New Lebanon is steadily paying down its debt.At its April 20 meeting, council heard the second reading on three ordinances that will continue to reduce the debt and one that will make the remaining debt more attractive to investors.

  

Developers have won approval from the state's Health Services and Development Agency for a new ambulatory surgery center planned for Lebanon.

  

Lebanon's president has condemned a vigilante mob's revenge killing of an Egyptian man.

  

A Lebanon man was taken into custody after authorities found several marijuana plants at his home, police said.

  

Lebanese President Michel Sleiman has referred to Hezbollah's arms as part of the country's firepower and tied to a national defense strategy.

  

A child was reportedly struck by a car in the 1600 block of Grace Avenue in North Lebanon Twp. at 8:42 a.m. today, according to emergency management reports.

  

SUBANG, April 30 (Bernama) -- The 307-member Malaysian battalion (Malbatt 1) returned home on Friday, upon completion of the peace mission under the United Nations Interim Force In Lebanon (Unifil).

  

Lebanese officials said on Friday they would bring to justice angry villagers who killed a murder suspect and strung his body up with a butcher's hook in a revenge attack that has shocked the country.

  

Beirut-Lebanon, 30 th April 2010 - Arab Bank, the largest banking group in the Middle East, held a reception at the Four Seasons Hotel-Beirut on Wednesday 28 th April 2010 in honor of the Lebanese clients and public figures in the country.

  

Revelers at Music Hall in the Starco Center. WANT a Beirut investment tip' Concrete. Thanks to a couple of years of political calm, the palm-fringed Middle Eastern city is bingeing on new buildings and cultural projects.

  

There have been at least two odd scenes in Beirut over the last couple of weeks. The first was a soccer game played by MPs which was supposed to demonstrate cross-sectarian cooperation, and the second was a fairly large march & rally whose participants called for a more secular Lebanon. Both events reflect the sentiment [...]

  

Lebanon's Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri has stressed the depth of relations between his country and Qatar and said that Qatar has played a key role in Lebanon, especially after the great divide between the Lebanese parties.

  

BEIRUT: The crucial components for the outbreak of another military confrontation between Israel and Lebanon are not currently in place, Aaron David Miller, a leading US foreign policy expert, reassured a selection of academics and journalists gathered at the Issam Fares Institute on Tuesday. The seriousness of the recent rift between the US

  

BEIRUT: Proposals to reshape Lebanon's intellectual property rights (IPR) law and bring it into the 21st Century are currently under way in the Lebanese parliament, explained Wissam al-Amil an IPR specialist at the Economy and Trade Ministry. His remarks were made during a conference "Effects of Trade Market Protection on Economic Development

  

Police have arrested two men for allegedly vandalizing an elementary school in Lebanon, N.H., forcing it to close.

  

A Hezbollah official in Lebanon has sharply criticized U.S. comments about the group's weapons stockpile. Parliament member Hassan Fadlallah says there is a difference between weapons that only serve "invasions, occupations and aggressions" - which he described as those of the U.S. and Israel - and the weapons of a resistance that he says "protects" and "liberates." -VOA

  

BEIRUT, April 29 (Reuters) - Net profit at Lebanon's Byblos Bank rose 25.8 percent in the first quarter of 2010 to $31.4 million compared to the same period a year ago, the bank said in a statement. Total assets climbed about 6 percent during the first quarter of 2010 to $14.4 billion, compared with $13.6 billion at the end of 2009.

  

Beirut- Lebanese villagers Thursday killed the murderer of two grandparents and their two young grandchildren as he was re- enacting the crime in front of police, reported the state-run National News Agency....

  

Beirut- Lebanon and Qatar cemented their bilateral relations Thursday with the signing of 13 trade agreements, Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri's office announced....

  

Beirut - Pilots from Lebanon's national carrier, Middle East Airlines (MEA), on Thursday started a 24-hour strike to underline their demands for more pay and vacation....

  

In what can potentially be a ground-breaking development, the California based medical tourism company Global Medical Excellence LLC has developed an innovative arrangement to tackle the increasing cost of healthcare in the U.S. GME has entered into contracts with U.S. Board Certified surgeons who agree to travel to India or Lebanon (and soon other countries) to perform surgeries on GME's ...

  

Lebanon: Air Arabia, the first and largest low-cost carrier (LCC) in the Middle East and North Africa, announced today that it continues to witness steady growth in passenger traffic between Sharjah and Beirut. In the first quarter of this year, the carrier served more than 28,050 passengers on this route, an increase of 7.2% compared to 26,160 passengers in the same period last year. [AMEInfo.com]

  

BEIRUT (AFP) - Pilots from Lebanon's Middle East Airlines (MEA) began a 24-hour strike on Thursday in a bid to reclaim benefits lost nine years ago, grounding 23 flights and some 5,000 passengers.

  

Pilots at Lebanon's national carrier are striking at Beirut International Airport to press for demands for improved working conditions.

  

ISRAELI claims that Hezbollah has obtained Scud missiles have revved up fears another war may break out soon. So it might not be the best time to try to turn the two nemeses' battlefield, south Lebanon, into a tourist destination.

