Lebanon braces for power struggle
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Lebanon braced on Wednesday for a bitter power struggle after the assassination of an anti-Syrian Christian cabinet minister which his allies blamed on Syria.
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Lebanese leaders vowed on Thursday to stamp out an Islamist militant group that has been fighting the army at a camp in the north of the country.
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JUST weeks before Emile Lahoud is scheduled to start his newly extended three-year term as president of Lebanon, the country has been plunged into a political crisis with the decision by Prime Minister Rafik Hariri to give up his post, dissolve his
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NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon  - Al Qaeda-inspired militants in north Lebanon threatened on Wednesday to take their fight to other parts of the country and beyond if the Lebanese army did not stop attacking a Palestinian refugee camp.
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International pressure mounted on Syria to ease its grip over Lebanon as stunned Lebanese prepared to bury slain former Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri on Wednesday.
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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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As Pierre Gemayel is laid to rest and pro- and anti-Syrian factions square off for a confrontation, the modern Lebanese state appears to be on life-support
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The Lebanese army is preparing to launch a final assault against al Qaeda-inspired militants holed up at a Palestinian refugee camp in north Lebanon, political and security sources said on Wednesday.
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Whereas President Emile Lahoud has been constantly calling for the consolidation of national unity, from which Lebanon derives its strength and capacity to face all the challenges it is confronted with, in ...
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Lebanon's divided parliament failed to elect a new president on Tuesday, but the anti-Syrian majority and the opposition both said they were ready for dialogue before a possible vote on October 23.
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There's a lot of waiting and worrying in Lebanon these days. One year after Israel and the Shiite Hezbollah militia went to war, large swaths of Lebanon still lie in ruins and as rival factions struggle for control over the country.
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Lebanonâs troubles are not principally about Islamic militancy, but some fear the country could attract more of it, especially from the Iraq war.
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Lebanon's political divide has reached a dangerous deadlock after pro-Western ministers defied their pro-Syrian rivals to take the next step in ratifying an international court into ex-premier Rafiq Hariri's 2005 murder.
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Arab League chief Amr Moussa said on Thursday he was hopeful he could clinch a deal between rival Lebanese leaders to end a political crisis which has left the country with no president since November.
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TRIPOLI, Lebanon -- Lebanon's prime minister vowed yesterday to wipe out an Islamic militant group barricaded in a Palestinian refugee camp, raising the prospect that the army will either storm the camp, in what would likely be a bloody battle, or dig in for a long siege to force its surrender.
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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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Lebanon's rival parties are meeting Saturday for unusual, long-awaited talks as their nation remains in political deadlock and faces violence in both the north and south.