Russia calls for a truce

[malaise]

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/6B3C0AC4-3541-4F18-B3FD-0053BA32BB0D.htm
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Russia is calling for a 72-hour humanitarian truce between Israel and Hezbollah while negotiations continue between the United States and France on a draft resolution to end the fighting.

Vitaly Churkin, Russia's UN ambassador, said the crisis in Lebanon was too urgent to wait for the wording of a draft resolution on the withdrawal of Israeli troops and a permanent ceasefire to be agreed.

He said: "This diplomatic activity is not being conducted in a quiet academic environment.

"War is raging in Lebanon and the humanitarian situation is getting catastrophic."

[theHandpuppet]

1. Finally, some sanity

What a shame our own govt didn't call for a truce instead of fueling this war with its shipments of bombs.

[malaise]

2. We can only hope for a ceasefire tomorrow

This madenss must stop but after 24/7 of terra, who still remembers what's going on in Lebanon.

[bigtree]

3. Israeli on the defensive there

at the UN. Lot's of effort (probably calculated) to keep Israel from expanding their offensive as they telegraphed.