Lebanese MPs to vote Friday on law amendment
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Constitutional amendment drafted will allow Lahoud to stand for re-election despite opposition at home, abroad. BEIRUT - Lebanese MPs will vote Friday on a constitutional amendment drafted under pressure from
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Lebanon's parliament is going ahead with  a vote to extend the term of Syrian-backed President Emile  Lahoud Friday despite a U.N. Security Council resolution  warning Damascus against interfering in Lebanon.
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Israel's parliament took  extraordinary security steps Wednesday for a vote next week on  a Gaza pullout plan expected to spark Jewish settler protests  and heighten death threats against Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.
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Lebanon prepared to bury anti-Syrian legislator Walid Eido on Thursday, a day after he was killed in a car bomb attack his allies blamed on Damascus.
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influential Beirut daily An-Nahar, which carried an &quot;honour roll&quot; of the 29 deputies who voted against the extension. Ninety-six deputies voted in favour of the constitutional amendment, with three absent.
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The Lebanese cabinet has approved a bill that will allow President Emile Lahud to seek re-election, despite Western and domestic opposition to such a move.
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Lebanon's opposition, led by the Syrian-backed Hezbollah, called on Monday for early parliamentary elections after the anti-Syrian majority coalition refused to agree to its demand for a national unity government.
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A powerful bomb killed an anti-Syria lawmaker and six others Wednesday in a Christian neighborhood of Beirut, threatening to derail an effort by an already deeply divided Parliament to elect Lebanon's next president in voting to begin next week.
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Lebanon's parliament voted  overwhelmingly on Friday to extend the term of Syrian-backed  President Emile Lahoud, despite a U.N. Security Council  resolution warning Damascus against interfering in Lebanon.
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Moroccans voted on Friday in  parliamentary polls expected to show gains for moderate  Islamists pushing an anti-corruption message to voters seeking  more vigorous efforts to fight poverty.
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BEIRUT, 4 September 2004 - Lebanese MPs bowed to Syrian pressure yesterday and approved a constitutional amendment giving pro-Damascus President Emile Lahoud another three years in office, despite a UN Security Council resolution calling for an end to
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Fears for Lebanon's future as Beirut crowds flock to funeral of murdered MP
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Crowds gathered in Beirut on Friday for the funeral of an anti-Syrian Christian legislator whose assassination has fuelled tensions ahead of Lebanon's bitterly contested presidential election.
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The Israeli Parliament will vote today to back the disengagement plan of the Prime Minister Sharon. It is well known that this plan is not what we were praying for.
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Lebanon's parliament voted on Friday to  extend the term of Syrian-backed President Emile Lahoud,  despite a U.N. Security Council resolution warning Damascus  against interfering in Lebanon.
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Â· Damascus says UN move will destabilise Lebanon  Â· Last chance for parliament in Beirut to end impasse
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Lebanon&#39;s parliament voted overwhelmingly Friday to extend the term of Syrian-backed President Emile Lahoud, despite a UN Security Council resolution warning Damascus against interfering in Lebanon.