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22 May 2013, 18:56 LBCI: The second meeting of the leaders of Bab al-Tabbaneh's fighting frontiers failed to reach agreement on a ceasefire in Tripoli.
22 May 2013, 18:50 Geagea: The only solution is separating Hizbullah's state from the Lebanese state, which means forbidding Hizbullah from taking part in any state institution.
22 May 2013, 18:46 Geagea on Qusayr's clashes: Hizbullah's participation harms the National Pact and the party has established its own state and it has a major project which has nothing to do with the Lebanese state.
22 May 2013, 18:37 Geagea: The worst option is returning to the 1960 law.
22 May 2013, 18:36 Geagea: Constitutional deadlines must not be overlooked and it is necessary to hold the elections.
22 May 2013, 18:24 Geagea: The hybrid law secures at least 15 more MPs elected by Christian votes compared to the 1960 law.
22 May 2013, 18:23 Geagea: The main standard for us and for our allies is seeking ways to improve Christian representation.
22 May 2013, 18:22 Geagea: We must not accept a return to the 1960 law and the solution is to hold a parliamentary session and vote for the hybrid law.
22 May 2013, 18:21 Geagea: Aoun is committing a big crime for the sake of small electoral gains.
22 May 2013, 18:18 Geagea on the possibility of holding a parliamentary session to vote on electoral laws: It will not happen because Hizbullah is preoccupied in Syria and does not want elections.
22 May 2013, 18:17 Geagea: We will vote for the hybrid law because it is the best possible law we can achieve while preserving Lebanese partnership.
22 May 2013, 18:17 Geagea: The hybrid law is based on the proposals of Fouad Butros and Nabih Berri.
22 May 2013, 18:15 Geagea: Let anyone give me a proposal that secures the election of 64 MPs by Christians while preserving the Lebanese formula and I will endorse it.
22 May 2013, 18:14 Geagea: When the patriarch returns, I will discuss the issue with him extensively as it is not acceptable to discuss something with the patriarch while some bishops are voicing different stances.
22 May 2013, 17:58 Geagea: Those keen on Christian consensus must not wage a media campaign against the other Christian party.
22 May 2013, 17:58 Geagea: The hybrid law is the best solution for Christians and achieving 64 seats is a good thing, but the proposed method to achieve that is bad.
22 May 2013, 17:53 Geagea: The Saudis told me to keep endorsing the Orthodox proposal if that is my choice.
22 May 2013, 17:49 Geagea: I'm not convinced of the 1960 law and all meetings in Bkirki stressed that it is rejected, but Aoun is now endorsing it.
22 May 2013, 17:48 Geagea: I did not spend 11 years in jail to make compromises and engage in games such as those that are being played by Aoun for the sake of regaining lost popularity.
22 May 2013, 17:47 Geagea: I'm with holding a parliamentary session to vote on the two proposals, and we will vote for the hybrid proposal.
22 May 2013, 17:45 Geagea: General Aoun said in an interview on OTV in 2011 that the Orthodox law is sectarian, unconstitutional and unacceptable and suddenly he flip-flopped, not for the sake of Christians, but rather for the sake of a dirty game they are playing.
22 May 2013, 17:41 Geagea: The other camp had doubts that the Orthodox law is futile, that's why they agreed to suspend it. We want the 64 MPs in order to live with others in this country, not alone.
22 May 2013, 17:39 Geagea: Everyone knows that the Orthodox draft law is the only proposal that can secure 64 MPs, but how can we lose a country for the sake of winning 64 MPs?
22 May 2013, 17:38 Geagea: Through practical experience, we realized that the Orthodox Gathering law would be a leap into the unknown and that it would pose a threat to the Lebanese formula, although it would lead to the election of 64 MPs by Christians.
22 May 2013, 17:37 LBCI: The leaders of Bab al-Tabbaneh's fighting frontiers are currently meeting in Harba Mosque ahead of giving their final answer to the ceasefire proposal.
