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Beirut, 12 May 2008
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 Live Coverage |
 Unrest Rages on for Sixth Day
 5:30pm Jumblat is meeting U.S charge d'affaires Michele Sison at his home in Beirut.
5:00pm Aoun threatened that whoever rejects a settlement will pay a dear price.
4:57pm Aoun said the problem is not with the Airport road, but with the government.
4:55pm Aoun said the U.S. destroyer was dispatched to the Mediterranean to evacuate citizens.
4:50pm Aoun said the Taef Accord was achieved by the gun.
4:48pm We encourage understanding among the Lebanese, Aoun said.
4:47pm Aoun called his supporters to prevent any attack on Mustaqbal Movement in his areas of influence.
4:46pm The battle is not of a factional nature, but it is a politically-motivated battle, he stressed.
4:45pm Aoun said the Christians are not threatened in the areas of confrontation.
4:44pm Aoun said the government's refusal to resign is a call to renew the fighting.more 4:42pm Aoun said the Arab initiative would not be able to settle the crisis.
4:42pm What is happening is a stage along the lines of naturalizing Palestinian refugees, Aoun said.
4:41pm Aoun reiterated his charge that foreign states are setting the state to naturalize Palestinian refugees in Lebanon.
4:39pm Aoun recalled that he had sent a memo he addressed to the U.N. Chief more than a year ago blaming the government and the majority for Lebanon's prolems.
4:38pm The Saniora government is the detonator to the crisis, Aoun said.
4:37pm Aoun said Israel was late and Hizbullah won the battle against its rearguards.
4:36pm Aoun said the Majority was attacking the rear of Hizbullah forces awaiting an Israeli attack on the front guards.
4:35pm FPM Leader MP Michel Aoun holds a press conference.
3:50pm Shohaieb said the situation is gradually returning to normalcy in the mountain region.
3:48pm MP Akram Shohaieb announced that four kidnapped employees of the Aley Municipality have been released.
3:39pm Arslan said he wants immediate implementation of all the initiative.
3:37pm Arslan said Heavy and medium-power weapons were used yesterday and "I want them turned over to me.
3:35pm Arslan said he wants heavy weapons turned over to him to turn them over to the Army.
3:21pm Arslan paid tribute to the army and its "wise" command.
3:20pm Arslan said he does not want to be a Trojan horse against the resistance.
3:19pm Arslan said he is ready to be responsible for the PSP heavy weapons depots prior to turning them over to the army.
3:18pm Arslan said the opposition is applying the understanding it is committed to, adding today is a test of intentions.
3:17pm The Army can not deploy between the sources of fire, Arslan said.
3:16pm Arslan said the cease-fire is being implemented and the Lebanese Army is deploying in all areas of the Chouf and Aley regions as well as in the upper Metin.
3:15pm Arslan said we had agreed on immediate cease-fire to turning over of heavy weapons to the Lebanese Army.
3:13pm Arslan said we haven’t succeeded in defusing the situation.
2:37pm LBCI: The army is detonating several explosives in the area of Damour.
2:26pm Reports that several shells fell on Damour.
2:15pm U.S. Charge d’Affaires Michele Sison is meeting with Speaker Nabih Berri in Ain el Tineh.
2:00pm Free Lebanon radio: The opposition and pro-government are in a state of alert in the regions of Rashaya and the western Bekaa.
1:55pm One person was reportedly killed and six others injured in today’s clashes in the districts of Bab el-Tebbaneh and Jabal Mohsen.
1:40pm Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea arrived at the Grand Serail to meet with PM Fouad Saniora.
1:30pm New TV: One person was killed and several others injured in ongoing battles in several Tripoli districts.
1:20pm OTV: The army intervened after one person was injured from gunfire in Bshamoun.
1:03pm VOL: Amr Moussa meets acting foreign minister Tareq Mitri in Cairo.
1:00 pm Renewed fighting in the area between Tebbaneh and Jabal Mohsen in north Lebanon.
12:35pm LBCI: The cabinet is not expected to meet today, pending arrival of the Arab delegation.
12:32pm LBCI: Arab League chief Amr Moussa insists the Arab delegation comes in via Rafik Hariri Airport on Wednesday.
12:30pm LBCI: Reports that Arab delegation will arrive Wednesday.
12:10pm Gemayel: We have to go back to dialogue as soon as possible and we want a pledge from Nasrallah that he would not use his arms internally.
12:08pm Gemayel: What is happening in Lebanon today is a big crime against Lebanon. These wounds will take years to heal.
12:07pm Gemayel: We stand by all the forces struggling under these hard circumstances.
12:05pm Former President Amin Gemayel said at a press conference that at the end Lebanon will defeat the "dark forces."
10:55am Mustaqbal leader Saad Hariri's office denied press reports that Hariri had left the country, stressing that he will stay in Beirut.
10:50am Lebanese Red Cross: 12 bodies and 26 wounded people have been pulled out from the area between Shweifat Aley all the way up to the Chouf mountains.
10:40am Officials in Koura urged the Lebanese army to take over security of the province.
10:20am LBCI: Heavy gunfire and rocket-propelled grenades were fired on Masnaa from the Syrian part of the border at 7:30 am, damaging the offices of Lebanese customs authorities.
9:50am A huge army deployment is reported in Aley and the Chouf Mountains, and troops set up a position in Deir Qoubil.
9:40am Cautious calm prevails over north Lebanon, particularly in the areas that witnessed armed clashes.
9:00am Uneasy calm prevails over Beirut streets, particularly Hamra, amidst strict security measures.
7:40am Reports that an Arab League delegation to try to end the crisis is not expected to arrive in Beirut on Monday as originally thought.
7:35am Masnaa came under RPG attack, and gunmen in Anjar and nearby villages retaliated by firing in the air, VOL reported.
7:30 Gunmen from Mustaqbal and the Syrian Social Nationalist Party fought gun battles in Emile Edde street in Beirut's Hamra district at 2 am, VOL reported.
7:20am Gun battles in the Chouf left several people killed or wounded, VOL said.
7:15am The Chouf fighting with mortars, rocket-propelled grenades and heavy machine gunfire, subsided around 1:30am after a cease-fire took effect.
6:40am Hizbullah gunmen had infiltrated into Chouf Mountains from the Bekaa towns of Mashghara, Sohmor and Yohmor, VOL said.
6:38am Hizbullah pledged to pull out its gunmen from upper Chouf, according to VOL.
6:35am The Chouf Mountains were on high alert following overnight fighting between Walid Jumblat's PSP gunmen and the opposition in Toumat Niha, Mresti and Jabal el-Barouk, Voice of Lebanon (VOL) radio station said.
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