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December 16, 2008

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Lebanon Press Highlights

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An-Nahar
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Justice minister suggests Ghanem for the the Supreme Court and Sader for the Shura Council

Parliamentary blocs prepare for the general debate session

Siniora suggests debating a weekly 'issue' in parliament

Parliament passes minimum public sector's wages, living conditions raise

Suleiman returns from Jordan

Says Lebanon won't be a necessity unless all deal with it on a state-to-state basis

DM Murr arrives in Moscow, to meet his counterpart, Kremlin officials today

Edde visits Sfeir, says, 'I am a candidate, and the Christians have one patriarch'

Miqati: Waving with the blocking third takes us to additional standoff

Yakan surprised with the call to amend Taef

Aoun: Taef nail should be shaken because it gave the authority of the president to the cabinet

Salam says time not appropriate for amending Taef

Sfeir: Verdicts issued during Syrian occupation should be reconsidered

Kataeb backs Sfeir's calls for re-trials

Reminds of the Lebanese detainees in Syrian jails and those present in Israel

Abu Nader calls for annulling the Syrian-Lebanese Brotherhood, Cooperation, & Coordination Treaty

Rafeii warns of a plan to transform region to sectarian states

Hezbollah: Throwing shoe at Bush is an expression of Iraqi rejection of occupation

Nasrallah calls for demonstrations and sit-ins as of Friday to demand lifting Gaza siege

Absi ran away to Syria and disappeared

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As-Safir

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Zubaidi waited for a long time to hit Bush with his shoes

Iraqi government doubts his motives

Iraqi street rushes to defend its hero

Nasrallah calls for moves to begin Friday with a demonstration in solidarity with Gaza

Consensus closes file of wages as elections open parliament for auctions

Elections serial begins at parliament with live broadcasts

Parliament passes wages hike, rent increase and retroactive salary scale payment

Nasrallah calls for the broadest campaign in solidarity with Gaza

Demonstrations in Dahia Friday to demand lifting siege

Murr begins talks in Moscow: Russia ready to equip army with modern weapons

Jumblat calls for forming senate, setting out sectarian-free electoral law

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Al-Mustaqbal

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Another test for the unity government in the Parliament today

Majority warns of blackmailing

Security Council to hear Bellmare today, vote for extending probe for two months

Explosion in Ain Al-Helweh near the house of a Palestinian Armed Struggle element

Suleiman: Elections will be the epitome of democratic life; reform starts with decentralization

Kataeb: Suleiman's call for decentralization forecasts a new official tendency

Glorifying Iraq's insult to Bush puts the shoe in place of the pen - Fares Khashan

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Al-Akhbar

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Israel threatens Hezbollah of 'victory' within 5 days - Mohammad Bdeir

What remained of Fatah Al-Islam after the disappearance of Shaker Al-Absi - Fidaa Itani

Jamil Al-Sayyid: There is an intention to prolong our arrest

FPM reconsidering its electoral courses and tendencies - Ghassan Saoud

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