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Families of Islamists Protest Near Roumieh, Army Blocks Media Coverage

The families of Islamist inmates in Roumieh prison held a sit-in outside the compound east of Beirut on Sunday although the Lebanese army prevented reporters from covering the event.

Some 15 buses were seen heading to the compound, the state-run National News Agency reported.

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Shell, 3 Rockets Hit Hermel, Suleiman Urges Qahwaji to Preserve Safety of Lebanese

Three rockets and a shell fired from Syrian territory landed in Lebanon's Hermel district on Sunday, causing material damage only, the state-run National News Agency reported.

A shell and two rockets hit the road leading to the Sahlat al-Ma' area in the town of al-Qasr, NNA said.

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Hizbullah Dubs as 'Waste of Time' Any Attempt to Form Technocrat Cabinet

Hizbullah MP Mohammed Raad reiterated on Sunday that the new government would not be able to run Lebanon's affairs if its members were not political figures, hinting that a technocrat cabinet was a “waste of time.”

“The cabinet will not be able to govern Lebanon if it was not political,” Raad said. “It doesn’t only have the mission of supervising the parliamentary elections.”

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Cabinet Formation Process Gathers Pace as Salam Meets Jumblat

The cabinet formation process, which had been slow in the past weeks, began witnessing some developments after Prime Minister-designate Tammam Salam held talks with centrist Progressive Socialist Party chief Walid Jumblat and officials from the March 8 alliance.

Reports said that Salam met on Thursday night with Jumblat, who returned to Beirut following a visit to the UK.

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U.S. Official: 'Hizbullah Operatives are here in the U.S.'

The chairman of the U.S. House Homeland Security Committee has expressed concern over the alleged infiltration of Hizbullah operatives along the U.S. border from San Diego to Texas.

Rep. Michael McCaul told Team 10 website that the Hizbullah members are getting help from Mexican drug cartels.

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Report: Abducted Pilgrims in Good Health, in Custody of Abou Hasan

A media official in the Northern Storm Brigade said on Saturday that the Lebanese pilgrims abducted in Syria's Aazaz are in good health, amid reports that they have are now in custody of Sheikh Munir al-Moften, known as Abou Hasan, after Ammar al-Dadikhi, aka their infamous abductor Abou Ibrahim has reportedly been killed.

LBCI television said that the official, however, did not confirm or deny rumors about Abou Ibrahim's death.

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Gunmen Kidnap Syrian Shepherds in Akkar, Take Them to Syria

Syrian gunmen kidnapped two shepherds of the same nationality in the northern Akkar region and took them back to Syria, the state-run National News Agency reported on Saturday.

“The shepherds were captured in the kherbet al-Rumman-Shekhlar area of Akkar and were taken to Syria,” the NNA elaborated.

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Three Syrians Wounded as Their Bus Overturns in Masnah

Three Syrian nationals were wounded when a bus carrying them to Lebanon overturned near the Masnah border crossing, the state-run National News Agency reported on Saturday.

“The bus that was coming from Syria overturned before reaching the General Security checkpoint in al-Masnah,” the NNA said, noting that the bus has a Syrian number plate.

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Nasrallah Meets Khamenei in Iran, to Make Televised Address in May

A meeting was held recently between Secretary-General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah and supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the Central News Agency reported on Saturday.

According to the news agency, Nasrallah held talks with senior Iranian officials during his visit to Tehran, where he met with Khamenei.

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Five Shells Fired from Syria Hit Border Lebanese Villages

Five shells from Syrian territories landed on Saturday in Lebanese villages along the northeastern border with Syria.

Two shells targeted Sahlat al-Mayy region on the outskirts of the town of al-Qasr in northeast of the Hermel district.

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