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ISF Corporal Shot in the Head at Home

An Internal Security Forces Corporal was found dead in the eastern city of Zahle with a gunshot wound to his head, the state-run National News Agency said on Friday

Maroun Jerjes al-Khoury, 27, was found dead on the balcony of his home in Zahle's al-Hmar region suffering from a gunshot wound, NNA added.

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Report: Kataeb Concerned with Bassil's Stances at Vienna Talks

The Kataeb Party has expressed its concern over the possible positions that will be made by Foreign Minister Jebran Bassil at the Vienna international talks tackling the Syrian crisis, reported An Nahar daily on Friday.

It revealed that Kataeb Ministers Sejaan Qazzi, Ramzi Jreij, and Alain Hakim will be “attentive and wary” of any position that will be made in the name of Lebanon on the Syrian conflict.

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Berri: Legislative Session Will Definitely Be Held

Speaker Nabih Berri expressed his commitment to holding a legislative session “even if he had to attend it alone,” reported An Nahar daily on Friday.

His visitors reported him as saying: “I will definitely hold a legislative session because the situation has become unbearable.”

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Fassouh Building Owner Sentenced to Jail, Ordered to Pay Compensation to Collapse Victims

The owner of a building that collapsed in Beirut's Ashrafiyeh neighborhood three years ago was sentenced to two years in jail, media reports said on Thursday.

They said that he was also ordered to pay compensation of L.L. 1.945 billion to the victims affected by the Fassouh building collapse.

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Shehayyeb Meets Salam: Hizbullah, AMAL Have Performed their Part in Trash File

Agriculture Minister Akram Shehayyeb submitted on Thursday a report to Prime Minister Tammam Salam on the progress made in impelemting his proposal aimed at tackling the country's trash disposal crisis.

He said after talks with the premier: “Hizbullah and the AMAL movement have performed what is asked of them in this file.”

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ISF Arrests Prominent Jabal Mohsen Gunman

The Internal Security Forces announced on Thursday the arrest of a prominent gunman in the Jabal Mohsen neighborhood in the northern city of Tripoli.

They said in a statement that they had detained Aa. Aa. In Tripoli's Qobbeh neighborhood on charges of forming an armed group aimed at carrying out terrorist attacks.

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STL President Concludes Trip to Lebanon

The President of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL), Judge Ivana Hrdličková, concluded a trip to Lebanon on Wednesday, after holding a number of meetings with Lebanese government officials, diplomats, as well as representatives of the civil society and the media.

During her second visit to Lebanon since taking office earlier this year, President Hrdličková met Lebanese Prime Minister Tammam Salam, Minister of Foreign Affairs Gebran Bassil, Minister of Justice Ashraf Rifi, Director General of the Ministry of Justice Judge Mayssam Noueiri, Prosecutor-General Samir Hammoud, and General Abbas Ibrahim, Director General of the General Security.

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Report: Waste Incinerator Admitted as Industrial Oven, Start Works in a Week

Education Minister Elias Bou Saab stated on Thursday that preparations to set a waste processing incinerator in the Metn town of Dhour al-Shweir continue and that it will be completed within one week, As Safir daily reported.

“Efforts to prepare an incinerator to process the waste of Dhour al-Shweir and the neighboring towns are ongoing and they will be completed within one week,” said Abou Saad, assuring that the incinerator is environmentally friendly.

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Berri: Bekaa Security Plan Activated, Backed by Amal and Hizbullah

Speaker Nabih Berri stated that the twentieth dialogue session between Hizbullah and al-Mustaqbal was successful, adding that a decision to activate the security plan in the eastern Bekaa valley has been reached, As Safir daily reported on Thursday.

“An agreement has been reached to activate the security plan in Bekaa with the full support of Amal and Hizbullah,” Berri told the daily.

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Berri Proposes 'Way Out' for Trash Crisis

Speaker Nabih Berri expressed the willingness of the Amal movement and Hizbullah to shoulder the burden of the trash that originates from the areas under their influence, which could end the almost five-month trash management crisis, As Safir daily reported.

“Unfortunately, some parties have insisted on involving the waste file in sectarianism,” Berri told the daily on Thursday.

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