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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=4 color="#000066" face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#000066;font-weight:bold'>US
lifts ban on air traffic to Lebanon<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span class=lu1><font size=1
color="#666666" face=Verdana><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:Verdana'>Wednesday,
6 June, 2007 @ 3:24 PM</span></font></span><font size=2 color=black
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><st1:State w:st="on"><b><font size=2 color="#333333" face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#333333;font-weight:bold'>Washington</span></font></b></st1:State><b><font
size=2 color="#333333"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#333333;
font-weight:bold'> - U.S. President Bush lifted a ban on air traffic to <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Lebanon</st1:country-region> imposed since the 1985 hijacking of a
TWA jetliner to <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Beirut</st1:place></st1:City>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p><font size=2 color="#333333" face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
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.”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#333333" face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#333333'>Here is a copy of
the White House Memorandum on this issue: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=3 color="#333333" face=Garamond><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Garamond;color:#333333'>For Immediate
Release<br>
Office of the Press Secretary<br>
June 6, 2007 <br>
Memorandum for the Secretary of Transportation <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=3 color="#333333" face=Garamond><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Garamond;color:#333333'>White House News <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=3 color="#333333" face=Garamond><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Garamond;color:#333333'>SUBJECT: Partial
Resumption of Travel to <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Lebanon</st1:place></st1:country-region>
to Promote Peace and Security <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=3 color="#333333" face=Garamond><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Garamond;color:#333333'>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. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=3 color="#333333" face=Garamond><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Garamond;color:#333333'>All other
prohibitions set forth in the above-referenced Presidential determinations
remain in effect. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=3 color="#333333" face=Garamond><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Garamond;color:#333333'>You are directed
to implement this determination immediately. <br>
You are authorized and directed to publish this determination in the Federal
Register. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=3 color="#333333" face=Garamond><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Garamond;color:#333333'>GEORGE W. BUSH</span></font><font
size=2 color="#333333"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#333333'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color="#333333" face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
color:#333333'><br>
Source: Naharnet, Ya Libnan<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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