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Parliament Meeting May Develop into Session to Question Confidence in Ministers

A meeting for the parliament office on Monday may turn into a session to voice confidence in ministers, reported the daily An Nahar on Sunday.

“The way have been opened for it to develop into a session during which ministers may be placed before a vote of confidence due to several pending contentious ministerial issues,” said the daily.

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Litani River Temporarily Turns White

The Litani River temporarily turned white on Saturday, reported the daily An Nahar on Sunday.

It said that the incident occurred near the Tall Amara Bridge in the Zahleh district and did not affect the entire river.

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Azzam Brigades Denies Link to Takfiri Network

The Abdullah Azzam Brigades denied on Saturday that it has any links to the takfiri network in the Ain el-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp, reported the daily An Nahar on Sunday.

It denied all links to the network in a statement that was published on various websites.

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Miqati: No Side Will Benefit from Government Collapse

Prime Minister Najib Miqati stressed that the government will not collapse despite the internal disputes, especially those regarding the appointments of civil servants, reported the daily An Nahar on Sunday.

He told the daily: “It’s in no one’s interest to topple the government at the time being.”

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Serra Says UNIFIL Determined to Cease Hostility between Lebanon and Israel

United Nations Interim Forces in Lebanon Commander General Paolo Serra said on Saturday that the peacekeeping mission is determined to halt the hostile practices between Lebanon and Israel and implement the U.N. Security Council resolution 1701.

“The past five years were the calmest period in southern Lebanon’s history… and the UNIFIL is determined to help the two parties to maintain a stable cease of hostile practices,” Serra said during a medal ceremony at the Irish contingent headquarters.

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Rival Pro- and Anti-Assad Rallies in Beirut

Hundreds of Lebanese and Syrian supporters of Syrian President Bashar Assad held a sit-in in downtown Beirut on Saturday as a rival rally for anti-Assad protestors was held against violence in the neighboring country, according to the National News Agency.

Activists, intellectuals, and independent Syrian and Lebanese people rallied at the Martyrs Square in downtown Beirut in support of the “Syrian revolution.”

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Spiritual Summit on March 25 to Discuss Syrian Crisis Repercussions on Lebanon, Coexistence

A spiritual Christian-Islamic summit will be held at Bkirki on March 25 in the presence of the head of the Sunni, Shiite, Maronite and Druze spiritual leaders, along with the members of the Christian-Muslim Committee for Dialogue, the Central News Agency reported on Saturday.

“The past few days witnessed intensified contacts to stress the importance of holding a spiritual summit on March 25, which was agreed upon during the last summit at Dar al-Fatwa (in September),” sources from the Christian-Islamic Committee for Dialogue told the news agency.

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Lebanon, France Conduct Joint Military Exercise

Lebanon and France began on Saturday a major military exercise in Jounieh, the National News Agency reported.

The maneuvers included air, ground and naval field training exercise conducted by the Lebanese Armed Forces in cooperation with the French Navy helicopter cruiser the Jeanne d’Arc.

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3 Students Killed in School Cliff Collapse in Northern Lebanon

Three students were killed and seven others injured on Saturday when part of a cliff collapsed at the Bhanine school in the northern Minieh-Dinniyeh district, the National News Agency reported.

NNA identified the dead as Abdul Rahman al-Siddiq, 16, Osama Zreiqa, 18, and 8-year-old Ahmed al-Rifai.

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Al-Rahi Arrives in Cairo on a Four-Day Pastoral Visit

Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi arrived on Saturday in Egypt on a four-day pastoral visit that will also include talks with Egyptian officials and clergymen.

“The latest developments in Egypt had postponed our visit, but I insisted on traveling during this critical situation to express solidarity with the Egyptian people,” al-Rahi said from the Saint Joseph Cathedral.

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