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	Lebanon - FOREIGN RELATIONS
		For Lebanon's first three decades or so of independence, the outstanding feature of its foreign policy was its amicable relations with numerous countries.
		Before the 1975 Civil War, foreign relations were based to a large extent on the National Pact.
		Under this covenant, Lebanon had to walk a thin line between the desires of the Christian communities to associate more closely with the West and the wishes of the Muslim communities to underscore Lebanon's Arab identity.
	countrystudies.us /lebanon/100.htm (1111 words)

	Foreign relations of Lebanon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Lebanon concluded negotiations on an association agreement with the European Union in late 2001, and both sides initialed the accord in January 2002.
		Lebanon enjoys good relations with virtually all of its Arab neighbors (despite historic tensions with Libya, the Palestinians, and Iraq), and in March 2002 hosted an Arab League Summit for the first time in more than 35 years.
		Lebanon was the first Arab nation to signal a desire for an armistice treaty with Israel in 1949 and Lebanon did not participate in the 1967 or 1973 wars in any significant way.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Lebanon (1232 words)

	Foreign relations of France - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		De Gaulle's foreign policy was centered around an attempt to limit the power and influence of both superpowers, and at the same time increase France's international prestige.
		The close relations between the French government and the governments of a number of Arab states have not done anything to reduce attacks on French citizens.
		Relations between the United States and France are active and cordial.
	open-encyclopedia.com /Foreign_relations_of_France (2636 words)

	Politics in Lebanon: Foreign Relations
		Lebanon, therefore, abstained from the conflicts of 1956, 1967, and 1973.
		Lebanon's foreign policy reflects its geographic location, the composition of its population, and its reliance on commerce and trade.
		Lebanon remains friendly with Western countries and follows a generally cautious course in its relations with countries of the former Soviet bloc.
	www.ghazi.de /foreign.html (2937 words)

	The EU's relations with Lebanon - Overview
		A milestone in Lebanon’s recovery after the civil war was the withdrawal of Israeli forces from South Lebanon in May 2000, the surrender of the Israeli-backed South Lebanon Army, and the UN’s ruling that UN SC Resolution 425 had been implemented.
		Lebanon’s international outlook is coloured by the tense relationship with Israel and the absence of peace in the Middle East.
		Lebanon nonetheless underlines the legitimacy of resistance to foreign occupation.
	europa.eu.int /comm/external_relations/lebanon/intro (4675 words)

	Lebanon
		The Lebanese Republic or Lebanon is a country in Southwest Asia, bordering the Mediterranean Sea.
		A Middle Eastern country, Lebanon is demarcated to the west by the Mediterranean (Coast: 225 kilometres) and to the east by the Syro-African Depression.
		Lebanon borders Syria for 375 kilometres to the north and to the west and Israel for 79 kilometres to the south.
	www.findthelinks.com /countries/lebanon.htm (204 words)

	89118: Lebanon
		Lebanon appeared to be returning to orderly government after General Awn left the Presidential palace on October 13, 1990, after a Syrian army attack, to seek asylum at the French embassy.
		Lebanon's government is based on a 1943 agreement that Lebanon would have a Maronite Christian President, a Sunni Muslim Prime Minister, and a Shia Muslim Speaker of the National Assembly, and that National Assembly seats and civil service jobs would be distributed according to a ratio of 6 Christians to 5 Muslims.
		On August 21, 1990, the Lebanon National Assembly adopted some of the Taif reforms; the parliament was increased to 108 (later raised to 128), to be divided evenly between Christians and Muslim-Druze, Presidential authority was decreased, and the Speaker's and the Prime Minister's authority was increased.
	www.fas.org /man/crs/89-118.htm (7391 words)

	Articles - Foreign relations of Iran (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Relations with the European Union have dramatically improved to the point where Iran is a major oil exporter and trading partner for countries such as Italy, France, and Germany.
		Iran and Iraq restored diplomatic relations in 1990 but are still trying to work out written agreements settling outstanding disputes from their eight-year war concerning border demarcation, prisoners-of-war, and freedom of navigation and sovereignty over the Shatt-al-Arab waterway.
		Relations with the states of the (Persian) Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), especially with Saudi Arabia, have improved in recent years.
	www.centralairconditioners.net /articles/Foreign_relations_of_Iran (1362 words)

