
Washington's plans to curb the Taliban's influence in Pakistan by broadening air strikes is meeting road blocks. Just days after reports that the US would conduct military strikes, using CIA drones in Baluchistan, Defense Secretary Robert Gates has now ruled that out.
Obama is considering proposals to expand air strikes into the province of Baluchistan.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/pakistan-alqaida-taliban-are-not-in-baluchistan/88125-2.html
Palestinian sources say the dead include 130 children under the age of 16.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/gaza-children-civilian-injured-hospitals-unequipped/82243-2.html
The official said Lebanon is committed to a U.N.-brokered truce that ended the brutal 2006 war.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/lebanon-says-looking-for-who-fired-rockets/82239-2.html
Israeli troops prepare for possible ground invasion after air attacks.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/israeli-strikes-on-gaza-death-toll-now-307/81529-2.html
The report says the armed forces already have their mission orders.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/military-strike-on-pak-us-company-says-india-ready/80991-3.html
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has rejected a call to lift its air and sea blockade of Lebanon.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/lebanon-blockade-will-continue-israel/20233-2.html
Top foreign diplomats planned a 15,000-strong International force to enforce a cease-fire in southern Lebanon.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/15000strong-force-planned-for-lebanon/18734-2.html
The raid occurred less than two hours before the truce between Israel and Hezbollah was set to officially start.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/israel-strikes-lebanon-before-truce/18453-2.html
Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah said the organization would abide by the UN cease-fire resolution but continue fighting,
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/hezbollah-accepts-un-ceasefire/18387-2.html
Israeli forces thrust deeper into Lebanon against fierce Hezbollah resistance on Saturday and air strikes killed up to 20 people.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/israel-continues-attack-despite-un-vote/18352-2.html
Israel is studying Lebanon's offer to deploy some 15,000 Lebanese troops along the Israel-Lebanon border.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/israel-studying-lebanons-offer-olmert/18005-2.html
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