Syria-Dictated Move Prompts Political Uproar in Lebanon
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Lebanon&#39;s hothouse politics have been thrown into turmoil by Syria&#39;s insistence - at a suddenly summoned special cabinet meeting over the weekend - that the president
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WASHINGTON [MENL] -- The United States said Syria threatened Lebanese parliamentarians as part of an effort to ensure the rule of President Emile Lahoud.
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AMMAN, Jordan -- Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri of Lebanon resigned yesterday in a sign of deepening divisions within Lebanon's fragile government over the decisive role that Syria, its larger and more powerful neighbor, plays in its political life.
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Syria, under growing international pressure to end its long-time military presence in Lebanon, began pulling back more than 1,000 of its 20,000 troops today.
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Syria halts co-operation with France on the Lebanese crisis in an escalating row, Syria's foreign minister announces.
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Syria on Wednesday opposed deployment of an international force along its border to prevent arms shipments to Hezbollah, and Israel called the situation in Lebanon "explosive." A cease-fire was further shaken by artillery shells and explosions that killed three Lebanese soldiers and an Israeli.
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President Emile Lahoud appointed pro-Syrian Omar Karami as Lebanon&#39;s prime minister on Thursday, a move likely to strengthen Syria&#39;s role in Lebanon despite international pressure on Damascus to pull out its troops.
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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 and Syria have failed to comply with the demands of last month&#39;s UN Security Council Resolution 1559, which calls for respecting Lebanon&#39;s sovereignty and political freedom, UN
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Syria, under growing international pressure to end its longtime military presence in Lebanon, began pulling back more than 1,000 of its 20,000 troops on Tuesday, a senior Lebanese military official said.
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International pressure mounted on Syria  to ease its grip on Lebanon as stunned Lebanese prepared to  bury assassinated former Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri on  Wednesday.
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Syria on Tuesday described as absurd a travel ban imposed by the United States on Syrian officials who Washington accuses of undermining the Lebanese government.
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France and Germany turned up the pressure on Syria on Tuesday, telling Damascus to stop destabilising Lebanon as mass protests against Prime Minister Fuad Siniora entered a fifth day.Comment
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Lebanon&#39;s president appointed staunchly pro-Syrian politician Omar Karami as prime minister on Thurdsday, asking him to form the next government in a move that consolidates Syria&#39;s hold on Lebanese politics.
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Syria has turned herself into cannon fodder in the campaigns directed against her during the American presidential election battle-a result of her miscalculations in the Lebanese presidential elections.
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Lebanon protested to the United States  on Saturday over a proposal to freeze the assets of senior  officials to put pressure on Syria to withdraw its troops from  Lebanon and crack down on terrorism.
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Beirut, Lebanon -- Lebanon&#39;s president appointed staunchly pro-Syria politician Omar Karami as prime minister Thursday, asking him to form the next government in a move that consolidates Syria&#39;s hold on Lebanese politics.