* Nasrallah vows Lebanon will be cemetery of invaders Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah vowed at a massive Shiite rally Tuesday to defeat what he said were US-Israeli plots to provoke civil war in Lebanon.

* Tense calm in Gaza following truce A cease-fire started taking hold in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday.

* Chad says world has “head in sand” on Darfur Chad President Idriss Deby accused Sudan on Tuesday of waging a genocidal “racial war” in Darfur.

* 40% of young UK Muslims want Shari’a Young British Muslims are more likely than their elders to support Shari’a law and admire al-Qaida.

* Bernard Lewis: Iran in apocalyptic mood Outdated Cold war concepts, such as mutually assured destruction (M.A.D) are irrelevant when it comes to Iran.

* Fear of US damaging EU-NATO relations, NATO chief says NATO and the EU are far from capable of tackling a world crisis jointly as their relationship is still “problematic”.

* Hu embarks on African tour The Chinese president has set off for a tour of eight African nations.

* ‘Hobbit’ human ‘is a new species’ The tiny skeletal remains of human “Hobbits” found on an Indonesian island belong to a completely new branch of our family tree, a study has found.

* France and NATO welcome Ahtisaari plan for Kosovo future France and NATO have explicitly welcomed UN diplomat Martti Ahtisaari’s roadmap for the future of Kosovo.

* Dubai in overdrive to build world’s largest airport Dubai already has the fastest growing airport in the Middle East, handling over 28 million passengers in 2006.