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Mustaqbal Supporters Invited to Gather at Hariri’s Graveside

Al-Mustaqbal movement has urged supporters to gather at ex-Premier Rafik Hariri’s graveside in downtown Beirut after Friday prayers.

The movement’s sources told As Safir daily that al-Mustaqbal “has never said it was convinced about killer sects and killed confessions.”

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Cassese Urges Lebanese Authorities to Intensify Attempts to Arrest 4 Suspects

Special Tribunal for Lebanon President Judge Antonio Cassese considered the efforts made by Lebanese authorities to find the four suspects in ex-PM Rafik Hariri’s murder as reasonable but called on them to intensify their attempts to arrest the four men.

“Whilst Judge Cassese deemed their efforts to be reasonable he also called on the authorities to intensify their attempts to arrest the accused,” the STL said in a statement.

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Franjieh Says Hariri’s Hatred Overcomes National Interest

Marada leader MP Suleiman Franjieh said on Thursday that ex-Prime Minister Saad Hariri’s hatred has overcome the national interest since the assassination of his father on Feb. 14, 2005.

Franjieh, in remarks to al-Manar television, said that Hariri placed the murder of his father in a position higher than Lebanon and its stability.

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Report: Cabinet Resignation Scheme to Avoid Commitment to STL

Contacts are ongoing between Hizbullah, the Free Patriotic Movement and AMAL to discuss the steps that should be taken after the Special Tribunal for Lebanon probing the assassination of ex-Premier Rafik Hariri published the indictment, al-Liwaa newspaper reported on Thursday.

The STL published on Wednesday the indictment after it said there was enough evidence to try four Hizbullah members in the murder of Hariri.

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Miqati Says Cabinet Still Committed to STL

Prime Minister Najib Miqati said on Thursday that the cabinet will continue to respect international resolutions especially those linked to the Special Tribunal for Lebanon probing the assassination of ex-Premier Rafik Hariri.

“The cabinet that made a commitment in its ministerial statement to respect the international resolutions particularly with regard to the STL and the international justice,” Miqati stressed.

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Hariri, Nasrallah at Loggerheads Over Suspected Assassins, Shiite Sect

Former Premier Saad Hariri snapped back at Hizbullah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah saying the party chief was seeking to put the entire Shiite sect in confrontation with his “fictitious schemes.”

“The accused are identified by name and Hizbullah is admitting that it is hiding them,” Hariri said in remarks to Future News TV late Wednesday about the four suspects accused of involvement in Rafik Hariri’s Feb. 2005 assassination.

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U.S.: Lebanon Should Meet Obligations Under International Law

The United States on Wednesday again urged Lebanon to work with the international tribunal, which says it has enough evidence to try four Hizbullah members in the assassination of former Premier Rafik Hariri.

The call came after the Special Tribunal for Lebanon unsealed the indictment of the four men and said the evidence was sufficient to go to trial over the February 2005 car bombing that killed Hariri and 22 others.

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Saniora: Suspects’ Escape from Justice Proves their Guilt

The head of the Mustaqbal bloc former Prime Minister Fouad Saniora noted on Wednesday that the information published in the indictment in the Special Tribunal for Lebanon presents strong and solid evidence of the involvement of the four Hizbullah members suspected in the assassination of former Premier Rafik Hariri.

He said in statement: “We are not seeking revenge, but we want to achieve justice.”

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Hariri: Hizbullah Must Sever Ties with STL Suspects and Cooperate with Tribunal

Former Prime Minister Saad Hariri called on Wednesday Hizbullah to sever ties with the suspects in the assassination of former Premier Rafik Hariri, urging it to take “an historic stand” to cooperate with the Special Tribunal for Lebanon.

He said in a statement: “Hizbullah and its chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah should put an end to the policy of evading the STL, cooperate with the tribunal, and hand over the suspects in order to ensure the establishment of a fair trial.”

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March 14: Rejecting Justice is Strife in Itself

The March 14 General Secretariat lauded on Wednesday the publication of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon indictment in the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, considering it an “exceptional development” that may lead to the truth in the crime.

It said in a statement after its weekly meeting: “The publication is a victory of a principle that we have long supported.”

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