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Consultations for Feuding Lebanon Factions to Pick PM to Begin Monday

President Aoun has scheduled a date of Lebanon’s binding parliamentary consultations to designate a new PM Monday, some three weeks after the government resigned over a deadly Beirut blast, the president's office said Friday.

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Report: France Connecting with Divided Lebanon Parties to Help Pick New PM

Intense political contacts in the last hours in search of a political understanding to assign a Sunni figure to head Lebanon’s new government early next week at the latest, have not reached a satisfactory result, media reports said on Friday.

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UN Resolution Being Voted on Would Cut Lebanon Peacekeepers

The U.N. Security Council is voting on a resolution that would extend the mandate of the U.N. peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon for a year but reduce its troop ceiling from 15,000 to 13,000 in response to U.S. pressure.

The French-drafted resolution also makes another concession to the Trump administration and its close ally Israel. It calls on the Lebanese government to facilitate "prompt and full access" to sites requested by U.N. peacekeepers for investigation, including tunnels crossing the U.N.-drawn Blue Line between Lebanon and Israel.

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EU, UNHCR Ensuring Critical Healthcare in Time of Crisis and Supporting Rafic Hariri University Hospital

European Union Ambassador to Lebanon Ralph Tarraf and UNHCR Representative in Lebanon Mireille Girard visited Rafic Hariri University Hospital on Thursday, a press release said.

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2 Dead, 3 Hurt in Armed Clash over Ashoura Banners in Khalde

An armed clash erupted Thursday evening in Khalde over Ashoura banners, leaving two people dead and three others wounded.

Media reports said the confrontation was pitting supporters of Hizbullah and members of the area's Arab tribes who support Sunni cleric Sheikh Omar Ghosn.

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Canada FM Says Corruption in Lebanon Must End, Offers Help in Port Blast Probe

Canadian Foreign Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne reiterated on Thursday what the majority of world leaders said that assistance to Lebanon is conditional for reforms, emphasizing that “corruption must end and politicians must listen” to the cries of their people.

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Beirut Port 'Resumes Full Capacity' after Blast, Kaissi Says

The new director of Beirut’s port Bassem el-Kaissi said on Thursday that the port has resumed 100 percent of its operational procedures for shipping and discharging cargo after the August 4 massive blast.

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Report: Government Reform Paper Underway before Macron Returns

The efforts of senior officials and political parties to name a new prime minister for Lebanon before the French President Emmanuel Macron returns to Lebanon are reportedly underway, al-Akhbar daily reported Thursday.

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France Presses Lebanon to Reform and Avoid 'Risk of Disappearing'

France on Thursday urged Lebanon to undertake serious reform after the devastating Beirut port blast, warning the country risked "disappearing" as a state if it failed.

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French Companies Willing to Help Rebuild Blast-hit Beirut Port

The Mouvement des entreprises de France (Movement of the Enterprises of France, MEDEF) announced that French companies are ready to work alongside the Lebanese people in a project to rebuild Beirut’s port after the devastating monster explosion on August 4, LBCI TV station reported on Thursday.

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