While having a Northport street renamed for a Marine fallen in Beirut took some doing, it was never an effort, according to the man credited with making it happen.

  

Lebanon's downtown merchants are inviting visitors to stop and smell the flowers this spring - and take a look at the merchandise along the way.

  

A raunchy Lebanese singer is causing controversy in Bahrain, where she is due to perform for the first time.

  

Lebanese majority leader Saad Hariri stands behind bullet proof glass in downtown Beirut on Feb. 14 at the commemoration of the third anniversary of his father assassinated former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri.

  

SPRINGBORO - Lebanon's softball team continued its climb in the rankings, reaching No. 5 in the Ohio Division I state poll released on Tuesday. The Warriors pounded Springboro on Monday, 9-0. It was Lebanon's ninth win in a row and improved the team's record to 20-1.

  

Being named Lebanon's "Excellent Teacher" in this year's Area Progress Council's Project Excellence awards brought Cynthia Gray to tears. Gray, Bowman Primary School's music teacher, said receiving the award is overwhelming.

  

BEIRUT, April 30 (Bernama) -- Lebanese majority leader Saad Hariri called again for presidential election on May 13, China's XINHUA news agency reported Wednesday quoting a local Al-Mustaqbal daily as saying.

  

BEIRUT, April 30 - Below is a table of the latest Lebanese economic statistics.

  

BEIRUT, April 30 - Below is a table of the latest Lebanese economic statistics.

  

Cyril Mouawad, Director of Sales at InterContinental Mzaar Lebanon Mountain Resort & Spa was recently promoted to Director of Sales & Marketing of this unique property.

  

Source: Human Rights Watch (Beirut, April 30, 2008) - Lebanese employers, placement agencies, and the Lebanese authorities should improve the treatment of domestic workers by ensuring fair contracts, timely payment of wages, ...

  

BEIRUT: Sunni Islamist militants inspired by Al Qaeda and possibly linked to it pose a growing threat to security in Lebanon, Lebanese and Palestinian political sources and diplomats in Beirut say.

  

Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said Tuesday that he was awaiting the response from the ruling coalition to his dialogue initiative, local New TV reported. "The speaker is waiting for the majority to respond to the dialogue ...

  

Bahrain's Islamist-dominated parliament on Tuesday approved an urgent motion asking the government to ban a performance by Lebanese singer Haifa Wehbe, seen here in 2007 andwho is known for her sexy looks and revealing outfits.

  

Seven Syrians and one Lebanese were sentenced to 15 years of hard labor for smuggling drugs through Lebanon after being busted at a port in Beirut, according to a judicial report issued on Tuesday. Primary investigative magistrate in Beirut, Abdel-Karim Mahmoud, issued a report which also disclosed the identities of three men.

  

Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Butros Sfeir shed light on Tuesday on the emigration problem plaguing Lebanon, saying that the phenomenon was almost the same as what has occurred in Palestine. "Things have become clear between Lebanon and Palestine and the problem appears to be the same," Sfeir told.

  

Arab League Secretary General Amr Mussa attends a meeting of Arab Foreign Ministers in Damascus in March 2008. Mussa will head back to Beirut on Thursday to meet with key political figures in a fresh bid to find a solution Lebanon's protracted political crisis.

  

Proprietor of Grand Store Enterprise situated on 12 Hangha Road in the eastern provincial headquarter town of Kenema was Wednesday arraigned before magistrate Tonya Bawa for failing to comply with the national social security scheme.

  

Kolkata, April 29: A depleted East Bengal will be sans Brazilian striker Edmilson Marques and defender M. Suresh when they take on Lebanon's Safa FC in a crucial group B battle in the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Cup here Wednesday.

  

Arab League chief Amr Mussa is heading back to Beirut on Thursday to meet with key political figures in a fresh bid to find a solution Lebanon's protracted political crisis.

  

Source: IRIN Fatah's security chief in Lebanon says his faction will extend security control over all Palestinian camps in order to prevent the rise of Islamist radical groups such as the Al-Qaeda-inspired Fatah Islam, whose conflict with the army last summer destroyed the northern Nahr al-Bared camp.

  

There are still student openings for the 2008-2009 school year at Lebanon United Methodist Preschool. The preschool is a cooperative school with morning and evening classes for 3-year-olds on Tuesdays and Thursdays and 4-year-olds on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

  

Kolkata, April 29 (IANS) A depleted East Bengal will be sans Brazilian striker Edmilson Marques and defender M. Suresh when they take on Lebanon's Safa FC in a crucial group B battle in the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Cup here Wednesday.

  

Source: Reuters BEIRUT, April 29 (Reuters) - Arab League chief Amr Moussa will hold talks in Beirut this week to try to help rival leaders reach a deal to end Lebanon's political crisis, political sources said on ...

  

BEIRUT, April 29 - Below is a table of the latest Lebanese economic statistics.

  

BEIRUT, April 29 - Lebanon's BLOM stock index closed up 4.85 percent on Tuesday, led by market heavyweight real estate firm Solidere, on renewed efforts to end the country's political crisis.

  

BEIRUT, April 29 - Lebanon's Bank Audi said on Tuesday its net profit for the first quarter of 2008 rose by 14.4 percent from the same period a year ago.

  

29 April 2008 While political tensions are running high between the Syrian and Lebanese governments, with Damascus suspected by Beirut of complicity in a series of assassinations and interference in domestic affairs, it is a different story on the business front.

  

?Indie cred' is a shell game, and the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival keeps moving the shells around.

