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Geagea assassination attempt jolts country
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April 05, 2012 02:15 AM
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BEIRUT: Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea said Wednesday he had escaped an assassination attempt when shots were fired at his residence in Kesrouan, warning political assassinations of the last decade had not ended. The incident drew wide condemnation as security officials rushed to Maarab, the...
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Geagea says escapes assassination attempt
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April 04, 2012 04:56 PM
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BEIRUT: Samir Geagea said Wednesday he had escaped an assassination attempt when shots were fired at his residence and warned that political assassinations of the last decade had not ended. “It appears that the shooting on Maarab was by a sniper and that more than one individual may have...
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Sleiman affirms support for Annan’s Syria plan
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March 30, 2012 01:51 AM
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BEIRUT: President Michel Sleiman expressed Thursday support for efforts to secure a political solution in Syria and defended Lebanon’s policy of dissociating itself from developments in the neighboring country. “We reiterate ... our hopes that the tireless efforts and [U.N.-Arab envoy]...
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Nasrallah accuses March 14 of arming Syrian opposition
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February 16, 2012 08:56 PM
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BEIRUT: Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah accused Lebanon’s March 14 alliance Thursday of funding and transferring weapons to Syria’s opposition while leaving the door open to dialogue without pre-conditions. Nasrallah also reiterated his support to President Bashar Assad and...
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Murderous Assad regime will perish in both Lebanon, Syria: SNC
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February 14, 2012 05:22 PM
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BEIRUT: What follows are extracts of a statement by the Syrian National Council read by March 14 Secretary-General Fares Souaid at the Beirut International Exhibition and Leisure Center on the seventh anniversary of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri's assassination. “Dear Lebanese...
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Geagea: Events in region validate our revolution
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February 14, 2012 04:53 PM
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BEIRUT: Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea called Tuesday on the regional and international community to exhaust all efforts to end the bloodshed in Lebanon’s neighbor Syria. “I call on the world, particularly regional countries, to exhaust all efforts to stop the attacks and killing...
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Gemayel reaffirms Lebanon's cultural role in Arab world
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February 14, 2012 04:32 PM
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BEIRUT: Former President Amin Gemayel said Tuesday that Lebanon's role in the Arab world is to spread the democratic ideals of the "Cedar Revolution," not to export arms or incite violence. The Kataeb party leader, whose remarks came during an event at BIEL marking the seventh...
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Hariri: Change in Syria certain
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February 13, 2012 09:32 PM
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BEIRUT: Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri said Monday the “uprising of freedom” in Syria would result in the toppling of President Bashar Assad and dismissed tying his return to Lebanon with developments in the neighboring Arab country. Hariri, in an interview from Paris, also said...
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Nasrallah: Cabinet crisis to be resolved
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February 07, 2012 08:46 PM
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BEIRUT: Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah said Tuesday contacts to resolve the Cabinet crisis were under way, stressing that the group was keen on the continuation of the present government and that the formation of a new one was out of the question. Nasrallah also reiterated his...
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STL hopes to finish work within 3 years: Youssef
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February 07, 2012 01:38 AM
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BEIRUT: The Special Tribunal for Lebanon spokesperson said Monday that the court hopes to complete its mission within the next three years, and asked the Lebanese public to withhold judgment of the tribunal until the defense has its say. “International justice takes time ... our hope is that...
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STL hopes to conclude work within 3 years: Youssef
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February 06, 2012 03:25 PM
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BEIRUT: In an exclusive interview with The Daily Star, Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) spokesperson Marten Youssef said that the STL hopes to complete its mission within the next three years. “International justice takes time . . . our hope is that we can complete our mandate in the...
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Assad says to restore order, combat "terrorists”
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January 10, 2012 12:30 PM
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BEIRUT: Syrian President Bashar Assad reiterated Tuesday that his country was facing a foreign conspiracy and pledged to restore order and combat “terrorists with an iron fist.” The Syrian president also slammed some members of the Arab League as serving foreign interests and defended...
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Hariri: Credibility of observers in Syria at stake
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January 02, 2012 03:35 PM
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BEIRUT: Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri cautioned Monday that the credibility of the Arab League observer mission to Syria was at stake and slammed once more President Bashar Assad over the way he was dealing with the crisis in his country. “The AL [Arab League] observers don't have...
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Mikati defends 2011 record, outlines 2012 objectives
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January 01, 2012 02:05 PM
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BEIRUT: Prime Minister Najib Mikati defended over the weekend his nascent government’s track record in 2011, saying it had managed to protect Lebanon from regional developments as well as maintain its international credibility, and outlined some of the key objectives for his Cabinet in 2012....
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Rai blasts local daily over book claims, says all lies
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November 13, 2011 03:23 PM
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BEIRUT: Maronite Patriarch Rai voiced outrage and blasted Ad-Diyar newspaper over the weekend after it published excerpts from a book claiming he had been blackmailed by Syria with a series of “illicit recordings” while still a bishop under his predecessor Patriarch Nasrallah Butros...
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