Annan still sees Lebanon blockade ending in 2 days
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said   on Wednesday he hoped Israel would lift its blockade of Lebanon   shortly amid signs the air embargo was crumbling.
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Syria has not complied with a Security Council demand to pull its troops out of Lebanon and says it is unable to give any indication of when it might do so, Secretary General Kofi Annan said today.
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Secretary-General Kofi Annan rejected calls for his resignation from several US lawmakers, saying Tuesday he will ``carry on&#39;&#39; at the helm of the United Nations for the next two years.
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UNITED NATIONS -- Kofi Annan is rejecting calls for his resignation, vowing to &quot;carry on&quot; at the helm of the United Nations for the next two years.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Wednesday he will do everything he can to secure the release of Israeli soldiers captured by militants in recent months.
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Israel said on Wednesday it could   gradually dismantle its blockade of Lebanon as Lebanese and   U.N. forces control entry points to stop Hizbollah rearming,   and the U.N. commander in the south said a breakthrough could   be close.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan on   Monday stressed the need to avoid a confrontation with Iran   over its nuclear ambitions, a day after Tehran told him it was   determined to negotiate an end to its standoff with the West.
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BEIRUT : Syrian troops continued a limited pullback operation from Lebanon for the second consecutive day amid international pressure for a full withdrawal.
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A top U.N. peacekeeping official on Friday said he feared the war in southern Lebanon would continue until late August and voiced fears Israel would flatten Lebanon's southern villages and destroy Tyre "neighborhood by neighborhood" if Hezbollah rockets keep landing in the Jewish state.
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A draft resolution circulating Saturday among U.N. Security Council members would call for an immediate halt to fighting between Israel and Hezbollah and seek a wide new buffer zone in south Lebanon monitored by international forces and the Lebanese army.
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A U.N. commander said on Tuesday Israeli   troops should be out of south Lebanon within days, but Israel   called for an agreement with the peacekeepers on rules of   engagement before a full withdrawal.
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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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Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has said his country is intent on sending peacekeeping troops to Lebanon, but is still awaiting the green light from the United Nations.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan met Friday with the Syrian president to seek his support for carrying out a resolution that halted the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah guerrillas in neighboring Lebanon.
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Syria has not withdrawn troops from neighbouring Lebanon, as demanded by a Security Council resolution, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan says.
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Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Friday the Security Council&#39;s call for all foreign forces to be removed from Lebanon and all militias in Lebanon to be disarmed &quot;have not been met,&quot; a finding that places Lebanon and Syria in violation of the council&#39;s
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TEHRAN -- UN Secretary General Kofi Annan began meeting with Iranian leaders yesterday to press them to help cut off weapons shipments to Iran's Lebanese ally, Hezbollah, and to compromise in its nuclear confrontation with the West. The visit occurred two days after Iran ignored a UN Security Council deadline for the Tehran government to suspend uranium enrichment, paving the ...