A Canadian court on Monday set a tentative June extradition hearing for Canadian-Lebanese national Hassan Diab, arrested 15 months ago for his alleged role in a 1980 Paris bombing that killed four.

(AP:BEIRUT) Lebanese authorities say a black box recovered from the wreckage of the Ethiopian Airlines jet that crashed into the Mediterranean last month has been flown to France for analysis.

A snow emergency is still in effect in Lebanon until 5 p.m. today, as the city continues removing snow from some streets along snow emergency routes and city-owned parking lots on Monday. No parking is allowed along the routes during snow-removal operations.

Spanish king accompanied by FM will inspect his country?s UN troops in south of Lebanon.

Lebanon's marine commandos on Sunday recovered the black box of the Ethiopian Airlines jet that crashed into the Mediterranean last month, the Lebanese army said in a statement.

BEIRUT: In a possible move to deflect attention from Iran's political woes, the President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has ordered the nation's atomic energy agency to begin enriching uranium from 3.5 per cent to 20 per cent purity to serve as fuel for a Tehran medical reactor.

ANNVILLE - Since it was painted nearly 40 years ago, the mural that covers a wall in the dining room at the Lebanon Valley Home has faded.

Source: Reuters By Alistair Lyon, Special Correspondent BEIRUT, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Iranians are struggling over the legacy and even the legitimacy of an Islamic revolution that triumphed 31 years ago this week. No ...

The UK's largest exhibition devoted to the work of Don McCullin opens in Manchester this weekend. Arranged in honour of the photographer's 75th year, and featuring more than 200 of his most iconic images, Shaped By War will be at the Imperial War Museum North from 6 February to 13 June 2010. Take a sneak preview of the highlights here

The best of Isla Vista's pong players are heating up as the winter season of the I.V. Beer Pong League gets underway.

BEIRUT ? Search teams retrieved the flight recorders belonging to an Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed off the coast of Lebanon last month killing all 90 people on board, a Lebanese security official said yesterday.

"Iran cut ties with the British Museum on Sunday in protest at repeated delays in the loan to Tehran of an ancient Persian treasure." Beirut Star (AFP) 02/07/10

In the midst of a difficult season, Brendon Herr has found optimism.Not an easy task, considering the type of season the Lebanon Valley College men's ice hockey team has had to endure.But Herr, a New Holland native who was put in charge of the Flying Dutchmen's progam when head coach Ted Rus...

LEBANON?S marine commandos yesterday recovered the black box of the Ethiopian Airlines jet that crashed into the Mediterranean last month, the Lebanese army said.

BEIRUT -- Lebanese marine commandos on Sunday recovered the black box of the Ethiopian Airlines jet that crashed into the Mediterranean Sea last month, the Lebanese army said in a statement. The Boeing 737-800 crashed Jan. 25, minutes after taking off from Beirut during a fierce thunderstorm. All 90 people on board are believed to have died. The Lebanese military also said that eight more bodies ...

Search teams retrieved flight recorders belonging to an Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed off the coast of Lebanon last month killing all 90 people aboard

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Search teams retrieved on Sunday flight recorders belonging to an Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed off the coast of Lebanon last month killing all 90 people aboard.

Syria will support Lebanon in the event of any attack from Israel, President Bashar al-Assad told the speaker of Beirut's parliament on on Sunday, the official SANA news agency reported.

Lebanon says it has retrieved a black box from an Ethiopian Airlines jet that crashed in the sea killing 90 people, raising hopes of an answer to why the plane veered into a fierce storm.

Lebanon's marine commandos on Sunday recovered the black box of the Ethiopian Airlines jet that crashed into the Mediterranean last month, the Lebanese army said in a statement.

Lebanese authorities recover black box of sunken Ethiopian plane

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Search teams have retrieved a flight recorder belonging to an Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed off the coast of Lebanon last month killing all 90 people aboard.

Search teams have retrieved a flight recorder belonging to an Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed off the coast of Lebanon last month killing all 90 people aboard.

Feb. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Search crews have retrieved the black box from the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 that crashed into the sea off Beirut with 90 people on board last month, the Lebanese army said.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Search teams retrieved a flight recorder belonging to an Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed off the coast of Lebanon last month killing all 90 people aboard, the Lebanese Transport Minister said on Sunday.

