Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Defence Minister Amir Peretz and former army chief Dan Halutz are to blame for the "serious failure" of the Lebanon war, said a government inquiry released on Monday.

A report on the way Israel managed last summer's Second Lebanon War Monday prompted demands that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Defense Minister Amir Peretz resign, but the government is likely to sit tight.

Iran - US - Oil - Book Arabic translation of a book titled 'Iran' Oil & its Role in Challenging US' written by Middle East, strategic, and energy affairs analyst, Roger Howard, was presented to book stores here Monday.

Hate crimes against Syrian workers in Lebanon are on the rise and the anti-Syrian prime minister is urging a crackdown on such attacks.

The final list of nominees for this year?s Shortlist Music Prize have been confirmed. Making the cut for 2007 are Band of Horses, Beirut, Bonnie Prince Billy, Cat Power, Girl Talk, Hot Chip, Joanna Newsom, Regina Spektor, Spank Rock and Tom Waits , cropped down from the previous list of over 60 albums.

Jerusalem - IsraeliPrime Minister Ehud Olmert will not resign, despite being harshly criticised in a report on his handling of the opening days of last summer's war with Lebanese Hezbollah guerrillas, a close political associate said Monday night. Ol...

Chairman Lebanese Committee in Kenema, Alhaji Alie Hassan Wednesday dismissed claims by some Sierra Leoneans that the Lebanese will wreck Sierra Leone if granted Sierra Leonean citizenship.

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert decided to go to war in Lebanon last summer without fully exploring his options and without being candid with the public and government officials about the potential consequences of conflict whose goals were overambitious and...

A long-awaited Israeli government probe accuses Prime Minister Ehud Olmert of "severe failure" in his handling of the war with Hezbollah in Lebanon last summer. There were already calls for his and his defense minister's resignation.

Jerusalem - Israel's leadership made grave mistakes in its decision-making by launching an offensive against the Lebanese Hezbollah movement last summer without setting clear goals, properly weighing other options and thinking through a detailed...

BEIRUT (AFP) - Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem said he was ready to meet his US counterpart on the sidelines of a conference on Iraq security this week.

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is criticised for "severe failure" over Israel's war in Lebanon last year.

An Israeli inquiry into the Lebanon war was expected on Monday to criticize Prime Minister Ehud Olmert sharply for launching last year's campaign against Hezbollah guerrillas but refrain from calling on him to resign.

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Defence Minister Amir Peretz and former army chief Dan Halutz are to blame for the "serious failure" of the Lebanon war, said a government inquiry released on Monday.

Bint Jbeil, Lebanon - Eight months after Israeli attacks left devastation across many villages in southern Lebanon, locals still feel Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert carried out a war of collective punishment against Lebanese civilians and not th...

A report commissioned by the Israeli government on last summer's invasion of Lebanon is highly critical of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. But the report stops short of calling for Olmert's resignation.

An Israeli inquiry into the Lebanon war was expected on Monday to criticise Prime Minister Ehud Olmert sharply for launching last year's campaign against Hezbollah guerrillas but refrain from calling on him to resign.

Tel Aviv - An Israeli commission investigating the Israeli leadership's handling of last summer's indecisive 33-day war with the Lebanese Hezbollah movement was due to publish its long-awaited interim report Monday. The governmental commission, headed...

Two women painters show images of fetishism, homosexuality, masturbation in Beirut art show.

BEIRUT, Lebanon Iranian police shoved and kicked them, loaded them into a curtained minibus and drove them away. Hours later, at the gates of Evin prison, they were blindfolded and forced to wear all-enveloping chadors, and then were interrogated through the night.

Source: Reuters (Adds comments by Olmert spokeswoman, paragraph 5) By Jeffrey Heller JERUSALEM, April 30 (Reuters) - An Israeli inquiry into the Lebanon war was expected on Monday to criticise Prime Minister Ehud ...

JERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert faced strident calls for his resignation in the wake of harsh findings of an official inquiry into the shortcomings of his leadership during last summer's costly but inconclusive war in Lebanon.

A report on Israel's handling of the invasion of Lebanon last summer is expected to trigger calls for Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to resign.

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - An Israeli inquiry panel will publish a report on Monday on the start of last year's war with Lebanese Hezbollah guerrillas that could damage Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's government.

JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert faced strident calls for his resignation in the wake of harsh findings of an official inquiry into his leadership during last summer's costly but inconclusive war in Lebanon.

JERUSALEM: An Israeli inquiry panel on the start of last year's war with Lebanese Hezbollah guerrillas could damage Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's government.

Source: Reuters JERUSALEM, April 30 (Reuters) - An Israeli inquiry panel will publish a report on Monday on the start of last year's war with Lebanese Hezbollah guerrillas that could damage Prime Minister Ehud Olmert ...

The Lebanese American University hosted the second annual Model United Nations (MUN) high school conference on Saturday. Some 660 students, representing 74 schools from across the country, took part in the conference, six of which will represent Lebanon at a MUN conference in New York.

Lebanese Forces MP Georges Adwan insisted on Sunday that presidential elections would be held "in the appointed time" and that the next president would not return Lebanon to an age of "hegemony." "The LF, along with its allies the March 14 Forces, want to establish a strong Lebanese state, where weapons are the sole property.

Residents of the Dahiyeh have embarked on a new project to tidy up and straighten the southern suburbs of Beirut following the summer 2006 war with Israel. Dahiyeh municipalities, in collaboration with the social division of Hizbullah, the municipality of Tehran, the Iranian Committee for the Rebuilding of Lebanon and Sukleen.

Leaked details of a report on the Lebanon war spell tough criticism for Ehud Olmert and Amir Peretz, though both appear likely to be spared formal calls to resign.

Source: Reuters JERUSALEM, April 29 (Reuters) - A commission examining the way the Israeli government and armed forces waged last year's Lebanon war is to release an interim report on Monday that could determine ...

ANNVILLE ? ?Nice cleats ? want to ruck?? Lebanon Valley College?s women?s rugby club proudly sports this saying on its T-shirts. But what do the terms ruck, maul and scrum plastered all over the apparel mean? What is rugby anyway?

April 29 (Bloomberg) -- Pressure on Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to resign is building amid indications a government commission will say he wasn't strong enough to resist prodding by military commanders to go to war in Lebanon last year.

BEIRUT, Lebanon - Iranian police shoved and kicked them, loaded them into a curtained minibus and drove them away. Hours later, at the gates of Evin prison, they were blindfolded and forced to wear all-enveloping chadors, and then were interrogated...

Source: Reuters By Jeffrey Heller JERUSALEM, April 29 (Reuters) - Prime Minister Ehud Olmert responded stoically on Sunday to his reported censure in a Lebanon war inquiry report that could shape his political fate ...

Prime Minister Ehud Olmert responded stoically on Sunday to his reported censure in a Lebanon war inquiry report that could shape his political fate.

BEIRUT, Lebanon | Iranian police shoved and kicked them, loaded them into a curtained minibus and drove them away.

Tel Aviv - An Israeli commission of inquiry into the conduct of the country's 2006 war in Lebanon levelled sharp criticism against Israel's political and military leadership, Israeli media reported Sunday. A preliminary report, which is to be publishe...

An Israeli woman walks her dog near Kibbutz Misgav Am on the Israeli-Lebanese border Aug. 26. The truce between Israel and Hezbollah appears to be consolidating into a stable standoff in southern Lebanon.

LEBANON ? Lebanon High School?s Zac Jessee had been waiting for Friday afternoon?s Hogoheegee District baseball showdown with Chilhowie for quite some time.

When you?ve racked up 302 career wins as a high school baseball coach, you?ve seen your share of big games. Lebanon High School?s Doc Adams will once again be part of a big game tonight when his Pioneers host Chilhowie in a key Hogoheegee District contest.

JERUSALEM, April 28: An Israeli board of inquiry says Israel's prime minister was rash in going to war against Lebanon last summer. The Winograd Commission concluded Ehud Olmert used "misguided and rash judgment," but stopped short of calling for his dismissal, The Times of London reported Saturday.

An Israeli board of inquiry says Israel's prime minister was rash in going to war against Lebanon last summer. The Winograd Commission concluded Ehud Olmert used "misguided and rash judgment," but stopped short of calling for his dismissal, The Times o

Lebanon: Cedarcom's Chairman and CEO Imad Tarabay and members of iBurst worldwide have signed MoU to cooperate in providing international subscriber roaming access between operating countries at the 5th iBurst International Forum on 12 April 2007, Westin Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. [AMEInfo.com]

A North Lebanon Twp. man was charged yesterday with raping a woman he met through a dating service, Susquehanna Twp. police said. John Field, 31, of Aspen Way, was arrested at his home and arraigned before District Judge Raymond Shugars on charges of rape and theft by unlawful taking.

All schools and universities in Lebanon closed their doors Friday to honor the memory of two youths whose bodies were found days after they were kidnapped.

Suspicions in the Lebanese capital are that two young Sunnis were victims of a revenge killing. That's why the city's on lockdown, and its politicians are backpedaling

Suspicions in the Lebanese capital are that two young Sunnis were victims of a revenge killing. That's why the city's on lockdown, and its politicians are backpedaling

Lebanese mourners have held a funeral on Friday for two Sunni Muslims slain this week in an attack linked to sectarian tensions.

Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Michel Pharaon said Thursday the resolve "to reach a better Lebanon" had not been diminished by the catastrophic oil spill last summer resulting from the Israeli bombing of the Jiyyeh power plant. Pharaon spoke on behalf of Premier Fouad Siniora at the premiere of "The Oil Spill in Lebanon.

