11:10 pm US Assistant Secretary State for Middle East Affairs Jeffrey Feltman has welcomed the Syrian-Saudi summit's interest in the new Lebanese government line up, describing his talks held ten days ago with the Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal al-Meqdad as positive and constructive.

11:00 pm AP: Turkey has called off an international military drill because it opposed Israel's participation, Israeli defense officials said Sunday, a move that sent strained relations between the two nations to a new low.

9:40pm MP Boutros Harb: the new relations between the Arab countries create a comfortable inter Lebanese atmosphere , because the Arab countries have a great influence internally. We still have not seen the results of the Saudi Syrian summit

9:35pm A man who opened fire was arrested inside a tourist bus in Amyoun

8:30pm Agriculture Minister Elie Skaff told LBC: Meat ban after analysis proved that there’s Salmonella bacteria in one of the meat warehouses. Ban period for world meat importation will last 52 days.

8:25pm Mohammed Qabbani told OTV: PM-designate Saad Hariri and MP Michel Aoun are expected to meet next week to discuss portfolios and names.

8:20pm PSP Spokesman Rami Rayess told MTV after the meeting between Jumblatt and Nasrallah: The phase marked by May 7th had been painful; getting over it requires a positive atmosphere.

8:13pm Opposition sources told OTV: We are unaware of scheduled governmental consultations set for next week but we’re certain a second round is bound to start soon.

7:10pm The Islamic Group organized a protest in the south, at the border with Palestine, condemning attacks on Al Aqsa Mosque.

5:40pm MP Michel Aoun during October 13th commemoration: The Lebanese community suffers from a cancer widely spread in all its organs.

5:35pm Education Minister Bahia Hariri at UNESCO conference reiterated that any Arab encounter is a “source of pride”; more so if it is taking place on “our borders”. She hopes that the outcome of the Syrian-Saudi summit will be positive for the formation of the Lebanese Cabinet.

4:28pm Moussawi says Saudi decision to end conflict with Syria serves Arab interests. Loyalty to the Resistance bloc MP Nawwaf Moussawi said in a Sunday interview on NBN television that the Saudi decision to end conflict with Syria serves Arab interests and “the new approach to Arab relations improves the chances of having a unified position in the confrontation with Israel.”

Moussawi praised the “strong strategic nature of the historic Saudi-Syrian alliance.” He added that he hopes Arab countries will not “target the Resistance,” explaining that resistance is the only choice. He added that his bloc is in constant communication with Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri and that “most meetings were disclosed.” According to Moussawi, the US is using the “Lebanon card” in order to advance its own interests.

3:58pm A Molotov cocktail was thrown at Lebanese Army post by an unknown at the entrance of Ain el Heloue.

2:57pm Turkey's "Anatolian Eagle" joint aerial exercise has been postponed this year because of Ankara's decision to exclude Israel, the Israeli army said in a statement on Sunday. "The exercise Anatolian Eagle which was planned to take place in Turkey from October 12 to 23 has been postponed until further notice. The exercise has been postponed as a result of Turkey's decision to change the list of participating countries, thus excluding Israel. This decision came several days before the start of the exercise," it said, without giving further details.

The exercise was to involve Turkish, Israeli and several other NATO air forces. The Israeli media said the decision to postpone the exercises came after the United States pulled out once Turkey had excluded Israel. Israeli public radio said that this year's maneuvers were to include practicing aerial attacks in Turkish airspace near borders with Syria, Iraq and Iran.

2:38pm Speaker Nabih Berri discussed with Prince of Qatar the Lebanese current situation. Berri reiterated Qatar's role during the 2006 war and invited his highness to inaugurate Bent Jbeil Hospital as a gesture of gratitude.

2:37pm During the opening of an electoral law workshop in Broummana on Sunday, Interior Minister Ziad Baroud said that the delay in the cabinet formation might lead to postponing the municipal elections, which he said “is something we do not want.”

“We should carry out major modifications in order for the elections to be held on time,” Baroud said, adding that modifying the municipal law cannot be completed in a comprehensive manner as it relates to the issue of administrative decentralization. He stressed however that the law should be altered to adopt proportionality. “Administrative decentralization and the municipal law are complementary, and they should be discussed in addition to the parliamentary electoral law after the municipal elections, since the three laws are fundamentally important for Lebanon’s future,” Baroud said.

