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- Lebanon dismisses Israeli warnings over Hezbollah
- BEIRUT AFP — Lebanese Foreign Minister Fawzi Salukh dismissed as "ravings" on Thursday Israeli threats to target the country's civilian infrastructure if the government gives greater legitimacy to the Shiite militant group Hezbollah. "Who says the government is giving legitimacy to Hezbollah? ... These are just ravings conjured up...
- Research articles 2008-08-21
- Israel warns Lebanon to keep distance from Hezbollah
- JERUSALEM AFP — Israel has warned the Lebanese government against giving greater legitimacy to the Shiite militant group Hezbollah, saying it would make the entire country a target in any future war. "The moment the Lebanese government confers legitimacy on Hezbollah, it must understand that the entire Lebanese state...
- Research articles 2008-08-20
- Lebanon-Syria summit to be held next week
- BEIRUT, AFP — Lebanon's President Michel Sleiman will visit Damascus next week for talks with Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad, as the two neighbours move to establish diplomatic ties, an official said on Tuesday. "The summit will be held on August 13," an official from the presidential palace told AFP....
- Research articles 2008-08-05
- Lebanon govt adopts manifesto, paving way for confidence vote
- 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...
- Research articles 2008-08-04
- Message to the Congress on continuation of the national emergency with respect to the actions of certain persons to undermine the sovereignty of Lebanon or its democratic processes and institutions
- July 30, 2008 To the Congress of the United States: Section 202d of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622d) provides for the automatic termination of a national emergency unless, prior to the anniversary date of its declaration, the President publishes in the Federal Register and transmits to...
- Research articles 2008-08-04
- Relief groups sound alarm over homeless after Lebanon clashes
- TRIPOLI, Lebanon AFP — Relief groups and officials sounded the alarm on Thursday over the fate of thousands of people made homeless by sectarian fighting in poverty-stricken areas of the north Lebanese port city. "We are deeply concerned about families, many with lots of small children, who were already...
- Research articles 2008-07-31
- New Lebanon govt manifesto ready on Friday: minister
- BEIRUT AFP — A manifesto that will allow the new Lebanon government to take office will be ready on Friday, Information Minister Tareq Mitri said on Thursday. "The meeting tomorrow will be the last and we will submit the declaration of the policy statement to the government so it...
- Research articles 2008-07-31
- Villagers in south Lebanon camp outdoors amid quake fears
- SRIFA, Lebanon AFP — Hundreds of residents of the south Lebanon village of Srifa have been camping out at night amid fears that a major earthquake will hit the region, their mayor said on Tuesday. Ali Eid said around 300 people from Srifa, a village of 6,000 inhabitants east...
- Research articles 2008-07-01
- Hezbollah tells Israel missing airman is dead: report
- JERUSALEM AFP — The Lebanese Hezbollah militia has told Israel through the United Nations that aviator Ron Arad, who has been listed as missing in Lebanon since 1986, is dead, the Haaretz newspaper reported. Israeli authorities had said a prisoner swap deal with Hezbollah would only go ahead once...
- Research articles 2008-06-30
- Lebanese president urges creation of govt in 48 hours
- BEIRUT AFP — Lebanese President Michel Sleiman pressed on Sunday for the creation of a national unity cabinet within 48 hours after weeks of protracted negotiations between political rivals. "All parties must cooperate immediately to enable the establishment of the government," Sleiman said, according to a statement from his...
- Research articles 2008-06-29
- Government of Canada Enhances Services at Visa Office in Beirut, Lebanon
- The Honourable Diane Finley, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, announced today that the Department is enhancing the services offered by its visa office in Beirut, Lebanon. Effective immediately, permanent resident applicants from Lebanon can choose to be interviewed by immigration officers in Beirut. "Citizens of Lebanon deserve to have...
- Research articles 2008-06-26
- Israeli cabinet to vote on Hezbollah prisoner swap Sunday
- JERUSALEM AFP — The Israeli government will vote on Sunday on a possible prisoner exchange with Lebanon's Hezbollah militia, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said. "I decided to bring the issue for the government's approval when it meets on Sunday," Olmert said in parliament on Wednesday. Last week, Lebanese...
- Research articles 2008-06-25
- Donors to meet in Austria to rebuild Lebanese camp
- VIENNA AFP — International donors will meet in Vienna Monday to collect funds for the reconstruction of the Nahr al-Bared Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon, the foreign ministry announced. The conference which convenes at the request of the Lebanese government will be attended by Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora,...
- Research articles 2008-06-20
- Olmert calls for Israel-Lebanon talks
- JERUSALEM AFP — Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Tuesday suggested holding peace talks with Lebanon, following last month's announcement of Israel's indirect Turkish-mediated negotiations with Syria. "I would have been glad if after the announcement of the talks with Syria the Lebanese government would announce its willingness to open...
- Research articles 2008-06-10
- Key Lebanon bloc threatens to quit cabinet line-up talks
- BEIRUT AFP — Lebanon's ruling parliamentary bloc on Wednesday threatened to walk out of talks aimed at forming a national unity government, an official from the Future Bloc told AFP. The warning came as Prime Minister Fuad Siniora continued efforts to form a new government after a deal last...
- Research articles 2008-06-04
- Lebanon parliament majority picks Siniora to head govt
- BEIRUT AFP — Lebanon's Western-backed parliamentary majority said on Wednesday it has chosen Prime Minister Fuad Siniora to head the next cabinet of national unity under newly-elected President Michel Sleiman. The so-called March 14 ruling bloc said in a statement it decided on Siniora at a late-night meeting on...
- Research articles 2008-05-27
- Washington welcomes Lebanon's deal
- WASHINGTON AFP — The United States welcomed Wednesday's accord between Lebanese leaders as a positive step, a State Department official said. "That this agreement has been reached in Doha is really a welcome development," David Welch, deputy secretary for Near Eastern affairs, told reporters here. "It is a...
- Research articles 2008-05-21
- Lebanon factions mull Qatari proposal to end crisis
- DOHA AFP — Rival Lebanese leaders continued tense talks in Qatar on Monday over a proposal calling for an immediate presidential vote and the formation of a unity government in a bid to end a crisis which has brought Lebanon to the brink of civil war. The initiative was...
- Research articles 2008-05-19
- Lebanese ask Qatar to propose solution on Hezbollah arms
- DOHA AFP — Lebanon's bickering politicians asked Qatar on Saturday to come up with a proposal on the thorny issue of Hezbollah's weapons during Arab-brokered talks aimed at ending a feud that drove their country to the brink of a new civil war. Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin...
- Research articles 2008-05-17
- DIARY
- My earliest childhood memory is of machine-gun rounds coming through the bedroom wall. There were no loud bangs -- the cacophony is almost all at the shooter's end. Incoming, each successive bullet breathed only the softest hiss, of a kind an exotic insect might make, and left in its trail...
- Research articles 2008-05-17
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