	Terrorism: Q & A \| Lebanon
		Lebanon has also refused U.S. demands to turn over Lebanese terrorists involved in the 1985 hijacking of TWA flight 847 and in the abduction, torture, and murder of U.S. hostages from 1984 to 1991.
		Experts say that while Lebanon’s Sunnis and Shiites would like to see Syrian rule end, the militia-backed political factions that actually run the country are divided on the issue.
		Lebanon’s Maronite president, Emile Lahoud, and its Sunni prime minister, Rafiq al-Hariri, were both handpicked by Syria and support the interests of their Syrian sponsors.
	cfrterrorism.org /havens/lebanon_print.html (1341 words)

	GeographyIQ - World Atlas - Middle East - Lebanon - Foreign Relations
		Lebanon participated in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, and despite the 1948 Lebanon-Israel armistice, Lebanon's lack of control over the border region resulted in repeated border hostilities, initiated mainly by Palestinian exile groups from 1968 to 1982 and later by Hezbollah.
		Lebanon concluded negotiations on an association agreement with the European Union in late 2001, and both sides initialed the accord in January 2002.
		Lebanon is a member of the Francophone countries and hosted the Francophone Summit in October 2002.
	www.geographyiq.com /countries/le/Lebanon_relations_summary.htm (535 words)

	Lebanon
		Lebanon's new prime minister, Najib Mikati—a compromise candidate between the pro-Syrian and anti-Syrian groups—announced that new elections would be held in May. On April 26, after 29 years of occupation, Syria withdrew all of its troops.
		Lebanon Timeline - France, granted the mandate for Lebanon and Syria by the League of Nations, forms the State of...
		Lebanon and Syria: internal and regional dimensions: the following is an edited transcript of the twenty-fifth in a series of Capitol Hill conferences convened by the Middle East Policy Council.
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0107710.html (1746 words)

	Lebanon (11/07)
		Lebanon is a parliamentary democracy in which the people constitutionally have the right to change their government.
		Lebanon embarked on a massive reconstruction program in 1992 to rebuild the country's physical and social infrastructure devastated by both the long civil war (1975-90) and the Israeli occupation of the south (1978-2000).
		After the war, $940 million in relief and early reconstruction aid was pledged to Lebanon August 31, 2006 at a donors conference in Stockholm, and an additional $7.6 billion in assistance for reconstruction and economic stabilization was pledged January 25, 2007 at the International Conference for Support to Lebanon, "Paris III".
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/35833.htm (7067 words)

	The Truth Seeker - Many Lebanese see Syria as a friend, not occupier (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Lebanon was embroiled in civil war from 1975 to 1989.
		Democratic movements in Lebanon and Iraq are being used by ethnic and religious groups for their own interests, he says.
		Diminished influence in Lebanon could be fatal to the regime of Bashar Assad, the son of the late Syrian leader Hafez Assad.
	www.thetruthseeker.co.uk /print.asp?ID=2871 (910 words)

	U.S. Department of State. Foreign Relations of the United States, 1958-1960, Volume XI: Lebanon and Jordan: Microfiche ...
		Foreign Relations of the United States, 1958-1960, Volume XI: Lebanon and Jordan: Microfiche Supplement.
		This is a microfiche supplement to the printed volume, covering important issues in the foreign policy of the Eisenhower administration from 1958 to 1960.
		It provides documentation on U.S. relations with Lebanon and Jordan during the final three years of theadministration.
	www.library.utoronto.ca /robarts/microtext/collection/pages/usdeptlj.html (238 words)

