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size=+1>LEBANON-SYRIA</FONT><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
color=#9c3632 size=+1><STRONG>: </STRONG></FONT><FONT
face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=#3a3838 size=+1>Assad on Verge of
Announcing Lebanon Pullout Schedule</FONT><BR><FONT
face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=#9c3632 size=-1><EM>Agence France
Presse</EM></FONT><BR><FONT face=Arial color=#3a3838 size=2>he Syrian president
was reported to be close to announcing a timetable for the final withdrawal of
his forces from Lebanon, a move seen as critical to the organization of Lebanese
parliamentary elections in May. Lebanese political circles were meanwhile
awaiting the expected release in New York later in the day of a report by UN
investigators on the February 14 assassination of former Lebanese prime minister
Rafiq Hariri. The Lebanese opposition has accused Syrian and Lebanese security
agents over the killing and mounted a spirited campaign to demand that the truth
be revealed. The pro-Syrian government in Beirut has denied involvement, as has
Damascus, but is nonetheless facing intense hostility from parties determined to
end Syria's 30-year military and political presence once and for
all.</FONT><BR><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
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