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• Lebanon govt adopts manifesto, paving way for confidence vote

  - 2008-08-04

  BEIRUT AFP — Lebanon's national unity government on Monday adopted a manifesto that affirms the authority of the state over all matters, including the weaponry held by Hezbollah, a minister said. "The document was approved unanimously," Information Minister Tareq Mitri said at the end of a cabinet meeting chaired...

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• New Lebanon govt manifesto complete: minister

  - 2008-08-01

  BEIRUT AFP — A manifesto that will allow Lebanon's new national unity government to take office was finally thrashed out on Friday after three weeks of negotiations, Information Minister Tareq Mitri said. "We reached a consensus after a long discussion," Mitri told reporters after the ministers involved in drafting...

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• Lebanon army chief set to become president

  - 2008-05-23

  BEIRUT AFP — Lebanese lawmakers are poised to elect army chief Michel Sleiman as president on Sunday in a first step toward defusing a crippling and often deadly 18-month standoff between rival factions. Sleiman, 59, will be elected during a session attended by several foreign dignitaries, including Qatar's emir,...

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• Arab ministers bid to end Lebanon crisis as fighting eases

  - 2008-05-11

  BEIRUT AFP — The Lebanese army was out in force on Monday in areas outside Beirut that were the scene of fierce sectarian clashes as Arab ministers prepared to send a team to try to end a crisis that has driven the nation to the brink of civil war. ...

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• Arab League to send high-level mission to Beirut

  - 2008-05-11

  CAIRO AFP — Arab foreign ministers said after crisis talks in Cairo that they will send a high-level delegation to Beirut for dialogue with political leaders in a bid to end a long-standing political deadlock. A resolution issued at the end of the Arab League discussions urges Lebanese politicians...

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• Hezbollah overruns west Beirut as Lebanon on brink

  - 2008-05-09

  BEIRUT AFP — Hezbollah gunmen seized control of west Beirut on Friday after a third day of battles with pro-government foes in the Lebanese capital pushed the nation dangerously close to all-out civil war. The sectarian fighting had eased by early afternoon as the army and police moved across...

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• Syria set to invite Lebanon to summit: government source

  - 2008-03-13

  BEIRUT AFP — Syria will officially invite Lebanon to the Arab summit through its deputy foreign minister expected in Beirut Thursday, a Lebanese government source told AFP. The source, who did not wish to be identified, said Deputy Foreign Minister Ahmed Arnous will deliver the invitation to Fawzi Salloukh,...

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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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• US claims Hezbollah still smuggling arms through Syria

  - 2007-09-14

  BEIRUT AFP — The US ambassador to Lebanon said on Friday that there was clear evidence the Shiite militant group Hezbollah was still smuggling weapons across the Syrian border, in violation of UN resolutions. "We find the evidence to be strong that arms smuggling is continuing across the Syrian-Lebanese...

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• Barak, Ayalon in Labour run-off threat to Israel coalition

  - 2007-05-29

  JERUSALEM AFP — Former premier Ehud Barak and an ex-security chief on Tuesday reached a run-off vote to lead Israel's Labour party, defeating the defence minister and casting a shadow over the ruling coalition. Barak and Ami Ayalon, a former head of the Shin Beth internal security agency, will...

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