Beirut - A delegation from the pro-Syrian Hezbollah movement met Wednesday with anti-Syrian majority leader Saad Hariri at the latter's residence in an effort to end a four-month feud that almost plunged the country into a civil war.
"It was not a meeting of reconciliation - it was a meeting of frankness," Hezbollah MP Mohammed Raad told reporters at Hariri's Koraitem mansion.
"We emphasize our commitment to what we agreed in Doha," Raad said, in reference to the accord reached at the Qatari capital more than three months ago.
San Francisco - Movie stars might be able to perform incredible car manoeuvres while talking on the phone and sending text messages. But in real life such actions will likely result in a nasty crash, and in California at least, a ticket and fine from the Highway Patrol.
Toulon, France - The economic turmoil provoked by crises in the American sub-prime and finance markets has put an end to the free- market economy, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Thursday in the southern French city of Toulon.
Tel Aviv/Bethlehem - Paul McCartney called for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict Wednesday, as he toured Bethlehem a day before his historic "Friendship First" concert in Tel Aviv.
New York - Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao on Wednesday gave the world a view of what his country is like following the successful hosting of the Summer Olympic Games, stressing that it trails 100 countries in per capita income and its rural regions remain underdeveloped.
Nairobi - A lack of political will has prevented the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights from hearing a single case in the ten years since it was established, campaigners said Wednesday.
