Annan ends Mideast trip with 2 successes
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan wrapped up a trip to the Middle East Wednesday with two notable successes: winning Israel's agreement to lift its blockade of war-ravaged Lebanon and securing a commitment for Turkish troops to join the U.N. peacekeeping force there.
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Nasser al-Qedwa, Palestinian delegate to the United Nations and a nephew of late leader Yasser Arafat,left here for France on Friday to receive Arafat&#39;s death report,the Arabic-language Radio Sawa reported.
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Foreign Secretary Jack Straw today won an assurance from Palestinian leaders that they would act to halt the violence against Israelis amid renewed efforts to restart the Middle East peace process.
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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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Israel and the Palestinians ended a  nearly two-year freeze in high-level diplomatic contacts  Wednesday and agreed to prepare for a first summit between  Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and President Mahmoud Abbas.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan holds   talks with Jordan on Thursday in a drive to cement a   Hizbollah-Israel ceasefire before traveling to Damascus to   press Syria to help stop arms smuggling across its border.
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Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing concluded a visit to Yemen after handing President Ali Abdullah Saleh a message from his Chinese counterpart proposing boosting political and economic links between the two countries, the official SABA news agency reported.
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CAIRO, Jan. 16 -- President Bush on Wednesday ended a Middle East tour that political activists saw as lacking the strong calls for democratization made earlier in his administration, disappointing those once encouraged by the statements of American leaders. In Egypt and elsewhere, people are...
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U.S. President George W. Bush wrapped up his mission to Israel and the occupied West Bank on Friday, emboldened enough to have predicted a peace treaty within a year but with no major breakthroughs for his efforts.
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Israel is making good progress removing its troops from southern Lebanon, UN chief Kofi Annan says.
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His trip includes Israel and the Palestinian territories.
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Mideast diplomacy has taken off after the death of Yasser Arafat.
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Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Wednesday backed a U.N. ministerial meeting next week to help revive the Middle East peace process, saying almost every leader he met recently in the region viewed Lebanon as "a wake up call" to deal with all Arab-Israeli conflicts.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Beirut Monday at the start of a Mideast tour to strengthen the cease-fire in Lebanon, saying it was "a very critical time" for the country.
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Israel and the Palestinians ended a  nearly two-year freeze in high-level diplomatic contacts on  Wednesday and agreed to prepare for a first summit between  Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and President Mahmoud Abbas.
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Kuwait: PLO chairman Mahmud Abbas ended a two-day landmark visit to Kuwait Monday saying the 14-year-old rift over Iraq&#39;s invasion of the emirate had been patched up.
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Talks to end Kenya's political crisis collapse, but Kofi Annan is to lead further discussion.