State Prosecutor Saeed Mirza on Monday handed a Special Tribunal for Lebanon delegation a report he prepared about the cases of ex-defense minister Elias Murr, MP Marwan Hamade and former Lebanese Communist Party chief George Hawi, state-run National News Agency reported.

Mirza also handed the delegation a report he prepared about the efforts exerted by the Lebanese authorities to enforce the STL arrest warrants issued for four Hizbullah operatives accused of being involved in the 2005 assassination of ex-PM Rafik Hariri.

Phalange party leader Amin Gemayel has held talks with former Premier Saad Hariri in Saudi Arabia, the party announced on Monday.

MP Sami Gemayel also attended the talks on the latest developments, the statement said.

Washington has reportedly asked for explanations from Bkirki on Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi’s controversial statements on Hizbullah’s arms and Syria.

Ad-Diyar daily said Monday that al-Rahi’s stances would hinder meetings between him and top U.S. officials, including President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

The funding of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon probing the assassination of ex-Premier Rafik Hariri will be discussed away from the media spotlight, An Nahar newspaper reported on Monday.

“The issue is being discussed away from the media especially between the Prime Minister (Najib Miqati) and Hizbullah,” informed sources told the daily.

Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour will hold a meeting with his Syrian counterpart Walid al-Muallem to coordinate stances concerning the developments in the Arab world, As Safir newspaper reported on Monday.

Mansour and Muallem will coordinate during a meeting next Saturday in New York the stances of their countries regarding the popular uprisings in the Arab world and the general situation ahead of a meeting at the U.N. Security Council and the General Assembly.

President Michel Suleiman travelled to New York on Monday to attend the annual U.N. General Assembly meeting where he is expected to reject the naturalization of Palestinians in Lebanon and stress the country’s commitment to Security Council resolution 1701.

A high-ranking Lebanese official told As Safir daily that during his speech on Sept. 21, Suleiman will stress the importance of U.N. recognition of the Palestinian state and a fair solution to refugees through their return to their homeland.

The joint parliamentary committees on Monday postponed discussions on the electricity plan to Wednesday, following verbal clashes between the rival March 8 and March 14 MPs.

The draft law will likely be put to a vote during Wednesday’s session, MTV reported.

The head of the parliamentary public works, transportation, energy and waters committee Mohammed Qabbani stressed that the March 14-led opposition will seek to introduce amendments to an electricity draft law during the crucial meeting of parliament’s joint committees on Monday.

In remarks to An Nahar daily, Qabbani said the opposition will insist on its demands to introduce the changes to the bill and make it in harmony with the original draft law that was approved by the government earlier in the month.

Energy Minister Jebran Bassil accused the March 14-led opposition of suffering from “political schizophrenia” for criticizing an electricity draft law that allegedly lacks details about the implementation phases of the $1.2 billion project.

The electricity "farce" should end at the meeting of joint parliamentary committees on Monday either through consensus or voting, Bassil, who is a Free Patriotic Movement official, told As Safir daily.

A mother and her six children were found dead Sunday evening inside their house at Omar bin al-Khattab Street in the Beirut neighborhood of Basta, state-run National News Agency reported.

Nawal Younes 55, Hadi 25, Ameen 23, Maha 20, Manal 18, Zahraa and Zahra 15 were all shot dead at their home while the father was away.