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	Omar Karami - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Omar Abdul Hamid Karami (last name also spelled Karamé) (Arabic: عمر عبد الحميد كرامي) (born September 7, 1934) was the Prime Minister of Lebanon on two separate occasions.
		Karami was born in the northern Lebanese town of An Nouri, near Tripoli.
		He was the son of Lebanese politician Abdul Hamid Karami and the brother of eight-time Arab nationalist prime minister Rashid Karami, who was assassinated in 1987.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Omar_Karami (411 words)

	Rashid Karami - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Karami was a strong proponent of the rights of Lebanon's Muslim community, which in his time increased to outnumber the Christian population for the first time in Lebanese history, causing major ripples in the social fabric of the country.
		Karami resigned and was succeeded by Saeb Salam.
		Karami was reconciled to his old enemy, Suleiman Frangieh, in the late 1970s, after Frangieh had fallen out with the Phalangist militia leader, Bachir Gemayel.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rashid_Karami (1043 words)

	Middle East Times
		He was the son of former premier Abdel Hamid Karami, one of the architects of Lebanon's independence from France in 1943 and the mufti, or Sunni religious leader, of Tripoli before becoming premier in 1945.
		Omar Karami worked as a lawyer, contractor and landlord while living in the shadow of his eldest brother, Rashid Karami, who headed several governments between 1955 and 1987, when he was assassinated.
		Karami is known to be shrewd as well as easily irritated during parliamentary sessions, where his sarcastic remarks often provoke laughter.
	www.metimes.com /articles/normal.php?StoryID=20050311-083101-1327r (561 words)

	Dar Al Hayat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Prime Minister Omar Karami announced his government's resignation Monday, prompting a cheer from more than 25,000 flag-waving opposition demonstrators protesting the government and its Syrian backers a few hundred meters away.
		Earlier Monday, Karami had asked the legislature to renew its confidence in his Cabinet, which took power in October after Hariri's resignation in a dispute with Syria, the main power broker in Lebanon.
		The Karami government and Syria have been accused by the opposition of having at least a hand in the bombing which killed Hariri and 16 others in Beirut two weeks ago.
	english.daralhayat.com /arab_news/02-2005/20050228-APAP_1263037.txt/story.html (426 words)

	Lebanon prime minister reappointed - Newsday.com
		Karami denied his reappointment was orchestrated by Syria, saying he is supported by a majority in parliament and on the street.
		Karami's initial cabinet was a placeholder government appointed after Hariri quit in October as a protest of Syrian interference.
		Karami's new cabinet, like his previous one, is intended to serve only until parliamentary elections in May. Once a new parliament is convened, it will negotiate with the president on forming a new cabinet.
	www.newsday.com /news/nationworld/world/ny-woleba114171978mar11,0,7299894.story?coll=ny-nationworld-world-utility (603 words)

	FirstCoast News.com - Print Article
		Karami, who had continued to lead a caretaker government, immediately invited the opposition to join him in a national unity government.
		Karami rejected suggestions that his reappointment was inspired by Syria, saying his supporters had the majority in the parliament and with the people, a reference to Tuesday's Hezbollah-organized rally in which hundreds of thousands of pro-Syrian supporters participated.
		Karami's previous Cabinet, which governed from late October until he resigned in parliament Feb. 28, was among the most pro-Syrian government Lebanon has seen since the end of the 1975-90 civil war.
	www.firstcoastnews.com /printfullstory.aspx?storyid=33698 (838 words)

	The Epoch Times \| Lebanon PM Quits, Says Still Time for Elections
		Karami, who has now quit twice in six weeks, said he had hit a wall in trying to form a cabinet, whose main task would be to supervise the elections which the United States and United Nations say must go ahead on time.
		Karami was reappointed days after his first resignation.
		Karami, who since then was trying to form a government from pro-Syrian figures, also said he would quit a grouping of pro-Damascus Lebanese politicians.
	english.epochtimes.com /news/5-4-13/27839.html (711 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Omar Karami’s reappointment, which ensures Damascus’ continued dominance in Lebanon’s politics, is a slap to the opposition and forces it to evaluate how to recoup the momentum that had forced his Feb. 28 resignation.
		Karami rejected suggestions his reappointment by President Emile Lahoud was inspired by Syria, saying his supporters had the majority in parliament and with the people, a reference to the hundreds of thousands of pro-Syrian supporters who participated in a Hezbollah-organized rally Tuesday.
		Karami’s reinstatement was considered an affront to many who had participated in the demonstrations that led to his resignation.
	www.11alive.com /news/usnews_article.aspx?storyid=60121 (723 words)

