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Two LF supporters injured in clash with Shiite Duo in Kfarhouna

Two Lebanese Forces supporters have been wounded in a dispute between the Shiite Duo and the LF in the town of Kfarhouna in the Jezzine District.

The Red cross arrived in the town to treat the wounded, as the army intervened immediately to stop the clash.

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Geagea urges for 'immediate return' of LF delegates expelled from Baalbek-Hermel towns

The delegates of the Lebanese Forces-backed list have been expelled Sunday from the towns of Riha and Knaissein in the Baalbek-Hermel region, LF chief Samir Geagead said in a tweet.

The tweet was addressed to Prime Minister Najib Miqati and Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi.

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Osama Saad slams ‘sectarian duo’ as Saniora says entrusted with 'Hariri legacy'

MP Osama Saad on Sunday launched an unprecedented verbal attack on Hizbullah and the Amal Movement, his former allies in the southern city of Sidon.

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Two soldiers wounded in armed attack in Akkar town

Two soldiers were injured Sunday in an armed attack in the Akkar area of Dahr Nassar, in an incident whose motives remain unknown until the moment.

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Aoun, Miqati cast their votes in parliamentary elections

President Michel Aoun cast Sunday his vote in Haret Hreik, urging all Lebanese to vote as he said that "the citizen cannot be impartial in the important issue of choosing the political system."

Earlier, Prime Minister Najib Miqati had wished for a better tomorrow as he voted in his hometown Tripoli.

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Hizbullah weapons at the heart of Lebanon's elections

It was a sea of yellow as thousands of men, women and children waving Hizbullah flags and wearing the group's trademark yellow caps rallied on a giant plot of land in the ancient eastern city of Baalbek in support of the heavily armed militant group.

One after another, many attendees vowed to vote for the Shiite Muslim Hizbullah and its allies, rejecting any attempt to disarm the powerful group.

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Crisis-hit Lebanon goes to polls but few expect major change

Lebanon held its first election Sunday since a painful economic crisis dragged it to the brink of becoming a failed state, a major test for new opposition groups bent on ousting the ruling elite. 

But few observers expected a seismic shift, with all levers of political power firmly in the hands of traditional sectarian parties and an electoral system seen as rigged in their favor.

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Ballot boxes distributed across Lebanon as security deployment begins

Ballot boxes for Sunday’s parliamentary elections were distributed Saturday to polling stations across Lebanon, as security forces began their deployment around voting centers.

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Geagea hits back at 'corrupt, liar and crook' Bassil

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea on Friday snapped back at Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran Bassil over his latest remarks against the LF, a few hours before the country enters electoral silence for Sunday’s parliamentary elections.

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Bassil backs peace with Israel, says won't go to Syria as presidential hopeful

Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran Bassil on Friday said anew that he is in favor of “peace with Israel,” while adding that such a peace would have its “conditions.”

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