| Israel Vows To Widen Ground Offensive In Lebanon Updated:2 August 2006 |
| Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Wednesday said there will be no ceasefire in Lebanon unless the U.N.-proposed multinational force is deployed in the south of the country.
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| Lebanese Envoy Urges Philippines To Support Cease-Fire Updated:2 August 2006 |
| The top Lebanese envoy in the Philippines on Wednesday asked the Arroyo Administration to support international calls for an immediate cease-fire in his embattled country. In an interview, Honorary Consul General Joseph F.K. Assad also called for humanitarian aid for his countrymen after Israeli troops on Tuesday announced an expanded offensive against Hezbollah fighters in southern Lebanon.
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| South Africans Endure One Of The Harshest Winters In Years Updated:2 August 2006 |
| While the United States and Europe endure one of the warmest summers on record, South Africans are facing one of their harshest winters in years, with at least four deaths blamed on flooding from heavy rain that has caused travel delays in the south and west of the country. The national weather service says Johannesburg saw flurries Wednesday for the first time in at least eight years, with stunned office workers pressed against windows to savor the spectacle.
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| Nearly-Struck Palestinians Cheer On Hezbollah Updated:2 August 2006 |
| Palestinians living in the northern West Bank town of Jenin were almost struck by wayward Hezbollah missiles Wednesday, but saw the near-disastrous incident as cause for celebration rather than concern. The strike, which was presumably targeting the nearby Israeli town of Afula, marked the furthest south Hezbollah weapons have ever reached.
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| Olmert Faces Harsh Criticism At Home Updated:2 August 2006 |
| Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert Wednesday came under intense criticism from opposition voices and members of his own Kadima Party for pushing his West Bank withdrawal program, even as the nation is engaged in fierce battles against Hamas and Hezbollah.
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| Latvia Expels Diplomat From Belarus' Embassy Updated:2 August 2006 |
| Latvia gives a Belarus diplomat 24 hours to leave the country after declaring him persona non grata. The country says the first secretary of the Belarus embassy in Riga is being kicked out for actions "incompatible with the status of diplomat."
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| Two Bomb Attacks Kill 4 In Southern Thailand Updated:3 August 2006 |
| Four people are killed in two bomb attacks in southern Thailand, a stronghold of Muslim separatists. A bomb hidden along a railroad in Songkhla province killed three Thai policeman who were inspecting the tracks. A fourth officer was injured.
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| Mudslides Kill 11 Villagers In Rural Mexico Updated:2 August 2006 |
| Mudslides in rural Mexico bury two homes and kill 11 people, four of them children. Heavy rain caused a mountainside to give way in the village of Monte Orden, destroying both homes and killing the families inside.
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| Iraqi Army Raids Militant "Death Squads" In Baghdad Updated:2 August 2006 |
| The Iraqi Army has conducted multiple raids on militias believed to be operating their own "death squads" in western Baghdad. According to the Pentagon, Iraqi forces conducted four early-morning raids, capturing multiple "primary suspects" including a "known high-level insurgent leader."
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| Landslide Kills 10 In Nepal Updated:3 August 2006 |
| A landslide in a remote mountainous village in northern in Rasuwa district of Nepal killed at least 10 people and injured several more on early Thursday. The landslide hit the village around 2 am (Local time) when people were asleep in their homes at Dhurmu village, about 80 kilometers (50 miles) north of the capital.
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| Reports In China Call For Military To Develop Space Capabilities Updated:3 August 2006 |
| A group of independent military analysts said on Wednesday that the outer space is slowly emerging as the next possible theater of operations for the People's Liberation Army of China to defend the nation's interest. The analysis, which was published in the People's Daily on Wednesday, was given by a group of unidentified military experts at the National Defense University. They said outer space is an area where China's army must be equipped and prepared to defend against future threats.
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| Australia To Lock Illegal Fishermen And Refugees In Floating Prisons Updated:3 August 2006 |
| In a move echoing the country's convict past, the Australian government said Thursday it would embark on a $10 million a year floating prison to lock up fishermen and asylum-seekers who were unlawfully entering its northern waters. Australian Customs Minister Chris Ellison said the armed prison ship would be an effective deterrent against illegal fishermen because the patrol boats are capable of staying at seas for an extended periods and would no longer have to make port calls to unload captives back to the mainland.
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| 26 Militants Held In Bangladesh Updated:3 August 2006 |
| Twenty-six members of the banned Islamic outfit Jamaatul Mujaheedin Bangladesh (JMB) were arrested by the elite Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in northern Bangladesh on Wednesday. According to reports, the elite battalion also recovered some bomb-making materials and training equipment from a militant den at Jibontola village under Bhaluka upazila in Mymensingh district. Investigators say, the den had four bunkers and two sentry outposts.
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| Two Filipinas Die In Lebanon After Jumping From Buildings To Flee Employers Updated:3 August 2006 |
| The Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs has confirmed the deaths of two Filipinas who were killed after jumping from buildings to flee their employers. It was believed that Mary Jane Pangilinan, who died July 27, and Michelle Tomogan, who died July 29, were prevented by their employers in joining the evacuation of overseas Filipino workers from the war-torn country of Lebanon.
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| Hezbollah Can Hit Anywhere In Israel, According To Group Founder Updated:3 August 2006 |
| Iran's former ambassador to Syria and the man largely credited with establishing Hezbollah says the Lebanese terror group is in possession of long-range Iranian-made missiles capable of striking any part of Israel. Ali Akbar Mohtashemi-Pur said Hezbollah has several Zelzal-2 missiles with an approximate range of 250 kilometers (160 miles). He also hinted the group has obtained non-conventional weapons via its sponsors in Tehran and Damascus.
