Ya Libnan | Lebanon News Live from (Free subscription) | 06/21/2008
Beirut- Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri on Saturday reportedly pushed toward finding a settlement to the deadlock in the cabinet line-up - with a new "basket" to please Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun.
Ya Libnan | Lebanon News Live from (Free subscription) | 06/12/2008
Beirut - Democratic gathering leader MP Walid Jumblatt visited Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri at his mansion in Ein el Tineh to discuss the current development according to the National News Agency
Ya Libnan | Lebanon News Live from (Free subscription) | 06/07/2008
Beirut- Lebanese President Michel Suleiman held a meeting Saturday with Prime Minister Fouad Siniora and Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, at the Baabda Palace after French president Nicolas Sarkozy left the palace.
Ya Libnan | Lebanon News Live from (Free subscription) | 05/26/2008
Beirut - Following the election of Michel Suleiman as the president of the Republic of Lebanon , Speaker Nabih Berri delivered the following speech in which he tried to defend himself, praise the resistance and criticized the United States:
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 05/22/2008
Beirut - Lebanon's House Speaker Nabih Berri announced Thursday that the session to elect army commander Michel Suleiman as the next president would be held on Sunday. Berri's office said in a statement that the session would convene at 5 pm (1400 GM...
Alertnet (Free subscription) | 05/21/2008
Source: Reuters DOHA, May 21 (Reuters) - Lebanese Parliament speaker Nabih Berri said on Wednesday army commander General Michel Suleiman would be elected president this week, filling a post vacant since November ...
YaLibnan (Free subscription) | 07/05/2008
Beirut- Hopes were high Saturday that Lebanon would have a new cabinet. Tentative agreement has been reached on the distribution of seats between the majority, opposition and President Michel Suleiman. "It is over," Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri reportedly told guests who visited him late Friday upon his return to Beirut, interrupting a foreign tour. Progress was reported following contacts...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 07/05/2008
... Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem bin Jaber al-Thani, Seniora and Lebanese House Speaker Nabih Berri. According to sources close to Seniora, Aoun's Change and Reform parliamentary Bloc would get the portfolios of telecommunications, power, agriculture and social affairs in addition to the post of vice premier. The sources said Aoun had agreed to this, and relayed his decision...
Ya Libnan | Lebanon News Live from (Free subscription) | 06/30/2008
... information about the reports.Arad was captured by the Amal Movement, headed by Lebanese Speaker Nabih Berri."It could take two weeks, if we obtain the information we requested on the fate of Ron Arad," cabinet secretary Ovadia Yehezkel told army radio.Under the agreement, Israel would release the five Lebanese and the remains of Hezbollah fighters in exchange for the bodies of Israeli...
Daily Star (Free subscription) | 06/27/2008
... refugee camp in North Lebanon," she added.After a separate meeting with Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, Khan said she called on Parliament to discuss all issues related to human rights, including the rights of refugees and foreign workers in Lebanon."Berri vowed to approve all anti-torture protocols," she added. "We are looking forward to continuing cooperation with Parliament,...
Daily Star (Free subscription) | 06/27/2008
... prompting Economy Minister Sami Haddad to further increase subsidies on flour.Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri personally intervened in the debate over the matter and persuaded Ibrahim to return the price to LL1,500.The government said flour subsidies are costing the Treasury over $60 million a year.Haddad reiterated that the ministry would not allow the prices of Arabic bread to be...
Alarabiya.net (Free subscription) | 06/26/2008
Lebanon’s Economy Minster, Sami Haddad, threatened that the ministry would cut flour supplies to the bakeries and impose a penalty on any bakery that raises prices. The government subsidizes wheat at about 25 percent, but bakers argue that it is not enough when the price per ton is running 460 dollars.The President of the Baker's Union, Qazm Ibrahim, spoke with Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri...
The Lebanese Inner Circle - Blog (Free subscription) | 06/23/2008
No where in the Middle East is Christianity so openly celebrated. Yesterday, Lebanese President Michel Sleiman, Premier Fouad Seniora and Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri attended the beatification ceremony of Father James (Jacques) Ghazir Haddad (1875-1954) in central Beyrouth. The Vatican beatified today the Lebanese Capuchin priest in a ceremony attended by tens of thousands in the...
From Beirut to the Beltway (Free subscription) | 06/23/2008
... giant posters of rival clan leaders mark territories invaded. The faces of Hassan Nasrallah and Nabih Berri are everywhere Amal and Hizbullah planted a flag during the May assault. Their posters are offensive, and so are their politics, which if you care to follow, makes you want to never set foot in the city again. It’s hard to see Hizbullah’s stronghold over the country when sitting...
AgoraVox (Free subscription) | 06/23/2008
... giant posters of rival clan leaders mark territories invaded. The faces of Hassan Nasrallah and Nabih Berri are everywhere Amal and Hizbullah planted a flag during the May assault. Their posters are offensive, and so are their politics, which if you care to follow, makes you want to never set foot in the city again.It’s hard to see Hizbullah’s stronghold over the country when sitting...
