Syria threatens to close border if UN force deployed
Syria has threatened to close its border with Lebanon if UN peacekeepers are deployed there, further complicating the struggle by world powers to agree on the makeup and role of a force to police a fragile ceasefire.The warning came as EU diplomats met in Brussels for a second day Thursday to prepare for a meeting Friday of foreign ministers, attended by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, to try to hammer out who will come on board. Full Story