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US President Bush (news - web sites) is to meet Wednesday with the patriarch of the Maronite church, Nasrallah Sfeir, a vocal opponent of Syria's dominant role in Lebanon and a leading figure in the Lebanese Christian opposition.

Updated schedule of His Beatitude Patriarch Nasrallah Peter Cardinal Sfeir

Tuesday, March 15, 2005:

Private conferral of honorary Doctorate Degree at Catholic University of America;
Meeting with USCCB President and Cardinal Theodore McCarrick;

Wednesday, March 16, 2005:

Private meeting with President George W. Bush;
Private reception with Senators and Congressmen at Capitol Hill;
Press conference;
Private evening reception at the Embassy of Lebanon;

Thursday, March 17, 2005:

Morning interview with CNN;
6:00 p.m. - Eucharistic Liturgy at the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception;
9:00 p.m. - Reception at Pope John Paul II Cultural Center

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Beirut Rally threads:

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From the Blog:

Publius Pundit

Filed under:

• Revolutions
• Middle East
• Syria
• Lebanon

— HUMAN TSUNAMI SWEEPS SLATE CLEAN

The past month has certainly been amazing. Following the death of Rafiq Hariri, Lebanese broke out in the streets and protested, eventually forcing their government to resign. Syrian loyalists struck back by staging a hoax rally large enough to break the momentum and dishearten even some of freedom’s most ardent supporters. Everyone, however, except the Lebanese. In a moment truly reminiscient of 1776, the people came together in numbers two and a half times that of their would-be oppressors.

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