	Karami slams 'politicized' UN report into Hariri assassination : SF Indymedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		BEIRUT: Former Premier Omar Karami expressed his belief over the weekend that German prosecutor Detlev Mehlis' report was "politicized" and that Security Council Resolution 1595 is being used to push for the disarmament of all militias in Lebanon.
		Karami was speaking on Saturday during an annual iftar dinner held by the Karami Charity Associations in Tripoli.
		Karami said he had no confidence that an international donor's conference scheduled to be held by the end of the year would reap positive results, as similar initiatives in the past had proved "useless."
	sf.indymedia.org /print.php?id=1721443&comments=yes (869 words)

	Lebanon's Karami Quits After Failing to Form Government
		Omar Karami's resignation made timely elections moreunlikely and deepened the political crisis triggered by theFebruary assassination of former Prime Minister Rafikal-Hariri.
		Karami was reappointed by parliament days later to form anew cabinet but decided to step down again, after repeatedlyfailing to convince both anti-Syrian opposition members andpro-Syrian allies to join.
		Lebanon's anti-Syrian opposition has accused Karami ofprocrastinating in forming a new government to put offelections in which they expect to win a majority in the housenow dominated by allies of Damascus.
	www.aina.org /news/20050413123722.htm (207 words)

	[ RADIO FREE EUROPE/ RADIO LIBERTY ]
		Karami said only that he was concerned that some might see his government as an obstacle to progress before announcing to a shocked chamber that he was leaving office.
		Although Karami will stay in office until the parliament has approved the president's new nominee for the post, Hoss said it is unlikely the current government will continue to perform its duties.
		Following Karami's resignation, the office of a pro-Karami deputy was ransacked, and there were reports that anti-government elements attacked a Karami statue in Tripoli, the prime minister's hometown.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/library/news/2005/03/mil-050301-rferl04.htm (675 words)

	ISN Security Watch - Lebanonâs Karami to resign
		Karamiâs spokesman, Khaldoun Sharif, told ISN Security Watch that the prime minister-designate would likely resign on Wednesday morning unless dramatic developments cleared the way for a broad-based national unity government with the opposition before then.
		Karami is expected to meet Parliamentary Speaker Nabih Berri later on Tuesday to acknowledge the political impasse gripping the country since the assassination of former prime minister Rafik al-Hariri.
		Karami resigned during the mass protests, but was quickly re-nominated for the post of prime minister and called for the formation of a national unity government with the opposition.
	www.isn.ethz.ch /news/sw/details.cfm?ID=11011 (452 words)

	Middle East Times
		Karami accepted and called on opponents to join up or bear responsibility for a "catastrophe".
		United Nations special envoy Terje Roed-Larsen was due in Beirut on Friday and scheduled to travel on to Damascus the next day to press Syrian authorities to set a date for the withdrawal of all their troops from Lebanon, consistent with UN Security Council Resolution 1559.
		A key figure in the Lebanese opposition, MP and Druze chief Walid Jumblatt, described Karami's comeback as a "disappointment" and "an extension of the crisis" in the country.
	www.metimes.com /articles/normal.php?StoryID=20050311-074732-2770r (629 words)

