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Aoun Files Lawsuit against Geagea for Hinting at his Involvement in Assassinations

Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun filed a lawsuit against Lebanese Forces leader MP Samir Geagea over his recent statements on the political assassinations in Lebanon since 2005.

According to a statement issued by the FPM press office, Aoun also filed a suit against the Central News Agency, Lebanese Forces’ website and al-Mustaqbal newspaper for misleading the judicial investigation and not providing it with the valuable information and for inciting a sectarian strife.

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Head of Public Transportation Unions Says Miqati Seeking to Cap Fuel Prices

Head of the public transportation drivers unions Abdel-Amir Najdeh revealed on Saturday that Prime Minister Najib Miqati is seeking to cap the fuel prices to all citizens.

“Miqati informed Public Works and Transport Minister Ghazi al-Aridi that the cabinet will tackle the issue during its session on May 30,” Najdeh told Voice of Lebanon radio (93.3).

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Suleiman Refuses to Sign Under Pressure $5.9 Billion Bill

President Michel Suleiman expressed “disgust” on Saturday over the pressure exerted on him to sign the $5.9 billion extra-budgetary spending bill.

Suleiman told al-Akhbar newspaper that “even if holding onto his stances cost him his post, he doesn’t care.”

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Diplomats Say 'Salafist Revolution' in Tripoli Aim at Arming Syrian Opposition

Western diplomatic sources said on Saturday that the recent incidents in the northern city of Tripoli are the “beginning of a Salafist revolution aimed at providing the Free Syrian Army in Homs with ammunition.”

The sources told As Safir newspaper that the “Salafist revolution will begin in Tripoli and gradually expand to Akkar.”

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Report: Syrian Letter to U.N. an Attempt to Return to Lebanon

The Syrian letter sent to the U.N. Security Council claiming that al-Qaida and the Muslim Brotherhood are involved in incidents along the Lebanese-Syrian Border is merely an attempt by the Syrian authorities to intervene in Lebanon, An Nahar newspaper reported.

Informed sources told the daily that the Syrian allegations coincide with calls made by a well-known political party in northern Lebanon for the Syrian army to re-enter the country.

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Miqati Welcomes Berri’s Dialogue Initiative, Says ‘No Alternative for Reconciliation’

Prime Minister Najib Miqati welcomed on Saturday Speaker Nabih Berri’s initiative for dialogue over the recent clashes that erupted in the northern port city of Tripoli.

“Dialogue is the only way to resolve the situation in the city,” sources close to Miqati told As Safir newspaper.

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Charbel Slams Ghosn, Denies al-Qaida Exists in Lebanon

Interior Minister Marwan Charbel stressed on Saturday that the Lebanese authorities didn’t find any evidence proof that al-Qaida exists in Lebanon.

“If anyone had any information then they should inform us about it in order to traxk down these groups,” Charbel told al-Mustaqbal newspaper.

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Miqati Hits Back, Says Syria Letter to Ban 'Inflames Disputes'

Prime Minister Najib Miqati on Friday hit back at Syria over a letter sent by its permanent U.N. envoy Bashar al-Jaafari to U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon about the presence of alleged anti-Syria “terrorists” in Lebanon.

Miqati stressed that “the Lebanese government is fully performing its duty as to combating any type of terror operations, and in monitoring the Lebanese border, controlling the security situation and addressing any security gaps.”

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Mustaqbal Says Syria U.N. Letter Aims to 'Deviate Attention from Regime Crimes'

The Mustaqbal Movement on Friday described a letter sent by Syria to the U.N. about the presence of “terrorists” in Lebanon as “fabricated accusations aimed at diverting attention from the regime’s blatant crimes.”

“The Mustaqbal Movement categorically denies the content of the letter sent by Syria’s envoy to the U.N. Bashar al-Jaafari on behalf of his country to the United Nations and its secretary general Ban Ki-moon, in regard to accusing the Movement of harboring what he called ‘terrorist elements’ from the al-Qaida and Muslim Brotherhood organizations who are seeking to undermine Kofi Annan’s plan,” the movement said in a statement.

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Grenade Explodes as Kabbara Inspects Syria Street, 3 Hurt in Renewed Shelling

Shelling between the rival Tripoli neighborhood of Bab al-Tabbaneh and Jabal Mohsen on Friday left three people wounded, a security official and hospital sources told Agence France Presse.

The security official said at least four shells and grenades fell on the two districts in early evening.

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