  

Beirut: The Qatari-Lebanese Higher Joint Committee held a meeting here yesterday at the Government Palace, chaired by Qatar's Prime Minister and Foreign Minister H E Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem bin Jabor Al Thani and Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Al Hariri.

  

LEBANON - A Lebanon manufacturer has been given more than $100,000 in job tax credits by the state for its efforts in creating jobs, according to Ohio officials.

  

A different cook - Christian or Muslim - from a different region serves up traditional food at Tawlet in Beirut, Lebanon, reflecting the tiny country's rich diversity.

  

BEIRUT: Former Premier Salim al-Hoss said Wednesday that Lebanon had a large margin of freedom but little democracy, and he called for abolishing sectarianism. Hoss spoke during a lecture dubbed "Lebanon the Message" held at the University of Saint-Esprit of Kaslik. He said Lebanon's respect for freedom was responsible for the country's

  

BEIRUT: Talks over the phone held on Tuesday between Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and Premier Saad Hariri concerning the arrest of Lebanese truck drivers in Iraq raised questions about the reasons and conditions behind the arrest of truckers. The truck drivers, said to be about 120, were arrested in the Iraqi region of Ritba and Lebanese officials

  

Pilots from Lebanon's Middle East Airlines will begin a 24-hour strike from Thursday, the pilots' syndicate said. The strike is expected to disrupt 23 flights and potentially affecting the travel plans of thousands of passengers.

  

Beirut - Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem al- Thani arrived in Beirut Wednesday for a 2-day official visit, during which he will hold talks with his Lebanese Premier Saad Hariri....

  

Lebanon on Wednesday handed over to Syrian authorities the remains of two soldiers killed in clashes with Israel at the height of Lebanon's 1975-1990 civil war, the army said.

  

Carthage Highway is shut down at Sugar Flat Road, just outside the Lebanon city limits following a pursuit and police-involved shooting.

  

BEIRUT (AP) - A Lebanese Hezbollah official has slammed comments by U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates accusing the militant group of having far more rockets and missiles than most governments in the world.

  

Rescue crews in Lebanon were busy with two accidents that occurred within about an hour of each another on Tuesday night, leaving a total of six people injured.

  

BEIRUT - Hezbollah has shot back at US accusations it was stockpiling sophisticated weapons and vowed to continue to build its artillery, in comments published on Wednesday.

  

Lebanon, Qatar to announce joint committee, agreements

  

Lebanon: Layout International and Garcia Media announced a strategic partnership today. Layout International, a regional leader in workflow solutions, and Garcia Media, a global leader in web and publications design, with clients such as The Wall Street Journal, La Tribune and Paris Match, will mutually benefit by better serving small to large-scale publications in the Middle East. [AMEInfo.com]

  

Israeli claims that Hezbollah has obtained Scud missiles have revved up fears another war may break out soon. So it might not be the best time to try to turn the two nemeses' battlefield, south Lebanon, into a tourist destination.

  

LEBANON - A Lebanon manufacturer has been given more than $100,000 in job tax credits by the state for its efforts in creating jobs, according to Ohio officials.

  

BEIRUT: Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki assured Premier Saad Hariri that he would work on releasing the 120 arrested Lebanese truck drivers, Information Minister Tarek Mitri told reporters at the end of a Cabinet session at the Grand Serail. Some 120 Lebanese drivers of trucks carrying cement from the Lebanese National Cement firm "Al-Sabaa" were

  

Communities fear their own expansion, each fear the survival of the "others;" although cooperation is today's mass propaganda and the theoretical aim, avoidance and rejection of collaboration is the practiced action. Religion is the ultimate loyalty and identity of Lebanese and each sect claims its right over Lebanon. Hence, sectarian representation

  

Israeli director Samuel Maoz's claustrophobic film, confined almost entirely to a tank. Based on Maoz's own experiences as a young soldier, the film analyses his country's ill-fated 1982 invasion of Lebanon. Followed by a Q&A with the director.

  

Beirut - A US official conveyed concern about reports of missile shipments from Syria to the Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah during talks Tuesday with Lebanese officials....

  

Sharm al-Sheikh, Egypt - Lebanese and Egyptian leaders on Tuesday presented a common front against Israeli allegations that Syria had supplied the Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah with SCUD missiles....

  

Lebanon's insurance sector is more significant economically, more advanced, and more innovative than those of its Arab neighbors. Also, the insurance sector is open and liberal supported by the free market economy.

  

Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri says Israel seeks to justify another war on his country through allegations it made about Hezbollah's weaponry.

  

Egypt warned on Tuesday against probable Israeli military escalation in Lebanon, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said in a statement. In a message to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Egypt' s Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit expressed fear over possible Israeli military escalation that could lead to armed conflict like the one which erupted in 2006, a spokesman of the Egyptian Foreign ...

  

Beirut - Lebanon's state-run news agency on Tuesday accused an Israeli organization of having hacked into its website to post a message calling for information about a missing Israeli air force pilot....

