Hezbollah threatens US-backed Lebanon

HEZBOLLAH leader Hassan Nasrallah accused the Western-backed Lebanese government of waging a war against it by targeting its communications network and vowed to "cut off the hand" that tries to dismantle it on Thursday.

Left MPs urge Brown to ignore rightwinger

LABOUR MPs urged Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Thursday to ignore twice-disgraced former Blairite minister Peter Mandelson's advice that he should adhere to "new Labour tenets" to avoid disaster at the polls.