Lebanese leaders seek to salvage president vote
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Rival Lebanese leaders tried to salvage a parliamentary session on Monday which is due to elect the army chief as president, a move that could defuse Lebanon's worst political crisis since the 1975-90 civil war.
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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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As expected, Lebanon&#39;s Parliament on Friday rubber-stamped Syria&#39;s order to keep its handpicked president in office, voting in an extraordinary session to amend the Constitution to give him three more years.
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Rival Lebanese leaders held discussions on Thursday to defuse rising tension a day after the assassination of an anti-Syrian lawmaker threatened to derail efforts to elect a new president.
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Lebanon's deadlocked parliament failed to elect a new head of state on Tuesday, but the anti-Syrian majority and the opposition renewed a dialogue to seek agreement before the house meets again on October 23.
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A Lebanese opposition leader on Saturday renewed his criticism of pro-Syrian President Emile Lahoud&#39;s extended term, a day after a close supporter was wounded in a car bombing regarded as a warning not to upset Lebanon&#39;s Damascus-backed establishment.
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Lebanon's parliament will delay electing a president next week, political sources said on Saturday, allowing more time for rival pro- and anti-Syrian groups to agree on a compromise candidate.
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Prime Minister Fuad Saniora appealed Wednesday to his opponents trying to topple him through mass protests to stop "digging bunkers" and return to the negotiating table to help rebuild Lebanon.
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The head of the Arab League said Wednesday there was progress in his efforts to bring rival Lebanese leaders to reach agreement on defusing political and sectarian tensions that threaten to tear the country apart.
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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday urged Lebanon's prime minister and parliament speaker to reconcile and try to elect a new president, warning that failure could lead to two governments and two presidents.
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Lebanon's parliament adjourns a crucial session to elect a new president until 23 October.
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The head of the Arab League met Lebanese leaders on Tuesday in an effort to mediate an end to a political standoff between the government and the Hezbollah-led opposition.
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After the Lebanese parliament failed to muster a quorum, the vote for president was postponed until Oct. 23.
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Rival Lebanese leaders could reach a deal this week to end a political crisis which has sparked the country's worst civil unrest since the 1975-1990 civil war, a senior opposition source said on Monday.
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Lebanon's political crisis deepened this weekend after the failure for the 10th time by rival parties to agree on a way to elect a President
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Lebanese President Emile Lahoud said he wants to serve a second term in office, but he needs a constitutional amendment and the approval of power broker Syria to stay there.
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The leader of Lebanon's parliamentary majority and the parliament speaker of the opposition met late Thursday for the first time in four months, a move that marked the first tangible step toward ending a political crisis that has divided the government and paralyzed the nation.