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To: geode00 who wrote (196662)	8/10/2006 5:58:17 PM
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Breakthrough in talks over cease-fire resolution; Security Council expected to convene Friday Revised draft calls for 'progressive' IDF withdrawal from south Lebanon By Shlomo Shamir, Aluf Benn and Yair Ettinger, Haaretz Correspondents, and Agencies The parties involved in diplomatic negotiations for a UN-brokered cease-fire resolution aimed at ending the fighting in Lebanon reached a breakthrough Thursday, paving the way for the stationing of international troops in Lebanon as part of a package which would end the month-long confrontation between Israel and Hezbollah. The UN Security Council will convene Friday to discuss the new proposal, which has been agreed to by the United States as well as France. The sides are currently putting the finishing touches to the final wording of the resolution. The revised draft calls for a "progressive" Israeli withdrawal, a senior Lebanese political source said on Thursday. Advertisement "The Americans have moved their position. A deal with the French is very close in the next hours, but most likely on Friday," he told Reuters.