| Annahar |
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Majority
wants 'solution-seeking dialogue', not 'media victories for Berri' |
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March 14 coalition regains initiative. |
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Jumblat, in a BBC interview, says "Berri,
after taking instructions form Iran and Syria, is not the speaker anymore, but rather a
political side who has kidnapped the parliament...at the orders of the Syrian president to
brighten his image before the Summit". |
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March 14 sources say "Hariri is not
encouraged to continue dialogue with Berri under the prevailing circumstances, but wants a
dialogue aiming at achieving a solution, and not media victories for Berri." |
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Saudi Ambassador Abdulaziz Khoja clarifies
that the support he voiced for Berri yesterday "relates to meetings I attended...but
as to Lebanese-Lebanese issues, I don't have the right to express an opinion on
that". |
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• |
Siniora decides to attend Riyadh Summit
accompanied by acting Foreign Minister Tariq Mitri, Economy Minister Sami Haddad, and the
Secretary General of the Council of Ministers Hisham Demishqiyeh. Siniora decided not to
wait any further for the outcome of the Ain el-Tineh dialogue, which appeared suspended
yesterday. Meanwhile, President Lahoud is still waiting for the last minute to declare the
delegation accompanying him pending outcome of ongoing consultations. |
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Berri, for his part, says "holding a
parliamentary session is up to the speaker"; reiterates his position on not convening
a session attended by Siniora's government; says "priority now is for arriving at
national reconciliation, which would produce a constitutional government before anything
else." |
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Brammertz to
the Security Council: No names before the tribunal |
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Says motive for killing Hariri linked to his
political activities. |
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Gives weight to a mixture of factors leading
among which are "the the adoption of resolution 1559, extending President Lahoud's
term, the nature of the relations between Hariri and a sore of Lebanese and Syrian
personalities and parties and other countries, and the preparations for the 2005
parliamentary elections." |
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S yria: Delineating borders with Lebanon is a
bilateral affair |
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De Gucht says
Assad not ready to cooperate in Lebanon |
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• |
Belgium's Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht
meets Berri, Siniora, Jumblat and Hariri. |
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Expresses concern over Berri's refusal to
convene parliament, says "no constitution in the world can prevent the parliament
from convening to perform its duties", tensely says he is "not convinced there
could be any legal reason or political justification to prevent the parliament from
convening." |
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Accuses Syria of not helping to solve
Lebanon's ongoing political crisis, by rejecting the principle of an international
tribunal to try suspects in the killing of former premier Rafic Hariri. |
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K hoja meets Siniora, Salam, says solutions ready 'if
the Lebanese want' |
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H amadeh: Dialogue to resume before summit, difference
still over 19-11 |
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Feltman
meets Murr, says US military assistance started to arrive |
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Chehayeb
rejects turning Lebanon into an Iranian missile platform |
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• |
Calls on Berri to engage in an 'objective
dialogue' to save Lebanon |
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Arab elements joining
Fatah el-Islam |
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Palestinian factions reject military solution
in Nahr el-Barid camp. |
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• |
Points to the danger of Fatah el-Islam. |
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Say Arab elements are now joining its ranks. |
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More info on Fatah
el-Islam's leader Chaker Absi |
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Started his military career with Fatah. |
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Showed from the beginning an inclination
towards religious studies, and defense of Islam. |
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Attended military courses in Libya and lived
there for some time. |
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When Fatah el-Intifada seperated from
main-stream Fatah in 1983, Absi stood by Fatah Al-Intifada leader Abou Mousa, and Khaled
el-Imlah. |
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Arrived in July 2006 to Chatila refugee camp
in Beirut, accompanied by his family, and benefited from the atmosphere that accompanied
