Annan prods Israel to lift Lebanon siege
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DEAD SEA, Jordan  - U.N. Secretary-General Kofi   Annan on Thursday renewed his calls for Israel to lift its   blockade of Lebanon swiftly and to withdraw fully from the   country as soon as 5,000 U.N. peacekeepers are in the south.
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United Nations Secretary-General Kofi   Annan said on Monday Lebanon and Israel have accepted his offer   to mediate the release of two Israeli soldiers captured by   Lebanese guerrilla group Hizbollah in July.
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Israel rejected a call by U.N.   Secretary General Kofi Annan on Wednesday to lift its air and   sea blockade of Lebanon, saying it would end the seven-week-old   siege only when all aspects of a ceasefire were in place.
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Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Monday he wants the upcoming meeting of key Mideast players to agree on a package to stop the Israeli-Hezbollah fighting and ensure lasting peace between Israel and Lebanon.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi  Annan said on Tuesday he was hoping for "positive" news in the  next 48 hours on whether Israel would lift an air and sea  blockade on Lebanon.
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UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has dispatched a team to Jerusalem to look into allegations that a UN ambulance driver was filmed putting a Qassam rocket into his vehicle.
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Israel lifted its eight-week sea   blockade of Lebanon on Friday after an interim maritime task   force led by an Italian admiral deployed off the Lebanese   coast, the commander of U.N. peacekeepers said.
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DEAD SEA, Jordan  - U.N. Secretary-General Kofi   Annan on Thursday renewed his calls on Israel to lift a   blockade on Lebanon swiftly and withdraw fully from the country   as soon as 5,000 U.N. peacekeepers are in the south.
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U.N. peacekeepers have advised the Lebanese government that Israel will complete a troop pullout from south Lebanon on Sunday, Lebanese officials said on Saturday.
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Israel rejected a call from U.N.   Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Wednesday to lift its air and   sea blockade of Lebanon, saying it would only end the   7-week-old siege once all elements of a ceasefire were in   place.
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Israel wants an expanded U.N. force to help monitor the Lebanese border to prevent Iran and Syria from replenishing Hezbollah's weapons, Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni said Wednesday.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said   on Monday he would appoint a secret envoy to work for the   release of the two Israeli soldiers whose capture by Lebanon's   Hizbollah group triggered a month-long war.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert   agreed on Tuesday to allow aid airlifts to Lebanon but said he   was determined to pursue an offensive against Hizbollah.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, on   a whirlwind peace drive in the Middle East, was set to meet   President Bashar al-Assad on Friday to seek Syria's help in   shoring up a truce between Israel and Lebanon's Hizbollah.
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ALEXANDRIA, Egypt  - U.N. Secretary-General Kofi   Annan said on Tuesday he was hoping for "positive" news in the   next 48 hours on whether Israel would lift an air and sea   blockade on Lebanon.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, on a   mission to calm violence in the Middle East, holds talks in   Jordan on Thursday before going to Syria to seek its help in   bolstering a truce between Israel and Lebanon's Hizbollah.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan called Israel's air and sea blockade of Lebanon a "humiliation" Tuesday and demanded it be lifted. But Israel said it first needed assurances that forces deployed on the border can stop weapons shipments to Hezbollah.