what is preventing the formation of the government."
Tuesday
9:00 pm In his report to UN Security Council on Resolution 1701, UN Chief Ban Ki-moon says rockets and weapons storage facilities in South Lebanon are cause for concern
8:20 pm Kataeb Party leader Amin Gemayel said in a Tuesday interview on LBCI television that Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri reassured the majority on Monday night that the formation of the cabinet is close, which will be a victory over obstruction and institutional paralysis.
8:20pm PM-designate Hariri met with National Liberal Party leader Dory Chamoun at Center House. The two men discussed the current political developments.
8:00pm LBC: Caretaker Telecoms Minister Jebran Bassil met this afternoon with Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah in an undisclosed visit.
7:40pm March 14 forces win in 11 faculties and March 8 forces win in 3 faculties in USJ's student committees elections as the counting of votes continues.
7:32pm Al-Manar TV: A security buffer zone was imposed around Justice Palace in Saida after 4 dynamites were found.
7:30pm Voice of Lebanon: A suspicious bag was found in front of Justice Palace in Saida and the military expert headed toward the location to examine it.
7: 00 pm : In his first speech since being named to a second term, Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday said he would work to remove the "stain" of corruption from his government and remain open to cooperating with his rivals.
7:00pm President Suleiman met in Baabda with U.N. Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro on the head of a delegation that included ESCWA Executive Secretary Badr Omar Al-Dafa and U.N. Special Coordinator for Lebanon Michael Williams.
6:48pm Italian President Georgio Napolitano has left Beirut heading back to Rome, concluding an official visit to Lebanon where he met President Suleiman and examined his country's UNIFIL brigade.
6: 30 pm Reuters: Czech ratification of the European Union's reform treaty on Tuesday ended years of wrangling over a document intended to give the EU more global clout.
6:22 pm According to preliminary results, March 14 wins Universite' Saint Joseph elections
5:43pm Druze Religious Council: Not forming a government, after long months of accomplishing the parliamentary elections, is considered as negligence of citizens' essential rights in having a political system that meets their ambitions.
04: 30 pm The committee in charge of Lebanese in Syrian jails: The Syrian authorities handed over the remains of Lebanese prisoner Aamir Aad Safi to his relatives claiming he died in his Syrian jail 2 weeks ago . The Mufti of Baalbeck called for investigating the cause of Safi’s death
4:28pm Caretaker Telecoms Minister Jebran Bassil visited Speaker Nabih Berri to discuss the developments and cabinet's formation issue. The meeting was also attended by MP Ali Hassan Khalil.
4:05pm Lawyers Syndicate in Tripoli announced in a statement the suspension of its strike for the meantime, in anticipation of the investigations about what happened at Tripoli's Serail entrance last Sunday.
3:15pm PM-designate Saad Hariri discussed the latest developments with ex-Minister Nayla Mouawad this afternoon at Center House. He also met with journalist May Chidiac and received her invitation to the dinner held by May Chidiac Foundation.
2:00pm Suleiman hoped the intensive consultations in the past 24 hours would lead to cabinet formation.
11:40 Minister Fawzi Sallouhk during a dinner on the sidelines of a forum in Morocco: Hizbullah liberated the south and is an essential part of the Lebanese social fabric.
11:15 Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Sfeir met March 14 general coordinator Fares Soaid and former MP Samir Franjieh. Sfeir later me with Patricia Gemayel who invited him to participate in the anniversary of Pierre Gemayel’s assassination.
10:42MP Nabil Nicola: Contacts are underway between Hariri and Aoun. The FPM is making preparations to launch a lawsuit against Mufti Jouzo.
10:31 Former Minister Wiam Wahab told LBC: Aoun’s demands were met by getting the telecom and energy ministries. Bassil will head another ministry.
8:30 Minister Mario Aoun told VOL: The telecom and energy ministries will go to FPM leader Michel Aoun. But no names have been decided on yet.
Monday
5:30pm CNA: meetings will be held soon between PM-designate Hariri and Hezbollah secretary-general's political assistant Hussein Khalil and MP Suleiman Franjieh.
5:10pm Italian President Georgio Napolitano arrived in Beirut on the head of an official Italian delegation.
2:40pm Caretaker PM Fouad Siniora is heading up a meeting for Al-Mustaqbal parliamentary bloc in Qureitem.