  

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Monday that he was concerned about the failure to elect a president in Lebanon, In his latest report to the Security Council on the implementation of resolution 1559 concerning Lebanon, Ban note ...

  

Two votes by the Lebanon City Council tonight come close to insuring Lebanon will be able to pay its share of the cost of building twin bridges on Ninth and 10th streets across the Norfolk-Southern railroad tracks.

  

Lebanese music artist Maysam Nahas filmed a video clip for her new song 'Mahdom' (Adorable) that holds the same title as her new album. The music channel 'Rotana' will exclusively start airing the new clip on its satellite music channel in the upcoming few days.

  

Political figures visiting Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Butros Sfeir in Bkirki on Monday all agreed on the urging of electing the consensus candidate, Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) commander General Michel Suleiman, as a president. MP Michel Murr, who recently withdrew from the Change and Reform bloc, said.

  

Nadim Nicholas Salem, a former MP for the Jezzine district of South Lebanon and a three-time Lebanese Cabinet minister, passed away on Monday. Salem, born in Jezzine in 1935, was an active member of the Greek Catholic community and was elected to Parliament in 1972. Re-elected in 1992 after the 1975-1990 Civil War.

  

Lebanese Christian politician Michel Aoun (right) took the Christian community by surprise when he allied himself with Hezbollah shortly after returning to Lebanon from a 15-year exile in France. Aoun is shown in this March 2006 photo with Lebanon's former president Amin Gemayel.

  

JERUSALEM (AP)--Israeli government officials said Monday U.N. forces stationed in Lebanon are playing down illegal Hezbollah activity near the Israeli border in their reporting to the Security Council.

  

Generally, Kano State has for long been the choice of many Asian nationalities but especially the Lebanese and Indians. It is today the Chinese. We have a proof that Kano State has been the choice of many Asians. The kingdom of Saudi Arabia has for long maintained a consulate-general here.

  

28 April 2008 Dubai: A 38-year-old Lebanese sales manager has been arrested in connection with alleged financial irregularities at Deyaar, a Dubai property developer, Public Prosecution sources said on Monday.

  

MARJAYOUN, Lebanon (AFP)--Spain's heavily pregnant Defense Minister Carme Chacon visited her country's troops serving with the U.N. in south Lebanon on Monday.

  

A sales manager of Lebanese origin has become the third person to be arrested in connection with the Deyaar case, Gulf News has reported. The Public Prosecution department are continuing investigations into allegations of financial irregularities at the Dubai-based property company.

  

BEIRUT: A French delegate to a Socialist International meeting in Beirut said yesterday that he had been briefly detained the previous day by armed men linked to Hezbollah.

  

Karim Pakzad, a French delegate to the Socialist International meeting taking place in Lebanon, speaks during a press conference in Beirut. Pakzad said that he had been briefly detained the previous day by armed men linked to Hezbollah.

  

Beirut - A French Socialist official attending a conference in Lebanon was detained for four hours by members of the Lebanese Shiite Hezbollah movement near Beirut's International Airport. Karim Pakzad told a press conference he was touring an area n...

  

FORMER Beirut hostage Terry Waite was in Glasgow last week at a conference on the treatment of people who are wrongly jailed.

  

Lebanon: Visa is celebrating its sponsorship of the 2008 Olympic Games by bringing the excitement of this internationally acclaimed event to Lebanon. [AMEInfo.com]

  

Bahraini artist Hind made revealed that she had felt the success of her new album that was released by the production company 'Rotana' last month in eyes of Lebanese people during her recent visit to Lebanon.

  

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The 2006 war brought Beirut-based Soft Solutions' backup needs into sharp focus, and speeded up its efforts to put a suitable disaster recovery system into place.

  

Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri speaks to the press in Beirut on April 22, 2008. A 19th attempt to elect a president for Lebanon has been scheduled for May 13, a spokesman for Berri said Saturday as the country remained mired in political deadlock.

  

A 19th attempt to elect a president for Lebanon has been scheduled for May 13, a spokesman for parliament speaker Nabih Berri said Saturday as the country remained mired in political deadlock.

  

BEIRUT (AFP) - A 19th attempt to elect a president for Lebanon has been scheduled for May 13, a spokesman for parliament speaker Nabih Berri said Saturday as the country remained mired in political deadlock.

  

A Lebanese soldier walks past a poster of presidential candidate Michel Sleiman in 2007. Rival political factions remain deadlocked over the election of a successor to Emile Lahoud, with 18 previous parliamentary sessions failing to find a replacement.

  

International Bank of Qatar (IBQ) announced the launch of its suite of premium banking services, tailored exclusively for Lebanese Expatriates in Qatar and Qataris who visit Lebanon Frequently to help them to manage their financial needs in Lebanon from Qatar.

  

Three years after Syria ended its near 30-year military presence in Lebanon, Damascus stands accused of still pulling strings there and leaving its tiny neighbour paralysed by political deadlock.

  

Lebanon's parliament will try to elect a new president on May 13, the speaker said on Saturday, the 19th attempt to hold the vote. Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri postponed the session for an 18th time on Tuesday.

  

Source: Reuters BEIRUT, April 26 (Reuters) - Lebanon's parliament will try to elect a new president on May 13, the speaker said on Saturday, the 19th attempt to hold a vote derailed by the worst political crisis ...

  

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's parliament will try to elect a new president on May 13, the speaker said on Saturday, the 19th attempt to hold a vote derailed by the worst political crisis since the 1975-90 civil war.

