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Beirut - A rumour of a new explosion circulated Saturday in the Lebanese capital and kept Lebanese in their homes over the weekend. The source of the rumour was an e-mail that read, 'Attention Michel Hayek (a famous Lebanese psychic) predicted that an explosion will hit one of Beirut's shopping malls where dozen of children and women will be killed.' The mail called on every Lebanese to pay attention and to pass on the message.

'I was planning to take my children to a Christmas party at a shopping mall, but I stayed home instead,' said Randa Attaya, a mother of two girls. Hayek became famous in Lebanon after he appeared last year on a Lebanese television show on New Year's Eve, offering more than 20 predictions. Hayek predicted that unfortunate events would threaten the lives of five Lebanese politicians, including a minister and Lebanese President Emile Lahoud, and Leading journalist Jubran Tueini. 'Most of his predictions were true,' Reem Salam said. Hayek usually refrains from naming people but during his predictions last new years eve, he named Tueini and Lahoud.