Beirut  - A bomb exploded late Monday inside the Palestinian refugee camp Ain el Hilweh in southern Lebanon, but did not inflict any casualties, Palestinian sources said.

The bomb exploded in Hay al Manshiyeh, an area inside Ain el Hilweh, which is the home of some 70,000 Palestinian refugees, and caused only material damage, the sources said.

Ain el Hilweh, one of the 12 camps that host some 367,000 Palestinian refugees across Lebanon, has in recent months seen clashes between the mainstream Fatah movement and fundamentalist groups Jund al-Sham and Fatah al-Islam.

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Budapest = The Hungarian parliament on Monday voted by 209 votes to 171 in favour of the government's 2009 budget bill.

Although the result was expected, it nevertheless put an end to months of debate and speculation over the exact details of the budget and the viability of Hungary's unpopular socialist government.

Finance Minister Janos Veres said the government's latest economic forecast had taken into account possible worst-case-scenarios.

New York  - Israel's decision to expel a US expert on human rights was a "dangerous" move that contravened mandates given to rights advocates working for the United Nations, the UN General Assembly president said Monday.

Richard Falk was detained at Jerusalem's airport on Sunday and then deported back to the United States. Falk's mandate given by the 192-nation assembly is to assess the situation in Palestinian- occupied territories.

The Israeli foreign ministry on Monday said Falk was "unwelcome in Israel."

Los Angeles  - The American Film Institute has named its top 10 US movies of the year, including critical favourites like The Dark Knight, Iron Man, Wall-E and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.

But it snubbed other movies considered top contenders for the Oscars like Doubt, The Reader, Revolutionary Road, Vicky Cristina Barcelona and The Visitor. Slumdog Millionaire, frequently mentioned as an awards season contender, wasn't cited because it is a foreign production.