  

26 April 2008 Doha - 26 April 2008: International Bank of Qatar (IBQ) International Bank of Qatar (IBQ) announced the launch of its suite of premium banking services, tailored exclusively for Lebanese Expatriates in Qatar and Qataris who visit Lebanon Frequently to help them to manage their financial needs in Lebanon from Qatar.

  

IONA - Bowman's Insurance Agency will continue to cover South Lebanon's insurance needs for the next three years after a unanimous vote from the township supervisors this week.

  

In the presence and sponsorship of captain / Abdulkhliq saleh Al-Qadhi, Chairman of the Yemenia and MP Bahiah Al-Hariri, Lebanese Minister of tourism, the Yemenia office in Beirut, held a party to honor the travel, tourism and cargo agents, the first in Lebanon for 2004.

  

In an attempt to bring international recognition to the Lebanese theater scene, a local theater group will be hosting a Walt Disney production in Beirut in May. The play "High School Musical" will be a staged version of the Disney Channel movie by the same name. The story revolves around a budding relationship between Troy Bolton.

  

French sources told Saudi-owned Al-Sharq al-Awsat on Friday that the "Friends of Lebanon" meeting in Kuwait had met its objectives and reaffirmed the commitment of the international community in aiding Lebanon resolve the constitutional vacuum. The meeting also pledged to keep Lebanon on the international agenda, the sources added.

  

Positive rhetoric on the part of politicians drove activity on the Beirut Stock Exchange to a 52-week high as the BLOM Stock Index (BSI) closed at 1613.03 on a short trading week ending Thursday, with a year-to-date increase of 7.41 percent. Heavy trading on the part of speculators betting on an approaching election of a president hiked.

  

Fri, Apr 25, 2008 (11:27 a.m.) Calm returned to Lebanon's largest prison on Friday, a day after scores of inmates set their clothes on fire and took guards hostage to demand better conditions and reduced sentences.

  

Calm returned to Lebanon's largest prison on Friday, a day after scores of inmates set their clothes on fire and took guards hostage to demand better conditions and reduced sentences.

  

Calm has returned to Lebanon's largest prison a day after scores of inmates rioted and took some guards hostage over demands for better conditions and reduced sentences.

  

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More than 200 people staged a sit-in outside the Egyptian embassy in Beirut on Friday to demand that Cairo open its border with the densely populated Gaza Strip, currently being blockaded by Israel.

  

BEIRUT, April 25 (Bernama) -- Riots at Lebanon's largest prison ended peacefully on early Friday, when prisoners freed seven guard hostages and got in return promises to improve their living conditions, China's XINHUA news agency reported Friday quoting a local daily as saying.

  

AYHA, Lebanon (AFP) As night falls on remote villages in eastern Lebanon that border Syria, streets and alleyways bustle into life as a small army of pick-up trucks, mules and cars are readied for action.

  

Democratic Forum today will have speakers from the Wheels of Justice Tour. Marcy Newman is a scholar, teacher and activist invested in human rights. Paul Taggart is a photojournalist living in Beirut, Lebanon, covering the Middle East and Africa. Democratic Forum meets Fridays at noon in the South Minnesota Avenue Hy-Vee meeting room. Lunch is optional.

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon -- Syria's president said in an interview published Thursday that his country may hold peace talks with Israel, but not until a new U.S. administration takes office.

  

LEBANON, Va. - It was a typical performance for one of Virginia High's most versatile yet unheralded athletes. Aubree Hutt reached base three times, recorded two stolen bases and converted three difficult outs at shortstop.

  

The production company 'Yala Fan' (Come on Art) is opening an office in Beirut, despite the unstable security and economic conditions. The new office will open in the Verdan area in the heart of Beirut.

  

BEIRUT - Scores of inmates rioted in Lebanon's largest prison Thursday, taking eight guards hostage and setting prison clothing on fire to demand better conditions and shorter sentences, security officials said.

  

Scores of inmates rioted in Lebanon's largest prison, taking some guards hostage and setting their own clothing on fire to demand better conditions and shorter sentences, security officials said.

  

Scores of detainees have rioted in Lebanon's largest prison, taking some guards hostage, to demand better conditions and shorter sentences.

  

"History has not yet witnessed a more terrible crime - a crime against humanity - than that of genocide," the Tashnak Party said Thursday in a statement issued to commemorate the 93rd anniversary of "Genocide Day," which marks the mass killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turkish forces during World War I.

  

Thu, Apr 24, 2008 (1:47 p.m.) Scores of inmates rioted in Lebanon's largest prison Thursday, taking some guards hostage and setting prison clothing on fire to demand better conditions and shorter sentences, security officials said.

  

Scores of inmates rioted in Lebanon's largest prison Thursday, taking some guards hostage and setting prison clothing on fire to demand better conditions and shorter sentences, security officials said.

  

Source: Reuters BEIRUT, April 24 (Reuters) - Prisoners rioted, seized control of a building and held seven police officers captive at a jail in Lebanon on Thursday, a security source said. Negotiators were ...

  

Prisoners took seven warders hostage in a mutiny at Lebanon's Rumieh prison, eight kilometres (five miles) northeast of Beirut, on Thursday, a security official told AFP.

  

Source: IRIN When widow Salam Hassoun and her three children left their home in Beirut's southern suburbs on the third day of the July 2006 war between Hezbollah and Israel, she did not know it would be for the last time.

  

Beirut - Prisoners at Lebanon's largest prison revolted Thursday, taking at least seven wardens hostage, Lebanese security sources said. Negotiations were still under way with the inmates to secure the release of the wardens at Roumieh prison, an off...

