Following are summaries of some of the main stories in a selection of Lebanese newspapers Thursday. The Daily Star cannot vouch for the accuracy of these reports.

An-Nahar
Settlement [reached] between majority and minority over electricity [bill] sparked controversy with [Aoun’s] FPM

President Michel Sleiman’s address at the U.N. did not overshadow the domestic political development – a compromise reached by Parliament’s joint committee Wednesday under the auspices of Speaker Nabih Berri and Prime Minister Najib Mikati.

The compromise stipulated the approval of agreements made during a Sept. 7 Cabinet meeting and not the draft law submitted by the government to Parliament for a vote in Thursday’s legislative session.
The settlement seemed satisfactory to both sides. However, it did not please Energy Minister Jibran Bassil or Cabinet ministers and lawmakers from [MP Michel Aoun’s] Change and Reform bloc.
This compromise almost exploded into a battle during Wednesday evening’s Cabinet session after a heated debate between ministers.

Ministerial sources told An-Nahar that ministers from the Change and Reform bloc held a meeting among themselves Wednesday afternoon at Bassil’s office before heading to the Cabinet session at the Grand Serail.
The dispute over the electricity plan exploded the minute [Aoun’s] ministers walked into Cabinet, who were about half an hour late, when Labor Minister Charbel Nahhas said the compromise was unorthodox.
Health Minister Ali Hasan Khalil [a political aide to Berri] responded sharply, triggering a dispute that heated up after angry Bassil put forward his own observations on the matter.

Al-Akhbar
Berri’s settlement [offer] takes electricity bill to legislative session

As expected, Speaker Nabih Berri, backed by Prime Minister Najib Mikati, put substantial efforts into resolving the electricity issue, allowing it to make its way to Thursday’s legislative session after a satisfactory settlement by all the parties was reached.

The settlement, offered by Berri – who is known for his political intellect – was apparently crystallized just before Parliament’s joint committee session kicked off [at midday] Wednesday.
Berri held private talks in Parliament with Mikati prior to the session. He then met MP Robert Ghanem as Bassil was seen walking into the Speaker’s suite.
At the same time, opposition lawmakers held a closed-door meeting away from the media spotlight at the office of Deputy Speaker Farid Makari during which they agreed on how to act during the session.

Al-Mustaqbal
Hasan Khalil mourns ministerial solidarity … government caves in to Berri today

After his first loss in Cabinet and the then the second in the joint parliamentary committee, Gen. Michel Aoun was defeated over the electricity bill during Wednesday’s Cabinet meeting as a result of his insistence on confronting everyone – opposition and loyalists.

This prompted Aoun’s allies in the majority to deal him a third harsh blow, and in the forefront Speaker Nabih Berri. Health Minister Ali Hasan Khalil, Berri’s representative in the government, went to the extent to inform Cabinet that [Berri’s] Development and Liberation bloc was no longer part of the solidarity-based government “following the language we heard tonight.”

Al-Liwaa
Heated bickering between Khalil and Bassil … as Sleiman affirmed [Lebanon’s] commitment to STL funding
What will happen in Parliament today?

The question has been raised against the background of what might be described as a “clash” with the Development and Liberation Front, backed by the National Struggle Front of MP Walid Jumblatt, and opposition blocs such as the Lebanon First MPs on one side, the Aouni bloc on the other. However, lawmakers and Cabinet ministers representing Hezbollah remained committed to their stance not to engage in the battle.