South Lebanon welcomes country's army
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Villagers throwing rice and Hezbollah supporters holding banners welcomed the country's army to south Lebanon on Thursday after a nearly 40-year absence, and the first airliner landed at Beirut airport since fighting began more than a month ago.
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Lebanon's army deployed more soldiers in Beirut on Monday after the killing of a pro-Syrian Shi'ite Muslim demonstrator raised fears anti-government protests could turn into sectarian violence.
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On Scene: A ride along with peacekeepers trying to deliver humanitarian aid in South Lebanon shows how tough a fight Hizballah is putting up
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NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon -- Advancing under a barrage of artillery and tank fire, Lebanese troops overran positions held by Al Qaeda-inspired militants on the outskirts of a Palestinian refugee camp yesterday, leaving at least 19 people dead.
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Lebanese army troops beefed up their  deployment on the Syrian border on Wednesday as European Union  nations debated joining a U.N. force to take over south  Lebanese flashpoints from Israeli troops and Hizbollah  fighters.
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MOSHAV ZARIT, Israel, Oct. 1 -- Israeli military officials said the army withdrew the last of its troops from Lebanon early Sunday, fulfilling a key condition of the cease-fire that ended a month-long war with the radical Shiite Muslim group Hezbollah.
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NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon  - Lebanese troops, backed by artillery, tanks and gunships, tightened their grip on al Qaeda-inspired militants at a Palestinian refugee camp on Sunday, the third day of a military assault to crush the gunmen.
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TRIPOLI, Lebanon, June 1 -- Lebanese tanks and armored personnel carriers, backed by an artillery barrage, closed in on a radical Islamic faction based in a Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon, collapsing a tattered cease-fire after a 13-day siege.
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Between 1,000 and 2,000 fighters from the Mahdi Army and other Shiite militias have been trained by Hezbollah in Lebanon, an intelligence official said.
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Israel has begun thinning out its troops in southern Lebanon and plans hand over the first of its captured positions to the Lebanese army on Wednesday, the army said.
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ZARIT, Israel  - Israel's army pulled out of south Lebanon without fanfare on Sunday to complete a handover to the Lebanese army and U.N. peacekeepers under a ceasefire deal that ended a costly war with Hizbollah guerrillas.
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The Syrian army carried out Saturday a limited redeployment in Lebanon, pulling army intelligence troops out of the Beirut airport, the southern suburbs of Beirut and northern Lebanon, a Lebanese army officer told AFP.
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President Jacques Chirac announced Thursday that France will send 2,000 soldiers to southern Lebanon and hopes to retain command of the U.N. peacekeeping force, as a top European Union official said international troops could start deploying within days.
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The war in Lebanon has badly bruised the Israeli government and boosted Hezbollah's standing in the Arab world. Israel says it has made some gains &#151; the Lebanese army, backed by international troops, is to take control of south Lebanon.
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NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon  - Lebanese troops advanced for the first time on Sunday into a Palestinian refugee camp where they have been battling al Qaeda inspired militants, security sources and witnesses said.
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NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon, Sept. 2 -- The Lebanese army seized control Sunday of a Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon after a fierce firefight with members of an al-Qaeda-inspired group, ending a siege that lasted more than three months.
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Italian soldiers began arriving Saturday in Lebanon, part of the first large contingent of international troops dispatched to boost the U.N. force keeping the peace between Israel and Hezbollah guerrillas.