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Al-Abboudiyeh Residents Block Highway over Attack from Syria

The residents of a northern town blocked the highway that links it with Syria to protest a shooting from the Syrian side of the border that burned agricultural lands.

The road that leads to al-Abboudiyeh crossing in Akkar district was blocked after wheat farmers came under fire in the area of al-Armeh.

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Nasrallah Congratulates Rowhani for 'Earning People's Trust'

Hizbullah secretary-general Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah cabled Hassan Rowhani on Sunday congratulating him on his victory in Iran's presidential election.

“Hizbullah along with all the mujahideen in this country of resistance congratulate you … for aptly earning the big trust of the great people,” Nasrallah said in the cable.

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Fatfat: Berri is Hizbullah Tool in Constitutional Council Crisis

Al-Mustaqbal bloc MP Ahmed Fatfat has accused Speaker Nabih Berri of being a Hizbullah tool after two Shiite judges boycotted the meetings of the Constitutional Council.

In an interview with An Nahar daily published Sunday, Fatfat said: “What happened at the Constitutional Council showed that Nabih Berri is an execution tool to what Hizbullah says.”

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U.S. Slams Syrian 'Campaign of Intimidation' against Lebanon

A U.S. official has condemned the “campaign of intimidation and threats” carried out by the Syrian regime against Lebanon, saying it is a sign of Damascus' failure to abide by U.N. Security Council resolutions.

The official also slammed in remarks published in An Nahar daily on Sunday the letter sent by Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem on June 13 to his Lebanese counterpart Adnan Mansour.

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March 14 to Hand Memo with over 50 Signatures to Suleiman Next Week

The number of signatures on a memo that the March 14 alliance seeks to hand President Michel Suleiman on Hizbullah's role in Syria has reached more than 50, An Nahar daily reported on Sunday.

Pan-Arab daily al-Hayat quoted March 14 officials as saying that a delegation will visit Suleiman on Tuesday.

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Hizbullah Slams German FM, Describes Accusations as 'Void'

Hizbullah lashed out on Saturday at German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle's accusations that the party killed civilians in Qusayr area of central Syria, near the Lebanese border.

Hizullah described in a statement Westerwelle's accusations as “void, false and baseless.”

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In Lebanon, Traumatized Syrians Struggle to Survive

Sadness is written on the face of 45-year-old Jamila, living in the open-air municipal courtyard of Arsal in Lebanon and still traumatized by her escape from Syria's former rebel stronghold Qusayr.

Along with her sick husband and three children, she fled the town in Syria's central province of Homs in the hours before it fell on June 5 to regime forces backed by Hizbullah.

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Suleiman Calls on Army to Pursue Baalbek Rocket Attackers

President Michel Suleiman called on Saturday on the army to pursue the assailants who fired rockets on the Bekaa city of Baalbek and to maintain the security of the Lebanese people.

“The army should pursue the assailants,” Suleiman stated.

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Al-Rahi: Political Powers Abandoned Disassociation Policy by Meddling in Affairs of Other Countries

Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi lamented on Saturday the practices of the political factions in Lebanon, saying that their actions have “veered away from their national roles.”

He said during a mass at Bkirki: “The political powers are no longer disassociating themselves from regional axes, but they are meddling in the affairs of other countries.”

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Police Detain Second Suspect in Abduction Attempt of Kuwaiti National

Baabda police detained on Saturday the second suspect in the attempted kidnapping of a Kuwaiti national in the Mount Lebanon town of Bhamdoun.

According to the state-run National News Agency, the police detained a person identified as A. al-Hassan, who is a Syrian national.

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