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HOT NEWS for 5/7/2000 (Go to News Archive to browse previous news)

Significant Incidents:

  • The South file and the treatment of the Israeli penetrations, remained on the top of all the concerns of various medias, amidst their observation of the developments regarding the living situation, reflected in the Lebanese Syndicate and political domain, through the preparations for the legislative elections, which are getting hotter.

  • On the eve of having the UN General Secretary's Special envoy Terje Roed Larsen coming to Beirut, accompanied with the Head of Map Experts in the International Organization, appeared a significant development in the attitude of the Security Council represented in its clear objection towards the penetrations. Many sources and medias said that the Council waives a pressurizing and determined attitude towards Israel if it had not finalized its penetrations.

  • UN Team made a tour for checking the Israeli penetrations, included the points, which Lebanon manifests their demarcation, in the midst of the Israeli silence towards such penetrations, and the unanswering of the report handed by the International Troops. The medias said that the main reason for the Israeli hanging on the penetrations, has a security factor, and is linked to the restitution of the deployment of UNIFIL on the border.

  • No new news regarding the conference of the Granting Countries, after the efforts that Lebanon had made to effect its convention before the end of July, although the Lebanese request for convening this conference meets support from Kofi Annan.

  • On the electoral domain, the disputes in Beirut increased regarding the cancellation of some councils and uniting ministries, as being super electoral projects. Confrontation escalated between the two Presidents, Salim Hoss, and Rafic Hariri, where the living crisis appeared on the line of the electoral act.

Press News:

  • Future newspaper assaulted on President Hoss and his report directed against President Hariri, and view in it as an aggression which rejects the Opposition, and 'having his breath narrowed by the debate'. On the other hand, Future newspaper pursued the electoral file in Aley-Baabda District where new political dealings appear. It made interviews with 8 MP's in this District, who said that they face a bigger electoral base, and more comprehensive alliances.

  • An-nahar, wondered if it is true that the heat was the cause of the sudden cut of Electrical Power, exclaiming of the reason of this scandal that deprived people from convenience?.

  • As-safir opened its introduction with the following title: “Wholesale damages, random rationing, fuel in drops”, as the Electricity stood on the top of the concerns, due to the re-existing of the darkness which prevailed in the Country during summertime. As-safir saw that Beirut and its outskirts live in darkness that was not undergone during the Israeli Aggressions. It considered that the debate regarding the Council's question, and its unification or cancellation on the eve of the elections, could be explained as within the electoral projects, as its timing is not appropriate, whilst the Candidates' pictures cover the walls, and all are mobilized to assail the electoral battle.

  • 'Al-kifah el-arabi' said that the politics is loosing its nerves in Lebanon, as the quarrel takes place between the government and its opponents, which incites the sensitiveness and emerges the dispute into personal one between Hoss and Hariri. The Newspaper found that electoral purposes and plans are the most significant reasons for the current quarrel between the political poles and forces, on the account of the question of people's living, economy and surviving.

  • Ac-chark saw in the defense that officials undertake of Power failure comes as a certain evidence which explains that the installations made for repairing the Power Interchanging Stations were done randomly.

  • Ad-diyar mentioned that President of Phalangist Party Mounir Hajj called for putting General Secretary Karim Bakradouni into trial at the Party Punitive Council, as he considers the latter behind the Press campaign held against him.

  • Al-liwaa mentioned that alliance appears confidential between General Michel Aoun and President of Liberal Patriots Party Dori Chamoun, and will show up in the elections.

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