AFP - Israel's ambassador to Washington, Michael Oren, warned Friday that Hezbollah has placed around 15,000 rockets along Lebanon's border with Israel, including some that could hit southern Eilat.

AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is trying to inject some urgency into Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, warning that the negotiations may be "the last chance for a very long time" for an agreement.

AFP - Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah on Friday said a UN investigating the murder of Lebanese ex-premier Rafiq Hariri did "not concern" him, because it had dismissed data provided by his militant group.

AFP - A series of explosions on Friday ripped through a house rumoured to be serving as an arms depot in south Lebanon, an area considered a Hezbollah stronghold, state media reported.

AP - Hezbollah's leader says he will not respond to a U.N.-appointed prosecutor's demand for the Islamic militant group to hand over all information relevant to the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.

AP - Explosions ripped through a building Friday in southern Lebanon that might have been used to store weapons by the militant group Hezbollah, security officials said.

AP - Lebanese security officials say several explosions have caused a large fire in a southern village.