Beirut - The Head of the UN International Independent Investigation Commission and the Prosecutor Designate of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, Danielle Bellemare, vowed Friday to see justice is done in the case of murdered former Lebanese premier Rafik Hariri, as the UN's investigative work in Lebanon comes to an end.

"I want to reassure everybody that my team and I will do everything that is humanly and legally possible to ensure that the truth emerges and that those responsible for the crimes that fall within our jurisdiction are eventually brought to justice," Bellemare said in an open letter distributed in Beirut.

Beirut - Four high-ranking Lebanese generals who have been detained since 2005 for suspected involvement in the murder that year of ex-Premier Rafik Hariri submitted a request to the Lebanese investigating judge for their immediate release, a judicial source said Friday.

The source said Judge Sakr Sakr will be looking at the request Friday following deliberations with the public prosecution.

Beirut  - Both Marawan Hamadeh and May Chidiac are what are now known in Lebanon as "living martyrs" - people who have survived an assassination attempt for their anti-Syrian views.

For Hamadeh, a former government minister, and TV-anchor Chidiac, the launch on March 1st of the UN Special Tribunal for Lebanon offers the chance of closure, after years of suffering.

Beirut  - The leader of the anti-Syrian Christian Lebanese Forces (LF), Samir Geagea, called Friday on his followers to exert self-restraint after grenade attacks on his movement's offices.

"We call on all friends and supporters to maintain full calm following the grenade attacks on our offices Thursday night, because this could be an attempt to drag the LF into irresponsible responses," he said at a press conference at his residence north-east of Beirut.

Beirut  - The anti-Syrian Druze leader and Lebanese Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) chief Walid Jumblat Monday called for calm at the funeral of one of his followers, who was stabbed to death by men believed to be from the opposition-led Hezbollah.

"We should be above all the wounds and exert restraint," Jumblatt told mourners during the funeral of Lutfi Zeineddine in Shabaniyeh, 40 kilometres east of Beirut.

Hezbollah has denied any involvement in the attack.

Beirut  - The leader of the Hezbollah Shiite movement, Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah, said late Monday that his group had the right to possess an air defence system to confront what he called the daily Israeli violations of Lebanese airspace.

"What I want to confirm today is that we have every right to obtain any weapon, including air defence weapons, and we have every right to use them," Nasrallah said at a rally in Beirut's southern suburbs to commemorate the first anniversary of the group's military leader Imad Mughaniyeh.