• Fatah al-Islam guilty of Ain Alaq double bombings.
• Army adopts security measures around Ain al-Bared Palestinian camp in North Lebanon.
• The story of Fatah al-Islam's leader Shaker Absi, and the the birth of his group between Jordan And Syria. Report on how Syria forced the leader of Fatah al-Intifada Abu Khaled Al Imlah to resign, then imprisoned him to insinuate that Fatah al-Islam is different form Fatah al-Intifada, claiming that Syria is unrelated to Ftah al-Islam - an allegation that was refuted by the Ain Alaq  crime.
• Cabinet delegates Siniora to form Lebanon's delegation to Riyadh summit, commends arresting Ain Alaq's bombings executors, denies UNIFIL is targeted.
• Saudi Arabia denies rumors about hosting Lebanon reconciliation talks next week, says any such meeting would be welcome once the Lebanese agree.
• Solana visits Saudi Arabia, supports the efforts Saudi are exerting to resolve Lebanon's crisis.
• Ain al-Tineh dialogue on vacation. Berri quotes Solana as saying that unless the Lebanese approve the tribunal, it will have to be placed under Chapter 7.
• Sharaa meets Mubarak, rejects politicizing the tribunal, says Assad's reference to 'half-men' in his recent speech was not directed at King Abdullah of Jordan.
• Lahoud demands speedy approval of a new electoral law, refers to his role in the adoption by the 2002 Arab Summit in Beirut of the Palestinian right of return.
• Paris Foreign Ministry says stationing an international force along Lebanon's borders with Syria is a possibility.
• Resigned Amal Movement minister Mohammad Jawad Khalifeh heads to Saudi Arabia, says solution will be comprehensive, reveals that a document comprising a roadmap will be announced soon.
• Saudi Ambassador Abdul Aziz Khoja meets Berri and Hariri, says the picture is 'getting clearer'.
• Premature promotion of holding a Lebanese meeting in Riyadh necessitated Saudi denial. Attention now focusing on the outcome of Solana's visit to Saudi Arabia. By Khalil Fuleihan.
• Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagae, in a message to the Lebanese on the eve of March 14 anniversary, vows not to surrender under any circumstances, says the Lebanese Forces has shouldered great burdens in the past, and won the bet.
• Gemayel calls for early elections to put an end to marginalizing Lebanon's Christians and enable them to play the role they are entitled to.
• Karami: No solution is possible before the summit in Riyadh.

Assafir

• Government declares "success" in uncovering the Ain Alaq network. Interior Minister Hassan Sabaa accuses Syrian Intelligence of committing the crime, announces detaining 4 Syrians from Fatah al-Islam group. ISF commander Ashraf Rifi vows to uncover more crimes. Assafir questions the timing.
• Fatah al-Islam leader Colonel Shaker al-Absi denies in a press conference held at Nahr al-Bared Palestinian refugee camp in north Lebanon any relation with the detainees, says his group is innocent of all the charges made against it.
• Questions are being raised over whether Fatah al-Islam has become a "fait accompli" force in Nahr Al-Bared, or whether it is matter of time before the group is used as a pretext for opening the issue of Palestinian weapons in Lebanon.
• Cabinet gets busy over uncovering the Ain Alaq crime, praises security forces, commissions Siniora to form Lebanon's delegation to Riyadh summit.
• Berri calls for utilizing Arab Summit to achieve reconciliation.
• Riyadh welcomes but doesn't create the solution...and fears "assassinating" it with security.
• Geagea: Crisis is related to Lebanon's role and its system, and has nothing to do with the gimmick of one minister less, or another more.

Al-Mustaqbal

• March 14 gift: Syrian network guilty of Ain Alaq crime arrested. Fatah al-Islam admits crime.
• Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal calls for holding a Lebanese-Lebanese dialogue, away from pressures.
• EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana to coordinate with Saudi Arabia after returning from Damascus.
• UN chief investigator Serge Brammertz to present his report on 1701 to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon today
• March 14 error was its failure to understanding Hezbollah's reality. Getting away from Aoun was inevitable because he returned to Lebanon through a deal with Syria arranged by Lahoud, and because he had prematurely placed himself within the 'blocking third' group. By Fares Khashan.

Ad-Diyar

• Ain Alaq surprise: Detainees admit crime; Fatah al-Islam denies and threatens.
• Interior Minister Hassan Sabaa relays arrests details, says decision to enter Nahr al-Bared Palestinian camp is up to the cabinet.
• ISF commander Ashraf Rifi to Addiyar: We uncovered the network five days earlier in Tripoli, Jounieh, Hamra and Qornet Shehwan.
• Fatah al-Isalm: We will respond and our response will be painful.
• PLO represtentaive in Lebanon Ahmad Zaki says Fatah al-Islam is not related to the Palestinian strata.
• Amy commander Suleiman: Any disregard to national unity will push Lebanon to the unknown.
• President Lahoud receives a delegation from Al-Marada, says, 'our strength is in our resistance'.
• Cabinet commends security agencies, commissions Siniora to form summit delegation.

Al-Balad

• Crime number 16 uncovered. Fatah al-Islam in the net.
• On  eve of March 14 and Bramertz report, Ain Alaq crime uncovered.
• Interior Minister Sabaa accuses Fatah al-Islam detainees of coordinating with Syria.
• ISF Commander Rifi: Fatah al-Islam is for camouflage and has no relation with Islam.
• MP Anwar Khalil: Dialogue heading to approve the19-11 formula.
• MP Ibrahim Kenaan: Christians are marginalized.
• Saudi Ambassador Abdul Aziz Khoja: Berri-Hariri dialogue calls for optimism.
• Geagea: We won't surrender. We won't sacrifice the present and the future.
• Berri: The ball is in the majority's court.
• 'Loyalty to the Resistance Block' member Husseini Hajj Hassan says some March 14 members are blocking the solution.
• Detained former General Security chief Jamil Sayyed says, "we were thrown like dogs on the dining table of false witnesses."

Al-Akhbar

• Opposition: No compromise without an electoral law.
• Ain Alaq group: The whole story.
• The official version: Arresting "a group that confessed to committing the Ain Alaq crime":
  Four detainees; apartments in Bourj Hammoud, Qornet Shehawan, Jounieh, Tripoli and Karm el-Zeitoun; Three Saudis and one Tunesian detained at the request of Riyadh and the Interpole.
• The full story of Fatah al-Islam organization.
• Interior Minister Hassan Sabaa: Fatah al-Islam is part of the Syrian security system.
• Minutes of Berri-Hariri exchanges and maneuvers. By Ibramim Al Amine
• Berri-Hariri solution subject to regional compromises. By Tareq Tarshishi.
• Key to reviving Christian role is in hands of Aoun as a voter, and not as a presidential candidate. By Antoine Saad.

Al-Hayat

• Solana to Damascus after meeting king Abdullah: For accepting the tribunal and setting a time table for the solution. Saudi Arabia urges the Lebanese to 'normalize the situation' and avoid pressures.
• First  achievement after Hariri assassination: Three decoy-operations dragged them on; one lives in Acharafieh: Four Syrians from Fatah al-Islam admits to busting the two buses in Ain Alaq. By Raghida Dragham and Mohamad Choucair in Beirut and New York

Al-Siyassa

• Damascus cautions against an American conspiracy to Balkanize the Middle East and the Arabian Gulf.
• Maronite 'Aounist' and 'Frangist' funguses have no effect . Patriarch Sfeir fighting on many fronts, the most dangerous of which are the Iranian-Syrian front and the separation front.
• Lebanese crisis: Agreeing to a six-member committee for the tribunal and giving Aoun five ministers.

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