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EU to provide 7,000 troops to UN force in Lebanon 
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European nations have pledged up to 7,000 troops to form the core of a beefed-up peacekeeping mission in Lebanon capable of enforcing the fragile truce between Israel and Hezbollah, officials said.In Lebanon's Rubble, Aftershocks of War Washington Post - 2 hours, 49 minutes ago
TYRE, Lebanon -- Hassan Tehini does not want to go home anymore.US investigating Israel cluster bomb use in Lebanon AFP via Yahoo! News - Aug 25 4:13 PM
The United States probed Israel's use of US-made cluster bombs in its blitz on southern Lebanon, after warnings that the devices, which sow mini-minefields, were still killing civilians.Annan: EU living up to Lebanon promise CNN.com - Aug 25 1:21 PM
European countries will provide "the backbone" of a U.N. peacekeeping force in Lebanon, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Friday.EU nations to provide core of Lebanon force Reuters via Yahoo! News - Aug 25 1:33 PM
European nations agreed on Friday to offer more than half the troops for an expanded United Nations peacekeeping contingent in Lebanon.Europeans pledge up to 6,900 troops for Lebanon force International Herald Tribune - Aug 25 12:49 PM
Europe pledged up to 6,900 additional troops to the expanded United Nations peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon. UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, left, called the commitments the "credible core" called for by UN Resolution 1701.UN welcomes Lebanon force pledges BBC News - 1 minute ago
The UN says it is near to receiving promises of troops for the entire 15,000 Lebanon peacekeeping force.EU Pledges More Troops For Lebanon CBS News - 8 minutes ago
U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan said Europe has agreed to provide "the backbone" of an expanded peacekeeping force for Lebanon. Annan hopes the pledge of nearly 7,000 troops will deploy in days, not weeks.Lebanon ground water threatened by oil spill: minister AFP via Yahoo! News - Aug 25 11:16 AM
The destruction by Israel of Jiyeh power station in south Lebanon not only coated the country's shoreline with black sludge, it could now also affect air quality and ground water supplies, Environment Minister Yacoub Sarraf told AFP.US hopeful of quick end to Lebanon blockade AFP via Yahoo! News - Aug 25 10:41 AM
The United States wants a quick end to Israel's air and sea blockade of Lebanon but blames Syria and Iran for delaying the process by helping the Hezbollah militia, a US official said.France Sets Big Force for Lebanon Washington Post - Aug 25 10:05 AM
PARIS, Aug. 24 -- French President Jacques Chirac said Thursday that France would commit 2,000 troops to a new international peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon. The decision breaks a stalemate that has held up the dispatch of soldiers seen by diplomats as crucial to maintaining the 11-day-old...EU pledges troops to expand UN force in Lebanon International Herald Tribune - Aug 25 10:19 AM
Kofi Annan, the UN Secretary General, called the promise of up to 9,600 European troops the "credible core" of the 15,000 expected to be part of the peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon.U.N. plans Lebanon 'exclusion zone' AP via Yahoo! News - Aug 25 8:45 AM
The French foreign minister says the U.N. will establish an "exclusion zone" in south Lebanon where it will disarm unauthorized armed men. Meanwhile, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said the European Union will provide "more than half" of the peacekeeping force for southern Lebanon. Annan said the U.N. force will be "strong, credible and robust."German bomb suspect may have al Qaeda link: Lebanon Reuters via Yahoo! News - Aug 25 9:18 AM
A man held in Lebanon in connection with a failed attack on German trains has confessed to planting a suitcase bomb and investigations suggest he might have links to al Qaeda, the Lebanese government said on Friday.EU steps up UN troop pledges for Lebanon Reuters via Yahoo! News - Aug 25 8:49 AM
