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21 May 2013, 14:10 Aoun: The Orthodox Gathering proposal was not approved at parliament because of a lack of quorum during last week's parliamentary session. The LF and its allies presented their own draft law, which was not approved or rejected.
21 May 2013, 14:10 Aoun: The elections will be held based on the 1960 law should we fail to agree on a new electoral law.
21 May 2013, 14:02 Aoun: We had reached an agreement with Bkriki in the past over the Orthodox Gathering electoral law and another one that adopts medium-sized districts, which was based on proportional representation.
21 May 2013, 14:01 FPM leader MP Michel Aoun after Change and Reform bloc's weekly meeting: We addressed the latest discussions on the electoral law. We don't know where these talks will lead us, but we must return to previous agreements.
21 May 2013, 13:36 OTV: Sniper fire killed a man identified as Youssef al-Saqqa in Jabal Mohsen.
21 May 2013, 13:28 VDL (93.3): Heavy gunfire was heard in the vicinity of Tripoli's serail.
21 May 2013, 13:23 LBCI: Two people from al-Saqqa family were wounded by sniper fire in Jabal Mohsen.
21 May 2013, 13:14 LBCI: Grand Mufti Sheikh Mohammed Rashid Qabbani telephoned Army Commander Jean Qahwaji to request that the army protect Dar al-Fatwa in Sidon.
21 May 2013, 13:13 LBCI: ISF Intelligence Bureau members left the vicinity of Dar al-Fatwa in Sidon and left the security operations to the ISF.
21 May 2013, 13:12 Al-Jadeed: Locals blocked the Sliftaniyeh road at al-Qobbeh roundabout in Tripoli to prevent people from heading to areas witnessing sniper activity.
21 May 2013, 12:47 Future TV: Clashes are underway at al-Baqqar neighborhood in Tripoli.
21 May 2013, 12:46 LBCI: Protesters blocked the Hisheh-Akkar road to protest the injury of two people who were shot after refusing to halt at an army checkpoint.
21 May 2013, 12:27 VDL (93.3): Two army troops were wounded in Tripoli's vegetable market.
21 May 2013, 12:22 Al-Jadeed: A man was wounded by sniper fire on the roundabout of al-Jadeed Street in Tripoli's al-Qobbeh.
21 May 2013, 11:46 The ISF Intelligence Branch arrested a Lebanese and a Syrian who admitted to kidnapping a man for ransom.
21 May 2013, 10:50 Diplomats told Agence France Presse that the  EU is poised to place Hizbullah's military wing on the terrorist list.
21 May 2013, 10:48 LBCI: More security forces arrived at Sidon's Dar al-Fatwa.
21 May 2013, 10:44 VDL (93.3) identified the victim of Tripoli's clashes as Mohammed al-Rifi, also known as Aou al-Reesh.
21 May 2013, 10:33 PM-designate Tammam Salam held talks on local and regional developments at his Msaytbeh residence with caretaker Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour.
21 May 2013, 10:26 Al-Jadeed: One person was killed and three wounded in the resumption of sniper activity at the Abou Ali roundabout in Tripoli.
21 May 2013, 10:04 Dar al-Fatwa sources to LBCI: Security forces entered Sidon's Dar al-Fatwa to force Mufti Nassar out under the excuse of the presence of arms with his bodyguards.
21 May 2013, 10:03 LBCI: Sniper activity, amid heavy gunfire, resumed in all areas that witnessed clashes in Tripoli.
21 May 2013, 09:52 Sheikh Oraymet to LBCI: Gunmen entered Sidon's Dar al-Fatwa claiming to be the bodyguards of Ahmed Nassar, the newly appointed Mufti. But police forced them out.
21 May 2013, 09:48 MTV: A dispute erupted at Dar al-Fatwa in Sidon after Grand Mufti Sheikh Mohammed Rashid Qabbani appointed a new mufti for the city.
21 May 2013, 09:33 Caretaker Defense Minister Fayez Ghosn said the security chaos was putting the entire country's fate at stake.
21 May 2013, 09:09 President Suleiman is chairing a meeting to discuss the issue of Syrian refugees.
21 May 2013, 08:48 British Ambassador Tom Fletcher: We should all exert efforts to keep Lebanon out of the Syrian crisis and prevent war from reaching the country.
