AFP - US President George W. Bush vowed to work with the United Nations for "a sustainable peace" in Lebanon as Washington won an Israeli promise to suspend its Lebanese air campaign for two days.

Reuters - British Prime Minister Tony Blair talked to President George W. Bush and French President Jacques Chirac on the Mideast crisis on Saturday, his spokesman said, as the diplomatic drive for a UN resolution aimed at ending the conflict in the Middle East gathered pace.

Reuters - Britain is seeking to promote links between stem cell researchers in Britain and California, two leaders in the field, during a visit to the state this week by British Prime Minister Tony Blair,

Showing an optimistic approach on the Middle East crisis, the United States President George W. Bush said that while the fighting in Lebanon is painful it also presents opportunity for change in the Middle East.

Reuters - President Bush on Saturday cast the Lebanon war as part of a broader struggle against terrorism and said a strategy to end the violence there must address the threat posed by Hizbollah.

AP - President Bush said Saturday that while the fighting in Lebanon is "painful and tragic," it also presents opportunity for change in the Middle East, a region that has "suffered decades of tyranny and violence."

On Saturday, United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice left Malaysia for the Middle East after participating in ASEAN Regional Forum. Earlier, US media reports quoted President George W. Bush as saying that Rice would visit Lebanon on Saturday for talks with countries in the Middle East...

AFP - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is due back in the Middle East to lobby for a plan to bring in an international force and sideline Hezbollah, as the Shiite militia fired a new missile and Israeli bombs continued to rain down upon southern Lebanon.

AFP - The aid charity Oxfam blasted talks on the Middle East crisis between US President George W. Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair as more "hand-wringing&­quot; in the face of a rising death toll.

AP - Hezbollah politicians, while expressing reservations, have joined their critics in the government in agreeing to a peace package that includes strengthening an international force in south Lebanon and disarming the guerrillas, the government said.

AP - President Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair declared Friday that a multinational force should be dispatched quickly to help Lebanon regain control of the southern part of its country from the Hezbollah militia.

US President George W. Bush announced Friday that he was sending Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice back to the Middle East to broker a ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon, but conservative leaders said he would be better off dumping America's top diplomat. During a press conference with...

AP - Q: Mr. President, both of you, I'd like to ask you about the big picture that you're discussing.

U.S. President George W. Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Friday agreed that a multinational force should be deployed in the Mideast as proposed by the U.N, but the two allies said plans to stem the current Mideast violence should strive to settle old disputes in the region. Both...

Reuters - President George W. Bush on Friday urged Syria to become an active participant for peace in the Middle East.

Reuters - President George W. Bush said on Friday that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will return to the Middle East on Saturday for more talks about the conflict in southern Lebanon.

US President George W Bush says an international force must be sent to Lebanon, after talks with Tony Blair.

AFP - British Prime Minister Tony Blair has arrived in the United States, where he is due to hold talks on the Middle East crisis with President George W. Bush.

AP - The narrow road that leads to this southern Lebanese town is littered with the hulks of rocketed cars, white flags hanging limply from the windows. An Israeli drone whines overhead.

AP - British Prime Minister Tony Blair will seek a U.N. Security Council resolution to resolve the fighting in the Mideast by early next week, his spokesman said Friday.