- Free World: Rescue Lebanon Before It Is Too Late
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A Lebanese top anti-terrorism investigator was murdered along with his escort and three other civilians in a powerful car bombing that ripped through a neighborhood of Beirut on Friday January 25/08. Maj. Wissam Eid and Aspirant Officer Ousama Mireeb, of the Internal Security Forces (ISF), were kill...
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- Suleiman Promises Speedy Probe Into Riot Deaths
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As a tense calm returned to Beirut's suburbs Monday after a bloody day of riots which left eight dead, the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) said investigations into Sunday's clashes have begun and 'will be conducted with the utmost seriousness and speed' to determine those responsible.
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- Gemayel Accuses Opposition Of Planning For 'regime Change'
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A key member of Lebanon's ruling March 14 coalition accused the Hizbullah-led opposition on Monday of plotting to overthrow the government and obstructing the implementation of an Arab League initiative aimed at ending the country's power struggle, now in its second year.
Former Presi...
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- Lebanese Election Put Off For 13th Time
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A scheduled session of Parliament on Monday to elect a new president was postponed for the 13th time until noon on February 11, Speaker Nabih Berri said, promising to convene Parliament at an earlier date if accord is reached. The announcement came after Berri met with Arab League Secretary General ...
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- Berri: Syria, Saudi Arabia Hold Key To Lebanon Solution
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Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri on Saturday urged the Arab League to clarify its initiative on ending Lebanon's presidential crisis, insisting that Syria and Saudi Arabia held the key to a solution.
'Without Syria and Saudi Arabia, there will be no resolution to the Lebanese crisis,' Berri sai...
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- Lebanese Lack 'will' To Reconcile - Moussa
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Arab League chief Amr Moussa said before traveling to Damascus on Friday that the solution to Lebanon's political crisis is not stalled over the makeup of the next cabinet but over a lack of genuine desire to end the impasse. 'It is not an issue of numbers or percentages. Things will not advance in ...
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- Lebanese Turn Down French Offer To Host Talks
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Local politicians dismissed on Sunday a French offer to host a meeting between Speaker Nabih Berri, parliamentary majority leader MP Saad HaririSaad-Hariri-Profile Sep-07 and Change and Reform bloc leader MP Michel Aoun. France had made the offer over the weekend to host the inter-Lebanese dialogue ...
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- Lebanese Election Postponed For 10th Time
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Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri postponed, until December 29, a session of Parliament to elect Lebanon's next president, his press office announced on Friday evening. The speaker 'has decided to postpone until December 29 the session that was scheduled for Saturday,' a statement said.
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- The Hariri International Tribunal Gets Base, Judges
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The United Nations and the Dutch government have signed an agreement on hosting the international tribunal that would try suspects in the 2005 assassination of ex-Premier Rafik Hariri and related crimes as U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon approved recommendations to assign judges to the body.
The agree...
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- Mps Discuss Mechanism To Amend Constitution
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12/7/2007
Lebanon can slowly be moving towards electing a president in the coming days. MP's converged on Parliament as the majority and opposition are discussing the mechanism to amend the constitution so a new head of state can be elected. Sources have said that Parliament is unlikely to co...
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- Koreitem: Talks Of New Government Only After Presidential Election
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12/7/2007
MP Saad Hariri's press office stressed that any talks related to the formation of a government will not bear fruit before the election of a new President. In a statement released last night, the Hariri's media office said that ongoing discussions regarding the format...
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- Koushner Extends Stay In Beirut
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12/7/2007
Note that a diplomatic source in Beirut announced today that French Foreign Minister Bernard Koushner extended his visit to Lebanon Until this afternoon.
According to informed sources Kouchner prolonged his stay after receiving guarantees from both the House Speaker and the ...
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- Ban Calls For Prompt Solution To Lebanese Crisis
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12/7/2007
From New York, UN Chief Ban Ki Moon called on the rival parties in Lebanon to act as statesmen and put their differences aside in order to reach consensus over the upcoming President. Ban told reporters that the situation in Lebanon is critical, stressing that the constitutional vac...
