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WORLD : Lebanon Resumes Ties With Egypt

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<i> From Times staff and wire service reports</i>

Egypt and Lebanon today announced the resumption of diplomatic ties, severed 10 years ago after Egypt signed a peace treaty with Israel.

The resumption of diplomatic relations left Syria and Libya as the only Arab states that have not restored links with Egypt after a 1987 Arab League summit in Amman, Jordan, gave the go-ahead for members to do so.

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