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12 March 2014, 13:11 Speaker Nabih Berri's weekly meeting with MPs is underway at his Ain el-Tineh residence.
12 March 2014, 12:50 MP Mohammed Raad met with a Cuban delegation at his office in parliament.
12 March 2014, 12:49 Interior Minister Nouhad al-Mashnouq held separate closed-door meetings with his Saudi and Qatari counterparts as part of his ongoing trip to Morocco to attend the 31st Arab interior ministers conference.
12 March 2014, 12:40 VDL (93.3): Telecom Minister Butros Harb held talks on the policy statement with Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi at Bkirki.
12 March 2014, 12:27 FM Jebran Bassil held separate talks with the Turkish, Venezuelan and Cuban ambassadors.
12 March 2014, 12:09 Suleiman: We should act brave and adopt a policy statement to allow the cabinet to carry out its tasks.
12 March 2014, 12:09 Suleiman: The ministerial policy statement should be drafted swiftly, there is no need for further delay.
12 March 2014, 12:04 Suleiman: The army has the complete political cover without any reservations.
12 March 2014, 12:01 Suleiman expressed hope that the resistance would be a support for the army.
12 March 2014, 11:59 Suleiman: The army will receive any kind of weapons it needs but we have a limited quantity of money.
12 March 2014, 11:57 President Michel Suleiman during a press conference with his Finish counterpart: I have been seeking to reinforce the army capabilities.
12 March 2014, 10:57 VDL (100.5): A meeting is underway between Premier Tammam Salam a delegation from the General Labor Confederation, headed by Ghassan Ghosn.
12 March 2014, 10:47 VDL (100.5): President Michel Suleiman arrived in Tyre accompanied by his Finnish counterpart to inspect the Finish UNIFIL contingent.
12 March 2014, 10:45 TMC: 3 people were injured in a collision between 4 cars on Emile Lahoud highway.
12 March 2014, 10:43 A car was engulfed in flames in Ashrafieh.
12 March 2014, 10:32 VDL (93.3): Bilal Beiruti was submitted to the hospital after unknown assailants opened fire at him in al-Qobbah region in Tripoli.
12 March 2014, 10:03 VDL (100.5): The army is carrying out a search operation at a camp for Syrian refugees in the Bekaa town of al-Marj.
12 March 2014, 09:28 Minister of Social Affairs Rashid Derbas to Furute TV: The March 14 alliance considers Salam as an asset.
12 March 2014, 08:46 MP Assem Araji expected in remarks to VDL (93.3) for the government to become resigned after the failure to agree on the policy statement.
12 March 2014, 08:02 MP Salim Salhab to VDL (93.3): Thursday's cabinet session is to pass time. The policy statement row will not be resolved in the upcoming hours.
12 March 2014, 07:58 TMC: Dahr al-Baydar road is open to all vehicles despite snowfall and low visibility.
12 March 2014, 07:32 Gasoline prices increased LL300 while diesel and gas prices remained fixed.
11 March 2014, 21:50 ISF: The Dahr al-Baydar road has become passable for all vehicles, including trucks.
11 March 2014, 20:51 Traffic Management Center: The Dahr al-Baydar road is only passable for equipped cars and SUVs and closed for trucks due to snow.
11 March 2014, 20:00 MTV: Harb suggested another formula, which is "the right of the state, supported by the Lebanese, to resist occupation" but it was also rejected by the March 8 forces.
11 March 2014, 19:59 MTV: Harb suggested the formula "the government holds onto the right of its army and all people to resist occupation and confront attacks" but Minister Ali Hasan Khalil described it as "muddled."
11 March 2014, 19:57 LBCI: Salam hinted that he might take a decisive stance before Monday and sources said he intends to resign.
11 March 2014, 19:55 MTV: During today's meeting over the policy statement, March 14's ministers were in contact with their leaderships and they voiced the unified stance of these leaders, who reject the resistance's actions outside state authority.
11 March 2014, 19:51 Information obtained by OTV: Salam will immediately resign in case of failure to agree on a policy statement on Monday.
11 March 2014, 19:51 OTV: At the end of the panel statement meeting, a March 8 minister asked whether the statement would be put to a vote and Salam said no.
11 March 2014, 19:50 March 8 ministerial source to OTV: The formula suggested by Harb aims to besiege the resistance, especially that the state is not capable through its means to defend Lebanon.
11 March 2014, 19:49 OTV: The Berri-Jumblat formula -- which includes "the right of Lebanon and the Lebanese to resistance", the spirit of the previous sessions' discussions and Bassil's formula -- was not raised during today's meeting.
11 March 2014, 19:47 President Suleiman received a phone call from Patriarch Yazigi, who thanked him for his efforts and instructions that helped liberate the Maalula nuns.
11 March 2014, 19:37 March 8 ministerial sources to al-Manar: What happened today was aimed at impeding the course that started with the formation of the cabinet and the option of new parliamentary consultations will be on the table if we don't reach an agreement before Monday.
11 March 2014, 19:33 Ministerial sources to al-Manar: There won't be a vote in cabinet over the policy statement without a political agreement that precedes it.
11 March 2014, 18:52 Army Command: Three people were hurt and properties were damaged when 3 rockets fired from across the border with Syria hit the town of al-Nabi Sheet and its surroundings.
11 March 2014, 18:49 A meeting is underway between Minister Harb and LF chief Samir Geagea in Maarab.
11 March 2014, 18:09 President Suleiman urged the warring parties in Syria to neutralize the Lebanese border towns from their shelling, asking the army to take all measures necessary to defend the residents.