	Robert Fisk: Syria reasserts power in Lebanon as its ally returns as prime minister - The Independent (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Omar Karami, the Ramsay MacDonald of Lebanese politics, has returned to power as Prime Minister - "power" being a word of limited definition here at the moment - only 10 days after he resigned from office during mass demonstrations against Syria’s presence in Lebanon.
		Needless to say, Mr Karami said that he would form a "government of national unity and salvation" - something which Lebanese prime ministers have been doing on and off for the past 30 years.
		Mr Karami claimed that he had the support of a parliamentary majority and of the people, adding that the Hizbollah-organised pro-Syrian demonstration on Tuesday, which drew half a million, was "a massive demonstration that asserted our legitimacy in the Lebanese street".
	www.selvesandothers.org /article9164.html (552 words)

	US Policy article
		This is the second time that Karami has resigned from the post of prime minister in the past two months. He resigned February 28 in the face of massive street demonstrations by the Lebanese opposition following the February 14 assassination of former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri.
		Karami was reappointed to the post and given the task of forming a transitional government to serve until parliamentary elections, which are supposed to be held before the parliament’s four-year term expires May 31. He resigned April 13, saying that his consultations to form a government had reached a dead end.
		Today's resignation of Prime Minister Karami presents an opportunity to move forward. We urge that the will of the Lebanese people be respected; specifically, that a new government be formed as quickly as possible and that parliamentary elections be held by the end of May. Further delays are unnecessary.
	www.uspolicy.be /Article.asp?ID=A0367737-182B-42BE-A82D-9664E5FEE6DA (439 words)

	Ya Libnan \| Lebanon's former Prime Minister Omar Karami Quits race \| Live News from Lebanon
		Karami's move followed similar decisions by a former deputy premier and former legislator Issam Farris, who pulled out of the election race, citing the 2000 election law.
		Karami was forced to resign on Feb. 28 under intensive pressure of massive anti-Syrian demonstrations following the Feb. 14 assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.
		Omar Karami and Aoun were having serious discusions about cooperating in the North.
	yalibnan.com /site/archives/2005/05/lebanons_former.php (504 words)

	Telegraph \| News \| Lebanon factfile: Key figures (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		A Sunni Muslim, Omar Karami has twice been prime minister and has twice been forced to resign in the face of massive popular protests.
		Born in 1934, Karami is the son of former prime minister Abdul Hamid Karami and the younger brother of eight-times prime minister Rashid Karami, who was assassinated in 1987.
		Karami took office for the first time in 1990, replacing Salim al-Huss, but was forced to resign after protests following the collapse of the Lebanese currency.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/campaigns/lebanon/lebfigs.xml (1625 words)

	Karami Opts to Quit After Meeting Allies
		Karami’s announcement came a day after Syria promised for the first time to withdraw its troops completely before Lebanon’s general elections, which are due to begin late next month.
		Karami’s intention to bow out followed a deadlock over forming the government, which must be completed before parliamentary elections can be held.
		Karami sought to form a national unity government including opposition members because he maintained the conditions in the country required all parties to shoulder their responsibility.
	www.arabnews.com /?page=4§ion=0&article=61347&d=31&m=3&y=2005 (686 words)

	Lebanon Timeline
		On Feb. 28, pro-Syrian prime minister Omar Karami resigns.
		On March 9, buoyed by the pro-Syrian demonstrations, President Lahoud reappoints Omar Karami as prime minister.
		Omar Karami resigns a second time after failing to form a government.
	www.factmonster.com /spot/lebanontime1.html (861 words)

	The New York Times > International > Middle East > Pro-Syrian Premier Expected to Resign in Lebanon Today
		Karami's pending resignation appeared to clear the way for opposition leaders to try to form a government on their own, one that would try to ensure that nationwide elections are held by the end of May.
		Karami, the country's pro-Syrian prime minister, quit amid the protests last month, but was asked a few days later by the pro-Syrian president, Mr.
		Karami said he would, but only if he could persuade the Lebanese opposition to join in a "national unity" government that would stay in power through the elections, which are supposed to be held by the end of May.
	www.nytimes.com /2005/03/30/international/middleeast/30lebanon.html?ex=1269838800&en=d5886fd45fdb9c43&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&pagewanted=all (769 words)

