Word: lahoud
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...review follows increasing pressure on Prime Minister Tony Blair to reveal why the Attorney General, who reportedly questioned the invasion's legality in early March 2003, might have changed his mind and backed the war. Thomas will decide whether the document should remain secret. Open Verdict LEBANON President Emile Lahoud signaled support for an independent investigation into the Feb. 14 assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Harari as a U.N. report concluded that Beirut's own inquiry was flawed and inconclusive. The U.N.'s report did not name a culprit in the bombing but cited Lebanese security failures and polarizing...
...journalists he was expecting an attack. Assailants detonated a mine and strafed Chubais' car with automatic rifle fire as it left his home in the village of Zhavoronki, some 40 km outside Moscow. No one was injured. A Blow to Progress LEBANON The anti-Syrian opposition dismissed President Emile Lahoud's call for them to enter talks with loyalist factions, which came after a car bomb in Beirut injured 11 people, boosting fears of renewed bloodshed as Syrian troops start to withdraw. The Ties That Bind CHINA Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian condemned as a "law of aggression" Beijing...
With the country's political future in question, Nasrallah is determined that Hizballah will help control its destiny. Hizballah's show of force has emboldened Syria and its allies to reassert their influence. Emile Lahoud, Lebanon's pro-Syria President, announced the reappointment of Prime Minister Omar Karami, who had resigned during the freedom protests. Syrian President Bashar Assad gave U.N. envoy Terje Roed-Larsen a timetable late last week for pulling all Syrian forces out of Lebanon. While that assurance may temporarily placate U.S. demands, President George W. Bush has vowed to keep up the pressure on Syria...
...Amin Gemayel: It was not all of a sudden that the mood changed. The (Syrian-backed) extension of President Emile Lahoud's term of office (in September 2004) was, to use a French expression, the drop that caused the glass to overflow. Before that extension, hope had been raised in hearts and minds of the people. They thought that with a new president, perhaps there will be a new policy and a new era. Their disappointment was like an explosion. Many other things, including the assassination attempt against MP Marwan Hamade, strengthened feelings against the Lebanese government and Syria...
...presidency for a Christian, the prime minister's job for a Sunni Muslim and the role of Speaker of Parliament for a Shiite. Hariri was a Sunni, of course, but many of the remaining Sunni leadership are historically close to Syria, as is the current Christian president, Emil Lahoud - although other Christian politicians are more critical of Syria. The Shiites, some of whom have enjoyed Syrian backing, may also be the fastest growing group in Lebanon, their share of the population now possibly greater than their share of the power arrangements. And then there are the Palestinians, a refugee population...