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28 May 2012, 05:07 Syrian al-Ahrar party secretary general Ibrahim al-Zohbi announced that his mediation with the abductors of the 11 Lebanese pilgrims in Aleppo has ended.
28 May 2012, 05:06 MP Marwan Hamadah to VDL (100.5): This cabinet is a threat to Lebanon and it should resign before the 2013 parliamentary elections.
28 May 2012, 05:04 MP Michel Pharaon to VDL (93.3): President Michel Suleiman’s dialogue initiative is honorable. We can’t resume dialogue with the presence of the current cabinet.
27 May 2012, 18:12 Gunfire from across the border with Syria killed a man and wounded another in the Rashaya town of Kfarqouq.
27 May 2012, 17:57 A plane has landed at the Beirut airport carrying Lebanese Shiite pilgrims who had survived a roadside bombing against their bus in Iraq.
27 May 2012, 17:38 A fire erupted at the Le Charcutier Aoun supermarket in Jeita and Civil Defense firefighting vehicles have rushed to the scene.
27 May 2012, 17:31 Al-Jadeed: Roads have been blocked with burning tires in the Bcharri province in protest at the death of Charbel Rahme.
27 May 2012, 17:05 Sheikh Ibrahim al-Zohbi, head of Syrian opposition al-Ahrar Party, to MTV: The report claiming that the abductees were executed is baseless and the abductors have promised to provide me with a video recording.
27 May 2012, 17:01 LBC: Turkish authorities have declined to comment on the issue of the abductees, but stressed that they are in good health.
27 May 2012, 17:00 Information obtained by LBC: A meeting is underway between the kidnappers and Turkish intelligence agents.
27 May 2012, 16:58 National News Agency: A plane carrying Lebanese pilgrims has taken off from Iraq and will arrive in Beirut at 9:15 pm.
27 May 2012, 16:39 LF bloc MP Elie Kairouz: We are awaiting the investigation results into the incident that led to the death of Charbel Rahme at the al-Madfoun checkpoint and we condemn what happened no matter what mistakes he might have committed.
27 May 2012, 16:14 Hizbullah condemned the massacre that occurred in the Syrian town of Houla, stressing that a political solution is the only way to end the Syrian crisis.
27 May 2012, 16:01 Information obtained by OTV: The shooting death of the young man in al-Madfoun happened after he refused to have his car searched and fled the checkpoint.
27 May 2012, 15:13 Hizbullah denied in a statement that the nephew of Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah or any of his relatives are among the abductees.
27 May 2012, 14:51 National News Agency: Young man Charbel Rahme, who hails from Bcharri, was killed by troops' gunfire when his vehicle failed to stop at an army checkpoint at al-Madfoun Bridge.
27 May 2012, 13:18 Rebel Syrian Brig. Gen. Hussameddine al-Awwak to LBC: An audio recording for the abductees will be released in a while.
27 May 2012, 13:16 Rebel Syrian Brig. Gen. Hussameddine al-Awwak to LBC: Several buses were searched, but only the abductees’ bus had suspicious equipment and 5 Hizbullah members on board, including a man called Hussein Hammoud.
27 May 2012, 13:10 SNC chief Burhan Ghalioun to LBC: The Syrian National Council does not have information about the whereabouts of the abductees and some of them might be Hizbullah members.
27 May 2012, 12:53 LBC: Arab Democratic Party member Ghassan Dib died of wounds sustained during the recent clashes in Tripoli.
27 May 2012, 12:49 PM Miqati: The Houla massacre is a mark of shame upon the forehead of humanity and must be a motive for all Arab and international sides to join efforts to end the conflict.
27 May 2012, 11:43 24 Lebanese pilgrims whose bus came under a roadside bomb attack in Western Iraq will return aboard an Iraqi plane to Beirut. Eight of them are wounded.
27 May 2012, 11:15 Reports said that a videotape of the kidnapped Lebanese pilgrims will be broadcast within hours.
27 May 2012, 09:30 Syrian al-Ahrar party secretary general Ibrahim al-Zouebi to LBC: The kidnapped Lebanese are doing well. Their handover faced an obstacle over the negative reactions from Nasrallah’s comments.
27 May 2012, 08:12 PSP leader Walid Jumblat travelled to Cairo.
27 May 2012, 08:06 Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour cancelled a trip to Tunis to participate in an economic forum there.
27 May 2012, 07:59 LBC: Families of kidnapped Lebanese confirmed that the abductees are in Turkey but it’s not clear when they will be released.
27 May 2012, 07:50 Turkish official to LBC: Negotiations are underway to release the kidnapped Lebanese who haven’t crossed the border to Turkey.
27 May 2012, 07:47 MP Ali Ammar to LBC: The kidnapped Lebanese are pilgrims and have no ties to any political party.
27 May 2012, 07:10 LBC: The residents of Beirut’s southern suburbs warned they would not exercise self-restraint for long if the Lebanese kidnapped in Syria don’t return home.
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