21 May 2013, 08:03 VDL (100.5): A meeting is underway between caretaker PM Miqati and a British delegation accompanied by British Ambassador Tom Fletcher.
21 May 2013, 07:52 Beirut Police detained 3 Lebanese, 2 Syrians and a Palestinian national for committing various crimes and seized 8 violating vehicles.
21 May 2013, 06:52 LBCI: The army completed its deployment that it launched at 6:00 am in Tripoli's hotspots.
21 May 2013, 06:17 MP Antoine Zahra to Future TV: Speaker Berri said that the Orthodox proposal is controversial and we should agree on an electoral law.
21 May 2013, 06:08 ISF arrested 50 people for committing different crimes throughout Lebanon.
21 May 2013, 05:46 MP Hadi Hbeish to VDL (93.3): The extension of parliament's mandate requires general consensus. Or else the law would face the danger of challenges.
21 May 2013, 05:40 Caretaker Tourism Minister Fadi Abboud to VDL (100.5): The awful thing that could happen is holding elections based on the 1960 law but the worst is falling into political vacuum.
21 May 2013, 05:24 VDL (93.3): The army deployed heavily in Syria street and other Tripoli hotspots.
21 May 2013, 05:20 LBCI: Several people were injured when rockets landed from the Syrian side of the border at dawn on the towns of Rajm Hussein and al-Mwanseh in Akroum.
21 May 2013, 05:14 MP Marwan Hamadah to VDL (100.5): We either head to elections based on the 1960 law or President Michel Suleiman would have to direct the parliament to convene.
21 May 2013, 04:26 Charbel: We should have kept Syrian refugees in tents rather than allowing them to spread in entire Lebanese regions.
21 May 2013, 04:24 Caretaker Interior Minister Marwan Charbel to VDL (93.3): We thank the army for dealing strongly with the gunmen in Tripoli. All Tripoli residents want the army to prevent attacks on citizens and security forces.
20 May 2013, 19:53 OTV: A clash between the LF and the FPM erupted at the USJ university in Mathaf after a student event.
20 May 2013, 19:50 Aoun: The relation with Franjieh is good and normal and rumors blow news out of proportion.
20 May 2013, 19:48 Aoun: We told the president that we're willing to help him but he did not show any cooperation and today he has to learn the norms of good governance.
20 May 2013, 19:35 OTV: Seven shells hit Jabal Mohsen in the past half hour.
20 May 2013, 19:31 Aoun: We want 11 ministers, given our political weight, and they want to give us 8 ministers. Speaking of shares for the premier and the president is not a right thing because it is not a charity and each party's share must be proportional to the number of its MPs.
20 May 2013, 19:30 Aoun: Who is centrist among them? What kind of centrism is this? Centrism is March 14 in disguise and it would be foolish to try what has already been tried. The president is not a centrist and I insist that he is not a centrist.
20 May 2013, 19:29 Aoun: The March 14 camp shunned Miqati's cabinet because they were awaiting the regional developments, but Assad did not fall, so they decided to return to cabinet.
20 May 2013, 19:27 Aoun: They have put conditions in a manner that allows them to control the cabinet.
20 May 2013, 19:21 Aoun: Of course we will submit our nominations as a precaution and I have already said that we will attend the session even if the Orthodox law was dropped. The alternative in the session is the 1960 law, so what can we do, it is inevitable.
20 May 2013, 19:18 Aoun: Extension is not useful and I want to return to the constitutional rules, and if we fail to agree we should resort to a vote in parliament.
20 May 2013, 19:16 Aoun: Why don't we resort to the people if we fail to reach an agreement? Let us hold elections and let people choose their governors.
20 May 2013, 19:15 Aoun: I don't have a choice and something will impose itself on us and in this case it is the 1960 law, as extension is unconstitutional.
20 May 2013, 19:03 Aoun: The president is biased when he uses his powers in advance against parliament and against Christians, and it is not for him to decide whether the law is constitutional or not.
20 May 2013, 19:01 Aoun: I'm not to blame if al-Mustaqbal and the PSP have agreed to steal the rights of Christians.
20 May 2013, 18:57 Aoun: The president and the PM caused the vacuum and the premier cannot obstruct a law that is issued by parliament.
