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Lebanese Parliament speaker Nabih Berri strikes his gavel at the end of a parliamentary session in parliament in Beirut, May 31, 2013. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir
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President Aoun met on Tuesday with a delegation of the Press Club at the Presidential Palace in Baabda/NNA
Aoun Refers to 1960 Electoral Law, Amal Holds Bassil Responsible for Disrupting Deal
Beirut- Lebanon’s President Michel Aoun said on Tuesday that if parliament failed to agree on a new electoral law before its term expires on June 21, then the Constitution stipulates that electors be called to participate in the polls within 90 days based on the...Caption:
PM-designate Saad Hariri at the Francophone Book Fair in Beirut. NNA
One-Third Veto Ruled out in Hariri’s Government
Beirut-There are signs that Lebanon’s cabinet line-up is imminent after major obstacles were removed following a near consensus to keep the Finance Ministry as part of the share of Speaker Nabih Berri’s Amal Movement. Sources close to Berri said that the ministry,...Caption:
Protesters loyal to the Shi’ite Muslim Al-Houthi group, also known as Ansarullah, hold posters of Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad (R) and Lebanon’s Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah during a demonstration to show their support to al-Assad, in Sanaa September 13, 2013. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah (YEMEN – Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)
Debate: Hezbollah is not obstructing the Lebanese government
It has been repeatedly asked whether Hezbollah and the Amal Movement will allow the Lebanese government to enter their areas following the explosions that hit the Dahieh district of Beirut. Asking this question amounts to questioning the resistant groups’ sense of...Caption:
Members of militant Shiite Muslim group Hezbollah carry a wreath on the occasion of the party’s Martyrs’ Day in southern Beirut, on November 12, 2012. ANWAR AMRO/AFP/Getty Images