US to Syria: Don&#39;t interfere in Lebanese election
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BEIRUT: In the first such statement since President Emile Lahoud said he would stand for re-election as president earlier this week, the White House on Friday asked Syria
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice issued a veiled warning to Syria on Tuesday, saying a Lebanon tribunal must be safe while it handles the murder of a Lebanese leader, a prominent critic of Syrian influence in Lebanon.
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The US warns Syria against interfering in Lebanon, as the country prepares to bury former PM Rafik Hariri.
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WASHINGTON - The United States bluntly told Syria to stay out of the political crisis in Lebanon that came to a head on Wednesday with the resignation of Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri.
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DAMASCUS -- Syria told a visiting State Department official yesterday that it was willing to engage in "serious" dialogue with Washington on all Middle East issues, just days after both countries attended a conference in Baghdad on restoring security to Iraq. US officials rarely visit Syria, although Washington has said in recent months it wants to reach out to Damascus ...
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The stage is Beirut and the actors are Lebanese; but the audience knows the drama surrounding selection of the countryâs president is being produced in Lebanonâs powerful neighbour Syria.
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Beirut & Mettlach - The leaders of France and Germany urged Syria on Tuesday not to interfere in Lebanon but to contribute constructively to efforts aimed at bringing peace and stability to its neighbor.Comment
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US resolution is set to call on Syria to stop meddling in Lebanon&#39;s internal affairs, respect its constitution. By Selim Yassine - BEIRUT.
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Iranian and Syrian interference in Lebanon is a major U.S. concern and will be a subject of discussion during President Bush's trip to the Middle East later this week, U.S. Ambassador John Bolton said Monday.
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Lebanon&#39;s new government was &quot;made in Damascus&quot; in defiance of a UN resolution calling for an end to Syria&#39;s interference in Lebanese affairs, a senior US official was quoted on Wednesday as saying.
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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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MPs in Beirut vote to extend the Lebanese president's term despite a UN warning to Syria not to interfere in Lebanon.
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The Security Council narrowly passed a resolution Thursday meant to stop Syria from interfering with Lebanon's upcoming presidential election.
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DAMASCUS -- A senior US diplomat urged Syria's president yesterday to withdraw his country's troops from Lebanon and stop interfering in internal Lebanese affairs. William J. Burns, the US assistant secretary of state for the Near East and the highest ranking US official to visit Damascus in more than a year, also said Syria must take &quot;concrete action&quot; to cooperate ...
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The United States and France decided Tuesday to rush forward a Security Council resolution calling on Syria to remove its troops from Lebanon and cease its intervention in that country&#39;s politics.
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European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana said on Tuesday Syria should stand well back from Lebanon&#39;s upcoming presidential election which he hoped would be held in line with the constitution.
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Syria on Wednesday opposed deployment of an international force along its border to prevent arms shipments to Hezbollah, and Israel called the situation in Lebanon "explosive." A cease-fire was further shaken by artillery shells and explosions that killed three Lebanese soldiers and an Israeli.