Arabs today criticised a Danish court’s decision to exonerate the newspaper that first published the Prophet Mohammed cartoons that provoked riots across the Muslim world.

RESIDENTS of Beirut’s southern suburbs hit by Israeli air strikes vowed yesterday to stand by Hezbollah, despite rising casualties from attacks triggered by its capture of two Israeli soldiers.

A DISGRUNTLED Education Ministry employee opened fire at colleagues at a ministry office in Lebanon yesterday, killing eight people and wounding five before he was apprehended

A man opened fire today at a Beirut university, killing eight people before he was arrested by police, officials said.