Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora today accused Hezbollah of trying to stage a "militant coup d'etat," in his first public comments since violence began three days ago in Beirut.
Shiite militants have agreed to a cease-fire in Baghdad's Sadr City district, a spokesman for radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr said today. Iraqi and U.S. forces have been battling Shiite militants for weeks in the sprawling Shiite slum.