Lebanon's government backs U.N. tribunal
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The U.S.-backed government on Saturday approved an international tribunal for suspects in the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, overriding the objections of Hezbollah amid a political crisis that threatens to spin Lebanon into violence.
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UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 25 -- The U.N. investigator into the slaying of former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq al-Hariri said Monday that he was close to amassing evidence in the case that would stand up in court.
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A divided Security Council approved a resolution establishing an international tribunal to prosecute suspects in the assassination of the former Lebanese prime minister.
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The U.N. Security Council has given a green light to U.N. investigators to help probe last week's killing of an anti-Syrian lawmaker in a massive car bombing in Beirut.
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Visiting UN Secretary General Kofi Annan on Wednesday thanked all the nations that had worked to help lift Israel's embargo on its neighbor Lebanon.
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JERUSALEM -- The Israeli Cabinet yesterday approved a committee to investigate the government's handling of the recent war in Lebanon but rejected protesters' calls for an independent inquiry. Amid broad dissatisfaction in Israel over the outcome of the Lebanon conflict, the question of whether to conduct an investigation, and of what kind, had become a political battle. Prime Minister Ehud ...
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The U.N. Security Council voted Wednesday to unilaterally establish an international tribunal to prosecute suspects in the killing of Lebanon's former prime minister, prompting many Lebanese to celebrate and dance in the streets.
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The Cambodian parliament ratified an  agreement with the United Nations on Monday on setting up a  tribunal to try surviving leaders of the Khmer Rouge regime  responsible for the deaths of 1.7 million people.
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The United Nations signed an agreement on Tuesday as a first step in creating a tribunal that would try suspects in the 2005 murder of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri and other anti-Syrian figures.
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The Arab League won vital Syrian support on Monday for its efforts to end a standoff between Lebanon's pro-Western government and a Hezbollah-led opposition rallying hundreds of thousands in central Beirut, an envoy said.
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The U.N. Security Council backed the Lebanese government on Monday in its battle against Palestinian militants and expressed deep concern at "mounting information" of illegal arms crossing from Syria.
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Lebanon's parliament voted  overwhelmingly on Friday to extend the term of Syrian-backed  President Emile Lahoud, despite a U.N. Security Council  resolution warning Damascus against interfering in Lebanon.
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BEIRUT -- The Arab League won vital Syrian support yesterday for its efforts to end a standoff between Lebanon's government and a Hezbollah-led opposition that has been rallying hundreds of thousands in central Beirut, an envoy said.
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2 September 2004 - With an eye to Lebanon&#39;s upcoming elections, the United Nations Security Council this evening passed a resolution â-y the razor-thin margin of nine in favor with six abstentions â -laring support for polling free of outside
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Syria and its allied Hezbollah group on Thursday condemned a U.N. decision to set up a tribunal in the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, warning that it violated Lebanon's sovereignty and would deepen its political crisis.
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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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The UN Security Council agrees to help investigate the murder of Lebanese politician Pierre Gemayel.