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Interior Minister Condemns Arsal Suicide Attack, Considers it "Terrorist Act"

Interior Minister Nouhad al-Mashnouq denounced on Sunday a suicide car bomb attack on a military post in the border town of Arsal.

“The attack against the army in Wadi Ata region in (eastern border town of) Arsal is a criminal terrorist act that will not prevent us from implementing the security plan that the cabinet established,” Mashnouq said in a statement issued by his press office.

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Suleiman, Hizbullah Rift Threatens Resumption of National Dialogue

President Michel Suleiman is holding on to his call for the political arch-foes to resume the national dialogue despite Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah's hints that the party could boycott the session.

Sources close to Suleiman told An Nahar newspaper published on Sunday that the president insists on resuming the all-party talks, pointing out that there is still time to inquire the stances of all parties before taking any decision to postpone it.

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Report: Berri's Presidential Elections Committee Violates Constitution

Speaker Nabih Berri's presidential elections committee violates the constitution and aims at closing the doors of the parliament in order to delay the presidential polls, the Saudi Okaz newspaper reported on Sunday.

A political source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told the daily that the three-member committee is to cover-up for Berri's attempt not to call for a session to elect a new president.

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More Syrians Flee War-Torn Syria to Lebanon amid State's Failure to Deal with Crisis

Around 200 families fled the villages of Ras al-Maarra and Flita in the strategic Qalamun region into the border town of Arsal after the Syrian regime controlled the area amid the governments absence.

Arsal deputy municipal chief Ahmed Fleiti said in comments published in the pan-Arab daily Asharq al-Awsat on Sunday that the 200 families crossed the border.

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Woman, Child Killed for Failing to Stop Vehicle at Arsal Checkpoint

A woman and a child were killed at an army checkpoint in the northeastern border town of Arsal late on Saturday, after the vehicle they were in did not comply to the troops' orders and stop.

"A pickup truck's driver did not abide by orders and stop at a checkpoint, and thus, the troops fired gunshots at it,” the state-run National News Agency said.

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Lebanese Woman Beaten Up by Husband, Denied Hospital Care

A Lebanese woman was brutally beaten up by her husband in al-Ouzai area in southern Beirut, which required transferring her immediately to a hospital for treatment.

"However, the Rafik Hariri University Hospital refused to admit Hoda Ali Tay,” LBCI television said on Saturday evening.

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Rifaat and Ali Eid Leave Lebanon to Syria

Arab Democratic Party leader Ali Eid left Lebanon to Syria on Saturday, accompanied by his son, the party's politburo chief Rifaat Eid.

“Ali Eid left Lebanon,” al-Jadeed television said, without providing any additional details.

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3 Troops Martyred, 4 Wounded in Suicide Attack Targeting Arsal Army Checkpoint

Three troops were martyred and four others were wounded on Saturday evening in the border town of Arsal when a suicide bomber driving a booby-trapped car blew himself up at an army checkpoint in region.

"A suicide bomber driving a booby-trapped car blew himself up at an army checkpoint in the Wadi Ata region in Arsal,” the military institution said in a communique.

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Air Traffic Control Services to Partially Suspend Work on Tuesday

The Air Traffic Controllers' committee announced on Saturday that it will partially suspend its work at the Rafic Hariri International Airport on Tuesday, to protest the new wage scale draft law.

"We cannot but protest to restate the demands of the air traffic controllers, whose technical specialties and particular skills are responsible for the safety of passengers arriving in and leaving Lebanon,” the committee said in a released statement.

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Ibrahim Says Western's Insistence on Stability 'Worthless' without Lebanese Awareness

General Security chief Maj. Gen. Abbas Ibrahim warned on Saturday of the “delicate security situation in the country,” considering that all international efforts to preserve stability “are worthless if the Lebanese don't meet them with awareness.”

"The security situation in the country is very delicate, and the presence of large numbers of Palestinian and Syrian refugees has changed all considerations and equations,” Ibrahim said in an interview with the Qatari daily Al-Raya.

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