Annan: Lebanon faces 'critical time'
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan began an 11-day Mideast tour to strengthen the cease-fire in Lebanon, saying upon his arrival in Beirut on Monday that it was "a very critical time" for the country.
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Countries hit by the Asian tsunami disaster could take up to 10 years to recover, the UN's Kofi Annan warns.
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UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Wednesday cautioned against terrorism-fighting approaches that he said could generate problems in the long run.
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The resignation of their billionaire Prime Minister, Rafiq Hariri, has left the Lebanese worried about the future of their country as it becomes entrenched in a stand-off with the UN.
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Lebanonâs efforts to select a new president are already facing fresh setbacks. But with a deadline looming, lawmakers risk even deeper chaos if they fail to make a choice.
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United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan wanted to know the challenges of our time and whether reform within the UN is necessary to meet the challenges of new threats.
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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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Syria could spark trouble in Lebanon in response to a U.N. Security Council vote to set up a tribunal to try the killers of Rafik al-Hariri, the former prime minister's son said on Thursday.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan called Monday on the Iraqi government to do more to foster national unity, warning the violence-ridden country was in "grave danger" of collapsing into civil war.
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Senior Lebanese officials warned Tuesday that the country was entering a volatile period a day after the assassination of former prime minister Rafiq Hariri.
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Lebanon should move swiftly to elect a president, a U.S. envoy said on Saturday, two days before parliament meets to pick the army chief as head of state.
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The U.N. Security Council urged Syria on Tuesday to withdraw its remaining 14,000 troops from Lebanon and called for reports from U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan every six months on its compliance.
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The election of Lebanon's president must  go ahead on Saturday as scheduled, French President Nicolas  Sarkozy told his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad in a phone  call, Sarkozy's spokesman said on Friday.
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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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The situation in the flood-ravaged Haitian city of Gonaives &quot;remains critical&quot;, the UN peacekeeping chief on the island has warned.
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Russia circulated a draft U.N. Security Council resolution Thursday that calls for a 72-hour humanitarian cease-fire in Lebanon, saying the crisis was reaching "catastrophic" proportions and was too urgent to wait for passage of a separate U.S.-French measure.
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Lebanese troops moved on Tuesday into a   town wrecked by Israel's war with Hizbollah, as U.N.   Secretary-General Kofi Annan said he hoped for word on the   lifting of an Israeli blockade on Lebanon within two days.