22 May 2013, 17:36 Geagea: On April 3, 2013, we became convinced that this proposal has no hope to pass.
22 May 2013, 17:35 Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea in an interview on MTV: We were the ones who suggested the Orthodox Gathering proposal and the committee met with all leaders and when all parties rejected the proposal, we shelved it.
22 May 2013, 17:06 Deputy Speaker Farid Makari to MTV: No dates have been set for the convention of parliament's bureau or the parliamentary subcommittee.
22 May 2013, 17:00 MTV: All indications suggest that Tripoli will witness fierce clashes tonight.
22 May 2013, 16:57 MP Mohammed Kabbara to LBCI: All of Tripoli's politicians are asking the army to end the clashes, but in a fair way that doesn't aggrieve anyone.
22 May 2013, 16:29 MTV: Clashes have intensified in Tripoli as a shell fell in Bab al-Tabbaneh.
22 May 2013, 16:17 Future TV: The Nashabeh Mosque, which lies between Syria Street and Jabal Mohsen, went up in flames after it was hit during the clashes.
22 May 2013, 16:05 AFP quoting activists: Syrian regime forces and Hizbullah fighters launched an offensive on al-Hamidiyeh, north of Qusayr.
22 May 2013, 16:01 Caretaker PM Miqati made contacts aimed at containing the situation in Tripoli, urging reason and restraint and saying "wisdom obliges us to prevent the destruction of our city."
22 May 2013, 15:58 PM-designate Salam telephoned Army chief Qahwaji, who briefed him on the security situation in Tripoli and the measures taken by the army to stop the clashes.
22 May 2013, 15:54 Al-Jadeed: Fierce clashes are ongoing in the Hariri Project-al-Amerkan Square area in Tripoli.
22 May 2013, 15:41 Al-Jadeed: Traffic has stopped on the international highway between Tripoli and Akkar due to sniper activity.
22 May 2013, 15:26 Gunshots were heard in the Bab al-Tabbaneh and al-Barraniyeh neighborhoods in Tripoli.
22 May 2013, 15:20 Mustaqbal bloc leader MP Fouad Saniora telephoned President Suleiman, caretaker PM Miqati, PM-designate Salam, and Tripoli MPs to address local developments and Hizbullah's involvement in the fighting in Syria.
22 May 2013, 15:09 LBCI: Passengers riding in a car with tinted windows opened fire into the air during a religious procession for the Virgin Mary in Deir al-Ahmar.
22 May 2013, 14:56 Witnesses to LBCI: Assailants from the Syrian side of the border set on fire three kilometers of olive gardens in Jabal Akroum in the North.
22 May 2013, 14:40 MTV: Gunmen loyal to al-Asir deployed around the Bilal bin Rabah Mosque in Sidon and the reason is still unknown.
22 May 2013, 14:35 U.S. Secretary of State Kerry said thousands of Hizbullah members are deployed in Syria, accusing the party of dragging Lebanon into war.
22 May 2013, 14:29 Future TV: The army has brought in more reinforcements to the Bab al-Tabbaneh area.
22 May 2013, 14:05 VDL (100.5): The Syrian army made a 50-meter incursion into Jabal Akroum and burned crops on the Lebanese and Syrian sides of the border.
22 May 2013, 13:26 MP Kabbara denied to MTV reports claiming that his motorcade came under gunfire in Tripoli.
22 May 2013, 13:21 LBCI: Kabbara's convoy came under gunfire near Barrad al-Bisar but no one was hurt and his bodyguards fired back at the shooters.
22 May 2013, 13:20 LBCI: The leaders of Bab al-Tabbaneh's fighting frontiers will inform Kabbara and the accompanying delegation of their final stance on the ceasefire within two hours.
22 May 2013, 13:11 LBCI: Kabbara's meeting with the leaders of the fighting frontiers at Harba Mosque has reportedly failed to achieve any result.