Murder in Lebanon is not like murder anywhere else and when two were killed this week in what appears to be a common crime, political jitters naturally rise.

Source: Reuters (Adds Jumblatt quotes) By Tom Perry BEIRUT, April 27 (Reuters) - Lebanese mourners on Friday buried two Sunni Muslims, including a 12-year-old boy, slain in a murder reminiscent of the sectarian ...

Lebanese mourners held a funeral on Friday for two Sunni Muslims slain this week in an attack linked to sectarian tensions but leaders called for calm and said their deaths should not be politicized.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanese mourners held a funeral on Friday for two Sunni Muslims slain this week in an attack linked to sectarian tensions but leaders called for calm and said their deaths should not be politicized.

Source: Reuters BEIRUT, April 27 (Reuters) - Lebanese mourners held a funeral on Friday for two Sunni Muslims slain this week in an attack linked to sectarian tensions but leaders called for calm and said their ...

Israel's military on Friday denied claims by the Lebanese army that an Israeli patrol had crossed into southern Lebanon one day earlier.

JERUSALEM - Israel Friday denied claims by the Lebanese army that an Israeli military patrol had crossed the day before into southern Lebanon, a military spokesman in Tel Aviv said.

UNITED NATIONS (AP)--Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed concern that U.N. efforts have so far failed to get Lebanon to approve an international tribunal to prosecute suspects in the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.

Lebanon, UAE to share telecom expertise

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says he asked the Syrian president to promote Lebanese dialogue as Syria tries to deflect criticism of its role in Lebanon.

Lebanese police have found the bodies of a 25-year-old Sunni Muslim government supporter and a 12-year-old boy who had been abducted earlier this week. The two corpses were discovered north of the port city of Sidon.

It's a Friday night at St. Joseph's Church just off Monnot Street. The church is packed to the gunnels with folks who've come to listen to a bit of classical music, performed by the Lebanese National Symphony Orchestra (LNSO) under the baton of Harout Fazlian.

In wide-ranging remarks during a lecture at the American University of Beirut on Thursday, veteran British journalist Robert Fisk sharply criticized US policy in Iraq, analyzed shortcomings in Western journalism on the Middle East and reflected on the state of politics in the region, saying he was "distressed" by what he called.

The bodies of two Lebanese youths who went missing earlier this week were found late Thursday, dumped near a road south of Beirut in an incident that shook the country and sparked fears of renewed sectarian violence. The bodies of Ziad Qabalan, 25, and Ziad Ghandour, 12, were found in Jadra, between the capital and Sidon.

Army troops fanned out through a Beirut neighborhood Thursday, after the lifeless bodies of a Lebanese man and a boy feared kidnapped earlier this week were discovered dumped near a road in the country's south.

Many of Lebanon's downtown merchants have extended their hours to 8 p.m. on Fridays. They're hoping the summer hours will attract local shoppers who might head out of town for weekend entertainment.

The government said Thursday that Syria's ruling coalition took an overwhelming majority of seats in parliamentary elections that were boycotted by the opposition as a farce.

Source: Reuters (Adds background) BEIRUT, April 26 (Reuters) - Lebanese police found on Thursday the bodies of a Sunni Muslim government supporter and a 12-year-old boy whose abduction earlier this week was linked ...

The political future of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, implicated in a series of corruption probes, hung in the balance on Thursday ahead of a report on last year's war against Hezbollah.

Lebanon: The American University of Beirut is holding its Annual Job Fair 2007 at the AUB Campus on Thursday May 3rd from 12 noon until 7pm and on Friday May 4th from 11am to 6 pm. [AMEInfo.com]

The mysterious disappearance of two youths affiliated with Lebanese Druze leader Walid Jumblatt's Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) raised tension in strife-ridden Lebanon and sparked rumors of violence.

LEBANON ? Tightening the bolts on a lamp post over Kees Street west of Lebanon early Wednesday morning, Consumers Power lineman Steve Vaughan mounted one more radio transmitter in the citywide wireless fidelity system.

Hilary Artz answered the bell last night for Elco to keep her team within striking distance for a Lancaster-Lebanon League Section III girls' soccer title.

Presidential elections in Lebanon have taken center stage in the country's political deadlock, as pro-government members of parliament (MPs) weighed their next step to ensure the formation of a tribunal to try suspects in the assassination of ex-Premier Rafik Hariri.

Lebanese banks are capable of growth despite the current political crisis thanks to healthy assets and a regional expansion policy adopted more than four years ago, Joseph Torbey, president of the Union of Arab Banks (UAB), said on Wednesday. But Torbey, who disclosed results for Arab banks in 2006.

"You can actually sit on them," says artist Ziad Abillama, pacing through the cavernous exhibition hall at Art Lounge, as an expression of child-like wonder crosses his face. Abillama's latest show in Beirut is called "Frustrating Chairs," and true to its title it features 12 designs - both unique pieces and limited editions.

"The environment of Beirut shocked me. I wasn't used to all the attention of politics. Some didn't talk to a girl because she wore a veil because they're afraid of others. People have an idea of the other and they don't want to change that," said Diala Makroos, 25, a Christian from a tiny village outside of Marjayoun.

Macedonia will take part in the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), which marks the country's first-ever participation in UN-led peacekeeping mission. Macedonian Defense Minister Lazar Elenovski announced the decision, endorsed by the government at Tuesday's session, Makfax reporter said. Minister Elenovski said.

Dave Roberts LEBANON It was a rough weekend for the Waynesville High School baseball team, as the Tigers went 0-3 in the Lebanon Central Bank Tournament.

Brands Hatch Preview: Team Lebanon

Israel's war in Lebanon was far more protracted than planned, a top Israeli general said on Wednesday, raising questions over the relevance of an imminent commission of inquiry report about the conflict's first stage.

Seventeen years after the end of Lebanon's civil war, history textbooks in schools still do not tackle the controversial strife which continues to blight political life in a country where the past is ever-present.

In a statement, the Lebanese army said Israeli fighter jets and MK UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) flew over southern Lebanon on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

The Lebanon Sprint Triathlon will take place May 19 at the Lebanon Community Pool, 1800 S. 5th St. The triathlon includes a 500-yard swim, 12.5-mile bike ride and 3.1-mile run. Heats begin at 8 a.m.

Lebanese pro-government legislators called again on parliament Speaker Nabih Berri to convene the parliament session to ratify an international tribunal on ex-Premier Rafik Hariri's murder, The Daily Star reported on Wednesday.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - A US military project to wall off a mainly Sunni Arab enclave in Baghdad evokes images of Israel's West Bank barrier for many Iraqis who believe the plan will widen sectarian rifts tearing their capital asunder.

Lebanon: Since the inauguration of the first Professional Computer Association of Lebanon Information and Communication Technology Academy (PICTA) in September 2006, seven other centres have opened in Lebanon, all as part of a larger humanitarian effort called 'Partnership for Lebanon.' [AMEInfo.com]

Source: Reuters By Alistair Lyon, Special Correspondent BEIRUT, April 25 (Reuters) - A U.S. military project to wall off a mainly Sunni Arab enclave in Baghdad evokes images of Israel's West Bank barrier for many ...

BEIRUT -- Seventeen years after the end of Lebanon's civil war, history textbooks in schools still do not tackle the controversial strife which continues to blight political life in a country where the past is ever-present.

The Lebanon Pioneers rallied from a 4-1 deficit to win their fifth consecutive game, taking a 13-4 win over Rural Retreat at Pioneer Park on Tuesday. To say the Pioneers were worried down by three runs with threatening weather would be an understatement.

A consortium of U.S. companies known as the Partnership for Lebanon is helping to provide Lebanese communities and medical facilities with much-needed access to Internet communication and services, according to members of the group. Building ?connected communities? with full access to Internet-based government and social services in Lebanese villages and towns, developing information ...

Former Sudanese Prime Minister Sadiq al-Mahdi urged the Lebanese late Monday to seek compromises on a roster of issues defining the country's political divide, saying that leaders must strive to turn "the current suspended civil war into national consensus."

Australian cleric Taj al-Din al-Hilali has launched an inquiry into how he distributed money raised in Australia across Lebanon after the summer 2006 war but not without much criticism from other Muslim leaders, The Australian newspaper said on Tuesday.

UN chief Ban Ki-moon urged Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Tuesday to press all sides in Lebanon to accept an international trial of Lebanese ex-premier Rafiq Hariri's suspected assassins.

Syria told the United Nations on Tuesday rival Lebanese leaders must agree on an international court to try suspects in high-level political killings in Lebanon.

The United States denounced the jailing Tuesday of Syrian human rights activist Anwar Bunni as a "sad commentary" on the state of political freedom under the regime of President Bashar al-Assad.

ISLAMABAD: The government on Tuesday announced appointment of Nawabzada Amin Ullah Khan Raisani as Ambassador of Pakistan to Lebanon.

DAMASCUS (AP)--U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon came to Syria on Tuesday for tough talks with its president on two Lebanese issues -support for an international court to try the killers of Rafik Hariri and preventing arms smuggling to Hezbollah.

Twenty-one overseas Filipino workers have arrived from Lebanon in addition to 108 other OFWs who were greeted by President Arroyo at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Tuesday, the Department of Foreign Affairs said.

DAMASCUS (AP)--U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon came to Syria Tuesday for tough talks with its president on two Lebanese issues - support for an international court to try the killers of Rafik Hariri and preventing arms smuggling to Hezbollah.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday paid his first visit to Syria for talks with President Bashar al-Assad on Lebanon and Middle East peace efforts.

The visiting Lebanon's former interior minister Suleiman Franjieh said that his visit to Iran under such difficult conditions aimed to prove to the world that his country is standing next to Iran.

