Thursday, 07 August 2008 17:20 The Dora bridge will open at 10pm tonight

14:26 Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri during a lunch held in honor of Hans-Gert Pöttering, president of the EU Parliament, at the Phoenicia Hotel in Beirut

12:45 BREAKING: A gasoline tank has exploded in the Concorde area of Hamra.

11:12 FPM MP Camille Khoury to NTV

08:45 MP Ahmad Fatfat to the Voice of Lebanon radio station: The discussion over the ministerial statement must be clear and accurate, especially concerning defense and security issues. The most important part of the ministerial statement is in its preamble, where it is stated that all its sections are to be read according to the idea that the state is the prevailing authority in Lebanon.

08:38 MP Boutros Harb to the Voice of Lebanon radio station: I hope that MPs will give clear instructions to the government on managing the coming period, and I hope the spirit of responsibility prevails. A lot of points in the ministerial statement were the result of political settlement, such as the authority of the government, over which there could be many remarks. Is the ministerial statement bolstering the state or the state-within-a-state?

07:40 MP Ghassan Mokheiber to the Voice of Lebanon radio station