January 27, 2009

Lebanonwire

Lebanon Press Highlights

Suleiman calls for preserving security & political stability, urges elections-related appointments - Link

Defense strategy in the custody of the 'committee' as dialogue enters the maze of elections

Majority preparing its program, calls for widest participation in the February 14 rally

Assad: Arab reconciliation was for 'icebreaking', has no relation with tribunal - Link

Berri: Controlling borders with Israel is very difficult for any side - Link

Sfeir: Egypt is working for peace, others are working for conflicts - Link

Fourth dialogue round a copy of the previous one; the fifth on March 2 - Link

Harb calls for implementing dialogue resolutions, announcing Lebanon's positive neutrality  - Link

Proposes a defense strategy giving defense and liberation exlusively to the state

Suggest forming a national guard under army command and dissolving Hezbollah's military wing

Michel Gabriel Murr announces return of MTV  - Link

Jumblat: An officer specialized in eavesdropping gets office near the minister's - Link

Bassil: There is no eavesdropping room in the ministry of telecommunication - Link

American ambassador visits Miqati and Murr - Link

The Daily Star closed until further notice - Link

Aoun suggest floating the price of the petrol tank - Link

Says it is not acceptable to levy an LL11000 tax on the price

Ahdab: Armed groups are being trained on new assassination techniques - Link

Yaghi: Hezbollah will announce the names of its Baalbeck candidates in February  - Link

Wadih El-Khazen: President Suleiman is keen on neutrality  - Link

As-Safir

Israel wants a security fences in Ghaza, threatens of assaulting it again - link

Cairo suggest gradual calming ... and Palestinian dialogue on February 22

'Stay in place': A fourth and calm dialogue session  - Link

Assad: Kuwait meeting broke the ice and the dialogue with Washington has started -  Link

Lebanese sides betting on the outside will be directly effected by the change in Arab communication

Harb's strategy: Forming a national guard under the command of the army for protecting the borders and putting defense exclusively in the hand of the state -  Link

Opening the door for volunteers, dissolving Hezbollah's military wing and handing over its weapons to the army

Suleiman asserts reconciliation, urges appointing governors and Constitutional Council members -  Link

Khazen: Plunging the name of the president in the elections aims at confusion - Link

March 14 calls for broadest participation in Hariri's anniversary on February 14 - Link

Says work is on for announcing a unified list

Kataeb: Dialogue will remain deficient until Hezbollah submits its proposal - Link

Jumblat: Officer practicing eavesdropping under the auspices of the minister in Hariri case - Link

Bassil denies, says political noise won't impede us - Link

Hezbollah will announce its candidates in mid February - Link

Al-Mustaqbal

March 14 calls for wide popular participation on February 14 - Link

Dialogue table asserts dealing with Palestinian weapons outside camps - Link

Postpones session to March 2

Harb's defense strategy: Handing Hezbollah's weapons to the army according to a specific schedule - Link

Kataeb: Some do not want to set a defense strategy giving the state the exclusive right of protecting Lebanon - Link

Al-Akhbar

Assad: We started dialogue with Obama - Link

Kuwait meeting was just for breaking the ice and needs more

Fourth dialogue session: Words, words, words and no outcome - Nader Fawwaz -  Link

Siniora between a defense strategy to protect Lebanon and the defense strategy - Nicholas Nassif - Link

Aounsists nominate themselves without looking in the mirror - Ghasan Saoud - Link

Kubba prison in the political balance: Winners and losers - Thaer Ghandour - Link