Lebanon's army said Sunday it has retrieved a black box from an Ethiopian Airlines jet that crashed in the sea killing 90 people, raising hopes of an answer to why the plane veered into a fierce storm.

BEIRUT - A senior Lebanese army officer says marine commandos have pulled out the black box of the Ethiopian Airlines jet that crashed into the Mediterranean.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Search teams retrieved the flight recorders belonging to an Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed off the coast of Lebanon last month killing all 90 people on board, a Lebanese security official said on Sunday.

BEIRUT, Feb 7 ? Search teams retrieved the flight recorders belonging to an Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed off the coast of Lebanon last month killing all 90 people on board, a Lebanese security official said on Sunday. ?Lebanese navy commandos recovered the black boxes and they are in the navy base. They will be given to the investigating committee,? a security official told Reuters. The ...

Search teams retrieved the flight recorders belonging to an Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed off the coast of Lebanon last month killing all 90 people on board, a Lebanese security official said on Sunday.

Attorney George Mann says many of his citizenship clients have warts -- they entered the U.S. illegally, overstayed their visa or run afoul of the law. But not Naji Chammout. "His case is without blemish," Mann said of the 42-year-old Lebanese immigrant who lives in Dearborn.

The black box of an Ethiopian Airlines jet that crashed off the coast of Lebanon has been located.

Lebanon: Net profit of Jordan's Ahli Bank in 2009 rose 7.5% to JD18.65m, Reuters has reported. The lender's total income, including interest and commissions, dropped however to JD80m in 2009 from JD81m in 2008. Non-performing loans fell to 11.28% of the banks' total loans portfolio at end of December 2009 against 11.82% at the end of 2008. The bank has a regional presence in Lebanon, the Palestinian territories and Cyprus. [AMEInfo.com]

BEIRUT ? Searchers located the black boxes of an Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed in the sea off Lebanon last month killing 90 people, Transport Minister Ghazi Aridi said on Saturday.

Searchers yesterday located the black boxes of an Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed in the sea off Lebanon last month killing 90 people, Transport Minister Ghazi Aridi said.

Riveting is an understatement. The beautifully recounted stories about Beirut's Jews are enlightening, but beg for details about community members who decided to leave their...

BEIRUT Search crews have located the black box under parts of the tail of the Ethiopian Airlines jet that crashed into the Mediterranean Sea last month, Lebanon's transportation minister said S...

BEIRUT (AFP) - Searchers have located the black boxes of an Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed in the sea off Lebanon last month killing 90 people, Transport Minister Ghazi Aridi told AFP on Saturday.

BEIRUT (AFP) - Searchers have located the black boxes of an Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed in the sea off Lebanon last month killing 90 people, Transport Minister Ghazi Aridi told AFP on Saturday.

Searchers have located the black boxes of an Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed in the sea off Lebanon last month killing 90 people, Transport Minister Ghazi Aridi told AFP on Saturday.

Edmontons Lebanese community is gathering Saturday to mourn the victims of a Jan. 25 Ethiopian Airlines plane crash.

Search crews have located the tail of the Ethiopian Airlines jet that crashed into the Mediterranean last month and are getting closer to finding the plane's black box, Lebanon's transportation minister said Saturday. The Boeing 737 crashed Jan. 25 minutes after takeoff from Beirut in a fierce thunderstorm. All 90 people on board died. An army statement said crews that located parts of the ...

BEIRUT - Search crews have located the tail of the Ethiopian Airlines jet that crashed into the Mediterranean last month and are getting closer to finding the plane's black box, Lebanon's transportation minister said Saturday.

Search crews have located the tail of the Ethiopian Airlines jet that crashed into the Mediterranean last month and are getting closer to finding the plane's black box, Lebanon's transportation minister said Saturday. The Boeing 737 crashed Jan. 25 minutes after takeoff from Beirut in a fierce thunderstorm. All 90 people on board died. An army statement said crews that located parts of the ...

BEIRUT (AFP) - Searchers have located a large part of the fuselage of an Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed in the sea off Lebanon last month killing 90 people, Transport Minister Ghazi Aridi said on Saturday.

06 February 2010 The British Economist Group, a global leader in the communication field, announced the opening its regional representative office in Beirut under the administration of the "Alef Publishing and Media Company".

