Lebanese minister slams Chirac for 'interference'
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BEIRUT: A senior Lebanese government minister warned French President Jacques Chirac he had "no right to interfere" in Lebanese politics after Chirac criticized the extension of President Emile Lahoud's term in ...
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The head of Lebanon's Hezbollah has slammed Prime Minister Fuad Siniora for hosting British leader Tony Blair, whom he accused of being complicit in the killing of civilians during the one-month war.
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Lebanon's prime minister called Israel's blockade of the country illegal on Saturday and the parliament speaker urged Arab nations to break the siege.
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Lebanon's political crisis worsened Friday with government ministers fearing for their lives after the murder of one of their own, businesses on strike and Hezbollah renewing threats of protests.
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The murder of an anti-Syrian leader means the removal of just two more cabinet ministers would bring down the government. And that, many Lebanese believe, is precisely what the killers intend
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Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora  accuses the leader of the Hezbollah militant movement of plotting a coup.
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A government minister in Poland has been reprimanded for making critical remarks about the relationship between the Catholic Church and domestic violence.
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Lebanese Christian minister Pierre Gemayel, an outspoken critic of Syria, was assassinated near Beirut on Tuesday, security sources said.
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BEIRUT: Less than a month after he resigned his post to protest the Syrian-orchestrated extension of President Emile Lahoud&#39;s mandate, former Minister Marwan Hamade was targeted
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France on Monday called for an international inquiry into a deadly blast in Beirut that claimed the life of former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq Hariri, President Jacques Chirac's office said in a statement.
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The U.N. Secretary General also criticized Lebanon's Syrian-backed president, Emile Lahoud, for seeking to extend his term beyond the constitutionally set limit of six years.
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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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BEIRUT, Nov. 23 -- Allies of a slain Lebanese Christian minister Pierre Gemayel transformed his funeral into protest, pulpit and show of force Thursday, as tens of thousands surged into downtown Beirut to vent their anger against a Syrian government they blamed for his assassination and to press demands at the heart of a crisis as pronounced as any since the end of Lebanon's 15-year civil war....
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Lebanon's Druze opposition leader Walid Jumblatt Tuesday accused Syria and Lebanese authorities of assassinating former Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri.
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France's Segolene Royal stood accused of a fresh campaign blunder Wednesday after one of her top advisers disowned a text in which she harshly attacks President Jacques Chirac's Africa policy.Comment
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French President Jacques Chirac faced at times scathing criticism from British newspapers for stressing his continued differences with London over Iraq during a visit to Britain.
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French President Jacques Chirac's critics allege he is trying to get his former legal adviser into a key post to escape being tried on corruption charges.