"How perfect to put a cultural event in the middle and diverge the minds and thoughts of everybody from Turkeys past and denial," one of the activists said.

BEIRUT: A private international school in Beirut has formed a partnership with a school for orphans in a remote part of the Bekaa Valley to help its pupils benefit from modern education techniques. At first glance, the Al-Tanmia school seems an unlikely partner for Beirut's American Community School (ACS).

BEIRUT (AFP) - Former Lebanese security services director Jamil Sayyed, detained for four years in connection with the murder of ex-premier Rafiq Hariri, vowed on Thursday a comeback as he savoured his first day of freedom.

Prime Minister Gordon Brown reiterated support for a tribunal over the death of ex-Lebanese premier Rafiq Hariri Thursday as he hailed Beirut's "vital role" in the Middle East.

Prime Minister Gordon Brown reiterated support for a tribunal over the death of ex-Lebanese premier Rafiq Hariri Thursday as he hailed Beirut's "vital role" in the Middle East.

LEBANON A flier meant to be a friendly reminder of Lebanon?s downtown display ordinances has prompted anger among some merchants, who say they believe the city is trying to drive them out of business.

Health minister advises Lebanese to take simple precautionary measures to avoid deadly virus.

Officials with Mount Lebanon School District have canceled classes today at the high school due to a major water main break. According to school officials, the break is located in the school's parking lot.

MT. LEBANON, Pa. -- Mount Lebanon High School was closed Thursday morning because of a major water main break, district officials said. The break happened in the school's parking lot.

Suleiman: Israel poses 'very great danger' to Lebanon, must withdraw from Lebanese territories.

Four Lebanese generals held over the 2005 killing of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri have been freed due to lack of evidence. They were?

Lebanon has released four generals held for nearly four years for the assassination of former PM Rafik Hariri.

Lebanon: Lebanon's Bank Audi has reported a growth in its Q1 net profit of 11.6% to $61m, compared to the same period in 2008. Bank Audi's assets stood at $20.7bn at the end of March compared to a previously stated level of $20.4bn at the end of December, while customer deposits grew by $406m to $17.6bn. [AMEInfo.com]

Four generals detained in the 2005 bombing that killed former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri were released Wednesday.The Special Tribunal for Lebanon said prosecutor Daniel Bellemare no longer sought to have the generals detained, a United Nations statement said.The prosecutor reportedly said the evidence was insufficient to seek indictments in the United Nations-backed court against Jamil ...

BEIRUT: The positive economic indicators prevailing in Lebanon after the eruption of the global financial crisis do not provide a guarantee for the future of the country with the presence of a public debt that is increasing year after year, president of the World Union of Arab Banks Joseph Torbey said Wednesday.

UNITED NATIONS, April 29 (UPI) -- Four generals detained in the 2005 bombing that killed former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri were released Wednesday.

Lebanese Minister of Justice Ibrahim Najjar said Wednesday that the four detained generals suspected in the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri will be released in a few hours, Future TV reported. "The Lebanese government will abide with the decision of STL," Najjar told Future TV, adding that he discussed with Prime Minister Fouad Seniora the immediate release of the four ...

BEIRUT, Lebanon ? Four Lebanese generals with ties to Syrian security services were freed Wednesday for lack of evidence after spending nearly four years in custody on suspicion of involvement in the 2005 assassination of former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri.

The effort to end Syria's influence in Beirut is floundering, but U.S.-Syrian rapprochement may help ease the pain

A special UN court has released four Lebanese generals detained in the case of the assassination of ex-premier Rafiq Hariri.

Wailing high above a stomping beat, crunching out cacophonous chords or twanging frenetically: It's the oud, but not as you may know it. Mehdi Haddab and his accomplices, collectively known as Speed Caravan, brought their show "Kalashnik Love" to Music Hall Tuesday. An Algerian-born Frenchman.

AMSTERDAM/BEIRUT (Reuters) - The Special Tribunal for Lebanon on Wednesday ordered the release of four pro-Syrian generals held in Lebanon since 2005 over the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri.

Lebanon frees four generals held for nearly four years in the 2005 truck-bomb assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri after a U.N.-backed tribunal ordered them freed, setting off celebrations with fireworks and dancing.

Lebanon released four generals held for nearly four years in the 2005 truck-bomb assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri after a U.N.-backed tribunal ordered them freed on Wednesday, setting off celebrations with fireworks and dancing.

BEIRUT - Four Lebanese generals detained for nearly four years in connection with the 2005 assassination of ex-premier Rafiq Hariri were released on Wednesday following a ruling by a special UN court.

BEIRUT - Lebanon has begun releasing four generals held for four years on suspicion of involvement in the assassination of former prime minister Rafik Hariri after an international judge ordered them released.

Lebanon released four generals Wednesday who had been held for nearly four years without charge over the assassination of ex-premier Rafiq Hariri following a ruling by a UN-backed court.

Four generals in custody over the killing of former Lebanon PM Rafik Hariri are freed from jail after four years.

Authorities in Lebanon have begun releasing four generals held for four years on suspicion of involvement in the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri after an international judge ordered them released.

The Special Tribunal for Lebanon Wednesday ordered the release of four pro-Syrian security generals held in Lebanon since 2005 over the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri.

The Hague/Beirut - A UN tribunal on Wednesday ordered the immediate release of four former Lebanese generals detained for four years without charge in connection with the 2005 assassination of Lebanon's former prime minister Rafik Hariri. Daniel Fran...

Four senior Lebanese generals held over the assassination of former prime minister Rafiq al-Hariri are to be released, marking the first significant decision taken by the special UN tribunal trying the case.

April 29 (Bloomberg) -- A United Nations tribunal investigating the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri ordered the release of four Lebanese generals held in connection with the killing.

A U.N.-backed tribunal on Wednesday ordered the immediate release of four pro-Syrian generals being held in a Beirut prison for the 2005 truck-bomb assassination of Lebanon's former prime minister, Rafik Hariri.

The Rolla High School girls? soccer team dropped a Ozark Conference heartbreaker on Tuesday, falling 1-0 to the Lebanon Yellow Jackets. Rolla falls to 8-4-2 overall and 4-2 in the league.

AMSTERDAM - The Special Tribunal for Lebanon ordered on Wednesday the release of four pro-Syrian security generals held in Lebanon since 2005 over the assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik al-Hariri.

According to the US State Department Lebanese Election Unit, if the election were held today the Hezbollah-led opposition would capture 69 of the 128 seats in Parliament, says Franklin Lamb .

Source: Reuters AMSTERDAM, April 29 (Reuters) - Four security generals being held in Lebanon over the killing of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik al-Hariri should be released, the prosecutor for the Special ...

A judge at the U.N.-backed tribunal set up to prosecute former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri's assassins will make a ruling Wednesday on whether to keep the only suspects in the suicide bombing in custody.

Lebanon: Khalaf Al Habtoor, Chairman of Al Habtoor Group, received last Thursday at the Habtoor Grand Hotel Convention Centre and Spa in Beirut, a visit from the Malaysian delegation in Beirut, headed by Johors Chief Minister H.E. Dato' Abdul Ghani Othman. [AMEInfo.com]

BEIRUT: President of the Lebanese Industrialists Association Fadi Abboud stressed on Monday the importance of the country's food industry which contributes heavily to the Lebanese economy through food exports.

LEBANON - About 30 people turned out Tuesday to listen to nine candidates for the Lebanon School Board answer questions about why they're running and what they hope to accomplish.

BEIRUT: Lebanon's tourism sector could get an unexpected boost this summer, not only from the recent political stability, but also from new daily flights between Beirut and Dubai offered by the Emirate's first low-cost carrier, flydubai.

A senior official with Lebanon's Shiite armed group Hezbollah warned Tuesday that an Israeli military maneuver on May 31 might target Lebanon, local Elnashra website reported. "Lebanon must go on high alert during the largest-ever Israeli military maneuver on May 31," head of Hezbollah's parliamentary bloc MP Mohammad Raad told Lebanese leaders during Tuesday's national dialogue session. ...

AFP/United Nations Hezbollah and other armed militias in Lebanon are fostering instability and intimidation as elections near, UN chief Ban Ki-moon has warned in a report.

The city is about to go book-crazy. More than 200 events will take place here as part of Beirut's year as World Book Capital. This festival has been organized annually by UNESCO since 2001 to promote books and reading. The festivities officially began in Beirut on April 23, when culture minister Tammam Salam flew to Paris for the handover ceremony.

Lebanon's best known explorer Maxime Chaya returned to Lebanon on Monday after becoming the first Arab in history to reach the North Pole. After overcoming -60 degree temperatures, arduous terrain and three weeks of continuous daylight out of a 55 day journey, Chaya and two companions reached the world's most northerly point on Saturday.

Beirut - Lebanon must go on high alert in anticipation of Israel's biggest-ever military manoeuvres on May 31, Hezbollah parliamentary bloc head Mohammed Raad said Tuesday. The country must be fully prepared for such an emergency, Raad was quoted a...

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton came to Beirut this past weekend to voice American support for the pro-Western March 14 coalition of Sunni and Christian leaders in the upcoming election. She delivered a letter to President Sleiman from President Obama declaring that the United States would not ?sell out? Lebanon in any deal made in [...]

* Net income 0.3 pct higher to $13.6 mln

Politicians representing Lebanon's various parties to discuss national defence strategy June 1.

BEIRUT, April 28 (Reuters) - Net income at Lebanon's Byblos Bank climbed 18.6 percent in the first quarter of 2009 to $25 million compared with the same period a year ago, a bank official said on Tuesday. Total assets stood at $11.6 billion at the end of March, the official told Reuters, compared to $11.23 billion at the end of 2008. Customer deposits climbed to $8.75 billion from $8.36 billion ...

Lebanon: Malia Group, a Lebanon-based multi-sectored and multifaceted conglomerate, has implemented Oracle E-Business Suite, ensuring across-the-board transparency, efficiency and centralization of its systems. [AMEInfo.com]

Lebanon domain for Google will give local users country specific search and better access to local languages

The fate of four high-ranking Lebanese generals detained after being suspected of involvement in the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri will be determined Wednesday, local LBC TV reported Monday. After three years and seven months of detention in Roumieh jail in east Beirut, the general prosecutor for the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) Daniel Bellemare, handed over Monday ...

Head of the Future Bloc in the Lebanese Parliament MP Saad Hariri had announced electoral alliances and tickets in Tripoli and the Dinyeh and Minyeh region in separate rallies, in which he urged voters to cast their ballot in favor of the candidates who support building a strong, sovereign and free state.

A UN special court will decide Wednesday whether to release or keep in detention four Lebanese generals being held over the assassination of Lebanon's ex-premier Rafiq Hariri.

Interior Minister Ziyad Baroud proposed on Monday that the Cabinet amend the legislation that currently labels Lebanese Jews as "Israelis" to "Jewish Lebanese." A press release by Baroud's office said on Monday that the interior minister has submitted the proposal to be discussed by the Cabinet.

Beirut - Pre-Trial Judge Daniel Fransen of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon is to announce later this week his decision on the fate of the four detained generals suspected in the 2005 assassination of Lebanese former premier Rafik Hariri, the tribuna...