Search teams have identified the location of main segments of the Ethiopian Airlines plane that had crashed off the coast of Lebanon last month killing all 90 people on board

Lebanon's army says search crews have found parts of the Ethiopian Airlines jet that crashed into the Mediterranean last month and efforts are under way to retrieve them.

Washington has submitted to Damascus the name of its proposed new ambassador to Syria, the first since 2005, the country's foreign minister said, in the latest step toward improving ties between the t...

The head of the international tribunal on the assassination of Lebanon's former prime minister sought to reassure Lebanese this week that the investigation is on track, but there are growing concerns here that work is languishing in the case.

Source: Reuters BEIRUT, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Search teams have identified the location of main segments of the Ethiopian Airlines [ETHA.UL] plane that had crashed off the coast of Lebanon last month killing all 90 ...

Lebanon: LG Electronics, a global leader and technology innovator in consumer electronics, in partnership with SEALCO, LG's new exclusive distributor for CE products in Lebanon, announced the launching of a Free Service Campaign. [AMEInfo.com]

BEIRUT (AP) ? The head of the international tribunal on the assassination of Lebanon's former prime minister sought to reassure Lebanese this week that the investigation is on track, but there are growing concerns here that work is languishing in the case.

Search teams have identified the location of main segments of the Ethiopian Airlines plane that had crashed off the coast of Lebanon last month killing all 90 people on board, the Lebanese transport minister said on Saturday.

Northeast of Beirut and far from the coast's cloud of persistant pollution lays the village of Kfardebian.

Lebanon: Driven by Vice President for Medical Affairs and Dean of the Faculty of Medicine Mohamed Sayegh's vision for institutional expansion through local and regional medical bridges and in an effort to cater to all patient population groups in Lebanon, the American University of Beirut's Medical Center (AUBMC) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on February 5 highlighting a new affiliation with Najjar Hospital. [AMEInfo.com]

Relatives and friends of diver Albert Assal, one of the passengers killed in the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 that crashed on January 25, mourn over his coffin in Batroun village, north of Beirut, Lebanon.

Hizbullah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah warned Thursday against attempts to instigate sectarian strife, urging Lebanese not to jump to conclusions before investigations into security incidents are concluded. Addressing supporters via video link to mark the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, Nasrallah said the staged kidnapping of Majdel Anjar Imam Sheikh Mohammad Abdel-Fatah Majzoub

The vice president of the Higher Shiite Council "warned" the Lebanese state Friday against participating in next month's Arab League summit in Libya, while stressing that the council would continue to track Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi until the fate of Imam Musa Sadr was revealed.Gadhafi has been implicated in the 1978 disappearance of Sadr

"Lebanon played a pioneering role by being the first state in the Middle East and North Africa to sign" a key international document to combat torture, says Esther Schaufelberger, sipping coffee at the ESCWA building in downtown Beirut. But on the national level, much work remains to be done

The Institute of International Finance (IIF) revised upward its estimate for economic growth in Lebanon to 8.7 percent in 2009 from 6 percent previously.It said the new estimate is the highest growth rate in the region, and is an improvement over an already impressive real GDP growth rate of 8.2 percent in 2008, as reported by Lebanon This Week

Syrian President Bashar Assad has warned that civil war could return without warning to Lebanon, according to excerpts of an interview conducted by investigative journalist Seymour Hersh that were published in this week's issue of The New Yorker magazine."The civil war in Lebanon could start in days; it does not take weeks or months; it could start just like this," Assad told Hersh

While their home base is getting a new owner through bankruptcy proceedings, the 25 vendors Lebanon Farmers Market don?t expect to be going anywhere.

Since the famous Lebanese artist Elissa appeared on the entertainment show ?Akher Man Ya?lam? (The Last to Know), presented by the Yemeni artist Arwa on MBC, rumors have begun circulating about her weight gain.

Someone took about 98 cast iron risers from the City of Lebanon Water Authority property in the 2300 block of Ridgeview Road in North Cornwall Twp., police said Thursday. The theft occurred sometime between October 2009 and Feb. 4, police said.

Beirut - Juan Carlos, the Spanish king, will visit Lebanon later this month to hold talks with officials and inspect his country's peacekeepers - who now head the UN command in southern Lebanon, a Lebanese foreign ministry source said Friday. The kin...