A Lebanese soldier was killed Monday when three gunmen opened fire at a checkpoint on the entrance to a Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon, a Lebanese army communique said.

Egypt will supply Lebanon with natural gas through the unified Arab natural-gas pipeline, Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif said Monday. The official Middle East News Agency reported that in a meeting between Nazif and visiting Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Sin

A Lebanese bank is making it offering a new line of loans for people who want cosmetic improvements. Clients can borrow up to $5,000 to cover plastic surgery, orthodontic procedures and other nips and tucks. So far, the bank has received more than 200 phone calls a day about the loan.

The ?small steps? made last week in Damascus by Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Saltanov and in Beirut by the UN envoy, Nicolas Michel, went in that direction, through the adoption, under the provisions of Chapter VII of the UN Charter, of a tribunal of international character to judge the assassins of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri on February 14, 2005.

The American University of Beirut's Alumni Association (AAC) said Monday that it represented AUB graduates "from all over the world and from all nationalities and ethnicities." The AAC said that while it thanked AUB's Board of Trustees for considering it as part of the new alumni association the board is in the process of instituting.

Dr. Pierre Daccache, MP (independent) of Baabda-Aley, considers that Lebanon has not reached the point of no return, nor has he lost hope of finding a solution to the political crisis.

Iran - Lebanon - Larijani The visiting Lebanon's former interior minister Suleiman Franjieh said that his visit to Tehran under such difficult conditions aimed to prove to the world that his country is standing next to Iran.

Iran - Lebanon - Stability Majlis Speaker Gholam Ali Haddad Adel said here on Monday that the Islamic Republic of Iran has no intention of interfering in Lebanon internal affairs and seeks a united, cohesive and stable Lebanon.

CAIRO (AP)--Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Saniora took his campaign for a tribunal for the killers of Rafik Hariri to Egypt Monday, holding talks with its president days after the U.N. indicated it was unwilling to appoint such a court without all-party agreement.

JERUSALEM Last summer's war between Israeli soldiers and Lebanese guerrillas is adding poignancy to Israel's Memorial Day commemorations. Acting President Dalia Itzik addressed bereaved families at the opening ceremony last night at the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem.

A Palestinian taxi driver was shot and critically wounded and a bomb exploded Monday in a southern Lebanese refugee camp notorious for lawlessness, Lebanese security officials said.

LEBANON, Mo. ' In Saturday's championship match of the Lebanon Invitational, the Soccer Lady Lakers came back to tie the Lady Yellowjackets at 2 with two goals in a five-minute span of the second half.

HH THE Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani held a round of official talks at his Emiri Diwan office yesterday with visiting Lebanese President Emile Lahoud.

JERUSALEM (AP) - Long before he was killed by a Hezbollah missile in Lebanon, Nimrod Segev wrote a poem entitled, "You're a person who died not long ago."

Victims represent five continents, with homelands as diverse as Egypt, Israel, Peru and India.

Lebanon High School will be in a new district for the 2007-08 school year. The Pioneers will also have a new boys basketball coach. Thad Lambert was recently hired to take over the Lebanon program.

They were families who had made it. A man who escaped communist China by walking into Vietnam, then, four decades later, who moved his wife and 10 children to Virginia. A family proud of its magna cum laude graduate. A couple whose 1982 wedding in Lebanon coincided with an Israeli attack on Beirut,...

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Cairo: Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Sunday he had asked for an end to construction work on a wall which would separate a mainly Sunni Muslim part of Baghdad from nearby Shi'ite areas.

Presidential elections in Lebanon have taken center stage in the country's political deadlock, as pro-government MPs weighed their next step to ensure that a tribunal to try suspects in the slaying of former Premier Rafik Hariri is formed. A government source told the Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International television station.

Hundreds of French nationals in Lebanon cast ballots on Sunday in the first round of voting for the French presidential elections. In Beirut, hundreds of French nationals waited in line outside their embassy, where French Ambassador Bernard Emie had cast his vote. In Sidon, hundreds flocked to the French Cultural Center.

CEDAR FALLS --- Three generations of Lebanese gathered at Dr. Bilal Kaaki's home last weekend while Kaaki grilled hamburgers and chicken on a Texas-sized grill.

Restaurant review The new Leb an ese Tav erna makes a great first im pression. The "tav erna" in the name, the eth nic cui sine, and the fact that it's part of a local chain could lead you to be lieve it might have good food but not much style.

?This used to be a key shopping market for all of north Lebanon. I used to sell around US $4,000-worth of goods every day,? said the Palestinian refugee who is a father of six.

Source: IRIN NAHR AL-BARED, 22 April 2007 (IRIN) - Since Hamas came to power in the Palestinian territories in January 2006, a Western boycott of the Hamas-led government has caused refugee camps in Lebanon to suffer their worst financial crisis for many years. An internal security crisis has further compounded an already fragile economy and put more pressure on a society suffering from mass ...

BEIRUT: The UN will push through an international court to try suspects in the murder of former Lebanese premier Rafik al-Hariri if the political deadlock in Beirut continues, the UN?s top legal adviser warned in comments published yesterday.

The Lebanese cabinet has authorized Premier Fouad Seniora to send another letter to the UN asking for the establishment of an international tribunal on ex- Premier Rafik Hariri's killing, An Nahar daily reported Saturday.

A model shows a dress from the Spring-Summer 2007 fashion collection by Lebanese designer Nada al-Awar in Beirut. @AFP This picture has been viewed 4 times this month and overall 0 times (excluding this month).

The United Nations will push through an international court to try suspects in the murder of former Lebanese premier Rafiq Hariri if the political deadlock in Beirut continues, the UN's top legal adviser warned in comments published Saturday.

A look at important members of President Bush's new management team for the Iraq war:

Iran - Lebanon - Mostafavi Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Mehdi Mostafavi said Saturday that Tehran is ready to share expertise with Beirut during Lebanon's reconstruction era.

Asia News UN - LEBANON UN insists: an inquest into the Hariri case, vital for dialogue LEBANON SYRIA UN BAN KI MOON RAFIK HARIRI TRIBUNAL INQUEST DAMASCUS ASSAD Nicolas Michel, chief UN legal advisor has met with Lebanon?s political leaders, reminding them that the prompt ratification of the treaty for the creation of the tribunal to resolve the 2005 murder of former premier Hariri, is necessary.

Lebanon: Lebanon's business community and its trade unions have urged the country's politicians to observe a 100 day truce in order to help boost the economy, reported the Daily Star. An announcement to this end is expected to be made on Monday by the Economic Committee and the General Trade Federation. It is expected bankers, merchants' associations and industrialists will attend the press conference. [AMEInfo.com]

BEIRUT: The UN?s top legal adviser yesterday called for a return to dialogue in divided Lebanon and for the prompt creation of the tribunal to resolve the 2005 murder of former premier Rafik al-Hariri.

A UN envoy has signalled that the world body was not yet ready to impose an international tribunal in the assassination of a former Lebanese prime minister, but would prefer the country's rival factions agree on the court.

French President Jacques Chirac is set on starting a new bout of civil fighting in Lebanon. For months, his ambassador to Lebanon, Bernard Emi has been pumping steroids into the muscles of the US supported Lebanese Government.

A LEBANESE bank is offering loans to finance plastic surgery to meet growing demand from people seeking to improve their looks.

Lebanese-Americans and others are gathering in Berkley tonight for a special memorial service in memory of two Lebanese students who were among the 32 victims killed at Virginia Tech this week.

Student representatives of the Lebanese Forces won 16 out of 20 seats in student elections held at the Lebanese University on Friday, beating out rival candidates from the Free Patriotic Movement. Votes were cast Friday at the Faculty of Engineering despite a recent controversy surrounding the elections.

Lebanese filmmakers Nadine Labaki and Danielle Arbid have just been selected for the Directors' Fortnight section of the venerable Cannes Film Festival. Labaki and Arbid earned their enviable slots for the films "Caramel" and "Un Homme Perdue," respectively. The annual event, now in its 60th year, opens May 16 and runs through May 27.

A Cabinet session held late Friday discussed the possibility of sending a second petition to the UN Security Council to form an international tribunal to try those accused of the February 2005 assassination of former Premier Rafik Hariri. The session was headed by Premier Fouad Siniora, who briefed ministers on the visit to Lebanon.

BEIRUT (AFP) - Dissident former MP Maamun Homsi, who fled into exile in Lebanon earlier this year, called on Syrians on Friday to boycott this weekend's parliamentary elections which he dubbed "illegimate."

BEIRUT (AFP) - The UN's top legal adviser on Friday called for a return to dialogue in divided Lebanon and for the prompt creation of the tribunal to resolve the 2005 murder of former premier Rafiq Hariri.

Looking good is part of Lebanese culture, so a bank is now offering to help with beautification surgery.

The UN's top legal adviser on Friday called for a return to dialogue in divided Lebanon and for the prompt creation of the tribunal to resolve the 2005 murder of former premier Rafiq Hariri.

Intel Corp. Chairman Craig Barrett came to Lebanon this week to promote the idea of communication, connectivity and e-government to a country in the grip of a political and economic crisis that, for many, has rendered such buzzwords largely irrelevant....

Lebanese Premier Fouad Seniora Thursday met with visiting Belgian Crown Prince Philippe on the situation in Lebanon and the role of the Belgian troops in the south, Lebanon's Naharnet news website reported on Friday.

A Tennessee Valley Veterans Administration administrator will be the interim director of Lebanon VA Medical Center starting April 29, VA director Terry Gerigk Wolf announced.

The United Nations Legal Counsel Nicolas Michel has held talks with Lebanon?s key Government and parliamentary leaders as he continues his visit to try to help the country?s political forces end their impasse and establish a tribunal to try the alleged killers of former prime minister Rafik Hariri.

