Lebanese investigators survey the site where bomb blasts tore through two buses in the village of Ain Alak, northeast of Beirut on February 13, 2007, killing at least three people. The bombings went off in a mainly Christian area northeast of Beirut were the latest attacks that have been blamed on Lebanon's former power broker Syria and came at a time of high political tensions in Lebanon as the deeply divided nation prepares to commemorate the murder of ex-premier Rafiq Hariri two years ago. (UPI Photo)
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Lebanon's New Electoral Law Will Impact Christians
BEIRUT -- Lebanons new electoral law could define the role of the countrys Christian electorate and directly impact the ongoing Sunni-Shia power struggle, experts say.
Sarkozy: EU's Man of the Hour
The extraordinary European Union summit that French President Nicolas Sarkozy has called for Monday looks likely to decide not simply Europes policy toward a resurgent and aggressive Russia which is talking of a new Cold War, but also the degree to which the worlds richest economy will in future seek to play a diplomatic role to match its wealth.
Israel-Syria Talks Hindered
An Israeli-Syrian peace deal could be signed by the end of this year, but that requires U.S. Bush administration involvement that has not been forthcoming, the head of a high-profile Syrian delegation visiting Washington said last Thursday.
Syria's Chance for Peace
Syrias isolation and pariah status – at least as perceived by the Europeans and the United States – was put on hold with the invitation of President Bashar Assad to mingle with some 40 leaders of the Mediterranean basin attending the first gathering of the Union of the Mediterranean and the traditional Bastille Day festivities in Paris.
