Lebanon parliament postpones elections -Friday May 31,2013

Lebanon's parliament has voted to postpone elections due in June 2013 because of security concerns over the conflict in Syria.

MPs voted to extend their mandate until November 2014.

Agreement for an extension was reached as a battle took place on the Syrian-Lebanese border in which fighters from Lebanon's Shia Hezbollah political and militant movement have been openly involved.

It is the first time they have done so since the Lebanese civil war ended in 1990.