BEIRUT - Ahead of an election that could oust the United States-backed Beirut Government, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said yesterday that Washington supported "voices of moderation" and will never make a deal with Syria that "sells out" Lebanon's interests.

UNIVERSITY PARK ? Don't look now, but former Lebanon High standout Jared Odrick is forging quite the college career for Penn State.A First-Team Big Ten pick at defensive end last season, the 6-5, 306-pound Odrick toyed with skipping his senior season and taking a stab at the NFL Draft.But ...

Lebanon: Apliman Technologies is looking forward to participate in West and Cetral AfricaCom (Stand D1) that is going to be held in Abuja, Nigeria on 17-18 June. [AMEInfo.com]

Beirut -- Ahead of an election that could oust the U.S.-backed Beirut government, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Sunday that Washington supports "voices of moderation" and never will make a deal with Syria that "sells out" Lebanon's interests.

Philip G. Antypas overcame a birth defect and a childhood of hunger and poverty in Syria to become a plastic and reconstructive surgeon first in Lebanon and then in the United States.

BEIRUT, April 26 -- Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton traveled to Lebanon on Sunday in a show of support for its pro-Western government, weeks before critical elections that could increase the influence of Iran and Syria.

Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Butros Sfeir said on Sunday that he was "tranquil" about the future of Christians in Lebanon. "When we realize that Christians have been in Lebanon since the dawn of history and survived until now, we do not need to be skeptical regarding our future condition in this nation," Sfeir said.

BEIRUT - Ahead of an election that could oust the U.S.-backed Beirut government, America's top diplomat said Sunday that Washington supports "voices of moderation" and never will make a deal Syria that "sells out" Lebanon's interests.

Ahead of an election that could oust the U.S.-backed Beirut government, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Sunday that Washington supports "voices of moderation" and never will make a deal Syria that "sells out" Lebanon's interests.

BEIRUT, Lebanon, April 26 -- Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton traveled to Lebanon on Sunday in a show of support for its pro-Western government, weeks before critical elections that could increase the influence of Iran and Syria.

Remarks After Meeting With Lebanese President Michel Sleiman Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Beirut, Lebanon April 26, 2009 SECRETARY CLINTON: Let me begin by saying how pleased I am to be here in Lebanon on a beautiful day. I appreciated the opportunity that I had to meet with the president, with the minister, and other members of the government. I am grateful for this chance to ...

Hillary Clinton made an unannounced three-hour stop Sunday in Beirut, where Syrian- and Iranian-backed militant Shiite group Hezbollah is gaining support in advance of the June 7 election, and met with Lebanese President Michel Suleiman.

BEIRUT - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton flew to Beirut on Sunday to meet with Lebanese officials ahead of a critical election that could see a pro-American government ousted by the militant Shiite Muslim group Hezbollah and its allies.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton met Sunday with Lebanon's president on a stop in Beirut ahead of a critical election that could see a pro-U.S. government ousted by the Iranian-backed Hezbollah and its allies.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton met Sunday with Lebanon's president on a stop in Beirut ahead of a critical election that could see a pro-U.S. government ousted by the Iranian-backed Hezbollah and its allies.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton reassured the Lebanese people Sunday that Washington supports "voices of moderation" and will never make a deal with Syria that undermines the country's interests.

BEIRUT - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton met Sunday with Lebanon's president on a stop in Beirut ahead of a critical election that could see a pro-U.S....

BEIRUT, Lebanon, April 26 (UPI) -- On an unannounced trip to Lebanon, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Sunday urged the nation to refrain from violence during its June elections.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged Lebanese on Sunday to hold an "open and free" election in June without outside interference.

BEIRUT (AFP) - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made an unannounced visit to Lebanon on Sunday as the country readies for parliamentary elections that could see the militant group Hezbollah and its allies emerge victorious.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged Lebanese on Sunday to hold an "open and free" election in June without outside interference.

April 26 (Bloomberg) -- Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Lebanon?s coming parliamentary elections must be free of foreign interference and domestic violence as she arrived in Beirut for an unannounced visit.

US secretary of state Hillary Clinton dropped in on Beirut for a few hours Sunday, April 26, after spending a day in Iraq. She took the politically loaded step of a visit to the tomb of Lebanon's former prime minister, Rafiq Hariri, who was assassinated in 2005.

BEIRUT - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton flew to Beirut on Sunday to meet with Lebanese officials ahead of a critical election that could see a pro-American government ousted by the militant Shiite Muslim group Hezbollah and its allies.

Associated Press - April 26, 2009 6:03 AM ET BEIRUT (AP) - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has met with Lebanon's president and pledged continuing U.S.

BEIRUT - Visiting Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pledged on Sunday that the current rapprochement beween the United States and Syria will not come at the expense of Lebanon.

BEIRUT (AFP) - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made an unannounced visit to Lebanon on Sunday as the country readies for parliamentary elections that could see the militant group Hezbollah and its allies emerge victorious.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrives on her first visit to Beirut, for talks with Lebanese leaders.

BEIRUT - US Secretary of State Clinton flies into Beirut for unannounced pre-election visit.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton flew to Beirut on Sunday to meet with Lebanese officials ahead of a critical election that could see a pro-U.S. government ousted by the militant Shiite Muslim group Hezbollah and its allies.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Beirut on Sunday on a previously unannounced visit to Lebanon, airport officials said.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made an unnannounced visit to Lebanon on Sunday as the country prepares for legislative elections that could see the militant group Hezbollah emerge victorious.

Mohammed Saleh is convinced: If he builds it, Lebanese expatriates will come.

AFP/Marjayoun, Lebanon Lebanese authorities arrested three people on suspicion of spying for Israel yesterday, the latest in a series of such arrests, a security official said.

BEIRUT - Lebanese security officials say three men have been arrested as part of an alleged spying ring for Israel, the latest chapter in the long-running espionage war between the two countries.

Lebanese authorities arrested three people on suspicion of spying for Israel on Saturday, the latest in a series of such arrests, a security official said.

Lebanese security forces arrested on Saturday a cell linked to the Israeli Mossad in southern Lebanon, Future News TV reported. It added police detained three members of the cell during raids in Jezzine, Nabatiyeh and Sidon.

Beirut - Arab League chief Amr Mussa arrived in Beirut Saturday to discuss the crisis between Cairo and the Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah over an alleged cell linked to the group working to destabilize Egypt, a government source said. Mussa met ...

Beirut - Lebanese security forces arrested on Saturday a cell linked to the Israeli intelligence Mossad in southern Lebanon, a security source said. The police arrested three members of the cell during raids in Jezzine, Nabatiyeh and Sidon, in southe...

Lebanon: Non-profit organization Bicharaf has concluded Business Ethics Roundtable discussions with leading businesses in Beirut, Lebanon. [AMEInfo.com]

Amnesty International has written an open letter to Lebanon's political leaders calling on them to put human rights at the centre of their election campaign.

Lebanon: Alfa, one of the two mobile-operators in Lebanon, announces the completion of its first phase related to the Core Network modernization, after swapping out old generation equipment with the newest, allowing the network to provide 3G services. [AMEInfo.com]

The Falcons (0-3) clung to a 1-1 tie through four innings but couldn't hold on, allowing four runs in the fifth inning during their eventual loss to Lebanon (2-3).

Lebanon and France signed on Friday a joint agreement whereby prison authorities in Lebanon will benefit from French expertise in the field of prison management. Visiting French Justice Minister Rashida Dati and Justice Minister Ibrahim Najjar inked a cooperation agreement between France's National School of Prisons Management and Lebanon's Institute of Judiciary Studies.

The National Liberal Party (NLP) said Friday Lebanon's unity was "based on the unity of Mount Lebanon, which is characterized by its diversity." In a statement issued following NLP's weekly meeting, presided over by its president Dory Chamoun, the group said different families and sects in the Mountain were crucial to preserve coexistence.

Lebanese Justice Minister Ibrahim Najjar said Thursday that Lebanon has issued an arrest warrant for a key suspect in the assassination of former Premier Rafik Hariri, despite not receiving any official information regarding his alleged arrest in the United Arab Emirates.

With campaigning and moderate talk, Hezbollah is building its strength for Lebanon's June 7 elections and the militant Shiite Muslim group and its allies stand a good chance of winning.

BRUSSELS, April 24 (UPI) -- A delegation of election monitors with the European Union left for Lebanon to observe the June 7 parliamentary vote.

Beirut is the new World Book Capital for 2009, taking over from Amsterdam. Hosting this prestigious, year long book festival is of great significance to this once war-torn city.

A judge sentences Kimberly Elaine Dunkin to life in prison for the beating death of Zachary Jones at Atchley Park in Lebanon.

BEIRUT, Lebanon, April 24 (MNA) -- Tehran claimed championship of the 16th Asian Cities Teams Championship for Dubai Cup on Thursday.

With quiet campaigning and moderate talk, Hezbollah is building its strength for Lebanon's June 7 parliament elections _ and the militant Shiite Muslim group and its allies stand a good chance of winning. That could mean a stunning shake-up for one of the Middle East's most volatile countries, replacing a pro-U.S. government with a coalition dominated from behind the scenes by Hezbollah, the ...

Lebanese Haifa Wehbe marries Egyptian entrepreneur at private wedding service in Beirut.

Sepuh Galpekian, Artur Nazarianand and Hagop Bagratuni may become members of Lebanese parliament.

BEIRUT - With quiet campaigning and moderate talk, Hezbollah is building its strength for Lebanon's June 7 parliament elections - and the militant Shiite Muslim group and its allies stand a good chance of winning.

As the battle lines are drawn for the Lebanese elections in June, reports suggest the surprising kingmakers could be Lebanon's Armenians. This small community of barely 150,000 look set to abandon its traditional neutrality and back the Hezbollah-led opposition.

Since Israel's recent assault on Gaza, the Arab peace initiative, as approved at the 2002 Beirut summit, has come under public and official debate. Eventually, three points of view have taken shape.

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Lebanon charged a retired general, his wife and his nephew, who is a government security agent, with spying for Israel, the military prosecutor said yesterday, the latest chapter in the long-running espionage war between the two countries.

The Mt. Lebanon teen accused of trying to kill his ex-girlfriend with a hammer will report to juvenile court for a detention hearing next month.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was quoted as saying that the US would not reach any agreement with Syria at the expense of Lebanon. During a testimonial for the US House of Representatives Foreign Affairs committee, Clinton stressed the need to cooperate with the international community to adopt a strategy of openness toward Iran.

Drama students at Lebanon High School are ready to kick off their Sunday shoes when they cut ?Footloose?

Lebanon's first ever ambassador to former powerbroker Syria began work on Thursday almost six months after the two neighbours set up diplomatic ties, Syria's official news agency said.

PALMYRA-The child day care center at Lebanon Valley Brethren Home will remain open, the home's board of directors decided Wednesday, reversing an earlier decision to close it in June due to financial losses.

The Mt. Lebanon teen accused of trying to kill his ex-girlfriend with a hammer will report to juvenile court for a detention hearing next month

BEIRUT (AFP)--A retired Lebanese general, his wife, and a nephew were charged Thursday with spying for Israel, a crime that can lead to life imprisonment or a death sentence, a judicial official told AFP.

