* Bayanouni:
Syrian regime responsible for instability in Lebanon
A
Syrian opposition leader accused on Tuesday the
Syrian regime of being responsible for instability
in Lebanon.
*
Lebanon presidential vote postponed to Friday, for
fourth time
Lebanon's presidential election was postponed for a
fourth time on Tuesday amid last-ditch efforts for
political rivals to strike a deal by a Friday
deadline to replace the current head of state.
*
Iran ready for nuclear co-op with Syria
Iran
has proclaimed readiness for cooperation with Syria
in the field of peaceful nuclear activities in the
event Syria is eager.
* Holed Up in a
Beirut Hotel In Quest to Pick a President
More
than 40 members of Lebanon's parliament have spent
the past month in the gilded luxury of a five-star
hotel in Beirut, trying to avoid assassination so
they can elect the country's next president.
* Lebanese
factions deadlocked over president
Lebanon's rival political factions on Monday
remained deadlocked on finding a consensus
presidential candidate despite intense international
pressure and a looming deadline for a vote.
* UN chief warns
Lebanon on brink of "abyss"
* Rice in
bilateral meeting with Syrian FM
