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Updated on: Monday 14 August 2006, 13:32 Makka Time, 10:32 GMT   Lebanon truce takes hold Guns fell silent across southern Lebanon on Monday morning as a United Nations ceasefire halting Israel's month-long war against Hezbollah came into effect, Lebanese security forces say. FULL STORY •  Palestinians see Nasrallah as new hero •  Red Cross: Civilian deaths unacceptable •  Middle East leaders support resolution •  Full text: UN Lebanon resolution Colombo blast kills seven Aids conference tackles discrimination Koizumi shrine visit set to spark row Iran's president starts blogging Arab World more •  Toll rises in Baghdad blasts •  US detains scores in Baghdad sweep •  Bomber kills dozens near Najaf shrine •  Rafah border crossing closes again •  Israeli strike on Gaza camp kills three •  Three US soldiers killed in Iraq •  Islamists seize key Somali town •  UN: Darfur peace deal has failed Global more •  Massive power blackout in Tokyo •  Britain downgrades terror threat level •  First pictures of recovering Castro •  Chavez foe escapes from prison •  China typhoon death toll rises •  S Africa: Deadline for white farmers •  Sri Lanka fighting rages •  24 dead in Afghan fighting Economy more •  Moscow's $27million makeover •  Indian state bans Pepsi and Coke •  BP shutdown shakes oil markets •  Google forges MySpace search deal Science & Technology more •  Pluto faces planetary downgrade •  3D peek at the dawn of life •  Gates gives $500m to treat Aids •  Monet art 'to reveal London pollution' Culture more •  Malaysia gallery seeks ghost busters •  Cuba threatens satellite crackdown •  Reality tempers SA women's hopes •  'Aggression' slur angers Maoris Crisis in Lebanon more •  Timeline: Lebanon conflict •  Arab-Jewish tensions rise in Israel •  Lebanese dead going unburied •  Have your say on the Lebanese crisis Cartoons STATUE OF LIBERTY Drawing by Shujaat 26/07/2006 See more cartoons Opinion Sunni, Shia and US ME politics by Laith Saud •  US has to choose: Israel or the ME •  Watching American TV in Beirut •  A way out of the Gaza crisis

In pictures Refugees flee Sri Lanka fighting – Photos by Jody Sabral  Interviews "They want the lynch mob to humiliate you"      Features After Castro Cubans look to an uncertain future   Lucia Newman Laptop revolution Taking technology to the developing world Greg Norman Uneasy bedfellows Can Alan Garcia and Hugo Chavez get along? Dima Khatib Justice delayed Bringing the masters of the killing fields to account Greg Norman Under assault Sri Lanka's Muslims feel pain of escalating conflict Jonathan Gorvett Brazilian ballet Dancing and dreaming in the slums of Rio de Janiero Gibby Zobel   Most Emailed Stories •  New Saudi opposition group formed •  Indian state bans Pepsi and Coke •  Elephants 'pay respects' to the dead •  Israel asks US for new missiles •  Palestinians see Nasrallah as new hero

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