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Mustafa Dirani Loses Israel Torture Suit

Israel's Supreme Court has thrown out a suit by a former Lebanese prisoner seeking damages from the Jewish state for his alleged torture while in Israeli custody.

The court on Thursday ruled that the nearly 15-year-old attempt by Mustafa Dirani to claim $1.3 million in compensation was not actionable in Israeli courts.

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Saniora Postpones Testimony at STL for Health Reasons

The Special Tribunal for Lebanon canceled on Friday next week's sessions after head of al-Mustaqbal parliamentary bloc and close friend of assassinated Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, Fouad Saniora, requested to postpone it for health-related reasons.

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Islamist Duo Link between Nusra Front, Suicide Bombers

Fugitives Ousama Mansour and Shadi al-Mawlawi are reportedly recruiting youth to join al-Qaida-linked al-Nusra Front by running an operation cell at the southern Palestinian refugee camp of Ain el-Hilweh.

Security information obtained by al-Akhbar newspaper on Friday reported that the two dangerous suspects are residing at the refugee camp.

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Report: Army Arrests Driver of Arsal Car Rigged with Explosives

The Lebanese army has arrested the suicide bomber whose booby-trapped vehicle was seized in the northeastern border town of Arsal on Thursday, Voice of Lebanon radio (93.3) reported.

The car, which was stolen, belongs to a man from al-Hujairi family who hails from Arsal, said VDL on Friday.

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Plumbly Advises Lebanese to Stay United, Says World Stands by Lebanon

U.N. Special Coordinator for Lebanon Derek Plumbly advised the Lebanese at the end of his mission to Beirut to remain united and preserve Lebanon.

Plumbly, who will be succeeded by the head of the U.N. mission to rid Syria of chemical weapons, Sigrid Kaag, told An Nahar newspaper that his last words to the Lebanese are “to remain united and preserve this precious country.”

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Report: Nusra Front Brainwashing Christians to Pledge Allegiance

Several Christian youth who hail from the northern coastal city of Tripoli have reportedly converted to Islam and pledged allegiance to the al-Qaida-affiliate al-Nusra Front similar to Elie al-Warraq, who was detained by the military intelligence.

Al-Akhbar newspaper reported on Friday that al-Warraq, 22, who resides in Tripoli and hails from the northern district of Akkar, converted to extremist Islam and pledged allegiance to al-Nusra Front similar to other youth in the northern city.

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Nasrallah Confirms Having Fateh-110 Missiles, Says Busted Spy Had Nothing to Do with Hizbullah Military Structure

Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has confirmed that his group has had Iranian Fateh-110 missiles that can hit the whole of Israel since 2006, noting that an Israeli spy recently busted in Hizbullah's ranks had “nothing to do with the entire military structure of the resistance.”

The Fateh-110 missiles have a minimum range of 200 kilometers that can hit entire Israel.

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Car Rigged with 120 Kgs of Explosives Seized in Arsal's Ain al-Shaab

The army seized Thursday a booby-trapped car containing around 120 kilograms of explosives in the northeastern border town of Arsal.

“The Lebanese army closed the Ain al-Shaab road in Arsal and imposed a security cordon around a dirt road on which a Mercedes car flipped over,” state-run National News Agency reported.

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Mustaqbal Urges Govt. to Take 'Clear Decision' on Hizbullah 'Violations' Abroad

Al-Mustaqbal parliamentary bloc on Thursday urged the government to take a clear decision regarding what it called “Hizbullah's violations and interference in the affairs of others,” as it urged it to speed up the trials of the Islamist prisoners in the Roumieh prison.

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Arab FMs Mull Resolution Deploring Hizbullah 'Meddling' in Bahrain Affairs

Arab foreign ministers on Thursday discussed a draft resolution proposed by Manama to condemn perceived “interference” by Hizbullah in the domestic affairs of Bahrain.

An Arab diplomat told Egypt's MENA news agency that the closed-door talks followed the opening session of the Arab FMs' extraordinary meeting that got underway Thursday in Cairo.

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