Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea was worried that the LBC television station would fall into the hands of pro-March 8 forces, revealed a leaked U.S. Embassy cable published exclusively in Al-Akhbar newspaper on Friday.

The WikiLeaks cable, dated May 16, 2006, spoke of a meeting between Geagea and then U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon Jeffery Feltman during which LBC’s ownership was brought up.

A leaked U.S. Embassy cable, dated November 2008, revealed that MP Butros Harb sought U.S. help in convincing three sides in Lebanon to support the March 14 camp.

The WikiLeaks cable, published exclusively in Al-Akhbar newspaper on Friday, spoke of a meeting between the MP and then U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon Michele Sison.

MP Strida Geagea said that former U.S. Ambassador Jeffrey Feltman’s stances are pro-Islamic, according to a leaked U.S. embassy cable published in al-Akhbar newspaper on Friday.

“I wanted to ask him about his feelings” toward Muslims after September 11, Strida stated.

Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi expressed hope in his Easter message on Friday that Lebanon would overcome the crisis on the formation of the new government.

Al-Rahi hoped in a televised address that “the resurrection would be reflected in our national lives” and “the country would rise thanks to the goodwill” of officials in solving “the government formation crisis and the deteriorating situation that citizens are suffering from.”

The video of the seven Estonian tourists that was uploaded on YouTube was most probably shot in the first days of the March 23 kidnapping in the eastern Bekaa valley, a security source told As Safir daily.

The source said in remarks published Friday that the video wasn’t shot in the past few days.

Israeli intelligence sources revealed what they said were the names of top Hizbullah members who were part of a network operating abroad to carry out “terrorist operations.”

Israel Radio said on Friday that Talal Hmeih heads the Hizbullah network as Imad Mughniyeh’s successor. It said Ahmed al-Faed his main assistant, fled to Jordan 10 years ago after trying to target Israel with a Katyusha missile.

Hizb ut-Tahrir’s demonstration in support of the Syrian protests ended on Friday without any security incident being reported.

The demonstration, which defied a ban by Lebanese authorities, began after Friday Muslim prayers in front of al-Mansouri mosque in Tripoli and marched towards the Nijmeh square in the northern port city amid heavy security presence.

Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblat has expressed pessimism over the formation of the new cabinet after the Easter holidays saying there is still disagreement on the interior ministry portfolio.

The lawmaker told An Nahar newspaper in remarks published Friday that “the cabinet formation process is still at a standstill and there’s still disagreement on who will be given the interior ministry portfolio.”

An Inerga-type rocket-propelled grenade hit the Tripoli neighborhood of Jabal Mohsen on Thursday night, causing material damage and “terrorizing” residents, As Safir daily reported.

The rocket landed near Café Omran that lies behind the Harakat al-Shabab field around 11:00 pm, the newspaper said.

Hizbullah on Thursday hit back at U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon over statements contained in his annual report on the implementation of U.N. Security Council Resolution 1559.

“It is not something new for the U.N. secretary general to take unjust and unfair stances in his analysis of the situation in Lebanon, especially in terms of holding Hizbullah responsible for all the problems in Lebanon,” the party said in a communiqué.