Israel responds to Lebanon rocket

A rocket fired from Lebanon has lightly wounded three people in northern Israel, the Israeli army says.

Lebanese security sources said that three rockets had been fired from southern Lebanon but two had landed inside Lebanese territory.

Lebanese sources say that Israel then fired at least six artillery shells.

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Sudan says 28 killed in clashes with Darfur rebels

Seventeen rebels and 11 Sudanese soldiers have been killed in clashes in Darfur, the army said, days after Khartoum signed a goodwill agreement with an insurgent movement.

The statement released to state media late on Friday was Sudan’s first acknowledgement that it was fighting the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) despite the tentative deal, which did not include a ceasefire but was meant to pave the way for peace talks.

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Rocket from Lebanon hit Israel

At least one rocket fired from Lebanon landed in northern Israel on Saturday, lightly wounding three people and prompting Israel to respond with a barrage of artillery shells, the Israeli army said.

In Beirut, a security source, asking not to be identified, said three rockets had been fired from the area of Mansouri, south of Tire, and that Israel had responded by firing at least six artillery shells into southern Lebanon. No one was wounded.

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LTTE planes raid Colombo

The surprise attack late on Friday by two small Tiger air craft set off hails of anti-aircraft fire across Colombo. One slammed into the main government tax office in central Colombo, killing at least two people and wounding 53, the military said.

The other plane was shot down and crashed in a marsh outside the international airport — site of the Tiger air wing’s first strike in 2007. State TV showed triumphant soldiers around the bullet-riddled fuselage of the small plane and its dead pilot.

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