Annan, Blair Say Only Outside Forces Will End Bombardment of Israel

“United Nations Security Council members will on Monday start hammering out a detailed agreement on deploying a multilateral security force to Lebanon, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said.World leaders at a Group of Eight summit in St. Petersburg had raised the possibility of a force at the weekend. But Annan, after talks with British Prime Minister Tony Blair, said he would push ahead with the plan as a matter of urgency.” [Read more]