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Lebanon’s outgoing President Emile Lahoud asked the army to take control of the country’s security on Friday, after rival leaders failed to agree on his successor, creating a vacuum in the presidency from midnight.
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November, 2007
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23 November
Lebanon presidential vote delayed
Lebanon’s parliament failed on Friday to grasp its last chance to elect a head of state before pro-Syrian President Emile Lahoud leaves office at midnight, creating a vacuum that many fear could lead to violence.
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23 November
Lebanese seen holding back from violence for now
Fear of violence looms over Lebanon after parliament failed to elect a new head of state on Friday, but analysts say blood will not flow just yet since rival political groups have too much to lose.
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23 November
Russian Deputy Finance Minister charged with embezzlement
Prosecutors charged Russian Deputy Finance Minister Sergei Storchak on Friday with attempting to embezzle $43 million in budget funds, his lawyers said.
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23 November
Father to son, keys to Palestinian home cherished
The portrait of Hussein Saleh al-Me’ari holding a slim iron key and the legend “We will return” hangs on a wall with peeling paint in a tiny room at the Ain al-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon.
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23 November
Sharif to return to Pakistan
Exiled former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, the man President Pervez Musharraf deposed, is set to return to Pakistan from Saudi Arabia within days, aides said on Friday.
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23 November
Bomb at Baghdad pet market kills 13
A bomb hidden in a box of birds killed 13 people and wounded 57 at a popular pet market in central Baghdad on Friday, police and witnesses said, describing the deadliest attack in the Iraqi capital in two months.
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23 November
Iraq sees “catastrophe” with new cholera cases
Iraq is facing a health “catastrophe” in the capital Baghdad, with reports of cholera rising sharply over the past weeks to more than 80 new cases, the Health Ministry said on Thursday.
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23 November
Saudis and Libyans top foreign fighters in Iraq: report
About 60 percent of the foreign militants fighting in Iraq have come from U.S. allies Saudi Arabia and Libya, unidentified U.S. military officials said in a newspaper report on Thursday.
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23 November
War-weary aid groups weigh risk against need in Iraq
Some Western aid groups driven from Iraq in recent years are cautiously coming back, weighing the danger to their staff against the lives they may save among increasingly desperate Iraqis.
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