the war. He later took over the command of all Fatah el-Intifada's posts and centers. |
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Accompanying him were a number if Islamist
groups, for whom he organized military training courses. |
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Used to say that he was imprisoned in Syria,
and that he sold his house in Hijat al-Aswad area in Damascus. |
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His ultimate aim is to liberate Palestine
through resistance and preventing the Lebanese authorities from disarming Palestinians. He
also says that resolution 1559 targets Palestinians as well and 'should be faced'. |
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His assisted by a Lebanese young man named
Chihab Qadour, akin Abu Huraira. |
| Assafir |
| • |
Riyadh logistically ready
for a 'last minute compromise' |
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• |
Assad
proposes cooperating with Saudi Arabia to reach solution, calls for adopting a Taef-like
compromise. |
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• |
Hariri
in contact with Berri, to meet him today, working on repairing March 14 ranks. |
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• |
March
14 Forces expected to hold an urgent meeting in Qraitem today, and issue a positive
statement paroling Hariri's efforts to arrive at an agreement with the opposition |
|
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Khoja
visits Siniora, stresses on dialogue, says chance to reach solution before summit exists. |
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Khoja
says Siniora is Lebanon's prime minister and "that is how we in the Kingdom deal with
him'; explains that regarding some points Berri raised with regard to "meetings I
attended, Berri was, in so far as I am personally concerned, accurate". |
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Sfeir
insists on having a new elections law. |
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Raad: The ball is in Lebanon's court |
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Jumblat: Berri is no more the speaker |
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• |
Says
Berri lost his neutrality, instructed to brighten the image of the Syrian regime. |
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Raad: The ball is in Lebanon's court |
| Al-Mustaqbal |
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Jumblat insists constitution obliges Berri to open ordinary session |
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Khoja says doesn't intervene in Lebanese-Lebanese affairs |
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Brammertz: Tribunal as important as investigations |
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Belgian FM: Syria refuses to help resolve Lebanon crisis, rejects tribunal |
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Syria case: International blame is not openness but a prelude to a speedy finale.
Lebanese file with all its ramification to the Security Council before the French
elections. French presidential candidates adopt their Chirac's stance - By Fares
Khashan |
| Addiyar |
| • |
Last-hours race between
Siniora' invitation to Summit, and Lahoud's deliberations |
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March 20 shock developing
positively: Ein el-Tineh dialogue to resume |
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Khoja to Addiyar: Intentions are good, but the issue is strictly Lebanese |
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Lahoud: Cabinets decisions are null and void |
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Raad: For continue dialogue until compromise is reached |
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Belgian FM: Won't change stance towards Syria 'cause it didn't change
stance towards Lebanon' |
| Al-Balad |
| • |
Chirac: Hariri
assassination stopped Taef implementation |
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'Khartoum 2' in Riyadh
Summit? |
| • |
Political bickering
escalating; Khoja trying to mend fences |
| • |
Skaff: 19-11 not
impossible anymore |
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Raad: Berri placed the
Lebanese before facts |
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Abou Faour: We reject
creating a fabricated dialogue scene to absolve Assad of his crimes before the Summit |
| • |
Huballah: Reaching
solution before Summit unlikely |
| • |
PLO representative:
We reject any phenomena that threatens Lebanon's civil peace |
| Al-Akhbar |
| • |
Dialogue: Will it resume
or return to point blank |
| • |
Saudi FM Saud al Faisal believed
behind Khoja's support to Berri's statement. |
| • |
Berri rearranges priorities amid a
'March murmur' against Khoja. |
| • |
Lebanon heading to Riyadh summit
with two delegations. |
| • |
Jumblat playing in the lost
time - By Ibrahim Al Amine |
| • |
Belgian FM: We continue to
back Siniora strongly |
| • |
First signs of Saudi-Syrian
rapprochement: Khoja's uprising - By Ibrahim Awad |
| • |
Saudi cover to Ain el-Tineh
dialogue makes pre-summit deal likely - By Arafat Hijazi |
| Al-Hayat |
| • |
Lebanese southerners:
Hezbollah took its fight to Beirut and forgot about us |
| Al-Siyasah |
| • |
Race between political
escalation and the Saudi efforts to revive dialogue |
| • |
Khoja balancing his stance
by visiting Berri and Siniora |
| • |
Meckawi: Palestinians
convinced over controlling arms outside camps |
