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12 March 2014, 17:27 The New York Police Department said one person was killed the in the building explosion and collapse in East Harlem.
12 March 2014, 17:21 Israel's Public Radio confirmed that a salvo of rockets fired from Gaza hit southern Israel.
12 March 2014, 17:21 Sky News: Security agencies in Gaza have evacuated their headquarters as a precaution against a possible Israeli response to the rocket attack.
12 March 2014, 17:18 The Islamic Jihad's al-Quds Brigades claimed responsibility for the rocket attack on southern Israel.
12 March 2014, 17:11 Israel's Channel 10: Around 20 rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip towards Sderot and Netivot.
12 March 2014, 17:11 CNN quoting sources: Neighbors reported a smell of gas before the explosion at the Harlem building.
12 March 2014, 16:59 CNN quoting two sources: The East Harlem building collapse has no connection to terror.
12 March 2014, 16:37 CNN: At least 11 people were lightly injured in the building explosion in New York's East Harlem.
12 March 2014, 16:19 AFP: A residential building in New York's East Harlem neighborhood exploded and collapsed, sparking a huge blaze.
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12 March 2014, 15:40 Al-Mayadeen: The sounds of explosions are being heard in the Shebaa Farms area during an Israeli military drill in the region.
12 March 2014, 15:32 Interior Minister Mashnouq from Morocco: Lebanon faced the terrorism of political assassinations and extremist groups in the past two decades.
12 March 2014, 14:17 Berri according to al-Jadeed: Isn't this a cabinet of national interest? So why are we preventing the resistance from serving this interest?
12 March 2014, 14:05 MPs quoted Berri as saying that there are ways to find solutions to the policy statement deadlock until midnight Monday.
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.
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