U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said on Friday he could raise 15,000 troops for a United Nations peace force in Lebanon as European nations overcame their reluctance to send soldiers.EU states vow troops for Lebanon force in talks with Annan AFP via Yahoo! News - Aug 25 7:51 AM
EU foreign ministers have gone into talks with UN chief Kofi Annan promising to provide the core of a beefed-up UN force to police the fragile ceasefire in Lebanon.US investigating Israel cluster bomb use in Lebanon attacks AFP via Yahoo! News - Aug 25 8:24 AM
The United States has said it was investigating whether Israel broke secret agreements in its use of US-made cluster bombs in its attacks on Lebanon.U.N.: Cluster bombs litter south Lebanon CNN.com - Aug 25 7:07 AM
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) -- Homes, gardens and highways across south Lebanon are littered with unexploded cluster bombs dropped by Israel, the U.N. said Friday, and the U.S. State Department has reportedly launched an investigation.German bomb suspect may have al Qaeda link: Lebanon Reuters via Yahoo! News - Aug 25 8:26 AM
A Lebanese suspect has confessed to placing a bomb on a German train and investigations indicate that he might be linked to al Qaeda, Lebanon's Acting Interior Minister Ahmad Fatfat said on Friday.France calls excessive Lebanon troop needs International Herald Tribune - Aug 25 6:19 AM
President Jacques Chirac said he did not believe the expanded UN force in Lebanon needed 15,000 troops, calling that figure "excessive."Chirac says 15,000 UN troops for Lebanon 'excessive' AFP via Yahoo! News - Aug 25 6:30 AM
French President Jacques Chirac has said it made "no sense" to deploy 15,000 UN peacekeepers in Lebanon, a figure he said was "totally excessive."U.N. says bombs litter areas of Lebanon AP via Yahoo! News - Aug 25 5:52 AM
Unexploded cluster bomb litter homes, gardens and highways in south Lebanon, the U.N. said Friday, as the State Department reportedly investigated whether Israel's use of the American-made weapons violated secret agreements with the United States.Belgium to provide 302 troops to UN force in Lebanon AFP via Yahoo! News - Aug 25 6:46 AM
Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt has said that Belgium would provide 302 troops to the UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon at the end of September or in early October.EU facing test over Lebanon force BBC News - Aug 25 2:24 PM
The EU struggles to find unity of purpose as the UN looks to it for most of the new Lebanon peace force, the BBC's Paul Reynolds says.Europeans to provide 'backbone' of Mideast force; U.N. plans Lebanon 'exclusion zone' USA Today - Aug 25 4:35 AM
U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Friday that Europe had agreed to provide the "backbone" of a peacekeeping force for Lebanon, providing nearly half of a 15,000-member contingent.French troops join Lebanon force Reuters via Yahoo! News - Aug 25 3:33 AM
About 150 French soldiers joined U.N. troops in Lebanon on Friday as Kofi Annan voiced optimism he would raise 15,000 troops from Europe and elsewhere for the force that aims to protect a truce between Israel and Hizbollah.More French troops in Lebanon as EU ministers discuss UN force AFP via Yahoo! News - Aug 25 3:31 AM
More French troops have arrived in Lebanon to help police a fragile ceasefire, as EU foreign ministers prepared to meet with UN chief Kofi Annan in Brussels to hammer out details of an enlarged peacekeeping force for the war-torn country.EU seen boosting Lebanon troop pledges Reuters via Yahoo! News - Aug 25 3:24 AM
U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said he was confident European countries would make major troop pledges for a 15,000-strong Lebanon peace force at an emergency meeting of EU foreign ministers on Friday.EU Pledges Up to 7,000 Soldiers for Lebanon UN Force (Update4) Bloomberg.com - Aug 25 1:19 PM
Aug. 25 (Bloomberg) -- European Union governments pledged between 6,500 and 7,000 soldiers for the Lebanon peacekeeping force, boosting United Nations efforts to police the cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah.Annan confident as EU nails down Lebanon troop offers AFP via Yahoo! News - Aug 25 2:59 AM
