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<body>The official press release on the White House website...<BR>
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<A href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/06/20070606-3.html">http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/06/20070606-3.html</A><BR><BR><EM>Gérard</EM><BR><BR><BR>
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From: loai@mit.edu<BR>To: lebanon-articles@mit.edu<BR>Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2007 14:55:48 -0400<BR>Subject: [LCM Articles] US lifts ban on air traffic to Lebanon since 1985<BR><BR>
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<P class=EC_MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Verdana color=#000066 size=4><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: #000066; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">US lifts ban on air traffic to Lebanon</SPAN></FONT></B></P>
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<P class=EC_MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt"><SPAN class=EC_lu1><FONT face=Verdana color=#666666 size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Wednesday, 6 June, 2007 @ 3:24 PM</SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT face=Verdana color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"> </SPAN></FONT></P>
<B><FONT face=Verdana color=#333333 size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333333">Washington</SPAN></FONT></B><B><FONT color=#333333 size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333333"> - U.S. President Bush lifted a ban on air traffic to Lebanon imposed since the 1985 hijacking of a TWA jetliner to Beirut.</SPAN></FONT></B><BR>
<FONT face=Verdana color=#333333 size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333333">A press release issued by the White House said Bush was determined that the “prohibition of transportation services to Lebanon … is herby further amended to permit U.S. air carriers under contract to the United States Government to engage in foreign air transportation to and from Lebanon of passengers, including U.S. and non-U.S. citizens.”</SPAN></FONT><BR>
<P class=EC_MsoNormal><FONT face=Verdana color=#333333 size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Here is a copy of the White House Memorandum on this issue: </SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"><FONT face=Garamond color=#333333 size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: Garamond">For Immediate Release<BR>Office of the Press Secretary<BR>June 6, 2007 <BR>Memorandum for the Secretary of Transportation </SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"><FONT face=Garamond color=#333333 size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: Garamond">White House News </SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"><FONT face=Garamond color=#333333 size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: Garamond">SUBJECT: Partial Resumption of Travel to Lebanon to Promote Peace and Security </SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"><FONT face=Garamond color=#333333 size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: Garamond">By virtue of the authority vested in me by 49 U.S.C. 40106(b) and for the purpose of promoting peace and security in Lebanon, I hereby determine that the prohibition of transportation services to Lebanon established by Presidential Determination 85-14 of July 1, 1985, as amended by Presidential Determination 92-41 of August 17, 1992, and Presidential Determination 98-32 of June 19, 1998, is hereby further amended to permit U.S. air carriers under contract to the United States Government to engage in foreign air transportation to and from Lebanon of passengers, including U.S. and non-U.S. citizens, and their accompanying baggage; of goods for humanitarian purposes; and of any other cargo or material. </SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"><FONT face=Garamond color=#333333 size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: Garamond">All other prohibitions set forth in the above-referenced Presidential determinations remain in effect. </SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"><FONT face=Garamond color=#333333 size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: Garamond">You are directed to implement this determination immediately. <BR>You are authorized and directed to publish this determination in the Federal Register. </SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"><FONT face=Garamond color=#333333 size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: Garamond">GEORGE W. BUSH</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=#333333 size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333333"> </SPAN></FONT></P>
<FONT face=Verdana color=#333333 size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333333"><BR>Source: Naharnet, Ya Libnan</SPAN></FONT><BR></TD></TR>
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