French envoy hands invites to Lebanon leaders
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A French envoy arrived in Beirut on Tuesday to hand out invitations to rival Lebanese leaders for a meeting in France later this month aimed at easing tensions in the country.
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Israel's foreign minister on Monday asked France to use its influence in the Arab world to help promote better relations between Israel and Persian Gulf and North African nations.
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The leader of Lebanon's parliamentary majority and the parliament speaker of the opposition met late Thursday for the first time in four months, a move that marked the first tangible step toward ending a political crisis that has divided the government and paralyzed the nation.
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French Foreign Minister Michel Barnier said Wednesday that President Jacques Chirac has accepted an invitation to visit Libya this year.
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"I've said several times... that it's time for Israel to make gestures which would show that peace is possible, including ending settlements"  France will have no more contact with Syria until Damascus shows willingness to let Lebanon end its long-running political crisis and find a new president, President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Sunday. via New Straits Times
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Lebanon's political groups are meeting in France to try to end a prolonged political crisis gripping the nation.
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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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Dozens of French soldiers arrived Sunday to help the Lebanese army rebuild bridges that were destroyed or damaged by Israeli airstrikes during the 34-day fighting between Israeli forces and Hezbollah guerrillas.
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Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri left for Paris where he is to hold talks with French President Jacques Chirac ahead of a crucial UN Security Council report on Syria's dominant role in Lebanon.
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France mobilized Friday to send urgent aid to Lebanon, the Red Cross managed to get relief supplies to the south &#151; and Israel agreed to allow a safe corridor crucial to ensuring that food and medicine reaches those in need.
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Different approaches, same goal &#151; that's how both American and French diplomats are describing their joint efforts to end the fighting in Lebanon.
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French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin and his Italian counterpart Romano Prodi, whose countries are providing the core of a boosted UN force in Lebanon, will meet Friday in Rome, French officials said.
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A three-strong team of experts will  travel to Lebanon on Saturday to begin a probe into allegations  of human rights violations by Israel during last month's war, a  top United Nations official announced on Monday.
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Politicians from Lebanon&#39;s divided factions were holding a second day of talks in France on Sunday to try to ease eight months of deadlock that has paralysed the nation.
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Beirut, Lebanon -- Lebanon&#39;s president appointed staunchly pro-Syria politician Omar Karami as prime minister Thursday, asking him to form the next government in a move that consolidates Syria&#39;s hold on Lebanese politics.
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France is ready to open up in a &quot;spectacular way&quot; to Syria if it stops meddling in Lebanon, Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said in a newspaper interview Sunday.
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Arab foreign ministers decided Monday to send a delegation to the United Nations to represent Lebanon's interests at the Security Council, an aide to Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Saniora said.