The German parliament have voted to extend a German peacekeeping mission to Lebanon until December 2009.
The vote was passed by a margin of 451 in favour to 107 against. The German warships were tasked in 2006 with halting speedboats moving weapons and fighters along the coast. The radical Shiite group Hezbollah had previously used Mediterranean waters in its attacks on Israel. Prosecutors Investigate Soldiers After Afghan Civilians Killed ...
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(Deutsche Welle)
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