22 May 2013, 12:45 LBCI: MP Khodr Habib's bodyguard, State Security agent Youssef al-Faqir, was wounded in Jabal Mohsen.
22 May 2013, 12:35 MTV: Kabbara is meeting with retired Brig. Gen. Hammoud and the leaders of the fighting frontiers in Bab al-Tabbaneh.
22 May 2013, 12:25 Future TV: The army sent reinforcements to the Abu Ali roundabout amid a meeting for the leaders of Bab al-Tabbaneh's fighting frontiers to discuss the security developments.
22 May 2013, 11:34 LBCI: Shooting erupted after a dispute between the supporters of Asir and the Popular Nasserite Organization near Ain el-Hilweh.
22 May 2013, 11:30 President Suleiman telephoned caretaker Defense Minister Ghosn, Army chief Gen. Qahwaji and several other officials to discuss with them Tripoli's security situation.
22 May 2013, 11:12 March 14 General Secretariat after weekly meeting: Hizbullah's unjustified war in Syria is part of its agenda to empty the Lebanese state of its institutions.
22 May 2013, 10:28 ISF's Anti-Drug Bureau in the Bekaa detained a suspect wanted on several charges in the town of Brital.
22 May 2013, 10:13 British Foreign Secretary William Hague: Syrian President Bashar Assad is receiving increasing support from Iran and Hizbullah.
22 May 2013, 09:42 LBCI: The Arab Democratic Party said it ordered its supporters to exercise restraint and not to respond to the fire sources.
22 May 2013, 09:41 LBCI: The Arab Democratic Party said it pledges to remain committed to the cease fire.
22 May 2013, 09:33 Beirut police detained three Lebanese men over different charges and seized eight violating motorcycles and four other cars.
22 May 2013, 09:03 Future TV: Supporters of Sheikh Ahmed al-Asir blocked the entrance of the new Sidon cemetery in Sayroub to prevent the burial of a Hizbullah fighter.
22 May 2013, 09:01 OTV: The army deployed heavily in Sidon after the supporters of Salafist cleric Sheikh Ahmed al-Asir blocked several roads.
22 May 2013, 08:58 VDL (100.5): A meeting is underway between Berri and caretaker Justice Minister Shakib Qortbawi.
22 May 2013, 08:55 A meeting is underway between President Michel Suleiman and Speaker Nabih Berri's adviser MP Ali Hasan Khalil.
22 May 2013, 08:27 MP Suleiman Franjieh: Neither the elections nor sectarianism will have an influence on us. We were and will always be with the resistance.
22 May 2013, 07:24 LBCI: Mahmoud Obeid died this morning in the Tripoli area of al-Mankoubin due to the fighting.
22 May 2013, 07:23 Israeli warplanes are overflying southern Lebanon.
22 May 2013, 06:13 ISF arrested 73 people for committing different crimes throughout Lebanon.
22 May 2013, 05:50 Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi is attending Pope Francis's daily mass and is set to hold talks with him later in the day.
22 May 2013, 05:42 VDL (100.5): Sniper activity and sporadic gunfire is ongoing in Tripoli.
22 May 2013, 05:38 MTV: Fighting subsided in Tripoli amid traffic paralysis. Schools and universities remained shut.
22 May 2013, 05:22 MP Atef Majdalani to Free Lebanon: We made a proposal that guarantees the election of 55 MPs by the Christians but Aoun rejected it in coordination with Hizbullah.
22 May 2013, 04:38 Gasoline prices rose by LL200 while diesel prices increased LL300.
21 May 2013, 19:43 Al-Jadeed: A. Turkmani was killed in Tripoli's Bab al-Tabbaneh.
21 May 2013, 19:43 VDL (100.5): Clashes intensified significantly on the frontiers of al-Shaarani, al-Qobbeh and Hariri Project.
21 May 2013, 19:35 A sit-in organized by Tripoli's civil society figures got underway in rejection of the clashes.
21 May 2013, 19:24 VDL (100.5): Young man Ahmed Mustafa Shihab, who hails from Tripoli, was killed while fighting in Qusayr.
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