Dave Roberts LEBANON The Lebanon Yellow Jackets didn?t see this one coming.

Israel's Lebanon war investigative commission won court approval on Thursday to delay publication of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's testimony until after the release of its interim findings later this month.

A Lebanese bank is offering loans to finance plastic surgery to meet growing demand from people seeking to improve their looks.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - A Lebanese bank is offering loans to finance plastic surgery to meet growing demand from people seeking to improve their looks.

Source: Reuters By Alistair Lyon, Special Correspondent BEIRUT, April 19 (Reuters) - A renewed Arab offer of peace with Israel if it returns occupied land has won mild interest from Israelis and their U.S. allies, ...

BEIRUT (AFP) - Lebanon's leading opposition party Hezbollah will not give to a UN envoy proposed changes it wants made to a court to try suspects in the murder of former premier Rafiq Hariri, newspapers said on Thursday.

Two men looking for $3,500 owed to them took a Mt. Lebanon man from his home at gunpoint, drove him around and then shot him three times early Wednesday, Pittsburgh police said.

The United Nations' top legal envoy faces a tough challenge this week: forging a last-ditch agreement among feuding Lebanese to form an international criminal tribunal.

Nationally-ranked Oakland improved to 29-1 and 9-1 in District 7-AAA with a 9-3 win over visiting Lebanon Wednesday. Scott Ward hit his first home run of the season and MTSU-bound Tyler Burnett improved to 6-1 on the mound.

Beirut, April 19 (DPA) The sound of crying could be heard outside the door of Georgette and Suheil Semaha in Beirut as they heard that one of the victims in the Virginia Polytechnic Institute shooting was their grandchild Reema.

Lebanon: Lebanese mountaineer Max Chaya's successful ascent of Everest involved the harrowing experience of watching another climber die. Max, whose climb is featured in a Discovery Channel series, talks about the challenges of the world's highest mountain and whether it is worth dying for. [AMEInfo.com]

With the population of Lebanon on the rise, the town is outgrowing its sports facilities. Recently, city officials thought they had the problem solved, until Mother Nature threw them an expensive curveball.

Blog-driven indie rock sensation Beirut is putting the final touches on the follow-up to 2006's "Gulag Orkestar," tentatively due in September. Twelve songs are being eyed to make the final cut for the as-yet-untitled set.

Young Lebanese citizens will have a chance to debate major issues with their counterparts from the European Union and other Mediterranean countries at the first Euro-Mediterranean Youth Parliament (EMYP). The EMYP, which will be held in Berlin between May 26 and June 3, will gather 102 young attendees from.

The London-based Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) said Wednesday that Lebanon's economy may experience some growth this year thanks to the massive economic and financial packages pledged by the donor states. But the prestigious research center did not conceal its fear that a worsening political crisis could derail.

Source: Reuters By Evelyn Leopold UNITED NATIONS, April 18 (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council has authorized a mission to check on reports of arms smuggling from Syria to Lebanon, which Britain said on Wednesday ...

A "stalled" situation in Lebanon is hampering efforts to check arms smuggling across the border with Syria, Italian Foreign Minister Massimo D'Alema said Wednesday.

?The border between Lebanon and Syria remains highly porous,? assistant secretary of state David Welch told a Congressional panel Wednesday, April 18.

RIYADH, April 18 (RIA Novosti) - The radical Islamist group Hezbollah has accused the government of Lebanon of appeasing Israel and facilitating U.S. plans to control the Middle East, an influential Lebanese newspaper reported Wednesday.

About two weeks ago, Harold Bradley of Lebanon received a letter in the mail that proposed he help with a financial transaction. The letter was a scam, and Bradley wants others to be aware about it.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Any U.N. Security Council move to impose a special tribunal on Lebanon to try suspects in the killings of Rafik al-Hariri and others could plunge the country into strife, Hezbollah told a senior U.N. official on Wednesday.

Lebanon's worst political crisis since the 1975-90 civil war is undermining U.N. peacekeeping objectives like disarming Hezbollah militias and tightening borders, Italy told the U.N.'s secretary-general on Wednesday.

The UN's top legal adviser on Wednesday met Lebanese officials to try to unblock months of political paralysis preventing the creation of an international court to resolve the 2005 murder of former premier Rafiq Hariri.

BEIRUT -- A Beirut court Wednesday adjourned until next month a hearing for six Lebanese accused of plotting to bomb trains in Germany last July after the defense requested more time.

A Beirut court on Wednesday adjourned until next month a hearing for six Lebanese accused of plotting to bomb trains in Germany last July after the defence requested more time.

Jocelyne Saab uses art to make statement against violence in native Lebanon, conflicts everywhere.

BEIRUT, Lebanon----Following the announcement of a collaborative effort with other corporations to help revitalize Lebanon, Intel Chairman Craig Barrett today dedicated new projects to improve education, healthcare and computer access to the Internet for its citizens.

UNITED NATIONS - The U.N. Security Council expressed "serious concern" at mounting reports of weapons being smuggled from Syria to Lebanon and authorized an independent mission to evaluate monitoring of the border between the two countries.

After Israeli bombs punched holes through bridges and roads across Lebanon during a month-long war last year, Jocelyne Saab set out to rebuild them -- through art.

The Lebanon-based retail giant ABC Group is expanding across the region as it outgrows local markets, The Daily Star reported. The group has already opened a $6m store in Bahrain's Seef mall and is planning a 45,000 sqft outlet in Amman.

Lebanon baseball coach Doc Adams earned the 300th victory of his career Tuesday afternoon as the Pioneers collected a 2-0 Hogoheegee District baseball win over George Wythe.

UN Undersecretary General for Legal Affairs Nicholas Michel on Tuesday said an international tribunal into killing of Lebanese ex-Premier Rafik Hariri would be set up and called on divided Lebanese leaders to approve the court.

Lebanon's Hezbollah group on Tuesday accused the Lebanese March 14 majority coalition of seeking to "normalize" relations with Israel and backing an alleged scheme to create a U.S.-controlled Middle East.

Yusuf Shibl, associate professor of managerial economics at the American University of Beirut (AUB), died of a heart attack on Monday at his home in Beirut at the age of 73. "I am unspeakably saddened to have to announce the sudden death of Professor Shibl, who was for many years one of the pillars of business education in Lebanon.

French presidential candidate Nicolas Sarkozy met with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Tuesday and pledged to secure the sovereignty of Lebanon. "I would guarantee the security of Israel, but I also want a homeland for the Palestinians, a state for the Palestinians. I want independence for Lebanon.

Lebanon will seek reparations from Israel for damages caused during the summer 2006 war, Finance Minister Jihad Azour said on Monday. Speaking at Johns Hopkins University, Azour declined to say which court or international tribunal Lebanon would petition, maintaining that the case is still being prepared.

The vice president of the Higher Shiite Council, Sheikh Abdel-Amir Qabalan, called Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Butros Sfeir on Tuesday to discuss recent developments in the country. Sfeir and Qabalan stressed the need to strengthen national unity and promote coexistence among the Lebanese.

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Sultanov expressed reservations during a visit to Lebanon Tuesday about establishing an international tribunal for Lebanon under Chapter 7 of the UN Charter, saying the move could create further instability. Sultanov called on the Lebanese to depend on themselves, and not the UN Security Council.

An extension of Syrian Army bases near the border with Lebanon could not be approved due to a difference in Lebanese and Syrian maps, the Central News Agency (CNA) reported on Tuesday, quoting a military source. "Investigations conducted by the Independent International Investigation Commission have highlighted.

Reema Samaha, a Lebanese-American student, was among 32 people killed Monday during the worst mass shooting in American history. Samaha, 19, a freshman at Virginia Tech University from Centreville, Virginia, was attending French class when the shooter, identified as 23-year-old Cho Seung-Hui.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - A senior U.N. official on Tuesday vowed that an international tribunal into a series of political killings in Lebanon would be set up and it was time for divided Lebanese leaders to approve the court.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - A senior U.N. official on Tuesday vowed that an international tribunal into a series of political killings in Lebanon would be set up and it was time for divided Lebanese leaders to approve the court.

?All Lebanese politicians, whether in the parliamentary majority or in the opposition, are against any return to civil war?, said MP Alaeddin Terro, of the Democratic Gathering, led by MP Walid Jumblatt.

BEIRUT (AFP) - The top UN legal adviser said on Tuesday the time has come to draw up the framework for the disputed international court for the murder of former premier Rafiq Hariri.

'Beirut building' meeting now May 7

Iran - Lebanon - Berri Iran's Ambassador to Lebanon discussed the the latest political situation as well as regional and international developments with the country's Speaker of Parliament on Tuesday.

BEIRUT (AP)--A Russian and a U.N. envoy were involved Tuesday in what may be a last-ditch attempt to win approval from Lebanon's opposing camps for an international tribunal in the killing of a former prime minister - a divisive issue that has threatened the country's stability.

Lebanon: A new community center that will provide job training, education and technology skills to Lebanon's youth officially opened in Bourj Al Barajneh today. [AMEInfo.com]

Casper & Gambini's Lebanese-based restaurant- caf chain is pursuing the legendary expansion with the opening of its newest outlet located in Dubai Festival City, United Arab Emirates.

BEIRUT - UN legal adviser Nicolas Michel is due in Beirut on Tuesday for talks aimed at persuading Lebanon?s opposition to accept the launch of an international tribunal to try suspects in former premier Rafiq Hariri?s murder.

