THE HAGUE (AFP) - (AFP) - Lebanese authorities should try harder to arrest four Hezbollah members wanted for the 2005 murder of former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq Hariri, the tribunal investigating the case said Thursday.
"The recent report by the Lebanese authorities on the steps that they have taken to search for the accused was... assessed by the STL president," the UN-backed Special Tribu [...]

BEIRUT (AFP) - (AFP) - Two Lebanese ex-ministers who survived assassination attempts were given a "troubling" update on Thursday by UN investigators probing their cases, one of the ministers told AFP.
Former telecommunication minister Marwan Hamadeh said he and ex-defence minister Elias Murr were summoned by the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, based in the Netherlands, for a briefing.
"We were s [...]

THE HAGUE (AFP) - (AFP) - The head of the UN-backed tribunal probing the 2005 death of former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq Hariri, on Thursday urged four Hezbollah members wanted in the case to appear before the court.
The Special Tribunal for Lebanon's president, Judge Antonio Cassese, made the appeal in an open letter two days after he was told by Lebanese authorities that none of the four m [...]

BEIRUT (AFP) - (AFP) - Two men were killed in a Beirut parking lot on Thursday when explosives they were handling detonated, a police official told AFP.
"Two people were killed in the blast that took place in a parking lot, near a commercial centre in Antelias," the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity and referring to a Christian suburb of the Lebanese capital.
A passerby was als [...]

THE HAGUE (AFP) - (AFP) - The UN-backed tribunal investigating the 2005 killing of Lebanese ex-premier Rafiq Hariri said it had been told Tuesday that none of the Hezbollah members it had identified as suspects has been arrested.
"The Lebanese Prosecutor General submitted his report today. He stated that none of the four people who are accused have been detained," the Hague-based Special Tribun [...]

THE HAGUE (AFP) - (AFP) - The UN-backed tribunal investigating the 2005 death of former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq Hariri on Friday confirmed the names of four Hezbollah suspects indicted in the case and the charges against them.
Pre-trial judge Daniel Fransen ordered confidentiality around the charges against Salim Ayyash, 47, Mustafa Badreddine, 50, Hussein Anaissi, 37 and Assad Sabra, 34, [...]

BEIRUT (AFP) - (AFP) - A Lebanese singer was briefly detained on Wednesday for slander over a song posted on YouTube in which he urges President Michel Sleiman to "go home," his attorney told AFP.
"General prosecutor Said Mirza ordered Zeid Hamdan detained for a song posted more than 18 months ago," Nizar Saghieh said.
"This is shocking," he added. "This case concerning the reputation of the p [...]