The United Nations will dispatch 1,000 more peacekeepers to Lebanon next month to help patrol the border with Israel, said U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan. His announcement came despite a warning from Lebanon not to deploy more peacekeepers until Beirut agrees that Israel has completely withdrawn from Lebanon.
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