Lebanon Supervisor James Goldstein said he thought there was something wrong in the town clerk?s office in the summer of 2005. He said he didn?t think it was a money problem,

LEBANON - The Mayor?s Prayer Breakfast will be at 7 a.m. Tuesday at Our Saviour?s Lutheran Church, 3111 S. Main St., in Lebanon. The guest speaker will be Gary Ferngren, Ph.D., who was a professor for the Oregon State University History Department for 37 years.

Source: Reuters By Sujata Rao WASHINGTON, April 16 (Reuters) - Lebanon is preparing to go to an international tribunal to seek reparations from Israel for damage caused during last year's month-long war, the ...

WASHINGTON: Lebanon is preparing to go to an international tribunal to seek reparations from Israel for damage caused during last year's month-long war, the country's finance minister Jihad Azour has said.

A top political adviser to Hizbullah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said on Monday that the resistance group "firmly opposes the supervision of the Syrian-Lebanese border," adding that in any case such monitoring would not leave the resistance "short of weapons." "Hizbullah has enough weapons to defend Lebanon against Israeli aggression.

The Daily Star that with the dollar hitting a 2007 low of more than $1.35 to the euro on Monday.

As anyone who has traveled in a car through the diesel-fumed streets of the capital can surely attest, in Lebanon there are no rules of the road, at least none that are observed.Beirutis regard traffic lights as mere suggestions and cars routinely speed through red lights and careen in the wrong direction down one-way streets.

A member of a European Parliament delegation currently visiting Lebanon said on Monday that presidential elections in the country should be held on time. "President Emile Lahoud's mandate will end next fall and nothing should prevent the occurrence of presidential elections," French MP Beatrice Patrie said.

Beirut, April 16 (DPA) Journalists protested Monday in Beirut against the kidnapping of Alan Johnston, the BBC reporter kidnapped in the Gaza Strip.

BEIRUT - Journalists protested Monday in Beirut against the kidnapping of Alan Johnston, the BBC reporter kidnapped in the Gaza Strip. Dozens of journalists, Lebanese and foreign, gathered in front the Lebanese press syndicate, carrying pictures of Johnston, calling for his immediate release.

BEIRUT, Lebanon, April 16, 2007 (UPI) -- A senior political adviser to Lebanon's Hezbollah militant group said Monday the group is sufficiently armed to defend the entire country.

Palestinian officials said on Monday there was still no confirmation of a claim by an Islamic group that it had killed kidnapped BBC journalist Alan Johnston in Gaza, as his parents said they were "desperately" worried.

Alan Johnston's parents say they are desperately worried after claims the BBC reporter has been killed.

LEBANON ? After months of weighing the options, the City Council Wednesday night voted 5-1 in favor of demolishing the unused Lebanon Middle School and Santiam School gymnasiums as part of the development process for the new police and library buildings.

Two Israeli warplanes on Sunday flew across the skies over northern Lebanon, violating the Lebanese air space, military sources said.

Prominent Lebanese singer Najwa Karam?s most recent concert in Doha Qatar has witnessed extraordinary success with a very large crowd of fans. Prominent Lebanese singer Milhim Barakat sang along Najwa at the concert, which was part of the Doha Cultural festival.

A delegation from the European Parliament wrapped up a three-day tour of Lebanon on Sunday, urging Lebanese politicians and their constituents to come together in supporting democratic institutions, and voicing its regret over the paralysis of the Lebanese Parliament."We are leaving Lebanon feeling optimistic because.

The Saudi king on Saturday urged sects and factions within Lebanon to resort to "dialogue and understanding" to resolve their disputes and warned against stirring sectarian tensions in the region. In his annual address to the unelected Consultative Council, King Abdullah bin Abdel-Aziz also warned that Iran's nuclear program.

Minimizing external influences remains a major obstacle to establishing a stable democracy within Lebanon, a panel at the American University of Beirut concurred on Friday. "Lebanon is still a regional lighthouse of democratic practices. Nonetheless it is exposed to a host of adverse affects," said.

The Lebanese chapter of the English Speaking Union (ESU) held its seventh public speaking competition national finals at Beirut Arab University on Saturday. The event started off with a speech by Olga Mattar, dean of arts at the school. "Although Beirut Arab University is familiar with the competition since it first started.

A photographer for The Blade who digitally changed a front-page photo of an Ohio baseball team also altered 57 other pictures that were published in the newspaper or on its Web site this year, the newspaper said Sunday.

A 36-year-old Lebanon man was seriously injured early Saturday when his car went off the road, struck a culvert, went airborne and rolled several times, according to a report from the Missouri Highway Patrol.

Through attorney Ed Schultz, Ron and Sandra Whitelaw of Lebanon have filed a lawsuit against the state over a Measure 37 claim on their Bellinger Road property.

LEBANON ? The Lebanon City Council has voted 5-1 to allocate an extra $6,600 to the Lebanon Area Chamber of Commerce to help support Weyerhaeuser?s Star-Spangled Celebration near Cheadle Lake on the Fourth of July.

JEDDAH ? The Prince Fahd bin Sultan University (PFSU), and the American University of Beirut (AUB) have signed an agreement.

A boy smokes a cigarette, another holds a Kalashnikov, mud and garbage everywhere. These are the pictures of everyday life as shot by children in Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon.

The Palestine Liberation Organisation has adopted measures to "isolate" Fatah al-Islam, an Islamist grouping blamed for deadly bombings in Lebanon, the PLO representative in Beirut said.

A 36-year-old Lebanon man was seriously injured early today when his 1996 Cadillac went off the road, struck a culvert, went airborne and rolled several times before coming to rest on a fence, according to a report from the Missouri Highway Patrol. Scott A. Wright, who was thrown from the car, was taken to St. John's Hospital in Lebanon with injuries the patrol described as serious. The accident ...

The UN chief Ban Ki-moon said he would send Nicholas Michel, the undersecretary-general for legal affairs, to Beirut next week in an attempt to ?clarify all concerns or apprehensions one may have on these issues (the Hariri tribunal).?

"Two Rooms," by playwright Lee Blessing, details the ordeal of an American man held hostage in Beirut for more than three years and his wife, with all of the horror and excruciating pain this meant for both.

Shababeek, a unique contemporary Lebanese restaurant was opened up to the public on Thursday 12 April at Qanat Al Qasba.

LEBANON -- Lebanon is well-known for its green pastures and its role in the Revolutionary War. It intends to keep it that way, by going against the trend other towns have found hard to resist: Inviting commercial development to lower taxes.

BEIRUT, Lebanon - The bullet-scarred bus sat rusting in the spring rain, on display for all to see what triggered Lebanon's 15-year civil war.

BEIRUT: Lebanon yesterday marked an anniversary it would prefer to forget. Once again mired in the politics of confrontation, and still reeling from last year?s Israeli onslaught, the country is commemorating 32 years since the start of its 15-year civil war.

Investment firm Merrill Lynch has adjusted its recommendation on Lebanon's sovereign debt to 'underweight' from 'overweight', according to the Dow Jones newswires.

BEIRUT - The Palestine Liberation Organisation has adopted measures to ?isolate? Fatah Al Islam, an Islamist grouping blamed for deadly bombings in Lebanon, the PLO representative in Beirut said.

(RTTNews) - Friday, the U.N secretary general Ban Ki-moon said he would send the legal chief to Lebanon next week, to seek support for an international tribunal.

The third annual Modified Madness at Lebanon Midway Speedway has been rescheduled for April 27-28 with the winner claiming $6,000 in the 50-lap event. Friday night will feature the Super Stocks and Bombers with full shows. Saturday night it's the 305 Winged Sprint Cars paying $500 to win and $100 to start. The track also is looking at another class to run that evening. Gates open at 5 p.m. Friday ...

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced Friday he would send the U.N. legal chief to Lebanon next week to seek approval for an international tribunal to prosecute suspects in the assassination of a former prime minister.

Jocelyne Khoweiry was 20 years old when she first carried arms during the 1975-1990 civil war.

The leader of the Shi'ite militant group Hezbollah says Lebanese leaders have failed to resolve the country's political crisis through dialogue. Speaking Sunday Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah called for a public referendum or early parliamentary elections as a way for the country to move forward.

Lebanon will not be driven back to civil war. That is the solemn oath taken by activists displaying for the first time the rusty bus on which a 1975 massacre sparked the country's 15-year strife.

Civil war still haunts Lebanon 32 years later as divided Lebanese fear plunging back into violence.

Rival Druze supporters clashed in a mountainous village east of Beirut on Friday, wounding two, security sources said. On the 32nd anniversary of the start of Lebanon's 1975-1990 Civil War, a firefight erupted between followers of anti-Syrian leader Walid Jumblatt and pro-Damascus former minister Wi'am Wahhab in the village.

UNITED NATIONS ?As Syria ramps up an effort to break itself out of diplomatic isolation, top Lebanese politicians are seeking a Security Council directive to end Syria's influence on Lebanese politics. An American businessman of Syrian descent, who still has close ties to Damascus, visited Jerusalem yesterday in an attempt to renew diplomatic negotiations between Israel and Syria. Syria has ...

Imagine, for a moment, Osama bin Laden assessing his position. He spent his youth enjoying the good life in Beirut (then the "Paris of the East"), cars, women, booze, partying. On a pilgrimage to Mecca, he became a radical Muslim, returning home to Saudi Arabia repulsed by the hypocrisy of the royal family. Expelled from Saudi Arabia to the Sudan , he built a following and a financial ...

LEBANON ? Voters? choices this May for the Lebanon School Board likely will determine the school district?s next superintendent and the internal organization of Lebanon High School.