  

Associated Press - April 24, 2008 11:53 AM ET BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Lebanese security officials say that dozens of inmates are rioting at the country's largest prison and have taken some of...

  

Associated Press - April 24, 2008 11:53 AM ET BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Lebanese security officials say that dozens of inmates are rioting at the country's largest prison and have taken some of...

  

Lebanese security officials say that dozens of inmates are rioting at the country's largest prison and have taken some of the guards hostage.

  

Lebanon City Council on Tuesday night, April 22, acknowledged the crunch of multiple roadwork projects clogging downtown roadways while planning for additional work later this year.

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon - Syrian President Bashar Assad says his country may hold future direct talks with Israel but not until a new U.S. administration that can broker such negotiations takes office.

  

LONDON, April 24 - Lebanon on Thursday said it had successfully completed a voluntary offer to swap dollar bonds maturing in 2008 for new bonds maturing in 2014.

  

A man from Lebanon, Missouri has died in a motorcycle accident. The Missouri Highway Patrol says the accident happened around 5:30 Wednesday evening on Route 64 about 7 miles north of Lebanon.

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon - International arms inspectors brokered an agreement with Tehran to discuss alleged evidence of nuclear weapons experiments, officials said Wednesday, signaling a potential breakthrough in negotiations over Iran's controversial research program.

  

Freshman Stephanie Byrn went 3-for-3 with three RBI and Siegel topped Lebanon, 7-0, Wednesday evening to improve to 19-14 on the season and 7-4 in District 7-AAA.

  

BEIRUT: Lebanon's polarized political camps came to an agreement on at least one issue on Wednesday, as parties and professional associations approved a blueprint for social policies including national health insurance, a pension system, education and employment.

  

BEIRUT -- Abu Omar, a money changer and father of 11 who lives in Beirut, has bought at least 10 firearms since the beginning of last year. "Everything I can put my hands on and I can afford, I buy. I never sell," he said. "Now is a time for buying arms."

  

Associated Press - April 23, 2008 11:53 PM ET BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - A Syrian Cabinet minister says that Israel has passed a message to Damascus saying it's prepared to return the Golan Heights...

  

Associated Press - April 23, 2008 11:53 PM ET BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - A Syrian Cabinet minister says that Israel has passed a message to Damascus saying it's prepared to return the Golan Heights...

  

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and visiting Egyptian President Hosny Mubarak Wednesday called for an early presidential election in Lebanon. "A solution must urgently be found to elect a president so that the political process can ...

  

Source: Reuters Alistair Lyon is Special Correspondent, Middle East, based in Beirut. In 24 years with Reuters he has covered wars, insurgencies, political crises and their human fallout across the Arab world, as ...

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon?A Cabinet minister said Wednesday that Israel has passed a message to Syria saying it is prepared to return the Golan Heights in exchange for a peace treaty.

  

The record rise in the price of oil is taking its toll on both Lebanon's struggling economy and government revenues, officials and consumers groups said on Wednesday. "The Lebanese have started to feel the effects of the rise in the prices of crude on the international market for the past one year," Zuhair Berro.

  

The Spring Festival, Beirut's bi-yearly arts festival hosted by Dawar al-SHAMS cultural center, will have an early start this evening with Lebanese premier of the Tunisian stage play "Khamsoun" ("Fifty"). Written by Jalila Baccar and directed by Fadhel Jaibi, "Khamsoun" addresses themes of political Islam and popular unrest.

  

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said on Wednesday that the strained relations between Syria and Saudi Arabia were reflecting negatively on the political crisis in Lebanon. "The dispute between Damascus and Riyadh is one of the main obstacles hindering a settlement in Lebanon," he said.

  

Hundreds of Lebanese marched through Beirut on Sunday, April 13, to commemorate the 33rd anniversary of the outbreak of the country's 1975-1990 war amid renewed political tensions.

  

Four teachers with a combined 100 years of experience will be honored Wednesday, April 30, as they are inducted into the Lebanon City Schools Hall of Fame.

  

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Gunmen blocked a U.N. peacekeeping patrol in southern Lebanon at the end of March in the first such incident since a 2006 war between Israel and Hezbollah fighters, the Security Council heard on Wednesday.

  

Gunmen blocked a U.N. peacekeeping patrol in southern Lebanon at the end of March in the first such incident since a 2006 war between Israel and Hezbollah fighters, the Security Council heard on Wednesday.

  

The Lebanese, styling themselves as born traders, have made a selling point out of the country's political instability. Lebanon's banks are expanding rapidly in the region and beyond, and part of their marketing pitch is their proven stability under fire.

  

Egyptian President Hosny Mubarak and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have met in Berlin, where they discussed the political crisis in Lebanon.

  

Lebanese Druze leader and a leading member of Lebanon's governing coalition Walid Jumblatt (C) arrives at the parliament building in Beirut on April 22. Jumblatt has said in comments published in the As-Safir daily that dialogue was the only solution to the 18-month-old standoff with the opposition, but added that it must address the question of Hezbollah weaponry.

  

BEIRUT - Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter extracted a whiff of pragmatism but no policy shift from Hamas chief Khaled Meshaal in talks that irritated U.S., Israeli and Palestinian leaders bent on isolating the Islamist group.

  

Lebanon has failed for the eighteen time to elect a president fuelling fears of another civil war. The post has been vacant since November.

  

Druze leader says dialogue only solution to 18-month-old standoff with Lebanon opposition.

  

Beirut - Lebanese troops opened fire Wednesday on Israeli warplanes flying low over southern Lebanon, but no hits were reported, Lebanese officials said. Soldiers opened fire with machine guns and light anti-aircraft weapons mounted on armoured vehic...

