Annan expands Lebanon peace drive
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DEAD SEA, Jordan  - U.N. Secretary-General Kofi   Annan, trying to calm Middle East violence, met Jordan's King   Abdullah on Thursday before visiting Syria to seek its help in   upholding a truce between Israel and Lebanon's Hizbollah.
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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. Secretary-General Kofi  Annan was "deeply moved" by the death of Palestinian President  Yasser Arafat and urged renewed efforts by the Palestinians and  the Israelis to reach peace, a spokesman said late on  Wednesday.
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The UN sends experts to study Lebanon's environment following the conflict with Israel.
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Nearly 50 countries that could contribute the 13,000 new troops needed to expand the U.N. peacekeeping force in Lebanon met Thursday amid concern over the ground rules and firepower the soldiers could use.
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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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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Wednesday met with leaders of Turkey, the first Muslim country with diplomatic ties to Israel to pledge troops for the expanded U.N. peacekeeping force in south Lebanon.
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Syria's president said in remarks released Sunday that he has increased the number of troops on the border with Lebanon, a move apparently aimed to appease international demands to bolster security following the Israel-Hezbollah war.
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The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Friday to extend the mandate of the 13,600-member U.N. peacekeeping force in Lebanon and called for a permanent cease-fire and long-term solution to last summer's Israel-Hezbollah war.
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UN Secretary General Kofi Annan pressed Syria on Friday to withdraw its forces from Lebanon and criticized Lebanon&#39;s Syrian-backed president, Emile Lahoud, for seeking
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said   on Tuesday he hoped for word on the lifting of an Israeli   blockade on Lebanon within two days as the shape of a carefully   orchestrated deal involving France, Italy and Germany emerged.
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Secretary-General Kofi Annan appealed to U.N. member states to provide desperately needed U.N. peacekeeping troops for Lebanon and assured them the U.N. force would not "wage war" on Israel, Lebanon, or Hezbollah militants.
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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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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan announced that a cease-fire in the Hezbollah-Israel fighting will take effect at 8 a.m. Lebanese time (1 a.m. EDT) Monday.
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The United Nations has urged European countries to provide troops to a peacekeeping force in Lebanon as the Beirut government moved ahead with a historic deployment of army troops to the south to shore up a fragile truce.
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UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has proposed four areas where the United Nations can immediately help the African Union (AU) expand its cease fire-monitoring mission in
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan   began talks with Syrian officials on Thursday to seek Syria's   help in bolstering a truce between Israel and Lebanon's   Hizbollah.