Caretaker Interior Minister Marwan Charbel ruled out on Wednesday that the murder of a pro-Hizbullah Sunni Sheikh in the northern city of Tripoli would lead to a new round of assassinations in Lebanon.

In remarks to Voice of Lebanon (100.5) radio, Charbel said: “The Tripoli crime is unacceptable.”

The March 14 alliance will work hard to hold the presidential elections at the end of President Michel Suleiman's mandate in May next year, Lebanese Forces chief Samir Geagea said.

There will not be a repeat of previous elections in a sense that the mandate expires without being able to elect a new president, Geagea said.

Conflicting reports emerged on Wednesday over whether President Michel Suleiman was aware that former Prime Minister Saad Hariri would be present during his meeting with Saudi King Abdullah in Riyadh.

According to As Safir newspaper, Suleiman wasn't informed about Hariri's participation, wondering in a report about the aim of such a move by Saudi Arabia.

Head of al-Mustaqbal parliamentary bloc MP Fouad Saniora reiterated on Wednesday that Hizbullah should withdraw from the neighboring country Syria before it participates in any cabinet lineup.

“There are only two options either Hizbullah returns from Syria and we agree on a cabinet formation together or a non-political government would be formed and we resume the all-party talks,” Saniora said in comments published in the Kuwaiti al-Rai newspaper.

Several workers were wounded on Tuesday when a ceiling of a building collapsed in Roueissat in al-Metn's Jdeideh area, the state-run National News Agency reported.

“A 120-meter ceiling collapsed in Roueissat, causing the injury of several workers,” the NNA said.

Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah condemned on Tuesday the assassination of Islamic Action Front official Saadeddine Ghiyyeh in the northern city of Tripoli, calling for dealing with this case in the same manner the mosques' bombings issue was handled.

"We urge the state to deal with the assassination of Ghiyyeh similarly to its treatment of the Tripoli and (the Beirut neighborhood of) Dahieh's bombings,” Nasrallah said in a speech he gave on the ninth night of Ashura.

The Mustaqbal bloc slammed on Tuesday Hizbullah's escalatory rhetoric, while demanding that the case of the twin bombings in the northern city of Tripoli be tackled by the Judicial Council.

It said in a statement after its weekly meeting: “Hizbullah must announce its complete commitment to the Baabda Declaration.”

Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun urged on Tuesday holding a cabinet meeting to discuss oil extraction, accusing those obstructing a governmental session of “wanting Lebanon's bankruptcy.”

"I call on the president and the (caretaker) prime minister to hold a cabinet meeting and discuss the issue of petroleum extraction,” Aoun said after the weekly meeting of his Change and Reform bloc.

President Michel Suleiman stressed on Tuesday the importance of preserving Lebanon's good relations with Saudi Arabia, the same day he returned from a one-day official visit to Riyadh.

Suleiman met with a delegation from the Lebanese Business and Investment Council in Saudi Arabia which briefed him on its good ties with Saudi officials, Baabda Palace announced in a statement.

Arab Democratic Party leader Ali Eid on Tuesday evaded a summons to undergo questioning by a military tribunal judge over his alleged aid to a suspect in the mosque bombings of the northern city of Tripoli.

Eid's attorney handed First Military Investigation Judge Riyad Abu Ghida a report claiming that the suspect cannot attend the questioning session for medical reasons.