  

FOUR SEASONS - The Tennis Indians fell 6-3 Tuesday against Lebanon.

  

A leading member of Lebanon's governing coalition said in comments published on Wednesday that dialogue was the only solution to the 18-month-old standoff with the opposition, but added that it must address the question of Hezbollah weaponry.

  

Some Lebanese joke that the U.S. will have a new president before they do. Others simply get on with plans to emigrate

  

BEIRUT: A leading Lebanese banker called for an independent assessment of the performance of international rating agencies, saying they had given an unfair credit rating to the Lebanese banking sector.

  

LEBANON - Alex Machen proved once again to be Greenville's worst irritant.

  

Alex Machen was just trying to keep her team alive. Instead, the Lebanon junior catcher struck the decisive blow in another thrilling chapter of the Lebanon-Greenville softball rivalry.

  

A deeply divided parliament failed Tuesday in its 17th try to elect a new president for Lebanon, extending a stalemate that has become the country's worst political crisis since the 1975-90 civil war.

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon?A deeply divided parliament failed Tuesday in its 17th try to elect a new president for Lebanon, extending a stalemate that has become the country's worst political crisis since the 1975-90 civil war.

  

French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner (L) and his Syrian counterpart Walid al-Muallem are seen together in Kuwait City. Western and Arab states on Tuesday called for the immediate election of a president in Lebanon and the redefining of Beirut's relations with Damascus.

  

A leading Lebanese banker called for an independent assessment of the performance of international rating agencies, saying they had given an unfair credit rating to the Lebanese banking sector. Speaking in Beirut at a workshop on the effects of the Basel II accord, Saad Andary, the deputy general manager of Bank of Beirut.

  

Attorney of detained former head of General Security Jamil al-Sayyed accused the Lebanese government Tuesday of interfering in the affairs of the international probe committee in the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. "The latest position of the Lebanese government is to be considered as a form of blackmail," a statement issued by the office of lawyer Akram Azouri said.

  

Western and Arab states on Tuesday called for the immediate election of a president in Lebanon and the redefining of Beirut's relations with Damascus.

  

KUWAIT CITY, April 22, 2008 (AFP) - Western and Arab states called on Tuesday for the immediate election of a president in Lebanon and the "redefining" of Beirut's relations with Damascus.

  

Western-allied Arab and G8 countries meeting in Kuwait on Tuesday urged an end to outside interference in Lebanon and the immediate election of a president to end the worst crisis since the 1975-1990 civil war.

  

Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri (seen here earlier this month) has announced the postponement of the latest scheduled session to elect a state president amid continuing political deadlock.

  

Lebanon: Presidential election delayed despite UN call for action (AKI) - Lebanon postponed the election of a new president for the eighteenth time in six months on Tuesday, despite a call from the United Nations to urgently resolve its leadership crisis.Once again the parliament lacked the necessary quorum - two-thirds of the elected representatives - required to select a new head of ...

  

BEIRUT: Lebanon is still determined to implement the Basel II accord because it wants to protect Lebanese banks against all types of financial risks despite all the political and security developments in the country, the central bank vice governor said on Monday.

  

Lebanon remains without a president today after politicians again failed to elect a head of state, leaving the country in a deepening political crisis

  

Empty seats are proliferating in Beirut's political theatre of the absurd, symptoms of a deep malaise that has crippled Lebanese government institutions, damaged the economy and fuelled fears of renewed civil war.

  

BEIRUT (AFP)--Lebanon's parliament speaker once again postponed a scheduled session to elect a state president, his office announced Tuesday, amid continuing political deadlock.

  

Source: Reuters BEIRUT, April 22 (Reuters) - Lebanon's parliament failed to hold a session to elect a president on Tuesday -- the 18th time the chamber has been unable to hold a vote derailed by the worst political ...

  

BEIRUT - Lebanon's parliament failed to hold a session to elect a president on Tuesday -- the 18th time the chamber has been unable to hold a vote derailed by the worst political crisis since the 1975-90 civil war.

  

Lebanon's parliament failed to hold a session to elect a president on Tuesday -- the 18th time the chamber has been unable to hold a vote derailed by the worst political crisis since the 1975-90 civil war.

  

French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner met Syrian counterpart Walid Muallem in Kuwait on Tuesday to discuss the crisis in Lebanon, the first such meeting since Paris suspended high-level contacts with Damascus in December.

  

Lebanese press on Tuesday forecasted no breakthrough in the election crisis as the parliament is scheduled to meet on noon for a 18th attempt toelect a new president. The ruling majority coalition was waiting for Parliament Speaker ...

  

KUWAIT CITY, April 22, 2008 (AFP) - French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner met Syrian counterpart Walid Muallem in Kuwait on Tuesday to discuss the crisis in Lebanon, the first such meeting since Paris suspended high-level contacts with Damascus in December.

  

Beirut - Lawmakers from the ruling anti-Syrian majority started to arrive at the Lebanese parliament Tuesday to attend a scheduled parliament session to elect a president for the country after postponing the decision 17 times. So far the session has ...

  

At the Cabot Street Cinema today and tomorrow you can see "Caramel," a film about a group of Lebanese women at a beauty salon who share their dramas - think a Middle Eastern "Steel Magnolias." The film, which got good reviews when it first came out a few months ago, steers clear of politics in Beirut and keeps to issues ...

  

A SWAT team was on the scene of a stand-off at a church Monday night in Lebanon. A man inside the church was possibly armed.

