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Israeli planes mount air strike on Lebanon after one dead in Hezbollah fire KHIAM, Lebanon (AFP) Aug 10, 2003 Israeli warplanes carried out an air strike on south Lebanon after an Israeli was killed in cross-border fire Sunday from the Hezbollah militia, Lebanese police and the Israeli army said. Russia hospital blast killed desertion attempt survivors ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia (AFP) Aug 10, 2003 A survivor of the recent suicide bomb attack on a military hospital in southern Russia said Sunday that he and some of his comrades were in the hospital following an abortive desertion attempt earlier that day. Israel carries out air strike on south Lebanon TAYR HARFA, Lebanon (AFP) Aug 10, 2003 Israel on Sunday carried out an air strike near the village of Tayr Harfa in south Lebanon, after an Israeli was killed in cross-border fire from the Hezbollah militia, Lebanese police said. |
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Hezbollah vows to keep up Shebaa attacks, firing at Israeli warplanes KHIAM, Lebanon (AFP) Aug 10, 2003 The Lebanese radical Shiite militia Hezbollah will keep up attacks on the disputed Shebaa Farms areas on the border with Israel and fire at Israeli warplanes, a top official of the movement said Sunday. US pulls out of joint military exercises in Egypt CAIRO (AFP) Aug 10, 2003 The US military will not participate in multinational military exercises with Egypt this year due to its mounting troop commitments elsewhere in the world, the US embassy in Cairo said Sunday. NATO to discuss extending ISAF to Afghan provinces KABUL (AFP) Aug 10, 2003 NATO will be forced to discuss expanding Afghanistan's International Security Assistance Force to the provinces, a spokesman said on Sunday ahead of the handover of command to the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation. Afghanistan welcomes NATO takeover of ISAF peacekeepers KABUL (AFP) Aug 10, 2003 Afghanistan Sunday welcomed NATO's imminent takeover of the peacekeeping International Security Assistance Force which is helping to ensure security in the Afghan capital. German Defense Minister embarks on Afghan visit for command handover BERLIN (AFP) Aug 10, 2003 German Defense Minister Peter Struck left Sunday for Afghanistan where he will oversee the handover of command of the international peacekeeping force to NATO, amid a growing debate on a German role in stabilizing areas outside the capital Kabul. German Defense Minister calls for NATO role in Iraq FRANKFURT (AFP) Aug 10, 2003 German Defense Minister Peter Struck called for NATO to assume a role in Iraq and said that German peacekeeping troops could join such a mission, in a newspaper interview published Sunday. |
Indian Air Force microlight plane crashlands, pilots safe NEW DELHI (AFP) Aug 10, 2003 A microlight aircraft belonging to the Indian Air Force crash-landed Sunday near a village on the outskirts of the capital New Delhi but there were no casualties, a defence ministry official said. China raises issue of newly discovered chemical weapons with Japan BEIJING (AFP) Aug 10, 2003 China made a protest to Japan over the injuries of dozens of people in northeastern Heilongjiang province, after they dug up chemical weapons left by the retreating Japanese army nearly 60 years ago, the foreign ministry said Sunday. Chinese FM Li arrives in Japan to discuss bilateral ties, NKorea TOKYO (AFP) Aug 10, 2003 Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing arrived in Japan Sunday for a four-day visit focussed on bilateral ties and upcoming six-way talks on the North Korean nuclear crisis. Japanese FM Kawaguchi hopes to visit SKorea to discuss NKorea crisis TOKYO (AFP) Aug 10, 2003 Japanese foreign minister Yoriko Kawaguchi said Sunday she wanted to visit South Korea to discuss the North Korean crisis before the expected six-way talks on defusing tensions over the Stalinist nation's nuclear weapons programme. Estrada mistress complains of harassment after Philippine rebellion MANILA (AFP) Aug 10, 2003 A mistress of deposed Philippine president Joseph Estrada has accused the government of President Gloria Arroyo of harassing her and denied any involvement in last month's failed rebellion, according to a report published Sunday. Chirac Nobel peace prize winner? Don't hold your breath, Norwegians say OSLO (AFP) Aug 10, 2003 French President Jacques Chirac's chances of winning this year's prestigious Nobel peace prize, for which he boasts a nomination, are microscopic, Norwegian experts say. |
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