Lebanon on high alert ahead of Hariri tribunal hearingBEIRUT - Lebanon’s Internal Security Forces (ISF) Director General Ashraf Rifi said Saturday all active units were on highest alert as the Special Tribunal for Lebanon that will try suspects in the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese premier Rafik Hariri was was scheduled to open Sunday at The Hague. One dead after attacks following Hariri rallyBEIRUT - A member of Lebanon’s Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) died Sunday after an attack Saturday by supporters of the pro-Syrian Hezbollah party, the PSP reported. Lebanon marks fourth anniversary of Hariri killingBEIRUT - Amid tightened security measures, hundreds of thousands of Lebanese rallied Saturday at the Martyrs Square in central Beirut to mark the fourth anniversary of the assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri. Lebanese president seeks information on missing Iranian diplomatsBEIRUT - Lebanese President Michel Suleiman Saturday said he will give instructions to the concerned parties to obtain more information on the missing Iranian diplomats, the National News Agency (NNA) reported. Hamas denies reports of year-long truce with IsraelBEIRUT/CAIRO - Hamas representatives Monday denied they had agreed to a one-year truce with Israel. Lebanese PM slams Hezbollah over missing diplomats issueBEIRUT - Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Seniora has hit back at Hezbollah chief Hasan Nasrallah for holding his government responsible for the four Iranian diplomats who went missing in 1982, a media report said Friday. Hamas says ‘no ceasefire’ unless Israel withdrawsBEIRUT - A Hamas representative in Lebanon, Osama Hamdan, said Saturday if there is no Israeli withdrawal from Gaza and no lifting of siege there will be no ceasefire. Ban expresses concern over situation in southern LebanonBEIRUT - Visiting UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon expressed concerns over the firing of Katyusha rockets from Lebanon into Israel. Rockets fired into Israel from LebanonTEL AVIV/BEIRUT - Unknown militants fired at least three Katyusha rockets into northern Israel early Thursday morning, prompting the Israeli army to return fire into south Lebanon, Israeli and Lebanese officials said. Sarkozy determined to help restore Lebanese-Syrian tiesBEIRUT - French President Nicolas Sarkozy, due to arrive in Beirut on Tuesday, promised to exert more effort to resolve lingering issues between Lebanon and neighbouring Syria. Lebanese president orders rescue of Palestinian aid shipBEIRUT - Lebanese President Michel Suleiman gave orders Tuesday for the rescue of an aid vessel which had been destined for the Gaza Strip before it was reportedly rammed by an Israeli naval ship, Lebanese media have reported. Gaza aggression repetition of Lebanon war: Hezbollah leaderBEIRUT - The chief of the Lebanese Shia Movement has compared the ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip to the July 2006 war which Israel launched against his movement. Hundreds in Lebanon protest against Israeli raid on GazaBEIRUT - Hundreds of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon Saturday marched to the Egyptian embassy here to protest against the Israeli raids on Gaza. |
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