Lebanon awaits lifting of blockade
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Lebanon emerges on Thursday from an   8-week-old Israeli blockade of its airport and territorial   waters, which German advisers and U.N. forces will now help the   Lebanese authorities to monitor.
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Lebanon vowed on Wednesday to bust   Israel's eight-week-old blockade of its ports and airport   unless it is lifted within two days as envisaged by U.N.   Secretary-General Kofi Annan.
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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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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.
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JERUSALEM -- Israel lifted its air blockade of Lebanon yesterday after eight weeks, but maintained its sea cordon after determining that not enough international forces had taken up position along the coast to enforce an arms embargo against the Shi'ite militia Hezbollah.
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As Lebanon's government tries to maintain its shaky grip on power, sources tell TIME that Tehran and Damascus are shipping weapons to the militant Shi'ite group
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JERUSALEM -- Prime Minister Ehud Olmert declined yesterday to lift Israel's six-week blockade of Lebanon despite appeals from visiting United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan, who said it would help Lebanon's government and economy recover from a devastating war.
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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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Lebanon said on Tuesday Syria would  redeploy some 3,000 troops from the outskirts of Beirut east  toward the Syrian-Lebanon border, in an apparent bid to ease  U.S.-led pressure over its influence on Lebanon.
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The Lebanese army is preparing to launch a final assault against al Qaeda-inspired militants holed up at a Palestinian refugee camp in north Lebanon, political and security sources said on Wednesday.
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Relatives of two French reporters held hostage in Iraq waited anxiously on Wednesday for news of their fate after a deadline for Paris to scrap a ban on Muslim headscarves in schools apparently passed without incident.
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A fresh attempt by the sharply divided parliament to elect a Lebanese president was likely to be postponed for the ninth time Monday amid a political impasse that continues to hold up the army chief's election for the post.
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Security is tight in Beirut amid fears that anti-government protests led by the Hezbollah militia may turn violent.
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International pressure mounted on Syria  to ease its grip on Lebanon as stunned Lebanese prepared to  bury assassinated former Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri on  Wednesday.
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Israel said on Wednesday it could   gradually dismantle its blockade of Lebanon as Lebanese and   U.N. forces control entry points to stop Hizbollah rearming,   and the U.N. commander in the south said a breakthrough could   be close.
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The Lebanese Army, which many credit with holding together the fragile nation, is under siege after firing on a protest last month.
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Security is tight in Beirut ahead of a rally for late PM Rafik Hariri, and the funeral of a top Hezbollah figure.