Love & Peace

Topic: " Rockets fall on northern Israel "

JERUSALEM (CNN) -- At least two Katyusha rockets fired from Lebanon landed near the northern Israeli town of Kiryat Shmona on Sunday, police and Israel Defense Forces said.

Lebanese security sources later reported that another rocket fired from Lebanon never made it across the Israeli border and landed near an observation post operated by the U.N.Interim Force in Lebanon.

A representative from the U.N. force called the attack a "serious violation of Security Council Resolution 1701 and of the cessation of the hostility agreement" that followed last year's war between Israel and Hezbollah militants.

"An investigation is under way," the representative said, asking all parties to "exercise maximum restraint."

All three missiles were launched using timing devices, and a fourth rocket failed to fire and is being dismantled by the Lebanese army, the sources said. (Watch the aftermath of the rocket attacks )Hezbollah quickly denied responsibility for the attack, Lebanese security sources said.

A Lebanese security source told the Israeli newspaper, Haaretz, that suspected Palestinian gunmen carried out the attack.

There were no reports of casualties, police said. Only minor damage was reported.

Video from Israeli television showed a damaged car on the side of a road, it's front bumper crushed and windshield cracked.

The launch sites were in the eastern portion of southern Lebanon, near the town of Marjayoun, which is controlled by Lebanese forces who are monitoring the border after last summer's war between Israel and Hezbollah.

The rockets were the first to land in northern Israel since Kiryat Shmona was pounded by hundreds of Katyusha rockets during the 34-day war.

According to media reports, Kiryat Shmona Mayor Haim Barbivai told Israel's Channel 2 that he wanted to see a strong response from Israel and the Lebanese government.

"Heaven help us if we have another summer like the last one. That would be a tragedy," Barbivai told the television station.

CNN's Brent Sadler contributed to this report.

Topic: " Roddick made to battle for title "


POSTED: 1949 GMT (0349 HKT), June 17, 2007

LONDON, England -- Andy Roddick survived a match point in the second set tiebreak before claiming a record equaling fourth Queen's Club title with a hard fought 4-6 7-6 7-6 defeat of unseeded Frenchman Nicolas Mahut.

The former world number one had to dig deep before seeing off the 106th ranked Mahut, who had accounted for Rafael Nadal, Ivan Ljubicic, Jonas Bjorkman and Arnaud Clement in an outstanding week.

Roddick said: "This was by far the toughest match I've ever played here and I feel pretty lucky to be standing in the winners circle.

" Hopefully I can carry that over to Wimbledon."
Roddick, who has lost only twice in 25 matches at Queen's, collected a cheque for 80,500 euros ($107,588) in winning his first tour title of the season.

He was delighted to have passed his coach Jimmy Connors' total of three Queen's titles and jokingly taunted the legendary American, who was courtside in west London.

"I had to win this one because for the only time in all the places we go, I've won a tournament more times than him," Roddick said. "That doesn't happen very often."
Mahut said: "I will remember this forever. It was like a dream. I just needed one for a point.
"I did my best but Andy was just too good. He is a great player and a great champion."

A powerful overhead smash on the first point showed that Mahut was not going to be overawed by the occasion. Roddick had admitted on Saturday that he feared Mahut's go-for-broke approach would make him a tough proposition and he was proved exactly right.

Mahut, who gave a glimpse of his grass court potential when he won Junior Wimbledon in 2000, has a big enough serve but concentrates more on placement and then coming in to volley than blowing opponents off court.

Roddick managed to earn just one break point in the first set, at 4-4, when Mahut showed a rare moment of hesitancy at the net and put a volley long.

The danger was quickly snuffed out by a more accurate Mahut volley and, with Roddick visibly becoming frustrated by his failure to break, the Frenchman made him pay in the next game.

Mahut had been unable to put Roddick's serve under threat in the early stages, but with the American serving to stay in the set, Mahut was presented with his first break point after a wild forehand.

He gratefully seized it to clinch the set thanks to another unforced error from Roddick, this time an overhit backhand, and pumped his fists in triumph.



No-thrills affair
Both players were serving well enough that the second set was a no-thrills affair with no break points. It went to a tiebreaker and Mahut moved to match-point on Roddick's serve, but netted with his opponent out of position.

Roddick pounced immediately. He won a set point and Mahut cracked, putting a volley into the net to give the American the set.

Mahut's deft use of angles kept Roddick off-balance and he won one point he had no right to reach thanks to an acrobatic dive in the 10th game of the final set.

With the combined ace count reaching 43, Roddick hitting 22, by late in the final set, a tie-break was inevitable.

It was Roddick who got the decisive break when his forehand hit the net and bounced in over Mahut's racket. That was all the encouragement Roddick needed and he clinically closed out the match.



Gaudio pulls out
Gaston Gaudio announced his withdrwal from Wimbledon on Sunday.

The 2004 French Open champion, who has never advanced past the second round at the All England Club, will be replaced by Juan-Pablo Guzman of Argentina.

Xavier Malisse, Jurgen Melzer, Paradorn Srichaphan and Jose Acasuso previously announced their withdrawals from Wimbledon, which starts on June 25.

Anastasia Myskina, the women's champion at the 2004 French Open, has also withdrawn, along with Zheng Jie and Romina Oprandi.