Arab League avoids stand on UN in Lebanon
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CAIRO Arab foreign ministers agreed Tuesday to avoid a position on UN intervention in relations between Syria and Lebanon after Syria and Jordan disagreed over what approach to take.
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The French general commanding U.N. peacekeeping forces in Lebanon said Monday his troops would not intervene to disarm Hezbollah, even as French President Jacques Chirac said the militant group should not keep a military wing.
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Arab League talks to defuse a political crisis in Lebanon have made progress but not reached a deal, League officials said on Wednesday.
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Syria and Lebanon denied on Sunday a redeployment of the Syrian troops in Lebanon and rejected a change of bilateral ties under outside pressures.
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Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa renewed efforts on Tuesday to end a political standoff in Lebanon, which many fear could turn violent as the country faces its worst political split since the 1975-1990 civil war.
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The head of the Arab League met Lebanese leaders on Tuesday in an effort to mediate an end to a standoff between the government and the Hezbollah-led opposition that some fear could pitch the country into violence.
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Arab foreign ministers agreed on Tuesday to avoid a position on United Nations intervention in the Syrian-Lebanese relationship after Syria and Jordan disagreed on the right approach.
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BEIRUT -- The French general commanding UN peacekeeping forces in Lebanon said yesterday his troops would not intervene to disarm Hezbollah, even as President Jacques Chirac of France said the militant group should not keep a military wing.
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Lebanon's parliament voted overwhelmingly Friday to extend the term of Syrian-backed President Emile Lahoud, ignoring U.N. calls to hold an election to choose the head of state.
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The United States has vetoed an Arab-backed resolution at the United Nations Security Council that demanded an end to Israel&#39;s military operations in the Gaza strip.
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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 end the seven-week-old   siege only when all aspects of a ceasefire were in place.
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Arab nations want the UN Security Council to adopt a resolution demanding Israel stop a major offensive in the Gaza Strip, but the United States raised objections at an emergency meeting on Monday.
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United Nations, Oct 2 (PTI) Syria has failed to pull out troops from Lebanon despite a demand by UN Security Council while Lebanon has not met the requirement that it disarm all militias, including Hizbollah guerrillas, according to a new United Nations
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Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Saniora said Wednesday that he refused to have any direct contact with Israel and Lebanon would be the last Arab country to ever sign a peace deal with the Jewish state.
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The Arab League backs Lebanon's army head as the next president at crisis talks on the country's future.
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Israel rejected mounting international   pressure on Monday to end its 20-day-old war against Hizbollah   guerrillas and the United Nations indefinitely postponed a   meeting on a new peacekeeping force for Lebanon.
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An Arab mediator brokered a meeting between rival Lebanese leaders on Thursday but a political source said their dispute was unresolved and a breakthrough remained distant.