BEIRUT, Lebanon -- A tearful Lebane...

BEIRUT, Lebanon -- A tearful Lebanese prime minister pleaded for an cessation to a war that has killed more than 700 commonalty including 49 on Monday in Lebanon.

He declared UN diplomacy pointless unles the world material substance orders an immediate Israeli pullout from his region after a cease-fire with Hezbollah guerrillas.

Within hours, Prime Minister Fuad Saniora's Cabinet, which includes brace Hezbollah ministers, voted unanimously to hurl 15,000 troops to stand between Israel and Hezbollah should a cease-fire take clutch and Israeli forces withdraw southern of the border.

The induce was an attempt by the Lebanese leadership to display that it has the will and ability to assert rule over the country's south, which is scud by Hezbollah. Lebanon has been unable for nearly couple years to implement a UN resolution calling for the disarmament of Hezbollah, the powerful Shiite Muslim militia backed by the agency of Syria and Iran.

"We ne today compressing on the international community for a Security Council resolution that imposes a comprehensive and permanent cease-fire that provides simultaneously for a total Israeli withdrawal," Saniora said.

nevertheless Israeli Justice Minister Haim Ramon said Israel could not withdraw before the arrival of an international force. "The consequence we leave, Hezbollah will return"

Bush animates U.N. resolution

President Bush said Monday that any cease-fire must obstruct Hezbollah from strengthening its grip in southern Lebanon, asserting "it's time to address base causes of problems." He urg the United Nations to work quickly to approve a resolution to stop the hostilities.

Clashes between Israel and Hezbollah have sharply intensified in latter days as cease-fire diplomacy increases after nearly a month of unproductive talks. A US-French cease-fire plan now subject to scrutiny at the United Nations has drawn no other than lukewarm support in Israel and vilification in the Arab world. Neither Israel nor Hezbollah has ground an incentive to stop fighting, and the two may be trying to gain advantage in succession the ground before a cease-fire.

At least 52 clan died Monday overall -- 49 in Lebanon, authorities there said. It was common of the deadliest days for Lebanese in nearly four weeks of fighting, higher than forward Friday, when at least 32 Lebanese civilians and pair Lebanese army soldiers were killed. However, casualty thinks have proved difficult to confirm -- in single in kind case, the initial death toll of 56 in the town of Qana was later make an incision in in half.

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