Lebanese leader blocks UN court
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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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Thousands of Lebanese troops tightened security around parliament in Beirut on Tuesday but a session called to elect a new president was set to be postponed after the opposition vowed to boycott it.
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QORNET SHEHWAN: The Qornet Shehwan Gathering opposition movement warned on Thursday that Lebanon is in a &quot;danger zone&quot; because Parliament provoked international disapproval by altering the Constitution under Syrian pressure.
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Lebanon's government drafted a law on Monday to amend the constitution to allow the army chief to become president, but the opposition condemned the move and said it would intensify the country's political deadlock.
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The speaker of the Lebanese parliament has postponed for the 11th time the election of a new president.
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BEIRUT: Lebanon and Syria have failed to comply with the demands of last month&#39;s UN Security Council Resolution 1559, which calls for respecting Lebanon&#39;s sovereignty and political freedom, UN
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A parliamentary session to elect a new president was delayed Sunday after talks between Syrian officials and Lebanon's feuding factions failed to break a presidential deadlock.
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A prominent Syrian human rights activist urges the government to halt his trial after it is adjourned.
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BEIRUT: The leader of the militant Hizbollah group on Saturday rejected a UN resolution calling for his militia to be dismantled, saying the world bodyâs call served Israeli interests.
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A parliamentary session to elect Lebanon's president was postponed for the 11th time Friday, with feuding factions deadlocked over a constitutional amendment and the shape of a future government.
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Lebanon's Syrian-backed president says he will not approve moves by a depleted anti-Syrian cabinet.
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The State Department urged Lebanon on Wednesday to stand by a constitutional provision forbidding a president seeking election to a second term.
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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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Lebanon waited on Friday for the lifting   of Israel's eight-week maritime blockade as the United Nations   scrambled to sort out a naval force to deploy off the Lebanese   coast.
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Lebanon's presidential election scheduled for Tuesday will most likely be postponed to give room for rival Lebanese factions to agree on a consensus candidate, parliamentary deputies said late Saturday.
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Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri on Monday postponed a parliamentary session to elect a new president until Nov. 12 to give rival factions time to agree on a compromise candidate, a statement said.
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A U.N. move to set up a tribunal for suspects in the killing of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri could spell more instability for Lebanon, Lebanese newspapers said on Thursday.