Beirut - Lebabon's Shiite House speaker Nabih Berri, who is also close to the radical Shiite Hezbollah, hailed Thursday the election of Barack Obama as the next US president, urging him to push forward Middle East peace process.

"The new president should start by resolving the Middle East crisis," Berri was quoted as saying in a statement.

Beirut  - The second round of Lebanon's national dialogue aimed at ending differences between rival political factions and discussing the fate of Hezbollah arms was adjourned Wednesday after one of the participants fell ill.

"MP Ghassan Tueini, from the ruling majority and also owner of the daily An Nahar newspaper fell ill during the session and was transferred to the hospital," an official taking part in the talks told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa.

Beirut - The second round of Lebanon's national dialogue aimed at ending differences between the rival Lebanese factions and discussing the fate of Hezbollah arms started Wednesday, official Lebanese sources said.

They said the issue of increasing the number of participants in the dialogue would top the agenda of the talks held in the Lebanese Presidential Palace, 15 kilometres east of Beirut.

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Stockholm  - A Syrian-Lebanese singer was due to appear at a remand custody

Beirut - Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal called on Monday for dialogue to resolve the tense situation in the Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon.

"We have called for the launch of a Lebanese-Palestinian dialogue to discuss all the problems of Palestinian camps, Ain el-Hilweh or others," Mashaal said in Beirut, referring to the tension inside the camp which is located east of the southern port city of Sidon.