Annan prods Israel to lift Lebanon siege
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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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Lebanon waited on Friday for the lifting   of Israel's eight-week maritime blockade as the United Nations   scrambled to sort out a naval force to deploy off the Lebanese   coast.
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The UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon says Israel has lifted its sea blockade of the country.
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United Nations Secretary-General Kofi   Annan said on Monday Lebanon and Israel have accepted his offer   to mediate the release of two Israeli soldiers captured by   Lebanese guerrilla group Hizbollah in July.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert   agreed on Tuesday to allow aid airlifts to Lebanon but said he   was determined to pursue an offensive against Hizbollah.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan   has agreed to personally mediate between Israel and Hizbollah   for the release of two Israeli soldiers seized in July, Fox   News Channel reported on Monday, citing a U.N. spokesman.
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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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Secretary General Kofi Annan said that the United Nations would mediate talks on the release of Israeli and Hezbollah prisoners.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, making his first trip to Haiti, called Thursday for strengthening the national police force to stem an upsurge in kidnapping and lawlessness.
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Israel rejected a call from U.N.   Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Wednesday to lift its air and   sea blockade of Lebanon, saying it would only end the   7-week-old siege once all elements of a ceasefire were in   place.
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The United Nations sent relief supplies to the besieged southern Lebanese town of Qana on Monday and to the coastal city of Tyre, officials said. However, U.N. officials added that convoys elsewhere in Lebanon are suspended because of the fragile security situation.
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The international community should not  isolate Iran, which has indicated it will cooperate in the  reconstruction of Lebanon, United Nations Secretary-General  Kofi Annan told a Spanish newspaper.
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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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The international community should not   isolate Iran, which has indicated it will cooperate in the   reconstruction of Lebanon, United Nations Secretary-General   Kofi Annan told a Spanish newspaper.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan met   Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Friday to seek his help in   bolstering a truce between Israel and Lebanon's Hizbollah   group, whose chief allies are Syria and Iran.
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DEAD SEA, Jordan  - U.N. Secretary-General Kofi   Annan on Thursday renewed his calls on Israel to lift a   blockade on Lebanon swiftly and withdraw fully from the country   as soon as 5,000 U.N. peacekeepers are in the south.
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Israeli commandos raided a Hizbollah   stronghold in eastern Lebanon on Saturday, which U.N.   Secretary-General Kofi Annan said violated a U.N.-backed truce   that ended Israel's 34-day war with the Shi'ite guerrillas.