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Aoun: Official Report on Lebanese-Syrian Border Needed before We Determine Position on Syria

Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun demanded on Tuesday a detailed account of the developments along the Lebanese-Syrian border “because developments have started to take a dangerous turn.”

He said after the Change and Reform bloc’s weekly meeting: “An official government report over the border situation should be made for us to take a position from Syria.”

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STL Grants Victim Status to Nine More People

Special Tribunal for Lebanon Pre-Trial Judge Daniel Fransen has granted nine additional persons the status of victims participating in the Ayyash et al proceedings, the STL said Tuesday in a statement.

The nine victims will form part of the existing group of 58 victims whose status as victims participating in the proceedings was recognized by Fransen in May 2012.

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Miqati: Alternatives to Smoking Ban Should Have Been Presented before Law’s Approval

Prime Minister Najib Miqati stressed on Tuesday that the government is committed to the implementation of the smoking ban that was recently approved by parliament.

He said after meeting with a delegation from the restaurant owners syndicate: “Those protesting the ban should have presented alternatives before the law was approved at parliament.”

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SCC Threatens to Stage Nationwide Protests as Cabinet Set to Discuss New Wages Hike

The Syndicate Coordination Committee threatened to stage a nationwide protest on Thursday if the Cabinet failed to approve the new wages increase for the public sector employees.

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Plumbly Shrugs off Call to Deploy UNIFIL on Lebanon’s Border with Syria

U.N. Special Coordinator for Lebanon Derek Plumbly shrugged off on Tuesday a request by the March 14 opposition to deploy UNIFIL troops on Lebanon’s border with Syria.

“We were concerned by what is happening at the border. But our focus, my focus is very much on what we can do to help the Lebanese Armed Forces,” Plumbly said following talks with Prime Minister Najib Miqati at the Grand Serail.

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Army Intensifies Security Measures, Busts Number of Gangs

The Army Command said on Tuesday that it intensified its investigations and reinforced its security measures as it was able to expose a large number of gangs throughout Lebanese territories.

“We are still pursuing the remaining gangs in order to detain their members and refer them to the competent judiciary,” the army said in a communiqué.

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Results of Secondary School Second Round Exams Announced

The results of the secondary school second round official exams for Humanities (LH), Sociology and Economics (SE) General Science (SG) and Life Science (SV) sections were released overnight Monday for all districts.

Middle school second round official exam results, Brevet (BR), are set to be announced mid-next week.

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2 Syrian Sisters Drown, Brother Goes Missing Off Southern Coast

Tragedy struck the Syrian Zaitoun family after two siblings drowned and a third went missing off al-Aitaniyeh coast in southern Lebanon, the National News Agency reported on Tuesday.

NNA said the family of six had gone to the beach near the area of al-Qasmiyeh on Monday afternoon to take a walk on the shore and swim.

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Report: Gunmen 'Brutally Murder' Guards, Janitor of Lebanon Ambassador in Damascus

Gunmen abducted two Syrian policemen, tasked with guarding the residence of Lebanese Ambassador to Damascus Michel al-Khoury, and the concierge and “brutally killed” them last week, As Safir newspaper reported on Tuesday.

According to the daily, the incident took place overnight Thursday.

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Opposition Criticizes Miqati’s ‘Insufficient’ Message on Syria Shelling

The March 14 opposition has criticized Prime Minister Najib Miqati for asking Lebanon’s ambassador to Damascus to relay to Syrian authorities “objections” over the shelling of Lebanese border towns, a ministerial source said on Tuesday.

The source told al-Liwaa newspaper that Miqati’s request neither included a complaint nor a protest.

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