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France and U.S. Circulate New Resolution Urging Syria to Withdraw from Lebanon
(AP/San Francisco Chronicle) France and the U.S. introduced a UN resolution Thursday urging Syria for a second time in six weeks to withdraw from Lebanon and calling for quarterly reports from Secretary-General Kofi Annan on its progress. The two countries decided to keep up their pressure after Algeria, Pakistan, and other Security Council members opposed a presidential statement they introduced seeking the same action. While presidential statements need approval from all 15 council members before they are read in the council chamber, resolutions are put to a vote. Syrian troops have been in Lebanon for 28 years.