April 9, 2008

Lebanonwire

Lebanon Press Highlights

Michel Murr launches today a Metni campaign for presidential elections

Geagea expects new assassinations

King Abdullah to Siniora: We support electing Suleiman and back the government completely

Kouchner criticizes Hezbollah's arming, Berri's 'toying', affirms Siddiq's disappearance

Bellemare request extending his mission

Says: We investigating politically-motivated crimes

Bulgarian report: Drugs trade financing Hezbollah and Islamic Jihad

Iranian ambassador visits Sfeir, says supports any dialogue between the Lebanese

Gemayel: Berri's initiative must be well prepared so as not to be 'a dialogue of the deaf'

Siniora meets Saudi King, Emirates president, focuses on Arab ministerial meet

Egyptian Foreign ministry spokesman: Syria is not responding to what we ask of it

Hoss backs Berri's initiative, describes it as the 'only bet we have'

Metni meet today a third force between majority and opposition - Pierre Atlallah

Murr's move mixes cards in the Christian environ

Majdalani: Suleiman will be president before April 21

As-Safir

'Vacuum' dread shakes the ranks of majority and opposition

Tripoli bloc distinguishes itself, Harb gets away in protest and Gemayel asks about...Damascus

Aoun's current in trouble, Murr the father toward independence, and the 'National Gathering' asks about 'the role'!

Kouchner: Berri is not free and is not invited to France,

Says Berri, Iran, and Syria are preventing solution in Lebanon

Siniora meets Hariri in Riyadh, moves to Qatar then to Bahrain

Abdullah: We back Arab initiative to elect General Suleiman as president

Khalifah: We call on all parties to give priority to national interest, end crisis

Opposition worried about dialogue refusal, warns of appointing a substitute to army chief

Mikdad: Syria seeking implementation of Arab initiative as a full package

Gemayel: Dialogue will be futile without a a mechanism to resolve differences

Ferzli: Syria's support to dialogue resolutions  is a message to the Arabs and the world

Al-Saad: Syria is demanded to recognize the finality of the Lebanese entity

Geagea excepts more assassinations, says civil war is unlikely in near future

Al-Mutaqbal

Saudi King conveys to Siniora Kingdom's support to Lebanon's independence and the Arab initiative

Siniora says problem of Syrian-Lebanese relations can't be ignored as Damascus rejects holding Arab ministerial meet

Kouchner says Berri is not free, and 'he has played this game with me before'

Bllemare: The network that killed Hariri is terrorist, and the motives are political

Al-Balad

Damascus on eve of Sharm Al-Sheikh: 'The initiative' is a full package!

Salameh: Salaries and wages should presumably be corrected, but...

France hard stance on eve of an Arab harder stance?

Iranian ambassador in Bkerki: Dialogue is the best way to resolve crisis

Israelis in shelters for one hour and Hezbollah watches

Al-Akhbar

Berri: Dialogue on April 18 if my tour succeeds

Syria on the front: How did Bashar Al-Assad lasted - Ibrahim Al Amine

Murr today: I am here and the command of Metn is mine - Ghassan Saoud

Suleiman's retirement is nor a maneuver and won't be dropped except for national considerations - Antoine Saad

'Future' immunizing itself internally, and Siniora's tour is a crossroad - Nader Fawwaz