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Wed 08 Aug 2008UN council extends mandate of Lebanon force
The Security Council extended the mandate of UN peacekeepers in southern Lebanon for another year today, but Israel and Lebanon accused each other of obstructing their work.
Israeli and Lebanese envoys welcomed the unanimous council vote but traded charges of violating the UN resolution that set up a ceasefire in South Lebanon after a war two years ago between the Jewish state and the Lebanese Hezbollah Shi'ite Muslim group.
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