- Cease-fire still holding despite Hezbollah’s reiterated refusal to withdraw from southern Lebanon; Annan calls situation “precarious.” [WP, BBC]
- Hezbollah, looking to win the rebuilding process, offers lavish and extensive aid to displaced Lebanese. [NYT]
- Pluto retains planetary status, may be joined by such lovable meteors as 2003 UB313. [LAT, NYT]
- Over 3000 Iraqi civilians killed in July; Iraqi president’s compound hit. [NYT, WP]
- Gerald Ford hospitalized. [AP via MSNBC]
- Sen. George Allen: Wha’happened? [WP]
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