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Geagea: Lebanese Security Forces Complicit with Abduction of Syrian Opposition Members

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea condemned on Tuesday the kidnapping of Syrian citizens in Lebanon, whether they oppose or support the Syrian regime.

He accused after holding talks with the Russian Ambassador to Lebanon Alexander Zasypkin: “The Lebanese security authorities are complicit with the abductions and they seek to lure out the Syrian opposition members in order to deport them to Syria.”

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Two Nuns Killed, Third Wounded in Separate Car Accidents

Three people were killed and fourth critically wounded in various car accidents in Lebanon on Tuesday, reported the National News Agency.

In the town of al-Barbara in the Batroun, a car, driven by Sister Zakia Haddad overturned, killing her instantly.

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7 Children Injured in Balcony Collapse in Akkar

Seven children were injured when the balcony of an abandoned house collapsed in Akkar in northern Lebanon, the National News Agency reported Tuesday.

The children were at the balcony of the house near the main square of al-Qarqaf town when it collapsed, NNA said.

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Britain Urges Lebanon to Honor International Tribunal Obligations

British Prime Minister David Cameron has urged Lebanon to honor its obligations to the Special Tribunal for Lebanon stressing London’s support for Lebanese sovereignty.

During talks with Premier Najib Miqati on Monday, Cameron stressed the importance of the full implementation of U.N. Security Council resolution 1701 and said Lebanon and the UK are partners.

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Report: Money Streaming Out of Syria to Lebanon

The growing financial pressure on President Bashar Assad’s regime is forcing entrepreneurs to smuggle their money to Lebanon “every day, every hour,” a Syrian businessman told the Financial Times.

It quoted the businessman as saying some people exchange Syrian money brought into Lebanon “under the table.”

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Paris Joins U.S. in Warning Lebanon of Consequences over Lack of STL Funding

France has joined the United States in warning Lebanon that its failure to fund the Special Tribunal for Lebanon would negatively impact French-Lebanese bilateral ties.

In an interview with pan-Arab daily Asharq al-Awsat published on Tuesday, French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said: “We ask the Lebanese government to allow the international tribunal to carry out its work and renew its mandate.”

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War of Words between Hariri and Berri over Politics and Diving

Speaker Nabih Berri snapped back at former Premier Saad Hariri on Monday saying the Mustaqbal movement leader should have practiced his hobby of diving rather than being involved in politics.

“Hariri has revealed in his electronic interviews a number of his personal hobbies, one of which is diving,” Berri said in a statement.

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Top U.S. Official to Discuss Syria Sanctions in Beirut

A senior U.S. official will on Monday launch a three-country campaign to firm up sanctions against Syria and to tackle transnational organized crime, the U.S. Treasury Department said.

Assistant Secretary Daniel Glaser will travel to Beirut, Moscow and Amman for a week-long visit.

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Lebanon's Alawites Watch and Wait as Assad Struggles for Power

In the impoverished Jabal Mohsen area of the port city of Tripoli in north Lebanon, a small Alawite community is watching anxiously as Syrian President Bashar Assad fights to stay in power.

"Syria is our neighbor, our brother, our mother," Abdul Latif Saleh, mayor of Jabal Mohsen, told Agence France Presse.

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Cameron Meets Miqati, Urges Lebanon to Honor STL Obligations

During talks with Premier Najib Miqati in London, British Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday urged Lebanon to honor its international obligations concerning the U.N.-backed Special Tribunal for Lebanon.

Cameron pressed Miqati on the “need for Lebanon to meet (its) international obligations on (the) Tribunal,” British Ambassador to Lebanon Tom Fletcher said on his Twitter account after the two men’s meeting.

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