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It is hard to say whether French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner's loud declarations of support for Lebanon during his visit to the country this week should make the Lebanese beam with pride or cringe in fear. On the one hand, Kouchner stood firmly in Lebanon's corner by making it clear to Syria that Paris' future relations with Damascus.

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