  

Beirut, April 22: Lebanese security forces erected barricades Monday, blocking nine illegal crossings into neighbouring Syria, a Lebanese security source said.

  

Lebanese Phalange party official Elie Marouni on Monday vowed to turn over the killers of two Phalange party members, and execute them immediately without trail, local Future TV reported. Eli Marouni, head of Phalange party office i ...

  

Lebanese security forces had begun to close a number of illegal crossings at the Northern Lebanese border with Syria by lifting existing dirt barriers and tightening border controls, the state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported Monday. The NNA correspondent in the Northern region of Akkar said the process was launched at 11 a.m. on Monday.

  

Lebanon is still determined to implement the Basel II accord because it wants to protect Lebanese banks against all types of financial risks despite all the political and security developments in the country, the central bank vice governor said on Monday. "Banque du Liban has decided to implement Basel II despite.

  

Lebanon mill has new owners By Jennifer Moody Albany Democrat-Herald LEBANON - The Scroggins Feed and Seed Warehouse has new owners: The Scroggins Mill Rural Heritage group.

  

Islamic Republic of Iran's Cultural Attache to Lebanon here Monday met a former Lebanese Prime Minister and conferred with him on Lebanon's developments and cultural ties.

  

Beirut - Lebanese security forces erected barricades Monday, blocking nine illegal crossings into neighbouring Syria, a Lebanese security source said. Lebanese troops and police patrols managed to close nine illegal overland crossings along the north...

  

A Lebanon police officer used his taser to subdue Jamal Sean Dumas, 24, of the 400 block of North Fifth Street, Lebanon, early Sunday morning, after unsuccessfully trying to break up a fight between Dumas and his uncle Robert Dumas, 55, of the same address, police said.

  

New York - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Monday called on Lebanon and Syria to normalize their difficult relationship three years after Syria ended three decades of military occupation of Lebanon. Ban said Lebanon has suffered many setbacks i...

  

RIYADH (AFP)--Saudi Arabia on Monday urged feuding factions in Lebanon to pledge allegiance to their own country and resist attempts to fall prey to foreign influence, in an apparent reference to Iran.

  

BEIRUT?The debate over whether Israel and the West should negotiate with Hamas often misses a crucial point: Hamas is an important political and social force, and no settlement of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is possible without its involvement.

  

A Swat standoff in Lebanon ends with a man in handcuffs.

  

Source: Reuters MANAMA, April 21 (Reuters) - Talks on the political crisis in Lebanon will be held on the sidelines of a conference aimed at stabilising Iraq, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Monday ...

  

The Lebanese town of Zahle observed an official day of mourning amid tension on Monday, with political leaders trading blame after two activists were shot dead at the opening of a Phalange party headquarters.

  

ZAHLE, Lebanon (AFP)--The Lebanese town of Zahle observed an official day of mourning amid tension Monday, with political leaders trading blame after two activists were shot dead at the opening of a Phalange party headquarters.

  

BEIRUT, April 21 - Below is a table of the latest Lebanese economic statistics.

  

Two members of the Christian Phalange Party in Lebanon are shot dead at the opening of a new office in the town of Zahle.

  

ZAHLE, Lebanon: Two activists close to Lebanon's anti-Syrian parliamentary majority were shot dead yesterday at the opening of a party headquarters in the eastern town of Zahle, a security official said.

  

The new operators of Golden Lamb Restaurant and Inn are putting the finishing touches on a business plan that uses the Lebanon landmark's rich history as a focal point for broadening its appeal.

  

BEIRUT - Two Christian Phalange members were killed and three were wounded Sunday when unidentified gunmen opened fire on the party's headquarters in Zahle in eastern Lebanon, Lebanese police said.

  

Lebanese singer Dominique confirmed that she is pregnant. Dominique has tried to keep her personal affairs, especially concerning her husband and his family out of the media spotlight.

  

Beirut, April 21: Two members of Lebanon's Christian Phalange party have been killed and three injured when unidentified gunmen opened fire on the party's headquarters in eastern Lebanon, the police have said.

  

Lebanese gather close to the scene where two activists close to Lebanon's anti-Syrian majority were shot dead at the opening of a political party headquarters in the eastern town of Zahle.

  

As the 18th Parliament session to elect a new Lebanese president looked likely to face the fate of earlier sessions, reports emerged that the foreign ministers of Syria and France are expected to discuss the Lebanese crisis on Tuesday on the sidelines of an international conference in Iraq to be held in Kuwait.

  

Former ambassador Johnny Abdo warned Saturday that Hizbullah sought to control Lebanon's public institutions, saying the group aimed at creating "a state within the state." Abdo, in a radio interview, pledged to expose the Hizbullah plan in two weeks, saying: "I will disclose very serious information about Hizbullah's incursion across Lebanese institutions."

  

The 18th attempt to elect a Lebanese president, due to take place on Tuesday, is likely to see a fate similar to that of its predecessors, with rival factions now setting their sights on the 2009 parliamentary vote. The 17 previous attempts have all failed, with MPs who are supposed to pick the new head of state, not even holding the meetings called to elect one.

  

The unending political impasse and the constant yet fruitless attempts at shaking the lethargy are being reflected in the stagnant performance of the Beirut Stock Exchange. Last week, the BLOM Stock Index increased 1.62 percent to 1,581.47 points, marking a gain of 5.31 percent for 2008.

  

Two local Lebanese officials have been shot dead as they opened a regional headquarters for a Christian political party.

