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01 December 2009 General Michel Aoun has always been a critic of bequeathing power from father to son in the complex world of Lebanese politics. Full Article at Zawya.com
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BEIRUT: Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) leader MP Michel Aoun said on Saturday that there was no need for a reconciliatory meeting with Lebanese Forces (LF) leader Samir Geagea prior to a change in the LF political stances. Full Article at Lebanon Daily Star
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Lebanon’s new unity government is unified in name only. Deep divisions between rival parties, especially over the issue of Hizbullah’s arsenal of weapons, remain unresolved. Full Article at Lebanon Daily Star
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Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun has accused the head of the Internal Security Forces (ISF) of overstepping his jurisdiction, demanding sweeping reforms in the institution. Full Article at Lebanon Daily Star
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BEIRUT: Newly appointed Telecom Minister Charbel Nahhas on Tuesday clearly voiced his rejection of the government’s bold privatization program when he explicitly said he won’t turn the state monopoly to a private monopoly. Full Article at Zawya.com
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While Lebanon now has a government, the five-month power vacuum has highlighted cracks in its creaking confessional system. Full Article at Al-Ahram Weekly
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After months of political bickering, Lebanon finally has a new government that includes Hezbollah and U.S.-backed Prime Minister Saad Hariri, but, says Mohamad Bazzi, a former Middle East correspondent for Newsday and now an assistant professor of... Full Article at Council on Foreign Relations
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In his address to the Lebanese people on Monday night, Lebanon's Prime Minister Saad Hariri spoke of his hopes for future cooperation among Lebanon’s political factions. Full Article at Los Angeles Times
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BEIRUT: Some 135 days after being selected for the post of premier, Saad Hariri will now officially take up his duties after the approval of a 30-member cabinet Monday, following a flurry of last-minute negotiations. Full Article at Zawya.com
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BEIRUT // Saad Hariri, the Lebanese prime minister-designate, ended five months of often bitter negotiations with his political rivals yesterday and announced the formation of a national unity cabinet to lead Lebanon’s fractious political and sectarian... Full Article at The National Newspaper
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BEIRUT: Senior political leaders have approved the distribution of ministries in a new government, five months after June’s parliamentary elections, but further negotiations await to appease March 14 Christian politicians, officials said Sunday. Full Article at Lebanon Daily Star
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BEIRUT: A national unity cabinet based on the 15-10-5 formula is expected to see light in the next 48 hours. Full Article at Lebanon Daily Star
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BEIRUT, Nov. 4 (Xinhua) -- Almost five months has passed since Lebanese parliamentary election in early June, but the country is still technically without a government, as the negotiations between the majority and the opposition seem to be stuck... Full Article at Xinhua
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BEIRUT: The distribution of ministerial portfolios made little headway on Wednesday as cabinet discussions were halted after Tuesday’s rejection of Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri’s proposal to the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM). Full Article at Lebanon Daily Star
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BEIRUT, Lebanon, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- Opposition leader Michel Aoun rejected the latest proposal for ministerial portfolios in the Lebanese government following early optimism for a new Cabinet. Full Article at United Press International
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BEIRUT: Optimism over the imminent formation of a new government was dashed on Tuesday by Michel Aoun’s latest refusal of an offer for five seats in the next cabinet, including the Telecommunications and Energy Ministries. Full Article at Lebanon Daily Star
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BEIRUT: Efforts to form a cabinet appeared to hit a dead end once again after a weekend of pessimism over seeing key players resolve their differences. Full Article at Lebanon Daily Star
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BEIRUT: While Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri expressed hope on Friday for the prompt formation of a cabinet, he refrained from setting any time-table for the process as complications appear to go beyond the distribution of ministerial portfolios. Full Article at Lebanon Daily Star
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BEIRUT: Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri failed Thursday to reach any breakthrough with regard to the ongoing dispute over the Telecommunications portfolio as Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) leader MP Michel Aoun was still negotiating an alternative... Full Article at Lebanon Daily Star
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Known simply as “the General”, Michel Naim Aoun was born in a peaceful mixed Christian-Shia area of Haret Hreik, now a core Hezbollah zone. Full Article at Counterpunch
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Lebanese opposition Christian leader Michel Aoun (R) speaks with Lebanese Druze leader Walid Jumblatt (L) as Lebanon's parliament house speaker Nabih Berri (C) looks on during the sixth session of the national dialogue between politician rival leaders at the Presidential Palace in Baabd...
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A Lebanese vendor displays masks of Lebanese Christian politician Michel Aoun (L) and head of the Christian Lebanese Forces party Samir Geagea (R) in celebration of Saint Barbara day, a Lebanese Christian festivity similar to Halloween in the U.S. , along a street in Beirut December 3,...