UN chief Kofi Annan has said he expected that a crunch meeting with EU foreign ministers would give "a very good start" to efforts to deploy a significant peacekeeping force into Lebanon.U.N. Force for Lebanon Lacks 10,000 Soldiers NPR - Aug 25 2:37 PM
U.N. foreign ministers meet to try to agree on a peacekeeping force for Lebanon. France, after some initial wavering, says it will send 2,000; Italy has indicated it would provide up to 5,000. That means that 10,000 more are needed to meet the U.N.'s request for 15,000.Chavez says Israel's action in Lebanon "worse" than Hitler AFP via Yahoo! News - Aug 25 3:07 AM
Visiting Venezuela President Hugo Chavez has denounced Israel's recent attacks on Lebanon as "genocide," likening its action to war crimes committed by Germany's Nazi leader Adolf Hitler.France warns Syria not to use Lebanon to avoid Hariri probe AFP via Yahoo! News - Aug 25 2:30 AM
French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy has warned Syria not to use the conflict in Lebanon to return to the world stage and avoid the investigation into the murder of Lebanon's former prime minister Rafiq Hariri.Russia still considering troops for UN force in Lebanon: minister AFP via Yahoo! News - Aug 25 2:58 AM
Russia is still considering the possibility of sending troops to join the United Nations force in Lebanon along the border with Israel, Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov has said.French troops join Lebanon force, EU to send more Reuters via Yahoo! News - Aug 25 1:36 AM
About 150 French soldiers joined U.N. troops in Lebanon on Friday as European ministers prepared to meet U.N. chief Kofi Annan to clinch Europe's role in a force charged with reinforcing a truce between Israel and Hizbollah.Beirut hails French vow to bolster UN forces in Lebanon AFP via Yahoo! News - Aug 25 2:22 AM
Lebanon's prime minister has said France's decision to contribute 2,000 soldiers to UN troops in Lebanon will bolster European participation and help consolidate stability in the country.EU pledges 'backbone' of peacekeepers for Lebanon The Star-Ledger - 11 minutes ago
BRUSSELS, Belgium -- The European Union yesterday swept away a major hurdle to keeping the peace between Israel and Hezbollah by agreeing to provide the "backbone" of a French-led peacekeeping force of 15,000 soldiers in Lebanon.Mooresville QB comes up big in win over Lebanon The Indianapolis Star - 1 hour, 8 minutes ago
LEBANON, Ind. -- Mooresville High School quarterback Trent Mossbrucker spent the first 20 minutes of Friday night's game against Lebanon running for his life.Bush praises French decision on UN force in Lebanon AFP via Yahoo! News - Aug 25 12:37 AM
US President George W. Bush warmly praised France's pledge to send 1,600 more soldiers to join the United Nations force in Lebanon and urged other nations to help as well.The peacekeeping challenge in south Lebanon The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News - Aug 25 1:00 AM
The UN resolution that won a cease-fire in the Israeli-Hizbullah war calls for bolstering the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) - presently only a skeleton apparatus of some 2,000 soldiers - with thousands of additional soldiers.EU countries seen boosting Lebanon troops pledges Reuters via Yahoo! News - Aug 25 1:43 AM
European Union foreign ministers will hold emergency talks on Friday on troop contributions to a U.N. peacekeeping force in Lebanon amid growing pressure on their countries to make firm commitments.EU ministers discuss Lebanon force as more French troops arrive AFP via Yahoo! News - Aug 24 11:53 PM
EU foreign ministers meet with UN chief Kofi Annan in Brussels to hammer out details of an enlarged peacekeeping force in Lebanon, as another contingent of French troops arrives in the war-torn country to help police a fragile ceasefire.EU to supply half Lebanon force BBC News - Aug 25 9:28 AM
The EU will provide half of the 15,000 troops needed for Lebanon's peace force, UN chief Kofi Annan saysEU Pledges More Troops For Lebanon CBS 2 New York - 2 hours, 42 minutes ago
