25/11/07

Lebanon in a limbo
By Abdurahman(Abdurahman)
Lebanon, for the second day, is without a president and is being run by an unrepresentative government. There’s no democracy in Lebanon instead there’s a power-sharing arrangement that allocates each religious group or sec a certain …
civilexpression.blogspot.com/2007/11/lebanon-in-limbo.html

Lebanon PM: Cabinet priority – to elect new president
Al-Bawaba – Amman,Jordan
Lebanon’s Prime Minister Fuad Saniora assured his people Saturday that the
military was in control of the streets while lawmakers struggled to
overcome a …
www.albawaba.com/en/countries/Lebanon/219263

Syria welcome at peace talks: Olmert
Reuters – USA
BEN GURION AIRPORT, Israel (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert
said on Sunday he would welcome the participation of Syria at Middle East
talks in …
www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSL248904720071125

Syrian MP: Syria will ‘almost certainly’ attend Annapolis
Jerusalem Post – Israel
COM STAFF Syria will almost certainly participate in this week’s Annapolis
peace parley, a Syrian lawmaker said Sunday. Syrian Foreign Minister Walid
…
www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=119554671
7446&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

olitical crisis deepens in Lebanon as presidential election is …
The current president, the pro-Syrian head of state, Emile Lahoud, leaves office at midnight Friday, leaving the country in limbo and a vacuum at the top level of government.
go.speeple.com/news-frontpage-8H4Fr0JFABbyZiOQc9QVjPDfthjR_rra

State of emergency declared in Lebanon
Politicians in Beirut had earlier failed to elect a new president, leaving the small but volatile Middle Eastern nation without a head of state for the first time in more than a decade.
digg.com/politics/State_of_emergency_declared_in_Lebanon

Syria welcome at peace talks: Olmert
By JimSwanson
Speaking on board his plane as he was about to leave for Washington, Olmert said Israel would “view positively” Syria’s participation in the conference, due to take place in Annapolis, Maryland, on Tuesday. …
progressivenewsdaily.com/?p=1097

Lebanon’s president hands power to army
Lebanon was again plunged into uncertainty yesterday after parliament
failed in a fifth attempt to elect a president, and the former Syrian
backed-president Emile Lahoud, whose term ended at midnight, passed
control of the security …
digg.com/world_news/Lebanon_s_president_hands_power_to_army

Report: Bushco instigated chaos in Lebanon
By Charles
Karim Makdisi, The Guardian, opines that the US is the instigator in
leading Lebanon down the path toward civil war:. However, in light of
the failure of the US-backed Israeli war to destroy Hizbullah last
year, the US has for now …
phoenixwoman.wordpress.com/2007/11/24
/report-bushco-instigated-chaos-in-lebanon/

Lebanon in limbo as president quits
Daily Times – Lahore,Pakistan
BEIRUT: Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora vowed on Saturday to help
elect a new president in Lebanon, left in limbo after its president stepped
down at …
www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page
=2007%5C11%5C25%5Cstory_25-11-2007_pg4_1

Lebanon says yes to Annapolis
Ynetnews – Israel
Metri said Lebanon’s participation was determined following the “The
Lebanese government will take part in the Annapolis conference in order to
reiterate …
www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3475143,00.html

French minister optimistic about Lebanon’s political standoff
Jerusalem Post – Israel
By AP French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner predicted Saturday that
Lebanon would see “satisfying” developments in the next few days in its
political …
www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=119554671
4221&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Lebanon to attend Annapolis meeting
Monsters and Critics.com – Glasgow,UK
Beirut – Lebanon will attend the US-sponsored Middle East conference to be
held in Annapolis next week, despite the political crisis engulfing the
country. …
news.monstersandcritics.com/middleeast/news/
article_1376145.php/Lebanon_to_attend_Annapolis_meeting

President’s departure leaves Lebanon in limbo
By AFP(AFP)
BEIRUT (AFP) – Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora on Saturday stepped into the political vacuum left by parliament’s failure to elect a president, but vowed to help find a head of state as quickly as possible.
www.afp.com/english/news/stories/071124220904.ybk0ssl7.html

24/11/07

Syria and Russia Discuss the Future of the Middle East
By conner1
Syria Times reports that on Tuesday, November 20st, 2007, President Bashar al-Assads of Syria met with special envoy to Russia Alexander Sultanov. The topic of discussion? The election in Lebanon, of course. The two stressed that the …
fsmiddleeast.wordpress.com/2007/11/24/syria-and
-russia-discuss-the-future-of-the-middle-east/

Lebanon power vacuum sows confusion
BBC News – UK
If anything, the confusion reflected even further the deep divisions that
have plagued Lebanon for some three years. A statement yesterday from the
prime …
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7111071.stm

Lebanon: Once More to the Brink
TIME – USA
Saad Hariri (C), is surrounded by bodyguards as he walks outside the
parliament building in Beirut Lebanon has entered a perilous and
unprecedented …
www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1687281,00.html

Upcoming conference in Annapolis, Lebanon
By Riemer Brouwer(Riemer Brouwer)
It is often said that politics in Lebanon are actually defined abroad. Sometimes, the Lebanese use it as a convenient excuse to avoid accountability for their own actions. Many other times, however, there is a certain truth to it. …
lebanon-update.blogspot.com/2007/11/
upcoming-conference-in-annapolis.html

Lebanon PM rejects state of emergency, pledges to seek compromise …
Ha'aretz – Tel Aviv,Israel
A right wing pro-government Christian leader, Samir Geagea, accused
Hezbollah, backed by Syria, of obstructing the Lebanese election. “We will
not let Syria …
www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/927491.html

Lebanon President Steps Down without Successor
By James Joyner
Lebanon President Emile Lahoud Photo Outgoing Lebanese president, Emile Lahoud, leaves the presidential palace Lebanon’s president stepped down at midnight, as required by law, with no successor in place, leaving the country in …
www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/2007/11/
lebanon_president_steps_down_without_successor/

Lahoud’s exit leaves political vacuum in Lebanon
Globe and Mail – Canada
BEIRUT — Lebanon slid into a dangerous political vacuum yesterday evening
as President Émile Lahoud left office with no successor, his last act
sowing …
www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC
.20071124.LEBANON24/TPStory/TPInternational/Africa/

Vacuum in Lebanon as Lahoud steps down
AFP –
BEIRUT (AFP) — Lebanon was left without a head of state Saturday after
its president stepped down at the end of his term with no elected successor
and a …
afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hsalw8uyHQn0bx0pqhghb4MkHlbQ

Normality in Lebanon as president’s term expires
Earthtimes – London,UK
Under Lebanon’s confessional system, the president should be a Christian
Maronite, the premier a Sunni Muslim and the house speaker a Shiite Muslim.
…
www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/147259.html

Syria Prepared to Sacrifice “Criminals” to Salvage Regime
Naharnet – Beirut,Lebanon
Syria is seeking a deal with the United States to stabilize Lebanon and
normalize relations with Beirut in return for refraining from targeting
President …
www.naharnet.com/domino/tn/NewsDesk.nsf/0/294E
4BFCC95792ABC225739D0033DC43?OpenDocument