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• Arab countries to foot half the bill for Lebanese Palestinian camp

  - 2008-06-23

  VIENNA AFP — Four Gulf states will foot around half of the bill of rebuilding a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon destroyed last year during clashes between Islamist militants and the Lebanese army, Lebanon's prime minister said Monday. "The contribution made by the four Arab Gulf States -- Saudi...

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• Donors to meet in Austria to rebuild Lebanese camp

  - 2008-06-20

  VIENNA AFP — International donors will meet in Vienna Monday to collect funds for the reconstruction of the Nahr al-Bared Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon, the foreign ministry announced. The conference which convenes at the request of the Lebanese government will be attended by Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora,...

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• UN seeks to rebuild devastated Lebanon refugee camp

  - 2008-06-12

  BADDAOUI, Lebanon AFP — The UN agency for Palestinian refugees UNRWA will seek 450 million dollars for reconstruction after a camp was devastated during fighting last year between Islamists and the army, an official said on Thursday. Hoda Samra told AFP "we will ask for 450 million dollars to...

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• Lebanon deal fails to tackle conflict's causes: French FM

  - 2008-05-23

  JERUSALEM AFP — French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said in Jerusalem on Friday that the deal reached by Lebanon's rival factions fails to tackle the roots of the crisis, though it was a first step. "It goes in the right direction, but none of the essence of the crisis...

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• Iraq conference only way to end chaos: Arab League ex-envoy

  - 2007-08-25

  MONTREAL AFP — A conference between warring Iraqi factions is the only way to end the chaos in Iraq and should be organized by the international community, the Arab League's former envoy to Baghdad believes. "I don't see any other way to stop things deteriorating," said Mokhtar Lamani, who...

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• Anti-cluster bomb conference meets in Lima

  - 2007-05-23

  LIMA AFP — An international conference seeking a global ban on cluster bombs opened in Lima Wednesday, with delegates pointing out that the victims are often children who pick up unexploded munitions years after the fighting has ended. "We should be worried that most of those killed or maimed...

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• Cluster bomb opponents push for ban at Oslo conference

  - 2007-02-22

  OSLO AFP — Austria announced Thursday it was unilaterally banning the use of cluster bombs at an international conference meeting to push for a worldwide ban on the munitions. The news was welcomed by delegates at the conference which is organised by Norway and is the first of its...

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• Lebanon boycotts Munich meet because Israel attending

  - 2007-02-07

  BEIRUT AFP — Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora will not attend a major security conference in Germany this weekend because Israel's foreign minister will be attending. "The prime minister has apologised for declining an invitation from German Chancellor Angela Merkel to attend the Conference on Security Policy," the official...

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• Lebanese PM arrives Paris for aid conference

  - 2007-01-24

  PARIS AFP — Prime Minister Fuad Siniora has arrived in Paris a day ahead of a major conference on international aid for Lebanon, torn by violent opposition street protests, a member of his delegation said. Siniora flew into Le Bourget airport near Paris Wednesday and was to head straight to...

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• Embattled Lebanese PM rejects call for early elections

  - 2007-01-24

  PARIS AFP — Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora rejected opposition calls for early elections to resolve the crisis in his country and renewed his offer to open up a dialogue. "It would be impossible to hold elections that would create new problems in the current circumstances," said Siniora in Paris...

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