AL-HAYAT:


Positions towards government precede deliberations



Sleiman declines signing extended parliament mandate


Jumblatt's position towards government sets political crisis horizon


Hizbullah-army-people formula contradicts Baabda Declaration.


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ASH-SHARQ AL-AWSAT


Israel deep Mediterranean Sea gas-prospecting despite Lebanese objection


Tel-Aviv-Ankara reconciliation motivated by exporting prospected gas.


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