	Political Deadlock No Nearer to Resolution
		But despite a marked softening in the opposition's stance toward Karami's attempts to form a government it emerged that Sfeir has been unable to convince the opposition to enter talks with Karami.
		Karami said he remained determined to form a "national unity" Cabinet made up of opposition and loyalist figures and insisted again he will resign if he fails rather than lead what he called a "one color government."
		Karami, who was designated to line up a new Cabinet only days after he resigned, had said his decision to form a Cabinet or step down will depend on the result of the consultations with Sfeir, the spiritual patron of Lebanon's Christian opposition and an important political powerbroker.
	www.aina.org /news/20050324103530.htm (629 words)

	Pro-Syrian Premier Returns in Lebanon (washingtonpost.com)
		Karami's position appeared to serve as a challenge to opposition leaders, who are focusing on how to ensure fair parliamentary elections in the spring that could usher in a government less aligned with Syria.
		Karami stepped aside after a heated no-confidence debate in parliament and hours of raucous protests in Martyrs' Square marking the two-week anniversary of former prime minister Rafiq Hariri's assassination.
		Karami received a clear endorsement from Lebanon's pro-Syrian parliament on Wednesday, and President Emile Lahoud asked him on Thursday to form a government.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/articles/A22731-2005Mar10.html (740 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Prime Minister of Lebanon Omar Karami is still stuck in the dark ages of empty slogans and fruitless speeches which have neither changed the lives of Arabs for the better nor stopped political issues from going down hill.
		Karami - who is blissfully unaware of the changed realities in the region - is accusing his opponents of being agents of Israel while he himself is extending a hand to negotiate with that country.
		In our opinion it is Karami who should take the blame for the current problems of Lebanon because he is using his political authority to put down his opponents forgetting the fact they are also Lebanese.
	www.arabtimesonline.com /arabtimes/opinion/view.asp?msgID=670 (522 words)

	WJLA - Lebanon's Caretaker Premier Plans to Quit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Lebanon's pro-Syrian president and embattled caretaker Prime Minister Omar Karami met Wednesday, but the premier postponed a widely anticipated announcement he is giving up his efforts to form a new Cabinet, saying he will quit after meeting pro-government groups later this week.
		Karami's announcement came a day after Syria promised for the first time it will withdraw its troops completely from Lebanon before general elections in Lebanon scheduled to take place starting next month.
		Karami's announcement that he may bow out followed a deadlock over forming the government, which must be completed before parliamentary elections can be held.
	www.wjla.com /headlines/0305/216967.html (402 words)

	ISN Security Watch - Lebanon opposition reject Karamiâs offer
		Karami justified his reappointment by saying that Tuesdayâs pro- Syrian rally proved the legitimacy of the government.
		Opposition media described the re-appointment of Karami as âthe climax of political insolenceâ and a âfarceâ.
		Karami is expected to begin the formation of a new government next week and insists he will pursue a government of national unity along with the opposition to lead the country to May parliamentary elections.
	www.isn.ethz.ch /news/sw/details.cfm?id=10918 (555 words)

	Omar Karami re-appointed as Lebanese Premier - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Immediately after his re-appointed, Karami called for a national unity government, which he invited the opposition to join, stressing the need for a political dialogue, and promising to form a Cabinet that includes all political factions.
		The Lebanese opposition criticized Karami’s reappointment even before being announced, claiming that the national unity government was just trap to bring opposition figures into the Cabinet without giving them a say in policymaking.
		Karami dismissed claims that the President’s decision to reappoint him was inspired by Syria, stressing the fact that his supporters have the majority in the parliament.
	www.aljazeera.com /me.asp?service_ID=7356 (796 words)

	Online NewsHour: Pro-Syrian Omar Karami Reinstated at Lebanese Prime Minister -- March 10, 2005
		This re-appointment of Omar Karami as prime minister is quite a turnaround.
		MICHAEL YOUNG: Well, we should understand that Karami-- because this parliament is mainly made up of -- the Syrians can bolster him, the pro-Syrian MP's can bolster a majority, even when Karami resigned, he could have passed a vote of confidence in parliament.
		MARGARET WARNER: Now, Karami today said he was inviting the opposition to join him in a national unity government.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/middle_east/jan-june05/tides_3-10.html (943 words)

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