Fractions Overview
Parties Overview
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BEIRUT: Lebanese politicians have agreed on the shape of a new coalition cabinet and will complete the allocation of ministerial portfolios within days, both Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri and Premier – designate Saad Hariri said Wednesday. Hariri aims to form a coalition cabinet which includes his “March 14” alliance with a rival coalition including the powerful Hizbullah and its allies. Berri said only “technical issues” remained, such as distributing ministerial portfolios and assigning minis
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BEIRUT: Deliberations over government formation this week will focus on the distribution of ministerial portfolios among various groups, a source close to the opposition told The Daily Star on Monday. The source revealed the possibility of a tripartite meeting gathering President Michel Sleiman, Speaker Nabih Berri and Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri “in the next 48 hours to conclude the agreement on a national-unity cabinet.”
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BEIRUT: President Michel Sleiman and Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri will kick off on Monday discussions on the distribution of ministerial portfolios in the next government, several media reports said on Sunday. Sleiman said on Saturday that the cabinet’s formation process was “taking time” since the government was being shaped for the first time away from foreign intervention and pressure.l
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BEIRUT: Phalange party head Amin Gemayel and Marada Movement leader Sleiman Franjieh expressed their joint commitment on Sunday to strengthening the Christians’ role in Lebanon and the Middle East so as to put an end to the past era of “[Christian] depression and marginalization.”
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BEIRUT: Prospects diverged on Wednesday with regard to the timing of the next cabinet’s formation and its structure between opposition allies, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri and Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun. While Berri expressed optimism regarding the quick formation of the next cabinet and denied claims that the opposition called for veto power, Aoun demanded that the minority be granted proportional representation when it comes to the cabinet’s structure.
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BEIRUT: Both the parliamentary majority and the opposition expect a delay in the formation of the upcoming cabinet, media reports suggested on Tuesday. Sources from both coalitions said Hizbullah has demanded veto power in the next cabinet, but they confirmed that the party wanted “no guarantees on its arms or the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL),” according to reports published in the Kuwaiti daily Al-Rai on Tuesday.
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BEIRUT: Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri stressed on Sunday that discussions to form the next cabinet were ongoing so as to reach an agreement on a structure that guarantees "real partnership." After talks with President Michel Sleiman at the Baabda Palace, Hariri said he aimed to form a national-unity cabinet that comprised all major political parties in order to resolve the country's economic and social issues, as well as to face Lebanon's future challenges.
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BEIRUT: Hizbullah wants "no guarantees" about its weapons or the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) in exchange for joining the next government, the party's leader announced on Friday. Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said that Hizbullah was only interested in real partnership, and had avoided setting down concrete formulas for Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri, who was charged with forming a cabinet three weeks ago.
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BEIRUT: Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri and Future Movement figures expressed optimism on Wednesday with reference concerning the formation of the upcoming national unity cabinet before the end of the month. Following talks with Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri in Parliament, Berri told reporters that "nothing prevents the formation of a new Cabinet before the end of the month. The government would be formed in due time," he added.
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BEIRUT: Phalange Party head Amin Gemayel accused the opposition on Tuesday of plotting to push "radical changes" to Lebanon's political regime. After talks with visiting Colombian Vice President Francesco Santos Gemayel lashed out at the opposition accusing it of attempting to divide Lebanon into sectarian cantons, following his meeting.
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Hariri 'not willing' to give opposition veto power in the new Lebanese government.
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Assembly of Representatives - June 7, 2009
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Beirut/ Berlin - Germany and Lebanon are working on a pilot project to improve security along Lebanon's border with Syria, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday. A bilateral commission was looking into ways to promote economic prosperity for Lebanese in the border region, she told a news conference after talks with Lebanese President Michel Suleiman.
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Bkirki- The leader of the Democratic Gathering parliamentary bloc MP Walid Jumblatt said Monday that "we are approaching decisive (parliamentary) elections for a free and independent Lebanon."
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Israel on Monday acknowledged that Hizbullah has grown three times stronger compared to the 2006 summer war in Lebanon.
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Beirut /Damascus - A setback was reported in restoring diplomatic ties between Lebanon and Syria as Damascus has rejected four Lebanese ambassadorial candidates, Lebanon's media reported Thursday.
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Beirut - Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblatt criticized the verbal attacks against Egypt and other Arab states and called for focusing on uniting the Palestinian factions in order to confront the Israeli aggression against Gaza.
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Washington - US President George W Bush led the international community on Sunday in hailing the election of Michel Suleiman as Lebanon's new president as a first step in reuniting the divided nation.
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YaLibnan, Beirut - The Lebanese parliament failed to elect a new president Tuesday after the legislature was unable to attain the required quorum due to an opposition boycott. This result was expected by many Lebanon watchers.
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Lebanese Republic, الجمهورية اللبنانية
Capital: Beirut
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Dec 08, 2008
Aoun has become that which he long claimed to disdain
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Mar 11, 2009
Seeking Council
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Dec 05, 2008
Berri: 2009 elections on time regardless
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Nov 29, 2008
Sarkozy expects maximum transparency in Lebanon's next election
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Nov 27, 2008
Israel threatens to turn Lebanon into a battleground again
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Nov 24, 2008
Ahmadinejad says Iran will always support Lebanon
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Nov 13, 2008
What space will Lebanon's defense strategy have to defend?
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Nov 05, 2008
LEBANON: Life set to get harder for Nahr al-Bared refugees
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Nov 13, 2008
Sectarianism, refugees, Arab-Israeli conflict 'cause instability'
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Oct 30, 2008
Lebanon needs more of the same from Nasrallah and Hariri
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Oct 29, 2008
Fadlallah predicts stability ahead of 2009 polls
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Oct 28, 2008
Is Lebanon about to get caught between America and Syria?
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Oct 28, 2008
Nasrallah - Jumblatt meeting is next
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Oct 28, 2008
Nasrallah and Hariri finally met
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Oct 11, 2008
Lebanon's election law: a cup half full
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May 21, 2008
Meet Michel Suleiman, Lebanon's next president
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