U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Friday that Europe had agreed to provide more than half of an expanded peacekeeping force for Lebanon, with nearly 7,000 troops, and he hoped the "strong, credible and robust" force would be able to deploy in days, not weeks.Most Israelis want PM to resign over Lebanon war AFP via Yahoo! News - Aug 25 12:43 AM
A majority of Israelis want Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Defence Minister Amir Peretz and army chief Dan Halutz to resign over failings of the war in Lebanon, an opinion poll revealed.French troops arrive in Lebanon to join U.N. force Reuters via Yahoo! News - Aug 24 11:46 PM
Around 150 French soldiers arrived in Lebanon by ship on Friday, the second batch to join a U.N. peacekeeping force that is being beefed up to maintain a truce between Israel and Hizbollah guerrillas.Howard urges Euro Lebanon role The Australian - 14 minutes ago
The United Nations is trying to increase the strength of its 2000-strong UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) to 15,000 to help the Lebanese army assert its authority over the Iranian-backed Hizbollah militia in southern Lebanon.Lebanon Force to Grow After France, Italy Contribute (Update2) Bloomberg.com - Aug 25 8:18 AM
Aug. 25 (Bloomberg) -- France and Italy's contributions of soldiers to a peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon will draw more pledges from European countries, United Nations Deputy Secretary General Mark Malloch Brown said.EU Pledges Up to 7,000 Soldiers for Lebanon Force (Correct) Bloomberg.com - Aug 25 9:32 AM
(Corrects attribution of quote in fourth paragraph.) Aug. 25 (Bloomberg) -- European Union governments pledged between 6,500 and 7,000 soldiers for the Lebanon peacekeeping force, boosting United Nations efforts to police the cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah.Europe to Send 7,000 Peacekeepers to Lebanon The Online NewsHour - Aug 25 5:18 PM
U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan announced that the European Union had agreed to provide 7,000 troops, or nearly half the expanded peacekeeping force, to southern Lebanon. Analysts discuss the U.N. mission.U.N.: Cluster Bombs Litter South Lebanon ABC News - Aug 25 9:03 AM
U.N. Says Hundreds of Cluster Bombs Still Litter Civilian Areas in South LebanonEU ends impasse on Lebanon force Financial Times - 2 hours, 28 minutes ago
Europe yesterday finally agreed to send thousands of troops to Lebanon, so resolving an impasse over who would lead and staff the new United Nations monitoring force.EU pledges half Lebanon force News Interactive - Aug 25 6:36 PM
EUROPE has pledged up to 7000 troops to form the core of a beefed-up peacekeeping mission capable of enforcing the fragile Lebanon truce.Europe pledges 9,000 troops to hold the peace in Lebanon Times Online - Aug 25 4:53 PM
THE United Nations is expected to begin the deployment of its peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon next month after European nations pledged to provide up to 9,000 troops.Labour members defect to Lib Dems over Lebanon Guardian Unlimited - 2 hours, 39 minutes ago
Margaret Beckett has suffered a mass defection of Labour party members in her Derby constituency over the government's stance on the crisis in Lebanon.$3.5bn Lebanon investment AME Info - 15 minutes ago
Foreign investment in Lebanon is on track to double this year, despite the recent conflict with Israel which caused widespread destruction, reported Reuters.If UN mission works in Lebanon, possible try in Gaza: Italian FM People's Daily - 1 hour, 19 minutes ago
Italian Foreign Minister Massimo D'Alema said that if the planned UN multinational peacekeeping force in Lebanon works well, it might be possible to begin a similar positive process in the Gaza Strip, Israeli newspaper Ha' aretz reported on Friday.More European Troops Headed To Lebanon Local6.com Central Florida - Aug 25 3:59 PM
The U.N. secretary general emerges from a meeting Friday with nearly 7,000 troops committed by European Union nations for the Lebanon peacekeeping mission.Peacekeepers deploy in Lebanon Australian Broadcasting Corporation - 1 hour, 35 minutes ago