Lebanon: The Foreign Affairs Ministry of Mexico, the Mexican Embassy in Lebanon, Ambassador Jorge Alvarez Fuentes, and Cultural Attach Antonio Lopezros, in collaboration with the Department of Architecture and Design at the American University of Beirut, are inviting Architect Miquel Adri to give a lecture 'on Contemporary Mexican Architecture' on Friday April 24, 2009. [AMEInfo.com]

Lebanon: Beirut-based Global Holidays is the General Sales Agent for Wataniya Airways in the Republic of Lebanon. [AMEInfo.com]

BEIRUT (AFP)--Lebanon said Thursday that 587 candidates have thrown their hats into the ring for the June parliamentary election, which is seen as key to the future of the divided country.

Lebanon said on Thursday that 587 candidates have thrown their hats into the ring for the June parliamentary election, which is seen as key to the future of the divided country.

Lebanon: MTC Touch, the leading mobile telecommunication company in Lebanon and Zain affiliate, recently announced the growth of its client base to 1,000,000 customers by the start of the second quarter of 2009. [AMEInfo.com]

Lebanon: Wataniya Airways, Kuwaits new full service luxury airline, conducted its first ever agents workshop at the Habtoor Grand Hotel. [AMEInfo.com]

Beirut: As Beirut prepares to don the mantle on Thursday of UNESCO ?World Book Capital City 2009,? Arabic novels are enjoying an unprecedented boom across the Middle East, breaking taboos on topics such as sex and religion.

BEIRUT: While taking a bath five years ago, MBC journalist Fadia Tawil happened upon a hard lump in her breast. The lump, which was roughly the size of an olive, didn't hurt but she nevertheless hastily went to a doctor. Tawil was given a grim verdict: cancer.

The conference was opened with a speech delivered by the noted woman of letters Dr. Najah al-Attar, vice-president of the Syrian Arab Republic, on behalf of Bashar Assad, president of the Republic.

BEIRUT, Apr 23, 2009 (AFP) - As Beirut prepares to don the mantle on Thursday of UNESCO "World Book Capital City 2009," Arabic novels are enjoying an unprecedented boom across the Middle East, breaking taboos on topics such as sex and religion.

LG Electronics, and in the occasion of its 4th anniversary in Lebanon, has today introduced one more value added facility to the panel of services it provides to its customers in the country.

Lebanon: LG Electronics, and in the occasion of its 4th anniversary in Lebanon, has today introduced one more value added facility to the panel of services it provides to its customers in the country. [AMEInfo.com]

Lebanon used the long ball on Wednesday night to remain undefeated in the Clinch Mountain District. The Pioneers, powered by a pair of two-run homers, eased by John Battle 7-4 on a cold, windy evening at Pioneer Park.

The race for parliamentary seats is seen as the freest in decades, but may also be the most corrupt in a country that has long been seen as a battleground for regional influence.

Editor?s note: This is the first of a monthly series looking at Lebanon?

A man posing as a protester clashes with riot police during a military manoeuvre at a security conference organised by the Institute for Near East and Gulf Military Analysis in Beirut yesterday.

Cabinet is expected to settle the controversial issue of appointments in its next session headed by President Michel Sleiman at Baabda Palace, Beirut newspapers reported on Wednesday. As-Safir daily said the upcoming Cabinet session on Friday would be decisive in terms of appointments linked to the June 7 parliamentary elections.

The head of the Arab League, Amr Moussa, will arrive in Beirut on Saturday for talks in the wake of an Egyptian security operation that has prompted Cairo to accuse Lebanese authorities of "conspiring" with a Hizbullah cell captured in Egypt. The arrest of 49 men accused of belonging to Hizbullah reignited a bitter war of words between authorities in Cairo.

LEBANON Parents, students and staff in the Lebanon Community School District are invited to take an online ?school climate survey? available on the district?s website, www.lebanon.k12.or.us.

LEBANON Residents of the Lebanon Community School District will have two opportunities to meet with candidates for the Lebanon School Board this month.

Dear Mexican: First of all, please don't think that I'm a self-loathing Mexican; I was born in the U.S. to northern Mexican parents. As far as I know, my ancestry is just Indian, Spanish and a little French. For some strange reason, I have developed an intense fascination ? and you m...

WASHINGTON, April 22 (UPI) -- Members of the Lebanese internal security forces took part in a U.S.-sponsored police-training program in three U.S. cities, the U.S. Embassy in Beirut reports.

TOO much hope is being reposed in Barack Obama as the outsider who can cool the fires of the Middle East.

22 April 2009 Beirut - Alfa, the mobile operator, announced a reduction on value added services for post-paid lines' with effect from April 17, 2009. Accordingly, Alfa will be offering the following: "Clip" service at $4.5 instead of $6 , "Call Waiting" service will be offered at $ 0.5 instead of $1.5 .

NICOSIA [MENL] -- Lebanon has sought to advance negotiations for the procurement of main battle tanks from Belgium. Officials said Lebanese President Michel Suleiman has led efforts to win an agreement for an MBT purchase from Belgium.

Book combines 'clarity and factual information' when studying various Islamist movements.

Indonesia: Troop increase for Lebanon (AKI) - Indonesia will soon send more troops to join the United Nations peacekeeping force in Lebanon. Fikry Cassid, the foreign ministry?s director of international security, said that Indonesia would increase its peacekeepers in Lebanon from the current level of 1,245 to 2,000 before the end of the year.?In 2009, we plan to raise the number of military ...

InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) has announced the appointment of Guzman Muela as General Manager InterContinental Resort Aqaba, Georg Weinlaender as General Manager InterContinental and Guy Bertaud as General Manager InterContinental Le Vendome Beirut, as part of plans to further strengthen its presence in the Near East.

Less than an hour drive from Beirut, InterContinental Mzaar Lebanon Mountain Resort and Spa is known for its outstanding effort to satisfy its clientele, and thus will undergo exceptional achievements aiming to further its success.

Lebanon: Less than an hour drive from Beirut, InterContinental Mzaar Lebanon Mountain Resort and Spa is known for its outstanding effort to satisfy its clientele, and thus will undergo exceptional achievements aiming to further its success. [AMEInfo.com]

BEIRUT: President of the World Union of Arab Banks, Joseph Torbey urged the Lebanese government and decision makers Tuesday to adopt a national work plan aimed at strengthening and protecting the financial and monetary system in Lebanon in the face of the global financial crisis, especially that the public debt in the country is increasing continuously.

Lebanon ? A teenager is dead after an apparent alcohol overdose.

The Lebanon City Council has ended an often-contentious, six-month debate by voting 5-1 for a $265,000 contract to repair tracks that serve a popular railroad service.

In Cairo, Beirut, Damascus and Gaza, diplomats, officials, Hamas members and Hizbullah figures seem unclear about how far Egypt and Hizbullah will go in their most recent confrontation.

The Lebanese army carried out a series of military maneuvers on Tuesday as part of an international arms show being held in downtown Beirut. Soldiers demonstrated amphibious and ground assault skills after being dropped off by helicopters in front of a crowd of spectators, including Army chief General Jean Khawaji.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) once again confirmed Lebanon's ability to overcome the immediate effects of the global financial crisis. In it last executive summary on the performance of the Lebanese economy and situation of the fiscal system, the IMF said that the Lebanese financial system has so far weathered the global financial crisis.

A convicted sex offender was arrested after doing contract work at two Lebanon schools, and now there's a change in school policy.

FORMER Los Angeles Lakers center CJ Giles will be a welcome addition to the Smart Gilas-RP National Team in its campaign for the Fiba-Asia Champions Cup in Jakarta, Indonesia on May 12-20.

The leaders of Turkey and Lebanon discussed on Tuesday US President Barack Obama's Middle East policies and efforts to reconcile Israel and the Palestinians.

ABU DHABI [MENL] -- Syrians close to the regime of President Bashar Assad has used Gulf Cooperation Council states as a haven against international prosecution.

Investigation with the so-called Hizbullah cell arrested in Egypt has reportedly uncovered a "conspiracy" between the Shiite movement and Lebanese authorities, reports said on Tuesday.

Coral Hotels and Resorts rolled out today its powerful new marketing campaign and development strategy.

Egypt last week arrested 25 alleged spies belonging to the Lebanon-based militia Hezbollah, suspecting that the ring was out to sabotage shipping through the Suez Canal. Considering that some 7.5% of the entire world's maritime trade, including most westbound oil shipments from the Gulf, crosses the Suez Canal, its security is more than just Egypt's business. It's everybody's.

ANKARA (AFP)--The leaders of Turkey and Lebanon discussed on Tuesday U.S. President Barack Obama's Middle East policies and efforts to reconcile Israel and the Palestinians.

The Russian investment interest in Nigeria's oil and gas industry is part of the diplomatic shuttle by the country's President, Dmitry Medvedev, who is planning his first visit to Africa in June.

Hoojoozat.com is a Lebanese company dedicated to the online booking of hotels all over the world.

A literature and arts festival is one of 11 Welsh winners of a coveted business award.

Lebanon: Hoojoozat.com is a Lebanese company dedicated to the online booking of hotels all over the world. [AMEInfo.com]

According to the London daily Elaph, the Yemeni artist Arwa held a celebration for the launching of her new album ?Ghaseb Anak? (Despite What You Think). The celebration was held last week at the Metropolitan Hotel in Beirut.

Lebanon's first ambassador to Syria Michel Khoury assumed office in Damascus on Monday, over a month after Lebanon opened its first ever embassy in Damascus. Upon his arrival on the Lebanese-Syrian borders, Khoury said that he is "waiting to meet Syrian President Bashar Assad" to present his credentials, local Naharnet website reported. Khoury starts his mission, one month after Lebanon opened ...

John Ferrugia explains what is was like, being the only reporter behind the police perimeter on April 20, 1999.

Somali pirates have released one more ship but held on to 19 others Monday, as foreign navies chased sea brigands around the Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean at the height of the "hijacking season." The Togo-flagged Lebanese-owned cargo ship MV Sea Horse, captured a week ago while on its way to pick up food for the World Food Program (WFP).

Lebanon's first ambassador to Syria took up his post in Damascus Monday in the latest sign of improving relations between the two neighbors after years of tensions. Career diplomat Michel Khoury assumed his duties as Lebanon's first ambassador to Syria, more than a month after Lebanon opened its first-ever embassy in Damascus.

A mystery benefactor donated $15,000 to buy prosthetic limbs for the victims of cluster bombs at a dinner held to honor the work of mine clearance organizations in Lebanon on Saturday. The donation was made after guests watched videos showing the effects of the deadly devices and injured deminers were honored at a gala in Beirut.

A file photo shows Somali pirates transit to shore while under observation by a US Navy ship off the coast of Somalia.

Syria: Lebanese ambassador arrives (AKI) - Lebanon's first ambassador to Syria since the two countries obtained independence over sixty year ago, Michel Khouri, arrived in Damascus on Monday. He was due to take up his post on Tuesday and will be living for the time being in the city's Sheraton Hotel.Syria's foreign minister, Walid al-Muallim, will receive Khouri this week and an appointment was ...

SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates, April 20 (UPI) -- A former Syrian intelligence officer and suspect in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri was arrested in the United Arab Emirates.

