Wednesday
5:10pm FPM leader MP Michel Aoun after the weekly meeting of Change and Reform bloc in Rabieh: The more Israel talks about Hezbollah the more we stick to Hezbollah. Syria does not want to reclaim Lebanon . We are still waiting to see if the cabinet lineup is in accordance with what we negotiated.
4:45pm A rocket-propelled grenade fell near al-Arabi street in Tripoli’s Qebbeh. No casualties reported.
4:25pm Caretaker Defense Minister Elias Murr met Army Commander General Jean Kahwaji heading an army command delegation where they discussed the general security issues. Murr saluted the army's efforts to safeguard domestic stability in all regions.
3:40pm Franjieh after meeting Hariri: The meeting was excellent and the new government will be formed in the next few days.
3:36pm The meeting between PM-designate Hariri and MP Suleiman Franjieh at Center House has ended.
3:35pm Deputy Head of the Higher Islamic Shiite Council Sheikh Abdul Amir Qabalan: Lebanon is our haven and we do not accept an alternative nor we pledge allegiance to any other country.
3:20pm LF leader Samir Geagea: There is some breakthrough in cabinet formation’s issue but things have not come to a happy ending yet. We will not delay the process of forming the government over the appointment of elections losers issue.
1:15pm VOL: A meeting at Parliament building in preparation for the Oct. 20 Parliamentary session has been postponed till 11 am Friday.
1:00pm OTV: A meeting is underway between PM-designate Saad Hariri and MP Suleiman Franjieh at Center House.
11:43 Maronite Bishops at the end of their monthly meeting: Governments are made to serve the people, but in Lebanon people's interests are put off and no one cares about them while politicians are turning their attention to achieve their goals and their own interests. We regret that the government has not been formed after three months of efforts to form one.
10:02 MP Hani Qobaisi told VOL: The positive atmosphere suggests the possibility of quick formation of cabinet.
10:00 Minister Ghazi Aridi after talks with Patriarch Sfeir: I hope we would reach cabinet formation very soon. He said Sfeir is keen on national unity and speeding up government formation.
7:58 MP Nabil de Freij told VOL: There have been some improvements in the Hariri-Aoun meeting but no agreement was reached. There is nothing final yet on the issue of giving seats to election losers or the telecom ministry.
07:55 Detlev Mehlis , Former chief UN investigator of Hariri assassination: I have been hearing through the Lebanese media for the past several years that General Jamil Sayyed has filed a complaint against me , but where and how and about what and if this is true I know nothing about it and frankly I am not overly concerned
07:50 MPToni Abu Khater: contacts with MP Nicolas Fattoush is ongoing and we tried hard to end the dispute and we have mutual friends who are trying to reunite us
07:45 07:46 caretaker Minister Marouni : No personal or political contacts at this time with Fattoush , he left on his own “ Zahle in our heart” bloc . we think that Toni Abu Khater should be the head of the bloc
07:25 Al Akhbar : former president Amin Gemayel refused to have a heart operation despite his health problems…he does not want to be away from the political scene for 15 days
07:02 Houri : an agreement was reached on some specific issues with regards to the formation of the government
06:50 As Safir : no obstacles facing the formation of the parliamentary committees except those of the Finance and budget
06:43 Berri sources told as Safir: The issue of the deported Lebanese from UAE is considered closed
06:31 As Safir : The meeting between Hariri and Hussein Khalil was positive and friendly
06:20 Opposition leader : Hariri left it out to the opposition to name its own ministers
06:12 Aoun : what is being published and said in the media about the portfolios is strictly speculation
05:36 An Nahar : Hariri met secretly with the Christian leaders of the March 14 alliance the day before yesterday
Tuesday
11:55 pm OSLO, Norway : In a rare public defense of a process normally shrouded in secrecy, four of the Nobel Peace Prize jury's five judges spoke out Tuesday about their decision to award peace prize to Obama and said the selection was merited and unanimous.
10;00 pm Reuters: A US State Department official said Russia's president told Hillary Clinton on Tuesday there should be sanctions on Iran if it did not implement promises made to world powers about its disputed nuclear programme.
9:55pm Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah party accepted on Tuesday Egypt's plan for separate signings of a reconciliation deal with Hamas after the Islamist group balked at attending a unity cabinet
9:44pm US Army central command chief left Beirut
