The judges of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon have approved some amendments to the tribunal's Rules of Procedure and Evidence, said the STL in a statement on Monday.

There were a limited number of changes, which clarified the existing rules especially in relation to victims, it added.

The Phalange Party criticized on Monday the current crisis in the government, saying that it has demonstrated that it is incapable of settling the smallest of disputes.

It said in a statement after its weekly politburo meeting: “The solution to the crisis should adhere to the constitution and respect the role of the president and prime minister.”

A delegation from Hizbullah held talks on Monday with Sunni Grand Mufti Sheikh Mohammed Rashid Qabbani on the various local and regional developments.

The Mufti stressed after the talks the need to “fortify Lebanon against the developments in the region.”

The head of the Audit Bureau Judge Aouni Ramadan stated on Monday that the bureau will pursue the issue of red diesel scandal in Lebanon until it is resolved.

He revealed to the National News Agency that the Bureau had referred a report on the case to the General Prosecution.

Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat warned on Monday against attempts to create division among Syria and Lebanon’s Druze population regarding the former’s anti-regime demonstrations.

He said in his weekly editorial in the PSP-affiliated al-Anbaa magazine: “Internal division has also taken place within the Lebanese government” where some sides support the Syrian regime and others back the protests.

Hizbullah MP Nawaf Moussawi criticized on Monday calls for the U.N. Security Council to discuss the setting up of “humanitarian corridors” to allow an aid group to reach areas hit with the Syrian army crackdown.

“Where were these humanitarian corridors to aid the Palestinian people in Gaza that is still suffering from the (Israeli) siege?” Moussawi said.

Three men have stabbed a Pizza Hut delivery driver and robbed him of LL250,000 in the town of Hadath in Beirut, the National News Agency reported Monday.

NNA said that Alaa Safwan, 23, was delivering a pizza on Sunday night when three men in a silver Nissan Tida intercepted his motorcycle.

A man died from a heart attack after he sought to mediate to end an armed dispute between his son and two other men in the north Metn town of Dekwaneh, the National News Agency reported on Monday.

NNA said that the father passed away at the Lebanese-Canadian Hospital after he was injured as he tried to mediate between his son Issam Kairouz, who works at a money exchange house, and two brothers from the Gedeon family.

Al-Mustaqbal parliamentary bloc MP Nabil de Freij stressed on Monday that the cabinet should have acted swiftly concerning Labor Minister Charbel Nahhas’ refusal to sign the transportation allowance decree and “withdrawn confidence” from him.

“The cabinet didn’t take so far a decision regarding Nahhas’ behavior while it should have taken a firm decision against him and maybe withdrawn its confidence,” de Freij told Voice of Lebanon radio (100.5).

Energy Minister Jebran Bassil sought on Monday to minimize the importance of signing a decree on transportation allowances by Labor Minister Charbel Nahhas, saying the issue will be resolved through parliament’s adoption of a draft law.

The issue will be resolved after parliament “approves a draft law proposed by MP Ibrahim Kanaan in agreement with the labor minister,” Bassil told An Nahar daily, saying “the signature of the transportation decree will remain a minor detail with regards to the importance of the law that will be issued next Wednesday.”