Hizbullah said Friday that in order to avoid "a chaotic Lebanon" the United Nations should remain at an equal distance from all political players and avoid interfering in the country's internal affairs. The advisory came two days after the Lebanese government sent the UN Security Council a second request to consider alternative.

UN chief Ban Ki-moon said Friday he was sending his top legal adviser to Lebanon to help set up a proposed international court to try suspects in the murder of ex-premier Rafiq Hariri.

The bullet-scarred bus sat rusting in the spring rain, on display for all to see what triggered Lebanon's 15-year civil war.

Lebanon: Kingston Technology, the independent world leader in memory products, has recently introduced the Kingston DataTraveler Mini with Migo. [AMEInfo.com]

Shanghai Preview: Team Lebanon

BEIRUT: The trial of six Lebanese accused of plotting to bomb trains in Germany last July opened in Beirut yesterday, but was swiftly adjourned after warrants were issued for two being tried in absentia.

BEIRUT, Lebanon, 5:45 p.m. April 11 (AP): Prime Minister Fuad Saniora has asked the U.N. Security Council to install an international tribunal to try suspects in the assassination of former premier Rafik Hariri.

BEIRUT, Lebanon -- Prime Minister Fuad Saniora has asked the U.N. Security Council to install an international tribunal to try suspects in the assassination of former premier Rafik Hariri.

BEIRUT, 12 April 2007 ? Authorities in Lebanon arrested two men in relation to the murder of a Saudi woman a month ago. Police say they are still looking for a third man, who was also involved in the murder, Al-Watan newspaper reported.

A senior Russian legislator warned Lebanon's opposition Wednesday that its "forceful, shortsighted approach" would cause the UN Security Council to establish an international tribunal to try suspects in the assassination of former Premier Rafik Hariri unilaterally. Mikhail Margelov, chairman of the Foreign.

Four Lebanese charged with planning to bomb commuter trains in Germany in July 2006 made their first appearances in a Beirut courtroom on Wednesday. Warrants were issued for two other defendants being tried in absentia. Jihad Hamad, 22, Khaled al-Hajj Dib, 19, Ayman Hawwa, 22, and Khalil Bubo, 23, are in custody and were in court.

Orthodox Patriarch Ignatius IV Hazim of Antioch and the East made a stop at Rafik Hariri International Airport on Wednesday after flying from Damascus. After a one-hour break at the airport, Hazim headed to London aboard a private jet belonging to former Deputy Prime Minister Issam Fares.

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP)--Prime Minister Fuad Saniora has formally asked the U.N. Security Council to impose an international tribunal to try suspects in the assassination of former premier Rafik Hariri.

FREDERICKSBURG ? The Northern Lebanon school board last night tentatively approved a new course that would bring the Bible into the high school as a history book.

Lebanon veterinarians have been busier than usual recently due to the national recalls of pet food. Nina Levanen, receptionist at the Lebanon Animal Hospital, said they have received about three to five calls an hour from people who are concerned about their pet's diet.

One incumbent and three newcomers have filed for the two Lebanon School Board positions on the May ballot. Incumbent Sherrie Sprenger is being challenged by Kathy Benzo in Zone 1.

A Beirut court adjourned for one week the trial of four Lebanese men accused of participating in a failed train bombing in Germany. TV star Leeza Gibbons said that she wanted to continue "dancing With the Stars."

Brad Pitt Even better in person. Citizens' arrest Two local business men catch purse snatcher. A Voice From Beirut Local student finds herself caught in the crossfire.

BEIRUT, 24 December 2006 (IRIN) - The lack of centralised, detailed development-related data in Lebanon has hampered the efficiency of emergency and rehabilitation efforts, humanitarian experts have said.

A Beirut court has adjourned the trial of four Lebanese men in connection with the attempted bombings of two trains in Germany until next week.

The trial of a Lebanese man in connection with the attempted bombings of two trains in Germany last summer has been put off until next week by the Beirut court that is hearing the case. The suspect is charged with attempted mass murder for his role in the ill-fated plot.

Lebanon's political crisis shows no sign of ending and the split between the governing coalition and its rivals, including Hezbollah, may result in two governments later this year, increasing the chances of conflict.

Beirut- The trial of four Lebanese citizens accused of attempting to bomb trains in Germany was adjourned Wednesday until May 18, judicial sources said. dpa wh wjh ...

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora has written to the United Nations asking it to set up a special court to try suspects in the killing of former prime minister Rafik al-Hariri, officials said on Wednesday.

Beirut - A closed armoured jail-truck accompanied by three black cars from the Lebanese special forces arrived Wednesday at the Lebanese Justice Palace carrying four Lebanese citizens accused of attempting to bomb trains in Germany. Traffic near the J...

Source: IRIN BINT JBEIL, 11 April 2007 (IRIN) - International efforts to repair Lebanon's war damage offer examples of bridging the sectarian divide, but rivalries between external donors, as well as the domestic political crisis between Hezbollah and the Sunni-led government of Prime Minister Fouad Siniora, are hampering reconstruction efforts, observers say.

Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora has written to the United Nations asking it to set up a special court to try suspects in the killing of former prime minister Rafik al-Hariri, officials said on Wednesday.

After suffering its first loss Monday at Lee, Lebanon quickly rebounded with a dominating 10-0 victory over Patrick Henry at Pioneer Park in five innings. The win kept the Pioneers (6-1, 3-0) undefeated in Hogoheegee District play.

Lebanese ongoing political deadlock complicated on Tuesday following Hezbollah leader Sayyed

A trading company is Ras-Beirut seeks Executive Secretary: Business degree, excellent English. Send CV: HR@imtinter.com. Tel: 01/744675 A firm is seeking interior designers / Architects for its Beirut Office. Candidates should be University Graduate.

Four Lebanese banks signed an agreement on Tuesday for a $57 million line of credit from the Arab Trade Financing Program (ATFP) to help finance foreign trade deals. Representatives of Fransabank, Credit Libanais, Bank Med and Banque Libano Francaise signed the loan agreement with the president of ATFP.

Hundreds of women from around the world took to their bicycles in Lebanon on Tuesday to pedal for regional peace. The third annual "Follow the Women - Women for Peace" bike tour completed its first leg around Lebanon with nearly 250 women riding from Sidon to Beirut - a journey of 50 kilometers that took them about six hours to complete.

THE Lebanese political leader with alleged links to Hezbollah Sheik Taj al-Din al-Hilaliclaims he gave $10,000 has denied personally receiving the money.

Lebanon - Talks - Crisis Iranian Ambassador to Beirut Mohammad-Reza Sheibani said on Tuesday that lack of understanding and confidence among heads of various Lebanese groups accounts for break of recent lks between Lebanon's Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri and son of the former slain prime minister, Saadeddin Hariri.

LEBANON ? Nominations are being accepted for the 2007 Citizen of the Year award. People of good character who have made significant volunteer contributions to their community can be nominated. They can be volunteers at clubs, organizations, churches and hospitals.

THE Lebanese political leader with alleged links to Hezbollah Sheik Taj al din al-Hilali claims he gave $10,000 has denied personally receiving the money.

Mapsolute Middle East, one of the leading providers of mapping solutions in the Middle East, launches today the new Arabic version of Map24. Any Map24 user, existing or newly registered, can now access www.map24.com for free and view details of the GCC map in Arabic. Map24 extended the coverage area of its Middle East map. A detailed map of Lebanon, with all important points of interest, has been ...

Many Lebanese develop strong aversion for antics of country's political class amid troubled times.

Young men in a cafe here laughed when asked if, in an attempt to get dates, they still discreetly toss phone numbers at girls as they pass their cars or tables.

The UN Interim Force in Lebanon ( UNIFIL) and the Lebanese Army denied that 17 rocket launchers had been found in the South over Easter weekend, The Daily Star reported on Tuesday.

While other Wilson School professors are focused on analyzing the 2008 U.S. presidential primaries, Chibli Mallat has his sights set on a presidential election half a world away.

Loading ... 10 April 2007 Major supermarket chains in the UAE are selling Lebanese Dairy Co (Chtoora) products at the newly increased price of 20 per cent, despite Ministry of Economy's warning against hikes.

A Lebanese woman has been handed a heavy fine for trying to smuggle diamonds out of Zimbabwe.

Music producer Yousif Harb is preparing for an elaborate music festival in Las Vegas featuring Lebanese diva Majida Al Roumi and Egyptian pop-star Amr Diab.

A Lebanese woman has been fined about R600 000 for trying to smuggle diamonds out of a Zimbabwean airport.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas received today a phone call from Lebanese Prime Minister, Fouad Siniora.

Source: Reuters (Recasts, new throughout, adds byline) By Alister Bull WASHINGTON, April 9 (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund said on Monday it had approved the first IMF finance for Lebanon, backing a $ ...

BEIRUT: Shia Muslim Hezbollah has given up hope of reaching a compromise deal with Lebanon?s Western-backed majority coalition to end the country?s political crisis, the group?s leader said yesterday.

beirut ? Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah proposed yesterday that a referendum could resolve the political deadlock between the pro-and anti-Syrian camps in Lebanon.

Beirut, April 9 (DPA) The secretary general of Lebanon s militant Hezbollah movement, Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah has warned against any attack on Iran.

A former nurse in Beirut, a millionaire and his son, and an anti-drugs campaigner, will be among 11 Holyrood candidates fielded by a new political party.

WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- The International Monetary Fund Monday approved $76.8 million in emergency aid for this year to help Lebanon recover from its violent conflict with Israel last year.

New translations battle "language imperialism"

LEBANON ? Superintendent Jim Robinson isn?t proud of his school district?s dropout rate. At 6.2 percent for last year and a cumulative 20 percent rate for four years, Lebanon?s is considered the worst in the mid-valley.

