Lebanon is expected to authorize the deployment of more U.N. peacekeepers along its border with Israel. U.N. peacekeepers completed the first phase of their deployment in southern Lebanon on Sunday, when troops moved to four positions along the frontier. Lebanon said it will send 500 army soldiers and 500 policemen once the peacekeepers fan out completely along the border.
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