Lebanon News

“Due to the situation in Beirut and the continued blockade of roads and the difficulty of movement... we have decided to reduce the number of Kuwaiti diplomats”

Kuwait decided on Tuesday to reduce the number of diplomats in its mission in Beirut but the embassy will remain open, the official KUNA news agency quoted the Kuwaiti ambassador as saying. via Free Republic

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“About 7,000 people have fled from Bab al-Tebbaneh, which marks the front lines, because of the battles”

The majority of fighting in the capital of Lebanon stopped Sunday after the military demanded a halt on attacks in Beirut, officials said. via Daily India

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“Dialogue, mutual understanding and the search for reasonable compromise is the way to give back to Lebanon its institutions and to the population necessary security for a dignified daily life rich in hope for tomorrow”

VATICAN CITY : Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday urged the Lebanese people to find a "reasonable compromise" to end their conflict, which has escalated in recent days from political stalemate into the worse sectarian ... via International Herald Tribune

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Cairo, May 11 Arab foreign ministers called Sunday for calm, and to avoid violence and the use dialogue to solve political differences in Lebanon. via Prensa Latina

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Deploring the violence that has engulfed Lebanon over the past week, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called on all parties in the fractured country to resume dialogue as part of a process that should ... via United Nations

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Dozens of journalists demonstrated Saturday in Beirut to protest Hezbollah's closure of a top Sunni leader's television station. via PR-inside.com

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“Hizbullah's power grab in Beirut... This effort to undermine Lebanon's elected government needs to stop, and all those who have influence with Hizbullah must press them to stand down immediately.”

While America's secretary of state devotes her time to doomed Israel-Palestinian talks and America goes ga-ga over a candidate whose entire foreign policy strategy is to talk to dictators, yet another crisis is ... via Jerusalem Post

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“He just happened to be there in the wrong place at the wrong time when a mob of about 100 pro-government loyalists attacked”

AN Australian man is believed to have been killed during heavy fighting in northern Lebanon over the weekend. via NEWS.com.au

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“A large plane has been sent to Damascus. It will take aboard all the Russian citizens who wish to fly to Moscow tonight”

Russian citizens who failed to leave Lebanon on Saturday due to the armed clashes in Beirut can take a special flight of Aeroflot - Russian Airlines tonight, company press secretary Irina Dannenberg told ... via ITAR-TASS

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“We will start deploying in the area of clashes now.”

From correspondents in Middle East, 10:30 PM IST A ceasefire was established Sunday between followers of the Druze leader Walid Jumblatt and opposition followers after clashes broke out on Jumblatt's stronghold ... via India eNews

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