Damascus (AFP) Jul 28, 2006 - Nearly 100 hectares of Syrian forest have been destroyed in 191 separate fires since the summer season began, the al-Thawra newspaper quoted an environment ministry official as saying Friday.
Jerusalem (AFP) Jul 28, 2006 - Hezbollah fired a new type of missile at Israel Friday, police said, in one of its deepest strikes onto Israeli territory on the 17th day of the Lebanon crisis.
United Nations (AFP) Jul 28, 2006 - A resolution to be proposed to the UN Security Council by six major powers would give Iran until August 31 to halt uranium enrichment, US ambassador John Bolton said Friday.
Moscow (AFP) Jul 28, 2006 - Two officers of the Russian interior ministry's forces were shot dead Friday in the unstable North Caucasus province of Ingushetia as they were driving from neighbouring Chechnya, an interior ministry official said.
Brussels (AFP) Jul 28, 2006 - NATO ambassadors gave final authorisation Friday for the alliance to take command of security operations in southern Afghanistan, the organisation said in a statement.
Beijing (AFP) Jul 28, 2006 - The number of dead or missing in China from Typhoon Kaemi passed 100 on Friday, as gales and rains continued to batter the nation's densely populated eastern and central provinces, state media said.
Le Havre, France (AFP) Jul 28, 2006 - A bearded seal, a species usually found in the cold waters of the Arctic circle, has been spotted in the river Seine in France where he is believed to have set up home in the spring, an animal expert told AFP on Friday.
Washington (AFP) Jul 28, 2006 - The United States and Britain support sending a multinational force into Lebanon to assist that country's military, President George W. Bush said Friday.
Bujumbura (AFP) Jul 28, 2006 - The Burundian government announced Friday it had agreed on the terms of a ceasefire with the country's last active rebel movement, in spite of concerns by the insurgents over the sharing of government and military posts.
Bucharest (AFP) Jul 28, 2006 - Nine people have died in the past eight days from the heatwave in Romania, the health ministry said Friday.
Moscow (AFP) Jul 28, 2006 - Russia called on Tehran on Friday swiftly to end consideration of a set of proposals by six major powers for resolving the Iranian nuclear crisis and to give a positive response.
Jerusalem (AFP) Jul 28, 2006 - Hezbollah fired a new type of missile at Israel Friday, police said, in one of its deepest strikes onto Israeli territory on the 17th day of the Lebanon crisis.
Madrid (AFP) Jul 28, 2006 - The Spanish energy regulator CNE on Friday cleared the way for the German energy group E.ON to pursue a controversial bid for electricity producer Endesa, but with a score of strings attached including a major asset disposal in nuclear power generation.
Washington (AFP) Jul 28, 2006 - Air defense operations in an iconic Cold War command post built deep inside Cheyenne Mountain in Colorado are being mothballed because of the low risk of a nuclear strike, a military spokesman said.
Washington (AFP) Jul 28, 2006 - The Pentagon notified the US Congress Friday of possible sales to Saudi Arabia of M1 Abrams tanks and upgrades of AH-64 attack helicopters valued at as much as 3.3 billion dollars.
Brussels (AFP) Jul 28, 2006 - The European Commission is to help Lebanon contain a huge oil spill south of Beirut caused by an Israeli air strike on a power plant, officials said Thursday.
