By Camilla Hall and Daniel Williams May 21 (Bloomberg) - Lebanon's Hezbollah-led opposition won a veto over cabinet decisions as the country's factions agreed to form a unity government, following talks to end a crisis that sparked the worst fighting since the 1975-1990 civil war.
General Michel Suleiman, Lebanon's army chief, will be elected president, Qatari Prime Minister Hamad bin Jassem al- Thani said today at a televised news conference in Doha, Qatar's capital. The presidential election will take place May 25, the state-run Lebanese National News Agency said.
ill be divided among Sunnis, Christian and Druze members of Siniora's coalition. The opposition also includes

By Alistair Lyon, Special Correspondent - Analysis BEIRUT (Reuters) - A Qatari-mediated deal to defuse Lebanon's political crisis has averted civil war and will calm tensions until next year's parliamentary poll, but leaves the country's deep-seated divisions unhealed.
The pact signed by rival Lebanese leaders on Wednesday after six days of talks in Doha meets the Hezbollah-led opposition's persistent demand for veto power in the cabinet, resolves a dispute over the electoral law and will enable parliament to elect army chief Michel Suleiman as head of state on Sunday.
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Beirut - After being closed for six months, the doors of Lebanon's presidential palace were reopened Wednesday in preparation for the election of a new head of state. The Lebanese flag was once more fluttering over the residence in Baabda, gardeners were cutting the grass, and the fountain at the entrance was once again spewing jets of water.
Activities began just hours after the agreement between Lebanon's rival political leaders that envisages the formation of a national unity government and the election of a president within days.
ied into the palace to be hanged in the halls after his election to a six-year term is completed by parliament.

DOHA (AFP) - Rival Lebanese leaders clinched a deal on Wednesday to end an 18-month political feud that exploded into deadly sectarian fighting this month and nearly drove the country to a new civil war.
The agreement, announced by Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem bin Jabr al-Thani after days of tense talks in Doha, will see the election of a president for Lebanon within days.
r this month, the worst sectarian unrest in Lebanon since the 1975-1990 civil war.

Rival Lebanese leaders at the Doha talks, have reached agreement on steps to end the crisis that has led to the worst violence since the 1975-1990 civil war.
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, there was joy in the land. "No one wants you; the population is living without you; your absence has made us comfortable," go the lyrics of The Leaders Left Lebanon, an instant hit song making the rounds on music television stations.

Lebanon is likely to have a new president on Thursday following the signing of an agreement by pro- and anti-Syrian political factions ending a year and a half of political deadlock. The deal was eked out by the Qatari government after six days of talks in Doha. The agreement paves the way for the election of the current military chief of staff, Michel Suleiman, as president. There will also be a new government and a new parliamentary law altering electoral constituency boundaries. The Iranian- and Syrian-backed Hizbullah walked out of the government in the wake of its 2006 war with Israel. It was demanding more representation in the cabinet, something the ruling bloc rejected.

BEIRUT, May 21 (RIA Novosti) - Leaders of the Lebanon's US-backed government and the Hezbollah-led opposition have signed a deal to end a protracted

(BBC) -- A deal seen as key to avoiding civil war in Lebanon been reached at talks in Qatar, delegates from both sides say. The BBC's Jim Muir says it seems

Doha, 21 May (AKI) - After five days of talks, Lebanon's rival leaders have reached an agreement in Doha to end the country's political crisis.
The agreement was presented on Wednesday in a media conference in the Qatari capital by Qatar's prime minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem al-Thani (photo).
opposition and three chosen by the president."

Doha/Beirut - The Prime Minister of Qatar revealed Wednesday details of an agreement reached by Lebanon's rival powers to elect a president within 24 hours and form a national unity government after five days of talks in Doha.
Lebanon's ruling coalition majority and the opposition powers put their differences away and agreed to convene parliament for the election of army chief, General Michel Suleiman, as president and form a national unity government, Qatar's Prime Minister Hamad bin- Jabir al-Than announced.
nt of the agreement, Nabih Berri, speaker of the Lebanese parliament, said the opposition would end a sit-in, which it began staging months ago at the centre of Beirut.

Beirut - Army commander General Michel Suleiman will be elected as Lebanon's next president no later than this coming Friday according to the deal reached in Doha, Qatar by the rival Lebanese leaders.
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gree in political and administrative sciences from Lebanese University. He masters English and French languages

(Reuters) - Rival Lebanese leaders reached a deal in Qatar on Wednesday ending a political crisis that had pushed their country to the brink of a new civil

Rival Lebanese parties have reached a deal aimed at averting the country's 18-month-long political crisis, Reuters reported officials at talks in Doha, Qatar, as saying early Wednesday.
The five days of talks between the U.S.-backed ruling coalition and the Hezbollah-led opposition follow an Arab League-mediated deal that got the Lebanese to end a week of violence, the worst since Lebanon's 1975-90 civil war.
elections in 2009.

Rival Lebanese leaders have reached a deal to end 18 months of political conflict that had pushed their country to the brink of a new civil war.
Delegates from the US-backed ruling Coalition and the Hezbollah-led Opposition said disputes over a parliamentary election law and a new Cabinet had been settled on the sixth day of Arab-mediated talks in Qatar.
bin Khalifa al-Thani joined the Doha talks shortly before midnight after returning from Saudi Arabia, one of the main foreign backers of the ruling Coalition.

Lebanon's rival factional leaders met in Qatar to resolve the political conflict that drove the country very close to another civil war.
Qatar's prime minister, Sheik Hamad bin Jasim al-Thani, has directed the negotiations be carried out under the umbrella of the Arab League. Nearly all of Lebanon's leaders have participated, with the exception of Hasan Nasrallah, Hezbollah's secretary general.
e Government reversed its previous decisions regarding Hezbollah’s communications network and the firing of a ranking airport security official linked to Hezbollah.