LEBANON ? Alex Machen has played in pain. Her high school career has included a sprained knee, a strained

* Etisalat's profit up 4 pct

For three decades, David Ignatius has talked to all camps in the fractious Middle East. Then came Davos, and an effort to ?moderate? a conversation between irreconcilable sides on the Gaza war. The center not only cannot hold, he concludes?it no longer exists.

NAIROBI, Kenya - Pirates attacked a Maltese-flagged ship before dawn Monday with rocket-propelled grenades, but the ship escaped unharmed, a NATO spokesman said.

DAMASCUS, SYRIA - Lebanon?s first ambassador to Syria has taken up his post in Damascus in the latest sign of improving relations between the two neighbors after years of tensions.

Last Thursday Tele Atlas met with employees to announce that the role of the Lebanon office will change; it will be a pilot facility that tests tools and technologies used worldwide in map production.

Pirates still hold 19 ships as high-seas chase intensifies around Gulf of Aden, Indian Ocean.

Somali pirates have released one more ship but still held 19 others Monday, as foreign navies chased sea brigands around the Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean at the height of the "hijacking season".

NAIROBI, Kenya - A UN spokesman says Somali pirates have released a Lebanese-owned cargo ship seized last week as it headed to pick up food aid for Africa.

In exchange for determined American action to defuse the threat to Israel from any future Iranian bomb, Israel must be induced to end its occupation of Palestinian territories and allow the emergence of an independent and viable Palestinian state, notes Patrick Seale .

One of the suspects in the assassination of a former Lebanese prime minister has been arrested in Dubai, an Arab diplomat said. Purported Syrian intelligence officer Mohammed Zuhair Siddiq was named a suspect by a UN commission investigating the 2005 assassination.

The famous Lebanese artist Walid Tawfiq finished filming a new video clip for his song ?Bahinlak? (I Miss You) from his lastest album ?Ya Baher? (Oh Sea).

The famous Lebanese artist Haifa Wahbe denied rumors that the famous Egyptian superstar Amr Diab will perform at her wedding. Haifa said that Diab will not attend her wedding party as a singer, but as a friend to her husband.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - One of the suspects in the 2005 assassination of a former Lebanese prime minister Rafiki Hariri has been arrested in Dubai, an Arab diplomat said Sunday.

One of the suspects in the assassination of a former Lebanese prime minister has been arrested in Dubai, an Arab diplomat said. Purported Syrian intelligence officer Mohammed Zuhair Siddiq was named a suspect by a U.N. commission investigating the 2005...

The coalition government has instituted a "broken windows" policy to that is actually improving daily life. Too bad divisive elections are due in June

Source: Reuters DUBAI, April 19 (Reuters) - A main suspect in the investigation into the assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik al-Hariri has been arrested in the United Arab Emirates, an Arab ...

A main suspect in the investigation into the assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik al-Hariri has been arrested in the United Arab Emirates, an Arab television station said on Sunday.

Soft rock kings Air Supply are still keeping it sweet and romantic 35 million records later.

Lebanon: Under the High Patronage of His Excellency, The President of the Republic of Lebanon General Michel Sleiman, more than 200 young leaders from the Arab world will convene in Beirut from 1st to 3rd May 2009, for the Annual Forum of Young Arab Leaders (YAL). [AMEInfo.com]

LEBANON The Lebanon School Board is slated to take action Monday on a new plan to reorganize the district office, which will be without an assistant superintendent next year.

Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said Saturday that the way the Israeli government was formed is a preparation for new wars, Al-Manar TV reported. "The formation of Netanyahu's government, in way it was done, is a preparation for other wars," Berri was quoted by the TV as saying. The government of Israel, he said, is "obliged to adopt dramatic steps on all levels," adding that the major ...

(Corrects to say consumer prices fell in last paragraph.) April 17 (Bloomberg) -- Jordan?s government raised fuel prices for the first time this year after cutting them at least eight times in 2008.

The Hizbullah cell case will be referred to the Egyptian state security court amid repots that senior Lebanese and Arab officials, including Lebanese Speaker Nabih Berri, are making mediation efforts to resolve the crisis between the Shiite movement and Cairo.

Lebanon: Stragellan BV of The Netherlands has launched a Lebanon Prediction Market in which participants compete in a stock-market like setting over expectations for the 2009 general election and other issues related to political and economic stability and security. [AMEInfo.com]

Tennis Gazette-Times The Crescent Valley girls tennis team beat Lebanon, 8-0 on Friday in a Mid-Willamette Conference dual.

Lebanon: Deloitte invited key women business leaders to discuss and share best practices in gender diversity strategy to support companies and help women advance to leadership positions in the current market. [AMEInfo.com]

BEIRUT: Net capital inflows into Lebanon amounted to $2.036.4 billion in the first two months of 2009, up by 0.3 percent when compared to the same period of 2008. When compared to the same period of 2007, however, the rise was at a much sharper 77.5 percent.

AFP/Beirut A UN special court?s prosecutor has until April 27 to recommend whether to release four generals held over the 2005 murder of Lebanon?s ex-premier Rafik al-Hariri, the justice minister said yesterday.

Rashid Boumasoud, 46, was arrested at 7:45 p.m. Thursday when Pittsburgh and Mt. Lebanon police served a search warrant at his Cochran Road home, city police spokeswoman Diane Richard said. The house is across the street from Mt. Lebanon High School.

BAROUK, Lebanon?There?s no escaping the cedar tree in Lebanon. A cedar is emblazoned on the country?s flag, and another on the planes of the national airline. It is on the currency, on passports and on all official documents. It is proudly worn on the uniforms of soldiers and crudely plastered on tourist knickknacks from ashtrays to fridge magnets.

LEBANON, N.H. -- A technology company with an office in Lebanon plans to lay off about 120 local employees. Friday, April 17, 2009.

The United States Embassy held a ceremony on Friday in honor of those who lost their lives while serving the US in Lebanon. "American and Lebanese staff members of the US Embassy, survivors of the attacks, and guests remembered their lost colleagues and friends knowing that each of them had worked for the strong.

An earthquake rattled south Lebanon causing some panic among local residents, but no damage or casualties were reported. The Lebanese Bhannes Center for Seismic and Scientific Research says Friday's earthquake registered up to 4.3 on the Richter scale and was centered in an area around 17 kilometers east of the southern port city of Tyre.

BEIRUT (AFP) - A UN special court's prosecutor has until April 27 to recommend whether to release four generals held over the 2005 murder of Lebanon's ex-premier Rafiq Hariri, the justice minister said Friday.

>A Mt. Lebanon teenager accused of attacking his ex-girlfriend with a hammer will be tried in juvenile court, a judge ruled this morning.

A UN special court's prosecutor has until April 27 to recommend whether to release four generals held over the 2005 murder of Lebanon's ex-premier Rafiq Hariri, the justice minister said Friday.

So this is what the Cedar Crest-Lebanon baseball rivalry has become: The Falcons using the Cedars as a way to help reverse the fortunes of their season.

Lebanese men hold up the coffin of one of four soldiers killed in an apparent drugs-related ambush in the Bekaa, on April 14, 2009. The ambush has put the spotlight on Lebanon's "Wild West" where drug barons armed to the teeth fill the void left by the state.

An earthquake has struck southern Lebanon, causing panic among the residents, say Lebanese police.

A Mt. Lebanon man is arrested after a search warrant is served at his rented home on Cochran Road. Pittsbugh police say it's tied to a drug investigation.

BEIRUT (AFP) - The ambush in which four soldiers were killed has put the spotlight on Lebanon's "Wild West" where drug barons armed to the teeth fill the void left by the state.

A Swat team raided a house across the street from a high school in Mount Lebanon Thursday night.

Caralisa Connell tossed a no-hitter and struck out nine Thursday night to lead Siegel's softball team past Lebanon 3-0.

BEIRUT: Lebanon has weathered the world's worst financial crisis in decades thanks to sound government policies and cautious regulation, Prime Minister Fouad Siniora said Thursday, as he offered a positive forecast for Lebanon's future economic growth.

A law enforcement task force stormed a Mt. Lebanon house last night, breaking down the door and shouting orders over a loudspeaker as astonished neighbors and students at a night class in the nearby high school watched the drama unfold.

Roggie Haston makes a play from his shortstop position during Saturday's game at Lebanon. The Warriors traveled to Lebanon Saturday for a make-up game with the Blue Devils in 7AAA action.

Lebanese soldiers stand guard at outside the hospital in Rayak, after an army vehicle was ambushed in the town, about 20 kms south of the Bekaa valley's main town of Baalbek, on April 13, 2009. The Lebanese army on Thursday pushed on with its crackdown on crime rings in the lawless Bekaa Valley of eastern Lebanon arresting 20 more fugitives and suspects.

Following a 12 strikeout performance in Tuesday?s 8-5 win at Lebanon, West Albany pitcher Kristin Warner fanned just three Warriors on Wednesday but surrendered only two hits as the Bulldogs won 6-1.

Lamps swing crazily, perspex panes bash against each other and storm clouds of flour drift into the audience. Bursts of machine-gun fire and bone-rattling explosions suddenly cease as actor Glen Blackhall scribbles cryptic messages. The opening night of BIPOD, the Beirut International Platform of Dance.

BEIRUT (AFP) - The Lebanese army on Thursday pushed on with its crackdown on crime rings in the lawless Bekaa Valley of eastern Lebanon arresting 20 more fugitives and suspects.

Racial slurs and swastikas were found spray painted this week inside a building on Exeter Road (Route 207) in Lebanon, police said.

BEIRUT (AFP) - Lebanon's environment minister on Thursday shunned a call to give up kebabs and live on the country's wide range of vegetarian dishes.

A number of agreements were signed between Malta and Lebanon on Thursday, as Foreign Minister Tonio Borg continues his Middle East visit. Both countries signed an agreement aiming to increase bilateral collaboration on matters related to peace and security in the Mediterranean.

The Lebanese army is carrying out a major operation against crime rings in the Bekaa Valley after four soldiers are killed.

DAMASCUS, April 16 (RIA Novosti) - Israel will pull its troops out of the northern part of the village of Ghajar, which straddles the Lebanese border, by late April, Lebanon's An Nahar newspaper said on Thursday, citing diplomatic sources.

MV improved to 1-1 after defeating a Lebanon team that was fresh off a big win. The Pride started off by netting four goals to Lebanon's one, but the Raiders continued to battle, eventually tying the game at four.

BEIRUT: In its first report on Lebanon since the start of global financial turmoil last September, Barclays Capital indicated that despite positive economic developments, Lebanon still faces key risks in the short term, adding that the forthcoming parliamentary elections are expected to be an important turning point for Lebanon.

The family of one of four detained Lebanese security generals on Wednesday asked authorities to release the four on charges of involvement in the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri in a few "hours or days." Samara Hajj, wife of detained general Ali Hajj, told Xinhua that "The generals should be released within hours or days, as a 48-hour period to judge their legal status passed ...

Beirut - A military operation late Wednesday in eastern Lebanon uncovered a major drugs factory and arrested 69 fugitives in response to the deaths of five Lebanese soldiers in an attack on army vehicles earlier this week. The factory in the town of ...

Supporters of Rafiq Hariri, the assassinated former Lebanese prime minister, on Sunday marked the launch of a UN-mandated international tribunal with a sombre ceremony at his graveside in Beirut.

