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Bellemare Appoints Henrietta Aswad as New STL Spokesperson
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08/09/2010 18:16
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Special Tribunal for Lebanon Prosecutor Daniel Bellemare announced on Wednesday the appointment and arrival of Ms. Henrietta Aswad as his new Spokesperson and Senior Public Information Officer. "Aswad brings an in-depth knowledge of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region and its issues, and extensive public communication and management experience in the private and development sectors focused on strategic planning, and business ...
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Clinton Says US Remains “Best Hope” in Troubled World
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08/09/2010 17:14
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US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was to say on Wednesday that the United States remains the best hope to solve many of the world's most intractable problems. "Solving foreign policy problems today requires us to think regionally and globally, to see the intersections and connections linking nations and regions and interests, and to bring people together as only America can," Clinton says in excerpts released ahead of her speech to ...
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Berri Says Hariri’s Statement “Window to Truth”
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08/09/2010 16:43
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Lebanon’s Speaker Nabih Berri on Wednesday called for unity and said Prime Minister Saad Hariri's latest statement on Syria and false witnesses is a "window to the truth." Following talks with President Michel Sleiman at Baabda palace, Berri said "the situation requires us to unite and find immunity for the nation." Asked about the so-called campaign led by Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun against Sleiman, Berri said: ...
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MP Sami Gemayel Says Phalange Party Not Ashamed of Past
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08/09/2010 15:49
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Phalange party MP Sami Gemayel reiterated on Wednesday that his party was not ashamed of its past despite accusations that the party was proud of its collaboration with Israel during the civil war. In a press conference he held, Gemayel said the Phalange party is not ashamed of resorting to Israel during the civil war to arm itself. “No one would make us feel ashamed for defending ourselves when the knife was put at our throats,” he went ...
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President Sleiman Condemns Plans to Burn Holy Quran
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08/09/2010 15:41
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Lebanese President Michel Sleiman on Wednesday denounced plans by a Florida pastor to burn copies of the Holy Quran, saying it contradicted Christian teachings. "The president condemns the announcement of a religious group in the United States of its intention to openly burn copies of the Quran," a statement released by Sleiman’s office said. Burning Islam's holiest book "is a clear contradiction of the teachings of the ...
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Holy Quran Burning Still Planned as Pressure Mounts to Call it Off
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08/09/2010 13:14
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The pastor of a tiny, fringe evangelical church in Florida rebuffed a plea for restraint Tuesday from U.S. Army Gen. David Petraeus, who warned that a plan to burn 200 Muslim holy books could provoke violence against American troops and citizens overseas. Rev. Terry Jones said he was still praying about whether to go through with his plan to burn copies of the Quran on Sept. 11, regardless of pressure from the White House, religious leaders and ...
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Imam Khamenei: Iran to Circumvent Nuclear Sanctions
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08/09/2010 12:51
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Iran Supreme Leader Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei vowed the Islamic Republic will circumvent international sanctions aimed at halting its nuclear program. "The enemies of the nation seek to frustrate the people with economic pressures so the people blame the government for them and ties are cut between the government and the people," Imam Khamenei said. "But the nation and officials will undoubtedly circumvent the sanctions and render them ...
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Attorney Khansa Files in Hague 14th Complaint against Israeli Terror
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08/09/2010 10:37
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The president of the International Coalition against Impunity, attorney May El-Khansa, will leave to the International Criminal Court in The Hague, in September 13th 2010, accompanied by European lawyers Ramon Juan Marcos Coloma, Maria Inmaculada Gallardo Martinez, Yvette Galeano Cossio, Ivan Garcia Ayuso and Adnan Ezzeddine Ezzeddine, in a week titled "The prosecution of Zionists" to submit, for the fourteenth time, a complaint before the ICC, ...
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Aoun Says Ministers Are Guilty of Avoiding Duties
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07/09/2010 18:49
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The head of the Change and Reform parliamentary bloc MP Michel Aoun said Tuesday that he did not launch a campaign against President Michel Sleiman last Sunday, stressing that “those who defended him are the ones who insulted him.” “On Sunday, I held the ministers accountable for shortcomings, but today I say they are guilty of avoiding their responsibilities,” Aoun told reporters following his bloc’s weekly meeting. “A minister who is ...
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Abbas: Intifada Destroyed Us… PA Won’t Leave Gaza to Hamas
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07/09/2010 18:26
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Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas said on Tuesday that the “Palestinian Authority would not leave Gaza or the West Bank to Hamas or others.” Speaking to the Kuwait-based daily newspaper Al-Rai, Abbas vowed to try to end rivalry through dialogue. “Everybody knows the circumstances that led to the coup and to rivalry. We decided to avoid any armed confrontation with our brothers, and instead we will try to end rivalry through dialogue," he ...
