Speaker Berri adjourned the session at 9:00 PM and called for resumption of the debate on Tuesday, at 10:30. It is expected that a vote of confidence will be granted today by the parliament.

MP Mohammed Raad, head of Hezbollah 's parliamentary bloc, called for "integration of the state and the resistance", noting the future national dialogue to be sponsored by President Michel Suleiman is to tackle the Defense strategy and not resistance weapons.

"We are determined to reach, through national dialogue sponsored by the president an agreement on the widest possible Lebanese concept of the defense strategy and a mechanism for implementing it," Raad added.

Raad criticized reference by majority MPs to Hezbollah 's attack on Beirut as an "invasion" and called for omitting it from minutes of the parliamentary deliberations.

Tomorrow the focus will be on Damascus and specifically the summit between the Lebanese and Syrian presidents. Suleiman is expected to discuss :

- The diplomatic relations between both countries and the establishment of embassies in Beirut and Damascus
- Recognition by Syria of Lebanon's sovereignty and independence
- Demarcation of the shared borders
- The missing Lebanese and those in Syrian jails
- The past accords between Syria and Lebanon

Tuesday

23:05 Khaled Kabbani told Future TV: All the members of the parliament are going to appeal to Husseini to change his mind about the resignation. We can no longer talk about 2 parties in the administration ...we have become one

22:32 Fatfat told LBC TV: Hezbollah has been distributing different roles to various people. Speaker was not impartial during the session

21:24 Minister Bassil told Al Arabiyeh: The new relations that president Suleiman will create during his trip to Syria will benefit all of Lebanon "العربية

21:13 president Suleiman appealed to Husseini to rethink his decision on resignation from the parliament

20:26 Hariri , Solange Gemayel and the Saudi ambassador discussed the current developments in Lebanon

20:10 The US has imposed economic sanctions on five Iranian companies that it has accused of helping the country pursue its ambitions to develop a nuclear weapon. The five companies are the Nuclear Research Center for Agriculture and Medicine, the Esfahan Nuclear Fuel Research and Production Center, Jabber Ibn Hayan, the Safety Procurement Company and Joza Industrial Company.

19:45 Syrian VP Farouq al-Sharaa told Manar TV: The issue of missing Lebanese should not remain a gap in Lebanese-Syrian ties. Both president assad and president Suleiman are keen on resolving this issue and closing the file for good

19:18 Speaker Berri visits Husseini to discuss the reasons behind his resignation.

19:15 PM Siniora from Baabda: Cabinet’s first session may or may not witness new security appointments. We should build friendly relations with Syria

19:00 PM Siniora visits President Suleiman at Baabda Palace.

18:10 The March 14 General Secretariat has postponed a press conference that was scheduled for today until Wednesday 13. The press conference was supposed to announce the Secretariat’s memorandum concerning Lebanese-Syrian relations, as well as its position regarding former speaker and current MP Hussein Husseini’s decision to resign from parliament.

14:50 MP Walid Jumblatt criticizes “violent” parliamentary debates and urges MPs to respect the “pact of honor” among different Lebanese parties

14:41 MP Saad Hariri announces he is “still not ready to visit Syria”

13:59 Speaker Nabih Berri, Prime Minister Fouad Siniora and Future Movement leader MP Saad Hariri convene after the parliamentary vote of confidence

13:48 The government receives the vote of confidence of 100 out of 107 MPs. Two MPs refrained from voting and five refused to grant the cabinet their vote of confidence.

13:42 MPs vote on granting the cabinet the vote of confidence

13:38 Heated debate breaks out between MPs Ayoub Hmayyed and Ali Hassan Khalil, and then MP Misbah Ahdab, on the humanitarian and social situation in Tripoli.

12:49 Prime Minister Fouad Siniora addresses parliament

12:47 MP Hussein Husseini announces his resignation from parliament

12:16 MP Michel al-Murr arrives at the House of Parliament

12:05 Progressive Socialist Party chief MP Walid Jumblatt arrives at the House of Parliament.

12:04 Future Movement leader MP Saad Hariri arrives at the House of Parliament.

11:58 Former Speaker MP Hussein Husseini addresses parliament

11:08 MP Butrous Harb addresses parliament

10:55 MP Bahij Tabbara addresses the parliament: Pleaded with all factions to leave the assassination of ex-Premier Rafik Hariri to the judiciary . Asked the cabinet if the ministry of communications has been bugging the telephone calls. Called for uniting the Lebanese people, since they are deeply split . Urged President Suleiman to invite independent personalities to the national dialogue talks
10:30 Parliament convenes and resumes its debate of the ministerial policy statement.

08:12 Sources of the Higher Lebanese-Syrian Council : The general direction of both countries is to keep the council but to modify its charter in areas that contradict the establishment of diplomatic relations between both countries . Anyhow, the final decision will be up to presidents Suleiman and Assad

07:41 Sada al Balad :" Solange Gemayel according to rumors decided to contest the upcoming battle in Ashrafiyeh Beirut by nominating her son Nadeem as the parliamentary candidate independent of his uncle President Amin Gemayel

07:31 MP Samir Jisr told Sada al Balad: the coming days will witness the beginning of sorting out of the issue of the arrested Islamists and mark the ending of the concept of "slow justice". "Future movement " will not put pressure on the judiciary and wants to resolve this issue.

07:19 New TV program director told As Safir: No political programs during the holy month of Ramadan . They will be replaced by programs inspired by the occasion because people are tired of politics

07:02 As Safir: security appointments would be discussed and decided only after the return of the President of the Republic from Damascus and the Supreme Judicial Council has not resolved the judicial appointments

06:54 As Safir: Jumblatt returned last night from a private visit to Paris, lasted 24 hours, during which he was accompanied by minister Wael Abu Faour

06:04 "Al Akhbar ": Hariri went to France where he met Mrs. Nazik Hariri to discuss "Future TV" and not to Saudi Arabia

05:53 "An-Nahar": sources involved with the ongoing preparations for holding the national dialogue at the Baabda Palace, revealed that work is still in the development of logistics for the talks and there is no specific launch date set yet for the dialogue talks nor the duration of the talks

05:53 Sources: The agenda of the dialogue talks is not yet clear and the defensive strategy will not be the most important issue

05:32 "An-Nahar": All eyes will be focused tomorrow on the summit, which will bring together President Michel Suleiman and Syrian President Bashar Assad in Damascus. The summit will last for two days

05:29 According to parliamentary sources only few MPs will abstain or vote against granting the vote of confidence to the new government

05:25 After Siniora's response to the parliamentarians today, the parliament will vote on granting the government its vote of confidence amid expectations that the government could secure between 106 to 108 votes out of 127

Monday

21:03 Speaker Nabih Berri adjourns the d