  

ZAHLE, Lebanon (AFP)--Two activists close to Lebanon's anti-Syrian majority were shot dead on Sunday at the opening of a political party headquarters in the eastern town of Zahle, a security official said.

  

Beirut -Two Christian Phalange members were killed and three others were wounded Sunday when unidentified gunmen opened fire on the party's headquarters in Zahle, eastern Lebanon, Lebanese police said. According to the police, the gunmen in a speedin...

  

SIDON, Lebanon (AFP)--Hundreds of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon staged a sit-in in the southern port city of Sidon on Sunday to demand an end to the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip.

  

A few yards from the only stop sign in Duran, N.M., Brahaim Hindi and his son, Milo, reminisce about all the land their Lebanese immigrant family once owned in the town of 25 people, including two children.

  

Lebanon - Head of City Council - Iran Head of Tehran City Council visited development plans in south of Lebanon which are being carried out by Iran.

  

Iran - Lebanon -Constructive Projects The chief of Beirut's Municipal Council on Saturday appreciated Iran's contribution support to Lebanon to rebuild the devastation caused during 33-day invasion of Israel in July-August 2006.

  

LEBANON, Mo. - In their second match in 12 hours, the Soccer Lady Lakers clipped Nixa for the second time this season 2-0 Friday in the Black Pool of the Lebanon Tournament.

  

BEIRUT: A major Kuwaiti food company acquired Lebanon's Monoprix and Giant stores for $97 million. Michael Abchee, the general manager of Admic which owns Monoprix and Giant malls, told The Daily Star that Kuwait's Sultan Center for Food Product, better know as TSC, has made this transaction after several months of negotiations.

  

An aerial view of the United States embassy in Beirut, 18 April 1983, after a bomb destroyed part of the building. The US embassy in Lebanon commemorated the 25th anniversary Friday of the bombing of the diplomatic mission in Beirut in which 52 people were killed.

  

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Friday joined fellow US diplomats in marking the 25th anniversary of the bombing at the US embassy in Beirut which killed 52 people on April 18, 1983.

  

In the wake of the summer 2006 war, Beirutis were witness to a curious contest. All over town red-and-white billboards, in Arabic, French or English announced "I Love Life."Appearing early in the political wrangle that has riven Lebanon's citizens into two camps, the ad campaign seemed apolitical. Yet, as it implied the Other.

  

The Worldwide Alumni Association of the American University of Beirut (WAAAUB) inaugurated its new locale on Thursday, in the presence of dozens of AUB alumni and members of the alumni association's newly elected board. "Few universities in the world can boast as wide an international presence as our alma mater," said Khalil Makkawi.

  

Two condemned prisoners residing in a high security Lebanese prison and participating in the drama therapy sessions taking place inside the facility since February 2008 recently described their experiences with the following metaphors:

  

TYRE, Lebanon (AFP) - Her bright red Islamic veil framing her young face and contrasting sharply with her white uniform, Walaa Ayoub kicks up a storm as she practises the taekwondo moves her South Korean trainer has taught her.

  

Her bright red Islamic veil framing her young face and contrasting sharply with her white uniform, Walaa Ayoub kicks up a storm as she practises the taekwondo moves her South Korean trainer has taught her.

  

The public is invited to a community open house from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Sunday at St. John's Hospital-Lebanon, 100 Hospital Drive, to tour a newly-completed $8 million dollar expansion to the regional hospital. The new construction includes expanded emergency and medical-surgical departments and the St. John's Curry Cancer Center. The project added 25,000 square feet of space to the existing ...

  

The US embassy in Lebanon commemorated the 25th anniversary Friday of the bombing of the diplomatic mission in Beirut in which 52 people were killed.

  

Lebanon police arrested two more local men Wednesday night as part of a two-month investigation into alleged drug dealers that resulted in seven arrests earlier this week.

  

BEIRUT: US Charge d'Affaires Michel Sison presented funding for scholarships to the American University of Beirut (AUB) on Thursday. Sison presented a contribution of $2.6 million to AUB's president John Waterbury to finance scholarships for deserving students.

  

Lebanon - Exhibition - Iran The third international exhibition on Lebanon rebuilding will be held here on June 2-6, 2008 with foreign and domestic companies.

  

BEIRUT: Finance Minister Jihad Azour predicted on Thursday that the financial and monetary conditions in 2008 will be stable despite the political problems in the country.

  

US President George W. Bush, Seen here on April 16, on Thursday accused Iran and Syria of undermining democracy in Lebanon and renewed his support for the embattled government of Prime Minister Fuad Siniora.

  

Lebanese General Federation of Labor Unions (GFLU) has threatened to go on strike on May 7 if a pay dispute was not resolved, local Naharnet news website reported on Thursday. "If the private sector rejected our legitimate demands, ...

  

LEBANON - An apartment-housing complex on South Main Street in Lebanon will move forward with a planned development application, and a hearing on a complex on Sunset Road will be extended through next Thursday.

  

US Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs David Welch called on rival Lebanese parties Thursday to head to Parliament and elect a new president, adding that the perfect place for holding national dialogue was Parliament itself. "There are state institutions in which dialogue can be held," Welch told reporters.

  

Lebanon this week observed the tragic memory of the outbreak of the country's so-called Civil War in 1975, which in fact was most uncivil and catastrophic. Several functions and activities marked the occasion in a manner that reflected the frustration and impatience of the country's silent majority over the continuing political crisis which affects the livelihood of the people and threatens the ...

  

The American University of Beirut (AUB) has become one of only a handful of universities worldwide to launch a dedicated channel on YouTube, the enormously popular video-sharing Web site, a statement issued by the university on Wednesday.