2:35pm MP Alain Aoun: The assassination of George Abu Madi will not go unpunished.

12:39pm A dynamite stick blew up in Ain el-Hilweh camp. No casualties were reported.

12:30pm Egyptian police on Sunday seized 750 kilograms of explosives they believe were destined to be smuggled to Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip, a security official said. Police officers found 500 kilograms of TNT packed into 12 plastic bags in the Ahrash region of the Sinai peninsula near Gazap, the official said. Another 250 kilograms as well as some automatic weapons were found in the Sukkariya area, also in north Sinai. Palestinians use a network of tunnels linking Egypt with Gaza to smuggle food and other essential goods, as well as weapons, to evade an Israeli blockade since the Islamist Hamas took over the enclave in June 2007.

12:18: Adwan quoted Sfeir as expressing concerns about Lebanon’s constant habit to deviate from its authority which is the Constitution.

12:05pm Viewpoints concerning the Syrian-Saudi summit were exchanged between Hizbullah chief Hassan Nasrallah and Druze leader Walid Jumblat at a recent meeting. Nasrallah and Jumblat also assessed during their Friday night meeting the regional situation in the wake of the high-level meeting in Damascus between Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Saudi King Abdullah, according to well-informed sources. They said the two men believed the summit had a positive impact in terms of a speedy formation of a new national unity government, which Hizbullah considers "will protect the country and the resistance at this stage."

The two sides also reportedly agreed on a Cabinet lineup based on the 15-10-5 formula. Hizbullah sources told the daily an-Nahar in remarks published Sunday that the meeting confirmed that Jumblat's "shift in political strategy is irreversible."

Nasrallah and Jumblat were said to have welcomed any initiative aimed at helping Cabinet formation including outcome of the Saudi-Syrian summit. Their stance came during a meeting Friday night attended by MP Akram Shehayeb, Jumblat's son Taymour, and Hizbullah official Wafiq Safa. According to a joint statement, Nasrallah and Jumblat discussed the local and regional situation and stressed the positivity of the two-day meeting between King Abdullah and Assad. The two leaders also stressed the importance of Arab-Arab openness and the need to overcome crises in the Arab and Islamic world. Nasrallah and Jumblat also agreed to move forward in all measures that consolidate the atmosphere of reconciliation and on the necessity of removing all obstacles preventing cabinet formation.

11:58am Drug dealer Haitham Hamad was seriously wounded in a clash at daybreak Sunday with a police patrol in the West Bekaa town of Sultan Yaqoub. Another drug smuggler managed to escape. The customs patrol confiscated the vehicle and its load, after the other smugglers escaped to unknown destination.

11:45am MP Antoine Zahra: A government of national consensus should be formed taking into account the results of parliamentary elections and the choice of the people.

11:42am MP Ali Khreis: The premier-designate has to take bold steps to strengthen consensus.

11:40am Syrian national Abdullah Alawi al-Issa, 35, was killed and Nidaa Nayef Awwad was seriously wounded in a road accident on the main Hermel-Dinniyeh highway.

11:35am Israeli fighter jets have been flying over Hasbaya, Marjayoun and the Shebaa Farms regions, and explosions were heard nearby.

11:26am Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Sfeir discussed the latest developments with MP George Adwan.

11:13am MP Oqab Saqr to LBC: We are witnessing domestic action as a result of a Syrian pledge to talk to the team that had boycotted it (Damascus).

10:31am Aoun: The upcoming meeting between Hariri and Aoun will tackle names and distribution of ministerial portfolios.

10:30am MP Alan Aoun to Future News: Despite the encouraging regional consensus, Lebanese consensus is the one that will produce a new government.

9:18am Finance Minister Mohammed Shatah to Future News: Erdogan’s stance is based on the positive atmosphere prevailing over the talks (between PM-designate Saad Hariri and Lebanese leaders).

9:15am Caretaker PM Fouad Saniora’s Press Officer Aref al-Abed to VDL: Some want Saniora to cuss the UAE, but Saniora is dealing with the matter politically.