Turkey pledges peacekeepers for Lebanon
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Turkey on Tuesday became the first Muslim country with diplomatic ties to Israel to pledge troops to an expanding international peacekeeping force that will monitor a fragile cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah.
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Security Council adopts resolution calling for withdrawal of foreign forces from Lebanon, respect of its sovereignty. UNITED NATIONS - The UN Security Council Thursday adopted a resolution calling for the
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Lebanon's prime minister said Wednesday he has asked the United Nations to renew the mandate of international peacekeepers in his country, despite an attack last weekend that killed six members of the force.
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Italian Premier Romano Prodi said Wednesday he would commit troops to a military force for Lebanon if it had a U.N. mandate.
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MARJAYOUN, Lebanon  - U.N. peacekeepers will pursue their mission in south Lebanon despite a car bomb that killed six members of a Spanish battalion, their commander said on Monday.
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Germany's cabinet approved plans on   Wednesday to send naval and air forces to Lebanon, and Russia   said it would dispatch troops to help rebuild roads and bridges   destroyed in Israel's war against Hizbollah guerrillas.
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DAMASCUS, Syria, Sept. 1 -- U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan said Friday that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad had promised to enforce an arms embargo on Hezbollah under a U.N. resolution that halted Israel's war with the Lebanese Shiite militia.
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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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Turkey, the only Muslim member of NATO and a country with close ties to both Israel and Arab states, moved closer Monday to agreeing to send troops to Lebanon, while Italy approved 2,500 troops in a boost to an expanded international force.
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Qatar became the first Arab country Monday to commit troops to monitor a tense cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah, pledging 200 to 300 soldiers to a U.N. peacekeeping force. Pakistan's prime minister toured devastated south Beirut and considered a similar offer.
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The German Cabinet Wednesday agreed to send troops to aid the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, after weeks of uncertainty how the German contribution would look like.
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Spain's Cabinet on Friday approved sending 1,100 troops to the expanded U.N. peacekeeping force in Lebanon, calling it a "legitimate" mission to help maintain peace in the region.
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Turkey declared that it had fulfilled  all the political criteria for membership talks with the  European Union on Sunday, three days before a recommendation  from the EU's executive that will give Ankara a green light.
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Italy, which is expected to lead a U.N.  peacekeeping force in Lebanon, said on Tuesday it would provide  2,000 to 3,000 troops for the force provided Israel did not  violate the U.N.-brokered truce.
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Syria has not withdrawn its  troops from Lebanon, as required by a resolution of the U.N.  Security Council adopted earlier this month, U.N.  Secretary-General Kofi Annan said on Friday.
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Across the globe, at least 15 nations are considering sending troops to an eventual U.N.-mandated international force in southern Lebanon &#151; including Malaysia, Indonesia and Norway.
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The German parliament has voted to send soldiers to Lebanon, removing the final hurdle for a German contribution to the international peace keeping force.