PRESS DIGEST - Lebanon - Aug 26 .
BEIRUT 1996-08-26
These are the leading stories in the Beirut press on Monday .
Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy .
AN-NAHAR
- The north Lebanon elections ...
Almost no chance at all for any complete ticket to win altogether and the results will weaken some leaders .
- The surprise ...
Opposition Boutros Harb scoring high in preliminary results and former prime minister Omar Karame moves backwards .
- Fears of an Israeli operation causes the redistribution of Syrian troops locations in Lebanon .
AS-SAFIR
- Parliament Speaker Berri : The occupied south should not be used as a winning card in elections .
- Prices of alimentary goods up 13.4 percent in 1996 .
AL-ANWAR
- Christian Maronite Patriarch Sfeir : We fear a movement from democracy to dictatorship .
AD-DIYAR
- A cabinet minister : " Lebanon First " aims at splitting the Syrian-Lebanese peace tracks with Israel .
NIDA'A AL-WATAN
- Prime Minister Hariri : Elections are the beginning of a long political life which we begin with an incomplete ticket of 17 candidates .
- The Lebanese Association for the Democracy of Elections cited 51 incidents of violation in the north Lebanon round .