President Michel Suleiman warned on Friday of extending the tenure of the parliament, calling on MPs to exert efforts to reach consensus over a new electoral law.

“Stepping over the people's will to select their representatives, which was stated in the law and based on democracy” is a red line, Suleiman told his visitors.

Lebanese Forces MP Antoine Zahra slammed on Friday the Free Patriotic Movement's campaign against the party, saying that it is seeking to reach an agreement over a parliamentary electoral law that enjoys the consensus of all sides.

He said during a press conference in response to the FPM campaign: “The Movement is seeking to achieve political gains, not an agreement over an electoral law.”

A child was killed and three people were wounded in a fire that broke out in a warehouse storing fuel in the town of al-Haysa in the northern region of Akkar, reported the National News Agency Friday.

It said that Ali Hussein al-Rashid was killed in the blaze that erupted in the warehouse of Hussein Mohammed al-Rashid, who was injured in the incident.

Caretaker Energy Minister Jebran Bassil revealed on Friday that production units on Fatmagul Sultan power vessel will resume work within a week.

“The matter has been resolved,” Bassil said in comments published in al-Akhbar newspaper.

Two people were wounded on Friday in a traffic accident in Beirut, reported the National News Agency.

It said that the accident took place on the Karantina highway near “Forum de Beirut” when a truck overturned and collided with a Jeep Cherokee.

President Michel Suleiman is leaning towards advocating the formation of a 24-member government that distributes portfolios equally between the March 8, March 14, and centrist camps, reported the daily An Nahar on Friday.

His visitors quoted him as saying that he will endorse any cabinet line-up that enjoys the support of the majority of lawmakers.

Consultations over a new electoral law have reached a deadlock after as foes began discussing the possibility of extending the mandate of the current parliament to by at least eight months, local newspapers reported on Friday.

Informed sources told An Nahar newspapers that the March 8 and 14 alliances kicked off discussions over the extension of the parliament's tenure on Thursday away from media spotlight.

U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon Maura Connelly on Thursday stressed the importance of holding the parliamentary elections on time, during separate meetings with Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea and Phalange Party chief Amin Gemayel.

“In her meetings, Ambassador Connelly noted the overwhelming public support among the Lebanese people that elections be held in a timely manner and urged all parties to work in support of that goal,” said a statement issued by the U.S. embassy.

Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon stressed on Thursday that his country will not permit the transfer of weapons" from Syria to Hizbullah.”

Yaalon's statement came during talks he held with Director of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency John Brennan, who arrived in Israel late on Thursday on a surprise visit to discuss the situation in Syria, an official Israeli source said.

The General Directorate of General Security on Thursday announced that it has busted a network that has been smuggling antiquities from Syria into Lebanon.

“After the GDGS received a tip-off and after reporting to the Public Prosecution, a unit from the directorate's information affairs bureau raided a hideout containing a quantity of stolen relics,” it said in a statement.