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Syrian President Bashar Assad, right, gestures as he shakes hands with Lebanese Christian leader Michel Aoun, left, upon his arrival at the al-Shaab presidential palace, in Damascus, Syria, on Wednesday Dec. 3, 2008.
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Syrian President Bashar Assad, right, shakes hands with Lebanese Christian leader Michel Aoun, left, upon his arrival at al-Shaab presidential palace, in Damascus, Syria, on Wednesday Dec. 3, 2008.
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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (R) welcomes Lebanese Christian opposition leader Michel Aoun (L) upon his arrival for a meeting at the al-Shaab Palace in Damascus on December 3, 2008.
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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (R) shakes hands with Lebanese Christian opposition leader Michel Aoun (L) upon his arrival for a meeting at the al-Shaab Palace in Damascus on December 3, 2008.
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Lebanese Christian leader Michel Aoun, speaks during a press conference at al-Shaab Syrian presidential palace, in Damascus, Syria, on Wednesday Dec. 3, 2008.
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Two Lebanese environmental activists wearing masks of Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri, right, and Christian opposition leader Michel Aoun, left, play a short stunt show against climate change at a popular beach in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday Nov. 12, 2009.
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Lebanese environmental activists wear masks depicting Lebanon's Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri (R) as well as Lebanese Christian opposition leader and head of the Free Patriotic Movement Michel Aoun (L), during an act to mimic the politicians talking, in Beirut November 12, 2009.
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Lebanese environmental activists wear masks depicting Lebanon's Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri (R) as well as Lebanese Christian opposition leader and head of the Free Patriotic Movement Michel Aoun (L), during an act to mimic the politicians talking, in Beirut November 12, 2009.
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Lebanese environmental activists wear masks depicting Lebanon's Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri (R) as well as Lebanese Christian opposition leader and head of the Free Patriotic Movement Michel Aoun (L), during an act to mimic the politicians talking, in Beirut November 12, 2009.
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Lebanese environmental activists wear masks depicting Lebanon's Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri (R) as well as Lebanese Christian opposition leader and head of the Free Patriotic Movement Michel Aoun (L), during an act to mimic the politicians fighting over a seat, in Beirut November 12,...
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A handout picture released by the Hezbollah media office shows Hezbollah's Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah (R) meeting with Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri (3rd R), MP Michel Aoun (C), leader of the Free Patriotic Movement, MP Suleiman Franjieh (2nd R), Leader of Marada movem...
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Lebanese prime minister-designate Saad Hariri (R) meets with Christian opposition leader and head of the Free Patriotic Movement Michel Aoun at the Parliament house in Beirut on September 24, 2009.
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Lebanese prime minister-designate Saad Hariri (R) meets with Christian opposition leader and head of the Free Patriotic Movement Michel Aoun at the Parliament house in Beirut on September 24, 2009.
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Lebanese Christian oppostion leader Michel Aoun talks to the press after consultations with President Michel Sleiman for appointing a new prime minister at the Baabda presidential palace, east of Beirut, on September 15, 2009.
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Lebanese Christian oppostion leader Michel Aoun arrives at the Baabda presidential palace, east of Beirut, to attend consultations for appointing a prime minister on September 15, 2009.
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In this photo released by Lebanon's official government photographer, Lebanese President Michel Suleiman, center, meets with Hezbollah's Christian ally, leader of the Free Patriotic Movement Michel Aoun, center left, and members of his parliamentary bloc at the Presidential Palace in B...
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Lebanon's President Michel Suleiman (L) meets with Lebanese Christian oppostion leader Michel Aoun and leader of the Free patriotic Movement, at the presidential palace in Baabda, near Beirut September 15, 2009.
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Lebanon's newly appointed Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri (L) shakes hands with Michel Aoun, leader of the Free Patriotic Movement and Lebanon's former prime minister, at Aoun's residence in Rabiyeh, near Beirut June 28, 2009.
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Lebanese Christian leader lawmaker Michel Aoun gestures as he arrives at the Parliament for the election of the house speaker in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, June 25, 2009.
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A Lebanese vendor displays masks of Lebanese Christian politician Michel Aoun (L) and head of the Christian Lebanese Forces party Samir Geagea (R) in celebration of Saint Barbara day, a Lebanese Christian festivity similar to Halloween in the U.S. , along a street in Beirut December 3,...
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We have set a plan for the next phase which includes tackling privatization projects as well as Paris III [commitments], particularly since our party and its allies hold the major productive ministries like the Telecommunications, Energy and Agriculture portfolios
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We turned the page to ensure a better future for Lebanon and to confront all challenges
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No way does Hezbollah control the General, only his wife can do that!
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