The winners of an international architectural competition to design Beirut's new Arts and Culture House were celebrated Tuesday night at the Forum de Beyrouth in the presence of Ministers Tammam Salam and Tarek Mitri. The top three finishers, teams from Italy, the Netherlands and Russia, were announced late last month.

A barrel-load of glamorous existential angst has arrived in town with Michelangelo Antonioni: Identification of a Filmmaker, a retrospective on the work of the Italian modernist filmmaker that's being presented by the Metropolis Art Cinema in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute. Metropolis will present much of the maestro's output.

In its first report on Lebanon since the start of global financial turmoil last September, Barclays Capital indicated that despite positive economic developments, Lebanon still faces key risks in the short term, adding that the forthcoming parliamentary elections are expected to be an important turning point for Lebanon.

Iran dismissed yesterday Egyptian accusations against Lebanon?s Shia militia Hezbollah as an ?old trick? aimed at influencing the Lebanese election this year, new agencies reported. ?Labels against...

The death of a noted drug dealer and the revenge killing of four soldiers have plunged the Lebanese Army into a confrontation with the powerful Shiite clans that rule Lebanon's wild northern Bekaa Valley.

BEIRUT (AFP)--Sixty-nine fugitives and suspects have been arrested in eastern Lebanon's Bekaa Valley in a crackdown on crime rings after the killing of four soldiers in the region, the army announced on Wednesday.

Warriors excel in field events By Matt Crownover, Lebanon Express writer The domination of the field events led the Lebanon men?s track and field team to an 86-59 Mid-Willamette Conference win over visiting Dallas on April 8.

This city is Beirut with worse weather. However, it has better food than some major American cities I've visited for one reason.

"At Roumieh, Lebanon's biggest penitentiary, in the mountains above Beirut, something unprecedented in the history of the country is happening. Every Sunday for four months, inmates from the all-male prison are performing a play....

BEIRUT: Along the Corniche of Ras Beirut at night, the sound of waves crashing on rocks accompanies a picturesque view of twinkling lights dotting the mountainside facing the sea. Then the wind blows - and a putrefied odor of raw sewage wafts by, completely shattering the romance.

Lebanon librarian Margaret Whaley remembers Bobby Beaty for his kindness.

BEIRUT

BEIRUT ? Lebanon?s top Shia cleric said Tuesday he believes cooperation is possible between Iran and the United States under the Obama administration, although he discounted any hope of an alliance between the adversaries.

The U.S. embassy in Beirut announced Tuesday that Washington will supply Lebanon with 12 Ravan unmanned aircraft in the coming few months, local Naharnet website reported. The embassy statement said that Lebanese army air force personnel are undergoing training on the Ravan unmanned aerial vehicles in the United States, and the training courses are funded by the U.S. Department of Defense as a ...

Ever since Steve McCurry gave up his job as a local newspaper photographer in Philadelphia to leave for Asia with a rucksack and a Nikon camera in 1978, he has lived nomadically. Along the way he's captured images of war and peace from across Asia and the Middle East, taking in the Iran-Iraq war and conflicts from Beirut to Cambodia.

BEIRUT, Lebanon, April 14 (UPI) -- Egypt is staging a campaign against the Lebanese Hezbollah because of its declining influence in the region, Hezbollah said through its al-Manar news agency.

Jury selection began on Monday in the trial of a Lebanese-born Swedish man accused of helping set up a militant training camp in rural Oregon and operating websites showing how to assemble bombs. Oussama Abdullah Kassir, 43, who was extradited from the Czech Republic to New York in 2007, faces multiple charges.

A retired Lebanese general was arrested on suspicion of spying for Israel, a senior Lebanese security official said Tuesday.

The family of a man named Sami Ftouni informed security forces that he was kidnapped on Friday evening in the Beirut suburb of Kfarshima, a security report said on Tuesday. According to the report, the family said Ftouni did not return home from his work in a factory in Kfarshima.

Jump and Jive is dance event to benefit Sexual Assault Resource and Counseling Center of Lebanon's children's services and Just Like Family Home Health Care Services, which will be held 7-11 p.m. April 18 at the Eagles Club, 116 N. Eighth St. Band Burning House will perform hits of the '60s-'80s.

300,000 Syrians working in Lebanon have no official status, endure wretched conditions.

NICOSIA [MENL] -- Syrian-aligned smugglers have launched a campaign to expel the Lebanese Army from the Bekaa Valley. Lebanese security sources said smugglers of weapons and drugs from Syria have begun attacking Lebanese Army patrols.

BEIRUT - The United States is to donate 12 Raven unmanned aircraft to the Lebanese army as part of its military assistance programme, the US embassy announced on Tuesday.

Lebanon: Alfa, the mobile operator, announced that it is keeping on strengthening its network in all Lebanon by installing 16 new transmissions Stations since the 7th of April 2009 in the different regions in addition to the 29 transmission stations installed progressively since the first of February 2009 in different locations. [AMEInfo.com]

BEIRUT ? A retired Lebanese general was arrested on suspicion of spying for Israel, a senior Lebanese security official said on Tuesday.

The U.S. Embassy says the United States will provide Lebanon will 12 unmanned military aircraft in the coming months. Since 2006, the U.S. has provided Lebanon with more than a billion dollars in assistance, including $410 million to support security.

The U.S. Embassy says the United States will provide Lebanon will 12 unmanned military aircraft in the coming months.

A senior Lebanese security official says a retired Lebanese general has been arrested on suspicion of spying for Israel. His is among several arrests in recent months that appear to be part of a campaign against those suspected of gathering information on Hezbollah militants for Israel.

New Hampshire State Police say a 30-year-old woman has died in a car crash on Interstate 89 in Lebanon.

BEIRUT?A senior Lebanese security official says a retired Lebanese general has been arrested on suspicion of spying for Israel. His is among several arrests in recent months that appear to be part of a campaign against those suspected of gathering information on Hezbollah militants for Israel.

Lebanon's security forces have arrested retired Brig. Gen. Adib A. in Beirut's Dekwaneh district under suspicion he was collaborating with the Israeli Secret Service, the Mossad.

At least four Lebanese soldiers were killed and one wounded Monday in an ambush that security officials blamed on a local drug mafia.

The Pride pieced together four multi-run innings to topple the Raiders in the first game of the season. Jen Otis (six innings, 10 strikeouts, one walk, three hits) shut down Lebanon, while multiple MV hitters factored into the offense.

BEIRUT, Lebanon, April 13 (UPI) -- Four Lebanese soldiers were killed Monday by a grenade attack while conducting counter-narcotics raids in the Beqaa Valley east of Beirut.

Four Lebanese Army soldiers were killed in the hashish-growing hinterlands of eastern Lebanon in an apparent escalation of the army?s recent battles with drug dealers there.

People have been telling me for a long time that I'm supposed to like Beirut . I dutifully purchased the albums as they came out. I tried to get into it. But, it definitely took me a while to get over Zach Condon's vocal affectations. The music too, is a problem, with its occasionally crass blend of horns, accordion, and umph-ah bass lines. But Condon has created a ...

The Lebanese army has stepped up its presence in the Bekaa Valley after four soldiers on patrol were killed in an ambush. Reinforcements have been?

Three Lebanese soldiers have been killed in an ambush on an army patrol in the east of the country.

The United States wants to increase military aid to Lebanon to $189.1 million from the $90.7 million initially allocated for the 2009 fiscal year, An-Nahar newspaper reported Sunday. "The US administration will ask Congress to allocate an extra $98.4 million in military equipment and training expenses for the Lebanese army.

Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said Sunday that Lebanon's diversity served the country's interests and established interaction that would lead to a better society. The speaker also condemned any "insinuation or statement that says Christians are guests in the country."

Three Lebanese soldiers have been killed in an ambush on an army patrol in the east of the country, local television stations have reported.

Associated Press - April 13, 2009 2:03 PM ET BEIRUT (AP) - Gunmen have ambushed troops in east Lebanon, killing at least four soldiers. That's according to a senior Lebanese official,...

Gunmen ambushed Lebanese troops in the east of the country on Monday, spraying their military vehicle with gunfire and rocket-propelled grenades, a senior military official said. Four soldiers were killed and an officer was wounded in the attack.

BAALBEK, Lebanon (AFP) - Four Lebanese soldiers were killed in an apparently drugs-related ambush on an army patrol in the east of the country on Monday, a security official and the military said.

Gunmen ambushed Lebanese troops in the east of the country on Monday, spraying their military vehicle with gunfire and rocket-propelled grenades, a senior military official said.

Gunmen ambushed a Lebanese Army vehicle Monday morning, killing four soldiers and wounding another, the military said.

BEIRUT - Gunmen ambushed Lebanese troops in the east of the country on Monday, spraying their military vehicle with gunfire and rocket-propelled grenades, a senior military...

The U.S. Defense Department is studying the 2006 Lebanon War to prepare itself for future conflicts.

Beirut, April 13 : Five Lebanese soldiers were killed and 11 others wounded when their convoy was ambushed in eastern Lebanon, army sources said Monday.

Mideast: Egypt searching for Lebanese militants in Sinai (AKI) - Egyptian police on Monday were tracking down 10 suspected Lebanese militants allegedly linked to the Iran-backed Shia militant movement Hezbollah. The militants were believed to be hiding among local Bedouin in Egypt's Sinai desert.The militants were reportedly part of a group of 49 linked to an alleged Hezbollah cell whose members ...

Egyptian police are tracking down 13 members of an alleged Hezbollah cell believed to be hiding out with the Bedouins in the rugged Sinai peninsula, a security official said Monday.

Three Lebanese soldiers were killed in an attack on an army patrol in the east of the country on Monday, local television stations reported. ? AFP

Gunmen sprayed a Lebanese army unit on Monday with bullets and rocket-propelled grenades in eastern Lebanon, killing four soldiers, said the state news agency.

Source: Reuters BEIRUT, April 13 (Reuters) - Four Lebanese soldiers were killed when their patrol came under attack in the eastern Bekaa Valley on Monday, security sources said, in an incident which seemed linked to ...

BEIRUT (AFP)--Three Lebanese soldiers were killed in an attack on an army patrol in the east of the country Monday, local television stations reported.

Anderson was held almost seven years, from 1985 to 1991. He was kidnapped in the Lebanese capital of Beirut while serving as chief Middle East correspondent for The Associated Press.

Four Lebanese soldiers were killed and several others were injured Monday when their patrol came under fire in east Lebanon's district of Riyaq. According to press reports, the army patrol was hit by an RPG on Riyaq-Timnin al-Tahta road in in the Zahle region, east Lebanon.

BAALBEK, Lebanon (AFP) - Four Lebanese soldiers were killed in an apparently drugs-related ambush on an army patrol in the east of the country on Monday, a security official said.

Egyptian police are tracking down 10 members of an alleged Hezbollah cell believed to be hiding out with the Bedouins in the rugged Sinai peninsula, a security official said Monday.

FINDING THE BALANCE -- It is crucial that more journalists, particularly Israelis and Palestinians, abandon the narrow "us and them" dichotomy. The photo shows Lebanese Broadcasting Company reporter Mona Saliba working at a Beirut suburb, Lebanon, during Israel?s 2006 summer war on Lebanon.

