Lebanon tensions rise as siege ends
It should have been a good week for Lebanon. Its beleaguered armed forces finally won a decisive victory over al-Qaeda-inspired militants after a three-month siege of the Nahr al-Bared Palestinian refugee camp that saw hundreds of soldiers, militants and civilians killed and wounded. And there seemed to be sudden progress in the political stalemate between the Hizbollah-led opposition and the Western-backed government of Fuad Siniora, after it dropped its demand for the power of veto over all government decisions. Full Story