Israel plans to lift Lebanon blockade
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A Leclerc tank is boarded onto the vessel "Fast Arrow", Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2006 at the Toulon naval base, southern France.
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BEIRUT, Sept. 8 -- Israel lifted its eight-week-old maritime blockade against Lebanon Friday, the United Nations announced, and within hours a gleaming white ship pulled into Beirut harbor carrying a load of appliances.
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Israel began on Thursday to lift a   blockade of Lebanon imposed when it went to war with Hizbollah   guerrillas eight weeks ago and a Lebanese airliner landed at   Beirut's patched-up airport to mark the moment.
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Israel rejected a call by 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 aspects of a ceasefire were in place.
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The UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon says Israel has lifted its sea blockade of the country.
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Israel lifts a ban on contacts with the new Palestinian leader, opening the way for security talks.
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U.N. peacekeepers have advised the Lebanese government that Israel will complete a troop pullout from south Lebanon on Sunday, Lebanese officials said on Saturday.
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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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DEAD SEA, Jordan  - U.N. Secretary-General Kofi   Annan on Thursday renewed his calls on Israel to lift a   blockade on 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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Israel agreed to allow supplies of some fuel and medicine into the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip starting on Tuesday, easing a blockade that sparked international protests.
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Israel said it received assurances that Lebanese and international forces would block arms from being smuggled to Hezbollah.
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Israel wants to establish a 1.2-mile-wide strip in south Lebanon that will be free of Hezbollah guerrillas, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Wednesday, giving the dimensions of a new "security zone" for the first time.
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Israel says it will allow some fuel and medicines into Gaza as its blockade is condemned abroad.
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Israel said on Wednesday it would lift   an eight-week-old air and sea blockade against Lebanon on   Thursday, handing over control to international forces.
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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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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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Lebanon emerges on Thursday from a   costly eight-week Israeli blockade of its airport and   territorial waters, which German advisers and U.N. forces will   now help the Lebanese authorities to monitor.