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Israel Ruined Lebanon Development: UN

Lebanese authorities estimated last week that direct structural damage inflicted by the Israeli offensive reached 3.6 billion dollars, including 15,000 housing units, 80 bridges and 94 roads destroyed or damaged…

US Wants Resolution Disarming Hizbullah

After Israel failed to get the mission accomplished and amid world reluctance for the enhanced UNIFIL force to shoulder the burden, the Bush administration is now pressing for a new UN Security Council resolution on disarming the Lebanese resistance group Hizbullah…

Lebanese Villagers Hostage to Israeli Troops

They were hiding behind the olive groves and the trees of this hill," Zeinab Ali Merei of the tiny border village of Beit Lif old Agence France-Presse (AFP)…