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Netanyahu Says No Guarantee Peace Talks Will Succeed
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07/09/2010 17:58
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu admitted on Tuesday that there was no guarantee negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians would succeed, but vowed to aim for a so-called peace agreement by the end of the year. "This year, after many efforts, direct talks with the Palestinians have begun," Netanyahu said, in a video circulated by his bureau ahead of the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah. "This is an important step in our ...
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Sheikh Qaouq: Trying False Witnesses Natural Solution to Crisis
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07/09/2010 16:32
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Hezbollah official in southern Lebanon Sheikh Nabil Qaouq stressed Monday that all sides in Lebanon have agreed that trying false witnesses in the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri may be the natural solution to the current crisis in Lebanon. He said that the false witnesses have misled the investigation and caused an internal political crisis in the country, as well as harmed Lebanese-Syrian relations for five years. ...
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Jumblatt: Hariri’s Stances Stress Importance of S-S Umbrella
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07/09/2010 16:27
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The head of the Democratic Gathering MP Walid Jumblatt said on Tuesday that Prime Minister Saa Hariri's stances stress the importance of the Saudi-Syrian umbrella and the Taef accord. Speaking to Lebanese daily Al-Akhbar, Jumblatt said that Hariri is convinced of his personal ties with Syrian President Bashar Assad and the political relationship with Damascus. "This is his conviction and it is better than letting anyone convince ...
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Hezbollah Supports Aoun’s Criticism as “Cry of Pain”
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07/09/2010 15:41
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One day after the head of the Change and Reform parliamentary bloc MP Michel Aoun raised the voice against the current situation in the country, Hezbollah declared solidarity with its ally in its frank ‘cry of pain’. In a statement he released late Monday, the head of the Loyalty to the Resistance parliamentary bloc MP Mohamad Raad expressed support for Aoun’s demands of reform, urging a positive attitude from various Lebanese leaders in ...
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Munir’s Story 28 Years After the Sabra-Shatila Massacre
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07/09/2010 14:53
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Franklin Lamb September 7, 2010 Al-Manar.com.lb is not responsible for the content of this article or for any external internet sites. The views expressed are the author's alone. Shatila Palestinian Refugee Camp, Beirut The untreated psychic wounds are still open. Accountability, justice and basic civil rights for the survivors are still denied. Scores of horror testimonies have been shared over the past nearly three ...
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Merkel to Honor Cartoonist Who Offended Islam
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07/09/2010 14:18
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Chancellor Angela Merkel will make a speech at an event this week honoring a Danish cartoonist who sparked Muslim anger by depicting the Prophet Mohammed with a bomb as a turban, organizers said. The German chancellor, 56, will make a speech on press freedom at Wednesday's ceremony in Potsdam, near Berlin, awarding Kurt Westergaard, 75, the M100 Media Prize 2010, organizers said in a statement. Westergaard drew the most ...
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Israel Says Preparing for “Mother of All Flotillas”
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07/09/2010 13:03
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Israel is preparing for what is being described in Tel Aviv as the “mother of all flotillas,” which could include up to 20 different ships planning to set sail for the Gaza Strip in the coming months to break the seige, the Jerusalem Post reported. The flotilla is being organized by a coalition of NGOs from Europe and the United States, including a group calling itself European Jews for a Just Peace. “We hope to have a broad ...
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Salehi: IAEA Has No Right to Inspect Heavy Water Facilities
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07/09/2010 12:45
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Iran responded to International Atomic Energy Agency warning that Tehran is denying the inspecting its heavy water plant by saying that Iran has the right to replace the two inspectors and bar them entry to nuclear site. The semiofficial ISNA news agency quoted Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Ali Akbar Salehi as saying such an inspection is not within the framework of the Safeguards Agreement between Iran and the nuclear ...
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MK Tibi: Israel Rearranging Occupation; Prospects of Deal Dim
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07/09/2010 12:11
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An Arab MP in the Israeli Knesset cast doubts on the outcome of direct talks between the Palestinian Authority and Israel saying PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s rightist stance remains unchanged. "I don't see signs Netanyahu has changed. Therefore, the expectation for a breakthrough in the peace process doesn't exist, at least for me," Deputy Israeli Parliament (Knesset) Speaker Ahmed Tibi said in an interview with Haaretz. He said there were ...
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