Arab League chief upbeat on possible Lebanon deal
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Arab League chief Amr Moussa said on Wednesday he was making significant progress toward a deal to end Lebanon's political crisis.
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It signals the possibility of peace in the Middle East, they said, with the appointment of a new leader to replace the 75-year-old head of the PLO.
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A Muslim negotiator involved in trying to free British hostage Ken Bigley has expressed guarded optimism he will be freed, it is reported.
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Palestinian mediators are hopeful a deal will be reached soon to end a month of fighting between Lebanese troops and al Qaeda-inspired militants entrenched in a refugee camp, political sources said on Tuesday.
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BEIRUT -- The head of the Arab League, Amr Moussa, said yesterday that there had been progress in his efforts to bring rival Lebanese leaders to reach agreement on defusing political and sectarian tensions.
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Leaders in the Arab world have congratulated incumbent US President George W. Bush on his re-election. Arab League chief Amr Moussa hopes Bush will actively push forward the
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Lebanon's pro-Syrian president said on Thursday he would appoint an interim government headed by the army chief if rival Lebanese leaders cannot agree on a new head of state before his term expires in November.
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An Arab mediator brokered a meeting between rival Lebanese leaders on Thursday but a political source said their dispute was unresolved and a breakthrough remained distant.
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Lebanon&#39;s president has reaffirmed that Beirut will continue to work closely with Syria, as hundreds of Lebanese came to congratulate him on the extension of his term, which Washington says was orchestrated by Damascus.
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Arab League chief Amr Musa has played down talk of the creation of a Palestinian state, dismissing the idea that the peace process is on the verge of recovery.
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The Arab League won vital Syrian support on Monday for its efforts to end a standoff between Lebanon's government and a Hezbollah-led opposition, but the opposing parties said a deal still looked elusive.
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Syria and Lebanon's parliamentary majority leader support an Arab plan to end the constitutional crisis in Lebanon, which has not had a president since November 23, diplomatic and political sources said on Sunday.
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The head of the Arab League said Saturday that he was leaving Lebanon after failing to get the country's feuding politicians to agree on a plan to elect a new president and end the deepening political crisis.
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The government and opposition have agreed on a national unity Cabinet in which major decisions could be made only by consensus, the head of the Arab League said Thursday in a major step toward ending Lebanon's political crisis.
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The Arab League won vital Syrian support on Monday for its efforts to end a standoff between Lebanon's government and a Hezbollah-led opposition rallying hundreds of thousands in central Beirut, an envoy said.
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Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett has expressed her support for Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora and called on Lebanon's feuding factions to return to dialogue.
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A Lebanese opposition leader said a deal to end the country's worst political crisis since the 1975-1990 civil war could emerge "within 48 hours", a newspaper reported on Sunday.