Lebanon: Marketing of the project will be exclusively handled by Homes Express, one of Noor International Holdings affiliate companies. [AMEInfo.com]

Filmed with a night-vision camera just before Israeli narcotics officers pounced from nearby bushes, the video shows a Lebanese courier lobbing half-kilo packages of heroin over the border fence into Israel.

Two Lebanon residents were among the victims of an Alabama shooting that left several people dead.

An Egyptian state-controlled newspaper escalated Egypt's dispute with the Lebanese group Hezbollah Sunday by calling its leader, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, a "monkey sheikh."

IT'S not every child from outback Queensland who becomes a war cameraman for 10 years, works on an Oscar-winning documentary and starts the European Independent Film Festival -- and Scott Hillier is certainly not ordinary.

BEIRUT, April 12 ? Barack Obama?s open-handed approach to the Middle East has won him praise from some Arab leaders viewed by previous US presidents as deadly enemies. ?Obama is a flicker of hope amid the imperialist darkness,? Muammar Gaddafi told a rally of his supporters last week. The Libyan leader, once a thorn in America?s side, was dubbed a ?mad dog? by former President Ronald Reagan in ...

Iran now controls the entire cycle for producing nuclear fuel, the Iranian president said Saturday, highlighting his country's growing capabilities at a time when the U.S. wants to negotiate with Iran over its nuclear program.

The United States plans to increase military aid to Lebanon to $189.1 million from the $90.7 million initially allocated for the 2009 fiscal year, the Beirut-based an-Nahar reported Sunday.

The United States plans to increase military aid to Lebanon to $189.1 million from the $90.7 million initially allocated for the 2009 fiscal year, the Beirut-based an-Nahar reported Sunday.

The Arab league (AL) informed the Lebanese government on Saturday that the AL will participate in surveillance over the upcoming general elections on June 7, local Elnashra website reported. AL assistant secretary general, Ambassador Abdulrahman Soloh, officially assigned by AL chief Amr Mousa, informed Lebanese interior minister Ziad Baroud that the AL would participate in and accompany the ...

Academia Management Solutions International - AMSI- has taken over the highly reputed The Lebanese School in Qatar with a commitment to enrich the curriculum of the school with the latest ICT integrated system and to elevate the institution from a good school to a world class school within a short span of 24 months.

Leviton Middle East, a subsidiary of Leviton, North America's leading manufacturer of electrical and electronic products, has signed PCDealNet as its channel partner in Lebanon.

BEIRUT: The introduction of generic drugs in the Lebanese pharmaceutical market is of a great importance because medicines will then be accessible to all citizens at much lower prices, said Zouhair Berro, head of the Lebanese Consumers Association, in a press conference on Monday at the association's headquarters in Beirut.

With the conclusion of the 31st shift of the Polish military contingent in Lebanon, Poland will withdraw from the participation in the UN UNIFIL mission in Lebanon this October, Defense Minister Bogdan Klich said Friday. Decision to end Poland's participation in the mission follows the adoption by the government of a strategy giving priority to NATO and EU operations, the minister, who paid a ...

Pro-Hezbollah Lebanese resistance party, headed by Jamil Daher, condemned Friday the Egyptian stand against the Lebanese Shiite armed group Hezbollah, official National News Agency (NNA) reported. Daher said in a statement that the "public opinion and the Arabs have realized by now the campaigned which Egypt has been carrying against Hezbollah to damage the image which Hezbollah has created ...

LEBANON Former Lebanon principal Rob Hess will be the next superintendent of the Lebanon Community School District.

Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Sfeir urged the Lebanese in his Good Friday message to vote freely, without succumbing to "temptations" and put the interests of their nation above all other considerations. The Lebanese should cast their votes on June 7 "without succumbing to temptations.

Generally, symposia are viewed as dry, intellectual affairs held in antiseptic conference halls. The people up front talk. Some folks in the audience talk back. Some nod off. Others wonder who's catering lunch. So it's refreshing to find a gathering that engages the brain creatively. "Anywhere But Now," a three-day event organized by the Heinrich Boell Foundation in Beirut.

BEIRUT, Lebanon, April 10 (UPI) -- Lebanese President Michel Suleiman told visiting U.S. officials the June parliamentary elections would highlight diversity as well as democratic reforms.

The head of the international tribunal's defense team and the court's defense coordinator are expected to arrive in Beirut Monday for contacts with the attorneys representing those detained in the assassination case of former Lebanese Premier Rafik Hariri, Al-Akhbar newspaper reported on Friday.

Global investment bank Credit Suisse indicated that the one-notch upgrade by Moody's Investors Service of Lebanon's sovereign ratings from 'B3' to 'B2' constitutes the first upgrade of any credit in the Emerging Europe, the Middle East & Africa region over the past two quarters, highlighting the strongly counter-cyclical nature of Lebanon's credit.

Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah confirmed on Friday that a man Egypt is holding on suspicion of planning attacks there is a member of the Lebanese Shiite movement, but denied seeking to destabilise the country.

Beirut - Lebanon's Hezbollah Secretary General Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah rejected on Friday all accusations by Egypt that his group was plotting attacks in Cairo. I fully reject and deny all charges that Hezbollah was intending to launch an act of agg...

BEIRUT (AFP)--Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah confirmed on Friday that a man Egypt is holding on suspicion of planning attacks there is a member of the Lebanese Shiite movement but denied seeking to destabilize the country.

This article has been read 32 times. Frazier-Simplex Rifle Club defeated the Dormont-Mt. Lebanon Sportsmen's Club, 1,487 to 1,472 this week to capture the championship in the Greater Pittsburgh and Suburban Rifle League championship.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Leviton Middle East, a subsidiary of Leviton, North America's leading manufacturer of electrical and electronic products, has signed PCDealNet as its channel partner in Lebanon.

18,000 Lebanese women affected by law that bars them from passing citizenship to their children.

BEIRUT: The Telecommunication Ministry said on Thursday that it had cut 65 out of 116 land lines for 17 embassies in Lebanon for failing to pay their bills.

KUANTAN: Private Taufik Maulub, a member of the Malaysian Con tingent East 4 assigned to join the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, is the envy of others as he will have his wife for company.

The Telecommunication Ministry said on Thursday that it had cut 65 out of 116 land lines for 17 embassies in Lebanon for failing to pay their bills. The ministry said in a statement that it gave these embassies daily warnings for the last three months to pay their phone bills or it will be forced to cut these lines.

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal said he discussed with his British counterpart, David Miliband, on Wednesday the "stability, security and safety of Lebanon," Lebanese media reported on Thursday. Faisal called on all Lebanese factions to avoid escalating tensions and to foster a calm atmosphere for the upcoming parliamentary elections.

Lebanese President Michel Sleiman said Thursday the upcoming parliamentary polls would show Lebanon was a democratic country. Sleiman added that while he supported independent candidates to Parliament, the issue of "centrism" was usually found among all political trends.

Lebanese resistance figure Souha Bechara paid tribute during a talk in Beirut on Wednesday to the secular "martyrs" of the 1975-90 Lebanese Civil War who fought Israel. "They all shared a big dream," she said, referring to the fighters. "A dream to build a nation where we feel like we belong as citizens, as human beings, as communists, as democrats.

BEIRUT, Lebanon, April 9 (UPI) -- The Lebanese Hezbollah on Thursday denied claims that it was plotting attacks on Egyptian soil as authorities there interrogated scores of alleged militants.

Two Lebanon residents were among the victims of an Alabama shooting that left several people dead.

LEBANON Lebanon Fire District crews were dispatched at 5:57 this morning to a house fire at 32650 Old Mill Road.

LEBANESE cuisine is characterised by a table-groaning feast of Middle Eastern dishes such as hummus, falafel and lamb kofta. Beirut-born Hussien Dekmak opened Le Mignon restaurant, famed for its authentic home-style cooking, in Camden Town in 1997.

SALT LAKE CITY----inContact, Inc. , the market leader in on-demand contact center software and agent optimization tools, announced that it has signed a two-year agreement for the inContact Automated Call Distributor , eLearning and Workforce Management solutions with Call Center International , an international contact center in Batroun, Lebanon, with senior management offices in Beirut and ...

An 11 year old Lebanon, Illinois boy and his mother died when a family member went on a shooting rampage in Alabama. Friends say the fifth grader who died had two big dreams: to either be President or a rock star.

Lebanon Township?s annual awards dinner was held on Saturday, March 28, at the Bloomsbury Fire Department?s Banquet Hall.

Ahmad al-Asaad to challenge Hezbollah in Lebanon's elections despite weak chances of winning.

Ahmad al-Asaad, son of Lebanon's former parliament speaker Kamel al-Asaad, at his office in Beirut. Asaad, 46, plans to run against Hezbollah's list in southern Lebanon in the upcoming legislative elections in June. (AFP Ramzi Haidar)

Spain will send 220 troops to Lebanon's capital Beirut on Saturday to begin the relay of the Spanish contingent in that zone, Spanish Defense Ministry announced on Wednesday. The relay will be done in five rotations and the new contingent will be formed by 1,100 troops from the Light Infantry Brigade from the autonomous communities of Galicia and Asturias, the ministry said. The contingent will ...

BEIRUT: The Lebanese Army arrested on Wednesday the head of Lebanon's "biggest car theft ring," according a statement by the army command. "A Lebanese Army unit has succeeded in arresting one of the major car thieves and drug dealers in Lebanon," the army command statement said.

BEIRUT (AFP) - Ahmad al-Asaad has decided to stand up to the militant group Hezbollah in Lebanon's June 7 parliamentary elections, despite the widespread belief he stands no chance in the face of the Shiite Goliath.

The United States provided Wednesday a grant of 50 million U.S. dollars to support Lebanon's economic reforms, local Naharnet website reported. The two countries inked the agreement Wednesday during a ceremony attended by the U.S. ambassador to Lebanon Michel Sison, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Lebanon mission director Denise Herol and Lebanese Finance Minister Mohammad ...

Egypt's state prosecutor on Wednesday accused the Lebanese Shiite militant movement Hezbollah of plotting to carry out attacks inside the country and spreading Shiite ideology in mainly Sunni Egypt.

A Lebanese investigating judge on Wednesday lifted arrest warrants against four high-ranking generals jailed since 2005 in connection with former premier Rafiq Hariri's murder, a judicial official told AFP.

Standard & Poor's indicated that a significant decline in expatriates' remittances to Lebanon would hurt its current account balance the most among remittance dependent economies in the Middle East & North Africa region, as reported by Lebanon This Week, the economic publication of the Byblos Bank Group.

US President Barack Obama on Wednesday nominated Jeffrey Feltman, a former ambassador to Lebanon who recently paid a rare visit to Syria, as the top US diplomat on the Middle East.

BEIRUT, Lebanon, April 8 (UPI) -- The Lebanese Hezbollah warned of repercussions following the nomination of Prime Minister Fouad Siniora to a Sunni parliamentary seat for the June elections.

April 8 (Bloomberg) -- Lebanese billionaire Bahaa Hariri invested $100 million for a 5 percent stake in Kuwait Projects Co. , Kuwait?s largest non-state-owned investment firm, becoming the largest individual investor in the company.

The Lebanon School District will learn the fate of its middle school today.

