( including Hezbollah and Amal ) have voiced their support for his efforts.
A committee , headed by Mufti Malek al Shaar was formed to draft an agreement to end the violence and move the north forward. The committee has signed off on an 8 point agreement and submitted it to PM Siniora . Here is an unofficial list of the points agreed :
1- Stopping the fighting between the Sunnis and Alawites
2- Political understanding on how to calm down the situation
3- The return of all displaced people to their homes
4- Surveying the damage suffered
5 -Payment of compensation for damages suffered
6- Povide alternative accommodation for 400 family whose houses were completely burnt during the clashes
7- Final and comprehensive reconciliation including payment of compensation
8- iproviding allowance to people whose homes were damage for temporary living expenses while their houses are being rebuilt
Unfortunately there was violence too on Sunday. The car of MP Ahmad Fatfat , a key member of the majority alliance was attacked in Bakhoun with sticks and stones and gunfire forcing the car occupants to return the fire. 6 people were wounded in the attack according to Hezbollah's Al Manar TV.
Monday
23:00 The 6 point Tripoli memorandum of understanding was signed by PM Siniora,and former PMs Karami, Mikati, MPS Hariri , Safadi, Jisr, Kabbarah, Fatfat, Abdel Aziz, former MPs Ali Eid , Ahmad Habbous, Ahmad karami, Rifaat Eid , Islamic front and the Salafis
21:12 UNIFIL : The Israeli forces detained 3 Israelis and 1 Lebanese in connection with smuggling illegal products from Lebanon to Israel
20:34 Siniora from Karami's residence: We will discuss ways and means of dealing wityh the situation in Tripoli after the reconciliation is completed . The state will be the protector of all the people of Tripoli and the people should feel that the state is trying to solve their problems
20:28 Karami after meeting Siniora : Tripoli should be demilitarized city and we the people of Tripoli should be held responsible for our actions
20:08 A meeting at former PM Karami's residence that included PM Siniora and Mufti Shaar with the aim of declaring the reconciliation memorandum
19:27 Sfeir left his summer residence in Diman and went to Bkirki where he held the prayer of thanks
19:14 Minister Taborian said after returning from the ministerial meeting over the gas pipeline issue : The arrival of the gas to Lebanon will be delayed until January for technical reasons starting with 50 % of the contracted amount and will be used b the Badawi power plant
14:13 Administration and justice Commission approves emigrants’ right to vote in the 2009 parliamentary elections. All Lebanese citizens residing outside Lebanon can vote, the committee announced, on condition they register at the respective Lebanese embassy.
Lebanese embassies are to send the list of registered voters to the Interior Ministry by 2009.
13:15 Military prosecutor Rashid Mezher will interrogate Tuesday the person who shot at the Lebanese army helicopter that killed Capt. Samer Hanna.
13:00 A personal quarrel in the town of Ali al-Nahri in east Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley developed into a knife fight that left one person killed and 3 wounded.
12:45 Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh left for Cairo to take part in a meeting of foreign ministers from the Arab League.
12:25 Prime Minister Fouad Siniora meets with Daniel Bellemare, the UN special investigator into the Hariri assassination, in the Grand Serail.
12:01 MP Hobballah told NBN TV that Hezbollah may sign memorandums of understanding with other Lebanese group. Hezbollah signed a MOU with general Aoun but MOU with the Salafists was quickly cancelled at the request of the Salafists' founder . Hobballah also said he doesn’t think that Israel would wage another war against Lebanon, contrary to the threats Israeli politicians have recently made.
11:20 Bahraini Interior Minister Sheikh Rashed bin Abdullah al-Khalifa arrived in Beirut.
11:16 Representatives of the political media meet in the Voice of Lebanon radio station building to discuss the items in the Administration and Justice Commission’s draft electoral law concerning the information sector, and they will send a common proposal to the commission on Tuesday.
11:13 The Administration and Justice Commission holds a meeting in Nejmeh Square in the presence of Justice Minister Ibrahim Najjar to discuss the electoral law.
09:54 The family of Fatah al-Islam leader Shaker al-Abssi tells Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Kabs on Monday that they have no information that Abssi is being detained in Syria.
08:55 Fatfat says a meeting between Future leader MP Saad Hariri and Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah was possible, if Hezbollah was positive and promised to prevent any further conflicts. He added that the tensions and conflicts in Beirut were not limited to Tariq al-Jedeedeh, as Speaker Nabih Berri said, but reached all areas
07:54 Al Hayat : MP Saad Hariri is not setting any preconditions for the meetings being suggested by Mufti Shaar
07:52 The reconciliation between al Mustaqbal movement and SSNP will be the next step following the current reconciliation
07: 48 Al Hayat : The reconciliation effort in Tripoli could lead to similar efforts elsewhere in the country
07:47 Al Hayat : The new positive political situation in Tripoli differs from the political situation in the rest of the country
07:46 US VP Dick Cheney accused Russia of supplying Hezbollah with arms via Iran and Syria
07:07 An agreement has been drafted by the reconciliation committee headed by Mufti Shaar . Here is an unofficial version
1- Stopping the fighting between the Sunnis and Alawites
2- Political understanding on how to calm down the situation
3- The return of all displaced people to their homes
4- Surveying the damage suffered
5 -Payment of compensation for damages suffered
6- Povide alternative accommodation for 400 family whose houses were completely burnt during the clashes
7- Final and comprehensive reconciliation including payment of compensation
8- iproviding allowance to people whose homes were damage for temporary living expenses while their houses are being rebuilt
07:00 Al Akhbar : UN chief Ban Ki-Moon has demanded that Israel pay Lebanon $931 million in compensation for environmental damages caused during Israel's 2006 bombardment of the Jiyeh power plant , but Minister Najjar was surprised because the amount demanded is so small
06:43 Qassem abdel Aziz told An Nahar : An agreement was reached with the Tripoli leadership to reopen the road at 10:45 PM last night
06:01 Speaker Nabih Berri told As Safir : The Beirut reconciliation in Tareeq al Jadeedah and neighboring areas is as important as the Tripoli reconciliation in Bab Tabbaneh and jabal Mohsin
05:41 Saad Hariri after meeting former PM Karami : Political disagreement does not mean we should disagree on a reconciliation deal
05:25 Rifi and Jazzini received confirmation from Amal and Hezbollah in which they both agreed on the issue of immediate removal of all posters and banners in Beirut
05:12 karami calls through As Safir for disarming Tripoli and making it arms free city and confirms his support for Hariri's reconciliation effort
Sunday
23:45 The road in Bakhoun was reopened . Ali Fatfat was handed over for shooting at the security forces and MP Ahmad Fatfat put the issue of the attack in the custody of Mufti Shaar and the judiciary
21:30 Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah: If you want lets start tomorrow with the dialogue witho
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