CAIRO (Dow Jones)-- Orascom Telecom Holding Orascom Telecom Holding (ORTE.CI), the largest Arab mobile firm by subscribers, said Thursday that it was given an extension to the management contract of Alfa, one of the two Lebanese mobile telecommunications operators, for a period of six months ending 31 July, 2010.

Feb. 5 (Bloomberg) -- FFA Private Bank SAL, a Beirut-based investment bank, said 2009 net income rose 65 percent to 6.7 billion Lebanese pounds ($4.5 million) from a year earlier on improved asset management.

BEIRUT, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Below is a table of the latest Lebanese economic statistics.

The Leader of the Lebanese Hezbollah movement Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah has expressed his support for Syria's anti-Israeli stance.

Jeddah schools to send under-16 rugby league team to Lebanon

A gift of 13 acres and two large buildings will allow Ozarks Technical Community College and the Lebanon area room to grow.

The saber-rattling between Israel and Lebanon ? which Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman extended to Syria ? has created an atmosphere similar to the one that preceded Israel's 1982 invasion.

The Council of Ministers has postponed the municipal elections by one month and put off the process of appointing new senior civil servants until a new procedure for doing this is elaborated. Is it a prelude to a postponement of such appointments?

LEBANON ? The renovation to the borough Municipal Building was expected to conclude this week, construction manager Dave Tillou said at the Wednesday, Jan. 20 Borough Council meeting.

A renewed flurry of threats and warnings between Israeli officials and the leaders of Lebanons militant Shiite organization Hezbollah have sparked a serious bout of war jitters on both sides of the border which are also threatening to draw in other regional players.

ABU DHABI ? A master chef who has pioneered Lebanese fusion cuisine has joined the stellar cast of Gourmet Abu Dhabi, which begins its 15-day run in the UAE capital today.

Lebanon Hills Regional Park, 860 Cliff Road, Eagan, will host an evening of candlelight skiing, snowshoeing and hiking from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 6. Candles will light about 1.5 miles of hiking and snowshoe trails and another 2.5 miles of cross-country ski trails.

Feb. 4 (Bloomberg) -- An Egyptian court delayed by a month its ruling on an appeal by billionaire Hisham Talaat Moustafa against a death sentence for his role in the murder of a Lebanese singer.

Two men sentenced to death for killing a Lebanese singer appeal against their convictions in an Egyptian court.

Radio 2GB and its star broadcaster, Alan Jones, have been forced to hand over the $10,000 in damages they were ordered to pay the Lebanese Muslim community leader Keysar Trad last year by the Administrative Decisions Tribunal, after failing to have the order stayed while they are appealing against the decision.

LEBANON TWP. -- Justin Kirberger, 18, of Port Murray was traveling northbound on Turkey Top Road when he ran off the left side of the roadway and struck a utility pole at 8:56 a.m. on Sunday, Jan. 24, police said.

FTI has launched a pioneering programme of package holidays for Lebanon to help re-establish the country on the world tourism map.

The rhetoric of Hamas, Hezbollah is reminiscent of the 1970s PLO and is repeated within another mini-state that is not taking Lebanese interests much into consideration, says Bechara Nassar Charbel .

Monica Oxenreiter, a sophomore at Mt. Lebanon High School, thinks big when it comes to raising money for diabetes research.

Will it be Gaza or Lebanon first? Israel is sending mixed messages, and deliberately so. Hamas, Hezbollah and their supporters understand well the Israeli tactic and must be preparing for the various possibilities.

The South Hills Panthers clashed with the Mt. Lebanon Hornets in a preliminary game at the PIHL Winter Classic held last week at South Park Outdoor Ice Rink. readmore

Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri said Wednesday the aim of the reconciliation with Syria "is to serve the interests of both countries." In an interview with "Monte Carlo Doualiya" radio and "France 24" TV, distributed by Hariri's press office in Beirut, Hariri explained that his recent visit to Syria in December, came in the framework of building a state-to-state relationship. "This is what I ...

The U.S. Postal Service has denied a petition to mint a postage stamp featuring the Beirut Memorial. The stamp would honor the 241 service members who died in the bombing in 1983.

