Syria begins withdrawing troops from around Beirut
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Hundreds of Syrian soldiers stationed in the hills near Lebanon&#39;s capital began dismantling their bases Tuesday in an effort to appease a UN Security Council demand that all 20,000 Syrian troops leave the country.
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The United Nations Security Council has called on Syria to pull its remaining 14,000 troops out of Lebanon.
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UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 2 -- The U.N. Security Council adopted a resolution Thursday night demanding that all foreign forces in Lebanon, including 20,000 Syrian troops, "withdraw" and stop interfering in the country's electoral process.
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BEIRUT -- In an unprecedented outpouring of grief and anger, mourners shouted "Syria Out!" as they crowded Beirut's streets yesterday to bury their former prime minister, Rafik Hariri. Lebanon's pro-Syrian president, Emile Lahoud, stayed away, warned not to come by Hariri supporters who blame his government and Damascus for his death.
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Israeli forces began leaving southern Lebanon on Sunday in the last phase of their withdrawal under a U.N. resolution to end a war with Hizbollah guerrillas, an Israeli security source said.
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BEIRUT, LEBANON -- Syrian troops vacated three security and intelligence centres in Beirut and northern Lebanon and left for Syria, a senior Lebanese army officer said yesterday.
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Lebanese opposition parties join forces for the first time to counter Syria's influence over Lebanese politics.
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NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon  - Clashes intensified on Friday between the Lebanese army and Islamist fighters who had retreated into the heart of a Palestinian refugee camp after troops captured all their outlying positions.
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A senior U.S. diplomat urged Syria's president Saturday to withdraw his country's troops from Lebanon and stop interfering in internal Lebanese affairs, a message delivered at a time when Syrian-American relations have been particularly strained.
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Syrian soldiers dismantled their camps in the hills above Beirut on Wednesday. The United States praised the move but said Syria must still end its political dominance of Lebanon.
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Dozens of Syrian military vehicles carrying hundreds of troops crossed back into Syria from Lebanon Thursday as part of a redeployment plan.
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Syria, under intense U.N. pressure to  quit Lebanon, pulled out its security forces from three key  positions in Beirut and north Lebanon on Saturday and  redeployed them in eastern Lebanon.
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Thousands of Lebanese troops and police fanned out in Beirut on Friday before a Hezbollah-led opposition protest aimed at bringing down the Western-backed government.
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Large numbers of people are in the Lebanese capital Beirut for a march in support of Syria's role in the country.
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International pressure mounted on Syria  to ease its grip over Lebanon as stunned Lebanese prepared to  bury slain former Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri on Wednesday.
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The U.N. Security Council urged Syria on Tuesday to withdraw its remaining 14,000 troops from Lebanon and called for reports from U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan every six months on its compliance.
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Syria on Wednesday suspended  diplomatic cooperation with France aimed at ending the  political crisis in Lebanon -- a move that mirrored earlier  similar action by Paris.