LEBANON - Dec 26 - Lebanese Army Dismantles Eight Rockets Aimed At Israel.
Lebanese Army soldiers find and dismantle eight Katyusha rockets that were pointed south toward Israel. The rockets were found near the southern town of Naqura, in the border region where an expanded UN peacekeeping force has been monitoring an uneasy truce since the war in the summer of 2006...

AFP to send 320 peacekeepers to Haiti, Liberia.
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) yesterday held a send-off ceremony at Camp Aguinaldo for 320 members of peacekeeping forces to be sent to Haiti and Liberia. During the ceremony, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief of Staff Gen. Alexander Yano expressed confidence the Philippine...

LUZON NEWSBITS.
3 'salvage victims' found in Batangas CALACA, Batangas -- Police investigators have yet to identify three male bodies found here yesterday morning. The bodies were hogtied and bore stab wounds, police said. Calaca officer-in-charge police Chief Inspector Raymund Gary Mayuga said that two bodies were found at...

Raytheon Delivers Final Sentinel R Mk 1 Aircraft for U.K. ASTOR System.
WADDINGTON, England, Feb. 10, 2009 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Company has delivered the fifth and final Sentinel R Mk 1 aircraft to U.K. Royal Air Force at RAF Waddington. With this hand over, Raytheon's U.K.-based subsidiary Raytheon Systems Limited has now completed delivery of all Airborne Stand-Off Radar...

Sri Lankan volunteer worker kidnaped in Basilan.
A group of young and heavily armed teenagers abducted another international volunteer at his residence in Basilan province shortly after midnight yesterday, Philippine Navy spokesperson Lt. Col. Edgard Arevalo reported. Arevalo said that Omar Jaleel - a Sri Lankan member of international civilian peacekeeper for Non-violent Peace...

Peacekeeping under fire; culture and intervention.
9781594515477 Peacekeeping under fire; culture and intervention. Rubinstein, Robert A. Paradigm Publishers 2008 2004 pages $28.95 Hardcover JZ6374 Having conducted ethnological research of peacekeeping organizations and activities since 1998, Rubinstein (anthropology...

UN Secretary General cites RP for joining peacekeeping missions.
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon yesterday thanked the Philippine government for its active involvement in the UN peacekeeping mission as he expressed hopes that the partnership between the Philippines and the 192 member-world body will be further strengthened. Ban, who is on his four-country tour in...

UN peacekeeping in civil wars.
9780521707671 UN peacekeeping in civil wars. Howard, Lise Morje. Cambridge U. Pr. 2008 402 pages $34.99 Paperback JZ4984 Howard (director, Conflict Resolution MA Program, Georgetown U.) utilizes comparative case studies in...

International peacekeeping; the yearbook of international peace operations; v.12.
9789004165236 International peacekeeping; the yearbook of international peace operations; v.12. Ed. by Harvey Langholtz et al. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers 2008 318 pages $375.00 Hardcover JZ6374 Although primarily interested in legal and...

United Nations honors Philippine peacekeeping force.
The medals were presented by the world body for their "dedication and spirit of sacrifice they have shown in defending the cause of peace." Ambassador Leslie B. Gatan, Charge d' Affaires of the Philippine Mission at UN, reported that of the 172 peacekeepers, 155 are officers and...