	MIDDLE EAST: Syria and Lebanon - Council on Foreign Relations
		In 1978, U.N. Resolutions 425-427 called for Israeli troops to withdraw from Lebanon; in 1982, after the second Israeli invasion, the Security Council passed a raft of resolutions, including 508, 509, and 515-521, deploring the violence of that year and asking all parties to cease fighting and withdraw their troops.
		Expelling all the Syrians from Lebanon won't be easy: in addition to the soldiers, there are more than 1 million Syrian workers in Lebanon, a country of roughly 4 million people, and thousands of undercover Syrian intelligence agents, experts say.
		To address the growing importance of Africa, the Council on Foreign Relations and Foreign Affairs present Beyond Humanitarianism, a collection of recent work that explains underlying trends on the continent and provides an absorbing look at Africa’s emergence as a strategic player on the world stage.
	www.cfr.org /publication/7851/middle_east.html (2303 words)

	Lebanon - Council on Foreign Relations
		CFR Murrow Press Fellow Mohamad Bazzi discusses the precarious prospects for Lebanon's upcoming presidential election and the impact of a recent assassination on that vote.
		Mona Yacoubian, a former intelligence analyst for the State Department, says the special UN tribunal to investigate the assassination in 2005 of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri is linked to the politics of Lebanon and Syria, with the Syrians trying to sow enough chaos to prevent the tribunal from ever getting underway.
		Copyright 2007 by the Council on Foreign Relations.
	www.cfr.org /region/409/lebanon.html (690 words)

	Lebanon Bilateral relations (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The high level of political and parliamentary exchange is evident from the visits by premier Hariri to Berlin in March 2003 and April 2004, trips by Federal Foreign Minister Fischer to Beirut in June 2003 and in August 2004 and reciprocal meetings of parliamentary delegations.
		Lebanon's main exports to Germany are foodstuffs and textiles.
		An Association Agreement between Lebanon and the EU was signed on 17 June 2002 and ratified by Germany on 17 September 2003.
	www.auswaertiges-amt.de /www/en/laenderinfos/laender/laender_ausgabe_html?type_id=14&land_id=94 (546 words)

	Lebanon (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Lebanese Republic or Lebanon is a country in Southwest Asia, and in the Middle East, bordering the Mediterranean Sea.
		The border with Israel has been approved by the United Nations.
		In addition, Syria maintains an occupation army of over 26,000 troops in Lebanon.
	www.bidprobe.com /en/wikipedia/l/le/lebanon.html (87 words)

	Subject Bibliography: Foreign Relations of the United States (210) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Focuses on the foreign policymaking process of the United States government, including documentation illuminating policy formulation and major aspects and repercussions of its execution.
		Includes documentation illuminating the foreign policymaking process of the United States government, with emphasis on the highest level at which policy on a particular subject was determined.
		Presents the documentary record of the United States policy toward the Republic of Korea (ROK) in: the bilateral relations with the ROK from 1964 through 1968; the Pueblo crisis; and efforts to encourage a settlement of issues between the ROK and Japan unresolved since World War II.
	bookstore.gpo.gov /sb/sb-210.html (2434 words)

	Competitiveness: Reintegrating Lebanon into the Global Economy (Site not responding. Last check: )
		As of 1992, the Lebanese economy was facing several challenges that were hindering its performance in both domestic and foreign markets.
		Upon completion of the research, the LCPS held a couple of roundtable meetings and two workshops with government officials, economic experts, economists from various universities, senior bankers, representatives of the Central Bank of Lebanon, key officials from the Prime Minister's office, private sector representatives, as well as members of the press.
		The objectives of the meetings were to present and discuss the findings of the study and propose the resulting recommendations.
	www.lcps-lebanon.org /resc/eco/98/comp.html (286 words)

	Lebanese Center for Policy Studies - Economic Policy Research
		The objective of this report is to examine the competitiveness of the agro-food sector, assess its performance, and examine its prospects.
		In the case of Lebanon, the criteria of selecting the companies interviewed are export orientation, market share, and size of enterprises.
		Analyzing the competitiveness of the agro-food sector in Lebanon and the comparative advantage of Lebanon’s main competitors using the conceptual framework of Porter.
	www.lcps-lebanon.org /resc/eco/98/agrifoodintro.html (665 words)