  

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Iran's hardline rulers are keeping a tight grip on internal opposition and milking the nuclear standoff with the West to rally nationalist support, but hardly exude confidence that they enjoy wide popular backing.

  

Lebanon: Vocalcom, leader in Contact Centers solutions will once again be present at the Arabcom summit but otherwise, for this 12th edition Vocalcom Innovative ideas and concepts, brings up a special exhibition Village: 'Outsourcing & Call Centers', with a Live Call Center powered by two partners: E2M Call Center (MOBISION / Al Sumaria TV Call Center) and RAM IT Call Center (Outsourcing Call Center for McDonalds Lebanon). [AMEInfo.com]

  

BEIRUT, April 27 (Reuters) - Below is a table of the latest Lebanese economic statistics.

  

A Lebanese military judge on Monday demanded the death penalty for a Lebanese citizen on charges of spying for Israel, the state-run National News Agency ( NNA) reported. According to the report, the Lebanese Government Commissioner before the Military Court Judge Sakr Sakr charged Ibrahim Amin al- Baba with contacting the Israeli enemy and entering the Jewish state several times. He also ...

  

CAIRO - An Egyptian criminal court Monday began to retry a real estate tycoon and a policeman-turned-hitman, both of whom had received the death sentences for allegedly killing a Lebanese pop star. The case has captivated the Arab world and triggered endless conspiracy theories in Egypt.

  

NAQOURA: The Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) received Monday 20 off-road vehicles and four ambulances from the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) during a ceremony held in the UN force's headquarters in the southern border town of Naqoura. The event was attended by UNIFIL Commander Major General Alberto Asarta Cuevas

  

BEIRUT: Promoting Lebanon in foreign countries remains weak and still requires much work, said Tourism Minister Fadi Abboud on Monday. "Advertising is the best way to promote one's country. Foreign countries usually compete by creating a tourism image to attract tourists," he said. Abboud added that the ministry used to focus on Arab countries

  

LEBANON TWP. - A Lebanon Township boy was injured Saturday morning when his bicycle hit a car on Route 645. Police said the boy, whom they declined to identify, was heading west on Dutch Hill Road around 10:30 a.m. when...

  

Israeli charges that Syria is smuggling Scud missiles to its Lebanese ally Hezbollah aims to divert attention from stalled Middle East peace talks, a senior Lebanese official said on Monday.

  

BEIRUT, April 26 (Reuters) - Lebanon's Byblos Bank approved a raised dividend of 200 Lebanese pounds (13 cents) per share for common shareholders on its 2009 profits, the bank said in a statement on Monday. The dividends will be paid on April 29, the bank said, adding it would amount to 190 pounds net of 5 percent withholding tax. Last year, Byblos paid out 150 pounds per share net of the 5 ...

  

An 84-year-old Lebanon woman was taken to Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center Saturday following a one-car crash around 1:20 p.m. on eastbound state Route 422 in the area of Henise Tires in North Cornwall Township.

  

EDWARDSVILLE - A Granite City man could face 60 years or more in prison when he is sentenced today for the rape and brutal beating of a 20-year-old Lebanon woman in 2008.

  

Lebanon: Layout International announced a partnership with Binuscan to provide better services and more facilities to client newspapers. This new alliance is yet another way Layout and Binuscan are helping consumers utilize all available solutions for more efficient results. [AMEInfo.com]

  

AT LEAST 2,000 Lebanese marched through central Beirut yesterday in a show of support for secularism in their deeply divided country.

  

BEIRUT: President Michel Sleiman urged the Lebanese community in Sao Paolo to return and invest in Lebanon, while calling for the unity of the Lebanese diaspora. Sleiman invited the Lebanese to come back to Lebanon "to build its glory" just as their "grandfathers ventured by traveling to Brazil and established Lebanon's glory in it and in the whole world."

  

BEIRUT: Thousands marched on Lebanon's Parliament Sunday in a bid to promote secularism in Lebanon's sectarian political system. Demonstrators closed the main road from Beirut's seafront as Lebanese of all ages and confessions waved flags, wielded banners and chanted pro-secular messages. Lebanese expatriates also gathered on Sunday

  

At least 2,000 Lebanese marched through central Beirut on Sunday in a show of support for secularism in their deeply divided country.

  

Thousands of Lebanese citizens have marched for secularism in their deeply divided country. More than 3,000 people took part in a Laique Pride, or Secular Pride, march organised by civil rights groups.

  

At least 2,000 Lebanese have marched through central Beirut in a show of support for secularism in their deeply divided country. The "Laique Pride," or "Secular Pride," march was organised by civil society groups.

  

About 3,000 people marched in Beirut on Sunday to demand a secular system in place of the Muslim-Christian sectarianism that permeates politics, employment and family status matters in Lebanon.

  

BEIRUT: Thousands of Lebanese marched to parliament in Beirut on Sunday in a peaceful rally demanding the secularisation of a state long built on sectarianism.

  

?Bank lending is growing but not as much as deposits are growing and this is why we are compelled to look for other opportunities out of the country,' Sfeir said in an interview in Muscat, Oman, today. He didn't identify the banks involved.