BEIRUT - A Lebanese investigating judge on Wednesday lifted arrest warrants against four high-ranking generals jailed since 2005 in connnection with former premier Rafiq Hariri?s murder, a judicial official told AFP.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - One of Shi'ite Islam's highest religious authorities praised on Wednesday the "sincerity" of U.S. President Barack Obama's message to the Muslim world and predicted a positive outcome for his approach to Iran.

BEIRUT, April 8 (Reuters) - Below is a table of the latest Lebanese economic statistics.

Source: Reuters * Saudi-Syrian detente eases tensions ahead of vote * Election likely to produce broad government * Existing alliances may loosen By Tom Perry BEIRUT, April 8 (Reuters) - Detente between ...

BEIRUT - Syria's foreign minister praised President Barack Obama's address to the Arab and Islamic world in Turkey, and many Arabs were cheered by the American leader's promises to push for a Palestinian state.

LEBANON (April 7, 2009): A New Hampshire couple was charged with burglarizing a home in Lebanon April 2, when approximately $5,000 worth of jewelry and $2,500 in video games and equipment were stolen, according to Trooper Jeremy Forbes of the Maine State Police.

Seat price on FlyDubai when they start flying to Lebanon and Jordan will be from just AED.250/- each way, including taxes, as announced by HH Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al-Maktoum, Chairman, FlyDubai.

The Lebanese artist Al Yasar will release a new solo single called ?Kol Shi Taghayer? (Everything Changed). The celebration for the launch of the song was held at the ?Le Royal? hotel in Beirut by ?Rotana.?

BEIRUT: Economy and Trade Minister Mohammad Safadi on Monday defended the banking secrecy law in Lebanon at a time when other countries are coming under increasing pressure to scrap or adjust similar laws.

Italy will support any government that emerges from June's parliamentary elections provided it is committed to "stabilization and reconciliation" in Lebanon, the Italian Foreign Minister said on Tuesday. Speaking at a press conference to mark the end of a two-day visit to Lebanon, Franco Frattini said that it was important.

Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora is pictured at the Government House in Beirut. With two months to go before a key parliamentary election, Lebanon's rival political parties have begun sharpening their knives with about 600 candidates set to battle it out for 128 seats.

Economy and Trade Minister Mohammad Safadi on Monday defended the banking secrecy law in Lebanon at a time when other countries are coming under increasing pressure to scrap or adjust similar laws. "The banking secrecy in this country is not designed to hide illegal money; however, it is designed to be a part of the Lebanese economy.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has ordered the reshuffling of Fatah's military posts in Lebanon, Palestinian sources told Al-Liwaa newspaper Tuesday. "The move follows last month's assassination of Kamal Medhat, the deputy of Palestine Liberation Organization representative in Lebanon Abbas Zaki," Al-Liwaa said.

Iran's Ambassador to Lebanon Mohammad-Reza Sheibani on Sunday held talks with Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora on Iranian assistance to Lebanese reconstruction.

US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Jeffrey Feltman reaffirmed President Barack Obama?s strong support for Lebanese independence and the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, at a meeting with Head of the Future Bloc in Parliament MP Saad Hariri.

BEIRUT (AFP) - A private Lebanese television shut down in 2002 by a then Syrian-backed government is to return to the airwaves on Tuesday, just two months before the parliamentary election.

A private Lebanese television shut down in 2002 by a then Syrian-backed government is to return to the airwaves on Tuesday, just two months before the parliamentary election.

KFAED signs project funding agreements in Lebanon

BEIRUT, Apr 07, 2009 (AFP) - With two months to go before a key parliamentary election, Lebanon's rival political parties have begun sharpening their knives with about 600 candidates set to battle it out for 128 seats.

BEIRUT, Lebanon?Syria's foreign minister praised President Barack Obama's address to the Arab and Islamic world in Turkey, and many Arabs were cheered by the American leader's promises to push for a Palestinian state.

Beirut - Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini held talks Tuesday with Lebanese officials and will visit his country's contingent in south Lebanon. Frattini, who is on a two-day visit to Lebanon, met with his Lebanese counterpart Fawzi Salkouh and...

Sabre Travel Network Middle East has signed its first ever agreement with Al Manar University of Tripoli in Northern Lebanon.

Lebanese Shiite armed group Hezbollah condemned Monday the suicide explosion at a Shiite mosque in Pakistan on Sunday, official National News Agency (NNA) reported. Hezbollah statement denounced the "unaccepted crime against a mosque in Pakistan which left tens of martyr victims and wounded." "This crime is an attempt to split Moslems, and make them vulnerable to the enemy," the statement said, ...

BEIRUT: The former heavyweight Lebanese television station MTV will relaunch broadcasting Tuesday, more than four years after the state shut down the stridently anti-Syrian broadcaster and two months to the day before pivotal general elections.

BEIRUT: Secretary General of the Lebanese Communist Party (LCP) Khaled Hadadeh told Kuwaiti daily Al-Rai in comments published Monday the opposition could not save Lebanon if it won the June 7 polls.

Dubai's first budget airline, Flydubai, has announced its first service will take off in June starting with flights to Beirut on June 1 and Amman on June 2. The airline will become the fifth budget carrier to operate in the Gulf region, competing mainly with Air Arabia and Jazeera Airways.

07 April 2009 DUBAI - Dubai's first home-grown budget airline -- flydubai -- on Monday began taking passenger bookings for debut flights to Beirut and Amman that it aims to launch in June.

Dubai's first low cost airline, FlyDubai, has announced flights will start on June 1st 2009 with a daily service to Beirut and from June 2nd daily to Amman.

The Town of Lebanon is looking to appoint a member to the Assessment Board of Review. Lebanon Supervisor Jim Goldstein reports that long time member John Mayer recently

A Lebanese businessman jailed after a failed coup attempt in Equatorial Guinea is to be pardoned on health grounds, a presidential decree said on Sunday. Mohammed Salaami was sentenced in June 2008 to a jail term of 18 years. The coup leader Briton Simon Mann is serving a 34-year sentence.

Three men thought to be behind last week's kidnapping of a 14-year-old boy were arrested Monday on charges that could see them spend up to 15 years behind bars. Abdel Nasser al-Miqdad, Khaled Sh. and Ibrahim A. were arrested on the orders of Beirut Prosecutor General Joseph Maamari, the National News Agency reported.

"Today we are going to share a secret ... not since Socrates, Plato and Aristotle has an individual so influenced the way we think," Raja Haddad, founder of Starmanship and Associates, told an audience assembled at the Phoenicia Intercontinental Hotel Monday.

Total life premiums in Lebanon reached $290.5 million in 2008, constituting an increase of 4.4 percent from $278.4 million in 2007 and compared to a growth rate of 33.1 percent in 2007, as reported by Lebanon This Week, the economic publication of the Byblos Bank Group.

Secretary General of the Lebanese Communist Party (LCP) Khaled Hadadeh told Kuwaiti daily Al-Rai in comments published Monday the opposition could not save Lebanon if it won the June 7 polls. "The opposition has yet to define a democratic political project to implement needed reforms," Hadadeh said.

Terry Anderson, the former Associated Press reporter who spent nearly seven years as a hostage in Beirut, Lebanon, will speak about his experiences Thursday, April 16, at the Muhammad Ali Center.

Sport: Softball. School: Lebanon High School. Class: Senior. Age: 17. Claim to fame: "I had the game-tying hit and scored the game-winning run in the district championship game last year."

DUBAI - The Gulf emirate of Dubai announced on Monday the launch of its first budget airline called flydubai, despite the global financial crisis. Flydubai will start with flights to the Lebanese capital of Beirut on June 1.

The Gulf emirate of Dubai announced on Monday the launch of its first budget airline called flydubai, which will be taking to the skies in two months despite the global financial crisis.

LEBANON A Good Friday Community Service Day will be held starting at 8:30 a.m. on Friday, April 10, at the Church of the Holy Spirit, 3 Haytown Road.

05 April 2009 ARBIL: The minister of tourism in Iraq's Kurdistan region on Sunday discussed with his Lebanese counterpart possible ways to boost tourism and investment cooperation between Lebanon and the autonomous region.

BEIRUT: Lebanon's largest real-estate developer Solidere remains confident about the future of the company, in spite of recent falls in its share price, a top company official said.

BEIRUT: Parliamentary elections' fever heightened over the weekend with various parties holding rallies to announce candidates and present platforms.

BEIRUT: Two scenarios - one domestic and the other regional - will determine the course of stability in Lebanon following the June 7 polls, a French source told pan-Arab Al-Hayat daily in comments published Sunday.

The famous Lebanese artist Walid Tawfiq received an invitation from a Palestinian official in Paris to host a live concert to support the rebuilding of pediatric hospitals in Gaza.

Adamawa Police Command said yesterday that suspected armed robbers who were allegedly involved in the murder of a Lebanese, Tony Suleiman Saade, an employee of A.G Vision Construction Limited, have been arrested.

Zawya Dow Jones/Beirut HSBC Holdings, Europe?s largest-bank by assets, plans to increase the Middle East?s share of its global business to 15%, up from 10% derived from the region last year, a senior executive told Zawya Dow Jones.

Speaker Nabih Berri urged the Higher Relief Council on Sunday to release Kuwaiti money "allocated for the reconstruction of Beirut's southern suburbs." He said the amount owed was $16 million and he mocked the council by calling it the "Higher Council of the March 14 alliance." Speaking during a ceremony in the southern village of Bint Jbeil, Berri said.

Two scenarios - one domestic and the other regional - will determine the course of stability in Lebanon following the June 7 polls, a French source told pan-Arab Al-Hayat daily in comments published Sunday. "Domestically, Paris regards the role played by President Michel Sleiman as significant and essential," said the source, an expert on Lebanese and regional affairs.

CHIEAM launches scientific ship initiative in Lebanon

BEIRUT - Lebanon?s new government must send the right signals on economic reform regardless of who wins a June general election, Prime Minister Fouad Siniora said on Sunday, warning that the debt-laden state was 'operating on a short leash'.

Kuwait gives $30m for Beirut museums

Student Gabriel Wlemongar bangs his fist on the table. "Why don?t you people understand? he demands. "Don?t you know that if you allow these Lebanese or Indians to naturalise they will buy all the land?"

Lebanon?s political rivals have the will to keep violence in check for the parliamentary election in June, Interior Minister Ziad Baroud said yesterday, adding that he expected the vote to be peaceful.

Lebanon: Ali Al Meshal; head of IT and project manager at CrediMax spoke recently at the "1st Legal and Legislative Structure of Electronic Transactions in the Arab Countries" Forum in Lebanon, under the title "The needs for secure & trusted payment instrument in e-commerce". [AMEInfo.com]

Ali Al Meshal; head of IT and project manager at CrediMax spoke recently at the '1st Legal and Legislative Structure of Electronic Transactions in the Arab Countries' Forum in Lebanon, under the title 'The needs for secure & trusted payment instrument in e-commerce'.

Moody's Investors Service today upgraded to B2 from B3 the constrained longterm foreign currency deposit ratings of four Lebanese banks, BLOM Bank, Byblos Bank, Bank Audi and Bank of Beirut.

