Day 31: Middle East Cease-Fire Deal Reached...

Israel Begins Wider Ground Offensive Into Lebanon…

Associated Press PAUL BURKHARDT August 11, 2006 at 02:28 PM
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France and the United States reached a deal Friday on a final draft resolution aimed at ending the monthlong conflict between Israel and Hezbollah, and said the U.N. Security Council would vote on the text later in the day.

Britain's U.N. Ambassador Emyr Jones-Parry said the resolution would give a U.N. force in Lebanon an enhanced mandate to help coordinate the eventual withdrawal of Israeli troops. But it would ultimately be deployed under Chapter 6 of the U.N. Charter -- which Israel has previously opposed.

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