March 20, 2008

Lebanonwire

Lebanon Press Highlights

Talk about Sfeir rejecting reparation or expansion of government

Moussa to return after summit with new authorization

Majority asks Berri to open Parliament doors

Lavrov in Damask discussing Lebanon's crisis

Siniora receives from March 14 a petition on the Lebanese missing in Syria

Ghanem: Crisis is no more domestic, and the circumstances are not ripe for a new Taef

Loyalty to Resistance: Damascus summit an important chance to repair Arab differences

Government links its response to the outcome of Saudi-Syrian-Egyptian contacts

Tore Sarkisian: Berri made no promise an invitation to any parliamentary session will be issued

German delegation visits Siniora, Jumblat and Gemayel

Says the Lebanese must solve their domestic problems

Moussa: I will visit Beirut shortly, and Lebanon's attendance of summit is necessary

Majority memo on detainees in Syrian jails: Solution through Arab League or resorting to UN

Geagea: If we were bound to elect president by 'half+1', we will choose Butros Harb or Nassib Lahoud

Qabalan: Lebanon needs Syria

Moussawi: We don't hold the Danish people responsible for an insult committed by one person

Nassib Lahoud: Status quo won't change except by a Syrian decision

As-Safir

Authority heading to appoint Gemayel as minister...would he represent it in Damascus?

Majority proposes holding a parliamentary general discussion session

Berri conditions this to 'non-attendance by amputated government'

Syrian message arrived, places Siniora'a government in confrontation with Arabs

Inviting Lebanon to summit shows differences among loyalists...and opposition

Lebanon's fate on the brink - Selim Hoss

Lebanon amid the possibilities of war and peace - Sami Kleib

Would Damascus summit sound the general alarm for 'the hot spring' in the region? - Khodr Taleb

Sukkariya: We are ashamed of the policy of bowing down to Zionizm

Geagea: We will find a solution our way

Qabbani against attending summit

D'Alema denies any new European initiative to resolve Lebanon's impasse

Blames neighboring countries for Lebanon's crisis

Loyalty to Resistance: Electing president unilaterally, repairing govt will push Lebanon to the abyss

Al-Mustaqbal

US vetoes any Israel-Syrian contact to prevent Damascus from maneuvering over the tribunal

March 14 discusses activating parliament with Berri

Asks PM for Arab and international intervention to clarify fate of those missing in Syria

D'Alema points to involvement of 'neighboring countries' in Lebanon's crisis

Summit will end the truce - Asaad Haidar

Al-Balad

Four courses for Lebanon after summit

March 14 asks Berri to activate parliament, Higher Office

Siniora: No one can defeat anyone in Lebanon

Geagea: In the end we will find a solution, and it will be our way

Loyalty to Resistance; Repairing government will push Lebanon to the abyss

Al-Akhbar

March 14 hurrying to expand government

Damascus summit keeps bicycle of Arab initiative going lest it falls - Nicholas Nassif

Moussa: There is great hope, an Lebanon participation in summit is necessary

From internationalization to Arabization to Syrianization to full absence of Lebanonization - Afif Diab