Syria's Assad not doing enough for stability-US

Wednesday, July 19, 2006, 0:33 [IST]

WASHINGTON, July 18 (Reuters) US President George W Bush believes Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is not doing enough to bring regional stability, the White House today said, amid the latest crises in Lebanon and Gaza.

''The president believes that at this point President Assad is not doing what he can to create stability, which would be to stop housing terrorist organizations and providing safe haven for them and permitting people to conduct terrorist operations or at least planning on his soil,'' White House spokesman Tony Snow said.

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Israel says Hizbollah, Iran coordinated abduction

Wednesday, July 19, 2006,1:04 [IST]

JERUSALEM, July 18 (Reuters) Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert today accused the Lebanese guerrilla group Hizbollah of coordinating its abduction of two Israeli soldiers last week with Iran, enabling Tehran to divert attention away from its nuclear programme.In a statement, Olmert reiterated he would not negotiate with Hizbollah and said it was too early to talk about a new international force to stabilise Lebanon.Reuters DKS GC0042.....

Indonesia tsunami toll crosses 350, hundreds missing

Wednesday, July 19, 2006,1:05 [IST]

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US can move 2,000-plus Americans from Lebanon

Wednesday, July 19, 2006,1:33 [IST]

WASHINGTON, July 18 (Reuters) The United States will be capable of evacuating more than 2,000 Americans from Lebanon tomorrow as it ramps up an operation to ferry its citizens from a country being bombarded by Israel, US officials said.The United States has the capacity to fly 240 people out tomorrow and use two ships with a total of as many as 2,200 seats for evacuees, Assistant Secretary of State Maura Harty told reporters.''We will see a dramatic ramp.....

UN works on draft to curb Iran's nuclear ambitions

Wednesday, July 19, 2006,2:03 [IST]

UNITED NATIONS, July 18 (Reuters) Major powers today began work on a UN Security Council resolution that would demand Iran suspend uranium enrichment as well as temporarily halt construction on a reactor that can produce plutonium.The draft under consideration is an updated version of one introduced by the United States, Britain and France in early May but never adopted. It includes threats of sanctions to curb Iran's nuclear program, which the West fears is a prelude to bomb-making.The.....

Heavy rains hit two Koreas, some 130 dead

Wednesday, July 19, 2006,2:03 [IST]

SEOUL, July 18 (Reuters) At least 129 people are confirmed or reported dead in North and South Korea in flooding and landslides over the last few days, according to officials and a leading international relief agency. In secretive North Korea, over 100 people died and thousands of people were left homeless, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said citing reports. At least 29 people have been killed and another 32 are missing.....