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• Jailed officer sues ex-UN investigator in Hariri murder probe

  - 2008-08-27

  BEIRUT AFP — A former Lebanese security chief detained over the murder of ex-premier Rafiq Hariri is suing a former UN investigator in the case, his lawyer said on Wednesday. General Jamil Sayyed, the former head of the general security department, filed the lawsuit in France against Detlev Mehlis,...

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• US cautious on French plans to renew ties with Syria

  - 2008-06-09

  WASHINGTON AFP — The US State Department reacted with caution on Monday when asked about plans by French President Nicolas Sarkozy to renew ties with Syria, saying that Washington would discuss the issue with Paris. "France and the United States share the same wish for peace and stability in...

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• French opposition to join Sarkozy on Lebanon trip

  - 2008-06-06

  PARIS AFP — France's opposition leaders will join President Nicolas Sarkozy on a visit to Lebanon Saturday to meet his counterpart Michel Sleiman, a rare move intended to send out a "message of unity" to the country. Sarkozy will be the first Western head of state to meet Sleiman...

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• US, France press Lebanon to fill vacant presidency

  - 2007-12-19

  BEIRUT AFP — The United States and France pressed Lebanon's divided parliament on Wednesday to elect a new head of state by the end of the week to fill a three-week void, after nine attempts have failed and plunged the country into political disarray. US envoy David Welch met...

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• EU mission fails to unite Lebanon foes

  - 2007-10-21

  BEIRUT AFP — A session of parliament due on Tuesday to elect Lebanon's next president is expected to be postponed, analysts said on Sunday, after an EU diplomatic mission failed to break a political deadlock. The foreign ministers of France, Italy and Spain met the leaders of rival Lebanese...

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• Hezbollah to send ex-minister to Paris dialogue

  - 2007-07-06

  BEIRUT AFP — Hezbollah will send a former cabinet member to participate in all-party talks in France aimed at breaking Lebanon's political deadlock, the Shiite opposition group said on Friday. The group has assigned senior official Mohammed Fneish to the two-member team, along with foreign affairs chief Nawaf Mussawi,...

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• Lebanese PM holds talks with Saudi monarch

  - 2007-06-30

  JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia AFP — Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz held talks Saturday with Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora about Lebanon's security and political problems, a media report said. The two leaders discussed the situation in Lebanon as it battles Islamist militants and deals with a protracted political...

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• UN heading for Wednesday vote on Hariri court

  - 2007-05-25

  UNITED NATIONS AFP — The UN Security Council is expected to vote Wednesday on a draft resolution to set up an international tribunal to try suspects in the murder of Lebanese ex-premier Rafiq Hariri, diplomats said Friday. The 15-member body met behind closed doors Friday to put the finishing...

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• French FM says Hariri tribunal will happen

  - 2007-05-24

  BEIRUT AFP — France said on Thursday that the international community was determined to set up an international tribunal to try suspects in the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq Hariri. Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, on his first trip abroad since being appointed less than a week...

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• EU hopes to clarify plans for Lebanon force

  - 2006-08-21

  HELSINKI AFP — With European nations under pressure to join a UN deployment in Lebanon, the Finnish EU presidency has said it was preparing to chair a special meeting aimed at persuading reluctant member states to beef up their contributions. The meeting is to take place on Wednesday in...

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