Israel will pursue its war on Hezbollah with more military incursions into south Lebanon but will not unleash a full-scale invasion for the moment, an Israeli army spokesperson said on Saturday. Thousands of Lebanese civilians have fled north fearing Israel will invade and expand an 11-day-old bombardment of Lebanon which has killed 345 people, mostly civilians.
Daniel Carter scored 25 points, atoning for a costly error in the opening minute with a perfect kicking record on Saturday to give New Zealand a 35-17 win over South Africa in a Tri-Nations rugby Test. South Africa’s humiliating 49-0 loss to Australia last weekend faded to dim memory when scrumhalf Fourie du Preez put the Springboks ahead after 20 seconds with a try from his charge down of Carter’s casual clearing kick
The appeals in Italian football’s match-fixing scandal began early on Saturday in a Rome hotel, Italian media reported. A sporting tribunal must decide whether to confirm the relegation of Juventus, Fiorentina and Lazio to the second division for their part in influencing which referees were selected for their matches last season.
United States marines pushed baby carriages and lifted children into transport boats as Americans desperate to flee the Israeli bombardment of Lebanon lined up near Beirut’s port as a massive evacuation operation picked up speed. Up to 5 000 US citizens were expected to leave on Friday — the largest number in three days.
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Microsoft on Friday confirmed rumours it planned to launch an "iPod killer," saying its challenge to Apple Computer’s dominant MP3 player would hit the market this year. Microsoft’s new "music and entertainment project" was called "Zune," the software giant’s general manager of marketing, Chris Stephenson, revealed in a statement.
Chinese authorities were warned against cover-ups on Saturday after the death toll from Tropical Storm Bilis more than doubled overnight. A week after Bilis made landfall, the official number of people killed in gales and floods was given at 518, nearly 300 more than the 228 previously reported, according to the state-run Xinhua news agency.
Wage talks between mining company Kumba and employees have deadlocked, the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) said on Friday. The union was awarded a certificate for a right to strike following an absence of consensus at a meeting facilitated by the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration, the NUM said in a statement.
At least 654 people were killed by the tsunami that smashed into the heavily-populated south coast of Indonesia’s Java island this week, the government said on Saturday, raising the toll by 101. As many as 329 remain missing and 978 people were injured after Monday’s tsunami, according to figures compiled by the National Disaster Management Coordinating Agency.
North Korea admitted on Friday that hundreds of people are dead or missing after torrential rains swept the country, but international aid agencies say they are struggling to gauge the level of fatalities. The official Korean Central News Agency reported that floods had also destroyed or damaged tens of thousands of buildings.