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/ 25 January 2007
Lebanon won more than ,6-billion on Thursday to help it cope with a debt mountain and recover from war — and, some donors hope, to help its United States-backed government weather a growing threat from Hezbollah-led opponents. Saudi Arabia headed the list of donors with a promise of ,1-billion of development aid and grants.
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/ 6 December 2006
United States troops should begin withdrawing from combat and Washington should launch a diplomatic and political push to halt a ”grave and deteriorating” crisis in Iraq, a high-level panel studying the war said on Wednesday. US President George Bush said he would take the highly anticipated report ”very seriously”.
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/ 6 December 2006
An influential bipartisan panel is expected to recommend on Wednesday that United States forces withdraw from combat over the next year and focus on training Iraqis, offering President George Bush the outlines of an exit strategy from the unpopular war.