Annan hopes for news on Lebanon blockade
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ALEXANDRIA, Egypt  - U.N. Secretary-General Kofi   Annan said on Tuesday he was hoping for "positive" news in the   next 48 hours on whether Israel would lift an air and sea   blockade on Lebanon.
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Hizbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah   said in remarks aired on Tuesday he expected a U.N. "mediator"   to visit Lebanon next week to try to secure a deal for the   release of the two Israeli soldiers the group kidnapped in   July.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said   on Friday Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was committed to   implementing a U.N. resolution on Lebanon that includes an   embargo on illegal arms shipments.
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UNITED NATIONS  -- Syria has told the United Nations it cannot provide &quot;numbers or timetables&quot; for any future withdrawal of its troops from Lebanon, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan said in a new report on Friday.
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UN Secretary General Kofi Annan meets Syria's president to seek help in bolstering the truce in Lebanon.
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The Lebanon truce and Iran's nuclear programme are expected to top the agenda as Kofi Annan visits Iran.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi  Annan intends to tell world leaders on Tuesday to respect human  life, whether civilians or prisoners of war in Iraq, villagers  in Sudan or children in northern Uganda or Russia.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan wrapped up a trip to the Middle East Wednesday with two notable successes: winning Israel's agreement to lift its blockade of war-ravaged Lebanon and securing a commitment for Turkish troops to join the U.N. peacekeeping force there.
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Secretary-General Kofi Annan appealed to U.N. member states to provide desperately needed U.N. peacekeeping troops for Lebanon and assured them the U.N. force would not "wage war" on Israel, Lebanon, or Hezbollah militants.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Monday he wants the upcoming meeting of key Mideast players to agree on a package to stop the Israeli-Hezbollah fighting and ensure lasting peace between Israel and Lebanon.
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Israel prepared to lift its sea blockade   of Lebanon on Friday after an Italian admiral assumed control   of an interim maritime task force to deploy off the Lebanese   coast.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan visited U.N. peacekeepers in south Lebanon on Tuesday, a day after Italy and Turkey moved to join the international force there.
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Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has said his country is intent on sending peacekeeping troops to Lebanon, but is still awaiting the green light from the United Nations.
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United Nations Secretary-General Kofi   Annan said on Monday Lebanon and Israel have accepted his offer   to mediate the release of two Israeli soldiers captured by   Lebanese guerrilla group Hizbollah in July.
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By Khaled Yacoub OweisDAMASCUS - U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan began talks with Syrian officials on Thursday to seek Syria's help in bolstering a truce between Israel and Lebanon's Hizbollah.Before arriving ...
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Israel will lift its naval blockade of Lebanon within 48 hours, having received assurances international forces will have arrived by then to monitor the seas, government spokesman Asaf Shariv said Friday.
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DAMASCUS, Syria, Sept. 1 -- U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan said Friday that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad had promised to enforce an arms embargo on Hezbollah under a U.N. resolution that halted Israel's war with the Lebanese Shiite militia.