UN says Lebanon peacekeeping force reaches 5,000
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The number of U.N. peacekeepers in   Lebanon has grown to about 5,000, a spokesman said on Tuesday,   reaching a level which the United Nations sees as sufficient   for Israel to complete its withdrawal from Lebanon.
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Italian soldiers began arriving Saturday in Lebanon, part of the first large contingent of international troops dispatched to boost the U.N. force keeping the peace between Israel and Hezbollah guerrillas.
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The European Union swept away a major hurdle to keeping the peace between Israel and Hezbollah by agreeing Friday to provide the "backbone" of a French-led peacekeeping force of 15,000 soldiers in Lebanon.
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Despite calls for an international force in South Lebanon, the 2,000  U.N. peacekeepers already there seem largely powerless
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Lebanon's prime minister said Wednesday he has asked the United Nations to renew the mandate of international peacekeepers in his country, despite an attack last weekend that killed six members of the force.
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A five-ship Italian fleet set off for Lebanon on Tuesday carrying more than 800 soldiers bound for U.N. peacekeeping duties.
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Lebanese army helicopters stepped up raids Friday on al-Qaida-inspired Islamic militants barricaded in a Palestinian refugee camp in the country's north after five soldiers were killed, a senior military official said.
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France said on Thursday it was ready to   send an extra 1,600 troops to bolster a revamped U.N. force for   Lebanon, bringing the total French contingent to 2,000 and   making it easier to recruit other nations.
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The United Nations handed over to Sudan on Friday detailed plans for a Darfur peacekeeping force of more than 23,000 troops and police to protect civilians and use force to deter violence.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan visited U.N. peacekeepers in south Lebanon on Tuesday, a day after Italy and Turkey moved to join the international force there.
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Lebanese army troops beefed up their  deployment on the Syrian border on Wednesday as European Union  nations debated joining a U.N. force to take over south  Lebanese flashpoints from Israeli troops and Hizbollah  fighters.
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China plans to send a contingent of  peacekeeping troops to Lebanon and is consulting the United  Nations on the details, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman  said on Monday.
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THE United Nations yesterday said it was boosting its peacekeeping presence in the Democratic Republic of Congo after Rwanda threatened to attack rebels based there.
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A U.N. cease-fire resolution has authorized up to 15,000 U.N. peacekeepers. Contributions from European countries so far have been limited:
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The Israeli army said on Tuesday it  could complete a pullout from southern Lebanon within a few  days as the United Nations said the number of peacekeepers in  the devastated country had reached 5,000.
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NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon  - Five Lebanese soldiers were killed on Saturday in heavy fighting against al Qaeda-inspired militants entrenched in a Palestinian refugee camp, a military source said.
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MARJAYOUN, Lebanon  - U.N. peacekeepers will pursue their mission in Lebanon despite a car bomb blast that killed six members of a Spanish battalion and wounded two, the UNIFIL force's commander said on Monday.