July, 2006

• 21 July

  30,000 more flee as Iraq violence deepens

  BAGHDAD (Reuters) — Tens of thousands more Iraqis have fled their homes as sectarian violence looks ever more like civil war two months after a US-backed national unity government was formed, official data showed on Thursday.

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• 21 July

  Iran promises response to Westren nuclear incentive package on August 22

  TEHRAN (AP) — Iran announced Thursday it would reply to the Western incentives on its nuclear programme on August 22 — the first time it has given a precise date after weeks of being accused of stalling.

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• 21 July

  Hizbollah rides wave of popularity in Middleast

  CAIRO — The Lebanese group Hizbollah is riding a wave of popularity in the Arab world because of its confrontation with Israel, despite some misgivings about the group’s cross-border raid on July 12.

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• 21 July

  Beirut suburbs reduced to rubble

  BEIRUT — Shoes, photo albums, teddy bears and a cash register poke through the debris.

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• 21 July

  When the bombs fall, Lebanese head for hills

  BROUMANA — Twenty-seven years ago Lana Sayegh, then just 15 days old, first visited this village in the hills above Beirut in the arms of anxious parents seeking refuge from Lebanon’s raging civil war.

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• 21 July

  Tale of two cities for US evacuee: Beirut and Baghdad

  LARNACA — For one Arab American helicoptered out of Lebanon, life has been a tale of two troubled cities and two safe havens — the world’s superpower and a holiday island in the sun.

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• 21 July

  UN warning on Mid-East war crimes

  UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour said international law stressed the need to protect civilians.

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• 21 July

  US Marines back in Beirut

  US Marines have returned to Lebanon for the first time in nearly 23 years. A token force landed north of Beirut to evacuate Americans stranded by the Israeli bombardment.

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• 21 July

  Israeli border fighting causes more casualties

  Sporadic fighting on the ground has continued in the border region. Israeli military sources say there have been a number of casualties on their side but few details have been given.

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• 21 July

  Fears of humanitarian catastrophe in Lebanon

  Amid the rubble of Lebanon, a humanitarian crisis is unfolding. That is the warning from aid agencies, as Israel’s air attacks on continue. Hundreds of thousands of people

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