LEBANON ? Wapiti Bowmen Inc., an archery club based in Lebanon ,will have its annual awards banquet at 5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 6, inthe Lebanon Senior Center, 80 Tangent St.

BEIRUT ? Iran announced that it fired a powerful rocket loaded with several live animals into space and unveiled a handful of other space technologies Wednesday, ahead of a nationalist holiday and amid heightened international concerns about Tehran's nuclear research and missile programs.

Before Lebanon self-destructed amid civil war in the mid-1970s, Beirut was the regional financial and services centre of the Arab world. Now, after more than 18 months of relative stability and having shown resilience during the global financial crisis, the country is considering how to recapture some of its former glory.

Times are tough for the Lebanon men?s basketball team.

BEIRUT ? In comments that could signal either a change of course or more diplomatic maneuvering, Iran's president said Tuesday that Tehran would be willing to ship enriched uranium abroad "for four or five months" in exchange for fuel for a Tehran medical reactor.

Lebanese Defense Minister Elias Murr is scheduled to visit Washington next week to discuss military cooperation, local daily As Safir reported Tuesday. The report said Murr will meet with the U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Defense Secretary Robert Gates and other Pentagon officials during his visit that will begin on Feb. 9. The Lebanese defense minister will be accompanied by a number ...

Lebanon: Rasamny-Younis Motor Company S.A.L. (Rymco launched the first "lease to own" program in Lebanon. The new revolutionary financing program enables customers to own their dream car by paying less. Customers will benefit from a low down payment and monthly payments that are lower than a regular 5-year financing plan. [AMEInfo.com]

Israel is in chronic violation of a 2006 cease-fire and continues to block the road to peace, the Lebanese Foreign Ministry said. Tensions between Lebanon and Israel over border issues escalated in summer 2009 with both sides blaming the other for undermining a 2006 cease-fire.

BEIRUT: Telecom Minister Charbel Nahas said Tuesday that taxes represent close to 65 percent of cellular charges and for this reason the government should separate the tax side from the commercial side if it wants to pursue privatization of the telecom in the future.

BEIRUT: Rasamny-Younis Motor Company SAL. today launched the first ?lease-to-own? program in Lebanon. The new financing program enables customers to own their dream car by paying less.

TEL AVIV [MENL] -- Israel's military has determined that the Iranian-sponsored Hizbullah was deploying throughout Lebanon. Copyrights 2008, Middle East Newsline.

Classes were canceled Tuesday at an elementary school in Lebanon, N.H., after vandals broke in overnight.

LEBANON ? Greta Pederson, a performing artist, songwriter andmusic educator, will perform at the Lebanon Public Library,Thursday, Feb. 4, for the 11 a.m. story time.

A body presumed to be one of the 90 people on board the Ethiopian airliner that crashed into the sea off Beirut nine days ago has been recovered, Lebanese officials said on Tuesday.

Beirut - Lebanon on Tuesday filed a complaint against Israel to the UN Security Council, protesting the kidnapping and torturing of a shepherd from southern Lebanon, a Lebanese Foreign Ministry source said. Israel allegedly snatched Rabih Zahra from ...

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Feb. 2 (UPI) -- Israel is in chronic violation of a 2006 cease-fire and continues to block the road to peace, the Lebanese Foreign Ministry said.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday accused Lebanon of allowing Hezbollah to develop its military force by smuggling weapons in violation of a UN resolution.

BEIRUT (AP) ? A Lebanese forensics team has returned from Ethiopia with DNA samples from relatives to help identify victims of the Ethiopian Airlines plane crash last week south of Beirut, officials said Tuesday.

BEIRUT, Feb 02, 2010 (AFP) - A body presumed to be one of the 90 people on board the Ethiopian airliner that crashed into the sea off Beirut nine days ago has been recovered, Lebanese officials said on Tuesday.

A Lebanese forensics team has returned from Ethiopia with DNA samples from relatives to help identify victims of the Ethiopian Airlines plane crash last week south of Beirut, officials said Tuesday. The Boeing 737 crashed into the Mediterranean Sea on Jan. 25 just minutes after takeoff from Beirut in a fierce thunderstorm. All 90 people on board were presumed dead and the plane's black box and ...

BEIRUT - A Lebanese army official said Monday a vessel carrying a submarine is on its way to help in the search for an Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed last week south of Beirut.

