Thursday, April 05, 2007
BKIRKI: Lebanon's influential Council of Maronite Bishops fired a warning shot across the bow of the opposition on Wednesday, saying in a hard-hitting statement that presidential elections must be held on time. "We insist that the presidential elections take place on the date set by the Constitution, at the latest," the council said after its monthly meeting.
"Any attempts by any political power, or bloc or party to prevent the necessary quorum at the parliamentary session to elect the next president will be considered a violation of the Constitution and democratic principles," it added.
Thursday,April 05,2007
JERUSALEM (AFP) - A commission assessing the conduct of last summer's war in Lebanon will say the government should have resigned in the war's aftermath, a commission member was quoted as saying on Wednesday. "The commission will take a harsh and specific tone with those responsible for the incidents of the recent war," the source told the Yediot Aharonot daily newspaper's Ynet website.
Thursday, April 05, 2007
BEIRUT: Prime Minister Fouad Siniora denied Wednesday that the submission of a petition to the United Nations by pro-government MPS was "a conspiracy," but Speaker Nabih Berri described the move as a power grab that had nothing to do with its subject - the creation of a court to try suspects in the 2005 assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.
The country appeared on the verge of further division after the parliamentary majority leader, MP Saad Hariri, handed over a petition signed by 70 MPs that called on UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to "take alternative measures according to the UN Charter to establish the tribunal."
Wednesday,April 04,2007
Sheikh Naim Qassem, Hizbullah's second in command, has accused the government majority of not wanting an international tribunal, but running Lebanon, instead.
"They don't want the court, they want to control Lebanon," Qassem told a crowd in Dahiyeh, or Beirut's southern suburbs, Tuesday night on the occasion of Prophet Mohammed's birthday.
"They hide behind the tribunal to prevent the opposition from taking part in decision making," he said.
Population Movements to Keserwan - The Khazens and The Maans
ما جاء عن الثورة في المقاطعة الكسروانية
ثورة أهالي كسروان على المشايخ الخوازنة وأسبابها
Origins of the "Prince of Maronite" Title
Growing diversity: the Khazin sheiks and the clergy in the first decades of the 18th century
Historical Members:
Barbar Beik El Khazen [English]
Patriach Toubia Kaiss El Khazen(Biography & Life Part1 Part2) (Arabic)
Patriach Youssef Dargham El Khazen (Cont'd)
Cheikh Bishara Jafal El Khazen
Patriarch Youssef Raji El Khazen
The Martyrs Cheikh Philippe & Cheikh Farid El Khazen
Cheikh Nawfal El Khazen (Consul De France)
Cheikh Hossun El Khazen (Consul De France)
Cheikh Abou-Nawfal El Khazen (Consul De France)
Cheikh Francis Abee Nader & his son Yousef
Cheikh Abou-Kanso El Khazen (Consul De France)
Cheikh Abou Nader El Khazen
Cheikh Chafic El Khazen
Cheikh Keserwan El Khazen
Cheikh Serhal El Khazen [English]
Cheikh Rafiq El Khazen [English]
Cheikh Hanna El Khazen
Cheikha Arzi El Khazen
Marie El Khazen