11 March 2014, 18:06 LBCI: Cabinet will convene on Thursday to address the dispute over the government policy statement.
11 March 2014, 17:54 National News Agency: Three members of the same family were injured when a rocket fell near a house in al-Nabi Sheet.
11 March 2014, 17:17 Qazzi: The March 8 and 14 camps are not seeking their own statements. The government should in the least recognize the authority of the Lebanese state.
11 March 2014, 17:17 Qazzi: Bassil did not present the panel with the proposal he made before the Arab foreign ministers meeting.
11 March 2014, 17:16 Qazzi: It is clear that a camp does not want to mention the state's authority in the policy statement.
11 March 2014, 17:14 Qazzi: The cabinet will take the appropriate position over this issue.
11 March 2014, 17:14 Qazzi: We did not shy away from our disputes by referring the discussions to cabinet. We will simply say that we failed to agree on a policy statement.
11 March 2014, 17:13 Qazzi: Minister Harb proposal that the the state be responsible for the resistance.
11 March 2014, 17:12 Qazzi: The nature of the discussions at the panel meetings proved that an agreement was not possible at the moment.
11 March 2014, 17:12 Qazzi: The panel is willing to convene again if positive developments emerge over the policy statement.
11 March 2014, 17:11 Labor Minister Qazzi: Hizbullah is insisting on maintaining the resistance's freedom away from the state. We have therefore resorted to cabinet to resolve this issue.
11 March 2014, 17:07 The panel drafting the ministerial policy statement finished its meeting and decided to refer the debate to the cabinet.
11 March 2014, 17:05 Head of the Nabi Sheet municipality told LBCI that a man was injured in the rocket attack from Syria.
11 March 2014, 17:00 MP Ibrahim Kanaan after weekly meeting of Change and Reform bloc: We urge everyone who has a will to preserve the Lebanese state and stability to facilitate the work of cabinet to start preparing for the presidential and parliamentary elections because vacuum is lethal to the political system in Lebanon.
11 March 2014, 16:59 MP Ibrahim Kanaan after weekly meeting of Change and Reform bloc: We cannot accept that the policy statement be delayed.
11 March 2014, 16:59 MP Ibrahim Kanaan after weekly meeting of Change and Reform bloc: Amid the fiscal deficit we have, how can we continue with our disputes?
11 March 2014, 16:58 MTV: At least 4 rockets fired from Syria hit the al-Qantara area in al-Nabi Sheet's outskirts.
11 March 2014, 16:57 MP Ibrahim Kanaan after weekly meeting of Change and Reform bloc: Is it true that we're unable to draft an acceptable policy statement for a cabinet that will last 2 or 3 months? The cabinet's mission is preserving security and preparing for the presidential vote, so how can it preserve them through vacuum?
11 March 2014, 16:57 MP Ibrahim Kanaan after weekly meeting of Change and Reform bloc: We know the extent of interest in the domestic violence law and we're with equality between men and women and if there has to be a quota, let it be 50%, although we prefer open competition between men and women.
11 March 2014, 16:56 MP Ibrahim Kanaan after weekly meeting of Change and Reform bloc: We call for putting an end to discrimination between men and women at all levels.
11 March 2014, 16:52 VDL (93.3): Four rockets have struck al-Nabi Sheet in the Bekaa until the moment, causing material damage.
11 March 2014, 16:49 Sources from policy statement meeting to LBCI: Discussions have not made any progress until the moment.
11 March 2014, 16:44 VDL (93.3): No one was injured when a rocket landed between the towns of Janta and al-Nabi Sheet in the Bekaa.
11 March 2014, 15:39 The tenth meeting of the panel drafting the ministerial policy statement got underway at the Grand Serail.
11 March 2014, 15:38 Finance Minister Hasan Khalil: We'll propose a formula that includes the spirit of the discussions that occurred in the previous sessions in addition to Bassil's formula.
11 March 2014, 15:25 Health Minister Abou Faour confirmed holding talks with ex-PM Saad Hariri.
11 March 2014, 15:23 Health Minister Abou Faour: The Berri-Jumblat formula can generate a solution but it needs a political decision.
11 March 2014, 15:13 Qazzi denied claims that an agreement was reached over a policy statement: The problem lies in Hizbullah's refusal to acknowledge the state's authority.
11 March 2014, 15:13 Al-Jadeed: The members of the panel drafting the policy statement began arriving at the Grand Serail.
11 March 2014, 15:13 Bassil: The statement made at the Arab foreign ministers meeting paves the way for an agreement over a policy statement.
11 March 2014, 15:11 Qazzi: There will be no compromise in linking the resistance to the authority of the state.
11 March 2014, 15:09 Future TV: Few positives will be available at the meeting for the panel drafting a policy statement.
11 March 2014, 15:09 FM Jebran Bassil according to al-Jadeed: No one has the right to abandon the resistance.
11 March 2014, 15:09 Minister Sejaan Qazzi arrived at the panel drafting a policy statement meeting.
11 March 2014, 15:05 Harb: We back any proposal that facilitates the drafting of the statement and that does not infringe on our demands. Bassil's proposal does not reflect our position.
11 March 2014, 14:59 Telecom Minister Butros Harb: The panel drafting a policy statement will hold its last meeting today whether they reach an agreement or not.
11 March 2014, 14:45 NNA: The Rafik Hariri International Airport customs thwarted an attempt to smuggle narcotics into Lebanon, that a Brazilian national hid in his luggage. Investigations were opened in the case.
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