The foreign ministers of France, Italy and Spain met on Saturday with Lebanon's feuding political leaders in a bid to break a long-running deadlock that is preventing the election of a president.
The foreign ministers of France, Italy and Spain on Saturday reiterated their commitment toward ending a long-running political crisis in Lebanon that is blocking the election of a president.
Forty parliament members from Lebanon's pro-Western party are holed up in a Beirut hotel. That is because since 2005, four members of the bloc have been assassinated in Beirut, cutting their majority to a razor-thin margin.
Lebanon's parliament will delay electing a president next week allowing more time for rival pro- and anti-Syrian groups to agree on a compromise candidate. It marks the second postponement to the election for a replacement to President Emile Lahoud.
This wasn’t quite the way the Lebanon Valley College ice hockey team wanted to start the season. Scoring just 26 seconds into the game, the SUNY-Brockport Golden Eagles never looked back in cruising to a 9-1 victory over the Flying Dutchmen in the nonleague season opener for both teams.
Change is not always easy. Just ask the girls on the Mt. Lebanon soccer team.
BEIRUT (AFP) - France, Italy and Spain's foreign ministers met on Saturday with Lebanon's feuding political leaders in a bid to break a long-running deadlock that is preventing the election of a president.
Lebanon's parliament will delay electing a president next week allowing more time for rival pro- and anti-Syrian groups to agree on a compromise candidate. It marks the second postponement to the election for a replacement to Syrian-backed presidetn Emile Lahoud.
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's parliament will delay electing a president next week, political sources said on Saturday, allowing more time for rival pro- and anti-Syrian groups to try to agree on a compromise candidate.
Lebanon's parliament will delay electing a president next week allowing more time for rival pro- and anti-Syrian groups to agree on a compromise candidate. It marks the second postponement in electing a president.