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- Aoun Does Not Fear Presidential Vacuum
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12/7/2007
MP Michel Aoun said he does not fear a vacuum in the presidential post, insisting on a political understanding before amending the constitution. Aoun's statements came after meeting of his bloc yesterday.
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On the eve of today's parliament session, the Head of the ...
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- The European Union Parliamentary Delegation Discussed The Latest Developments In Lebanon
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12/4/2007
with the different Lebanese leaders. The delegation held a meeting ***with Premier Fouad Siniora at the Grand Serail. They then headed to Koreytem where they met with Head of the Future Bloc in parliament MP Saad Hariri in the presence of EU ambassador to Lebanon Patrick Laurent . T...
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- Prime Minister Fouad Saniora Held A Phone Call This Morning
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12/4/2007
with U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Saudi Arabia Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal to brief them on the majority’s stance from the nomination of General Michel Suleiman. Yesterday, Siniora held a phone call with Egyptian President Husni Mubarak and brifed him on the latest dev...
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- Bush Link Democratic Lebanon To Broad Efforts For Middle East Peace
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11/28/2007
US President George W. Bush linked a democratic Lebanon 'free from outside interference and intimidation' to broader efforts to bring peace to the Middle East. Kicking off a US-championed conference on ending the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Bush vowed to support Lebanon as it str...
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- Political Clashes Kill Two People In Tripoli
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11/28/2007
In the first violence to erupt in Lebanon since last week's postponed presidential election, two people were killed and six others wounded yesterday in a clash between followers of an opposition Islamist group and supporters of parliamentary majority leader Saad Hariri in northern ...
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- November 30 Session Could Be Postponed, Talks In The Making For Sleiman As President
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11/28/2007
The parliament session set on November 30 to elect a new president will probably be postponed one more time. This is what a political source told Reuters. This news comes after Future Movement MP Ammar Houry told Al Arabiya channel that the Future bloc has agreed to have the consti...
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- Kouchner Confident Lebanese President Will Be Elected Before Month's End
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11/28/2007
Paris said its initiative to help the Lebanese out of the presidential crisis only aimed and bridging the Lebanese feuding sides to discuss the situation. The Foreign Ministry said this initiative started with the Celle Saint Clou gathering in July. The Ministry said its minister B...
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- International Efforts In Full Gear In Beirut As Time Is Running Out For Election
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11/22/2007
International efforts are in full gear to help break the impasse Lebanon is facing, as the clock is ticking down to the constitutional deadline for electing a president. What will happen between today and tomorrow? Nobody seems to know, but foreign mediators are trying to pave the ...
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- Kouchner 'friday Is Another Day And There Will Be Pleasant Surprises.'
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11/22/2007
A joint press conference between Kouchner and Arab League Chief Amr Mussa, which was supposed to take place yesterday, was canceled. Meanwhile, the French diplomat pursued his efforts to reach a last minute breakthrough, less than 24 hours before parliament is to elect a president....
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- Mussa: There Is Still Hope
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11/22/2007
For his part Arab League Chief Amr Mussa left Beirut today. While ending his two-day stay, Mussa said there is still hope that the situation might improve before Friday. He had earlier met separately with Prime Minister Fouad Siniora, House Speaker Nabih Berri, resigned Foreign Min...
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- International Call Against Presidential Void
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11/22/2007
The Russian Foreign Ministry stressed the importance that the Lebanese reach compromise. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, in a statement, expressed his country's support for Lebanon's independence, sovereignty and stability. He called for a solution on the basis of no winner no vanq...
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- Aoun Hariri Meet, To Hold Second Talks Before Friday Election
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11/22/2007
Lebanon's feuding political leaders and foreign envoys are engaged in intense last-minute negotiations to secure a compromise deal on a presidential candidate by a Friday deadline. But March 14 leaders insist that Syria and its allies are threatening the Lebanese with chaos in case...
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- Parliament Session Postponed Until Last Minute
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11/20/2007
House Speaker Nabih Berri is expected to postpone for a fourth time a vote by MPs to elect a president amid last-ditch efforts for political rivals to strike a deal by a Friday deadline, just hours before the mandate of current head of state Emile Lahoud expires.
