Lebanon rivals could agree end to crisis this week
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Rival Lebanese leaders could reach a deal this week to end a political crisis which has sparked the country's worst civil unrest since the 1975-1990 civil war, a senior opposition source said on Monday.
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Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri will meet French President Jacques Chirac this week ahead of UN chief Kofi Annan's report on Syria's dominant role in Lebanon.
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Palestinians and Israelis have agreed in  principle to proposals aiming to end their conflict, Egypt's  official news agency MENA said on Tuesday.
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Lebanese PM Hariri hints his government will soon resign, bringing to a head the political crisis over Syria's influence.
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LebanonÂs seeming slide toward civil conflict is a flashpoint for tensions in the Middle East.
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A Lebanese opposition leader said a deal to end the country's worst political crisis since the 1975-1990 civil war could emerge "within 48 hours", a newspaper reported on Sunday.
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Politicians from Lebanon&#39;s divided factions were holding a second day of talks in France on Sunday to try to ease eight months of deadlock that has paralysed the nation.
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A Lebanese presidential election scheduled for this week will be postponed until October because rival leaders have yet to agree on a compromise candidate to replace the pro-Syrian incumbent, political sources say.
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The Arab League backs Lebanon's army head as the next president at crisis talks on the country's future.
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The foreign ministers of France, Italy and Spain on Saturday reiterated their commitment toward ending a long-running political crisis in Lebanon that is blocking the election of a president.
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Rival Lebanese leaders engaged in last minute contacts to try and salvage a parliamentary session on Monday which is due to elect the army chief as president.
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Palestinian leaders tried on Monday to negotiate an end to a bloody standoff between the Lebanese army and Islamist militants who have been holed up in a refugee camp for more than a week.
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JERUSALEM, Dec. 17 -- After a day of partisan bloodshed, rival Palestinian factions agreed Sunday to stop hostilities that appeared to be pushing the territories toward a broad civil conflict.
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The Arab League won vital Syrian support on Monday for its efforts to end a standoff between Lebanon's government and a Hezbollah-led opposition, but the opposing parties said a deal still looked elusive.
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A fresh attempt by the sharply divided parliament to elect a Lebanese president was likely to be postponed for the ninth time Monday amid a political impasse that continues to hold up the army chief's election for the post.
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Â· Shia, Sunni and Kurdish parties achieve consensusÂ· Deal may not be enough to end boycott of cabinet
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A Sudanese envoy will hold talks on Monday with Lebanese leaders on an Arab League proposal to resolve Lebanon's political crisis after a show of force by the Hezbollah-led opposition.