Israel says to lift Lebanon embargo on Thursday
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Israel said on Wednesday it would lift   an eight-week-old air and sea blockade of Lebanon at 1500 GMT   on Thursday, handing over control to international forces.
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Lebanese Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh   said on Wednesday his country would break Israel's blockade by   force if it is not lifted in a 48-hour timeframe indicated by   U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan.
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Israel will lift its naval blockade of Lebanon within 48 hours, having received assurances international forces will have arrived by then to monitor the seas, government spokesman Asaf Shariv said Friday.
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Israel will lift its eight-week-old   air and sea blockade of Lebanon at 1500 GMT on Thursday,   handing over control to international forces, Prime Minister   Ehud Olmert's office said.
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Developments Thursday in Israel's offensives against Hezbollah militants in Lebanon and Palestinian militants in Gaza:
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By ALFRED de MONTESQUIOU  TYRE, Lebanon - The fishermen in this southern Lebanese port city are back at work now that the Israeli sea embargo has been lifted.
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Israel's decision to end its air and   naval blockade did little to lift the gloom from Beirut's   streets on Thursday, with many Lebanese saying uncertainty over   the future overshadowed their relief that the embargo is over.
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The U.N. peacekeeping force in Lebanon  said Israel ended its naval blockade on Lebanon on Friday after  an international naval force became operational off the  Lebanese coast.
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The Lebanese government decided Monday to protest to the U.N. Security Council over Israel's blockade of the country and call on it to force Israel to lift the siege.
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Developments Sunday in Israel's offensive against Hezbollah militants in Lebanon:
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JERUSALEM -- Israel's army chief said yesterday that he expected to pull his troops out of Lebanon by the weekend, which would meet a key requirement of the cease-fire that halted a 34-day war against Hezbollah guerrillas.
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Israel's Security Cabinet approved early Tuesday widening the ground offensive in Lebanon and rejected a cease-fire until an international force is in place, a participant in the meeting said.
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A Lebanese civilian airliner flying   directly from Paris circled Beirut before landing on Thursday,   marking the lifting of an Israeli air blockade against Lebanon,   airport sources said.
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Israel plans to pull out the last of its troops from south Lebanon on Sunday in line with a U.N. resolution that ended a bloody war with Hizbollah, security sources in Israel said on Sunday.
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The U.N. peacekeeping force in Lebanon   said Israel ended its naval blockade on Lebanon on Friday after   an international naval force became operational off the   Lebanese coast.
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Israel orders closure of crossings, preventing people going out and UN trucks from delivering food aid
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BEIRUT -- Israel lifted its sea blockade of Lebanon yesterday, ending the country's two months of isolation as the task of preventing the entry of Hezbollah weapons falls to international warships patrolling offshore.