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• US cautious on French plans to renew ties with Syria

  - 2008-06-09

  WASHINGTON AFP — The US State Department reacted with caution on Monday when asked about plans by French President Nicolas Sarkozy to renew ties with Syria, saying that Washington would discuss the issue with Paris. "France and the United States share the same wish for peace and stability in...

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• French opposition to join Sarkozy on Lebanon trip

  - 2008-06-06

  PARIS AFP — France's opposition leaders will join President Nicolas Sarkozy on a visit to Lebanon Saturday to meet his counterpart Michel Sleiman, a rare move intended to send out a "message of unity" to the country. Sarkozy will be the first Western head of state to meet Sleiman...

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• Lebanon opposition lifts blockade on airport

  - 2008-05-15

  BEIRUT AFP — Militants loyal to Lebanon's Hezbollah-led opposition on Thursday began removing roadblocks on the highway leading to Beirut's international airport, paving the way for commercial flights to resume, an AFP correspondent said. A Middle East Airlines plane was set to arrive in the early evening, the first...

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• Lebanon rivals to press crisis talks at home

  - 2007-11-01

  BEIRUT AFP — Rival Lebanese leaders Michel Aoun and Saad Hariri are heading home for further negotiations on the deadlock over electing a new president after three rounds of talks in Paris, aides said on Thursday. Aoun, a former president who is the opposition standard-bearer in the election, met...

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• Hezbollah to send ex-minister to Paris dialogue

  - 2007-07-06

  BEIRUT AFP — Hezbollah will send a former cabinet member to participate in all-party talks in France aimed at breaking Lebanon's political deadlock, the Shiite opposition group said on Friday. The group has assigned senior official Mohammed Fneish to the two-member team, along with foreign affairs chief Nawaf Mussawi,...

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• US will not tolerate continued Syrian meddling in Lebanon: Rice

  - 2007-06-24

  PARIS AFP — US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice called Sunday on the international community to send a "very strong message" to Syria that any continued interference in Lebanon would not be tolerated. Asked about the failure of the latest Arab League mission to relaunch an inter-Lebanese dialogue, Rice...

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• Rice to discuss Darfur, Lebanon during Paris talks

  - 2007-06-21

  WASHINGTON AFP — US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is to discuss the humanitarian crisis in Darfur and stability in Lebanon when she meets world leaders on Sunday and Monday in Paris, her spokesman said. Rice plans to meet with French President Nicolas Sarkozy other top French officials as...

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• Beirut curfew lifted day after clashes

  - 2007-01-25

  BEIRUT AFP — Beirut has warily returned to normal after an overnight curfew -- the first in a decade -- prompted by street fighting between government and opposition supporters that left four dead and 152 hurt. Shops and offices reopened after the curfew was lifted at 6:00 am (0400...

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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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• France pledges 500–million–euro loan for Lebanon

  - 2007-01-24

  PARIS AFP — French President Jacques Chirac has pledged to loan 500 million euros (650 million dollars) to Lebanon during talks in Paris with Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora. "France will bring Lebanon its support in the form of a 500-million-euro loan, extended on highly preferential terms," a spokesman said...

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