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  • G8 leaders show little appetite for any conspiring

    British prime minister Tony Blair says goodbye to Russian president Vladimir Putin at the end of a stormy G8 summit in St Petersburg. The final session plunged into argument about whether a peacekeeping force should be sent to southern Lebanon. G8 SUMMIT: The most startling image perhaps of the G8 summit which drew to a close yesterday was the sight of anti-globalisation protesters decrying the gathering as a conspiracy of rich nations. Chris Stephen reports from St Petersburg p

  • UN to consider Middle East peace force

    UN: The UN Security Council will this week consider a proposal to send an international force to calm the escalating conflict in Lebanon, despite a cool response from Israel and the US, write Denis Staunton in Washington and Honor Mahony in Brussels p
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  • 'We had a dream. I'm sorry it didn't work.'

    Children from the southern Lebanon town of Tyre play and make drawings of war damage as they take shelter in a school in the port city of Sidon yesterday, the sixth day of Israel's barrage. MIDDLE EAST: Just as Lebanon was set to prosper under peace, war with its bullets and violence has reprised its devastating role, writes Megan Stack in Beirut p

  • Families hide from attack in ill-equipped classrooms

    MIDDLE EAST: Fatima did not want to leave her tiny village in southern Lebanon. Even when the explosions drew closer and caused the walls of her home to shudder, even when she found Israeli army leaflets outside the front door warning residents to leave immediately, she held firm. p

  • Many children among dead and injured after strikes on Tyre

    MIDDLE EAST: Twelve-year-old Nour lay heavily bandaged and fighting for her life in a hospital in the southern Lebanese city of Tyre. She is one of many children killed and injured in Israeli air strikes on this Mediterranean port in recent days. p

  • Israelis shelter while rockets explode

    MIDDLE EAST: Hizbullah poured more than 50 rockets into northern Israel yesterday, hitting a house in Safed, another in Akko and a three-storey apartment block in Haifa, injuring 11 as it collapsed. p

  • Iran restates intention to defend Syria in the event of any attack by Israel

    MIDDLE EAST: A complex matrix of motives and interests lies behind the relationships between Iran, Syria and the Hizbullah, writes Michael Jansen p

  • Bush, Blair tête à tête goes a bit further than they hoped

    G8 SUMMIT: A microphone picked up an unaware President George Bush saying yesterday Syria should press Hizbullah to "stop doing this shit". p

  • Heavy death toll after gunmen attack market near Baghdad

    IRAQ: Gunmen killed more than 50 people in an attack around a crowded market in a town near Baghdad yesterday in one of the bloodiest incidents in Iraq this year. p

  • Bush showdown with Congress looms over stem-cell research

    US: The Senate is today expected to approve an expansion of federal funding for embryonic stem-cell research, triggering a dramatic, election-year confrontation between Congress and President George Bush, who has promised to veto the bill. Mr Bush has not vetoed any legislation since he took office, a record of restraint unmatched by US presidents since Thomas Jefferson. p

  • Darfur violence increases as AU troops under-funded

    SUDAN: Victims of Darfur's bloody violence face a growing risk of death or rape around aid camps because African Union (AU) troops lack resources to properly protect them, according to eight international charities working in Sudan's war-torn western region. p

  • De Menezes's family to challenge decision

    BRITAIN: The family of Jean Charles de Menezes vowed yesterday to continue its battle to bring criminal charges against the officers involved in shooting him dead after prosecutors ruled there was insufficient evidence to go to trial. p

  • Commission proposes to ring the changes on roaming charges

    European Diary: European travel is relatively painless these days. Travelling to Luxembourg, France, the Netherlands and Germany is a doddle for a Brussels resident, who doesn't even need to show a passport when crossing borders. What's more, the trains are mercilessly efficient and Brussels airport is spotless and rarely crowded. p

  • In Short

    A round-up of today's other stories in brief. p
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