BEIRUT, Lebanon — Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice put a U.S. stamp of approval today on a fragile new government in Lebanon that increased the power of Hezbollah militants.

Rice made an unannounced visit to Lebanon's capital to meet with Western-backed leaders of the emerging coalition government. The U.S. regards Iranian- and Syrian-backed Hezbollah as a terrorist group and has no dealings with it.

On the flight from Israel, Rice told reporters her message would be one of U.S. support for Lebanese democracy and that they would discuss "how the United States can support the institutions of a free Lebanon."

Hezbollah, which is both a militia and a political power, gained veto power over the Beirut government in a compromise brokered last month. The deal ended 18 months of political paralysis, and followed bloody street clashes.

KURIHARA, Japan — Soldiers digging through the wreckage of a hot spring resort buried in a landslide discovered the body of one of the missing today, bringing the death toll in the weekend quake to 10, police said.Rescuers kept up their search for the 12 people who remain missing from Saturday's powerful quake in northern Japan, but hopes dimmed that any of them would be found alive.The body of a 58-year-old man was discovered at about noon at the hot spring inn that was inundated by a torrent of mud, rocks and trees early Saturday, police spokesman Naoshi Tokunaga said."We pulled out his body, but unfortunately, he was confirmed dead," Tokunaga said.Three bodies were recovered from the resort's wreckage Sunday, and there were at least another three victims still buried there.More than 1,000 rescue and disaster officials — including military troops and aircraft — have joined the search. They braved loose ground, aftershocks and darkness, and so far have had good weather — a major factor since rain would hamper airlifts and possibly spark more deadly landslides.

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Saudi Arabia plans to increase its oil production by 200,000 barrels a day next month, the kingdom's oil minister told U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon.Farhan Haq, a spokesman who is traveling with Ban, said in an e-mail that the U.N. chief said al-Naimi told him Saudi Arabia would increase oil production by 200,000 barrels a day from June to July. In May, the kingdom increased its production by 300,000. By July, production should be at 9.7 million barrels a day.Ban also said Saudi Arabia understands that the current price of oil, which topped $139 per barrel earlier this month, is not normal, according to the official Saudi Press Agency.Saudi Arabia is concerned that sustained high oil prices will eventually slacken the world's appetite for oil, affecting the kingdom in the long run. The 200,000-barrel-a-day boost is not insignificant — it will raise Saudi Arabia's daily production by about 2 percent.