One person was killed and four others were wounded in a tragic traffic accident on the Antelias highway on Sunday evening, state-run National News Agency reported.

A car bumped into several vehicles before crashing into a fish shop, NNA said.

Phalange Party leader Amin Gemayel on Sunday stressed that his party “will remain the spearhead” in defending the values of the March 14 camp, insisting that “the army must extend its authority over the 10,452 square kilometers."

“The president (Michel Suleiman) knows the sacrifices of each one of us and Speaker (Nabih) Berri embraced (slain industry minister) Pierre (Gemayel) and cooperated with him and continued with the same admiration towards (MP) Sami (Gemayel) and we salute him. We also thank PM (Najib) Miqati,” said Gemayel in a speech commemorating the sixth anniversary of the assassination of his son, Pierre.

The March 14 forces on Sunday achieved victory in the Pharmacists Order elections and won two seats in the by-election of the Beirut Bar Association.

“March 14 candidate Rabih Hassouna has been elected as the head of the Pharmacists Order,” Future TV reported.

Independence Movement leader Michel Mouawad has stressed that the agenda of the March 14 forces is “Muslim-Christian partnership in the face of extremism in all religions.”

“Martyrs are the rock upon which we will build our homeland Lebanon and the forces of hell will not be able to defeat us,” Mouawad said in a speech at the first ever rally to be held by the Independence Movement in Australia's Sydney.

Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi attended on Sunday the enthronement of the new Coptic pope in Cairo ahead of the Nov. 24 ceremony that would officially appoint him as a new cardinal in the Catholic church.

The enthronement of Bishop Tawadros was held at Cairo's St. Mark's Cathedral.

March 14 opposition figures are holding intense consultations to avoid “falling in the trap” of Speaker Nabih Berri who has called for a parliamentary session on Tuesday to hear a speech by the Armenian president, sources told An Nahar daily.

The March 14 alliance boycotted all parliamentary activity following the Oct. 19 assassination of the Internal Security Forces Intelligence Bureau chief, Wissam al-Hasan, in a car bomb explosion in Beirut's Ashrafiyeh district.

MP Walid Jumblat's Progressive Socialist Party and National Struggle Front cabinet ministers are planning to launch an initiative to lure back the March 14 opposition alliance to the national dialogue table, Minister Ghazi Aridi and NSF sources said.

Aridi told Voice of Lebanon radio (93.3) that the PSP and NSF officials are drafting a memo that would be referred to all March 8 majority and opposition officials in an attempt to avert strife.

Prime Minister Najib Miqati said he kicks off a three-day visit to Paris on Monday with a hand extended to the Lebanese March 14 opposition coalition.

“I go to Paris with a hand extended to the Lebanese and mainly the opposition,” Miqati told An Nahar daily on the eve of his official visit to France.

Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour urged on Saturday Arab nations to adopt strict political and economic measures against Israel, in response to the Israeli assault on the Gaza strip.

“The Arab countries must freeze their contacts, withdraw their ambassadors and suspend agreements with Israel,” Mansour said during an Arab Foreign Ministers emergency meeting to discuss situation in Gaza at the headquarter of the Arab League in Cairo.

The army intensified security measures in the southern port city of Sidon after unknown assailants opened fire at al-Zahra complex, the National News Agency reported on Saturday.

The army is carrying out mobile and stationery patrols to maintain stability and security in the city.