Reuters: Saudi, Iran working on deal to end Lebanon crisis

[Eugene]

Saudi, Iran working on deal to end Lebanon crisis

25 minutes ago

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia and Iran, backers of the main rivals in Lebanon's
political crisis, are negotiating a deal to end the standoff, Lebanese political
sources said.

They said Prince Bandar bin Sultan held talks with senior Iranian official Ali
Larijani in Tehran to try to reach an agreement that both the government and
the opposition would accept, a day after protests led to clashes that killed
three people and raised fears the country was sliding toward civil strife.

The opposition, which includes the Iranian-backed Hezbollah, has been demanding
veto power in government and early elections. Saudi-backed Prime Minister Fouad
Siniora and his allies, who form a majority in cabinet and in parliament, have
refused to give in.

The Lebanese sources did not give many details on the proposed deal but one
source said it covered formation of a unity government and an understanding on a
U.N.-backed international court to try suspects in the killing of Lebanon's former
Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri in 2005.

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Full article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070124/wl_nm/lebanon_government_talks_dc_2

[maddezmom]

1. Amazing everyone else in the world is trying diplomacy and negotiations

but the US.

[xultar]

2. Saudi Arabia with it's human rights issues can use diplomacy and negotiations for peace

but BUSH can't...wont...

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I'm peeing in my pants...

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Seriously...make it stop...I'm suffocating...

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Dude..come on. I'm dyin here...

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My stomach...

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