Ceasefire in Lebanon possible in 'days': Rice

Washington, Aug 2: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said that a cease-fire could be reached in Lebanon within days.

''This week is entirely possible. Certainly we are talking about days not weeks,'' she said on the PBS Newshour yesterday.

Before a cease-fire could be reached, certain conditions had to be in place, she said, specifically strengthening Lebanese control over the southern part of the country to prevent more Hizbollah attacks on Israel.

''The Lebanese government has to have full authority over its territory,'' she said. ''We need an end to the violence that's really going to be an end to the violence.''

Reuters