MIDEAST: ISRAEL APPROVES AID CORRIDOR INTO LEBANON - Trapped in hell - Civilians bear brunt of bombardment
BEIRUT (Reuters): ISRAELI WARPLANES pounded Lebanon and Hez-bollah rockets crashed into Haifa yesterday as a senior United Nations official deman-ded a halt to the violence to allow aid to reach desperate civilians.
ISRAEL: Sharon takes turn for worse
JERUSALEM (Reuters): THE CONDITION of Ariel Sharon, the former Israeli Prime Minister who masterminded the 1982 invasion of Lebanon, has deteriorated, doctors said yesterday.
IRAQ: Bombs kill 62; Saddam holds strain
BAGHDAD (Reuters): CAR BOMBS killed at least 62 Iraqis yesterday as Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki prepared for a White House visit expected to focus on halting what many see as Iraq's accelerating slide toward all-out sectarian civil war.
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