  

A conference organised by the Carnegie endowment in the Lebanese capital Beirut has been focusing on what the world's major powers can or should do to confront issues in the Middle East.

  

A Lebanese Armenian girl wears the Armenian flag on her head during a rally in Beirut yesterday to mark the 95th anniversary of mass killings of Armenians under the Ottoman Empire.

  

Telecom experts to meet in Beirut

  

For more than two years, Ali Sibat of Lebanon has been held in a prison in Saudi Arabia, convicted of sorcery and sentenced to death. His head is scheduled to be chopped off by an executioner wielding a long, curved sword

  

SUBANG: The combination of the three services of the Malaysian peace-keeping contingent in Lebanon represents another one of the Malaysian Armed Forces (MAF)'s model for peace-keeping, said Defence Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.

  

PETALING JAYA: The deployment of soldiers from the tri-services for peace-keeping duties in Lebanon is one of the best means to integrate and test their capability as a unified force.

  

Crowds of Lebanese rally in the capital Beirut to press for the abolition of the country's divisive sectarian system.

  

Beirut - Visiting Egyptian Foreign Affairs Minister Ahmed Abul-Gheit described Saturday reports that Syria supplied Hezbollah with Scud missiles as laughable lies. ...

  

Speakers stressed the necessity of worldwide recognition of the Armenian Genocide and condemnation of Turkey by the international community.

  

Lebanon: As a member of this prestigious organization, Le Royal Hotel Beirut hosted Road Show for 'The Leading Hotels of the World', emphasizing Lebanon's role as a luxury travel destination and market. [AMEInfo.com]

  

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's army chief said he is convinced there are no scud missiles in the country, dismissing allegations that Syria has transferred the long-range rockets to the Lebanese Shi'ite Islamist group Hezbollah.

  

SUBANG, April 24 (Bernama) -- The combination of the three services of the Malaysian peace-keeping contingent in Lebanon represents another one of the Malaysian Armed Forces (MAF)'s model for peace-keeping, said Defence Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.

  

Lebanon: Lebanon's Bank Audi has reported a 31.6% increase in net profit at to $80.2m in the first quarter of 2010, compared to $61m in Q1 2009, Reuters has reported. The strong growth was due to a positive economic environment in the Middle Eastern and north African countries where it operates, particularly Lebanon, Egypt, Syria and Jordan, the lender's chief financial officer, Freddie Baz told the news service. [AMEInfo.com]

  

BEIRUT: The Cabinet's recent decision to grant foreign husbands residency after one year of marriage was a 'courtesy' move that fell short of addressing key women's demands, an advocacy group said Friday.

  

Lebanon: Setting the telecom sector in Lebanon at higher level, and in line with its strategy to add advanced and technological innovations to the industry, Alfa, the first mobile operator managed by Orascom Telecom since February 2009, breaks new ground by introducing the new 'Roaming Onboard' service. [AMEInfo.com]

  

LEBANON - Parents and students are invited to attend aninformation session for Oregon Connections Academy, to be held at6:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 27, at the Lebanon Public Library, 55Academy St.

  

A Lebanese man sentenced to die for "sorcery" in Saudi Arabia remains on death row but may not be executed -- at least not yet, the man's lawyer said.

  

BEIRUT: A flurry of diplomacy is set to begin in Beirut this weekend, with a key visit scheduled for Wednesday by Qatari Premier Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem al-Thani, who will hold talks with Lebanese top officials. Political sources said the Qatari prime minister will discuss regional tensions and efforts to push the Middle East peace process forward

  

BEIRUT: Major thoroughfares in Greater Beirut will be closed or temporarily blocked this weekend, due to commemorative events and road works. On Saturday, the northern lanes of the coastal highway between Antelias and Nahr al-Mott will be closed from 11 am, as Lebanon's Armenian community march to commemorate the 95th anniversary

  

SOFIA: Bulgarian customs agents at Sofia airport Friday netted an apparent illegal entry into the country: some 107 parrots in four cages that arrived from Lebanon. But these were no ordinary birds. They are African Grey Parrots from Gabon can fetch up to $2,400 on the black market.

  

BEIRUT: As Armenians from across Lebanon gather in Bourj Hammoud Saturday to mark the 95th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, their political representatives are increasingly worried by Turkey's growing influence in the region. While the killing of one-and-a-half million Armenians nearly a century ago is recognized as genocide by more than 20

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon, April 23 (UPI) -- Lebanon's Druze leader, Walid Jumblatt, says his country will maintain its relationship with Syria and Iran.

  

Several news outlets are reporting that vacation giant Club Med has canceled part of a cruise that included a call in Lebanon after protests ...

  

Customs officers have captured an illegal shipment of 107 Jacquot parrots at Bulgaria's Sofia Airport. The parrots arrived to Sofia with a flight from Beirut, Lebanon.

  

Former Lebanon High School star and Penn State standout Jared Odrick was selected in the first round of the NFL Draft Thursday night by the Miami Dolphins.The 6-5, 305-pound defensive tackle was the 28th overall pick, and he'll join another former Lancaster-Lebanon League standout, former Wilson...

