Israeli Cabinet Approves U.N. Plan for Lebanon

NPR | By Eric Westervelt

Published August 13, 2006 at 8:00 AM EDT

Israeli army officers carry the coffin of Sergeant First Class Nimrod Segev, 29, killed in south Lebanon.

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Eric Westervelt is a San Francisco-based correspondent for NPR's National Desk. He has reported on major events for the network from wars and revolutions in the Middle East and North Africa to historic wildfires and terrorist attacks in the U.S.

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