November 13, 2007

Lebanonwire

Kouchner races with deterioration, to seek a list of candidates today

Majority determined to elected president within the constitutional deadline

Gemayel, Franjieh hold sudden secret meeting at night

Aoun  warns of forming alternative government

Berri asserts presidential elections will take place on time

Bush calls Siniora, supports electing president without Syrian meddling

Kouchner to meet Sfeir twice, hopes to convey to him names of accepted candidates

Berri to An-Nahar: President will be elected within the Constitutional deadline

Says Nasrallah is committed to compromise, won't give up on that

Gemayel, Franjieh issue joint statement urging Christian leaders to agree

Papal Nuncio: Heavy are the challenges threatening Lebanon and its people

Jumblat: They are the ones who shut the parliament, occupied squares, drew redlines for the army and stole electricity

Hamadeh: Those who loot and steal have no right to speak about killers and thieves

Aridi: Nasrallah's words shocked the Lebanese

Hopes nasrallah won't place the Lebanese before hard options

Wahhab visits Franjieh, says 'H.E. the vacuum is closer than H.E. the president'

Carlos Edde: We shall elect a president 'one way or the other'

Mufti Jouzou: Hezbollah is undermining the Constitution

Says must elect president by 'half+1'

Moawad: Nasrallah knows who the killers are

Lahoud reiterates refusal to hand on authority to a 'half+1' president or Siniora's government

Abbas Zaki: No war in camps and Jibril's info is incorrect

Maqdah: Jibril's message is a 'one of strife'

Says Palestinian camps won't be pushed into Lebanon's affairs

Candles, banners in Sidon and Aley 1000 days after Hariri's assassination

As-Safir

Presidential domino awaits quintuplet compromise list form Paris

Hariri gathers March 14 after night meeting with Berri: Holding election on time

Bush backs Siniora

Aoun ready to pay the price of confrontation with the Americans

Nasrallah's speech occupies Grand Serail and its visitors

Aridi: Nasrallah placed the Lebanese in a new circle of concern

President Lahoud: I won't back up in the last moment, won't leave county to collapse, threats do not intimidate me, and I will preserve institutions

Sfeir not willing to name president...but continues his efforts - Gracia Bitar

Understands Nasrallah's anxiety, asks others to understand

Prefers compromise to salvation

Zaki: Jibril's words are valueless...but dangerous

Qaouk: If consensus is not reached, America will face total loss

Jumblat returns accusations to Nasrallah: We do not want Lebanon to be a paradise of thieves and killers under his leadership

Hassan Fadlalah: Campaign against Nasrallah is an accurate translation of American instructions

Tripoli Bloc calls on Nasrallah to be a partner who formulates and not foil solutions

Al-Mustaqbal

March 14 in face of threats: President will be elected within Constitutional deadline

Bush backs elections 'without Syrian meddling'

Kouchner to pursue French initiative in Bkerki today

Comprehensive Lebanese response to Nasrallah refuses vacuum and chaos

Aoun justifies Nasrallah words in a interview with 'Al Manar'

Tents' sit-in approaches first year: Closure of 168 companies and loss of 5000 jobs

Nasrallah's speech had adverse effect on markets: General decline of stocks and Dollar selling by Central Bank

Nasrallah's speech undermined the French initiative with a strategic decision by Teheran - Nassir Al- Asaad

Ad-Diyar

Lebanon heading to two governments and Lahoud is preparing the decrees

Kouchner in Beirut as names' crises grows

Aoun, after Nasrallah, asks Lahoud to form government, nominates himself for solution

Skaff: Our basic candidate is Aoun

Carlos Edde: Aoun not prepared to name anyone but himself

Ad-Balad

Kouchner to gather Maronite top leaders today

Aoun: Salvation government or problem

Says 'deep problem' delaying his meeting with Geagea

March 8: No need for early parliamentary elections in case of consensus

Aoun: I asked Hariri for a solution with anyone and not I or no one

FPM will set up a legitimate rule in response to 'half+1' - Tony Mrad

Fadlallah: We won't permit a new camps' war

Al-Akhbar

Aoun: Salivation government or confrontation

Bush supports Siniora; March 14 leaders react to Nasrallah; and Berrri worried after optimism

Berri-Hariri: Extinguishing Nasrallah's storm and the reactions to it - Nicholas Nassif

Aoun: We reached crisis...and the solution is in a transitory government

Loyalists lashes out heavily at Nasrallah's speech and the opposition views it as historic