Qatar increases stature by hosting Lebanese dialogue

7 Doha: Lebanese leaders are at round table talks in Qatar in a bid to end the political deadlock that has left their country without a president for the past six months. The key players at the talks are: Nabih Berri , Lebanon's Parliament Speaker Fouad Siniora , Lebanese Prime Minister General Michel Aoun , Lebanese opposition leader Boutros Harb , Lebanese political figure Shaikh Hamad Bin Jassim Bin Jaber Al Thani , Qatar's Prime Minister Amr Moussa , Arab League Chairman Saad Hariri ,

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1 Beirut: Rival Lebanese leaders are in Qatar for talks aimed at ending a protracted political conflict that has pushed the country to the brink of a new civil war. One of the most influential members of the US-backed ruling coalition, which was dealt a blow by Hezbollah in six days of fighting, called for concessions to avoid conflict. "Let us deal with matters calmly at the dialogue table.

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Lebanese leaders hold talks in Qatar on Saturday to try to end a political conflict that has left their country near a new civil war. Leaders are scheduled to discuss power sharing in a new government and the basis of an election law.

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The United States expressed its support Friday for Arab League-brokered talks aimed at ending Lebanon's political crisis and vowed not to interfere in the negotiations between rival parties. "We are pleased that there is now a process, that the fighting in the streets have stopped," a senior US State Department official, who requested anonymity, told reporters.

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Rival Lebanese leaders have started Arab-brokered talks in Qatar. They're aiming at ending a protracted political conflict that has pushed the country to the brink of a new civil war. Arab mediators concluded a deal on Thursday to end six days of fighting which killed 81 people.

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Bush will take place this weekend as was planned. "The premier's priority now is to end the Lebanese conflict," a Lebanese government source said Friday because, adding that Siniora will be busy with talks to end Lebanon's crisis. Meanwhile, a source close to the Lebanese opposition explained that "Siniora now has a very tight schedule and he does not want to meet Bush to anger the opposition led by Hezbollah."

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The military announced on Monday that the ban would impose from 6 a.m. Tuesday, warning that it would resort to force if it had to do so. The announcement was made following days of fierce clashes between rival political groups across the country. The battles spread to northern Lebanon and the Mount Lebanon region after relative calm was restored to Beirut.

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0 Dubai: The Lebanese cabinet on Wednesday night cancelled two measures it took against Hezbollah, which triggered the worst internal fighting in the country since the 1975-90 civil war. The government of Prime Minister Fouad Siniora said in a statement after a meeting that it was taking the step to preserve civil peace and facilitate an Arab League mediation effort to end Lebanon’s 18-month-old political crisis.

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The new power shift in Hezbollah's favor resulted from a week of street battles during which Hezbollah and its Shiite allies seized much of Muslim west Beirut by force. At least 81 people were killed before the government gave in late Wednesday and rescinded two of its anti-Hezbollah measures.

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The US-backed government in Lebanon retreated in a power struggle with Iranian- and Syrian-backed Hezbollah militants, reversing decisions that had triggered days of bloody conflict with the Hezbollah-led opposition. The government said it wanted to end t he fighting and find a way out of an 18-month standoff with Hezbollah.

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