• Lebanon optimistic over Saudi-Iranian summit in Riyadh .
• Berri warns against undermining Lebanon's looming compromise.
• Rice to Siniora: Attempted solutions won't be at the expense of Lebanon.
• Ahmadinijad's visit to Riyadh expected to culminate in a joint initiative for Lebanon.
• Lahoud: 'I didn't say I won't leave the presidential palace at the end of my term, and my refusal to transfer authority to the current government aims at protecting Lebanon from civil war.'
• Berri warns against tampering with the army's ideology, places great hope on the Saudi-Iranian summit, hopes for a Saudi-Syrian compromise.
• Jumblat meets Ban Ki-moon. Discussions focused on the need to create the tribunal as a prelude to civil peace in Lebanon.
• Hoss: Solution rests in a Saudi-sponsored dialogue supported by Iran and Syria..
• Hariri, after meeting Chirac, expresses need to approve tribunal quickly, stresses on avoiding losing Paris III in the 'alleys of Beirut.'
• Compromise paper includes: simultaneous approval of tribunal and government, no essential amendment to tribunal, expanding current government on the 19-10-1 basis, giving  two seats to Aoun, one to Tashnaq, one to Skaff, and increasing Lebanese Forces share to two. March 14 sources say the Saudi meeting will put the final touches on the this paper. By Hiam Qosseifi
• Rizk: The notion of a unified Lebanon has fallen, and we are now facing a fait accompli confederation.

Assafir

• Berri: It is a matter of days before a solution is announced... and the army is a red line.
• Would Cairo gather Faisal and Moallem... and Riyadh Nijad and Hariri?
• Rice assures Siniora solution won't be at the expense of Lebanon.
• Moussa optimistic over 'Arab Summit dynamism.'
• Arab League Council expected to urge Lebanon dialogue, support tribunal,Taef Accord, and Siniora's seven points plan.
• Optimistic after meeting Chirac, Hariri heads to Riyadh, says some will place themselves under Chapter 7 if tribunal is not approved.
• Jumblat meets Ban Ki-moon, rejects any amendment to tribunal.
• Sfeir: War has many forms and the situation is not assuring.
• Karami: The coming couple of months will be very crucial for Lebanon. If current situation continues there will be no presidential elections.
• 'Qassem: Government forces rearming regularly, and the army won't become a militia..
• Bahia Hariri: Worried about bombs' wave.
• Kenaan: Aoun's visit to Saudi Arabia likely..
• Hoss, in an open letter, says the Lebanese won't be dragged to a sectarian or a confessional war.

Al-Mustaqbal

• Rice assures Siniora there will be no regional compromises at the expense of Lebanon.
• Iranian ambassador and Hezbollah expect US to undermine solutions.
• Hariri after meeting Chirac: France keen on Paris III, and the necessity of passing the tribunal soonest.
• Solidere's shares bypass $16,  benefiting from positive political indicators.
• Saudi-Iranian summit amid optimism and the Syrian knot. By Nasssir Al Asaad

Ad-Diyar

• Possible compromise: 19-11 formula, whereby the11th would be independent.
• Committee set to study tribunal amendments within 5 days. Aims at assuring the opposition without emptying the tribunal form its essence.
• Hoss: Key to solution is to gather leaders around a dialogue table.
• UNIFIL expected to monitor borders with Syria electronically, rather than deploying there.
• Bulgarian ambassador: We support Lebanon's independence and territorial integrity.
• Hashem denounces listing his name with land buyers.
• Qassem: Crisis will be be prolonged because of the pressures exerted on the authority.

Al-Balad

• Israel refers to Qaeda groups in Tyre's camps.
• Jumblat refuses amending tribunal... Hezbollah insists.
• Chriac calls for expediting tribunal, otherwise Chapter 7 will be applied.
• Fadlallah hosts Pederson, stresses good relations with UNIFIL.
• Hoss says dialogue needs Iranian-Syrian and American sponsorship.
• Rizk: I prefer Chapter 7 if justice is not attained.
• Qabalan: Good omens on the way, Berri told me.

Al-Akhbar

• Last resort Summit: Solution or confrontation.
• Berri optimistic, Hariri heads to Riyadh, consultations with Damascus, and Rice assures Siniora.
• Signs of Arab disagreements threatening Cairo meeting and Riyadh summit
• Karami: Government does not exist, and Berri's is right over not convening Parliament
• March 14 Senario: US military attack on Iran inevitable, tribunal to follow, Hezbollah will back off, and Aoun will be finished. By Jean Aziz.
• Involving the Palestinians as a first step to dragging them into a "new camps war." By Fidaa Itani.
• Qassem: Chapter 7 means attacking Lebanon, and the army's ideology won't change.
• Army and General Security says there is no arms smuggling. By Ibrahim Awad.

Al-Hayat

• Is it true Lebanon has not changed since 1870?. By Salim Nassar.

Al-Siyassa

• Hariri: We liberated Lebanon from Syrian occupation without weapons.
• Washington planning to send 30,000 'Mujahidee Khalq' fighters to Lebanon to confront Hezbollah, says political umbrella not enough anymore to protect Lebanon, and the military umbrella is now ready.
• Fadlallah warns against a Lebanese-Syrian war.

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