Lebanon vote delayed as mediator sees "closed door"
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Lebanon's presidential election has been postponed from Monday to February 11, the parliament speaker said on Sunday, announcing the 13th delay of a vote blocked by the country's political crisis.
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Lebanon's rival parties are meeting Saturday for unusual, long-awaited talks as their nation remains in political deadlock and faces violence in both the north and south.
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Lebanese presidential elections must be free of violence and foreign interference, the U.N. Security Council said Thursday, joining an international chorus pressuring the Arab country's rival political forces to advance a process whose delay could split Lebanon apart.
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The latest Lebanese assassination has stunned the country and could further delay the election of a new President
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BEIRUT, Sept. 25 -- Hezbollah and its political allies on Tuesday blocked the election of a new president in Lebanon by boycotting parliament, deepening the fierce power struggle between the U.S.-backed government and the pro-Syrian opposition.
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Debate over a presidential extension might turn into a serious crisis in Lebanese-Syrian relations.
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The quartet of Middle East mediators put off a decision on Wednesday on how to handle a new Palestinian unity government amid divisions between the United States and Russia on an aid embargo.
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Lebanon's presidential election was postponed from Monday to February 11, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said on Sunday, announcing the 13th delay of a vote blocked by the country's political crisis.
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France is to suspend diplomatic contacts with Syria until progress is made on choosing a new Lebanese president.
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Election of successor to Emile Lahoud is postponed after parliamentary boycott by political wing.
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Nepal's ruling parties have missed a Sunday deadline to form an interim parliament with Maoist rebels, the latest in a series of delays that have prompted a Maoist leader to question the government's commitment to a landmark peace accord.
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Lebanon's presidential election has been postponed from Saturday until the end of next week, a senior political source said on Friday, prolonging a power vacuum that threatens to further destabilize the country.
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France to suspend diplomatic contacts with Syria until progress is made on choosing a new Lebanese president.
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Police and army troops sealed off downtown Beirut Tuesday to secure a parliamentary session to elect a new head of state, a vote shadowed by assassination of a lawmaker and expected to be blocked by a Hezbollah-led opposition.
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Pakistan postpones its vote amid broad violence following Bhutto's assassination. But the delay may heighten tensions
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A divided U.N. nuclear watchdog has postponed until Thursday a ruling on Iran's bid for aid for a project the West fears could yield bomb-grade plutonium, but is still likely to block such assistance, diplomats said.
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A Sudanese minister has said the decision to expel the heads of two aid agencies is administrative and will be delayed. Sudan decided to postpone a decision to expel the country heads of two British aid agencies