Hizbullah condemned on Saturday the latest episode of LBC's Kalam al-Nas, which it said provoked internal strife in Lebanon.

It said in a statement: "We strongly condemn what LBC has done and we consider it a deliberate encouragement of internal strife in Lebanon, especially between Shittes and Sunnis."

The office of the prosecutor in the investigation into the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, Daniel Bellemare, stressed that there are no political links to the ongoing investigations.

It said in an email to Al-Akhbar newspaper: "Evidence alone will lead to an accusation in Hariri's assassination."

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad stressed on Friday his support for the "Lebanese people's courageous resistance."

He said upon his return from his trip to Lebanon: "Iran supports the rest of the peoples in the area … and the sons of southern Lebanon will determine the future of the region."

The presidency announced on Friday that the national dialogue has been postponed.

The session, which was scheduled for October 19, has been pushed to November 4.

Judge Antonio Cassese, President of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, has extended to November 5 a deadline given to former General Security chief Maj. Gen. Jamil Sayyed and STL Prosecutor Danielle Bellemare to file any observations on the investigation documents issue.

On September 17, 2010, STL Pre-Trial Judge Daniel Fransen issued an order in which he determined that the Tribunal has jurisdiction to rule on Sayyed's application for access to certain materials in the Hariri case. He also decided that Sayyed had standing to address the Tribunal.

Energy and Water Minister Jebran Bassil on Friday set the average subscription fee to private power generation in all Lebanese areas at LBP 350/kWh for the 5 amperes category.

Bassil noted that this measure enables citizens and municipalities to hold accountable the providers of private power generation in the country. However, he added that it also respects the rights of the providers.

Informed sources in Paris refuted on Friday media reports that stated that the reenactment of the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri has taken place.

The sources said: "The reenactment is an experiment aimed at performing a technical study of the effects of the explosion" that targeted Hariri in 2005.

MP Oqab Saqr stated on Friday that he is still awaiting an honest response from Hizbullah to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's statements stressing the importance of consensus.

He told MTV: "Iran's allies should implement his statements on the internal scene because we are facing real danger and the Saudi Arabian ambassador had previously informed the Iranian president that destroying unity would serve Israel."

Deputy Lebanese Forces leader George Adwan on Friday said the case won by LBC television station should not affect the employment status.

Addressing LBC staff at a news conference, Adwan stressed that the Lebanese Forces belong to the "school of tolerance."

Former head of the Phalange Party Karim Pakradouni noted Friday the indictment in the investigation into the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri will create a governmental crisis, which will not affect the security situation.

He added to NBN television that any worsening in the false witnesses case will lead to a great problem in Lebanon.