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08 December 2013, 13:02 Bassil: The idea for a commitment to head to parliament to elect a president is welcomed on condition that there is prior agreement on a strong president.
08 December 2013, 13:01 Bassil: It is essential for the president to be strong but he should be strong within his sect.
08 December 2013, 13:00 Bassil: It is our duty as Christians to agree on some axioms on the presidential elections.
08 December 2013, 12:59 Bassil: We also need Christian unity on essential issues in Lebanon.
08 December 2013, 12:55 Bassil: Lebanon's Christians have a moral, religious and humanitarian duty to take action against the assault on Christians in Syria.
08 December 2013, 12:55 Bassil said the attack on churches in Syria and the assault on clergymen and nuns require diplomatic action.
08 December 2013, 12:54 Bassil: Lebanese politicians and mainly Christians should take extraordinary action to form delegations to visit the countries that are backing the rebels in Syria and stop the attack on Christians.
08 December 2013, 12:52 Bassil: There should be peaceful action by the people to make their voices heard on the kidnapped nuns.
08 December 2013, 12:51 Bassil: The kidnapping of nuns in Maaloula is a rude action. The kidnappers don't even consider them Christian religious people.
08 December 2013, 12:42 Caretaker Energy Minister Jebran Bassil in a press conference: There should be another form of action to stop the assault on Christians in Syria.
08 December 2013, 11:17 A Jordanian was killed and three others injured in a car crash in Harissa.
08 December 2013, 11:00 Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi urged the international community to work on releasing a group of nuns kidnapped by rebels in Syria.
08 December 2013, 10:25 NNA: A percussion grenade was tossed at the house of Khaled al-Ghourani in Meryata in the district of Zgharta at dawn Sunday.
08 December 2013, 09:44 NNA: The Lebanese army arrested on Saturday night three Syrians carrying light weapons and handheld transceivers trying to cross the border from Arsal to the Syrian town of Qara.
08 December 2013, 09:41 Firefighters doused a huge blaze at a sawmill in Sidon's industrial city.
08 December 2013, 09:34 The Scientific Research and Agriculture Authority urged officials to prepare for next week's storm.
07 December 2013, 20:32 NNA: The bag found near ex-PM Fouad Saniora's house in Sidon contained denting tools, not explosives.
07 December 2013, 19:35 LBCI: General Security chief Abbas Ibrahim will ask Qatari officials about the case of kidnapped photographer Samir Kassab and will demand a video that proves the two abducted bishops are doing well.
07 December 2013, 19:34 LBCI: General Security chief Abbas Ibrahim's visit to Qatar was scheduled one week ago, and the issue of the kidnapped nuns was added on the agenda.
07 December 2013, 19:28 Rifi: We have information that some factions want a confrontation with the army but we will prevent this and we have to cooperate to ensure stability in Tripoli. We will work towards this.
07 December 2013, 19:28 Rifi: We prevented a confrontation with the army whose troops we protect carefully.
07 December 2013, 19:27 Rifi on the security plan in Tripoli: We are not inventing new laws and what is allowed and prohibited according to the laws is known.
07 December 2013, 19:26 Rifi: We will give a chance to the army's procedures in Tripoli and we will follow up on them and support them as long as they provide security and balance between different factions in the city.
07 December 2013, 19:25 Rifi: We will file lawsuits with international courts if it was allowed.
07 December 2013, 19:25 Rifi: We prepared a documentary on the mosques' double blast and we will follow up on the case until justice takes place. We do not want revenge.
07 December 2013, 19:24 Rifi: Focus must be on the big crime and those who think we will forget about it are delusional. Tripoli has offered many martyrs and the mosques' crimes are of concern to all the city's residents.
07 December 2013, 19:23 Rifi: We support going forward with all arrest warrants and judicial warrants but not all crimes can be equated with the big crime, which is the mosques' bombings. This is a terrorist crime.
07 December 2013, 19:23 Rifi on preventing Tripoli's Christians from celebrating Christmas in Tripoli: This is a defamation and we have contributed in paying for Christmas trees and we will set them up in mane places.
07 December 2013, 19:21 Rifi: There is no stability in Tripoli without social justice.
07 December 2013, 19:21 Rifi: I hope this chance is an opportunity to restore stability.
07 December 2013, 19:21 Former ISF chief Ashraf Rifi after a meeting with Tripoli's MPs: We urge citizens to cooperate with security forces to achieve stability in Tripoli.
07 December 2013, 19:04 MTV: A suspicious bag was found near the house of ex-Prime Minister Fouad Saniora in Sidon and security forces have cordoned off the area.
07 December 2013, 18:28 A meeting is underway between former ISF chief Ashraf Rifi and Tripoli's MPs at his residence in Tripoli.
