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Friday, May 9, 2008 | 18:42 Beirut | 19° Mostly Cloudy Subscribe to NOW Lebanon RSS feeds
18:07Heavy gunfire in the Al-Tell area of Tripoli.
17:40PSP leader Walid Jumblatt live on New TV.
17:20Kataeb President Amin Gemayel in live interview from Paris.
17:11Rockets are fired as armed clashes spread through Dohat Aramoun, Bshamoun, Khaldeh, the outskirts of Choeifat and An-Naameh.
15:04March 14 confirms support for PM Siniora and rejects Hezbollah conditions after Maarab meeting.
15:03France advises its citizens in Lebanon to stay put.
14:55Army reopens roads near Malloula roundabout in Tripoli.
14:51Gunfire heard in Clemenceau.
14:40The Tripoli International highway is being blocked
13:13AFP: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said that the political crisis in Lebanon is an "internal matter" and called for it to be resolved through dialogue.
13:03Minister Marwan Hamadeh calls on French President Nicolas Sarkozy to pressure Tehran and Damascus over Lebanon.
Photographers take pictures of the damaged Al-Mustaqbal newspaper office after it was set on fire by the opposition in Beirut on May 9. (AFP/JOSEPH BARRAK)
Foreign takes on Lebanon violence
While opposition and government leaders play tug-of-war for the upper hand, Arab FMs plan an impromptu meeting on Lebanon and countries in the Arab world and across continents denounce the crisis and begin evacuating their citizens from Lebanon across the Syrian border.
more		 Foreign takes on Lebanon violence
09-05-08 | 18:29
Italy, Slovakia, Holland, Norway, UK draw evacuation plans
09-05-08 | 18:22
Israel accuses Iran of igniting violence in Lebanon
09-05-08 | 18:15
Opposition refuses to life airport roadblocks
09-05-08 | 18:14
Hamra residents react
09-05-08 | 18:13
Tashnaq, Hanshaq and Ramgafari call for end to clashes
09-05-08 | 17:57
Arslan says “situation and spies” no longer tolerable
09-05-08 | 17:10
War on the Media
09-05-08 | 16:55
Foreign takes on Lebanon violence
09-05-08 | 16:52
Islamic Conference Organization denounces Lebanese crisis as “worse than civil war”
09-05-08 | 16:44
AFP reports hundreds of evacuees at border crossing
09-05-08 | 16:37
Britain warns against travel to Lebanon
09-05-08 | 16:31
Abu Al-Gheit condemns attempts to “impose a reality” on Lebanon
09-05-08 | 16:21
Sheikh Qabalan demands government immediately renounce decisions
09-05-08 | 16:14
Sheikh Qassem calls for peace and responsibility
09-05-08 | 16:03
MP Fadlallah blames government for Future TV shutdown
09-05-08 | 16:02
German FM calls for dialogue and militia disarmament
09-05-08 | 16:00
UAE evacuates citizens from Lebanon
09-05-08 | 15:58
MP Ahdab reads out March 14’s statement
09-05-08 | 15:53
March 14 sources comment on Maarab meeting
09-05-08 | 15:34
Abbas warns Palestinian refugees against getting involved in Beirut violence
09-05-08 | 15:27
Hamas says Israel is sole beneficiary of Lebanon strife
09-05-08 | 15:24
Wahhab grants PSP 24 hours to hand its centers to army
09-05-08 | 15:20
Kouchner says France will not passively watch Lebanon go to war
09-05-08 | 15:14
Iran accuses US, Israel of provoking Lebanon violence
09-05-08 | 15:02
Jumblatt to stay in Clemenceau
09-05-08 | 14:53
Italy draws evacuation plan
09-05-08 | 14:30
Minister Fatfat: Our confrontation with Hezbollah is political
09-05-08 | 14:18
Arslan calls Jumblatt and expresses readiness to visit him
09-05-08 | 14:18
Germany calls on Lebanese to end the presidential vacuum
09-05-08 | 14:12
Lebanon suffers through third day of fighting
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09-05-2008		 Press round-up for the morning edition of Lebanon’s An-Nahar, Al-Akhbar, As-Safir, and Ad-Diyar newspapers.
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