Lebanon leaders in France to seek renewed dialogue
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Lebanon&#39;s political factions including the pro-Syrian opposition Hezbollah on Saturday began two days of talks in France to try to ease the deadlock paralysing the nation.
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The United States and France are weighing a UN Security Council resolution seeking to curb Syrian influence in Lebanon, whose pro-Syrian president wants to stay beyond
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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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The election of Lebanon's president must  go ahead on Saturday as scheduled, French President Nicolas  Sarkozy told his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad in a phone  call, Sarkozy's spokesman said on Friday.
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Diplomatic efforts to reach quick agreement on a U.N. resolution aimed at ending the escalating Israeli-Hezbollah conflict faltered Wednesday over differences between the United States and France on the timing of an Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon.
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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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The opposition inside and outside Lebanon of giving President Emile Lahoud three additional years is gathering momentum. A report by the Beirut-based An Nahar daily on Monday said that the UN Security Council
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France called for a new start to relations with the United States on Wednesday after a long chill over the Iraq war and said the countries' leaders should talk more often.
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The election of Lebanon's president must go ahead on Saturday as scheduled, French President Nicolas Sarkozy told his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad in a phone call, Sarkozy's spokesman said on Friday.
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For the United States and France, Lebanon is no Iraq. After clashing over the U.S.-led ouster of Saddam Hussein, French and American officials are &#151; in the words of a French diplomat &#151; working "hand-in-hand" in the aftermath of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri's assassination.
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Though the meeting was a in a major step toward ending Lebanon's political crisis, Arab League chief Amr Moussa said more talks are required to conclude the deal
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Lebanon&#39;s prime minister Rafic Hariri announced the possibility of making a reshuffle on his government as from September 17 after four ministers including 3 from the Democratic Gathering bloc led by the Druz leader Walid Junblat gave their resignation in
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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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Different approaches, same goal &#151; that's how both American and French diplomats are describing their joint efforts to end the fighting in Lebanon.
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Under intense international pressure to stop the Israeli-Hezbollah fighting, France and the United States stepped up negotiations Thursday on a resolution that calls for an immediate cessation of hostilities and sets conditions for a lasting peace.
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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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The U.N. Security Council on Tuesday urged all Lebanese political parties to enter into talks to prevent a further deterioration of the political crisis there.