Factions of the Nahr al-Bared Palestinian refugee camp demanded on Tuesday that an investigation be launched in the recent unrest in the camp that resulted in the deaths of Ahmed al-Qassem and Fouad Loubani.

They announced in a statement: “We will continue our sit-in away, but we will refrain from blocking roads in the camp, until our demands are met.”

President Michel Suleiman expressed his relief on Tuesday over the judiciary’s rate in issuing verdicts.

He hoped after holding talks with Justice Minister Shakib Qortbawi that these measures “would help ease prison overcrowding and resolve issues that had accumulated over the years.”

Electricite du Liban’s general manager Kamal al-Hayek held the company’s contract workers responsible for the blackout that plunged Lebanon into darkness on Monday.

The factories are not undergoing any “maintenance or repair as there are no decisions being taken, and no meetings held but only problems moving from a floor to another” at the company, Hayek told An Nahar newspaper on Tuesday.

Authorities on Tuesday have released nine Islamists detained in Roumieh prison after at least four years of imprisonment.

Two Palestinian Islamists were not immediately freed, but handed to the Internal Security Forces.

The case of Lebanese interpreter Helen Assaf, who was detained in Libya on June 7, could witness a breakthrough soon as international sides are exerting efforts to release her along with 3 other International Criminal Court members.

Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr said on Tuesday that the International Criminal Court team held in Libya could be freed if the ICC apologizes to Tripoli over "inadequate consultation.”

Army Commander General Jean Qahwaji warned on Tuesday against the fabricated tension across Lebanon, describing the current phase as “difficult.”

“The army will not allow to be deviated away from its mission,” Qahwaji told As Safir newspaper.

Tension between Palestinians and the Lebanese army at the entrance of the refugee camp of Ain el-Hilweh reportedly left one person dead, raising Monday’s toll of clashes between the military and the residents of several shantytowns in Lebanon to two.

Palestinian sources told An Nahar newspaper published Tuesday that Khaled Youssef, 20, was killed and 11 others were injured overnight when Palestinian groups attacked army checkpoints at the southern refugee camp’s entrances and mainly al-Tahtani street.

Four rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs) hit Monday the northern town of Bqaiaa-Akkar during clashes inside the Syrian territory, National News Agency reported.

Heavy gunfire was heard in the Masharfeh town in Syria, parallel to the northern town of Wadi Khaled, sparking panic among residents who said that bullets were hitting public roads, NNA added.

Most of Lebanon plunged into darkness on Monday after the Zahrani, Deir Amar and Zouk power plants disconnected from the distribution network, causing power outages across the country.

LBC television said “power generation units have disconnected from the distribution network for unidentified reasons and efforts are underway to reconnect them.”

At least one Palestinian was killed and several people, including three Lebanese soldiers, were wounded on Monday in clashes that erupted between the Lebanese army and residents of the Palestinian refugee camp of Nahr al-Bared during the funeral of Ahmed Qassem, who was killed during unrest at the camp on Friday.

An official speaking on condition of anonymity told Agence France Presse that "one Palestinian refugee was killed and seven others were wounded" by gunfire.