The Plot Thickens  —  So here's how the plot was going to work. 20 men of South Asian descent, traveling in pairs, buy tickets for flights the US on-line.  They pack their carry-ons carefully, with their bottles of contact solution with dissolved nitroglycerin inside.

Israeli cabinet approves UN cease-fire deal 24-0  —  The Israeli cabinet approved the UN cease-fire deal after a stormy debate on Sunday, clearing a key hurdle to ending the monthlong Mideast war, the government said.  —  The 24- vote, with one abstention, came a day after the Lebanese government approved …

Lebanon About To Fall  —  The cease-fire agreement appears to have created a crisis in Lebanon's government, as a Cabinet meeting of Siniora's government has been abruptly cancelled.  The Cabinet was supposed to vote on a plan to deploy their army into southern Lebanon and to displace Hezbollah.

Young Muslim Rage Takes Root in Britain  —  Unemployment, Foreign Policy Fuel Extremism  —  Naweed Hussain sat in his little real estate office Friday, trying to focus on spreadsheets instead of the angry clatter outside.  —  Furious young Muslim men crowded around the local mosque on his street, surrounded by television cameras.