Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Wednesday backed a U.N. ministerial meeting next week to help revive the Middle East peace process, saying almost every leader he met recently in the region viewed Lebanon as “a wake up call” to deal with all Arab-Israeli conflicts. In addition to stabilizing Lebanon after the 34-day war between
Israel and Hezbollah militants, he said, Mideast leaders want to see a fresh effort to sort out Israel’s problems with Lebanon as well as with Syria and the Palestinians. Full Story
