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Video Shows Kia Moving 'Calmly' in Dahieh before Exploding in Haret Hreik

LBCI television on Thursday broadcast a video showing the movements of the booby-trapped Kia that was blown up by a suicide bomber in Haret Hreik.

The car moved forward from Shatila towards the airport road before entering Ghobairi and Haret Hreik, LBCI said.

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Army Foils Armed Group Bid to Infiltrate Lebanon from Syria via al-Qaa

The Lebanese Army on Thursday clashed with gunmen who were trying to infiltrate Lebanon from Syria through the Masharii al-Qaa border area.

"At 5:30 p.m., the Lebanese Army thwarted at attempt by an armed group to infiltrate Lebanon from Syrian territory," Lebanon's National News Agency reported.

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Brother, Nieces of Owner of Phone Number on STL List Killed in Texas

A Lebanese man and his two daughters were gunned down in mysterious circumstances in the U.S. state of Texas, media reports said on Thursday.

Rouhad Ezzeddine, who is in his forties, was found shot to death along with his two daughters Zainab and Leila at their house in Texas.

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Lebanese App to Tell Loved Ones 'I Am Alive!' after Blasts

With three bomb attacks in January alone, Lebanese are getting used to reassuring loved ones at home and abroad that they have survived. And now there's an app for that.

"I am Alive," is the somewhat macabre brainchild of 26-year-old Sandra Hassan, a Lebanese masters student living in Paris.

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Loyalty to Resistance: Inclusive Cabinet Basis of Dialogue, Our Partners Must Reassess Choices

Hizbullah's Loyalty to Resistance parliamentary bloc on Thursday stressed that “an all-inclusive, political cabinet” is the constitutional basis for returning to dialogue among the country's components, urging “our partners in the country” to reevaluate their “choices.”

Commenting on the cabinet formation process, the bloc said: “We hope things will reach a happy ending in order to relaunch the work of institutions, accomplish the constitutional junctures and immunize the country against takfiri and Zionist terrorism.”

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PSP Official Shot Dead in Aley

The body of a Progressive Socialist Party official was found on Thursday in the Mount Lebanon town of Aley, the state-run National News Agency reported.

"The body of Sami Marroush was found inside his car in the Aley area of Ras al-Jabal,” the NNA detailed, noting that he was a former official of internal affairs in the party.

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Jumblat Vows to Close Naameh Landfill, Orders Opening Blocked Roads 'Immediately'

Progressive Socialist Party MP Walid Jumblat vowed on Thursday to close al-Naameh landfill, urging protesters in the coastal Shouf city to reopen the roads in the area.

"We pledge to close the Naameh landfill for good the moment the extended contract ends on January 17, 2015 and we vow that we will not allow any new extension of ownership of the plummet to take place,” Jumblat said in a releases statement, pointing out to the “unprecedented dangerous environmental situation in the surroundings of the landfill that was caused by the continuous extension of the contract.”

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Suleiman Calls for Immediate Stop to Interference in Syria's Affairs

President Michel Suleiman said Thursday that distancing Lebanon from the Syrian crisis comes through the immediate end to interference in all of the neighboring country's internal affairs.

In a statement issued by Baabda Palace, Suleiman held onto the official policy of dissociation from the Syrian war.

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Army: Abdullah Azzam Brigades Terrorist Killed in Bekaa Clash

The army said Thursday that a Palestinian suspect who was killed during a clash in the eastern Bekaa Valley was a member of an al-Qaida-linked group.

Ibrahim Abdul Mohti Abou Maaileq, known as Abi Jaafar, succumbed to his wounds in hospital on Wednesday, the army said.

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STL's 2nd Day of Testimonies Focus on Truck Seen in CCTV Footage near Hariri Blast Site

The Special Tribunal for Lebanon continued on Thursday hearing the testimonies of various witnesses linked to the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.

Witness Robyn Fraser, who had worked for the STL Office of Prosecution between August 2009 and August 2011, continued the testimony she had started on Wednesday.

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