20 May 2013, 18:55 Aoun: I'm demanding constitutional rights and they are the ones violating the constitution through the previous law. Equal power-sharing is equal power-sharing and they can't follow a mechanism that does not grant us our full rights and only the Orthodox law would restore our full rights.
20 May 2013, 18:52 Aoun: All the studies that happened were aimed at giving al-Mustaqbal Movement the parliamentary majority.
20 May 2013, 18:51 Aoun: I was seeking a draft law for the sake of Christians and the LF's dispute is not with the FPM, but rather with Christians. We told them that we're willing to abandon our allies and asked them if they're willing to do the same, but we did not sense that they had the same determination.
20 May 2013, 18:49 Aoun: We have agreed with the LF to vote together for the Orthodox law if the choice is between extension and the 1960 law.
20 May 2013, 18:48 Aoun: We're against extension and against the 1960 law and my stance is clear and straightforward and I won't boycott elections if the Orthodox law was not passed.
20 May 2013, 18:48 Aoun: Aounists consider that they were the attacked party and I consider that we have left the verbal attacks behind us.
20 May 2013, 18:46 Aoun: Who tried to turn the discussion from a debate over the electoral law into discussing the memories of the past?
20 May 2013, 18:43 Aoun: Minister Bassil studied the hybrid law in Maarab and we did not accept this proposal.
20 May 2013, 18:41 Aoun: We're keen on the proper representation of all the components of the Lebanese people, but a major usurpation of our rights happened in 2005.
20 May 2013, 18:40 Aoun: The draft law proposed by the LF is not consensual, does not contain fairness or justice and does not secure proper representation for Christians.
20 May 2013, 18:39 Aoun: The Lebanese Forces said that they would return to the Orthodox law if the choice is between extension and the 1960 law, so let them join us in the session.
20 May 2013, 18:38 FPM leader MP Michel Aoun in an interview on MTV: The balance of power is not behind the stalemate we're witnessing today, we rather formed a bloc with the aim of voting for a certain draft law and we're holding onto it and it has not yet been dropped.
20 May 2013, 18:17 AFP: U.S. President Obama stated concern about Hizbullah's role in Syria in his phone conversation with President Suleiman.
20 May 2013, 17:47 AFP: The U.S. has condemned the Syrian army's assault on Qusayr and Hizbullah's involvement.
20 May 2013, 17:09 LBCI: Berri delegated Ali Hasan Khalil to meet with Saniora in a final attempt to salvage the elections.
20 May 2013, 16:56 MTV: Cautious calm has engulfed Tripoli and is being interrupted by intermittent gunshots.
20 May 2013, 16:53 LBCI: Kabbara stressed during a meeting with Tripoli's dignitaries at his residence that he has asked the parties to pacify the situation and let the army do its job.
20 May 2013, 16:38 MTV: A bomb was found placed on a motorbike that belongs to the bodyguard of a Fatah official in Ain el-Hilweh camp.
20 May 2013, 16:34 OTV: A bomb was found in Ain el-Hilweh camp near Sidon and a Palestinian military expert is currently working on dismantling it.
20 May 2013, 16:29 LBCI: The leaders of the frontiers in Tripoli received phone calls from politicians who urged them to leave the streets.
20 May 2013, 16:20 The Military Command warned against the persisting attacks against civilians and against targeting army bases.
20 May 2013, 16:19 Army Command: A soldier was killed and 6 others were wounded after they came under gunfire from armed groups in Tripoli.
20 May 2013, 16:19 Al-Jadeed: A closed-door meeting got underway at MP Mohammed Kabbara's resident in Tripoli, in the presence of Minister Ahmed Karami and Minister Mohammed Safadi's representative Ahmed Safadi.
20 May 2013, 16:11 NBN: Messages distributed on Salafist websites and on WhatsApp in Tripoli are calling for preventing the army from entering the conflict zone.
20 May 2013, 16:10 Arab Democratic Party media officer Abdul Latif Saleh to NBN: The battle is taking place between the army and the Takfiris and we have nothing to do with it.
20 May 2013, 16:10 NBN: Tires are being burned in Tripoli to prevent the army from entering Bab al-Tabbaneh.
20 May 2013, 16:09 NBN: The gunman who fired the RPG on the army's armored vehicle is Z. S. and he is well-known by security agencies.
