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Hizbullah Posters Spark Clash outside LAU's Beirut Campus

A clash erupted Wednesday outside the campus of the Lebanese American University (LAU) in Beirut’s Qureitem area.

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Questioning Session Set for Othman as Mustaqbal Lashes Anew at Aoun

Judge Nicolas Mansour on Wednesday scheduled a session for the interrogation of Internal Security Forces chief Maj. Gen. Imad Othman in the lawsuit filed against him by Mount Lebanon Prosecutor Judge Ghada Aoun, LBCI TV reported.

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Nasrallah: Hizbullah Making Precision Missiles, Drones inside Lebanon

Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on Wednesday announced that his group now possesses the ability to transform its ordinary rockets into precision-guided missiles, adding that Hizbullah has also been manufacturing drones for several years now.

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Jumblat Says Salameh's Arrest Not Best Solution for Halting Collapse

Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblat on Wednesday said Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh’s arrest would not be the best solution for halting the financial and economic collapse in the country.

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ISF Says It Didn't Prevent State Security from Arresting Salameh

The Directorate General of Internal Security Forces on Tuesday announced that its members “did not prevent a State Security patrol from enforcing a subpoena against the governor of the central bank” Riad Salameh, denying media reports in this regard.

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Mustaqbal Accuses President Aoun of Ordering Salameh's Arrest

Al-Mustaqbal Movement on Tuesday issued a statement in defense of Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh, after his residences were raided by State Security with the aim of bringing him to interrogation before Judge Ghada Aoun.

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Cabinet OKs Elections Funds, Postpones Discussion of Electricity Plan

The Cabinet on Tuesday approved earmarking around USD 15.5 million for the organization of the upcoming parliamentary elections, as it postponed the discussion of the long-awaited electricity plan.

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U.N. and Interior Ministry Chair Second Meeting of the Elections Forum in Beirut

The United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Joanna Wronecka, and Minister of Interior and Municipalities, Bassam Mawlawi, chaired Tuesday the second Elections Forum to take stock of the preparations for the parliamentary elections scheduled for May 15.

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Cassation Court Re-Allows Judge Eid to Look into Anti-Bitar Recusal

Court of Cassation Judge Rola al-Masri dismissed Tuesday a recusal request that had been suspending the investigation into the Beirut port blast.

Former ministers and incumbent MPs Ali Hassan Khalil and Ghazi Zoaiter had filed a request before the Court of Cassation to recuse Judge Naji Eid from looking into a recusal lawsuit against Judge Tarek Bitar.

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Mawlawi Slams 'Provocative' Bahraini Opposition Rally in Ghobeiry

Interior Minister Bassam al-Mawlawi asked Tuesday "how can provocative seminars and conferences achieve Lebanon's interest?"

"We are Arabs and we will remain Arabs," Mawlawi said, stressing that sisterly countries are helping Lebanon, while "some" inside the country are letting it become "a stage for incitement."

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