will decide on the appointment of the army chief( the former position of the president) while others are speculating that the country is not ready for such a major decisions because of the objection against some of the names presented for the post.

The other key issues that are being discussed are the dialogue talks the national debt and the economy of the country

Tuesday

21:04 21:04 Khoja: We never severed any contacts with any Lebanese party and we are ready to be with all Lebanese parties in strengthening the position of Lebanon in the face of external interference in the internal affairs

20:38 Sayyed Nasrallah: called for resolving political issues in a calm manner and also called for referring any disputes for discussions within the institutions

20:21 AFP: Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says, “Israel will take military action against Lebanon, without any restrictions , if the country turns into a Hezbollah state.”

20:15 Minister Murr met Berri to discuss the military appointments

20:09 Geagea : the priority during the dialogue should be the security issue and the defense strategy.

20:00 Jumblatt during a press conference following the meeting with Berri: We are not Gaza , Israel, or Iraq we are a small Arab country and we should talk to one another and all wounds should be healed. There are no obstacles in the way of the national dialogue and I hope president Suleiman will soon call us for the dialogue and reconciliation efforts should be welcome . When Speaker Berri called us for the previous national dialogue, we came and we achieved many successes such as the international tribunal.

19:18 Voice of Lebanon: The Lebanese army removed the barbed wire erected between Bab el-Tabbaneh and Jabal Mohsin districts in Tripoli.

19:15 Salafi official Hassan Shahhal freezes the understanding with Hezbollah which he signed yesterday

18:57: Now Lebanon sources: Jean Kahwaji will be appointed army commander and Joseph Njeim will be named head of intelligence in the cabinet meeting on Thursday. All the other appointments will be made after parliamentary elections.

18:55 PSP leader MP Walid Jumblatt is meeting with Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri.

13:45 Police sappers found no explosives in a suspicious ‘Renault 12’ vehicle parked near ex-Premier Najib Mikati’s residence in Tripoli.

13:32 MP Robert Ghanem told LBC TV: Some parts of the electoral reform are difficult to implement due to time restrictions, and I do not think there will be any changes in administrative divisions [prior to the 2009 elections].

13:15 The Lebanese army erected a barbed wire between Bab al-Tabbaneh, and Jabal Mohsin neighborhoods to stop security breaches.

13:00 Police sappers are checking a suspicious car near Ex-Premier Najib Mikati’s residence in Tripoli.

12:15 The Finance, Budget, Information, Communications, Defense and Interior parliamentary committees held meetings in parliament in the first day of the extraordinary legislative session.

12:00 The Lebanese army arrested a man called Abdul Rahman Mahmoud Mohammed, who admitted that he threw a bomb at Tripoli’s Bab al-Tabbaneh neighborhood.

11:48 Premier Fouad Siniora is meeting at the Grand Serail with Canadian MP of Lebanese origin Maria Mourani.

11:15 Alloush told New TV: the agreement between Hezbollah and the Salafists is cosmetic only. The real problem is political, it is neither ideological nor religious

11:00 Israeli fighter jets are flying over Bint Jbeil and Marjayoun.

08:00 sources of opposition told Al Hayat: Siniora's foreign visits are to avoid visiting Syria"

07:51 Ibrahim Kanaan told Sada al Balad: the high voltage electrical distribution network passes over five large schools with over 13000 students and the problem is social, health, educational and does not lack political interference, which is presenting obstacles re-routing the network. We expect the protests of the people to continue over this issue

07:37 Taburian told al Akhbar: The issue of importing electricity and gas from Egypt has been in discussions since the days of minister Fneish and the subject will be discussed during the meeting of the four concerned countries and yet so far there is no special agreement between Egypt and Lebanon

07:29 Fadi Abboud told "Voice of Lebanon": We have no problem in increasing the wages , but for the State to intervene in the private sector and impose measures and increases prevents Lebanon from entering into WTO, as it is unconstitutional and could force us to resort to State Consultative Council

Monday

18:54 President Suleiman discussed developments with MP Michel Murr

18:20 MP Jumblatt: Taif talked about the Armistice Agreement in order to spare the Lebanon any conflict . The file of the missing could be raised by the Commission which should be given the power to visit the prisons in both countries

17:00 MP Michel Aoun: I believe the previous government was involved in terrorism since it did not take any measures to stop it from spreading.
The security appointments will be finalized next Thursday. I am for a smaller dialogue group , because the larger the group gets the more complicated issues become. Alloush should have taken our advice seriously about the spreading of arms in the north and we condemn the attack against him by the Salafists

14:40 MP Saad Hariri : The national dialogue will be conducted in accordance with the Doha accord and any attempt to change this is an attempt to bypass the dialogue and obstruct the efforts of president Suleiman

14:17 Siniora: The issue of appointing directors to key security posts is still being considered.

14:15 Siniora from Baabda Palace: I informed president Suleiman about my visit to Egypt which was good. President Mubarak also welcomed steps taken by President Suleiman.

Tags: Assad, Government, Hezbollah, March 14 Alliance, Prisoners, source: Now Lebanon, source: Ya Libnan, Suleiman, Syria