Annan expands Lebanon peace drive
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, on a   mission to calm violence in the Middle East, holds talks in   Jordan on Thursday before going to Syria to seek its help in   bolstering a truce between Israel and Lebanon's Hizbollah.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan called Israel's air and sea blockade of Lebanon a "humiliation" Tuesday and demanded it be lifted. But Israel said it first needed assurances that forces deployed on the border can stop weapons shipments to Hezbollah.
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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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BAZOURIYA, Lebanon -- There are two faces to the U.N. force today in Lebanon, ensuring a cease-fire that ended 33 days of war with Israel. One has a certain swagger: more than 4,800 soldiers, 14 French battle tanks, four 155mm artillery guns, 10 Italian amphibious assault vehicles and an array of...
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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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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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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said   on Friday Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was committed to   implementing a U.N. resolution on Lebanon that includes an   embargo on illegal arms shipments.
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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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Proposed rules of engagement for an expanded U.N. force in southern Lebanon would allow troops to open fire in self-defense, protect civilians and back up the Lebanese army in preventing foreign forces or arms from crossing the border, according to a U.N. document obtained Tuesday.
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UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Tuesday that he saw &quot;important openings&quot; for peace in such troubled areas as Afghanistan, Iraq, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Sudan.
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Lebanon's Parliament amended the country's constitution Friday to extend pro-Syrian President Emile Lahoud's term, ignoring U.N. calls to hold an election to choose the head of state.
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Lebanon&#39;s parliament voted overwhelmingly Friday to extend the term of Syrian-backed President Emile Lahoud, despite a UN Security Council resolution warning Damascus against interfering in Lebanon.
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U.N. chief Kofi Annan said Monday he would appoint a mediator for indirect talks between Israel and Hezbollah on the release of two abducted Israeli soldiers, the first public word of negotiations between the bitter enemies since fighting in Lebanon ended.
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UN chief Kofi Annan is to help mediate in negotiations to free two Israeli soldiers captured by Hezbollah.
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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 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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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.