French peacekeepers have begun arriving in Lebanon to supplement the existing United Nations force there. Their arrival comes after the European Union agreed to offer half of the troops needed for the 15,000-strong UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon.France, Germany urge Israel to lift blockage against Lebanon People's Daily - 34 minutes ago
French President Jacques Chirac and visiting German Chancellor Angela Merkel Friday urged Israel to lift its sea and air blockage against Lebanon.Lebanon Lumber to close Corvallis Gazette Times - 2 hours, 58 minutes ago
LEBANON About 60 hourly employees of Weyerhaeuser s Lebanon Lumber mill were told Wednesday that the mill will begin closing Friday and a new lumber plant will be constructed at the company s Bauman Mill on Fairview Road between Lebanon and Sweet Home. The new mill will employee 125 people.Annan proposes shared leadership of UN force in Lebanon People's Daily - 1 hour, 18 minutes ago
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan had proposed to the European Union (EU) foreign ministers' special meeting that France and Italy share the leadership of the UN peacekeeping force in south Lebanon, an Italian diplomat said on Friday.EU pledges more than half of troops for Lebanon mission People's Daily - 49 minutes ago
Member states of the European Union (EU) have pledged more than half of the peacekeeping force needed for a UN mission in south Lebanon, said UN chief Kofi Annan on Friday.EU pledges 7,000 troops for Lebanon Aljazeera - Aug 25 5:42 PM
European nations have pledged up to 7,000 troops for an expanded United Nations peacekeeping contingent in Lebanon.Europe to supply half of Lebanon peacekeepers Houston Chronicle - Aug 25 10:54 AM
U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said today that Europe had agreed to provide more than half of an expanded peacekeeping force for Lebanon, with nearly 7,000 troops, and he hoped the force would be able to deploy in days, not weeks. Divided Lebanon Wary of Hezbollah 'Victory' NPR - Aug 25 6:09 AM
Hezbollah is touting a "divine victory." The Party of God says it plans to follow the "victory" by helping those made homeless by the war with Israel. But Lebanon's Sunni Muslim, Druze and Christian communities are wary of Hezbollah's new-found prominence, both in Lebanon and in the region.U.N. Plans Lebanon 'Exclusion Zone' San Francisco Chronicle - Aug 25 9:16 AM
The French foreign minister says the U.N. will establish an "exclusion zone" in south Lebanon where it will disarm unauthorized armed men. Meanwhile, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said the European Union will provide "more than half" of the peacekeeping... Belgium to send 394 troops to Lebanon People's Daily - 1 hour, 34 minutes ago
Belgium would send nearly 400 troops to join the enlarged UN peacekeeping force in south Lebanon, Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt said on Friday.Spain to send 800-1,000 soldiers to Lebanon People's Daily - 1 hour, 34 minutes ago
The Spanish government said on Friday that it would send 800-1,000 soldiers to join the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Lebanon.EU increases Lebanon force Reuters.co.uk - Aug 25 4:42 PM
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European nations agreed on Friday to offer over half the troops for an expanded United Nations peace contingent in Lebanon, a move U.N. chief Kofi Annan hailed as creating the backbone of a robust force.EU pledges more than half of troops for Lebanon mission People's Daily - 1 hour, 4 minutes ago
Member states of the European Union (EU) have pledged more than half of the forces needed for a UN mission in south Lebanon, said UN chief Kofi Annan here on Friday.Third suspect in failed German train bombings detained in Lebanon People's Daily - 1 hour, 34 minutes ago
A third suspect involved in failed German train bombings was arrested in Lebanon, a Lebanese judicial source said Friday.Spain to send 1,200 troops to Lebanon People's Daily - 1 hour, 18 minutes ago