Lebanon: Moody's Investors Service today upgraded to B2 from B3 the constrained longterm foreign currency deposit ratings of four Lebanese banks, BLOM Bank, Byblos Bank, Bank Audi and Bank of Beirut. [AMEInfo.com]

Lebanon: Four Lebanese banks, BLOM Bank, Byblos Bank, Bank Audi and Bank of Beirut received an upgrade on their constrained longterm foreign currency deposit ratings from B3 to B2. Byblos Bank was upgraded from B2 to B1. [AMEInfo.com]

BEIRUT: Lebanon's real-estate sector has miraculously escaped the fallout from the global financial crisis which did not even spare the booming emirate of Dubai.

In an interview with Tanushree Gangopadhyay of Deccan Herald, Samira Khoury, a peace activist teaches Cultural Studies at the American University of Beirut, spoke about her peace initiatives in the aftermath of the war with Israel.

The Lebanon Borough Fireladies present the annual Bunny Breakfast and Easter Egg Hunt from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday at Lebanon Borough Elementary School at 6 Maple St.

Loyalty to the Resistance bloc MP Hussein al-Hajj Hassan returned on Thursday night to Beirut after a visit to the United Kingdom, where he met with British officials and gave an address at the House of Commons.Speaking to reporters at the Rafik Hariri Airport, Hajj Hassan said his visit was not connected.

LEBANON Christopher Triglia is a vertical guy. Rudy Salazar wants streets and stairs. Ted Kraemer doesn?t particularly care, as long as it all flows well together.

LEBANON The Lebanon School Board has named Rob Hess, a former principal at two Lebanon schools, and George Woodruff, superintendent of the South Coast Education Service District, as finalists for the district?s superintendent position.

Two British adventurers will set off on an attempt to run the length of Lebanon without stopping on Sunday to raise money for a children's charity. John Tyszkiewicz, 47 and Jackson Griffith, 37, from London, plan to cover 265 kilometers in around 40 hours as they run from Al-Arida.

Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora (front-C) walks on the deck of the scientific vessel CANA during its inauguration ceremony at the Lebanese army naval base in Beirut.

MONTREAL, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - April 3, 2009) - As of March 31, Lebanese nationals applying to immigrate to Canada may select the visa office in Beirut, Lebanon, as their main point of service, Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney announced today. "This change follows up on last year's announcement, which gave immigration applicants from Lebanon the option to have ...

Lebanon Valley split a nonconference softball doubleheader with Susquehanna yesterday, dropping the opener 2-1 before coming back for a 5-2 win in the nightcap.

BEIRUT (AFP) - Lebanon inaugurated on Friday a scientific ship that will be dedicated to studying flora, fauna and seismic activity off the Mediterranean coast and said to be the first such project in the region.

Lebanon inaugurated on Friday a scientific ship that will be dedicated to studying flora, fauna and seismic activity off the Mediterranean coast and said to be the first such project in the region.

In the wake of the G20 summit, Hizb ut-Tahrir, the world's largest Islamic political party, convened press conferences in Beirut and London to launch a new economics book, examining the failure of Capitalism to solve the global economic crisis and explaining Islam's solution.

KUWAIT, April 3 (KUNA) -- Director General of Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED) Abdulwahab Al-Bader will head to Lebanon on Saturday, where he will sign several agreements and place the cornerstones for developmental projects financed by a USD 300 million grant from the State of Kuwait.

BEIRUT: The government of the Philippines said on Wednesday it would maintain a deployment ban to Lebanon, rejecting media reports that the ban would be lifted.

BEIRUT: Lebanon's political camps are finalizing their electoral lists ahead of the April 7 deadline imposed by the Interior Ministry, which announced Thursday that the number of candidates has reached 270.

BEIRUT: Jordan's move to guarantee all deposits in its banks until the end of 2009 has helped increase bank deposits in the kingdom, Premier Nader Dahabi said Thursday.

BEIRUT: Bahrain-based Albaraka Banking Group expects a seven per cent rise in profit this year. "It's about 7pc," said chairman Shaikh Saleh Kamel about profit growth on the sidelines of an economic conference. The bank posted a 2.8pc rise in fourth-quarter profit to $40.86 million.

The power is back on at a Lebanon motel. That's after one week without electricity. The city cut the power to the Lebanon Budget Inn last Friday, and tenants were forced to leave or stick it out in the dark.

The Israeli Army confirmed Thursday a decision to maintain military over flights in Lebanon's airspace in violation of Resolution 1701. The Lebanese Army said that on Wednesday at least 16 Israeli planes staged reconnaissance flights across Lebanon for more than an hour a day earlier.

The American University of Beirut (AUB) Alumni Association is holding on Wednesday April 8, 2009, at 6 p.m. a memorial ceremony at the association's headquarters in Wardieh, Hamra, to mark the passing of 40 days since the death of Fawzi Butros Maalouf. Maalouf headed of the AUB Alumni Association from 1973 until 1995.

Thousands have turned out for the funeral in Beirut of a Palestine Liberation Organisation official.

A top Palestinian official and three other people have been killed in a roadside bombing outside a refugee camp in Lebanon.

Reuters has stopped distributing the full text of Moody's Investors Service press releases on ratings actions, effective April 1, 2009. The text of this Moody's Investor Service rating is available at www.moodys.com.

(AP:BEIRUT) Arab financial officials said Thursday that the global economic crisis had cost the region's investors about $2.5 trillion, offering a sobering look at the challenges confronting the region's leaders despite their repeatedly rosy assessments of their nations' ability to weather the financial downturn.

The public hearing will take place at 7:30 p.m. at Lebanon Borough School. The budget amount is down $101,413 from the previous year.

LEBANON Lebanon?s eighth annual Arbor Day celebration will start at 2:30 p.m. Thursday, April 9, at Century Park, 575 W. Rose St.

Beirut, April 02, SPA--Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Al-Siniora inaugurated here today Arab Economic Forum in its 17th session.

April 2 (Bloomberg) -- Lebanon central bank Governor Riad Salameh said he plans to cut the loan reserve requirement for banks to help push down borrowing costs as economic growth slumps.

BEIRUT, April 2 (Reuters) - Lebanon's central bank aims to keep interest rates stable but without "obstructing market trends", governor Riad Salameh said on Thursday. Salameh told an economic conference in Beirut the central bank aimed towards "preserving the stability of rates without obstructing market trends". "We see, in preserving the current rates used now for deposits in the banking ...

BEIRUT: The Lebanese German University (LGU) signed a cooperation agreement with the Chartered Insurance Institute CII, one of the largest professional bodies for insurance and financial services, a university statement said on Monday.

BEIRUT, April 2 (Reuters) - Lebanon's central bank aims to keep interest rates stable but without "obstructing market trends", governor Riad Salameh said on Thursday. Salameh told an economic conference in Beirut that the central bank aimed towards "preserving the stability of rates without obstructing market trends". Indicators for the first two months of the year were pointing to growth for ...

BEIRUT - A 14-year-old Lebanese boy kidnapped by a gang who had asked for a 1.5-million-dollar ransom was rescued by police overnight and his four kidnappers arrested, a security official said on Thursday.

Moody's Investors Service on Wednesday upgraded Lebanon's local and foreign currency government bond rating one notch, citing the small country's improved external liquidity and its ability to weather crises.

BEIRUT: The UN Special Tribunal for Lebanon announced on Wednesday that it had asked Lebanon to hand over the case involving the 2005 murder of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.

BEIRUT: Figures released by the Order of Engineers of Beirut and Tripoli reveal that construction permits totaled 1,299,310 square meters in the first two months of 2009, up by 1.7 percent relative to the same period of the previous year, according to Bank Audi's Weekly Monitor.

An FBI agent who was killed last year trying to arrest a drug suspect will be honored by Martha's Run, a 10K race held in Mt. Lebanon in the memory of Special Agent Martha Dixon, who was killed in the line of duty in 1994.

Jenna Compton was a standout on the Mt. Lebanon High School rifle team, winning a WPIAL gold medal and leading the Blue Devils to the state title as a senior during the 2007-08 season.

(RTTNews) - The United Nations Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) announced Wednesday that it has asked authorities in Lebanon to hand over the records of their investigation into the 2005 murder of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.

BEIRUT, Lebanon, April 1 (UPI) -- Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah outlined a platform of reform while listing candidates to his Resistance bloc in a major speech Wednesday.

Hizbullah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah announced his party's candidates for the June 7 parliamentary elections on Wednesday. Meanwhile, the long-awaited position of the Armenian Tashnag party concerning the elections came on Wednesday, when the party officially said it would ally with the opposition.

PALM BAY, Fla. -- State agents arrested a Lebanese man late Wednesday afternoon for allegedly stealing nearly $750,000 from credit card companies and sending the cash overseas.

MANILA, Philippines?(UPDATE 2) President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo Wednesday approved a proposal to lift the total ban on the deployment of Filipino workers to Lebanon and Jordan, according to Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita.

BEIRUT (AFP) - Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah warned the Lebanese electorate on Sunday that only a vote for the Shiite militant group and its allies in June parliamentary elections could ensure a renewed government of national unity.

LEBANON Hundreds of people jammed the Lebanon Armory on Tuesday to say goodbye to Alpha Troop, 1-82nd Cavalry as the Oregon Army National Guard unit gets ready to deploy.

LEIDSCHENDAM, Netherlands - A judge at the international tribunal prosecuting the suspected assassins of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri has asked authorities...

PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on Wednesday ordered the lifting of the deployment ban in Lebanon and Jordan. The President's directive came following improved security and working conditions for Filipinos working and living overseas.

MANILA, Philippines - MANILA, Philippines -The Department of Agriculture (DA) is temporarily banning the importation of cattle and other animals susceptible to the foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) from Taiwan and Lebanon.

Twenty members of the Lebanon High School Jr. ROTC program were able to put what they?ve learned to use for the first time March 20-25.

THE government has temporarily banned the importation of swine, cattle and other animals vulnerable to the foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) from Taiwan and Lebanon after receiving valid reports of the outbreak of the disease in these countries.

BEIRUT: Syria's deputy foreign minister said on Tuesday that Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora was welcome to visit Damascus. "Syria's doors are open to [Prime Minister Fouad] Siniora," Faysal Mikdad told NBN television in an interview.

BEIRUT: Energy and Water Minister Alan Tabourian gave a lecture at Crown Plaza hotel Tuesday on the electricity crisis in Lebanon. The event was organized by the British universities alumni association in Lebanon.

The Philippine government Wednesday imposed a temporary ban against the importation of live swine and cattle among other ruminants from Lebanon and China's Taiwan after the outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease in these two places. In a directive issued Wednesday, Philippine Agriculture Secretary Arthur C. Yap said the ban was imposed to protect the local livestock industry. The Philippine hog and ...

Puwede na ulit magtrabaho sa lebanon ang mga manggagawang pilipino. Ito?y matapos bawiin ng malakanyang ang total deployment ban doon? dahil na rin sa paghupa ng kaguluhan sa naturang bansa....

(IsraelNN.com) Operation Cast Lead was a failure and a waste because the government repeated the same mistakes it made in the Second Lebanon War by not explaining clear objectives, according to Dr. Shmuel Gordon, a Hebrew University lecturer who specializes in the process of decision-making.

The government has lifted the ban on the deployment of overseas Filipino workers to Lebanon and Jordan, due to the improved security situation there, Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita said.