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30 August 2006
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert
rejects calls for a swift end to the
Lebanon blockade, after talks with
the UN chief.
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International truce monitors say
they are "convinced" Sri Lanka's
military killed 17 aid workers
earlier this month.
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A wave of bombings in Iraq kill 44
people, including 24 at a Baghdad
market and 12 at an army recruitment
centre.
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31 August 2006
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Lebanese PM Fouad Siniora appeals for help at a donors'
meeting to raise money for his country's recovery.
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Iran says it will not yield to Western pressure, defying
a UN deadline to stop sensitive nuclear work.
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Zimbabweans express anger at proposed legislation to
monitor telephone calls and internet use.
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- More BBC News on Video for August 2006
- August 30/ Japanese
Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi winds up Uzbek visit
- August 29/ Korea/
South Korea's Prime Minister makes gambling apology
- August 28/ Mideast
Ceasefire/ UN chief Kofi Annan on Lebanon truce mission
- August 25/ Mideast
Ceasefire/ French President Chirac doubts Lebanon force
size
- August 24/ Europe/
Austrian girl 'found' after eight years
- August 23/ Mideast
Ceasefire/ Efforts to strengthen the UN peace force in
Lebanon
- August 22/ Iraq/
Saddam trial hears of chemical weapons attack
- August 21/ Iraq/ No
Saddam plea at genocide trial
- August 18/ Japan/
The living of Japan's babyboomer generation
- August 17/ Middle
East Ceasefire/ States pledge troops for Lebanon
- Aug. 16, 2006/ Mid East/ UN drive to agree
Lebanon force
- August 15, 2006/ Middle East
Ceasefire/ Syria hails 'a new Middle East'
- August 14, 2006/ Japan/ Koizumi defies war
shrine protest
- August 11, 2006/ Middle East/ UN vote backs
Lebanon ceasefire
- August 10, 2006/ Assets of 'plane plotters'
frozen in England
- August 09, 2006/ France plays key UN role
for Cease-fire
- August 08, 2006/ South Lebanese warned of
strike
- August 07, 2006/ Lebanon PM revises air raid
toll
- August 04, 2006/ Israel maintains Lebanon
assault
- August 03, 2006/ Israel resumes Beirut air
strikes
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