Gov't worried about security risks for Lebanon peacekeepers -Finland's PM
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Finland's government is worried about security risks involved in the peacekeeping operation in Lebanon, Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen said at a news conference Monday.
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Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said Wednesday he believed Iraqi forces were capable of taking over security around the country within 18 months, but he did not mention a timetable for U.S.-led coalition forces to leave.
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Lebanon's prime minister said Wednesday he has asked the United Nations to renew the mandate of international peacekeepers in his country, despite an attack last weekend that killed six members of the force.
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Mr.Erik Solheim, Norwegian special peace envoy Thursday urged the Government of Sri Lanka (GOSL) and Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) to exercise the maximum restraint and refrain from actions that could be interpreted as provocations, especially
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U.N. troops sent to keep the peace in southern Lebanon are taking strong defensive measures against possible suicide attacks &#151; worried because al-Qaida has warned they are considered enemies of Islam.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard has brushed aside fears that a projected joint security declaration with Japan would harm his country's ties with China, press reports said.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair says there was no rift in his Cabinet over his government's handling of the conflict in Lebanon, and a British lawmaker publicly backed him on Sunday.
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Israel's prime minister declared Monday that there would be no cease-fire with Hezbollah guerrillas, apologizing for the deaths of Lebanese civilians but saying "we will not give up on our goal to live a life free of terror." His Security Cabinet approved widening the ground offensive.
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Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki told lawmakers Monday that Iraqi forces were not ready to take over security from the U.S. military across the country.
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Germany's cabinet approved "historic"   plans on Wednesday to send naval and air forces to Lebanon to   help guarantee security after Israel's one-month war against   Hizbollah guerrillas.
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The office said Hariri would not form the next government. The outgoing prime minister has led Lebanon for most of the time since the end of the civil war in 1990.
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The Lebanese Interior Minister denied having told Denmark about the presence of an Al-Qaeda cell in the Scandinavian country, allegedly closely linked to another Al-Qaeda group in Lebanon.
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Prime minister says early timetable for withdrawal would threaten safety of troops on the ground.
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The head of the Iranian nuclear program said any attack on the country's atomic facilities would not extinguish the knowledge gained by young Iranian scientists, Iran's ISNA news agency reported.
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Lebanon's Prime Minister Fouad Siniora said on Tuesday his depleted cabinet was legitimate despite the resignation of six pro-Syrian ministers, and warned that any anti-government protests could turn violent.
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A former Finnish defence minister and an influential academic were quoted as saying in Saturday's Hufvudstadsbladet, the Swedish-language daily, that the potential opponents of President Tarja Halonen and the ...
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ISN SECURITY WATCH (20/10/04) - Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri tendered his cabinetâs resignation on Wednesday and said he would not head a new government.