* Arabs Urged to
Take Tough Stand Against Syria
A
meeting of Arab foreign ministers scheduled for
Sunday in Cairo should call for holding presidential
election in Lebanon without foreign intervention and
prior-conditions, An Nahar's Rosana Boumounsef wrote
Tuesday.
* Syrian
Activist Gets Jailtime
A
Syrian criminal court on Monday convicted a
political activist of insulting the regime and
contacting "hostile parties," sentencing him 18
months in jail, a human rights group said.
* EU urges Syria
to release human rights defenders
The
European Union has expressed its "deep concern"
about the recent detention of members of what the EU
described as "pro-democracy grouping in support of
the Declaration of Damascus, in Syria."
* Jumblat Has
Been Lying to Syrians, Will Not Give Opposition Veto
Power
Druze
leader Walid Jumblat said that he has been lying to
the Syrians for almost 25 years and stressed that
the Hizbullah-led opposition can only have veto
power "over our dead bodies."
* 'Turkey
mediating between Israel, Syria'
Direct
negotiations between Israel and Syria could
materialize if the Turkish mediation which is
allegedly underway is successful, Al-Hayat reported
Tuesday.
* Syria
unwilling to pressure Lebanon allies: minister
* President Bush
Applauds Formation of National Council of the
Damascus Declaration
* Syria's Remote
Control
* Western powers
press Lebanon to fill vacant presidency
*
Bush: Syria must release arrested opposition
activists
* Challenged,
Syria Extends Crackdown on Dissent
* Sarkozy warns
of 'last chance' for Lebanon to choose president
* No deal with
Assad regime, Bush tells dissidents
* Bush slams
Beirut bombing, urges Syria to halt interference
* Iraq praises
Syrian cooperation in boosting security
* Security
Council condemns 'terrorist' attack in Lebanon
* US condemns
assassination of general in Lebanon
* General among
four killed in Lebanon car bomb
* US strongly
condemns assassination of General Francois Hajj
* Ahmadinejad:
Enemies can't harm strong ties with Syria
*
Syria reassures Iran on Mideast
* Lebanon
majority backs army chief for president
