Lebanon extends president's term
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MPs in Beirut vote to extend the Lebanese president's term despite a UN warning to Syria not to interfere in Lebanon.
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African leaders extend the mandate of their Darfur peacekeepers for another six months.
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Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri , left, arrives at the the presidential palace to submit his resignation to President Emil Lahoud Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2004.
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The election of a president by Lebanese members of parliament has been  postponed fro a second time.
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Arab League chief Amr Moussa said more time was needed to resolve Lebanon's political stand-off after he brought the feuding parties together on Friday.
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Lebanon's Parliament amended the country's constitution Friday to extend pro-Syrian President Emile Lahoud's term, ignoring U.N. calls to hold an election to choose the head of state.
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BEIRUT - The Lebanese Parliament, which was scheduled to elect a new president yesterday, postponed the vote until Oct. 23 after it failed to muster a quorum because of the deadlock among the country's political factions.
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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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Lebanon&#39;s cabinet has approved a bill to amend the constitution and allow the president, Emile Lahoud, to stay in power for another three years.
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Lebanon delayed its presidential election by nearly three weeks to November 12 on Monday to allow more time for rival pro- and anti-Syrian groups to agree on a compromise candidate.
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Lebanon's parliament is going ahead with  a vote to extend the term of Syrian-backed President Emile  Lahoud Friday despite a U.N. Security Council resolution  warning Damascus against interfering in Lebanon.
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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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Lebanon&#39;s Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri resigned Wednesday after the pro-Syrian president&#39;s term was extended under what lawmakers called pressure from Damascus.
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Now that destiny was fulfilled, faster than anyone expected, with the Lebanese Council of Ministers accepting to amend the constitution in order to extend President Emile Lahoud&#39;s term for three more years, it is enough for the Lebanese, who objected to
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Debate over a presidential extension might turn into a serious crisis in Lebanese-Syrian relations.
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Lebanese editorials on Saturday rued  parliament's decision to amend the constitution to extend  Syrian-backed President Emile Lahoud's term despite strong  objections from Washington and the United Nations.
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The leader of Lebanon's governing coalition has accused Syria of trying to prolong the political stalemate over the election of a new president.