Hizbullah chief calls for 'victory' rally in Beirut

Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah invited the Lebanese on Sunday to attend a "victory" Rally in the guerrilla group's Beirut stronghold battered by Israel in a 34-day war.

"I call on you all to participate in a victory rally, your nictory ... next Friday afternoon in the southern suburb, the suburb of honour, glory, faith, steadfastness and victory for the whole country and the whole nation," he said in a message aired on Hizbollah's Al-Manar Television. "Let us renew our covenant and declare our joy at the divine victory to the whole world." (Reuters)