September 17, 2008

Lebanonwire

Lebanon Press Highlights

Dialogue train takes off:

50-day respite to complete reconciliations and for Hariri and Nasrallah to meet

Berri for giving priority to defense strategy

Hezbollah for expanding participation and adopting May 7

Maratinos: Syrian role is positive, constructive and I don't see an Israeli threat to launch a real war

Sarkis warns of repeating Sojod chopper incident in Lassa

Spanish FM: Hezbollah's weapons is a domestic issue

Siniora: We hold to dialogue, Arabism and are committed to Taef and the revival of the state

PM office: There is no difference with Cyprus over territorial waters

Visit to Washington is fruitless and delaying dialogue for 50 days raises questions - Khalil Fleihan

As-Safir

Suleiman launches national dialogue with call to integrate resistance and army

Nasrallah: We want our allies to be at the forefront of the table

Hariri warns of gap between leaders and people

Nasrallah welcomes dialogue table, calls for expanding it and for stopping intimidation

Says reconciliations will stretch to Beirut and all the Lebanese areas

Dialogue II: Debate over defense strategy launched and the second session on November 5

Suleiman calls for relying on 'our armed forces and for benefiting form the resistance & diplomacy'

Moratinios: Let the Lebanese remain united and the future is theirs

Full text of President Suleiman's speech - Link to Arabic text

Full text of dialogue table closing communiqué - Link to Arabic text

Al-Mustaqbal

Dialogue conference gives top priority to defense strategy

Suleiman calls for asserting concept of state, to sponsor bilateral dialogues prior to next session

Nasrallah defends May 7 attack, reiterates call to expand dialogue, announces suing L'Orient Le Jour

Taborian punishes capital by reducing hours of power supply

Beirut MPs regards step as a continuation of the May 7 attack

Is there a danger threatening the President of the Republic? - Faris Khashan

Al-Akhbar

Dialogue table: Postponing differences and a media truce for testing

First day minutes: Conclave than dialogue and an agreement on media and a security truce

Pragmatism at the gateways of dialogue: Resistance will remain as long as Israel remains

Jumblat courting Syria through flirting with its allies in Lebanon - Antoine el-khouri Harb

Four-way or five away electoral alliance worries March 14 Christians - Antoine Saad

Nasrallah: The side that killed Mughniyeh must be worried all around the world - Antoine Saad