Israeli Foreign Minister David Levy was due to meet in Geneva with U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan to discuss Israeli plans to pull its troops out of southern Lebanon. Israel is seeking international support for a unilateral withdrawal in the absence of progress in peace talks with Syria.
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