Italian troops head for Lebanon
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Five Italian warships set off for Lebanon, carrying nearly 2,500 troops to join the UN peacekeeping force.
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Syrian troops will start redeploying in parts of Lebanon, including moving away from the area of Beirut Airport, on orders from the leadership of both countries, the Lebanese Defense Ministry said Saturday.
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Lebanese troops prepared to deploy in   south Lebanon on Thursday to take control of Hizbollah   strongholds with U.N. peacekeepers as Israeli forces gradually   withdraw after a 34-day war with the guerrillas.
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Italy&#39;s Foreign Minister Franco Frattini Sunday said he will travel to the Middle East to push ahead with efforts aimed at securing the release of two female aid workers taken hostage in Iraq.
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About 300 Syrian soldiers in a convoy of trucks and armored vehicles crossed the Lebanese border into Syria early Thursday as part of a partial troop withdrawal that began two days ago, Lebanese security officials said.
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Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is expected in Libya for talks on how to tackle illegal mass migration from North Africa.
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Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi said   on Monday his country was ready to lead a U.N. force in   southern Lebanon, where the fragility of a week-old truce was   underlined when Israeli forces fired at Hizbollah guerrillas.
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Lâambasciata italiana in Libano Ã¨ salva. Il ministero dellâinterno libanese ha confermato l&#39;arresto di un gruppo di terroristi che stavano preparando un attentato contro la sede diplomatica di Beirut.
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As he stood on a ship Tuesday carrying 800 Italian peacekeepers to Lebanon, the largest deployment of foreign troops to date, Prime Minister Romano Prodi could take pride that his nation had played the key role ...
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Syria has agreed in principle to allow  unarmed European Union personnel to patrol its border with  Lebanon to prevent arms shipments to Hizbollah guerillas,  Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi said on Saturday.
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France will send its first troop battalion and a shipment of tanks and heavy armor for the strengthened U.N. force in Lebanon next week, the French defense minister said Thursday.
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More than 200 French military engineers   landed at Beirut port on Saturday, the advance group of a   battalion which will reinforce U.N. peacekeepers in south   Lebanon and open the way for Israel to pull out all its troops.
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Syria has agreed 'in principle' to let the European Union put troops on its border to help stem the flow of weapons into Lebanon, Italy's prime minister said Saturday.
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Italian troops, trucks and armored personnel carriers landed Sunday in Lebanon as the arrival of the first large contingent of international peacekeepers entered its second day after being delayed by rough seas.
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NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon  - Lebanese troops rained down artillery and tank fire on a Palestinian refugee camp on Monday, pressing ahead with an assault to crush al Qaeda-inspired militants dug in there.
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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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Troops are deployed in Beirut ahead of a mass opposition rally calling for the Lebanese government to quit.