Mediators push for Lebanon truce
Palestinian mediators pressed for a negotiated solution to a week-long siege of a Palestinian refugee camp Sunday, with the government demanding the surrender of Islamic militants inside but reluctant to rush into an all-out assault. The Lebanese government was in a bind over its campaign to uproot Fatah Islam militants barricaded inside the Nahr el-Bared refugee camp. An attack to crush the fighters could be bloody – for the troops and for the thousands of Palestinian civilians still inside. Full Story