Tony Blair went to Lebanon for talks with his Lebanese counterpart, Fouad Siniora, about aid for the country.

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Secretary Rice found that Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora no longer welcomed her.

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He started the week in Lebanon for meetings with Prime Minister Fouad Siniora.

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Many think the prime minister, Fouad Siniora, brave and capable but doomed by too close an association with the West.

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Prime Minister Fouad Siniora turned the issues over to the nation's army.

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He also echoes Prime Minister Fouad Siniora in saying that those who want to end Hezbollah's state within a state should focus on strengthening the Lebanese government.

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But Prime Minister Fouad Siniora has tried to assert his government's authority by deploying thousands of soldiers to Hezbollah strongholds in the south near the Israeli border.

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But his speech prompted a barrage of scathing criticism, not least from Lebanon's prime minister, Fouad Siniora, with numerous commentators noting that while Syria arms and lauds Hizbullah, its own border with Israel has been dead quiet since 1974.

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