  

ABU DHABI [MENL] -- The United Arab Emirates has delivered four military helicopters to Lebanon. The UAE military has shipped the first four of 10 military helicopters for the Lebanese Army. The helicopters, which arrived on April 21, were identified as the French-origin SA-330 Puma.

  

Beirut - A Lebanese man who was charged with sorcery and given the death sentence in Saudi Arabia, might get an official pardon from the kingdom, his lawyer said on Friday....

  

A literary festival in Beirut has showcased some of what it says is the most exciting new writing in the Arab world, and aims to introduce its writers to a global audience.

  

The Maronite Patriarch has left Beirut to meet the Pope and participate in the preparatory work of the Synod of the Churches of the Middle East. "If we are talking about abolishing confessional politics, why not abolish all confessionalism?"

  

BEIRUT: Gemmayzeh pub owners are mounting a response to a recently imposed curfew, which they claim is putting hundreds of jobs in jeopardy.

  

A 42-year-old South Lebanon Township man has been sentenced for breaking into a day-care facility and stealing $4.

  

LEBANON TOWNSHIP - A public hearing on the township's takeover of the first aid squad was abruptly canceled when attendance exceeded the legal capacity.

  

Doubts are growing within the U.S. defence and intelligence community about allegations that long-range Scud missiles from Syria have been shipped to the Hezbollah guerrilla group in neighbouring Lebanon, U.S. officials said on Thursday.

  

BEIRUT: The Public Health, Works and Social Affairs parliamentary committee discussed misleading advertising for herbal medicines Thursday. The meeting was presided over by MP Atef Majdalani who criticized not implementing Law number 90, dated 2010, which prohibits misleading advertising for herbal medicines. He said television stations

  

BEIRUT: Although the legal voting age for the upcoming municipal elections is 21, a whole new kind of democratic election was launched Thursday to encourage children to participate in decision making. Education and Higher Learning Minister Hassam Mneimneh, along with the head of the education parliamentary committee MP Bahia Hariri, launched

  

BEIRUT: The Sport For All committee met in the Holiday Inn hotel in Verdun Thursday to kick start a wealth of new ideas on increasing sporting activity among Lebanese youth. The Sport For All forum was set up in conjunction with Cross Cultures, a Danish group, that with Sport For All have help set up sporting initiatives around the world such as most

  

BEIRUT: President Michel Sleiman kicked off his visit to Brazil on Thursday by meeting with President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who renewed his support for Lebanon. Sleiman and da Silva discussed bilateral ties, whereby da Silva extended support to Lebanon and its causes and noted the pivotal role played by Brazilians of Lebanese descent.

  

SUBANG, April 23 (Bernama) -- The first batch of 135 members of the Malaysian battalion 2 (Malbatt 2) for the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) left for Lebanon for a nine-month stint.

  

22 April 2010 BEIRUT -- Lebanese land transportation offices and unions announced a strike Thursday protesting high tax rate imposed on gas prices.

  

BEIRUT, April 22 (Reuters) - Lebanon's Byblos Bank said on Thursday it had sold a 3 percent stake to PROPARCO, a French development financial institution, for $30 million. Byblos said its principal shareholder, Byblos Invest Holding SA, sold 13.6 million common shares at a price of $2.2 per common share. Byblos Bank shares last traded 1.41 percent down at $2.10.

  

The Lebanon school board approved two contracts Monday night - one to resurface the high school's track and the other to buy electricity through a purchasing agent.

  

Beirut - Lebanon's taxi and public bus drivers went on strike Thursday and blocked roads across Lebanon to protest rising petrol prices and condemn the cabinet's neglect of the transportation sector....

  

Lebanon: Mtc Touch, the leading mobile telecommunications operator in Lebanon and Zain affiliate, launched the brand new and exclusive Online Provisioning service which enables touch postpaid lines' customers to self configure their mobile features, by adding or cancelling features or temporarily connecting or disconnecting their lines. [AMEInfo.com]

  

Lebanon: Kenyon International Emergency Services has named Mazen Bekdash as Regional Manager of its new Middle East office in Beirut, Lebanon. [AMEInfo.com]

  

EUGENE - David Allen Rios, 31, who set fire to a Lebanon building in 2008, was sentenced Tuesday in U.S. District Court to10 years in prison and three years of post-prisonsupervision.

  

BEIRUT: "The reader touches, feels, hears, tastes and sees the Middle East and North Africa as it really is," claims Hanan al-Shaykh in her preface to the Beirut39 anthology. "Beirut 39: New Writing from the Arab World" was published this month, in both English and in Arabic, as the Arab literature festival draws to a close. Celebrating Beirut's

  

BEIRUT: Industry Minister Abraham Dedeyan inspected Kfoury Industry for Iron in Selaata (Batroun district), upon an invitation by head of the Chekka municipality, owner of the industrial company, Furjallah Kfoury, and in coordination with the Commerce & Industry Chamber in North. After touring the plant, Dedeyan expressed his admiration for the

  

A two-car crash at Exit 22 Wednesday morning claimed the life of a Lebanon, Virginia woman.

