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5 news for the 24th of October, December

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October 24, 1983monday
The French President Mitterand made a quick visit to Beirut and declared: ' We will stay'.

\_this day in full the books also date it 23 October 1983 \_on this day

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De Clerck and Malsagne note that no French president had visited Lebanon since independence before Mitterrand's trip.

December 24, 1986wednesday
Aurel Cornea, one of the Antenne 2 journalists kidnapped on June 21, was released by the Organization of Revolutionary Justice.

\_this day in full the books also date it 8 March 1986 \_on this day

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The Antenne 2 crew was kidnapped on 8 March 1986 (de Clerck and Malsagne), not on 21 June.

October 24, 1989tuesday
While the Arab Troïka rushes the Chamber to elect a President before November 7th, tens of thousands of Lebanese say 'no' to the Taef agreement through a giant demonstration that goes from Hazmieh to Baabda.

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Hanf calls the mass support for Aoun unprecedented: never had so many Christians followed a leader against their political and church leaders' pleas for calm.

December 24, 1989sunday
The two hours meeting between General Aoun and Samir Geagea seem to have pacified their relations.

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December 24, 1990monday
The Karame Government is composed of 30 Ministers including 9 Ministers of State, but the Lebanese Forces and the Kataeb refuse to be part of it.

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Hanf lists the parties left out of the Karami cabinet of 24 December 1990: Hezbollah, the National Liberals, Aoun's supporters and the Communists. With 30 ministers it was Lebanon's largest. Berri, Jumblatt, Geagea, Hobeika, Suleiman Frangieh, Abdallah el-Amin and Assad Hardan, seven militia chiefs, joined as ministers of state without portfolio. After the Lebanese Forces protested at its make-up, Geagea urged the Christian ministers to resign; only his two colleagues followed. It won confidence on 9 January 1991.