PORT-OF-SPAIN (CMC): Former President and one of the framers of the Trinidad and Tobago Constitution, Sir Ellis Clarke, said too much power had been placed into the hands of every prime minister since the oil-rich republic attained independence in 1962.
BEIRUT (Reuters): Israel rejected mounting international pressure yesterday to end its war against Hezbollah and launched a new incursion into Lebanon, as world powers squabbled over the urgency of a ceasefire.