02 February 2010 BEIRUT -- Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED) announced here Tuesday that it will provide a USD 18 million loan to Lebanon to finance the construction of a water dam and tank in Falougha area in Mount Lebanon.

Lebanon: LG Electronics, a global leader and technology innovator in consumer electronics and mobile communication, announced the launch of its new partnership with SEALCO during a ceremony that took place at the Emirates Hall of the Habtoor Hotel, in Beirut. [AMEInfo.com]

BEIRUT, Feb 2 (Bernama) -- A US submarine will join the search work of an Ethiopian airliner which crashed into the Mediterranean sea off Lebanon's coast a week ago, China's Xinhua news agency cited a Lebanese daily as reporting on Tuesday.

01 February 2010 BEIRUT -- Kuwait has now contributed a total of USD 300 million to reconstruction efforts in Lebanon following the Israeli war on the country in the summer of 2006.

Lebanon: A year in review 2009

Lebanon: Kuwait based, regional carrier Jazeera Airways, is officially now the sixth largest carrier operating to and from Lebanon, according to the latest flight and passenger figures for 2009 released by Rafic Hariri International Airport in Beirut. [AMEInfo.com]

BEIRUT: Figures released by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) show that Lebanon?s external debt totaled $25.5 billion at the end of September 2009, ranking it in 41st place globally and in 14th place among developing countries with available figures.

Lebanese President Michel Suleiman stressed on Monday the necessity of keeping the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) independent from any pressures, the president's office announced in a statement. Suleiman met with the president of the STL, Judge Antonio Cassese, at the presidential palace in Baabda near Beirut. The statement noted that Cassese informed the Lebanese president "about the steps ...

An economic summit aimed at finding ways to bring $1 million in new income to the city of Lebanon will be held from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. March 26 at the Lebanon Quality Inn.

In the Middle East, Dubai has replaced Beirut as the place where deals are done, secrets are sold and scores are settled.

LEBANON, Ore. - A child in a stroller was hit and killed by a commercial truck Monday morning on Highway 99E near Highway 34 in the area of Lebanon. Emergency crews are on the scene. Northbound lanes of Highway 99E are blocked.

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- Israeli forces on Monday handed over a Lebanese shepherd who strayed across the border to U.N. officials, but not before cease-fire concerns were raised.

BEIRUT, Feb 1 (Reuters) - Below is a table of the latest Lebanese economic statistics.

A Lebanese army official said Monday a vessel carrying a submarine is on its way to help in the search for an Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed last week south of Beirut.

BEIRUT (AFP) - The president of a UN tribunal set up to investigate the murder of former Lebanese premier Rafiq Hariri on Monday met President Michel Sleiman and other officials on his first visit to Lebanon.

Faud Siniora, the president of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Lebanon has hailed the rewarding collaboration that has been the key to the relationship between The Gambia and Lebanon.

Israel on Monday handed over to UN peacekeepers a young Lebanese shepherd who was arrested near the border in southern Lebanon at the weekend, a Lebanese army spokesman said.

Israel on Monday handed over to UN peacekeepers a young Lebanese shepherd who was arrested in the occupied Shebaa Farms in southern Lebanon at the weekend, a Lebanese army spokesman said.

The Lebanese army says that Israel has handed over to UN peacekeepers a young Lebanese shepherd who was abducted at the weekend.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - For once the world is attending to Yemen, thanks to a botched al Qaeda attack on a U.S. airliner.

BEIRUT: After a late start to the winter, skiers finally flocked to Lebanese ski resorts for the second weekend in a row. Visiting resorts in Kfardebian on Sunday, Tourism Minister Fadi Abboud officially declared the country?s skiing season open and urged safety measures to be enforced.

Mt. Lebanon 's first defeat of the season gave boys basketball coach Joe David an opportunity to see what his team lacks in its quest to win WPIAL and PIAA championships.

The Lebanese army announced Sunday that Israeli soldiers have abducted a Lebanese citizen in southern Lebanon near its border with Israel. "An Israeli patrol abducted at 13:45 (11:45 GMT) the Lebanese citizen Rabih Mohammad Zahra in the vicinity of Boustra Farm near Kfarshouba," said the army in a statement. It added that "the Lebanese army and the UN peacekeepers ( UNIFIL) are holding talks to ...