Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea called on Saturday the national community and Arab countries to sponsor a “sincere” referendum in Syria as “ending the revolution would be an illusion,” reiterating that safeguarding the Christians in the region isn’t by “throwing them in the hands of repressive regimes.”

“There will be many difficulties and obstacles ahead of us… but these difficulties will not deter us from reaching our goals,” Geagea said during a rally at Biel in Downtown Beirut.

Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblat stressed on Saturday that freedom can’t be divisible neither in Palestine nor in Syria.

“Freedom and dignity can’t be divisible, injustice remains wrong,” Jumblat said.

Syrian authorities foiled an attempt by an “armed terrorist group” to infiltrate from Lebanon into Syria, Syria’s state-run news agency SANA said.

According to the news agency, a number of the “terrorist group” members were killed and injured during clashes with the Syrian forces as the others fled back into Lebanese territories.

The Lebanese army seized arms and ammunition hidden in the engine of a vehicle at the entrance of the Ain el-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp.

The Mercedes was loaded with medium and light weapons, LBC TV station and Voice of Lebanon radio (93.3) reported.

Workers of state-owned Electricite du Liban announced on Saturday the suspension of their open-ended strike after Energy Minister Jebran Bassil and Finance Minister Mohammed al-Safadi met their demands.

The syndicate of EDL workers thanked in a statement both Bassil and al-Safadi for approving the transfer of the necessary funds to pay the salaries of employees.

Education Minister Hassan Diab left the hospital on Saturday after undergoing medical tests, the National News Agency reported.

Sources close to the minister said that he was admitted to the hospital for suffering from gastric problems.

The presidential palace and Grand Serail switched off their lights for Earth Hour on Saturday in a global effort to raise awareness about climate change.

The Baabda Palace said in a statement earlier that it will turn off lights for 60 minutes from 8:30 pm local time upon the recommendation of President Michel Suleiman.

An official at General Electric denied that it has made an offer to construct a power plant in Lebanon after the American company offered apologies to Premier Najib Miqati and Energy Minister Jebran Bassil about the misunderstanding, As Safir daily reported Saturday.

It quoted the official as saying that the firm has never made an official offer. The newspaper also said that several GE officials apologized to Miqati and Bassil after a staff member in the region made the offer illegally.

President Michel Suleiman hailed the government for going back on track after approving plans to resolve the electricity crisis and calling for an audit on the 2006-2010 extra-budgetary spending.

“We could say that the cabinet’s productivity is on the right track…amid lack of tension” between its different members, Suleiman told As Safir daily published Saturday.

President Michel Suleiman is scheduled to hold talks with Premier Najib Miqati and Interior Minister Marwan Charbel on Saturday to discuss the electoral draft-law a year before the parliamentary polls.

The meeting was set for Saturday after Charbel asked the cabinet during its latest session to set its stance on the draft-law proposed by him and avoid procrastination, An Nahar daily said.