| Annahar |
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Majority MPs
to assemble in parliament today, uninvited |
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Meeting expected to escalate tension between
majority and opposition. |
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Berri says meeting targets Hariri, dialogue. |
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Meeting feared would adversely effect
bilateral dialogue. |
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Opposition says majority violating
constitution, serving chaos-seeking schemes . |
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Other opposition circles says move a proganda
tool, lacking political clout. |
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MP
Robert Ghanem: Ordinary session opens without invitation or decree |
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Says Constitution mentiones nothing about
speaker's authority to convene parliament. |
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Explains that though parliament's bylaws give
speaker the exclusive right to convene parliament, it stipulates that if the speaker fails
to perform his duties, the deputy speaker can act on his behalf. |
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Explains that when an ordinary session opens,
the speaker must invite the parliament regardless of whether the government is
illegitimate or not, because the parliament is 'its own mater.' |
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G emayel says Lebanon crisis due to a new reading of
the Taef Accord |
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Says stalemate in Ain El-Tineh dialogue due to
bypassing cabinet's numerical balance, different readings of Taef. |
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Warns against paralyzing parliament, fearing
this would infect other institutions |
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Warns against economic and social
repercussions. |
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Hoss
says Crisis heading to further complications |
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Describes
dialogue as a kids pastime game aiming at diversion, pleasing Saudis. |
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Aoun's 'Change Bloc'
says solution rests in one package |
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Stresses
need for a simultaneous and equalitarian approval of the government, tribunal and
electoral law. |
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Commends
Lebanon's security forces for the arrest of the Ain Alaq criminals. |
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Lashes
at the recent security incidents in Dinnieh, Barellias and Koura, blaming majority for
opting to this trend. |
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J umblat: Opposition policy reflects dual style
adopted by the Syrian regime |
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Explains
that as the 'March 8' Forces go about criticizing the legitimacy of government, their
resigned ministers continue to run errands at their ministries' on the pretext that their
resignations has not been accepted. |
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Says
opposition leaders continue to asks favors from what they view as an illigitimate
government. One such case was when General Aoun contacted Telecommunication minister
Marawan Hamadeh asking for his help to finalize some papers relating to his 'Ornage TV.' |
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R ifaii says deputy speaker can chair session if
speaker blocs entry to parliament |
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Fomer
MP legal expert Hassan Rifaii explains that according to article 6 of the parliament's
bylaws, the parliament can ask its deputy speaker to call for a session if the speaker
fails to appear without a legitimate excuse. |
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Explains
that if the speaker blocks entry to the parliament by force, the deputy speaker may call
the parliament to convene outside its premises. |
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Affirms
that the current government is by all mean legitimate, stressing that the current
president can in no way form another government, or refuse to hand over his authority to
the current government in case the presidential elections fail to take place. |
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R obert Fisk says situation in Lebanon
likely to deteriorate |
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MP Harb
warns against an anti-Taef coup, calls on opposition to be rational |
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Zaki
says Fatah el-Islam is unrelated to Palestinians, camps not a refuge for fugitives |
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F adlallah warns against using Riyadh Summit as a
bridge to save Israel from it crisis |
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S iniora says resistance harming people's interests |
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G eagea, after meeting Chirac, calls for dialogue in
Parliament |
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Says
contacts with Syria won't be at Lebanon's expense. |
| Assafir |
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Political chaos invades
Parliament...will it undermine solution? |
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Berri
asks Hariri: Do you want a political solution, or not? and, are those around you able to
undermine what you and I have have agreed upon ? |
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Arab diplomatic sources say
majority step provokes Saudi Arabia, constitutes an attack against dialogue. |
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Berri
instructs staff to block entry to assembly hall, hints at holding an all-out press
conference today. |
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Information
speaks about passing tribunal by Security Council not under Chapter 7, but on the basis of
holding President Lahoud responsible for obstruction Lebanon's legal process. |
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A ssad says Syria not against
tribunal, supports national unity government |
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Sfeir says fair,
equilatarian electoral law must top dialogue agenda |
| Al-Mustaqbal |
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Majority to parliament today |
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Calls for respecting
Constitution, supporting dialogue. |
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Calls on Speaker Berri to
practice his constitutional role. |
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MP Eido: Meeting an indicator
as to who is obstructing institutional life in Lebanon |
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Geagea
receives first official welcome at Elyse |
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Siniora focuses on
sit-in illegitimacy, harmful effects |
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Jumblat raises issue of
resigned ministers' duality |
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Fatah as-Islam clashes
with Nahr al-Brid inhabitants |
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Majority facing the
need to form a post-summit strategy By Nassir al -Asaad |
| Addiyar |
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Berri about to hold an
all-out press conference if negativity continues |
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Majority team escalates;
opposition hints at new moves |
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Berri to Hariri: Deputies
move 'targeting me', adversely effecting dialogue |
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Fatah al-Islam clashes with
Fatah at Nahr al-Barid camp |
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UNIFIL member countries
discuss changing engagement rules in areas of operation |
| Al-Balad |
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Ordinary session a setback
to dialogue |
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Ain el-Tineh: Door to
parliamnet meeting hall closed |
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Assad: Early elections
only choice to resolve Lebanon's crisis |
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March 14: Blocking third in
exchange for presidency |
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Majority MPs hold symbolic
meeting at Parliament today |
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Say
meeting a message to find a solution, not to provoke Berri. |
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Five wounded in
clashes between Ftah el-Islam and Palestinian factions |
| Al-Akhbar |
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Sfeir: I oppose excluding
Christians from dialogue |
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Contacts between Berri and
Hariri to contain deputies move |
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Chirac receives Geagea as the majority's presidential candidate |
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Election law: Christian interest tops opposition priorities - By JIbrahim Al Amine |
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Long live authority's bets,
death to compromise -
By Jean Aziz |
| Al-Hayat |
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Majority MPs in Parliament
today: Priority to foiling Lahoud's attempts to dissolve it |
| Al-Siyasah |
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Syria seeking major
security event to dwarf tribunal |
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Lebanese source
warns against assassinating Berri before Summit |
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March 14 to
confront by force Aoun's promotion of two governments |