Spain would send 1,200 troops to the UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon, an Italian diplomat said on Friday.EU to provide core of Lebanon force Sydney Morning Herald - Aug 25 1:55 PM
European nations on Friday agreed to offer more than half the troops for an expanded United Nations peacekeeping contingent in Lebanon.EU major contribution troops to Lebanon ArabicNews.com - Aug 25 6:24 PM
European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso yesterday said that he is confident that Europe will provide the necessary support to expand the UNIFIL force to help the government of Lebanon extend its control over all Lebanese territory.EU FMs begin special meeting on Lebanon People's Daily - 2 hours, 4 minutes ago
Foreign ministers from all 25 member states of the European Union (EU) began an "extraordinary" meeting on Friday afternoon, aimed to specify EU's contribution to a UN peacekeeping force in south Lebanon.EU commits 7,000 peacekeepers to Lebanon Australian Broadcasting Corporation - 2 hours, 34 minutes ago
ELIZABETH JACKSON: The European Union has agreed to send up to 7,000 peacekeepers to southern Lebanon.Europeans Meet Again to Define Lebanon Force NPR - Aug 25 6:09 AM
European foreign ministers meet in Brussels in an attempt to clearly define Europe's role in a U.N. peacekeeping force for Lebanon. U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan's presence shows the importance the U.N. attaches to a strong European component for the force.Lebanon damage estimated at $3.6 billion ArabicNews.com - Aug 25 6:20 PM
With more United Nations aid convoys leaving Beirut for devastated southern areas of Lebanon today and urgent supplies getting through to villages in the south, some of which were reduced to rubble in the recent fighting, the UN estimates the country suffered around $3.6 billion in physical damage, including tens of thousands of homes and hundreds of kilometers of road damaged or destroyed.FRENCH TROOPS TO LEBANON WITHIN 20 DAYS: MINISTER The Tocqueville Connection - Aug 25 6:35 PM
WASHINGTON, Aug 25, 2006 (AFP) - France will deploy the 2,000 soldiers it has pledged for the UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon within 20 days, Defense Minister Michele Alliot-Marie told the Wall Street Journal.US help cleaning up munitions, oil in Lebanon ArabicNews.com - Aug 25 6:23 PM
The United States has promised emergency assistance to defuse unexploded mines and cluster bombs in Lebanon and to help clean up a Mediterranean oil spill both legacies of the monthlong hostilities between Israel and Hizbullah.EU nations pledge 7,000 Lebanon troops Independent - Aug 25 4:43 PM
European countries yesterday offered at least 7,000 troops for a stronger UN force in Lebanon, but differences remained on how large the force should be. President Jacques Chirac suggested a force of "up to 15,000" as mentioned in the UN ceasefire resolution, was "completely excessive".U.N.: Lebanon littered with cluster bombs MSNBC - Aug 25 4:23 AM
Unexploded cluster bomb litter homes, gardens and highways in south Lebanon, the U.N. said Friday, as the U.S. State Department investigated whether Israel s use of the American-made weapons violated secret agreements. Lebanon welcomes EU participation Sify News - 1 hour, 2 minutes ago
Lebanon has welcomed Europe's decision to accept 'effective participation' in the UN peacekeeping force in the country, saying the move would help the government reassert its authority in south Lebanon and restore stability to the war-ravaged country.US Investigates Alleged Israeli Use of Cluster Bombs in Lebanon Voice of America - Aug 25 1:35 PM
The U.S. State Department said Friday it is investigating whether Israel may have used cluster munitions in Lebanon in violation of agreements with the United States restricting their use.France Pledges Lebanon Troops; UN Tries to Form Force (Update2) Bloomberg.com - Aug 25 2:49 AM
Aug. 25 (Bloomberg) -- France will add 1,600 soldiers to its unit in Lebanon, boosting United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan's moves to form a peacekeeping force to oversee a cease- fire that halted fighting between Israel and Hezbollah.Abul-Gheit: immediate lift of Israeli siege on Lebanon important ArabicNews.com - Aug 25 6:20 PM
