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Mikati urges leaders to stop obstructions and accusations, elect president

Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati urged Wednesday all leaders and politicians to stop the obstruction approach and the political accusations.

Mikati dubbed the obstruction and accusations as "useless," adding that they have no meaning to "the people who are patiently suffering."

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HRW: Tech giants 'not doing enough' to protect LGBTQ people in Lebanon, region

Human Rights Watch called Tuesday on tech companies to better protect LGBTQ communities from "digital targeting" by authorities in Iraq, Tunisia, Egypt, Jordan and Lebanon.

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FPM MP says Hezbollah has ended MoU with his movement

Hezbollah has “preferred to end the memorandum of understanding with the Free Patriotic Movement,” an FPM MP said on Tuesday.

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Bakhoun Municipality orders evacuation of cracked residential buildings

Municipal police in the Dinniyeh town of Bakhoun ordered the immediate evacuation of a number of residential buildings in the wake of Monday’s new earthquake in Turkey that was strongly felt in Lebanon, media reports said.

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Bank of Beirut branch sealed with red wax

The Mansourieh branch of Bank of Beirut was on Tuesday sealed with red wax at the orders of Mount Lebanon Prosecutor Judge Ghada Aoun, media reports said.

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Bassil discusses presidential file with Russian ambassador

Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran Bassil on Tuesday met with Russian Ambassador to Lebanon Alexander Rudakov.

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2 minor tremors hit off Sidon hours after new Turkey quake

Minor 4.0- and 3.5-magnitude earthquakes struck off Lebanon’s southern coast on Tuesday, only hours after new 6.4- and 5.8-magnitude quakes rocked southern Turkey and were felt across Lebanon.

Lebanon’s National Center for Geophysics said the first quake hit 64 kilometers off the southern city of Sidon at 4:23 am. It was followed by a 3.5-magnitude tremor at 9:30 am, which struck 70 kilometers off Sidon.

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In Lebanese mountains, hatmaker keeps ancient skill alive

High in Lebanon's rugged mountains, hatmaker Youssef Akiki is among the last artisans practicing the thousand-year-old skill of making traditional warm woolen caps once widely worn against the icy winter chill.

Akiki believes he may be the last commercial maker of the sheep wool "labbadeh" -- a named derived from the Arabic for felt, or "labd" -- a waterproof and warm cap colored off-white, grey, brown or black.

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Lebanon shakes anew as 6.4 quake hits Turkey and Syria

A 6.4-magnitude earthquake on Monday rocked Turkey's southern province of Hatay and northern Syria, killing eight people and sparking fresh panic after a February 6 tremor that left nearly 45,000 dead in both countries.

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Hezbollah rejects request by Bassil to meet with Nasrallah

Hezbollah has rejected a recent request from Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran Bassil for meeting with the party’s secretary-general Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, a senior Shiite Duo source said.

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