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The United States said Thursday that it will continue to support the Lebanese government after the Hezbollah-led opposition and the Lebanese government reached a deal to end violence. "Our view is, along with others, not only in the region, but around the world, is that we are going to continue... [read full story]
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BEIRUT—Rival Lebanese leaders are scheduled to talks in Qatar on Friday aiming to end a protracted political conflict that pushed the country to the brink of a new civil war. Leaders of the U.S.-backed ruling coalition and the Hezbollah-led opposition will try to forge a deal to end the standoff...
Pity Amr Moussa.For months the dour Arab League secretary-general shuttled between his Cairo home and the Lebanese capital in a futile attempt to get Lebanese factions to talk, only to walk away in abject failure.Then along came a smiling Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem al-Thani, foreign minister and...
DOHA, May 16, 2008 (AFP) - Lebanon's squabbling political leaders are to meet in Qatar on Friday for talks brokered by the Arab League aimed at ending a long-running feud that drove the country to the brink of a new civil war. A six-point plan was agreed in Beirut on Thursday, under the mediation...
Leaders head for crisis talks in Qatar * Syrian minister sees "real opportunity" for Lebanon * Speaker Berri talks of positive atmosphere By Tom Perry BEIRUT, May 16 (Reuters) - Rival Lebanese leaders head for Qatar on Friday aiming to end a protracted political conflict that pushed the country...
BEIRUT, May 16 (Reuters) - Syria supports a deal brokered by a Qatari-led Arab delegation that ended fighting in Lebanon and sees a "real opportunity" for the country, Syria's foreign minister was quoted as saying on Friday. Walid al-Moualem told the Lebanese as-Safir newspaper he had called the...
Lebanon's squabbling political leaders were to meet in Qatar on Friday for talks brokered by the Arab League aimed at ending a long-running feud that drove the country to the brink of a new civil war. Leaders of the U.S.-backed ruling coalition and the Hezbollah-led opposition will try to forge
Beirut - Lebanon's rival leaders were on Friday preparing to fly to Qatar in separate planes in a bid to end the country's political crisis and elect a president, a government source said. The Western-backed majority is travelling on one plane and th...
Berlin - Germany on Friday welcomed the announcement of talks between Lebanon's rival leaders designed to end the country's political crisis and elect a president. Deputy government spokesman Thomas Steg called the talks in the Gulf state of Qatar a ...
Pity Amr Moussa. For months the dour Arab League secretary-general shuttled between his Cairo home and the Lebanese capital in a futile attempt to get Lebanese factions to talk, only to walk away in abject failure. Then along came a smiling Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem al-Thani, foreign minister and...
Beirut - For most Lebanese trying to pick up the pieces after a week of violence which claimed 82 lives, the only glimpse of hope now is a dialogue among their leaders in Doha. Finally we have reached the red point, either they sit and talk or the w...

