Lebanese PM vows to defy protests
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Lebanon's PM Fouad Siniora says his government will not be brought down by protests planned by pro-Syrian groups.
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Lebanon's police chief vowed to confront those who "terrorize this nation" on Saturday, at a memorial service for a police intelligence officer killed in a car bomb attack the previous day.
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Hungary's prime minister has again insisted he will not resign after days of demonstrations even as his opponents promised more anti-government rallies ahead of municipal elections next Sunday.
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Lebanon was marking the second anniversary of Rafik al-Hariri's assassination on Wednesday and anti-Syrian leaders have called for a mass rally to commemorate the killing despite deadly bus bombings.
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Security is tight in Beirut amid fears that anti-government protests led by the Hezbollah militia may turn violent.
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Lebanon's prime minister vowed to stamp out an Islamist militant group that has been locked in fighting with the Lebanese army at a camp in the north of the country where a fragile truce held for a second day on Thursday.
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Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany has vowed to crack down on anti-government protests after a second night of riots, pledging to stay the course and push through tough economic reforms.
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TRIPOLI, Lebanon -- Lebanon's prime minister vowed yesterday to wipe out an Islamic militant group barricaded in a Palestinian refugee camp, raising the prospect that the army will either storm the camp, in what would likely be a bloody battle, or dig in for a long siege to force its surrender.
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Thousands of Lebanese troops and police fanned out in Beirut on Friday to tighten security hours before a Hezbollah-led opposition protest aimed at bringing down the Western-backed government.
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The leader of Hezbollah says Lebanon's government should not storm a refugee camp taken over by Islamists.
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Kenyan opposition supporters vow to defy a ban on rallies for a third day in protest over disputed elections.
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French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin vowed Sunday to deal harshly with those behind racist or anti-Semitic incidents in a speech marking the 60th anniversary of the liberation of the city of Strasbourg.
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Prime Minister Fuad Saniora appealed Wednesday to those who are trying to topple him through mass protests to stop "digging bunkers," return to the negotiating table, and help rebuild Lebanon.
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Prime Minister Fuad Saniora appealed Wednesday to his opponents trying to topple him through mass protests to stop "digging bunkers" and return to the negotiating table to help rebuild Lebanon.
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Pro-Syrian Hezbollah and its allies called for a peaceful protest and open-ended sit-in in downtown Beirut on Friday to demand a new government in a fresh challenge to U.S.-backed Prime Minister Fouad Siniora.
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A sea of flag-waving protesters demanded on Friday the resignation of Lebanon's Western-backed government at a Hezbollah-led rally, but Prime Minister Fouad Siniora appeared unmoved by the pressure.
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Hundreds of thousands of protesters thronged central Beirut on Sunday ahead of a rally called by the Hezbollah-led opposition, escalating their campaign to oust Lebanon's Western-backed government.