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Germany Debates Sending Soldiers to Middle East As a ceasefire to the fighting in Lebanon begins to look more likely, the debate over whether Germany should take part in international peacekeeping there has divided the country's politicians. To read this article on the DW-WORLD website, just click on the internet address below: http://newsletter.dw-world.de/re?l=1hlpk0Ifcha79I0&req=l%3D1hlpjkIfcha79I0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The wait is over! The Bundesliga starts again! Follow all the German soccer action with DW-WORLD.DE in our special section: http://newsletter.dw-world.de/re?l=1hlpk0Ifcha79I1&req=l%3D1hlpjkIfcha79I1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Monday cease-fire set in Lebanon The Israeli cabinet has agreed to a UN-backed cease-fire, clearing the way for an end to hostilities by 5:00 a.m. Greenwich Mean Time on Monday, August 14. On Saturday, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan had announced the implementation of that truce which the Security Council hammered out in UN resolution 1701. The Lebanese government, which includes Hezbollah representatives, also approved the UN plan. Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has said his guerrillas would observe the resolution, but he added that a full stop to fighting was not possible until the timing of the truce was agreed to and adhered to by Israel. Two die in air strikes against Beirut Before the cease-fire begins, the fighting in Lebanon has intensified. Israeli aeroplanes killed two children in a strike on Beirut's southern suburbs, with reports of at least 18 explosions in the Lebanese capital. Air strikes on numerous other villages killed at least five people near the city of Tyre and two more in the Bekaa valley. In northern Israel, one man was killed after Hezbollah fired a barrage of rockets on the city of Kiryat Shmona. Israel Defence Forces confirmed earlier that Hezbollah shot down an Israeli helicopter, killing all five crew members. Saturday was the deadliest day of the war for the Israeli military, with 24 soldiers killed. Heathrow Airport disrupted for fourth day Airlines have cancelled almost a third of the flights from London's Heathrow Airport today. This follows new security measures introduced in the wake of Thursday's huge bomb plot alert. The airport operator, the British Airports Authority, said 70 percent of flights on all airlines at Heathrow were expected to operate, but warned that tough new screening measures for passengers and luggage meant delays were inevitable. British Airways chief executive Willie Walsh accused BAA of being unable to deal with increased security and baggage checks. But BAA's chief executive officer for Heathrow, Tony Douglas, blamed the measures themselves, saying they were "not sustainable". Meanwhile, a large-scale investigation into the alleged plot to blow up several transatlantic airlines continues. Sri Lanka seeks peace after heavy fighting In Sri Lanka, severe fighting over the last two days between Tamil Tiger rebels and government forces in the northern Jaffna peninsula has resulted in the deaths of around 200. Rebels attempted to take control of the region but were repelled by government troops which number 40,000 in the area. However, in an unexpected move, Tamil Tiger rebels have offered to reopen peace talks after four weeks of the worst fighting since a 2002 cease-fire was agreed. The offer was made on Friday by the rebels. However, on Saturday a senior peace official was allegedly assassinated by Tiger rebels in a Colombo suburb. 1 dead in bus blast in Moldovan region An explosion on a trolley-bus in Moldova's separatist Dnestr region has killed at least one person and injured seven others. The Russian Itar-Tass news agency quoted police as saying the blast in the region's main town Tiraspol was probably caused by a bomb. A bus blast in Tiraspol on July 6 killed eight people. Transdnestr declared independence from Moldova in August 1991 before the breakup of the Soviet Union but the international community does not recognize it. Leading rebel killed says Ugandan army Uganda's military claims that its troops have killed a senior northern rebel wanted for war crimes by the International Criminal Court in The Hague. An army spokesman said that Raska Lukwiya, one of five commanders of the elusive Lord's Resistance Army or LRA was killed in a confrontation on Saturday. Local observers though advise caution, pointing out that the army has in the past claimed to have killed members of the LRA leadership who later resurfaced unharmed. Castro turns 80 but remains out of sight Cuban leader Fidel Castro celebrates his 80th birthday today as speculation continues as to the veteran dictator's true condition. Castro has not been seen in public since before July 31, when a news reader announced he had temporarily ceded power, for the first time since 1959, to his brother, Defence Minister Raul Castro, following intestinal surgery. Meanwhile, the first photos of Castro since his illness have been published in Cuba's Communist Youth newspaper. He is seen sitting by his bed with a copy of Saturday's newspaper. Iraqi forces arrest kidnapping gang Iraqi government sources say that security forces have arrested a 16-member gang of insurgents suspected of planting car bombs and plotting to kidnap relatives of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki. A statement from Maliki's office said the group had been captured over the previous 24 hours in Maliki's hometown of Hindiyah, south of Baghdad. They are suspected of planning to kidnap or assassinate close relatives of Prime Minister Maliki. Maliki, a 56-year-old conservative Shi'ite leader, is the head of Iraq's coalition unity government, battling to hold the country together as rival Sunni and Shi'ite extremist groups war against each other. Berlin Wall begun 45 years ago Today marks the 45th anniversary of the commencement of the construction of the Berlin Wall. German Interior Minister, Wolfgang Schaeuble, and Berlin's governing mayor, Klaus Wowereit attended a ceremony in the Bernauer Strasse where the border was first sealed, in remembrance of the 192 people who died attempting to cross the Wall from East Germany. Construction of the Wall, which cut off West Berlin from the rest of West Germany, began in the night of August 13, 1961. The 155 kms long wall was first breached in November 1989 and torn down at the end of 1990 as communism collapsed and the Cold War ended. Toronto hosts XVI AIDS conference The XVI International AIDS Conference opens today in Toronto, Canada. 24,000 delegates from 132 countries are expected to attend the world's largest conference ever to be held on the immune-deficiency disease. Around 40 million people world-wide are thought to be infected with the deadly virus. 25 million people have already died from the illness. The conference, which is costing an estimated 16 million euros, ends on August 18. Steffi Nerius wins women's javelin At the European Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden, Steffi Nerius of Germany has won the women's javelin. Barbora Spotakova of the Czech Republic took silver and Spain's Mercedes Chilla won bronze. 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