Arab ministers avoid UN resolution on Lebanon
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Arab foreign ministers agreed on Tuesday to avoid a position on United Nations intervention in the Syrian-Lebanese relationship after Syria and Jordan disagreed on the right approach.
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Qatar's foreign minister told the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday that a draft resolution seeking a halt to hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah would only make the crisis worse because it does not demand the withdrawal of Israeli troops from southern Lebanon.
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Lebanon crisis talks on Wednesday ended   with no firm plan to stop the fighting between Israel and   Hizbollah guerrillas, disappointing Arab and U.N. hopes for an   immediate ceasefire.
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Syria Friday dismissed a U.S.-drafted resolution demanding respect for Lebanese sovereignty as a failure, after it squeaked through the U.N. Security Council.
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Syria is unwilling to put pressure on its Lebanon allies in the crisis that has left it without a president for over a month, Information Minister Mohsen Bilal said in comments published on Monday.
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Lebanon on Friday postponed its presidential election to January 21 from Saturday, the 12th such delay, despite efforts by the Arab League to get rival Lebanese leaders to agree an Arab plan to end the country's crisis.
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BEIRUT, Oct 2  - The attempted assassination of a Lebanese politician opposed to Syria&#39;s domination of his country turned the spotlight on Saturday on UN Security Council for an end to foreign meddling in Beirut&#39;s affairs.
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Arab League chief Amr Moussa failed on Thursday to broker a deal to resolve Lebanon's political crisis, a senior political source said.
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A top U.N. peacekeeping official on Friday said he feared the war in southern Lebanon would continue until late August and voiced fears Israel would flatten Lebanon's southern villages and destroy Tyre "neighborhood by neighborhood" if Hezbollah rockets keep landing in the Jewish state.
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Dealing a blow to a U.S.-backed strategy for Lebanon, France has refused to participate in a meeting of nations that could send troops to help monitor a cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah, even though it may join &#151; and possibly even lead &#151; such a force.
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The United States and France ran into strong opposition from Lebanon and the Arab world Sunday in their drive for speedy adoption of a U.N. resolution aimed at ending the escalating Israeli-Hezbollah conflict, primarily over the withdrawal of Israeli troops.
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Syria and Lebanon denied on Sunday a redeployment of the Syrian troops in Lebanon and rejected a change of bilateral ties under outside pressures.
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Arabs said on Thursday they doubted former British Prime Minister Tony Blair could succeed as Middle East peace envoy because of his unpopularity and because he is too close to Israel and the United States.
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Arab foreign ministers backed Lebanon and Syria on Tuesday against international calls to remove Syrian forces from its tiny neighbor, even though several Arab nations have publicly stepped up pressure on Syria to comply.
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Diplomatic efforts to reach quick agreement on a U.N. resolution aimed at ending the escalating Israeli-Hezbollah conflict faltered Wednesday over differences between the United States and France on the timing of an Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon.
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Arab governments approved on Sunday an Arab plan to end the constitutional crisis in Lebanon and diplomatic sources said it had support from both Syria on one side and the Lebanese parliamentary majority on the other.
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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.