Israel has made “significant progress” in the gradual withdrawal of its forces from south Lebanon in the month since the U.N. Security Council passed a resolution to end the conflict there, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Tuesday in a report. The report said both Israel and the Islamic militant group Hezbollah had mostly complied with the cease-fire that was called for in that resolution, aside from one major raid by Israel on Aug. 19 and several minor violations. Full Story