20 May 2013, 16:09 MTV: Young men from Tariq al-Jedideh blocked a road with burning tires in solidarity with Bab al-Tabbaneh's residents.
20 May 2013, 15:57 Daniel Shoaib: Out protest has ended and we staged it because of the insolence of the "Ottoman ambassador" who has crossed all limits.
20 May 2013, 15:56 Sheikh Abbas Zgheib outside Turkish Cultural Center: The families' protests are open-ended because they are legitimate and we cannot impose on them a certain timing for their moves, but we urge them to keep the protests peaceful.
20 May 2013, 15:55 Sheikh Abbas Zgheib outside Turkish Cultural Center: Turkey must understand that all options are on the table if they don't cooperate in the case of the abductees and they must exert more practical steps.
20 May 2013, 15:54 Sheikh Abbas Zgheib outside Turkish Cultural Center: The families' move is legitimate and I laud their positivity in ending the protest, because they want the success of Maj. Gen. Ibrahim's efforts.
20 May 2013, 15:51 FSA Joint Command: Mustafa Badreddine, who is accused of assassinating ex-PM Rafik Hariri, is present on Qusayr's front and overseeing Hizbullah's operations.
20 May 2013, 15:51 US President Obama telephoned President Suleiman and stressed the importance of forming a new cabinet and holding timely elections.
20 May 2013, 15:50 VDL (100.5): Indiscriminate gunfire is targeting some buildings in Tripoli's el-Mina.
20 May 2013, 15:49 FSA Joint Command: The Hizbullah gang suffered more than 50 casualties on the Qusayr front and more than 100 of its fighters were wounded.
20 May 2013, 15:47 Electricite du Liban: The maintenance operation at the Deir Ammar power plant was postponed due to the security situation in Tripoli.
20 May 2013, 15:38 VDL (93.3): The number of casualties suffered by the Lebanese army in the Tripoli clashes has risen to three.
20 May 2013, 15:28 Caretaker Interior Minister Charbel: The army is in control of the situation in Tripoli and it is determined to shoot back at the sources of gunfire and will not tolerate to suffer more casualties among its ranks.
20 May 2013, 15:26 MTV: One more person has been wounded in Tripoli and clashes are still ongoing.
20 May 2013, 15:17 LBCI confirmed the death of a second soldier in Tripoli, prompting residents in the city to block roads in protest against gunmen targeting the army.
20 May 2013, 15:10 LBCI: A second soldier was reportedly killed in Tripoli.
20 May 2013, 15:08 MTV: The army came under fire as it deployed in Syria Street towards Jabal Mohsen in Tripoli.
20 May 2013, 14:44 OTV: Heavy clashes are taking place between the army and Bab al-Tabbaneh gunmen on Syria Street.
20 May 2013, 14:41 LBCI: The army is bringing in reinforcements to Tripoli.
20 May 2013, 14:40 VDL (93.3): Clashes between the army and gunmen in Tripoli took place near the Nasser Mosque. A civilian was wounded in the unrest.
20 May 2013, 14:37 Awali: We will not leave the building until the center is shut down.
20 May 2013, 14:37 Awali: The security forces know that we are right in our demands and that we will not assault anyone.
20 May 2013, 14:36 Awali: We decided to detain the head of the cultural center at the building because he broke a pledge that he will not open the center.
20 May 2013, 14:36 Spokeswoman of families of Aazaz pilgrims Hayat Awali to LBCI: We entered the Turkish Cultural Center through the back door and we studied our action before carrying it out.
20 May 2013, 14:31 VDL (93.3): The MPs and dignitaries of Tripoli will shortly hold a meeting at MP Mohammed Kabbara's residence.
20 May 2013, 14:28 LBCI: Clashes erupted between the army and a number of gunmen in Tripoli.
20 May 2013, 14:27 MTV: One of the four soldiers wounded in Tripoli is in critical condition.
20 May 2013, 14:26 MTV: The families of the Aazaz pilgrims entered the office of the head of the Turkish Cultural Center in downtown Beirut and the security forces are tackling the situation.
20 May 2013, 14:17 LBCI identified the slain soldier in Bab al-Tabbaneh as Omar Omar.
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