Bush bans U.S. entry by Syrians with Lebanon links
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KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine  - President George W. Bush on Friday banned Syrian and Lebanese officials whom Washington accuses of undermining the Lebanese government from entering the United States, the White House said.
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President Bush pledges US support for Lebanon after the killing of minister Pierre Gemayel heightens tensions.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice issued a veiled warning to Syria on Tuesday, saying a Lebanon tribunal must be safe while it handles the murder of a Lebanese leader, a prominent critic of Syrian influence in Lebanon.
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The militant Hezbollah group denounced President Bush on Friday for urging Lebanon's anti-Syrian lawmakers to push through their own choice for president if necessary to resolve a long political deadlock.
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The Belarus government has warned that some American officials will be barred from entering Belarus in response to the recent expansion of U.S. visa restrictions on Belarusian authorities.
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The US president orders new sanctions against senior Syrian officials and their associates.
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Syria and Lebanon rejected any outside  role in shaping their relations Sunday, a day after a top State  Department official said Damascus should pull its troops from  its small neighbor.
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The White House on Monday condemned  the killing of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri  and said Lebanon should be free to pursue its political future  free of violence and Syrian occupation.
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President Bush urged Syria and Iran not to meddle in Iraqi internal affairs on Wednesday after Iraq&#39;s defense minister complained the two were helping the Iraqi insurgency.
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The Bush administration is  considering tightening U.S. economic sanctions on Syria to put  pressure on Damascus to pull its troops out of Lebanon and  crack down on terrorism, administration officials said on  Friday.
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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said on  Tuesday he was ready for dialogue with the United States but  warned Washington against giving Damascus orders.
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Some Iraqi refugees living in Syria dismissed on Wednesday a Bush administration plan to allow some 7,000 Iraqi refugees to settle in the U.S., saying they preferred to stay closer to home and planned to return to Iraq.
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Syria said on Saturday it did not accept   the deployment of European guards on the Lebanese side of the   two countries' border to help prevent alleged arms shipments to   Hizbollah.
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Lebanon is becoming a shelter for al-Qaida-linked militants fleeing across the Syrian border after a crackdown by authorities there, Syrian President Bashar Assad said in an interview published Monday.
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Damascus has accused the United States of interfering in the affairs of Lebanon and Syria, accusing Washington of bringing undue pressure to force a UN resolution last week on foreign influence in Lebanon.
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The United States and France are drafting a UN Security Council resolution calling on Syria to stay out of Lebanon&#39;s upcoming presidential election.
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Syria on Thursday rejected accusations by US President George W. Bush and some Iraqi officials of meddling in Iraqi affairs as &quot;groundless,&quot; the official SANA news agency reported.