last.
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Arab nations urge new Israeli peace plan
Aug 19 2006 2:55PM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Worried the Lebanon war has given a boost to Iran and militants in the region, three U.S. allies in the Mideast are spearheading an Arab effort to present a plan for reviving the stalled peace process and talks with Israel.
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S. Lebanon has seen violence for decades
Aug 19 2006 2:37PM (CT)
FATIMA GATE, Lebanon (AP) - Living on Israel's doorstep, Abu Hussein Awad has seen it all _ Palestinian guerrillas, three Israeli invasions, a long occupation, Hezbollah and now, the Lebanese army.
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Shiite pilgrims face high Iraqi security
Aug 19 2006 1:35PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Thousands of pilgrims arrived on foot Saturday at a Shiite shrine in Baghdad to start a major religious commemoration as private vehicles were banned from the streets to prevent car bombings. At least 19 people, including a U.S. soldier, were killed in attacks nationwide.
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U.S. soldier killed in Iraqi province
Aug 19 2006 12:57PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - An American soldier was killed in combat Saturday in Anbar province, the stronghold of the Sunni Arab insurgency west of Baghdad, the U.S. military announced.
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Journalists in Gaza protest kidnapping
Aug 19 2006 9:26AM (CT)
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Palestinian journalists on Saturday protested the kidnapping of a Fox News correspondent and cameraman, as concern about the men's safety grew.
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Israeli commando dies in Lebanon raid
Aug 19 2006 7:59AM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Hezbollah fighters battled Israeli commandos who landed near the militants' stronghold deep inside Lebanon early Saturday, killing one soldier, in the first large-scale violation of the U.N.-brokered cease-fire between the sides.
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Israel skeptical of Arab initiative
Aug 19 2006 3:59AM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Israel's U.N. ambassador said he doubted a new Arab League initiative to end the Arab-Israeli conflict would fairly consider Israel's security needs, insisting the "road map" for peace unveiled in 2003 remained the only viable option.
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Iran launches military exercises
Aug 19 2006 3:45AM (CT)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran on Saturday launched a series of large-scale military exercises aimed at introducing the country's new defensive doctrine, state-run television reported.
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Annan says U.N. won't 'wage war'
Aug 19 2006 3:25AM (CT)
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Secretary-General Kofi Annan appealed to U.N. member states to provide desperately needed U.N. peacekeeping troops for Lebanon and assured them the U.N. force would not "wage war" on Israel, Lebanon, or Hezbollah militants.
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Israeli troops criticize army, equipment
Aug 19 2006 12:21AM (CT)
METULLA, Israel (AP) - Israeli soldiers returning from the war in Lebanon say the army was slow to rescue wounded comrades and suffered from a lack of supplies so dire that they had to drink water from the canteens of dead Hezbollah guerrillas.
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