Sanctions Sought on Some Lebanon Officials
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With Syria defying international pressure to withdraw from Lebanon and with tensions over Iraq still high, the Bush administration is weighing new sanctions on some Lebanese officials.
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Raising pressure on Tehran, the United States on Wednesday slapped sanctions on a general from the country's elite Qods force and three Iraqis living in exile in Syria and Iran for fomenting violence in Iraq.
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The State Department urged Lebanon on Wednesday to stand by a constitutional provision forbidding a president seeking election to a second term.
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Critics tie the Hariri assassination to Syria's efforts to keep control over Lebanon
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Lebanon's prime minister has asked the U.N. Security Council to authorize U.N. investigators to help probe last week's killing of an anti-Syrian lawmaker in a massive car bombing in Beirut.
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The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on an Iranian general from the elite Qods force as well as three Iraqis living in exile in Syria and Iran for fomenting violence in Iraq.
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The United Nations said on Monday it was  worried about the possibility of rising tensions along the  Lebanese-Israeli frontier, and urged Beirut to exercise control  over its side.
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Senior Lebanese officials warned Tuesday that the country was entering a volatile period a day after the assassination of former prime minister Rafiq Hariri.
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JERUSALEM -- Kofi Annan, the UN secretary-general, said yesterday that Israel's air and sea blockade of Lebanon was a ``humiliation," and demanded that it be lifted. But Israel said that it first needed assurances that forces deployed on the border could stop weapons shipments to Hezbollah.
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A three-strong team of experts will  travel to Lebanon on Saturday to begin a probe into allegations  of human rights violations by Israel during last month's war, a  top United Nations official announced on Monday.
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The White House says those responsible for Monday's bombing in Lebanon must be punished for the murder of the former prime minister and others caught in the brutal attack on the city's center.
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The UN Security Council must impose sanctions on the Sudanese officials and pro-government Arab militia behind ethnic cleansing in Sudan&#39;s Darfur region, a human rights group and aid agencies said Monday.
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The government was preparing for a possible evacuation of its nationals from Lebanon, who should be ready to leave at short notice, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office has said.
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A three-strong team of experts will   travel to Lebanon on Saturday to begin a probe into allegations   of human rights violations by Israel during last month's war, a   top United Nations official announced on Monday.
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BEIRUT -- Senior Lebanese officials warned yesterday that the country was entering a volatile period a day after the assassination of former prime minister Rafik Hariri, pointedly evoking the first year of Lebanon's long civil war and urging calm among opposition leaders and thousands of citizens who hold the government responsible for Hariri's death.
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Rival Lebanese leaders held discussions on Thursday to defuse rising tension a day after the assassination of an anti-Syrian lawmaker threatened to derail efforts to elect a new president.
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Across the Middle East, journalists who challenge the government are threatened by the state, prosecuted and imprisoned, an international press watchdog said Monday.