Several off...
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- Assad New Warning Against Instability In Region
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11/20/2007
Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad launched a new warning. He said political developments in the near future will scar the future of countries in the region and their people. The Syrian President urged everyone to deal with regional matters in a reasonable manner that would benefit t...
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- Kouchner On Last Nerve, Says President Must Be Elected Now
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11/20/2007
Premier Fouad Siniora received at the Grand Serail French Foreign Minister Bernard Koushner, French Envoy Jean Cluade Cousseran and Arab League Chief Amr Mussa. Discussions between the men focused on the latest developments in the framework of the French initiative. After arriving ...
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- Mussa More Optimistic Then Kouchner
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11/20/2007
Mussa arrived in Beirut late last night, joining a host of foreign dignitaries who have rushed to Lebanon in recent days to help end the Lebanese crisis. He remains hopeful that the impasse will be broken even in the last fifteen minutes of the constitutional period. Following a me...
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- A Lot Of Questions Are Being Asked, And Not As Many Answers Are Available. Politicians Continued To Converge On Each Others Turfs But With The Same Words Being Repeated.
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11/20/2007
Pessimism engulfed Lebanon and its people, as they stand at the perimeters of a tornado.
Maronite Patriarch Cardinal Nesrallah Boutros Sfeir accused certain political leaders of going against their word. Both the majority in government and the opposition are holding fast to...
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- After Three Months Of Intense Fighting, The Ordeal Is Finally Over.
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9/3/2007
The Lebanese army finished off the Fatah al-Islam legend. They killed its leader Shaker al-Abssi as well as 37 other terrorists and rounded up 20 on the 106th day of the confrontation at the northern refugee camp of Nahr al-Bared. Army Commander Michel Suleiman hailed the army's 'cru...
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- Murr Discusses Nahr El Bared Battle
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9/3/2007
Defense Minister Elias Murr is to hold a Press Conference tomorrow morning at his ministry. Murr will reveal all the details of the three and a half month Nahr Al-Bared battle.
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- Siniora Hails Victory
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9/3/2007
Premier Fouad Siniora declared victory after the army-seized control of the Nahr Al-Bared camp. In a televised address, Siniora said that the army's victory in Northern Lebanon is similar to the victory of the resistance against Israelis in South Lebanon. Siniora pledged that the Leb...
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- Jumblatt Optimistic That All Red Lines Collapsed
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9/3/2007
From Bkerki MP Walid Jumblatt stressed this morning that he was optimistic, as all the red lines have collapsed, from the international tribunal to the Nahr al-Bared battle. Jumblatt held a meeting with Maronite Patriarch cardinal Nassrallah Butros Sfeir this morning accompanied by M...
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- Lahoud To Name Army Chief As His Provisional Successor
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8/31/2007
President Emile Lahoud reiterated his plan for Lebanon after the end of his mandate.He said he would name army chief General Michel Suleiman as his provisional successor if the country's competing political camps fail to agree on a permanent one. The government will include 6 or 7 c...
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- Mp Hariri Meets Cousseran In Paris, Heads To Riyadh
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8/31/2007
Sources close to Head of the Future Bloc MP Saad Hariri told the Pan arab daily Al-Hayat today that Hariri held a four hours meting before yesterday with French Foreign Ministry envoy Jean Claude Cousseran in the French Capital. MP Hariri left Paris to Riyadh to meet with Saudi offi...
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- Berri To Announce Initiative In Baalbeck
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8/31/2007
House Speaker Nabih Berri is expected to announce today a new initiative that would guarantee consensus on the issue of the Presidential elections. Berri is speaking in a few hours in Baalbeck during the comemoration of the 29th anniversary of the disappearance of Imam Mussa Al-Sad...
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- Franjieh Accuses Siniora And Hamadeh Of Plotting To Kill Nassrallah
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8/31/2007
Former minister Suleiman Franjieh accused Prime Minister Fouad Siniora and Telecommunications Minister Marwan Hamadeh of plotting to kill Hezbollah secretray General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah. In an interview on Local TV Channel LBC last night, Franjieh said the issue of private Hizbu...
