Latest developments

* Israeli planes kill 36 people in Lebanon in a fifth day of strikes; 16 of the deaths were in Tyre, where a building used by rescue workers was hit * Rockets fired by Hizbollah guerillas kill eight people in the Israeli city of Haifa * Israeli Prime...

* Israeli planes kill 36 people in Lebanon in a fifth day of strikes; 16 of the deaths were in Tyre, where a building used by rescue workers was hit

* Rockets fired by Hizbollah guerillas kill eight people in the Israeli city of Haifa

* Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert warns Lebanon of "far-reaching consequences" after attack on Haifa

* Hizbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah says confrontation with Israel is just beginning

* A UN team sent to Lebanon says it supports the Lebanese government's call for a cease-fire but urges the release of two Israeli soldiers

* German Chancellor Angela Merkel says Group of Eight leaders demand Hizbollah release captured Israelis, halt attacks on Israel

* Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak calls for unconditional cease-fire, says all sides should give talks a chance

* Israeli forces kill five Palestinian militants and a civilian in a series of strikes in Gaza

* G8 leaders blame upsurge in Middle East violence on "extremists" and demand Hizbollah release captured Israeli soldiers. They say Israel has the right to exist but call on the Jewish state to exercise restraint

* US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says the United States is deeply concerned about civilian casualties in Lebanon but that immediate cease-fire would not solve the problem

* European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana arrives in Beirut; Lebanese officials say he will meet Prime Minister Fouad Siniora

* Lebanon says Italy has relayed Israeli conditions for a cease-fire

* Syria vows a "harsh and direct response" if it is attacked by Israel

* Organisation of the Islamic Conference calls for immediate end to Israeli "bloodshed" in Lebanon

* European and Arab nations and the United States move to evacuate nationals from Lebanon

* Eight Canadians killed in Lebanon, Foreign Minister Peter MacKay tells CTV television.

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