A protracted colonial war:

Tariq Ali's excellent op-ed in today's Guardian on the Israel v The Rest conflict.

"Yo Blair!"
- George W Bush, G8 summit, St Petersburg, 17.7.06

(Source: Adam Boulton, Sky News UK)

Human Rights Watch has today released a Q&A paper which attempts to outline the rules of international law that apply in the current conflict between Israel and the Hezbollah. They make no attempt to assess the legitimacy of either side's move to resort to war. The stated purpose of the document is to "provide analytic guidance for those who are examining the fighting as well as for the parties to the conflict and those with the capacity to influence them."

Pray for peace in the Middle East.

Pray for an end to the hostilities between the Israeli Defence Forces and the Hezbollah militants, and between the Israeli Defence Forces and the militants of the Palestinian Territories.

And before we go this evening, a late football result:

The full-time score from next round's Serie B match in Turin:

Juventus 0 Lazio 1.

In the week in which Percy Sonn has ascended to the presidency of the ICC, comes the news that Northern Territory member of parliament Len Kiely has resigned from all his official posts following an action-packed day in the territory government's corporate box on the opening day of the

Red card for Zizou.

Big day on Norton Street.

V for Italia.

One of the great moments of Australian media legend came when the Daily Telegraph in Sydney was announcing to its readers the death of Joe Stalin in 1953. They prepared a banner reading "Stalin Dead - Official". The Tele's owner, Frank Packer (father of Kerry, grandpop of Jamie) ordered the banner be altered to read "Stalin Dead - Hooray".

New York Post front page, 6.7.06