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Hariri Meets U.S. Congressman of Lebanese Origin Issa

Prime Minister Saad Hariri held talks Monday at the Grand Serail with the U.S. congressman of Lebanese origin Darrell Issa, the PM's office said.

Issa is a member of the U.S. House of Representatives and of its Foreign Affairs Committee.

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Kataeb Slams 'Impotence' on Electoral Law, Warns of Possible Ain el-Hilweh Spillover

The Kataeb Party on Monday lashed out at the ruling political class over its “impotence” regarding the approval of a new electoral law, as it warned of a possible spillover of the ongoing clashes at the Ain el-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp.

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Bassil Calls for Sectarian Senate, Proportional Representation Parliament

Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran Bassil on Monday called for the creation of a Senate to which each sect would elect its own representatives and for the election of a parliament according to a law fully based on proportional representation.

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UK, U.S. Envoys Discuss Border Security with Army Chief as Agreement Inked

Within the framework of the High Level Steering Committee, British Ambassador to Lebanon Hugo Shorter and U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon Elizabeth Richard met Monday with the Commander of the Lebanese Armed Forces General Joseph Aoun for their first meeting on the Land Border Security Project.

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Clashes Continue for 4th Day in Ain el-Hilweh Camp, Toll Rises to 8

Sporadic clashes that have killed eight people continued in the Palestinian Ain al-Hilweh camp in southern Lebanon on Monday, as an extremist group battled a local security force.

An AFP correspondent on the outskirts of the camp in the city of Sidon reported the sound of intermittent fighting and bursts of gunfire, after a night of heavy clashes.

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Cabinet Forms Committee to Prepare Electoral Law Draft, Aoun Assures no Vacuum at Parliament

The cabinet convened on Monday to look into a new parliamentary electoral law system to govern Lebanon's upcoming polls and agreed on the formation of a ministerial committee that will devise a new draft law, as President Michel Aoun assured there will be no vacuum at the legislative institution.

“The committee will be led by Prime Minister Saad Hariri and is set to meet on Tuesday,” said Information Minister Melhem Riachi, as he assured that the committee will finalize its mission in a brief period.

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Report: Hizbullah Adheres to Proportionality during Meeting with Aoun

On the eve of a cabinet meeting devoted to discuss Lebanon's problematic voting system, a Hizbullah delegation held talks on Sunday with President Michel Aoun at the Presidential Palace in the presence of Foreign Minister and Free Patriotic Movement leader Jebran Bassil, al-Joumhouria daily reported on Monday.

Talks have focused on the positions of both parties as for a new electoral law that should govern Lebanon's parliamentary elections, said the daily.

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Geagea Says LF Adheres to Bassil's Electoral Law Format

Lebanese Forces chief Samir Geagea said he supports an electoral law format suggested by Foreign Minister Jebran Bassil because any other law format would give his party 15 seats less at the parliament, al-Joumhouria daily reported on Monday.

“We support a hybrid law format, to be specific we support the latest hybrid law suggested by Minister Jebran Bassil, because it leads to proper representation. I can't see any reason to back down on that proposal in favor of any other that would give us 15 seats less at the parliament,” said Geagea in an interview to the daily.

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Qaouq: Electoral Law Course from Bad to Worse, U.S. Tomahawks Overflew Lebanon

Hizbullah central council member Sheikh Nabil Qaouq warned Sunday that “the course of the electoral law is going from bad to worse,” noting that the Tomahawk missiles that U.S. warships fired at a Syrian airbase at dawn Friday had “violated Lebanon's airspace.”

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Berri Warns of 'Plots to Bury Palestine Cause' after Ain el-Hilweh Clashes

Speaker Nabih Berri on Sunday raised the alarm over the ongoing deadly clashes at the Ain el-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp, in a rare comment over the recurrent violence there.

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