Lebanon's Aoun to cabinet: Resign in peace or else

Lebanon's opposition leader Michel Aoun, Hizbollah's main Christian ally, urged the cabinet on Monday to resign, citing what he said was its failure to handle the crisis during the recent conflict. The retired army general, who in the past had demanded that Hizbullah disarm but later strengthened his ties with the Shiite Muslim group, appeared to threaten unrest if the cabinet of Prime Minister Fouad Siniora did not resign peacefully.

"We hope... a very peaceful change takes place, preserving stability in the country. If this change does not happen in such a way, there are other ways to escalate from now on," he said in a press conference. (Reuters)