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July 14, 2008

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Lebanon Press Highlights

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An-Nahar
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Sarkozy launches Union for the Mediterranean with great hopes

Calls for taking Europe as an example for reconciliation and integration

Suleiman meets Assad for the second time

Moallem in Beirut shortly with an invitation to Suleiman to visit Damascus

Israel: Prisoners' swap Wednesday after studying report on missing airman Arad

Suleiman holds another meeting with Assad, Meets Ban-Ki-moon

Says: 'No reason why Damascus won't be the first Arab capital I visit'

Ban-Ki-moon: We hope tribunal will be held as soon as possible

Mukaiber welcomes establishing diplomatic relations between Lebanon and Syria

Expresses concern over Lebanese prisoners in Syrian jails

Mufti Qabalan: Diplomatic relations with Syria is absurd, unbecoming between two brothers

Baghdad: Siniora wants to visit Iraq

Skaff: No enemies in government and the relation with Syria will have a positive effect

Abu Faour: Syrian pledges are lies as diplomatic relations will be meaningless without delineating borders

Salam: Security and living conditions will top our priorities

Shamseddine: My appointment as minister is not a challenge; parties must not monopolize sects

Amal welcomes forming government, says dialogue after policy statement

Baroud: Challenge facing government is to drive Lebanon toward political and security stability

Chatah: Policy statement will be a difficult test

Bassil vows revolution in telecom sector

Hezbollah: Lebanon can only be ruled with partnership and consensus

Jumblat: Receiving Assad in Paris is an insult to the Lebanese

SSNP: Forming government a step towards reinstating institutional balance

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As-Safir

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Prisoners' swap Wednesday morning in Naqoura, evening with Nasrallah

Suleiman and Assad: A new page free from past accumulations

Baroud: Interior will be decisive over security, a ministry for human rights

Moallem to As-Safir: Obstacles must be overcome before starting diplomatic ties with Lebanon

Suleiman, Assad meet twice, agree on opening embassies, exchanging visits

Suleiman's speech in summit: Calls for a Mediterranean strategy to resolve Arab-Israeli conflict

Suleiman demands Israel to abide by international resolutions prior to talks

French source: Sarkozy and Asaad did not discuss tribunal

Hezbollah: Government is an advanced step to mend Lebanon's fractured unity

Amal: We extend our hand to those with whom we differed

Hardan: Let solving peoples' problems be our priority

Jumblat: The battle is one for sovereignty and independence

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Al-Mustaqbal

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Suleiman says Shebaa Farms can be freed by diplomacy first

Discusses with Assad the mechanism and timing of diplomatic relations, and the issue of missing Lebanese in Syria

Moallem to arrange visit by Suleiman to Damascus

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Al-Akhbar

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Mediterranean: Summit: Normalization and reconciliation

Israel agrees to prisoners' swap Wednesday in Naqoura

Suleiman-Assad: Embassies soon, borders file later - Ibrahim Al-Amin

After government: A consensus policy statement and a trapped dialogue - Nader Fawwaz

Murr-Tashnaq: Aoun's 'angels' were there!

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