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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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• Western nations start planning Lebanon evacuations

  - 2008-05-09

  ROME AFP — Western nations began drawing up plans to evacuate their nationals from Lebanon on Friday, with governments advising against travel to a country on the brink of all-out civil war. Italy led the way with a "national air bridge" being set up by new foreign minister Franco...

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• Israel okays short-range missile defence shield

  - 2007-12-23

  JERUSALEM AFP — The Israeli government earmarked more than 200 million dollars (140 million euros) on Sunday for the development of an advanced defence system aimed at countering rocket fire from Gaza and Lebanon. The security cabinet allocated 811 million shekels (207 million dollars, 144 million euros) towards the...

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• France invites Lebanese leaders to fence-mending talks

  - 2007-06-08

  PARIS AFP — France said Friday it had invited leaders from across Lebanon's political divide to attend informal fence-mending talks on the country's future later this month. French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner has invited representatives of all Lebanon's political forces as well as other civilian representatives to take part,...

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• Israel defence minister rejects calls for immediate resignation

  - 2007-05-05

  JERUSALEM AFP — Israeli Defence Minister Amir Peretz rejected on Saturday calls for his immediate resignation after a scathing report on the Lebanon war, but reiterated his plans to change jobs by next month. Peretz said he intended to leave the defence ministry after his Labour party votes for...

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• Israel picks new army chief

  - 2007-01-22

  JERUSALEM AFP — Major General Gabi Ashkenazi has been named Israel's army chief of staff after his predecessor quit over the handling of last summer's war in Lebanon, press reports have said. Ashkenazi, 52, is currently director general of the defence ministry. He was named Sunday night by Defence Minister...

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• Israel's PM names new army chief

  - 2007-01-22

  JERUSALEM AFP — Major General Gabi Ashkenazi has been named Israel's army chief of staff after his predecessor quit over the handling of last summer's war in Lebanon, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's office said. The 52-year-old Ashkenazi is currently director general of the defence ministry. "After consultations between the prime...

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• Thailand to send medical staff to Lebanon

  - 2006-09-08

  BANGKOK AFP — Thailand will send a medical team to join United Nations peacekeepers in war-torn southern Lebanon, the foreign ministry has said. "Thailand is willing to support the United Nations resolution," the ministry's permanent secretary Krit Garnjana-goonchorn told reporters Friday. He was referring to UN Security Council Resolution 1701...

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• Israeli FM flies to Germany for Mideast talks

  - 2006-08-27

  JERUSALEM AFP — Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni is to fly to Germany for talks on Monday with Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin, a foreign ministry source said. She is also due to meet her German counterpart, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, during the brief visit that was first announced by Berlin on...

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• Greece eyes small part in Lebanon peacekeeping force

  - 2006-08-21

  ATHENS AFP — Greece is considering sending a frigate, a helicopter and a squad of special forces to the UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon, the foreign ministry has said. The NATO member, which takes over the rotating presidency of the United Nations Security Council on September 1, is also...

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