Lebanon speaker says U.N. ignores constitution
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Lebanon's parliament speaker said on Thursday the U.N. Security Council had ignored the country's constitution in voting to set up a tribunal for suspects in the killing of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri.
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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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The Lebanese government must fully implement a recent U.N. resolution requiring the disarming of the militant Shiite group Hezbollah or Israel will be less reluctant to attack the Lebanese state if Hezbollah resumes hostilities, Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni said yesterday.
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President Jacques Chirac said Lebanon had missed an  opportunity for democracy by bowing to Syrian pressure and extending the term of its president through a constitutional amendment rather than putting the issue to a popular vote.
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President Jacques Chirac said Lebanon had missed an opportunity for democracy by bowing to Syrian pressure and extending the term of its president through a constitutional amendment rather than putting the ...
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President Lahoud of Lebanon formally rejects plans for a tribunal to investigate the killing of ex-PM Rafik Hariri.
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Lebanon Wednesday rejected US criticism Syria dictated the make-up of the the new 30-member government of Premier Omar Karami. Information Minister Elie Ferzili said after
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The leader of the Hizbullah group on Saturday rejected a UN resolution calling for his guerilla army to be dismantled, saying the world body&#39;s call served Israeli interests.
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The UN says that Syria has failed to comply with a resolution to withdraw all of its troops from Lebanon.
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Lebanon&#39;s new government was &quot;made in Damascus&quot; in defiance of a UN resolution calling for an end to Syria&#39;s interference in Lebanese affairs, a senior US official was quoted on Wednesday as saying.
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Lebanon on Friday rejected the UN Security Council resolution demanding respect of the country&#39;s political independence and Syrian forces&#39; withdrawal from it.
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A Lebanese Christian leader said on   Sunday Hizbollah's war with Israel was a disaster for Lebanon   and rapped the Shi'ite Muslim group for rejecting calls to lay   down its arms.
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A U.S.-drafted resolution  telling Syria to withdraw its forces from Lebanon and warning  against foreign interference in Beirut's presidential election  squeaked through the U.N. Security Council on Thursday.
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Accusing Myanmar of crushing dissent, a senior U.N. official said on Wednesday the southeast Asian country's recent national convention to draw up a constitution was undemocratic and exclusionary.
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At least 28 Lebanese legislators say they will not take part in consultations on a new government that President Emile Lahoud began today, a day after the Cabinet of veteran Prime Minister Rafiq Al Hariri resigned.
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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, whose country is under fire at the United Nations over its troop presence in Lebanon, rejected charges that Damascus was seeking to dominate its smaller neighbor.
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Israel on Wednesday rejected demands from visiting U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan that it immediately lift its sea and air blockade of Lebanon and withdraw its forces once 5,000 international troops are deployed.