	List of Lebanon-related topics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Economy of Lebanon - - Eddé, Emile - Eddé, Raymond - Elections in Lebanon - -
		Faraya Mzaar Kfardebian - FitzGerald Report - Flag of Lebanon - Fleihan, Bassel - Football in Lebanon - Foreign relations of Lebanon - - Frangieh, Suleiman - - Frangieh, Tony - - French Mandate of Lebanon
		Geagea, Samir - Gemayel, Amine - Gemayel, Bachir - - - Gemayel, Pierre - - - Gemayel, Solange - Geography of Lebanon - - - - Gibran, Khalil - Governorates of Lebanon - Greek Orthodox - Greek Catholic - - Guardians of the Cedars
	bexley.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/List_of_Lebanon-related_topics (563 words)

	Foreign relations of Lebanon (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Israel and Lebanon have never had normal economic or diplomatic relations, but until the late 1970s Lebanon's border with Israel was the calmest frontier between Israel and any Arab state.
		In March 1996, Syria and Israel held another round of Madrid talks; the Lebanon track did not convene.
		In a May 2002 Newsweek interview Saad Hariri said "We would like to have peace with Israel.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/F/Foreign-relations-of-Lebanon.htm (1130 words)

	Lebanon (Site not responding. Last check: )
		History of Lebanon Geography of Lebanon Demographics of Lebanon Politics of Lebanon Economy of Lebanon Communications in Lebanon Transportation in Lebanon Military of Lebanon Foreign relations of LebanonMuch of the material in these article is originally from the CIA World Factbook 2000 and the 2002 U. History of Lebanon
		Lebanon is also the name of several places in the United States of America:
		A woman in a white blouse appeared her head and gesticulated with her hands.
	www.termsdefined.net /le/lebanon.html (308 words)

	Foreign Affairs - Time for Détente With Iran - Ray Takeyh
		Ray Takeyh is a Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and the author of "Hidden Iran: Paradox and Power in the Islamic Republic".
		Washington's misadventures in Iraq, the humbling of Israeli power in Lebanon, the rise of the once-marginalized Shiites, and the ascendance of Islamist parties have pushed the Middle East to the brink of chaos.
		Thus armed with the prospect of a new relationship with the United States, the pragmatists would be in a position to sideline the radicals in Tehran and try to tip the balance of power in their own favor.
	www.foreignaffairs.org /20070301faessay86202/ray-takeyh/time-for-detente-with-iran.html (933 words)

	Foreign Policy: Your portal to global politics, economics, and ideas
		For the seventh year, Foreign Policy partners with A.T. Kearney to measure countries on their economic, personal, technological, and political integration.
		In the third annual Failed States Index, Foreign Policy and The Fund for Peace rank the countries where the risk of failure is running high.
		FOREIGN POLICY is published by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
	www.foreignpolicy.com (579 words)

	Terrorism: Q & A \| Hezbollah (Lebanon, Islamists)
		Hezbollah was founded in 1982 in response to the Israeli invasion of Lebanon, and subsumed members of the 1980s coalition of groups known as Islamic Jihad.
		When the Palestine Liberation Organization and al-Fatah were expelled from Lebanon by Israeli forces in 1982, Mugniyah joined the newly formed Hezbollah and quickly rose to a senior position in the organization.
		Its base is in Lebanon’s Shiite-dominated areas, including parts of Beirut, southern Lebanon, and the Bekaa Valley.
	www.terrorismanswers.com /groups/hezbollah.html (539 words)

	Lebanon, Bibliography (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Review of adequacy of security arrangements for marines in Lebanon and plans for improving that security: hearings before the Committee on Armed Services and the Investigations Subcommittee of the Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives, Ninety-eighth Congress, first session, November 1, 2, 12, 13; December 8, 9, 14, 15, 1983.
		Authorization for U.S. Marines in Lebanon: hearings before the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, Ninety-eighth Congress, first session, on S.J. Res.
		NORTON, Augustus R. "Aspects of Terrorism in Lebanon: The Case of the Shia's." New Outlook, (January 1984), pp.
	users.skynet.be /terrorism/html/lebanon.htm (723 words)

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