BEIRUT (AFP) - Lebanon's pro-Syrian prime minister-designate Omar Karameh has stalled on his plan to resign in the latest setback for efforts to form a new government to organise elections due in May.  The opposition, meanwhile, welcomed Syria's pledge to the United Nations on Wednesday to complete a troop withdrawal from Lebanon ahead of the parliamentary polls. Karameh said he first needed to consult his allies in the pro-Syrian camp before giving up on efforts to form a national unity government in the wake of the February 14 assassination of former premier Rafiq Hariri. "I have informed Mr Lahoud that I am preparing to announce my decision," he said after talks with President Emile Lahoud.

By Lin Noueihed BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's pro-Syrian prime minister is expected to step down this week after he failed to persuade opposition figures to join a government that could run the country until elections in May, associates said on Tuesday.  Omar Karami resigned a month ago after coming under immense popular pressure from Lebanese angered by the killing of his predecessor Rafik al-Hariri. But he was reappointed by parliament to form a national unity government bringing together both anti-Syrian opposition members and pro-Syrian loyalists. Lebanon's opposition, which blames Syria and the Lebanese security agencies it backs for Hariri's death, has refused to join any government until after elections it believes will give it a majority in a chamber now largely allied to Damascus.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - About 2,000 Syrian troops have pulled out of eastern Lebanon over the past week, a senior Lebanese security source said Monday, bringing Syria a step closer to ending its 29-year military domination of Lebanon.  The source said small units in the eastern Bekaa Valley were going home, leaving behind a division of the Syrian army as well as scores of intelligence agents. A Syrian-Lebanese military committee is due to meet next week to set a timeline for withdrawing the 8,000 remaining forces. U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan has said he expects Syria to complete the pull out before general elections due in May.

ألشيخ غصوب نجيب ألخازن ,أعداد : يعقوب رياض ألخازن - 27/3/2005 قدم يوسف أبن خاطر ألخازن من كسروان- جبل لبنان في مطلع ألقرن ألثامن عشر , ألى قرية ألبقيعة في ألجليل ألقريبة من مدينة صفد , وتزوج أمرأةً من عائلة خَرْمَة , وولد له أبراهيم ألذي أنتقل ألى قرية ألبعنه في ألجليل ألغربي قرب مدينة عكا حيث عمل ناطوراً على ألعين ألفوقا فيها , وتزوج وأنجب موسى .عمل موسى بتربية ألمواشي وألأتجار بها وتزوج أمرأةً من عائلة جريس في ألبعنه وأنجب ولدان هما خازن وحنا .