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...weight. A French general commands the existing 2,000-strong unifil force, which has been monitoring conflict along the border since 1978, and the French government says it is ready to keep that command through February. France will also maintain its naval presence, which has been shuttling evacuees to Cyprus. What it balks at is committing large numbers of troops to the enlarged U.N. force itself. "I remember the painful experience of other operations where U.N. forces didn't have sufficiently precise missions or means," Alliot-Marie told French radio, recalling the deaths of 71 French soldiers...
...That was the emphasis of Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's surprise stop in Beirut today, as she sought to make a dramatic show of support for Lebanese leaders staggering under the Israeli bombardment and siege. Rice had planned to fly to Jerusalem, but she diverted to Cyprus at about noon local time, boarded a CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter manned by the U.S. Marine Expeditionary Unit 24, the same unit that was the target of the Marine barracks bombing in 1983. Rice's chopper, armed with tripod-mounted machine guns, landed on U.S. embassy grounds in Beirut at about...
Harvard decided last week to evacuate students and staff in Lebanon by busing them to Damascus, Syria, and then flying them to Cyprus...
Once we arrived at the border, it was a zoo. It took us four hours to get through the border...We [thought] we were going to [go to] a hotel to sleep, [but] instead we were told that the company had chartered a jet to take us to [Cyprus...
...spent 22 hours in [Cyprus]. While at the hotel I was interviewed by CNN, CBS, CBS radio, and USA Today. It was a good way to vent...