07 December 2013, 18:12 Caretaker PM Najib Miqati will head on Sunday to South Africa to participate in the funeral of late President Nelson Mandela.
07 December 2013, 17:35 The army said reports about torching shops and houses in Tripoli as a result of sectarian tension are not true, adding that the reason behind the blaze is an electric friction.
07 December 2013, 16:53 Suleiman: I pledge to work on establishing democracy and a culture of peace.
07 December 2013, 16:51 Suleiman: The next president must be strong enough to match the constitution's requirements and historical experiences have proven that extreme choice are not tolerable. Moderation on all levels is needed.
07 December 2013, 16:50 Suleiman: Consensus does not mean dividing quotas.
07 December 2013, 16:50 Suleiman: Development inside the state's institutions is more effective than change exerted in other bodies.
07 December 2013, 16:49 Suleiman: With the date of the presidential elections nearing, I call on political leaders not to abandon their duty and their representation of the people, to avoid a vacuum in the presidency. Both the 1988 and the 2007 experiences have proved that vacuum leads to the deterioration of security and economic conditions.
07 December 2013, 16:48 Suleiman: What sets us apart is adopting rotation of power and holding elections based on a law that assures just representation.
07 December 2013, 16:48 Suleiman: The issue of illegal arms should be approached through dialogue, not through policies of elimination and throwing accusations.
07 December 2013, 16:47 Suleiman: Illegal arms became a tool to destabilize civil peace.
07 December 2013, 16:46 Suleiman: Tension in the country is a result of the duality of the state and illegal weapons.
07 December 2013, 16:45 Suleiman: Every time the Lebanese deviate from neutrality, problems that have been concealed since 1958 erupt.
07 December 2013, 16:44 Suleiman: The neutrality of Lebanon from regional axes and conflicts is reflected in allying with Arabs when they are in agreement only.
07 December 2013, 16:44 Suleiman: The stability of Lebanon is based on a free contract that ensures political partnership and opens the door in front of developing the Taif Accord towards establishing a modern civil state.
07 December 2013, 16:43 Suleiman: Revolutions in the region have turned into crises and led to the awakening of religious identities in the country that are dominant over the Lebanese identity. This is a recipe for war.
07 December 2013, 16:42 Suleiman: The issue of identity has drawn foreign interference and it was only the result of local mistakes.
07 December 2013, 16:42 Suleiman: Our meeting today is to revive the cause, which is the idea of a democratic, sovereign, pluralistic, free and independent Lebanon.
07 December 2013, 16:42 Suleiman: It is true that the presidents' achievements during their rule is left to be judged by history, but this step is a national heritage although misery is ongoing in the country as a crisis that is affecting everyone hit the country.
07 December 2013, 16:41 Suleiman: For 44 years, Baabda Palace was a symbol of the republic and of rule in Lebanon and 12 presidents took office during 70 years of independence.
07 December 2013, 16:40 President Michel Suleiman speaking at an event to unveil the busts of the 12 Lebanese presidents that have ruled the country since its independence in 1943: South African leader Nelson Mandela has passed away but the legend remains alive.
07 December 2013, 16:36 NNA: Preliminary information indicated that the fire in the Souq al-Qamh area resulted from a friction in electric wires.
07 December 2013, 16:26 An event in Baabda has kicked off to unveil the busts of the 12 Lebanese presidents that have ruled Lebanon since its independence in 1943.
07 December 2013, 16:17 The highway between Dbayeh and Nahr al-Mot is witnessing a huge traffic jam.
07 December 2013, 16:12 Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: A Hizbullah fighter was killed and many losses were recorded among the Syrian army in Qalamoun's Nabuk.
07 December 2013, 16:02 Ziad Allouki denied in comments to LBCI torching a shop owned by an Alawite in Souq al-Qamh.
07 December 2013, 16:01 Arab Democratic Party media official Abdul Latif Saleh to LBCI: Yehia Allouki the brother of Ziad Allouki torched a shop in Souq al-Qamh, which is owned by Firas Hashem from Jabal Mohsen.
07 December 2013, 15:59 VDL (93.3): A fire erupted at Souq al-Qamh in Tripoli caused by an electrical friction.
07 December 2013, 15:32 LBCI: Several shops owned by Alawites were torched in Tripoli's Souq al-Qamh.
07 December 2013, 14:16 President Michel Suleiman tasked Caretaker PM Najib Miqati with representing him at the funeral of ex-South African president Nelson Mandela.
07 December 2013, 14:09 Caretaker PM Najib Miqati declared Tuesday a day of mourning over the death of former South African president Nelson Mandela.
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