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Berri calls for #Lebanon presidential vote to take place on April 23
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Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri. (Photo: Bilal Jawiche)

Lebanon’s parliament is to convene on April 23 to elect a new president to succeed Michel Sleiman, whose term ends on May 25, the Lebanese National News Agency reported Wednesday. “Parliamentary speaker Nabih Berri has called for a session on Wednesday April 23 to elect a new president of the republic,” the official news agency said. Lebanon’s president, who must come from the country’s Maronite Christian community, is elected by a vote in the parliament. The NNA reported that Berri informed Maronite Patriarch Bechara Rai of the date set for the election. read (...)

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Aoun-Geagea: Back to classic presidential face-offs
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MP #Michel_Aoun (L) and head of the #Lebanese_Forces, #Samir_Geagea (R), during the formulation of the Doha Agreement in 2008. (Photo: Bilal Jawiche) MP Michel Aoun (L) and head of the Lebanese Forces, Samir Geagea (R), during the formulation of the Doha Agreement in 2008. (Photo: Bilal Jawiche)

As soon as parliament gives its vote of confidence to the new government led by Tammam Salam, #Lebanon’s political factions are set to begin preparations for the upcoming presidential election. Yet it is not the constitutional deadline beginning on Tuesday that will be the starting gun for the expected showdown, but rather the fact the 2014 election has been preempted with new rules: two tough candidates who represent the upper (...)

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#Lebanon: Terrorist group planned to kill speaker of parliament
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Speaker of Parliament #Nabih_Berri. (Photo: Bilal Jawiche) Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri. (Photo: Bilal Jawiche)

The threat of terrorist networks in #Lebanon is being uncovered almost daily. Mahmoud #Abu_Alfeh’s arrest by the Information Branch on the morning of the #Bir_Hassan twin blasts has uncovered more plots to carry out car bombings and suicide attacks in Lebanon, much like Naim Abbas’s confession to the army intelligence earlier this month. read more

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