Many Lebanese rue president&#39;s term extension
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influential Beirut daily An-Nahar, which carried an &quot;honour roll&quot; of the 29 deputies who voted against the extension. Ninety-six deputies voted in favour of the constitutional amendment, with three absent.
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The leader of Lebanon's governing coalition has accused Syria of seeking to drag out the political limbo surrounding the election of a new president.
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A Lebanese presidential election scheduled for this week will be postponed until October because rival leaders have yet to agree on a compromise candidate to replace the pro-Syrian incumbent, political sources say.
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A powerful car bomb that killed a Christian lawmaker was the latest in a deadly string of bombings that have rocked Lebanon as the country prepares to select a new president.
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The Lebanese Cabinet Saturday decided to extend the term of Lebanese President Emile Lahoud for three years in an uncommon endorsement of a draft amendment to the constitution that allows such an extension for ...
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Lebanon on Friday postponed its presidential election to January 21 from Saturday, the 12th such delay, despite efforts by the Arab League to get rival Lebanese leaders to agree an Arab plan to end the country's crisis.
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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 -- Senior Lebanese officials warned yesterday that the country was entering a volatile period a day after the assassination of former prime minister Rafik Hariri, pointedly evoking the first year of Lebanon's long civil war and urging calm among opposition leaders and thousands of citizens who hold the government responsible for Hariri's death.
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In November 2004, Lebanese President Emil Lahoud will complete his six-year term. Parliament, according to the constitution, has to elect the new president (from the Maronite Christian community).
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Lebanon's parliament will delay electing a president next week, political sources said on Saturday, allowing more time for rival pro- and anti-Syrian groups to agree on a compromise candidate.
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Lebanon's Prime Minister Fuad Saniora waves to hundreds of supporters at his heavily fortified office complex where he has been holed up since the opposition launched street protests on Dec.Comment
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BEIRUT - Lebanonâs cabinet threw its weight on Saturday behind keeping the countryâs pro-Syrian president in office after his term ends, through a widely opposed change to the constitution.
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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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The arrest last month of Neameh Qayssamani, a newly elected member of the municipal council in Lebanon, and dozens of other men in the Chouf Mountains recalled a fearful time most people believed had passed forever.
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Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri , left, arrives at the the presidential palace to submit his resignation to President Emil Lahoud Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2004.
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Lebanon's Parliament amended the country's constitution Friday to extend pro-Syrian President Emile Lahoud's term, ignoring U.N. calls to hold an election to choose the head of state.
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The U.N. Secretary General also criticized Lebanon's Syrian-backed president, Emile Lahoud, for seeking to extend his term beyond the constitutionally set limit of six years.