Geagea: We will topple the cabinet democratically

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea said on Thursday that the opposition will use all available democratic means to topple the newly-formed cabinet.

Geagea told Voice of Lebanon :

“The opposition’s decision stems from the fact that this cabinet which is under Hezbollah and Syria’s influence (more…)

Ahmadinejad: Iran not afraid to make nuclear bomb

Iran’s president says his country isn’t afraid of making a nuclear weapon but doesn’t intend to do so.

Iranian state television on Thursday quoted President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as saying: “If we do want to make a bomb, we are not afraid of anybody.” (more…)

Syrian troops backed by snipers enter village near Turkish border

Syrian activists said Thursday that troops backed by tanks and snipers have entered a village along the Turkish border as the regime expands its crackdown on a pro-democracy movement that has posed the gravest challenge to President Bashar Assad’s rule. (more…)

Silence of Venezuela’s Chavez fuels speculation

Venezuela is abuzz these days over the condition of its normally omnipresent president, Hugo Chavez — whose prolonged, uncharacteristic silence and convalescence in Cuba have generated all manner of rumor.

The firebrand leader, who is usually given to verbose speeches across all media, has not been seen or heard from since he was hospitalized on June 10 in Havana for what officials said was an operation for a pelvic abscess. (more…)

Ministerial statement draft awaiting Mikati’s plan for STL

Justice Minister Shakib Qortbawi told Voice of Lebanon on Thursday that the committee responsible for drafting the ministerial statement has finalized many points on the political and development level but is waiting for Prime Minister Najib Mikati’s plan concerning the Special Tribunal for Lebanon STL). (more…)

Obama sets course for exit from Afghanistan

President Barack Obama announced a plan on Wednesday to start withdrawing U.S. troops from Afghanistan in a first step toward ending the long, costly war and returning America’s focus toward it’s own troubled economy. (more…)

Syrian forces raid dorms; 3 Damascus University students killed

Syrian security forces raided dormitories at the university where President Bashar Assad this week gave a speech on political reform after students refused to participate in pro-regime rallies, witnesses and opposition activists said Wednesday.
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Assad discussed the Lebanese cabinet with Arslan

Bashar al-Assad, Syria’s embattled president found time to meet on Wednesday with Lebanese Democratic Party leader MP Talal Arslan who has resigned from PM Najib Miqati’s cabinet hours after the cabinet was announced last week . (more…)

Abu Faour: Aoun does not represent the spirit of the new cabinet

Social Affairs Minister Wael Abu Faour said on Wednesday that Change and Reform bloc leader MP Michel Aoun’s recent criticism of the March 14 coalition “does not represent the spirit of the new cabinet.”
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Lebanon PM pledges ‘best relations’ with the international community

Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati said on Wednesday that Lebanon is committed to having “the best relations” with the international community.

The PM was quoted by National News Agency as reiterating his cabinet’s respect for international resolutions, including UN Security Council Resolution 1701.

Mikati met with UNIFIL Commander General Alberto Asarta Cuevas, (more…)