| Israeli attack leaves truce in tatters as peacekeepers arrive
THE ceasefire in war-torn Lebanon was last night on the brink of collapse after Israeli special forces clashed with guerrillas deep inside the country and only a handful of United Nations peacekeepers trickled into the region. Israeli jets and commandos launched the first major attack on Hezbollah since the 34-day war between the two sides was halted by a UN-imposed truce on Monday. Three guerrillas and one Israeli officer were killed. .
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College entrance exams in China stressful for both students and ...
Ma Long stood across from the school gate, flanked by his parents, nervously clutching a cold bottle of green tea and waiting to finish a test that would determine his future. He was one of the 9.5 million students across China taking the two-day college entrance exam, called the "gaokao," which ended Friday evening. In a country where education is unrivaled in importance, the high-stakes test is one of the few events short of next year's Summer Olympics that can bring the nation to a standstill, literally. Cities ordered drivers not to blow their car horns, construction sites were shut down, streets near test sites were closed to traffic and flight paths for commercial aircraft were altered _ lest they disturb the test-takers. "This is the culmination of years of studies.
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