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon, April 21 (UPI) -- Israeli claims that Syria has supplied Lebanon's Hezbollah with Soviet-era Scud missiles have fuelled already high tensions and heightened fears of a new Middle East war.

  

The Lebanese PM Saad Hariri denies Israel's allegation that militant group Hezbollah has been supplied with Scud missiles.

  

LEBANON - Tyler Duvelius said he still fondly remembers the school field trips he took while growing up in the Lebanon district.

  

The remains of a body found in eastern Lebanon are likely those of a Syrian soldier who died fighting Israeli troops in 1982, an army spokesman said on Wednesday.

  

BEIRUT - The lawyer of a Lebanese TV psychic condemned to death for witchcraft by a Saudi court says he will not be beheaded. May al-Khansa has told The Associated Press that Lebanon's justice minister informed her that Ali Sibat will not be beheaded.

  

BEIRUT (AP) - The lawyer of a Lebanese TV psychic condemned to death for witchcraft by a Saudi court says he will not be beheaded. May al-Khansa has told The Associated Press that Lebanon's justice minister informed her that Ali Sibat will not be beheaded.

  

April 21 (Bloomberg) -- Viceroy Hotels , a five-star brand focused on the U.S. and Central America, plans to expand in cities from Beirut to Paris as demand for luxury accommodation recovers, according to one of the company's owners.

  

Lebanon: Capital Trust announced today, in cooperation with Proparco, the French government development arm, part of L'Agence Franaise de Dveloppement (AFD), their investment in Wadi Holdings, a holding company operating in the agricultural and food industries in Egypt, through an investment of $8,5m. [AMEInfo.com]

  

April 21 (Bloomberg) -- Lebanon's Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh comments on the proposed budget for 2010, the outlook for interest rates, talk of bank mergers and the threat of war in the Middle East and its effect on the economy.

  

Lebanon: Capital Intelligence (CI), the international credit rating agency, today announced that it has affirmed Lebanon-based Credit Libanais' (CL) Foreign Currency Long and Short-Term Ratings at B and B respectively. [AMEInfo.com]

  

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on Tuesday promised to help increase the European Union 's role in Lebanon and in the peace negotiations between Israel and Palestine. He made the pledge here when meeting with Lebanon's Premier Saad Hariri to discuss bilateral and global issues. The meeting primarily focused on the need to boost efforts for the Middle East peace process. In a joint press ...

  

Charges that Syria has transferred Scud missiles to the Lebanon-based radical Islamist group Hezbollah are turning into a new Middle East flashpoint, complicating US efforts to push Israelis and Palestinians into a peace deal, and raising the spectre of new Israel-Lebanon war.

  

Once the pride of Tripoli, Lebanon - designed by Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer - the international fairground became another casualty of the 1975 civil war. It hasn't recovered yet.

  

BEIRUT: Beirut Investigative Magistrate Fadi al-Oneissy pursued the questioning of Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation (LBC) television chairman Pierre Daher over a lawsuit filed against him by the Lebanese Forces (LF). Daher, who was accused by the LF of fraud and embezzlement, was released on bail. Oneissy will listen to a number of

  

BEIRUT: In order to be able to compete on European markets, Lebanese goods have to meet certain quality standards, officials from the Delegation of the European Union said during a field trip to several projects in the Metn area on Tuesday. In order to give these standards a legal framework, the European Union in 2004 began funding the establishment

  

BEIRUT: Head of Beirut Traders Association Nadim Assi said Tuesday that Turkey's exports to Lebanon amounted to $650 million in 2009 which is equivalent to 4.2 percent of the total Lebanese imports. "Lebanese imports from Turkey increased by 150 percent between 2006 and 2008, but they decreased in 2009 following the international drop

  

BEIRUT: Tripoli MP Najib Mikati said Tuesday that the Taif Accord devised a ruling mechanism that preserved the principles of the Lebanese entity while maintaining the equilibrium of the state. "Maybe the Lebanese experience would be useful for other states facing conditions similar to those that Lebanon witnessed," said the former premier, adding

  

Claims that Hezbollah, the Shia militant group based in Lebanon, has acquired Scud missiles capable of hitting major Israeli cities have been compared by the Lebanese government to those made about weapons of mass destruction to justify attacking Saddam Hussein's Iraq.

  

2 year-old girl was in parking lot at Lebanon Village Apartments A two year-old girl struck by a pick-up truck in Lebanon yesterday afternoon has died. The accident happened in the parking lot of Lebanon Village Apartment Complex yesterday afternoon.

  

Lebanon's premier has likened Israeli allegations on Hezbollah's weaponry to US claims about Iraq's weapons of mass destruction (WMD), used as a pretext to invade the country.

  

Minister: Lebanon may issue new Eurobonds in 2010

  

A 3-year-old girl in Lebanon was hit by a pickup truck.

