| Annahar |
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Arab
Summit approves peace initiative unanimously |
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Calls on Israel to accept it; commissions the
committee entrusted with the initiative to form a "work team" for
contacting the parties concerned with the peace process. |
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Saudi king criticizes "transforming
Beirut streets into hotels"; warns strife is "baring its teeth in Lebanon".
Abdullah's remarks on "transforming Beirut streets into hotels" were interpreted
as being an implicit criticism of the opposition, which has been staging a sit-in in
downtown Beirut since four months, Annahar commented. |
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UN Chief Ban Ki-moon calls for supporting
Siniora's "democratically elected government"; praises Siniora "who
exhibited leadership traits under difficult circumstances". Ban Ki-moon's remarks
were viewed as the clearest in so far as the support extended by the international
organization and the international community to Siniora's government, Annahar commented. |
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President Lahoud urges summit not to change
any word in the Arab initiative, especially with regard to repatriating Palestinian
refugees; calls on Arabs to confront the "indirect challenges exerted on Lebanon by
great powers with the aim of serving Israeli interests.” |
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Saudi King slams the "illegitimate
foreign occupation of Iraq"; says "no foreign force should be allowed to decide
the future of the region"; calls for end to Palestinian
blockade; says sectarian violence is driving Iraq to civil war; calls on Arabs to overcome
their disputes and unify to face dangers threatening them in Iraq, Lebanon and Palestine.
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US White House spokesman Gordon Johndroe
denies the US is occupying Iraq; says US presence there is at the request of Iraqis and
the United Nations. |
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Arab League SG Amr Moussa warns that
"conflict and division between Sunnis and Shiites in Iraq could ignite regional
fire." |
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UN Chief Ban Ki-moon says "Middle East is
now more complicated, weaker and more dangerous than any time before". |
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Abduallah, Assad hold second meeting; focus on
regional issues, reviving Saudi-Syrian relations |
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Ban Ki-moon in Beirut tomorrow |
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To study tribunal draft with Justice minister
Charles Rizk and the legal team. |
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Hariri:
No deal except through the tribunal |
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Lahoud
thanks Arab leaders for supporting Lebanon |
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Explains to Ban Ki-moon his stance over
Lebanon's "illegitimate government". |
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Siniora:
We have occupied Arab leaders' time with trivials |
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Summit introduces minor changes to Lebanon's paper to avoid problems |
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Christians before the challenge of seizing a historical opportunity - By Hiam Qosseifi |
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Hinting at a 2/3 majority or a presidential
vacuum is replay of the 1988 scene. |
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Jumblat
says situation dangerous,
confrontation likely to produce two governments. |
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Lebanon-Palestinian
meeting in Sidon calls for removing Fatah al-Islam without blood |
| Assafir |
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Arab Summit:
Lebanese amendments ... and Iraqi stations |
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Summit approves holding consultative summits
on demand; ractivitating Arab Peace initiative in its present form; calling for wider
political participation in Iraq; and for supporting Lebanon. |
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Closed session debates Arab national security,
peace initiative, Arab nuclear program and reviving the Arab Atomic Energy Agency. |
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Moussa and Faisal succeed in resolving
Lebanon's paper crisis; changes cover clauses relating to the Seven Points, tribunal and
state institutions; amendment to the Seven-Points clause evades falling in Siniora's trap
of linking the Seven Points to UNSC Resolution 1701 for the purpose of ending the
resistance; balancing act re-adjusts paper to changing the "support to government"
wording to "supporting the Lebanese states with all its institutions", and
"adopting the Seven Points" wording to "welcoming the Seven Points". |
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Lahoud reiterates support for the tribunal,
calls for not using it for political purposes that "could impair Lebanon's
unity"; supports Paris III, says implementation needs a national unity government
reflecting the collective will of the Lebanese; supports 1701, calling for moving from the
phase of "seizing hostilities" to "cease-fire". |
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President Assad expresses satisfaction with
the outcome, describes Summit as "the best of all Arab Summits"; says Syria
would support any agreement reached by the Lebanese. |
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Tueni in Ein el-Tineh: Sfeir welcomes resorting to a Casa-based
electoral law |
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Says such law would ensure
consensus among the Lebanese |
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Kenaan: We agree with Sfeir's vision of the electoral law |
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Security Council postpones report on 1701 and 1559 until after the
Summit |
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Jumblat says
two governments likely if compromise is not attained |
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Wahhab: Mountain residents know who is conducting military training |
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Fears Jumblat is preparing for an
operation similar to that of Ain Alaq to hit his opponents.. |
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Siniora: There is no initiativ, only a desire to continue mediation |
| Al-Mustaqbal |
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King Abdullah: Blame falls on Arab leaders for the
state of the nation |
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Opens Summit with talk about
Lebanon "whose streets have become hotels" |
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Summit endorses international
recognition of Siniora's government legitimacy. |
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Ban Ki-moon praises Siniora's
"wonderful leadership" under "difficult circumstances". |
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Summit launches Arab common strategy - Nassir Al Asaaad |
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Synchronizes between
"domestic legitimacies" and the Arab legitimacy. |
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Real Lebanon dialogue reverberates
between the Arab peace project, international resolutions and Taef. |
| Addiyar |
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No victor, no vanquished
amendments introduced to Lebanese paper |
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Summit holds to Arab peace
initiative, tribunal, welcomes Sinora's 7 Points |
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Next Summit in Damascus and
Abdullah fears the "canines of strife" |
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Arab efforts unifies Lebanon's
paper, with some amendments |
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Bank Ki-moon arrives this evening |
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Cehayeb likens Hezbollah to an
Iranian Revolutionary Guard detachment |
| Al-Balad |
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Leaders
toys with Lebanon's paper, remains divided at solidarity summit |
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Riyadh
Summit approves solidarity with Lebanon, holding economic summit |
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Lahoud: Dialogue
should continue, finding common-ground necessary |
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Siniora: For
continuing Berri-Hariri dialogue |
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Bahia Hariri:
Consensus raeched on rejecting Fatah al-Isalm phenomena |
| Al-Akhbar |
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Arabs offer
Israel two options: Initiative or "war lords" |
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Yediot Ahronoth:
Secret deal to solve Palestinian crisis; compensation and return |
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American project to prevent solution, pave way to escalation
- Ibrahim Amine |
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American interest in Lebanon: Collapse of the Future, return
to past - Jean Aziz |
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Lahoud was about to reveal some July war secrets before some
of his amendments were introduced |
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Majority demands opposition remarks on tribunal, rejects
them in advance - Ibrahim Awad |
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Aounists "without Aoun" with the "Paris
General", against the "Rabieh General" - Ghassan Saoud |