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| IDF Kills 8-10 Terrorists In Gaza Updated:3 August 2006 |
| Israel Defense Forces operating in the southern Gaza Strip killed between eight and ten Palestinian terrorists during the pre-dawn hours Thursday. Another 15 terrorists were reportedly wounded in what has been dubbed "Operation Horizon," which is combining ground and air power to create suitable conditions on the ground to enable a political solution to the fighting there.
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| Report: Bin Laden's Son Dispatched To Fight Israel Updated:3 August 2006 |
| A son of Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has reportedly been freed from house arrest in Iran and sent to the Syria-Lebanon border in order to recruit and establish terror cells there. Iran's Revolutionary Guard is said to have released Saad bin Laden on July 28 with the task of "building Islamic terror cells and preparing them to fight together with Hezbollah."
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| British Diplomat Sentenced For Giving Fake Visas To Filipinos Updated:3 August 2006 |
| A British diplomat was sentenced to three years imprisonment by a judge at Southwark Crown Court in Britain after he was found giving a fake visa to his Filipino mistress. The Filipino Reporter say Judge Paul Dodgson found Sharad Ladva guilty on two counts of misconduct in a public office.
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| Myanmar To Consider Freeing Suu Kyi Updated:3 August 2006 |
| Myanmar is "thinking about" freeing Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi but has not set any timeframe for her release, Thailand's foreign minister said after talks with top officials in the military-ruled country. Myanmar's leaders have made similar comments in the past but Thai Foreign Minister Kantathi Suphamongkhon said he was encouraged by a meeting with his Myanmar counterpart, Nyan Win.
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| Israeli Tourists Attacked In Turkey Updated:3 August 2006 |
| Two Israeli families were attacked and, they fear, nearly lynched by a Turkish mob after their nationality became known at a public bazaar this week. They believe the fierce anti-Israel hatred was sparked by Israel's unintentional killing of 56 Lebanese civilians in an air strike on the village of Qana Sunday.
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| British Official Warns Against Civil War In Iraq Updated:3 August 2006 |
| Britain's outgoing ambassador in Baghdad has warned Prime Minister Tony Blair through a confidential memo that civil war could be a more likely outcome than democracy in Iraq.
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| Update: Six IDF Brigades Are Currently Operating In Lebanon Updated:3 August 2006 |
| Thousands of Israeli soldiers operating at a depth of up to four miles into Lebanon engaged Hezbollah terrorists in some 20 different locations Thursday. The large incursion force, which is roughly the size of six full brigades, is tasked with mopping up Hezbollah fighters and arms in the narrow strip of land along the Israel-Lebanon border.
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| Wall-To-Wall Israeli Support For Lebanon War Updated:3 August 2006 |
| The results of a public opinion poll published one of Israel's largest daily newspapers Thursday showed overwhelming support for the nation's war against Hezbollah. The numbers sharply contrasted the public reaction to Israel's invasion of Lebanon in 1982 in response to rocket attacks and cross-border incursions by Yasser Arafat's Palestinian forces.
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| Israel Taking Threat to Tel Aviv Seriously Updated:3 August 2006 |
| Israel's Home Front Command is taking Hezbollah's threat to strike Tel Aviv very seriously, and has ordered residents of Israel's populous central region to acquaint themselves with the nearest bomb shelter. Speaking to reporters in northern Israel Thursday, Home Front Command chief Maj.-Gen. Yitzhak Girshon said Israelis living in the Greater Tel Aviv area would have greater warning of a rocket strike from emergency sirens than resident in the north, but cautioned that "protected places" must be located and prepared now.
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| Afghanistan To Deport South Korean Christians Updated:3 August 2006 |
| The Afghan government says concern for the safety of evangelical Christians from South Korea prompted its decision to deport the group of 1,500 people. Islamic clerics have accused the group of proselytizing by preaching Christianity. It is illegal to convert people to non-Islamic religions in Afghanistan.
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| Gaza Death Toll At 162; Operation Summer Rain Continues Updated:3 August 2006 |
| Israel has continued its offensive in the Gaza Strip, targeting militants in their operation to recover a kidnapped soldier. According to the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) a series of airstrikes aimed near the town of Rafah, killing five militants to prevent rocket attacks on southern Israel.
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| Venezuela Recalls Its Ambassador To Israel Updated:3 August 2006 |
| President Hugo Chavez says "indignation" over military action in Lebanon led him to recall Venezuela's ambassador to Israel. He says in a televised address, "We have ordered the withdrawal of our ambassador in Israel," adding that the Israeli offensive is "genocide."
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| Religious Icon Stolen From Russia's Hermitage Museum Is Recovered Updated:3 August 2006 |
| One of 221 items stolen from Russia's State Hermitage Museum is found in a trash bin in St. Petersburg. The religious icon is a wooden carving of saints gathered around the Virgin Mary.
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| Typhoon Forces Hundreds Of Thousands Of Evacuations In China Updated:3 August 2006 |
| Typhoon Prapiroon punishes southern China with heavy rains and winds, forcing hundreds of thousands of people to evacuate. The typhoon touched down at 7:20 p.m. Thursday, hitting the cities of Yangjiang and Dianbai in Guangdong province. The storm was moving at speeds of 9 to 12 mph toward the northwest.
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| American Forces Support Filipino Troops In Sulu Clashes Updated:3 August 2006 |
A ranking military official claims that American forces covered by the RP-US Mutual Defense Agreement have provided aid to a major operation against Abu Sayyaf bandits. The bandits are allegedly hiding Indonesian terrorists Omar Patek and Dulmatin.
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