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Hariri Meets Davutoglu: No One in Lebanon Can Eliminate the Other

Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri stressed on Wednesday the need for the whole of Lebanon to come under the control of the state and army.

He said: “No one in Lebanon can eliminate the other and we are all Lebanese and bound to work together.”

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Aoun Hopes All Sides Would Study Orthodox Gathering Proposals

Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun hoped on Tuesday that political parties would grant the Orthodox gathering proposals over the parliamentary electoral an opportunity because its suggestions could probably be adopted in the 2013 parliamentary elections.

He said after the Change and Reform bloc’s weekly meeting: “We are experiencing the reasons that prompted the gathering to make its proposals in the first place.”

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Up to 185 Syrians Dead in New Violence, Monitors to Arrive Thursday

Up to 185 Syrians were killed on Tuesday, activists and a rights group said, as Damascus faced demands to halt its bloody nine-month crackdown on dissent a day after signing an Arab peace plan.

The Arab League said an advance team of observers would head Thursday to Damascus to lay the ground for monitors overseeing the plan, as Western powers and Gulf monarchs piled the pressure on Syria.

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Heavy Clashes in Ain al-Hilweh after Another al-Lino Bodyguard Killed

Fierce clashes erupted on Sunday in the Ain al-Hilweh refugee camp between Fatah Movement and the Islamist group Jund al-Sham after a bodyguard of Palestinian Armed Struggle chief Mahmoud Issa, aka al-Lino, was shot dead, three days after another bodyguard was assassinated in the same manner.

Three other people were wounded when an unidentified gunman opened fire in the camp, including a Fatah Movement military officer and a child, a Palestinian official in the camp told Agence France Presse.

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Syria Forces Kill 34 Civilians as Crackdown on Protesters Mounts

Syrian Local Coordination Committees confirmed on Saturday that security forces killed 34 civilians as they pressed on with a crackdown on dissent across the country.

The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said six civilians were killed when security forces launched search operations in the southern Daraa province, the cradle of anti-regime protests that began in mid-March.

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Arab League to Consider Taking Syria Plan to U.N. Security Council

The Arab League on Saturday threatened to take Syria to the U.N. over its deadly crackdown on dissent but an Iraqi mediator said he had "positive" talks in Syria aimed at defusing the nine-month crisis.

The Qatari prime minister warned that the Arab League would take Syria to the U.N. Security Council if it persisted in refusing to allow observers into the country to monitor the protection of civilians.

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'Animals Lebanon' Drafts Law to Protect Animals

In cooperation with government bodies and international organizations, “Animals Lebanon”, an NGO that works to protect animals, has drafted comprehensive legislation for the protection and welfare of animals.

This legislation was drafted in collaboration with international experts after reviewing the current status of animal welfare in Lebanon, existing national legislation, legislation of countries in the region, international conventions, and best practices throughout the world.

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17 Dead as Hundreds of Thousands Flood Syria Streets

Hundreds of thousands of Syrians protested nine months into their uprising on Friday, demanding the Arab League hasten its response to a bloody crackdown on dissent, as activists said security forces shot dead 17 people across the country.

Nine people were killed in the central province of Homs, three in the central province of Hama, three in the southern province of Daraa and two near the capital Damascus, the Local Coordination Committees reported.

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U.S. Puts Saudi Leader of Abdullah Azzam Brigades on Terror List

The U.S. administration on Thursday placed Saleh al-Qarawi, a senior Saudi member of the Lebanon-based Abdullah Azzam Brigades, on its blacklist of global terrorists.

The move freezes any assets held by Qarawi in the United States and bans Americans from doing business with him.

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