http://www.dailystar.com.lb/rss/leb/politics.xml Politics articles covering Lebanon Copyright 2006 The Daily Star en-us Thursday, November 16, 2006 http://www.dailystar.com.lb/images/editions/lebanon.gif http://www.dailystar.com.lb http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=2&article_id=76973 Lebanese Christian opposition leader Michel Aoun called on Prime Minister Fouad Siniora to resign Thursday, adding that the opposition will no longer abide by any laws put forward by what he called an "unconstitutional government." "It is in your interest so that you are not rejected from your people, and it's in the interests of Lebanon; you must leave power," Aoun said. Nada Bakri Friday, November 17, 2006 http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=2&article_id=76973 http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=2&article_id=76972 Russia questioned on Thursday whether Lebanon's government had acted legitimately in approving a special court to try suspects in the murder of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri."We are somewhat bothered" that the plan had been approved by the Lebanese government but opposed by its president, Russia's UN ambassador, Vitaly Churkin, said. Nada Bakri Friday, November 17, 2006 http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=2&article_id=76972 http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=2&article_id=76971 Resigned Labor Minister Tarrad Hamadeh ruled out any possibility Thursday of Hizbullah resuming national talks, saying "peaceful street protests" were likely. "This dialogue is a waste of time and does not yield any good results," Hamadeh, one of two Hizbullah members who resigned from Cabinet, told The Daily Star. Nada Bakri Friday, November 17, 2006 http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=2&article_id=76971 http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=2&article_id=76970 Noura Jumblatt has been awarded the Forest for Kyoto Prize by the Italian Environment Ministry for her extensive ecological efforts in the Chouf. The prize, named after the Kyoto Protocol on climate change and improvement, entitles Jumblatt to select an area in Lebanon where the Italian government will plant a new forest. Nour Samaha Friday, November 17, 2006 http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=2&article_id=76970 http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=2&article_id=76965 MP Hussein Hajj Hassan said on Thursday that Hizbullah and Amal ministers had resigned from Cabinet not for reasons relating to an international tribunal to try suspects in the assassination of former Premier Rafik Hariri, "but rather because we failed to agree on the majority of pending issues." Nafez Qawas Friday, November 17, 2006 http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=2&article_id=76965 http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=2&article_id=76964 Lebanon's polarized political class sank further into uncertainty Thursday, with both the March 8 and March 14 camps entrenched in opposing views on how to resolve continuing political deadlock. Resigned Health Minister Mohammad Khalifeh said Thursday that he refused to accept accusations that resigned Shiite ministers were hampering the creation. Mira Borji Friday, November 17, 2006 http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=2&article_id=76964 http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=2&article_id=76963 Hizbullah's deputy secretary general warned Thursday that Lebanese and regional leaders who follow the wishes of the United States "will be branded as losers." "Those in Lebanon and the region, if walking with the US was once bountiful for you, then today only losers follow a loser," Sheikh Naim Qassem, told. Leila Hatoum Friday, November 17, 2006 http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=2&article_id=76963