Lebanese PM: No alternative to dialogue

Lebanon's caretaker Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri said on Friday the country's rival political factions had no alternative to dialogue after the collapse of his "unity government" this week.

"There is no alternative for all of us but dialogue, and no side in Lebanon will be able to eliminate the other," Hariri said in his first public comments since Hezbollah and its allies resigned and brought down the government on Wednesday. (Reuters)