  

Email this article Printer friendly page The Lebanon golf team competed in the Osage National High School Golf Classic on Wednesday and the team placed 10th in a 24-team field.

  

Beirut - Lebanon's Shiite Hezbollah partisans on Thursday attacked and kidnapped a police officer in south Beirut in the second such development in as many days, security sources reported. The sources said the police officer was investigating an ille...

  

BEIRUT - A top US offical reiterated on Thursday Washington's strong support for the Lebanese government and urged the immediate election of a president without foreign interference.

  

BEIRUT (AFP) - A top US official reiterated on Thursday Washington's strong support for the Lebanese government and urged the immediate election of a president without foreign interference.

  

A top US official reiterated on Thursday Washington's strong support for the Lebanese government and urged the immediate election of a president without foreign interference.

  

BEIRUT (AFP) US Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs David Welch was in Lebanon Thursday to discuss the protracted presidential crisis with rival political leaders, Lebanese officials said.

  

LONDON, April 17 - Lebanon offered a voluntary debt exchange on Thursday for Eurobonds maturing in 2008 for longer dated notes maturing in 2014 with an 8.95 percent to 9.10 percent yield.

  

US Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs David Welch was in Lebanon Thursday to discuss the protracted presidential crisis with rival political leaders, Lebanese officials said.

  

BEIRUT - US Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs David Welch was in Lebanon Thursday to discuss the protracted presidential crisis with rival political leaders, Lebanese officials said.

  

Beirut - Lebanese government sources on Thursday described as most dangerous comments by incoming Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi that the rules of engagement for Italy's troops serving with a UN peace mission in Lebanon be reviewed. The sources ...

  

Migration "is a human concern, not a Muslim or a Christian one, and therefore Christians and Muslims must act on it together", declared representatives of Lebanon's six most numerous faith communities at a Public Hearing on Migration and the Changing Ecclesial Landscape which officially opened in Beirut on 14 April 2008.

  

A lengthy investigation yielded the arrests and is expected to net several other suspected drug offenders soon, Lebanon police said.

  

Three strikes and you're out. For the Lebanon softball team in 2008, it's one, two, three different pitchers who will strike you out when you go up against the Warriors.

  

In the presence of various economic and business personalities, he said, 'The central bank is not afraid of a decline in the value of the dollar.

  

The debate between the private sector and the General Labor Confederation (GLC) over pay intensified Wednesday after the trade unions insisted that they won't accept anything less than a rise in the minimum wage from LL300,000 to LL960,000 a month. After a meeting at the GLC headquarters in Beirut.

  

Lebanese affected by the 1983 bombing that destroyed the US Embassy on Beirut's seaside Corniche gathered to share recollections about their experiences this week, almost 25 years to the day after the attack. "I called my husband, who was an employee at the embassy, at five minutes to one and asked him what he wanted for lunch," said.

  

Senior Shiite cleric Sayyed Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah slammed the United States on Wednesday and accused it of exploiting Lebanon. "The United States is using Lebanon to pressure its regional enemies," Fadlallah said, in reference to Syria and Iran. Fadlallah on Wednesday met with Australian Ambassador Lyndall Sachs at his residence in Haret Hreik.

  

Lebanon - Iran - Meeting Iran's ambassador to Lebanon conferred with Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri here Wednesday. Mohammad Reza Sheybani in a meeting with Nabih Berri discussed regional issues and the latest situation in Lebanon.

  

Beirut - Lebanon's shiite movement Hezbollah lashed out Wednesday on the international community for failing to act to stop repeated incursions by Israeli troops into southern Lebanon. The Israeli violations are taking place every day on Lebanese so...

  

-- The longtime Hanover ski and bicycle retailer Omer & Bob's will relocate to downtown Lebanon later this year, filling a storefront that has been empty since Lebanon Pharmacy closed last October.

  

Authorities are following up on last Tuesday's arrest of three Dartmouth students on charges of marijuana possession in Lebanon, NH. Evan Fulop '11, Kane Kunz '11 and Calvin Woodring '11 are scheduled to appear in Lebanon District Court on May 20.

  

The beach at Beirut was a popular vacation spot. Now they are polluted with spilled oil.

  

The UN Security Council reiterated on Tuesday its commitment to the full implementation of all provisions of its resolution 1701, which in August of 2006 called for an end to hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah in South Lebanon and map ...

  

The Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani with Speaker of the Lebanese Parliament, Nabih Berri, at the Emiri Diwan yesterday. 2001 The Peninsula.

  

Lebanese Speaker Nabih Berri criticized Tuesday "attempts to portray the political crisis in Lebanon as one between Lebanon and Syria and not an inter-Lebanese crisis." Berri was referring to Prime Minister Fouad Siniora's efforts to hold an Arab foreign ministers' meeting with the aim of healing the strained relations between Beirut and Damascus.

  

The Lebanese Family Planning Association on Thursday in Beirut, Lebanon, opened a three-day youth workshop aimed at increasing awareness, communication and use of prevention measures to stem the spread of HIV/AIDS, Lebanon's Daily Star reports.

  

John Morgan Lane of Lebanon received the Federal Aviation Administration's highest award for an aircraft mechanic - the Charles Taylor Master Mechanic Award - during the Ohio Aviation Maintenance Symposium on March 19 at Columbus State Community College.

  

DOHA, Qatar (AFP)--Lebanon's pro-Syrian parliament speaker Nabih Berri held talks in Qatar Tuesday on his country's political crisis during an Arab tour that he hopes will take in Saudi Arabia, an aide said.