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President to seek Gulf support for Lebanon, dialogue
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May 24, 2012 02:47 AM
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BEIRUT: Emboldened by Saudi King Abdullah’s letter calling for Lebanese national dialogue, President Michel Sleiman plans to embark on a tour of four Arab Gulf states to enlist their support in nudging rival political leaders into talking to each other, sources at the Baabda Palace said...
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Berri, Mikati welcome Saudi king’s call for national dialogue
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May 24, 2012 02:42 AM
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BEIRUT: Speaker Nabih Berri and Prime Minister Najib Mikati welcomed Wednesday Saudi King Abdullah’s call for national dialogue among political leaders to defuse rising political and sectarian tensions as a result of the turmoil in Syria. Abdullah said in a letter to Sleiman Tuesday that...
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Tensions ebb in north after Mawlawi freed
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May 23, 2012 02:12 AM
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BEIRUT: An Islamist supporter of the Syrian opposition was released on bail Tuesday after a 10-day detention, a move that has defused tensions in Tripoli, but reverberations over last week’s killing of a prominent anti-Assad Muslim preacher and his companion by Lebanese Army soldiers in...
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Leaders must act to halt slide toward violence
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May 22, 2012 02:04 AM
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BEIRUT: Lebanon’s political leaders and Army must act swiftly to avert the country’s slide toward a new round of sectarian strife as a result of the 15-month-old uprising in neighboring Syria, analysts said Monday. Simon Haddad, professor of political science at the American University...
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Lebanon boils after sheikh killing
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May 21, 2012 02:15 AM
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BEIRUT/TRIPOLI, Lebanon: Fears grew over the stability of north Lebanon Sunday after soldiers shot dead a prominent anti-Assad Muslim preacher and a companion at a Lebanese Army checkpoint in Akkar, triggering a wave of anger in several parts of the country. The gravity of the incident, which...
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Signs point to Mawlawi release next week, Tripoli truce holds
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May 19, 2012 01:33 AM
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TRIPOLI/BEIRUT: A shaky truce held for the fourth day in Tripoli Friday as signs emerged that Islamist Shadi Mawlawi, whose arrest ignited the deadly clashes in the northern city, would be released next week, legal sources said. Military Prosecutor Judge Saqr Saqr rejected Friday a request from...
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Tripoli braces for Mawlawi decision
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May 18, 2012 01:49 AM
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TRIPOLI/BEIRUT: A judicial decision over the fate of an Islamist detainee is set to test a fragile three-day truce in Tripoli Friday, as Lebanese leaders warned that tension in Lebanon’s second city could plunge the country into sectarian strife. Shadi Mawlawi, whose arrest triggered the deadly...
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Qortbawi rejects call for return of Syrian army
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May 18, 2012 01:46 AM
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BEIRUT: Justice Minister Shakib Qortbawi rejected Thursday calls for the return of the Syrian army to Lebanon to restore calm in Tripoli, saying the Lebanese Army alone can protect the Lebanese people. “There will be no return for any foreign army to Lebanon. The Lebanese Army alone can...
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Tripoli clashes: harbinger of violence to come?
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May 16, 2012 01:33 AM
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BEIRUT: The recent deadly street clashes between armed supporters and opponents of Syrian President Bashar Assad in the northern city of Tripoli could be a precursor to more violence spilling over from the 14-month-old popular uprising in Syria, political analysts said Tuesday. The clashes, which...
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Hopes for ending spending row fade, Mikati plans more talks
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May 15, 2012 02:02 AM
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BEIRUT: Hopes for ending the row over extra-budgetary spending during Wednesday’s Cabinet session faded Monday as efforts to reach a compromise over the crisis that has paralyzed state institutions have led nowhere, a minister in the Hezbollah-led March 8 alliance said. “Contacts made...
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Mikati sees solution for spending crisis this week
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May 14, 2012 02:22 AM
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BEIRUT: Prime Minister Najib Mikati is optimistic about finding a solution for the problem of extra-budgetary spending, which is threatening to throw the government into disarray, during Wednesday’s Cabinet session, Information Minister Walid Daouk said Sunday. “I am optimistic about...
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Nasrallah stands behind proportional representation
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May 12, 2012 02:23 AM
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BEIRUT: Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah called Friday for next year’s parliamentary elections to be held on time, while voicing his party’s support for a controversial draft electoral law based on a system of proportional representation. Referring to the possibility of a new...
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March 14 reiterates call for neutral Cabinet to oversee polls
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May 11, 2012 02:13 AM
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BEIRUT: The opposition March 14 coalition renewed its call Thursday for a neutral government, saying the Cabinet of Prime Minister Najib Mikati could not be trusted to oversee next year’s parliamentary elections. Meanwhile, former Prime Minister Saad Hariri again called for the toppling of...
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Deadly Damascus bombings draw wide condemnation
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May 11, 2012 02:07 AM
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BEIRUT: The twin bombings that killed 55 people and wounded more than 300 in Damascus Thursday drew wide condemnation in Lebanon with President Michel Sleiman saying that violence would not bring democracy to Syria, while MP Walid Jumblatt’s Progressive Socialist Party called for a...
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Mikati says 2013 parliamentary polls will be held on time
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May 09, 2012 01:44 AM
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BEIRUT: Prime Minister Najib Mikati said Tuesday the 2013 parliamentary elections will be held as scheduled and will not be affected by the wave of popular upheavals roiling the Arab world. “The parliamentary elections next year indicate that democratic life in Lebanon is in good shape. All...
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