Investigations were conducted with a number of individuals arrested on suspicion of being involved in the assault against security forces in the town of Almat, Jbeil on Friday, reported al-Mustaqbal daily on Sunday.

It said that ten of the detainees have been released because it was concluded that they were not linked to the assault.

WikiLeaks website has revealed that Israeli intelligence, Mossad, may have been involved in the 2010 Ethiopian plane crash off Beirut's shore, said various media reports on Sunday.

They said that the plane have been the victim of sabotage by Israeli intelligence because it mistakenly suspected that senior Hizbullah official Hashem Safieddine may have been on the flight.

Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour held talks with his Syrian counterpart Walid al-Muallem on the margins of their participation at the United Nations General Assembly earlier this week, reported the National News Agency Saturday.

The discussions addressed the latest developments in Syria and the ongoing efforts to resolve the crisis.

Maronite Patriarch Beshsara al-Rahi traveled to Hungary on Sunday morning on an official visit where he is set to meet a number of senior officials.

Speaking at the airport ahead of his flight, the patriarch stated: “We need to reach a parliamentary electoral law that appeases all sides.”

Rina Chibani was crowned Miss Lebanon on Saturday, while her twin sister Romy was the first runner-up in an unusual ceremony.

Rina reserved her spot in Miss Universe pageant that will be held in Las Vegas in the U.S. On December 19.

Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun stressed on Saturday that the stances adopted by the cabinet provided the country with the necessary stability, noting that the new electoral law based on proportional representation will be approved “ultimately.”

“We fear if Syria lost then extremism and Takfiri thinking will widely spread, such as in northern Lebanon. We can't accept these abnormal cases on our land and that threaten our existence,” Aoun said during a tour in the towns of Jbeil.

President Michel Suleiman travels to Peru on Sunday to head the Arab group that will participate in the third summit between South American nations and Arab countries.

First lady Wafaa and a large ministerial delegation accompanies Suleiman to the South American country for the summit that starts on Monday.

The European Union's Political and Security Committee expressed on Saturday support for the Lebanese government in its efforts to preserve security and backed the Lebanese Armed Forces in confronting internal and external threats.

The members of the committee chaired by Olof Skoog met with Prime Minister Najib Miqati in the presence of EU Ambassador Angelina Eichhorst at the Grand Serail.

Interior Minister Marwan Charbel warned on Saturday that only 15 Christian MPs would be elected by the votes of Christian voters in the 2013 parliamentary elections if the current winner-takes-all system was not changed.

In remarks to local newspapers, Charbel said: “Mistaken are those who think that the 1960 law guarantees the best representation of Christians.”

Prime Minister Najib Miqati said the Cypriot president has told him that Cyprus would begin implementing a 2007 agreement on the maritime border as soon as Lebanon's parliament approves it.

In remarks to As Safir daily published Saturday, Miqati said: “There is a positive Cypriot response with regards to the maritime border.”