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MP Marwan Hamadeh has revealed that Special Tribunal for Lebanon Prosecutor Daniel Bellemare could refer a “unified” indictment to the pre-trial judge before the end of his mandate.

In remarks to Future News on Wednesday, Hamadeh said the court has informed him that the indictment in the assassination attempt against him on Oct. 2004 and ex-Premier Rafik Hariri’s Feb. 2005 murder “will be unified and will be referred before Bellemare quits his mission for health reasons.”

Naharnet Newsdesk http://www.naharnet.com

Mt. Lebanon youth coaches not guilty of disorderly conduct
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Two Mt. Lebanon youth football coaches were found not guilty of disorderly conduct charges related to a post-practice dispute an elementary school in the fall. Mt. Lebanon police cited coaches Jeffrey Borris and Michael Ventrone in September for using ...
Mt. Lebanon coaches cleared in disorderly conduct casePittsburgh Tribune-Review

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This kind of thing makes me SO happy.

Also glad to see that This Is Beirut is back!

Average house prices in Northern Ireland are still falling - they are almost 11% down on this time last year, a survey suggests.

30-50 for all four courses? that seems like a great deal!

The mystery over a top Chinese police chief deepens as the US confirms he visited its consulate - but China says it was "resolved smoothly".

Nobody. It’s a witches’ brew.

GK. IMO the “relative silence” of Israel vis a vis Syria is most likely of a similar nature to this bibi-issued fatwa:

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/152519

The Greek prime minister has failed to secure his coalition parties' agreement to fresh austerity proposals, needed to agree a new bailout package.

A zebra's unmistakeable stripes may have evolved to make the animals unattractive to blood-sucking flies, say scientists.

Russian scientists have been drilling for two decades in the Antarctic and say they have found a vast subglacial lake.

A building that collapsed during last year's Christchurch earthquake, killing 115 people, did not meet industry standards, an official report finds.

The number of children referred into care in England hits a record high, after rising steadily in the years since the notorious Baby P case.

Scientists say a common heart disease which kills thousands each year is passed genetically from father to son.

Who is Right on Syria? Of course, Fouad Ajami is right — and Joshua Landis is left. But we knew that before we watched the show.

China's rate of inflation accelerates to 4.5% in January as consumers raise spending around Chinese New Year.

Ministers hint they may support the compulsory microchipping of dogs to help encourage "responsible" ownership.

The armed forces face losing important skills because of the speed of government spending cuts are being implemented, Whitehall's spending watchdog says.

The top Republican in Congress calls for a law against a contraceptive rule if President Obama does not back down in the face of Catholic leaders' anger.

Why Napoleon's 1812 invasion of Russia ended in disaster

Is India falling in love with the cappuccino?