Italy to send troops to Lebanon if truce holds
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Italy, which is expected to lead a U.N.  peacekeeping force in Lebanon, said on Tuesday it would provide  2,000 to 3,000 troops for the force provided Israel did not  violate the U.N.-brokered truce.
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The United Nations appealed on  Friday for Europeans to contribute to a U.N. force in Lebanon  so a balance would be created between Western and Muslim troops  acceptable to Israel and Lebanon.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair will visit Lebanon on Monday as part of a Middle East tour to discuss the UN-brokered truce between Israel and the Shiite militant group Hezbollah, an official has said.
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A five-ship Italian fleet set off for Lebanon on Tuesday carrying more than 800 soldiers bound for U.N. peacekeeping duties.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan announced that a cease-fire in the Hezbollah-Israel fighting will take effect at 8 a.m. Lebanese time (1 a.m. EDT) Monday.
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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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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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Germany's cabinet approved plans on   Wednesday to send naval and air forces to Lebanon, and Russia   said it would dispatch troops to help rebuild roads and bridges   destroyed in Israel's war against Hizbollah guerrillas.
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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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Lebanese troops opened fire Monday on Israeli warplanes over southern Lebanon, the military said Â the second time they have done so since a U.N.-brokered cease-fire ended a 34-day war between Israel and Hezbollah guerrillas in August 2006.
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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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Rome, August 28 - The government on Monday approved a decree greenlighting Italy's participation in the United Nations peacekeeping force in Lebanon, a decision easily expected to obtain parliamentary backing .
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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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Some 140 Belgian soldiers flew to Beirut  on Wednesday to join a U.N. peacekeeping force monitoring a  truce between Israel and Hizbollah guerrillas in south Lebanon.
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10 Questions: In the wake of its commitment to take the lead in building a strong international force in Lebanon, Italian Foreign Minister Massimo D'Alema talks to TIME about democracy, Hizballah's future and a certain "indispensable nation"
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As world leaders scramble to secure a cease-fire in Lebanon, a crucial question arises: Who will ensure the peace? Israel has suggested it prefers a NATO-led coalition &#151; not the traditional U.N. peacekeeping force that has tried but failed to bring peace to Lebanon the last three decades.
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President Jacques Chirac announced Thursday that France will send 2,000 soldiers to southern Lebanon and hopes to retain command of the U.N. peacekeeping force, as a top European Union official said international troops could start deploying within days.