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The UN Security Council finally agrees on the wording of UN Resolution 1701. There will be a "complete cessation of hostilities". It has taken several weeks to get this far, but at least both sides seem able to cope with it. Kofi Annan holds his breath, the rest of the world watches. UN troops will be despatched to southern Lenbanon to take over positions held by Hezbollah. It won't exactly be a triumphal march through Lebanon, a country which has been destroyed yet again, and which bristles with heavy artillery of all persuasions.

The Guardian; Monday 14/8/06

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