The Egyptian foreign minister has stressed the importance of immediately lifting the Israeli siege on Lebanon without having to wait till the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) is all there.Israel never proved use of Russian missiles by Lebanon - Ivanov ArabicNews.com - Aug 25 6:23 PM
Israel never provided Russia with proof that Lebanon used Russian-made anti-tank missiles, Russia's Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov said today.Israel army admits failure in Lebanon ArabicNews.com - Aug 25 6:20 PM
Israel's embattled army chief Dan Halutz admitted yesterday for the first time to failings during the Lebanon war amid increasing public discontent over how the 34-day offensive was handled.France bolsters UN force in Lebanon, offers to take lead AFP via Yahoo! News - Aug 24 3:39 PM
France announced it was committing 1,600 more troops to a UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon, while both Paris and Rome offered to take charge of the risky operation.EU pledges half Lebanon force The Australian - Aug 25 1:59 PM
EUROPEAN nations pledged up to 7000 troops overnight to form the core of a beefed-up peacekeeping mission in Lebanon capable of enforcing the fragile truce between Israel and Hezbollah, officials said.EU to send 7,000 troops to Lebanon Kyodo via Yahoo! Asia News - Aug 25 11:45 AM
_ European nations have agreed to deploy up to about 7,000 troops, or nearly half of a 15,000-member peacekeeping contingent, to southern Lebanon in a bid to transform the cessation of hostilities between Israel and the Hezbollah guerrilla group in Lebanon into a durable cease-fire, Finnish Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja said Friday.France pledges 1,600 more troops for Lebanon Reuters via Yahoo! News - Aug 24 3:02 PM
France said on Thursday it was ready to send an extra 1,600 troops to bolster a revamped U.N. force for Lebanon, bringing the total French contingent to 2,000 and making it easier to recruit other nations.Europe Pledges a Larger Force Inside Lebanon New York Times - 26 minutes ago
Officials cautioned that the peacekeeping force would not be used to disarm Hezbollah.Turkish president opposed to country's troops in Lebanon Channel NewsAsia - Aug 25 2:47 PM
ANKARA - Turkish President Ahmet Necdet Sezer said on Friday he is opposed to his country contributing troops to the enlarged UN force in Lebanon, television channels reported.Europe Providing Half the Lebanon Peacekeepers Sun-Sentinel - Aug 25 11:40 AM
U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said today that Europe had agreed to provide nearly half of a 15,000-member peacekeeping force for Lebanon and European officials said it would take up to three months to get all the troops on the ground.Chirac Says France to Add 1,600 Troops in Lebanon (Update2) Bloomberg.com - Aug 25 2:33 AM
Aug. 24 (Bloomberg) -- France will contribute an extra two battalions -- 1,600 soldiers -- to a United Nations peacekeeping force in Lebanon and is willing to lead it, President Jacques Chirac said on national television late today.France, Italy to provide core of Europe's contribution to UN force in Lebanon Channel NewsAsia - Aug 25 2:11 PM
BRUSSELS - France and Italy are to provide the core of Europe's contribution to the UN force in Lebanon, which EU foreign ministers hammered out on Friday with UN chief Kofi Annan.Prodi says Italy troops may go to Lebanon Tuesday The Star Online - Aug 25 2:52 PM
BOLOGNA, Italy (Reuters) - Italian troops could head off to Lebanon as part of a U.N. peace force as early as next Tuesday, Prime Minister Romano Prodi said on Friday.Annan, EU hopeful on troop pledges for Lebanon New Kerala - 20 minutes ago
Brussels, Aug 25: United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan and European Union foreign ministers Friday said they were confident of raising a large number of European troops for the 15,000-strong international peace-keeping force in southern Lebanon.