April 16, 2008

Lebanonwire

Lebanon Press Highlights

Security Council asserts full commitment to implementing resolution 1701

Washington keen on seeing president elected as soon as possible

Government accuses Aoun of raising issue of mass graves and settling Palestinians to divert attention from loosing Order of Engineers Elections, withdrawal of MP Michel Murr from 'Change Bloc', plus other problems that will follow suit

Two visits awaiting dates: Berri to Saudi Arabia and Moussa to Damascus

Siniora meets Iranian ambassador, discusses camps issues with Zaki

Hoss: Palestine tragedy is the cause of regional crises, will remain so until further notice

Qassem: Loyalists want a consensus president to bypass him and control country

Assad receives Hoss, expresses Syria's readiness to help the Lebanese

Sisson congratulates ISF graduates, promises more programs

Geagea: No one is thinking of a transitory government

Says will study Berri's initiative after hearing Aoun's and Hezbollah's views

Reveals that a clarification of Rice's stand on elections will be issued

Berri: Siniora's unfettered tongue aim at undermining dialogue, Arab initiative

Murr to Nahar Al-Shabab: I regret failing Gemayel in Metn elections

As-Safir

Lebanon at mercy of Arab vacuum: Passing time till US elections

Berri meets Qatar Emir, Qatar PM, Erdogan, and returns pending Riyadh's date

Qassem: The crisis is long, the changes are complicated and difficult and the problem is with the US which is not in a hurry for solution

Karami: Appointing army commandeer will be more difficult than electing parliament

Khalil: Berri trying to pick up Arab initiative form where it stopped

Qaouk: We want the truth about Siddiq and the 4 officers

Geagea regrets Aoun's level, says 'it was us and not him who confronted settling Palestinians'

Communist Party refuses being held responsible for opposition failure in Order of Engineers elections

Jamil Sayyed challenges Jumblat to open previous regime's files

Al-Mutaqbal

Berri turns the picture upside down: The crisis is internal and not Syrian-Lebanese

Mass reactions to Aoun's stories, and Murr says he regrets failing Gemayel in Metn elections

Lavrov: Foreign intervention in Lebanon should be stopped no matter who the source is

Ban Ki-moon says Lebanon's constitutional vacuum is 'dangerous and unacceptable'

Says issue of the 4 officers relates to the international prosecutor and the Lebanese judiciary

Al-Balad

Berri's tour did not reach Riyadh

Conflict of graves between FPM and the Lebanese Forces

Digging in Halat fails to uncover mass grave

Reconciliation and openness gathers April 13 adversaries

Qassem: Loyalists consider Suleiman a necessary doorway to their project

Geagea and Aoun: Pages form a bloody book - Pierre Aqiqi

Al-Akhbar

The play of searching for a grave

Berri relies on Qatar to normalize Saudi-Syrian relations

Why Siniora's govt doesn't ask for convening Arab ministers meet - Nicholas Nassif

Matar-Kinaan initiative achieves first step and the rest is up to the Church - Antoine Saad