text: PRESS DIGEST - Lebanon - Aug 26 . BEIRUT 1996-08-26 These are the leading stories in the Beirut press on Monday . Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy . AN-NAHAR - The north Lebanon elections ... Almost no chance at all for any complete ticket to win altogether and the results will weaken some leaders . - The surprise ... Opposition Boutros Harb scoring high in preliminary results and former prime minister Omar Karame moves backwards . - Fears of an Israeli operation causes the redistribution of Syrian troops locations in Lebanon . AS-SAFIR - Parliament Speaker Berri : The occupied south should not be used as a winning card in elections . - Prices of alimentary goods up 13.4 percent in 1996 . AL-ANWAR - Christian Maronite Patriarch Sfeir : We fear a movement from democracy to dictatorship . AD-DIYAR - A cabinet minister : " Lebanon First " aims at splitting the Syrian-Lebanese peace tracks with Israel . NIDA'A AL-WATAN - Prime Minister Hariri : Elections are the beginning of a long political life which we begin with an incomplete ticket of 17 candidates . - The Lebanese Association for the Democracy of Elections cited 51 incidents of violation in the north Lebanon round .