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- Yesterday, Two Lebanese Soldiers Were Killed In The Battles.
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8/31/2007
An army spokesman told AFP that the death of the soldiers at Nahr al-Bared campbrought to 152 the number of troops killed since the standoff with Fatah al-Islam fighters began on May 20. Soldiers meanwhile proceeded with demining operations inside the bombed-out camp, focusing on su...
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- Boutros Harb Announces Political Program For Presidential Race
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8/30/2007
Despite no clear plan on how to handle the upcoming presidential election, candidates began to take to the spot light. Today it was MP Butros Harb who announced his candidacy and political program. From Parliament, Harb stressed that his candidacy is linked indirectly to one condit...
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- Presidential Elections Remains Sticking Point
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8/30/2007
With the unveiling of the candidates political programs, the debate over the mechanism of the presidential elections continued to be a major sticking point between the rival parties. Head of the Democratic Gathering MP Walid Jumblatt meanwhile accused House Speaker Nabih Berri of cl...
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- Pederson Class For Elections To Work As Stipulated By Constitution
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8/30/2007
The UN Secretary General's Special representative in Lebanon Geir Pederson reiterated the need for Lebanon's presidential elections to take place as stipulated by the constitution. The UN diplomat met yesterday with various officials. Talks with Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea f...
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- Army Says Will Evacuate Wounded Islamist Only If Fighters Leave With Them
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8/30/2007
On the ground in Nahr el Bared, one more soldier died. The army meanwhile, said it will not evacuate wounded Islamists from the besieged Palestinian refugee camp unless the last diehard fighters leave with them. An army spokesman told AFP it is committed to guaranteeing them a fair ...
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- Us Commander In Lebanon To Discuss Army's Needs
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8/29/2007
US Central Command Admiral William Fallon arrived in Beirut this morning accompanied by a delegation of 7 officers. His visit is aimed at discussing the needs of the Lebanese army. US aids earlier announced to the Lebanese army amount to two hundred and thirty seven million dollars....
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- Siniora Condemns Hrw Report On July 2006 War
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8/29/2007
Premier Fouad Siniora condemned a report by Human Rights Watch criticising Hezbollah's attacks on Israel during last year's war, saying the document was a complete distortion of facts.The Human Rights Watch report due for release tomorrow focuses on the extent 'Hezbollah targeted o...
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- Ban Ki Moon Is To Receive The Names Of The Judges On The 24th
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8/29/2007
The Lebanese government was informed yesterday that UN Chief Ban Ki Moon will receive on September 24th the names of the judges nominated by their countries for posts at the tribunal of an international character to try perpetrators of the February 14th assasination. The court is t...
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- Mussa Condemns Recent Threats Against Saudi Ambassador
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8/29/2007
Arab League Chief Amr Mussa condemned the recent threats against Saudi ambassador to Lebanon Abdel Aziz Khoja and Emirati Mohamad Sultan Sweidi. In a statement, Mussa expressed his support for both ambassadors stressing that these threats were unacceptable. Mussa meanwhile expressed...
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- Lebanese Army's Helicopters Raid Nahr Al-bared For The Second Day
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8/29/2007
On the Nahr Al-Bared battle front, intense clashes have been ongoing since 5 in the morning. The Lebanese army's helicopters raided the camp, especially the shelters where the remaining members of Fatah Al-islam are holed up. Yesterday afternoon, the Lebanese army advanced into the...
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- Cabinet Discusses Security And Hezbollah Communication Networks
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8/28/2007
After an intensive cabinet session yesterday, the government decided to take action against private communication networks installed by Hezbollah. The government also decided to intensify security measures in the face of threats against foreign diplomats and journalists.
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- Hourreira Planned To Explosive Laden Cars Before Being Killed
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8/28/2007
Fighting continued in Naher el Bared as sporadic artillery fire was reported. Meanwhile, Palestinian clerics continued negotiating on the possible evacuation of wounded militants from a camp. The army confirmed that mediation was taking place. The clerics had already succeeded in ar...
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