Arab League Calls Lebanese Crisis ‘Serious’

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Fri Jan-14-11 12:14 PM
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Arab League Calls Lebanese Crisis ‘Serious’

Edited on Fri Jan-14-11 12:24 PM by Turborama

Source: VOA

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Hisham Youssef is the Chief of Staff for the Secretary General of the League of Arab States Amr Moussa. He spoke to VOA's Cecily Hilleary from his office in Cairo.

Hilleary: How serious is the current situation?

Youssef: It is extremely serious. There is a political crisis, and therefore, it requires the attention not only of the Arab world, but of the international community as well.

Hilleary: There had been some optimism that Syria and Saudi Arabia’s mediation would have a positive effect. But the discussions failed rather suddenly. What happened?

Youssef: Well, they weren’t able to persuade the different political forces in Lebanon to reach an understanding that would allow them to agree on a future path of how to deal with the problems.

Read more: http://www.voanews.com/english/news/Arab-League-Calls-Lebanese-Crisis-Serious-113603364.html

Full transcript and audio at the link.

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Fri Jan-14-11 12:17 PM
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1. Breaking News: Arab League Still Exists

Who knew?

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