December 22, 2008

Lebanonwire

Lebanon Press Highlights

Two visions by Harb and Geagea put weapons' exclusivity in the hands of the state - link

Second dialogue round a calming dose

Constitutional Council before yearend

Suleiman: International partaking in UNIFIL is an expression of protecting Lebanon the believer in human values - Link

Edde: Equipping army is not a solution; what is needed is to agree on common targets - Link

Aoun for direct negotiations with Israel if Syria sits on the same table - Link

Russian grant an urgent issues on cabinet agenda - Link

Najjar: Delaying appointment of Constitutional Council members aims at finding solution - Link

Nassib Lahoud: American support to Lebanon is firm - Link

Sfeir: Ignoring verdicts to reinstate employees is not fair - Link

Says regrets presence of Arab factions that want to live alone

March 14 asks round table to discuss defense strategy on the basis of resolution 1701 - Link

President Moawad's 19th anniversary and its electoral implications - Pierre Atallah - Link

Bahia Hariri: We are with Gaza and all Palestine - Link

Sit-in near Shebaa Farms in solidarity with Gaza - Link

Zaki: We are under the Lebanese law - Link

Bassil: Foreigners ownership policy robs Lebanon of half of its investment area - Link

SSNP launches its electoral machine in Metn regardless of the candidates - Link

Reconciliation in Kfarhim between PSP and the Unification Current - Link

As-Safir

Geagea for adopting Hezbollah's experience after 'legitimizing' it - link

Jumblat for giving priority to Palestinian weapons

Israel intrudes dialogue ...  and the debate is open

'Future' for centralizing resolve; Aoun holds to his proposition; and Harb for giving priority to 'unity'

Israel preparing for war ... fears Lebanon experience - Link

30 years of UNFIL and the numerous indicators of its perpetuity - George Alam - Links

Lebanon to stay under international guardianship with its skies, borders and open crises

Sfeir raises issue of director-generals in custody - Link

Adwan for popular resistance under the surprrvision of the state

'Agreement' on governments and the role of the blocking third - Ahamd Zien - Link

Bassil: Solidere is larger than the state - Link

Safadi boycotts cabinet: Power-sharing mentality is destroying the state - Link

'Free Armenians' in Anjar and Tashnaq bides its time - Samer Husein - Link

Al-Mustaqbal

March 14 asks Security Council to stop Israeli violations of Resolution 1701 - Link

Geagea submits his Swiss-based defense strategy experience to dialogue table

Nassib Lahoud calls for transparent constants

Habib: We will confront any attempt to undermine security - link

Pharoan: War and peace decisions should be confined to central authority - Link

Soueid: Dialogue table is for passing time, cooling off local climate  - Link

Adawan: We will bow to the will of the people if we loose the elections - link

Hamadeh: There is no consensus over the Constitutional Council - link

A reading into the Constitutional Council's election and its repercussions - Faris Khasan - link

Al-Akhbar

Majoritarian assault in judiciary, economy and security: Battle over the authority of information branch and a new agency for crossings above army and general security - Ibrahim Al-Amin  - Link

Investigations' chief in Hariri trial Nick Kaldas is an FBI graduate and looks at Iraq as the terrorism university - Link

Assad refuses controlling Hezbollah: I am not a guard for Israel! - Mohammad Bedair - Link

Electoral alerts won't change Lebanon's acute facts - Ghassan Saoud - Link

Opposition following up Solidere's file- Ibrahim al Amine - Link

Israel, The MiG jets and the Lebanese army  - Link

Tarraf brothers relay their kidnapping story, and the Gaza backers infiltrate the Blue Line  - Link

Dialogue fileis in Suleiman's custody and the debate will begin today - Link