Annan to meet Assad to bolster Lebanon truce
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, on   a whirlwind peace drive in the Middle East, was set to meet   President Bashar al-Assad on Friday to seek Syria's help in   shoring up a truce between Israel and Lebanon's Hizbollah.
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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.
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Countries that could contribute to an expanded U.N. peacekeeping force in Lebanon were to meet Thursday to find out how the troops will operate, and U.N. officials hoped many would commit soldiers to the force.
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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is attempting to broker a deal with Iran to secure safe haven for a group of Iraqi nuclear scientists who were sent by Saddam Hussein to Damascus before the US invasion.
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U.N. 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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Secretary-General Kofi Annan called Thursday for an immediate halt to the violence between Israel and Lebanon, saying a cease-fire would be the first step toward ending the escalating war.
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DAMASCUS, Syria - Syrian President Bashar Assad is ready to resume peace talks with Israel &quot;without conditions,&quot; a top UN envoy said yesterday.
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United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan, left, talks with Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern, during a meeting at Farmleigh House, Dublin, Saturday Oct. 16, 2004, at the end of Annan&#39;s official four day visit to Ireland.
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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 said   Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday reaffirmed   support for a U.N. resolution on Lebanon and his determination   to negotiate an end to Tehran's nuclear standoff with the West.
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Former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan is due to meet Kenya's President Mwai Kibaki on Thursday to try to end a post-election crisis after persuading the opposition to call off further street protests.
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JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia -- United Nations chief Kofi Annan said yesterday 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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President Bashar al-Assad met with North Korean officials this week as Damascus hardens against the West after a September Israeli airstrike.
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Kofi Annan, the former head of the UN, will today provide details of a peace deal aimed at restoring Kenya's stability after weeks of deadly violence
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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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DEAD SEA, Jordan  - U.N. Secretary-General Kofi   Annan on Thursday renewed his calls on Israel to lift a   blockade on 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.