  

BEIRUT (AP) - Lebanon's Western-backed prime minister has compared accusations that Hezbollah has obtained Scud missiles to charges that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction ahead of the 2003 U....

  

Prime Minister Saad Hariri has likened Israel's charges of Scud missile transfers to its Hezbollah foes in Lebanon to the fallacy over mass destruction weapons that led to the invasion of Iraq.

  

?We are adopting an expansionary budget that is going to be financed from revenues that are increasing as a result of growth and minor measures we took on the revenue side and by higher debt,' Hassan said in an interview at her office in Beirut yesterday.

  

After four days of literary exchange in Beirut, the writers and editors still grounded by the volcano are forging links that will open up the world to Arabic literature It's late on Sunday evening in the bar of Beirut's Mayflower hotel and the atmosphere of controlled hysteria created by our unexpected detention finally tips over into hilarity. A small group of stranded writers and publishers ...

  

LEBANON - The excitement had been growing, and when 87 membersof Alpha Troop started filing into Lebanon High School 's Bud PageActivities Center just after 6:30 p.m. Sunday, the welcome-homecrowd of more than 500 erupted with applause.

  

BEIRUT, April 20 (Reuters) - Below is a table of the latest Lebanese economic statistics.

  

Lebanon: Rasamny-Younis Motor Company S.A.L. (Rymco) made a notable impact at the 2010 Lebanon Motor Show with exciting displays to showcase the latest Nissan, Infiniti, GMC and Kawasaki models to underline, yet again, Rymco brands' unique position in the global automotive market. [AMEInfo.com]

  

BEIRUT - The Iranian authorities on Monday suspended two prominent opposition political parties, banned a newspaper and...

  

The Lebanon school board wants to send a message to the state Legislature about the impending pension-payment crisis, but when it does, it wants to make sure its in its own voice and Harrisburg hears it loud and clear.

  

Lebanon Township (K-8) school voters on Tuesday will decide a five-way race for three three-year terms. Incumbent Shelida Bernstein is challenged by Amanda Schiavo, Stephanie Cahill, Kathleen Paige and George Wilhelms. Amount to be raised by local taxes: $10,686,595,...

  

The Lebanon High boys' basketball team is looking for a new head coach after the Lebanon school board accepted Craig Coletti's resignation Monday night at its regular monthly meeting.

  

BEIRUT - A senior Iranian cleric says women who wear revealing clothing and behave promiscuously are to blame for earthquakes.Iran is one of the world's most earthquake-prone countries, and the cleric's unusual explanation for...

  

Lebanon wins the Ozark Conference golf championship.

  

KUALA LUMPUR: Lebanese 'billionaire' Elie Youssef Najem ( pic ) sent a threatening SMS to his father-in-law, saying he would 'make sure the family would not exist any more,' the Lower Syariah Court here was told.

  

Chicago dudes may not have it good as we think we do.

  

BEIRUT: Finance Minister Raya Hassan on Monday urged the private sector in Turkey to take part in all the infrastructure projects that the Lebanese government is about to launch. "Our government is about to begin a new project, the 2010 budget, to increase investment expenditure on projects aimed at promoting services and infrastructure

  

BEIRUT: Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri stressed Monday that the "sectarian spirit" was the main obstacle hindering the unity of the Lebanese. Berri said that the old version of Article 95 of the Constitution cemented sectarianism "while the Lebanese government at the time of independence slammed sectarianism and indicated its negative

  

"We want our meeting to pave the way for a phase of economic rapprochement as a first step toward full economic

  

BEIRUT: Better support services and research funding are required to prevent hundreds of children dying each year from Congenital Heart Disease (CHD), Lebanon's leading heart charity said on Monday. The Brave Heart Fund (BHF) launched its fifth annual awareness campaign in Beirut in cooperation with the Children's Heart Center at the

  

Nearly one year ago, residents in Marcellus and Skaneateles were first treated to series of cooking classes focused on the tastes of Lebanon thanks to Marietta resident Julie Ann

  

BEIRUT -- A senior Iranian cleric says women who wear revealing clothing and behave promiscuously are to blame for earthquakes.

  

BEIRUT - A senior Iranian cleric says women who wear revealing clothing and behave promiscuously are to blame for earthquakes.

  

Madrid - Former Lebanese prime minister and military commander Michel Aoun said Monday he did not expect Israelis and Palestinians to achieve peace in the short or middle term. ...

  

Beirut - An Air France plane headed Monday from Beirut to Nice, thus becoming the first aircraft to travel from Lebanon to France since passenger traffic was stopped due to a cloud of ash from an Icelandic volcano....

  

In sending Scud missiles to Hezbollah in Lebanon, Syria may trigger a Syrian-Israeli- Lebanese war. You can thank several years of Western "outreach" to Syrian President Bashar Assad. Such a conflict would trash hopes for renewed Palestinian-Israeli negotiations and international sanctions on Iran -- President Obama's regional goals. Yet...

  

More than 500 people turn out for ceremony at Lebanon High School honoring returning Oregon Army National Guard unit

  

LEBANON TWP. - For the 2010-2011 school year, the Lebanon Township school district has put together a budget that is 3.2 percent lower than the current year's budget.

