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Report: Hariri to Reactivate Presidential File

Adviser to al-Mustaqbal Movement leader ex MP Ghattas Khoury said on Wednesday that leader of the Movement and ex-PM Saad Hariri will return soon from his trip abroad and plans to give momentum to the controversial file of the presidential election, As Safir daily reported on Wednesday.

Hariri plans to “reactivate the file in some way and in a new direction,” said Khoury after he held a meeting with Lebanese Forces chief Samir Geagea said the daily.

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Shehayyeb: Bourj Hammoud Landfill Ready Oct. 7, Trash to be Removed from 45 Towns Tonight

Works to set up a seaside garbage landfill in Bourj Hammoud will be completed on October 7 and the Sukleen firm will start removing accumulated trash from 45 towns in Northern Metn and Keserwan as of Tuesday night, Agriculture Minister Akram Shehayyeb said.

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Amin Gemayel: Respecting National Pact Must Include Sovereignty, Arms, Foreign Policy

Former president Amin Gemayel noted Tuesday that commitment to the National Pact must involve the issues of “sovereignty,” Hizbullah's “arms,” “the state's authority” and Lebanon's “foreign policy.”

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March 14 Sources Downplay FPM Threat to Topple Government

March 14 sources have ruled out the possibility that the Free Patriotic Movement's latest escalation might reach the extent of toppling Prime Minister Tammam Salam's government, the Kuwaiti daily al-Anbaa said on Tuesday.

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Tarras Says General Security Wrongfully Accused Him of 'Meeting IS Members in Turkey'

General Security interrogators accused Muslim cleric Sheikh Bassam al-Tarras of meeting Islamic State members during his latest visit to Turkey, media reports said on Tuesday.

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Rifi: Saad Hariri is Finished, Sunnis Awaiting a 'New Hariri'

Resigned Justice Minister Ashraf Rifi has announced that his ties with al-Mustaqbal Movement leader ex-PM Saad Hariri are “totally severed,” while claiming that the former premier has lost his influence in the Sunni community.

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Chocolate Entrepreneur of Lebanese Descent Emerges in World's Cocoa Leader

The smell of chocolate wafts from the door of an artisanal shop that would not be out of place in Brooklyn. Founder Dana Mroueh takes in the sun while riding her stationary bicycle-turned-cocoa grinder on an ambitious journey that began just four months ago.

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Bassil: There Won't be New President, Electoral Law without Respecting National Pact

Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran Bassil has warned that the country cannot have a new president or a new electoral law if the political parties do not respect the National Pact.

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Geagea: Presidential Vote Blocked to Reach Constituent Assembly, Not Boost Aoun's Chances

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea has warned that some parties are obstructing the election of a new president in Lebanon because they are seeking to “change the political system.”

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Raad: Country Needs Real Partnership, Resistance Creating, Preserving Security

Hizbullah's top lawmaker Mohammed Raad stressed Monday that the country needs “real consensus and understanding over the meaning of national partnership,” while noting that “the Resistance is creating and preserving security” in Lebanon.

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