Other Views: Meddling with Lebanese institutions
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates: Lebanon went through such a terrible civil war that after 14 years it still remains so politically fragile that when it finds a political formula that works, it changes the laws to suit the politicians.
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This question lingered in the minds of some bankers and financial analysts who observed with deep concern the Security Council debate on the Syrian role in Lebanon Thursday evening in New York.
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The opposition inside and outside Lebanon of giving President Emile Lahoud three additional years is gathering momentum. A report by the Beirut-based An Nahar daily on Monday said that the UN Security Council
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With Syria defying international pressure to withdraw from Lebanon and with tensions over Iraq still high, the Bush administration is weighing new sanctions on some Lebanese officials.
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The death of a young man may turn the emotional tide against the Lebanese government
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BEIRUT -- In a dramatic day of dueling statements, Hezbollah's leader called on his supporters and allied forces to pour into Beirut today to bring down the US-backed government, a move Prime Minister Fuad Saniora compared to a coup attempt. He insisted that the government would fall only through a vote of parliament, not a show of force in the ...
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The notion that Iranian dollars are going to Lebanese Shi`ites is causing much bitterness in Tehran and is fuelling animosity between the Persian community and the Arab world
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BEIRUT, Nov. 27 -- The evening was tense, as most are these days in Beirut, its Maronite Catholics, Greek Orthodox, Sunni and Shiite Muslims and Druze perched imprecisely between war and peace. Malak Beydoun, a young woman, pulled her car into a parking lot in the Christian neighborhood of Ashrafiyeh. She peered at a billboard overhead, alarmed and then indignant....
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Even before the killing of a key Christian politician, Beirut was primed for trouble. Now, it may be hard to avoid confrontation
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Elections in the Middle East, it appears, have increasingly become a tool used by authoritarian leaders to claim legitimacy.
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BIKFAYA, Lebanon -- From the terrace of former president Amin al-Gemayel's ancestral mansion, Lebanon seemed so beautiful that it should go on forever. Traditional houses of ocher stone huddled far below in close-knit villages, and churches with tiny domes stood sentinel along the twisting roads....
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The deployment of European troops to Lebanon and Afghanistan comes under the spotlight and there are mixed views on how the EU should deal with a national unity government in the Palestinian territories. In Austria and Germany, papers are dismayed at a fall in the number of students receiving university degrees.
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On Scene: With Hizballah raising the level of its anti-government rhetoric and prime minister Foud Siniora virtually under siege, any chance for compromise in Beirut looks increasingly dim
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Arab envoys try to broker a deal between rival political factions in Lebanon after days of mass rallies.
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QORNET SHEHWAN: The Qornet Shehwan Gathering opposition movement warned on Thursday that Lebanon is in a &quot;danger zone&quot; because Parliament provoked international disapproval by altering the Constitution under Syrian pressure.
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Beirut: Lebanon warned Saturday that it was considering reprisals against French and US media after the pro-Hezbollah television station Al-Manar was declared a &quot;terrorist organization&quot; by Washington and its broadcasts on two satellites halted.
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The sovereignty of Lebanon has suddenly become an issue of regional and global interest, including resolutions in the US Congress and the United Nations Security Council.