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Rival Lebanese close to deal to defuse crisis (Reuters)

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May 20, 2008
        

By Nadim Ladki 13 minutes ago DOHA (Reuters) - Rival Lebanese leaders were close to agreeing a deal on Wednesday to end 18 months of political conflict that has pushed their country to the brink of a new civil war. A senior Lebanese opposition official at the crisis talks in Doha said a deal...

                   

Rival Lebanese close to deal to defuse crisis

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May 20, 2008
        

By Nadim Ladki DOHA (Reuters) - Rival Lebanese leaders were close to agreeing a deal on Wednesday to end 18 months of political conflict that has pushed their country to the brink of a new civil war. A senior Lebanese opposition official at the crisis talks in Doha said a deal resolving disputes...

                   

Rival Lebanese close to deal to defuse crisis

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May 20, 2008
        

DOHA — Rival Lebanese leaders were close to agreeing a deal on Wednesday to end 18 months of political conflict that has pushed their country to the brink of a new civil war. A senior Lebanese opposition official at the crisis talks in Doha said a deal resolving disputes over a parliamentary...

                   

Lebanese official sees imminent deal to end crisis

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May 20, 2008
        

DOHA, May 21 (Reuters) - A senior Lebanese opposition official said on Wednesday a deal to end the country's 18-month-long political crisis would be announced imminently. Ali Hassan Khalil, an MP and a senior aide to Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, told Reuters: "We are very close to the...

                   

Lebanese rivals reach agreement in Qatar crisis talks

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May 20, 2008
        

Rival Lebanese factions reached an agreement to resolve their 18-month political crisis after five days of intensive talks in the Gulf state of Qatar, Lebanese Telecommunications Minister Marwan Hamadeh said Wednesday. The agreement was a major triumph for Lebanon's Hezbollah-led opposition, as...

Mediators say Lebanese rival factions reach deal

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May 20, 2008
        

BEIRUT — Arab mediators have announced a breakthrough deal between feuding Lebanese factions to end Lebanon's 18-month political crisis. Qatari Prime Minister Sheik Hamad bin Jassem al-Thani said at a ceremony Wednesday in Doha that the agreement is be "carried out immediately" and that the...

                   

Official: Rival Lebanese factions reach agreement

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May 20, 2008
        

BEIRUT — Rival Lebanese factions reached an agreement Wednesday to resolve an 18-month political crisis that erupted into bloody violence and pushed the country to the edge of another civil war, a Cabinet minister said. Delegates from the U.S.-backed government and Hezbollah-led opposition...