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September 4, 2008

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Lebanon Press Highlights

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An-Nahar
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President doesn't mind having a parliamentary bloc belonging to him without his interference

Maronite Bishops strongly denounce killing of chopper officer

Government division over minimum wage delays cabinet session

Siniora: Controlling security in Tripoli and the north is the biggest test for the army

Maronite Bishops: State is fractured, Lebanon is on the brink of poverty and cities have become a fertile ground for disorder

Miqati: Tripoli has no option but the state

Suleiman: Dialogue will be fruitless without good intentions

Administration and Justice Committee approves voting for 18-years-old

Former MPs view Sojod incident as a national tragedy

Karami meets Larijani in Teheran

Loyalty to Resistance: Great tasks awaiting army commander

Mekari: Defense strategy more inevitable after Sojod incident

Hariri: Doha Agreement is important but more important is the Taef Accord

Chamoun: Hezbollah is building its state with the help of its allies

Hassan Shahhal: Siniora asked me to call for reconcialtion in Tripoli

Aoun calls for separating between the chopper incident and Hezbollah's weapons

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As-Safir

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Suleiman calls for amending Taef Accord to enhance president's authority with regard to dissolving parliament, dissolving cabinet, and the delay-periods for signing laws and decrees.

Hariri ready to sponsor reconciliation in north, and Jumblat fears isolating Arab countries

Assad, Sarkozy pave way for a new realism in today's quartet summit

Mutual pledges covering Lebanon, Iran, and a French intervention with Israel

Suleiman: Chopper incident was a mistake admitted by resistance; the army won't collide with them

Siniora from Baabda: No cabinet meeting this week; wages to be discussed next week; and appointments will be decided when we agree on them

Hariri ready to back reconciliation in Triploi and the north, warns of extremism

Says 'we must protect civil peace and Taef is the only agreement we should abide by"

Moawad receives Sison, says no to two armies, two weapons, two states

Aoun: Ballot boxes will decide if our popularity has retracted

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Al-Mustaqbal

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Suleiman doesn't mind having a parliamentary bloc by his side

Siniora says Damascus summit will unlikely be at Lebanon's expense

'Michel Suleiman's Republic' besieged by Syrian bets and Iranian tensions - Nassir Al-Asaad

Suleiman to visit Saudi Arabia and Iran shortly, will meet Bush in Washington mid September

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Al-Akhbar

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Syria says goodbye to its isolation

Sarkozy brings Syria back to the pre 2005 boycott - Nicholas Nassif

Damascus summit: Meeting of axis powers in the gray area - Bassam Tayyara

Syrian-French summit: Consensus that doesn't conceal variance

Israel to the Europeans: Beware of Syria - Ali Haidar

Suleiman: Strategy means all subjects must be discussed

Hezbollah's priority: Political understandings, not electoral alliances - Nader Fawwaz

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