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Protesting Civil Defense Volunteers Sleep in the Open, Erect Tent Near Technical Fence

Civil Defense volunteers continued their protests on Saturday and held a sit-in near the technical fence south Lebanon on the border with the occupied Palestinian territories, the National News Agency reported.

They plan to erect a tent near the technical fence, added NNA.

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One Man Killed, Six Injured in Car Collision North Beirut

One man was killed and six other people were injured on Saturday in a vehicle collision on the Jal el-Dib highway north of Beirut, the Traffic Management Center reported.

Initial reports had said that seven people were injured, but a man has died early Saturday as he succumbed to his wounds.

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Report: Lebanon Launches Talks with UNIFIL after Israeli Violations

The Lebanese army and General Security kicked off contacts with the United Nations Interim Forces in Lebanon after the Israeli incursions in the southern towns of Ghajar and Shebaa farms, al-Joumhouria daily reported on Saturday.

General Security chief Maj. Gen. Abbas Ibrahim visited on Friday the leadership headquarters of the UNIFIL and met with Maj. Gen. Michael Beary, the newly-appointed head of UNIFIL in Lebanon.

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Nasrallah: Army Has Ability to Win Arsal Outskirts Battle, Nusra Has Allies in Govt.

Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah noted in an interview aired Friday that the Lebanese army has the ability to eradicate the jihadist groups that are entrenched in the outskirts of the restive northeastern border town of Arsal.

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Mashnouq Slams Hizbullah-Linked Resistance Brigades as 'Occupation Brigades'

Interior Minister Nouhad al-Mashnouq on Friday blasted the Hizbullah-affiliated Resistance Brigades as “occupation brigades.”

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Clinton Says Her 'Heart Breaks' for Slain Lebanese Man's Family

Democratic White House candidate Hillary Clinton has said that her "heart breaks" for the family of a man from Lebanon living in Oklahoma who police say was fatally shot by his neighbor.

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Bassil Raises Complaint on Israeli Incursions in Ghajar and Shebaa

Foreign Minister Jebran Bassil asked Lebanon's mission to the United Nations to file a complaint to the Security Council about Israel's incursions in the southern towns of Ghajar and Shebaa Farms, the National News Agency reported on Friday.

Bassil sent a letter to the mission in New York about Israel's violations which he said are “violating U.N. resolution 1701, the people's rights and the Lebanese sovereignty.”

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Berri Calls for Joint Meeting to Study Implementation of Decentralization

Speaker Nabih Berri called for a joint meeting between the Administration and Justice Committee, the National Defense Committee and the Interior and Municipalities Committee to study a suggestion to implement administrative decentralization in the country, the National News Agency reported on Friday.

Berri said the meeting will be held on Tuesday at 10:30 am and if the needed quorum was not achieved, then the committees will congregate at 11:00 am with one third of the members.

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Bomb Explodes in Ain el-Hilweh Refugee Camp

An unknown assailant tossed a hand grenade in the southern Palestinian refugee camp of Ain el-Hilweh, the National News Agency reported on Friday.

The grenade exploded in the al-Fawqani street without causing any casualties, NNA added.

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Report: Following Latest Stances on Presidency, Berri-Nasrallah Meet

Media reports said on Friday that Speaker Nabih Berri and Hizbullah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah have met in Beirut's southern suburb and that the meeting came after the two men's latest stances as for the election of a president, al-Liwaa daily said.

The timing of the meeting was not disclosed.

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