BALTIMORE , April 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: SBGI) announced that "The Point," a daily commentary by Mark Hyman and aired on Sinclair's news stations, has been awarded four Telly Awards for excellence.

It may not be a wind of change sweeping the Arab world, but it certainly is "a breath of fresh air," said Nabil Fahmy, Egypt's Ambassador to the United ...

2007-04-09 | "Perhaps the world should take my appearance before you today as a reflection of the Arab States' appreciation for women and of the importance attached by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, under the leadership of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, to the role played by women in building and developing our society."

Thumbcasts are coming to Boston. Today, the local start-up 80108 Media will begin sending snappy "insider" text messages to subscribers' cellphone screens.

And Europeans claim we have a monopoly on low culture. Meet Mika, Britain's latest smash sensation. Mika is a 23-year-old Lebanese Londoner who is currently riding at the top of the charts with his album Life in Cartoon Motion.

Iran has pulled off a tidy little success with its seizure and subsequent release of those 15 British sailors and marines: a pointed...

The new member of the U.S. House spoke to a Muslim group. He offered praise as well as some admonishment.

BEIRUT -- On the 124th day of Lebanon's deepest crisis since its civil war ended in 1990, lawmakers from across the divide gathered in the parliament. There was no session; the speaker has refused to call one, in a test of wills between the government and its opposition. So in the entryway, each...

Blame it on Michael Jackson. We've become oh so negative about adults who haven't quite realized they've grown up. But thank Johnny Depp for making childlike behaviour enjoyable again...

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah proposed on Sunday that a referendum could resolve the political deadlock between the pro- and anti-Syrian camps in Lebanon.

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Abdullah Hassan Nasrallah proudly displayed a check for $11,000 to repair his home, which was damaged in last summer's war between Israel and Hezbollah. The money came not from the elected Lebanese government in Beirut, nor Jihad al Binaa, Hezbollah's...

President Robert A. Brown of Boston University has an interesting theory about how to improve student life at BU -- brainwash the freshmen. OK , that might be an exaggeration.

Bryan Gates traveled the world in search of his coaching dream before it brought him back home to Boise. Now he wants to bring the city he's called home since arriving as an 18-year-old college freshman ? and the franchise that's given him so many chances ? a championship.

A playground memorializing a slain FBI agent who grew up in Mt. Lebanon was dedicated Saturday in weather that might have been more suitable for skiing than playing in the park.

U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison, the only Muslim in Congress, says he returned from a high-level trip to the Middle East on Saturday with a strengthened belief in the possibility of peace if the United States is willing to provide leadership. "If we fold our arms and turn our backs and say people have to meet conditions before we meet with them, things are going to get worse," he said in a telephone ...

Lebanon town board members will discuss approving the final bond anticipation note installment on their 2004 Stadium International Heavy Duty Truck at their regular monthly

URBANA ? Watching British captives freed from Iran, Paul Lewis can't help remembering his 444 days in captivity. Even if his mind let it go, the nerve damage to his shoulders and wrists would remind him. Having his arms handcuffed behind his back for more than a day at a time has caused damage he's still being treated for, and prison dysentery still gives him stomach troubles.

LEBANON ? The Lebanon Education Association has decided not to endorse specific candidates in the upcoming election for Lebanon School Board.

AMMAN, Jordan -- Ahmed Abu Amira stared down a road of the Hussein Refugee Camp, strewn with moist garbage and bordered with concrete and cinder block in a generic scene of poverty. It headed west, as it has for six decades, toward the home of his parents.

France circulated a draft Security Council statement that expresses "serious concern" at mounting reports of illegal arms transfers from Syria to Lebanon and authorizes an independent mission to assess how their border is being monitored.

We can thank the US speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, for having informed Syrian President Bashar Assad, from Beirut, that "the road to solving Lebanon's problems passes through Damascus."

The United States has admitted publicly it wanted to unseat Robert Mugabe as president of Zimbabwe, a report said.

LEBANON ? Albany still owns several pieces of property in Lebanon, mostly along an old canal that hasn?t been used in decades.

The Lebanese army reported its members on Friday found an unexploded 2,000-pound Israeli bomb in Beirut's southern suburbs. The military said in a ...

Democrats in Congress have been busy flexing their foreign policy muscles almost from the moment they took power in January, for the most part responsibly. But House Speaker Nancy Pelosi crossed a line this week by visiting Syria, where she met with President Bashar Assad. She violated a long-held understanding that the United States should speak with one official voice abroad - even if the ...

Danielle Jimenez, 10, a fifth grader at New Lebanon School, looks to her teacher, Sharon Levin, as Jimenez plays her flute during an after school music program at New Lebanon School yesterday.

Put an end to oil politics' dark past Regarding the April 3 article, "Risks of rising oil nationalism": Perhaps developed countries should be reminded of the golden rule. The Muslim world and the developing world hate us for a reason. We in the developed world have had a hand in installing corrupt regimes that pillage their own people, and worse, simply because they are friendly to us.

Hezbollah has offered the first sign that the two Israeli soldiers, whose capture by its guerrillas sparked last summer's Lebanon war, are still alive, an Arab-Israel newspaper said on Friday.

BEIRUT, Lebanon ? Iran's decision to free 15 British sailors ? a day after an Iranian diplomat was released in Iraq ? raised questions about whether a secret deal was struck and about possible behind-the-scenes roles by the United...

A 11/2 hour trip on the Easter Bunny Express might cure your child of being antsy this spring. The Easter Bunny Express, a train ride to see the Easter Bunny, will be offered at 10 a.m., noon and 2 p.m. Friday through Sunday at the Lebanon Mason Monroe Railroad, 198 S. Broadway St. in Lebanon.

BAGHDAD, April 5 -- Inside a hut made of reeds, the Shiite cleric sat cross-legged on the carpeted floor and spoke of wonders.

Lebanon's pro-Syrian parliament speaker has asked Saudi Arabia to host a meeting to resolve a dispute over an international tribunal to prosecute suspects in the assassination of former premier Rafik Hariri, the U.N. chief said Thursday.

Lebanon students demonstrated in support of their high school principals Thursday.

An Israeli attorney representing three Lebanese captured during the last war has turned to the courts to renew International Red Cross visits.

Churches across the Lebanon Valley will celebrate the most sacred time of the year ? Holy Week ? this week. Here is a list of services for the week received by the Daily News.

President Bashar al-Assad met a Republican member of the U.S. Congress on Thursday, a day after Democrat House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ended a visit to Syria that was criticized by the White House.

Within the past 24 hours two of the three countries President George W. Bush once called "the axis of evil" -- Iran and North Korea -- have offered a ...

Van Gogh may have lost an ear, but it's doubtful he ever had to face down the barrel of a gun for his art. That's what happened to Lebanon artist Chuck Marshall one day when he was painting in the middle of a West Chester Twp. field.

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi continued her Mideast tour Thursday, a day after coming under sharp attack from the Bush administration for meeting with Syria's leader.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she pressed President Bashar al-Assad on supporting militants.

Lebanese pro- and anti-government legislators held opposite rallies in parliament on Tuesday, claiming respective propositions -- establishing an international tribunal on ex-Premier Rafik Hariri and forming a national unity cabinet.

Source: Reuters PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria, April 4 (Reuters) - Two Lebanese construction workers abducted on Monday in Bayelsa State in Nigeria's oil-producing Niger Delta have been released, a state government ...

Four foreigners taken hostage in oil-rich southern Nigeria were released Wednesday, diplomats and industry sources said. Sources disagreed about whether the two Lebanese men, a Dutch man and a British man were released as a group after being held in separate locations by militants demanding a greater share of the country's oil wealth.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrived in Beirut Monday for talks with Lebanese leaders and to inspect a German naval task force serving with a U.N. peacekeeping force in Lebanon.

The Rainbow Warrior docked in Beirut on Wednesday for the Greenpeace flagship's second-to-last stop on a regional tour to promote a nuclear-free Middle East. The ship is used around the world to support various campaigns by Greenpeace, an international environmental organization founded in 1971.

Ayna jump started the conference with the announcement of its Beirut release, which was praised and welcomed by the attending crowd representing academic and business sector from the Middle East. Business representatives were highly pleased and interested in the Contextual Advertising service, a first in the region, supporting e-commerce and especially the introduction of the Shareek network ...

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi challenged the White House on Middle East policy Wednesday, meeting with Syria's leader and insisting "the road to Damascus is a road to peace."

The White House on Wednesday sharply condemned US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's trip to Syria, saying the road to Damascus was "lined with the victims" of Syrian-backed extremists.

Four foreign hostages abducted in Nigeria's volatile Niger Delta region within the last month have been freed. A BBC correspondent says the sudden release of the British oil worker, Dutch security manager and two Lebanese construction workers was a surprise.

Van Gogh may have lost an ear, but it's doubtful he ever had to face down the barrel of a gun for his art. That's what happened to Lebanon artist Chuck Marshall one day when he was painting in the middle of a West Chester Twp. field.

April 4 (Bloomberg) -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she gave Syrian President Bashar al-Assad a message of peace from Israel during talks held today over the objections of President George W. Bush.

A commission assessing the conduct of last summer's war in Lebanon will say the government should have resigned in the war's aftermath, a commission member was quoted as saying on Wednesday.

BEIRUT, April 4 -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi met Syria's president in a hilltop palace Wednesday in a visit to Damascus that came despite the Bush administration's objections and appeared to underline Syria's gradual emergence from years of international isolation.

Lebanon police are asking for the public's help in trying to locate an 83-year-old Lebanon woman.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi held talks with Syria's leader Wednesday despite White House objections, saying she pressed President Bashar Assad over his country's support for militant groups and passed him a peace message from Israel.

