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

Al-Joumhouria
Juppe fears of repercussions from Syria unrest on Lebanon

Contacts are still active to find a way out of the ‘dilemma’ of financing the Special Tribunal for Lebanon.
In this regard, French President Nicolas Sarkozy met former Prime Minister Saad Hariri at Elysse Palace Thursday, while STL President Sir David Baragwanath held talks with Lebanese officials in Beirut for the second day.
Sources involved in the meetings with Baragwanath said the STL president warned against delays in funding, given Lebanon’s commitment to the international community, adding that such commitments were irreversible and should not be underestimated.

Meanwhile, French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said the STL would receive funding, adding that Prime Minister Najib Mikati had “assured me so and I trust his words.”
But Juppe said France fears of the repercussions of unrest in Syria on the Lebanese situation.

Al-Liwaa
Stressing the option of resignation in messages to allies, foes, the international and Arab communities; Mikati to Hezbollah: Protecting the resistance [in exchange] for STL funding

Prime Minister Najib Mikati chose a television interview to launch a pre-emptive attack on his opponents in the opposition, only days ahead of a rally in Tripoli to celebrate Independence Day.
Stronger became his words when news reached him that celebratory gunshots were fired in the skies above Tripoli as he announced during an interview on LBC television Thursday evening that he would resign if the funding for the Special Tribunal for Lebanon failed to pass a vote in Cabinet.

Mikati’s position is a direct message to the United Nations and leading member states of the Security Council as well as to the Arabs. His message is clear: Mikati adheres to the commitments made to these international and Arab sides.

Al-Mustaqbal
Mikati has a clear conscience: I will resign if STL funding fails

Despite the impact of rapid developments and changes at the regional level, the internal Lebanese scene – which is monitoring the aftermath of the Arab actions – remains tied up with the issue of the STL funding.
Not only will the STL funding issue put at risk the fate of the government of Prime Minister Najib Mikati but also Lebanon’s credibility in front of the world.

An-Nahar
Mikati: [STL] funding or resignation
March 8 forces criticize his [Mikati] policies

The STL funding crisis has reached its peak both at the government and the political level when Mikati openly announced and for the first time his intention to resign in the event financing for the Special Tribunal for Lebanon failed to pass during Wednesday’s Cabinet meeting.

But what was even of greater importance than Mikati showing his intention to resign was what prominent sources in the March 8 coalition told An-Nahar that a “state of alienation” was prevalent in the relationship between the Hezbollah-led March 8 coalition and the prime minister.