Annan Working to Lift Israeli Blockade of Lebanon
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The U.N. secretary general said today that he had put in motion a plan that could lead to a lifting of the blockade within 48 hours.
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Israel lifted its eight-week sea   blockade of Lebanon on Friday after an interim maritime task   force led by an Italian admiral deployed off the Lebanese   coast, the commander of U.N. peacekeepers said.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan began an 11-day Mideast tour to strengthen the cease-fire in Lebanon, saying upon his arrival in Beirut on Monday that it was "a very critical time" for the country.
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Israel rejected a call by U.N.   Secretary General Kofi Annan on Wednesday to lift its air and   sea blockade of Lebanon, saying it would end the seven-week-old   siege only when all aspects of a ceasefire were in place.
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Israel on Thursday lifted an air   blockade of Lebanon imposed when it went to war with Hizbollah   guerrillas eight weeks ago and a Lebanese airliner landed at   Beirut's patched-up airport to mark the moment.
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Israel began on Thursday to lift a   blockade of Lebanon imposed when it went to war with Hizbollah   guerrillas eight weeks ago and a Lebanese airliner landed at   Beirut's patched-up airport to mark the moment.
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Secretary-General Kofi Annan will travel to the Middle East later this week, visiting Lebanon, Israel and most likely Syria and Iran to try to garner support for the U.N. resolution that led to the fragile Israeli-Hezbollah cease-fire, the U.N. said Wednesday.
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Lebanese troops moved on Tuesday into a   town wrecked by Israel's war with Hizbollah, as U.N.   Secretary-General Kofi Annan said he hoped for word on the   lifting of an Israeli blockade on Lebanon within two days.
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The United Nations said on Monday it was  worried about the possibility of rising tensions along the  Lebanese-Israeli frontier, and urged Beirut to exercise control  over its side.
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Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Saniora urged the United States on Wednesday to help end Israel's sea and air blockade, and said his country was making "every effort" to secure its borders.
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JERUSALEM, Sept. 8 -- Israel lifted its eight-week-long air blockade of Lebanon on Thursday but maintained its sea cordon after determining that not enough international forces had taken up positions along the coast to enforce an arms embargo against the Shiite Muslim militia Hezbollah.
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DEAD SEA, Jordan  - U.N. Secretary-General Kofi   Annan on Thursday renewed his calls for Israel to lift its   blockade of 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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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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U.N. chief Kofi Annan said Monday 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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Secretary-General Kofi Annan appealed to U.N. member states to provide desperately needed U.N. peacekeeping troops for Lebanon and assured them the U.N. force would not "wage war" on Israel, Lebanon, or Hezbollah militants.
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Israel lifted its eight-week sea   blockade of Lebanon on Friday, handing control of the Lebanese   coastline to an international naval task force.
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U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Friday he will visit Israel and the Palestinian territories later this month in an effort to help revive the Mideast peace process.