Pelosi said she and other members of her congressional delegation raised with Assad their concern about militants crossing from Syria into Iraq, as well the Israeli soldiers kidnapped by the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah and the Palestinian group Hamas.

Kidnappers on Wednesday released two foreign oil workers abducted in Nigeria's restive southern oil region.

DAMASCUS, Syria House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said today that Syrian President Bashar Assad assured her of his willingness to engage in peace talks with Israel. She said that she and her accompanying members of Congress, including Minnesota Rep. Keith Ellison, raised with Assad their concern about the Israeli soldiers kidnapped by the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah and the Palestinian group Hamas.

Lebanon: The capital of south Lebanon, Sidon, has earned the country's participation in Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF) to be held in New Mexico, United States, in May 2007. [AMEInfo.com]

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi met Syrian President Bashar Assad Wednesday for talks criticized by the White House as undermining American efforts to isolate the hard-line Arab country.

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi met President Bashar al-Assad on Wednesday, against White House wishes, to urge Syria to help stabilize Iraq and stop supporting Washington's adversaries in the Middle East.

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi met Syrian government officials Wednesday for talks criticized by the White House as undermining American efforts to isolate the hard-line Arab country.

BEIRUT (AP)--The Lebanese parliament's anti-Syrian majority has called on the U.N. to impose an international tribunal to try suspects in the assassination of former premier Rafik Hariri after the government failed to win opposition support for its creation.

April 4, 2007

It seems as though some Israeli military and political leaders are champing at the bit for a rematch with Hezbollah in southern Lebanon after the bloody nose the Israeli Defense Forces got there last summer.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi?s visit is seen as part of an attempt to sway Bush administration policy on Iraq and the rest of the Middle East.

The anti-Syrian majority in Lebanon's parliament handed a petition to the United Nations on Tuesday asking for steps towards an international court to try suspects in the killing of a former prime minister, majority sources said.

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi mingled with Syrians in a market and made the sign of the cross at a Christian tomb Tuesday as she began a trip to Syria aimed at opening dialogue with its leader, Bashar Assad. President George W. Bush criticized the visit, saying it sends mixed signals to Damascus.

American universities in the Middle East are important agents for social and developmental change and help deepen understanding between East and West, say the leaders of four major American educational institutions in the region. At a recent event at the Council of Foreign Relations in New York, the presidents of the American University in Cairo, American University of Beirut, Lebanese American ...

US President George W. Bush on Tuesday condemned a top US lawmaker's visit to Syria as "counterproductive" and warned against offering Iran any "quid pro quos" to free 15 British captives.

LEBANON ? The City Council has agreed to hire Portland architects Fletcher Farr Ayotte Inc. to design the library and police/court facilities planned for the Academy Square area.

The cities of Albany and Lebanon will hold their first joint city council meeting in years Wednesday night. No votes will be taken, and discussion will be limited to information only.

A Lebanese Christian media leader recently shared how a ministry using satellite television can reach millions of children in the Middle East and Northern Africa with the Gospel message of love and hope which markedly contrasts some of the suicide attack propaganda directed at children ...

After losing its first two games of the season by a whopping combined margin of 31-7, the Elco baseball team needed something positive to happen yesterday when it opened Lancaster-Lebanon League Section Three play at home against Lebanon.

A Syrian court is to give its verdict on April 24 in the trial of human rights activist Anwar Bunni who risks more than three years in jail for "spreading false information," a rights group said on Tuesday.

Nancy Pelosi, the Democratic Speaker of the House, arrived in Damascus, the capital of Syria, today for a controversial visit that is seen as part of an attempt to sway American policy in the Middle East.

House speaker Nancy Pelosi arrived in Syria Tuesday for a controversial two-day visit which has drawn White House protests that she is undermining US policy.

(AP Photo/Mahmoud Tawil) U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, reviews an honor guard before meeting with Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri in his home, in Beirut, Lebanon Monday, April 2, 2007. Pelosi met with Lebanese officials Monday on a stop in Beirut as part of a fact-finding trip to the Middle East that has drawn criticism from the White House because it includes a visit to neighboring Syria.

DAMASCUS, Syria (CNN) -- Bucking strong criticism from the White House, U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrived Tuesday in the Syrian capital, where she is expected to discuss Damascus' alleged role in supporting militant groups that are active in Lebanon and Iraq.

VIENNA, Austria AP) ? Benchmark crude prices dipped below $65 Tuesday as tensions in the Britain-Iran standoff eased.

Lake Sun LEBANON, Mo. ' After winning the Lebanon Invitational last season, a new group of young Golf Lakers took fifth Monday at the 16-team tourney at Lebanon Community Golf and Country Club.

BEIRUT -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi yesterday shrugged off White House criticism of her impending visit to Damascus, saying she had "great hope" for reviving US relations with Syria and changing its behavior.

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House speaker says relations need mending BEIRUT, Lebanon House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Monday shrugged off White House criticism of her impending visit to Damascus, saying she had "great hope" for reviving U.S. relations with Syria and changing its behavior.

US House speaker Nancy Pelosi is due in Syria on Tuesday, becoming the highest-ranking American politician to visit in years, on a mission slammed by the White House as undermining US policy.

BEIRUT, Lebanon ? House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on yesterday shrugged off White House criticism of her upcoming trip to Damascus, saying she had "great hope" for reviving U.S. relations with Syria and changing its behavior.

BEIRUT - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Monday shrugged off White House criticism of her impending visit to Damascus, saying she had "great hope" for reviving U.S. relations with Syria and changing its behavior.

BEIRUT -- Christians are fleeing from Lebanon to escape the rise of radical Islam and growing fears that the trend will result in a Sunni-Shi'ite civil war, with minority Christians trapped in the middle.

(Lebanon-WTNH, April 2, 2007 6:40 PM) _ Fifty-French students visited the small, eastern Connecticut town bringing a bit of their culture to the high school.

BEIRUT, Lebanon -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Monday shrugged off White House criticism of her upcoming trip to Damascus, saying she had "great hope" for reviving U.S. relations with Syria and changing its behavior.

A Lebanese Christian media leader recently shared how a ministry using satellite television can reach millions of children in the Middle East and Northern Africa with the Gospel message of love and hope which markedly contrasts some of the suicide attack propaganda directed at children ...

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) ? House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Monday shrugged off White House criticism of her upcoming trip to Damascus, saying she had "great hope" for reviving U.S. relations with Syria and changing its behavior. Speaking hours after arriving in Lebanon, Pelosi indicated the Bush administration was singling out her trip to Syria, but ignoring the recent visits by Republican members of ...

U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi and German Prime Minister Angela Merkel are visiting Lebanon amid intensive diplomatic activity and attempts to resume Arab-Israeli peace talks. Edward Yeranian reports for VOA from Beirut.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Monday shrugged off White House criticism of her upcoming trip to Damascus, saying she had "great hope" for reviving U.S. relations with Syria and changing its behavior.

The outgoing president of the American University of Beirut says that U.S.-Middle East relations have never been worse

Gunmen in Nigeria's southern Bayelsa State on Monday kidnapped two Lebanese nationals, two days after a British oil worker was seized from an offshire rig, national police spokesman Haz Iwendi said.

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Sunday she will bring up the plight of Israeli soldiers kidnapped by the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah during her delegation's visit to Syria next week. Hezbollah

Olmert's invitation was described by a spokeswoman as a "new initiative" that resulted from the atmosphere created by an Arab summit meeting in Saudi Arabia last week.

Beirut - German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrived Monday in Beirut for talks with Lebanese leaders in continuing her Mideast tour which previously had included Jordan and Israel. Merkel, who arrived at Beirut International Airport amid tight security m...

Prime Minister Ehud Olmert of Israel invited Arab leaders to join him for talks in a regional peace meeting in Jerusalem.

U.S. House members meeting with President Bashar Assad Sunday said they believed there was an opportunity for dialogue with the Syrian leadership.

The move is an apparent effort to strengthen and impose discipline on its notoriously divided militias.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will tell Syrian leaders when she visits Damascus this week on a trip criticized by the Bush administration that Israel will only engage in peace talks if Syria stops supporting Palestinian militants, Israel said Sunday.

JERUSALEM ? Iran, Syria and the Lebanese Hezbollah militia are preparing for a U.S.-led war this summer, according to the Israeli Defense Forces. "Their preparation is defensive ahead of war. ...

The German chancellor offers Europe's help on peace talks between Israeli and Palestinian leaders.

Beirut, Lebanon - The U.N. secretary-general said Saturday that arms are reportedly still being smuggled over the border from Syria to Lebanon, and he urged all sides to fully comply with a U.N. resolution that ended the summer war between Hezbollah militants and Israel.

President Bush and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Saturday discussed global warming, ethanol and trade, as well as poverty, hunger, disease and peace in the Middle East, the leaders said.

BEIRUT, Lebanon ? The U.N. chief said Saturday that weapons are reportedly still being smuggled over the border from Syria to Lebanon, and he urged all sides to fully comply with a United Nations resolution that ended the summer war between Hezbollah militants and Israel.

Waite-and-see approach? Associated Press Anglican Church envoy Terry Waite is guarded by Druse militiamen as he talks to reporters upon his arrival in west Beirut Jan. 12, 1987 on a trip to win the release of foreign hostages held in Lebanon. Waite, who spent almost five years as a hostage in Lebanon, offered Saturday to travel to Iran to help free 15 captured British naval personnel. Waite said ...

Secretary General Ban Ki-moon toured the vastly expanded peacekeeping force in Lebanon and was told that the cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah was holding firm.