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Morning News


Aug.14   Southern Lebanon     Israel-Hezbollah cease-fire in effect
  A U.N.-brokered cease-fire took effect on the 34th day of fighting, although both sides launched final attacks
 4 mortar rounds were fired inside Lebanon after the cease-fire; none of them hit Israeli territory, Lebanese forces are to move into southern Lebanon to prevent a return of the violence


  Cuba     Chavez at Castro's bedside in new photos
  Official Communist Party newspaper has published new pictures of ailing President in bed, smiling


  Sri Lanka   Attacks leave 50 dead, mostly girls  43 schoolgirls killed in what the Tamil Tigers charged was a government air raid on a children's home

  London UK hand baggage restrictions eased  Hand baggage restrictions for passengers are being eased to try to reduce the chaos caused by increased checks

Day News


  Southern Lebanon   Refugees stream back
  Hours after a U.N.-brokered cease-fire took effect, thousands of refugees poured back into southern Lebanon


  Japan     Koizumi defies war shrine protest
  Prime Minister has prayed at the national war shrine in Tokyo despite protests from China and South Korea


  Jerusalem     Israel warns foes despite truce  Prime Minister Ehud Olmert: Israel will pursue Hezbollah leaders in Lebanon despite the ceasefire

  Southern Lebanon   Lebanese find piles of concrete  The gunmen emerged from collapsed buildings and hugged one another

  London UK police search for explosives  British investigators searched for evidence of explosives in woods, near where they arrested 24 suspects

  Cuba Castro makes TV appearance from bed  State-run TV broadcasting video of the Cuban leader talking from his bed with Hugo Chavez

Evening News


  Southern Lebanon     Fragile truce holding
  The truce between Israel and Hezbollah remains intact despite sporadic violence


  USA Dell recalls 4m laptop batteries  The world's largest manufacturer of personal computers is to recall its notebook computer batteries

  Sri Lanka Sri Lanka shuts its schools  The government closed its schools after a bombing that left the government and rebels trading accusations
San Francisco Bay Area , August 14, 2006 Timeline