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• Bush invites new Lebanese president to White House

  - 2008-05-26

  WASHINGTON AFP — US President George W. Bush Monday invited incoming Lebanese President Michel Sleiman to Washington for talks after congratulating him on taking office, Bush's spokesman said. "The president invited President Sleiman to come to Washington so the two leaders can meet to discuss issues of strategic importance...

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• Bush meets Saudi FM at White House

  - 2008-02-15

  WASHINGTON AFP — US President George W. Bush held talks here Friday with Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal on what was expected to touch on the Palestinian-Israeli peace process and Lebanon, officials said. White House spokesman Scott Stanzel said Bush planned to meet the Saudi foreign minister in the...

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• Security tightened as Lebanon probes anti-US attack

  - 2008-01-16

  BEIRUT AFP — The US embassy in Lebanon restricted the movement of its staff on Wednesday a day after a car bomb targeting one of its vehicles killed three people and further rattled the troubled country. The bombing was the first such attack against American interests in Lebanon since...

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• Bush blames Lebanon stalemate on Syrian interference

  - 2008-01-04

  WASHINGTON AFP — US President George W. Bush Friday laid blame on Syria for the stalemate that has prevented Lebanon from choosing a new president, saying Damascus was "thwarting the will of the Lebanese people." In an interview with international media, Bush said that on his trip next week...

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• Bush to welcome son of murdered Lebanese prime minister

  - 2007-09-28

  WASHINGTON AFP — US President George W. Bush is to host the son of slain former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq Hariri on Thursday, a spokesman said Wednesday. Bush will welcome Saad Hariri, the current leader of Parliament leader, amid a deep political crisis in his country, spokesman Scott Stanzel...

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• US ban 'honours' and angers ex-ministers in Beirut

  - 2007-06-30

  BEIRUT AFP — Former ministers who figure on a list of Syrian and Lebanese personalities banned from entering the United States said on Saturday they felt "honoured" but at the same time angered by the decision. "This is like a badge of honour. It's an honour for me to...

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• Jordanians vent anger against Bush visit

  - 2006-11-29

  AMMAN AFP — Hundreds of Jordanians demonstrated to protest against a visit by US President George W. Bush, branding him a butcher responsible for shedding Arab and Muslim blood and burning his effigy. Three protests, authorised by the authorities in Jordan, one of Washington's key allies in the region, took...

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• Bush, Maliki's Iraq crisis talks set for Thursday after first round called off

  - 2006-11-29

  AMMAN AFP — Talks between US President George W. Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki were set to go ahead early Thursday after an initial round was postponed Wednesday, hours after the parliamentary bloc of radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr suspended participation in the Iraqi government in protest at the...

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• Bush tells Mubarak Syria still active in Lebanon

  - 2006-10-19

  WASHINGTON AFP — President George W. Bush has told Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak that Syria is interfering in Lebanon and hurting Mideast peace prospects by backing the radical Palestinian group Hamas, the White House said. The two leaders, speaking by telephone for 15 minutes on Wednesday, also agreed on the...

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• Americans split on Bush handling of Israeli-Hezbollah conflict

  - 2006-08-04

  WASHINGTON AFP — Americans are nearly evenly split on US President George W. Bush's handling of Israel's military campaign against the Hezbollah militia, a poll said. Some 46 percent of the respondents said they disapproved of Bush's handling of the 24-day Lebanon crisis, while the 43 percent said they...

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