  

In September 1982, a terrible massacre of Palestinian and Lebanese Muslim civilians took place in the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps in Beirut.

  

BEIRUT: A top official at the international tribunal on the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri says the court is determined to bring justice in the case, despite fears that prosecutions could spark violence. Many in Lebanon worry that if the tribunal accuses the Shiite group Hizbullah of being connected to the 2005 assassination

  

BEIRUT: Two suspected drug dealers were caught on Saturday after a long car chase from the Metn town of Bsalim to the center of Achrafieh in Beirut, according to security sources. The suspects were pursued from Bsalim to Tallet al-Sayde in Achrafieh after the Central Anti-Drug Department of the judicial police was informed of their alleged activities.

  

BEIRUT: The former head of the Constitutional Council, Wajdi Mallat, has passed away at the age of 90, following a life dedicated to the law and public service. Mallat headed the newly created Constitutional Council between 1994 and 1997, but resigned over his convictions the body wasn't able to halt meddling in parliamentary elections. In a rare

  

BEIRUT: Ahed went another step closer to securing only its second ever Championship in the 20th round of fixtures after defeating Racing Beirut 3-1 in Sidon Thursday to go five points clear at the of the table with only six points left to play for while Sagesse were finally relegated. Nejmeh remains the only team mathematically able to depose Ahed

  

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Long-range Scud missiles, which Israel has accused Syria of sending to Hezbollah in Lebanon, seem unlikely weapons of choice for a nimble guerrilla outfit, although they might pack a psychological punch.

  

Etihad Airways said Sunday it plans to launch regular flights to Baghdad next week, making the Gulf airline the latest carrier to begin flying passengers to the Iraqi capital.

  

A memoir of growing up American in the postwar Middle East, free to cross the checkpoints that defined others' lives.

  

Israeli troops fired at least two flares over southern Lebanon late on Saturday, forcing the Lebanese army to go on alert.

  

Beirut - Israeli troops fired flares late Saturday over southern Lebanon, prompting the Lebanese Army to go on alert, Lebanese security sources said....

  

A Hezbollah-affiliated lawmaker says the United States would be responsible for any potential Israeli act of aggression against on Lebanon.

  

US concern over allegations that Syria has been supplying Scud missiles to Hezbollah serves to encourage Israel to attack Lebanon, the Lebanese Shiite militant group said today.

  

Lebanon -- The local youth swimming landscape appears on the verge of a seismic shift, sparked by administrative decisions at Lebanon's Carter Community Building Association and Hartford's Upper Valley Aquatic Club. The end result is expected to be the combination of two teams into one larger squad run by the UVAC.

  

BEIRUT (Zawya Dow Jones)--Saudi Arabia's state-owned National Water Co. National Water Co. , or NWC NWC , launched water and wastewater projects during the last two years at a total cost of 10 billion Saudi riyals ($2.67 billion), Jeddah-based Okaz daily reports Saturday, citing an official.

  

Lebanon: Ihaveanidea, the world's first and largest community of the international advertising industry, proudly announces Memac Ogilvy as Host of Portfolio Night 8 in Beirut. [AMEInfo.com]

  

BEIRUT: A pilot project that will see solar energy being used in north Lebanon is set to be launched this weekend, with financial assistance from Spain.

  

A 37-year-old Lebanon man has been found guilty of more than three dozen sex-related offenses involving four young girls - including the rape of two of them - at several city homes over a three-year period.

  

A Lebanon man was sentenced in federal court Friday to 17.5 years for distributing cocaine and possessing a firearm.

  

A Lebanon cemetery that is at least 150 years old has been hit by recent vandalism, and one resident is offering a reward in hopes of stopping it.

  

BEIRUT: The American University of Beirut will offer an endowed scholarship in the name of a student who was killed in a car accident, it was announced Friday. The family of Karim Habr has established the scholarship, in the name of their son, who was killed on January 25. He was an AUB student majoring in public administration and was scheduled

  

BEIRUT: Activities organized as part of the Beirut World Book Capital 2009 festival continued Friday with the launching of Beirut39, a four-day event which brings together distinguished young writers from across the Arab world. The 39 authors, all of whom are under the age of 40 and were chosen from over 450 candidates, will hold talks across the city,

  

BEIRUT: The UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia's (ESCWA) said Lebanon is generally still at an early stage of maturity in building its information society, as reported by Lebanon This Week, the economic publication of the Byblos Bank Group. ESCWA used four maturity levels for each aspect of the information society, whereby level 1

  

BEIRUT: Economy and Trade Minister Mohammad Safadi on Friday said the ministry's Consumer Protection Department is undergoing extensive reform and will be hiring more than 200 university graduates to extensively study market prices and quality. "It is your right to know what is going on with your country's economy," Safadi told students of the

  

Detroit has been named one of the most dangerous cities on the planet in a survey by CNN. Baghdad, Karachi, Beirut and Kinshasa are also on the list.

  

Angry protestors in southern Lebanon have reacted to Israel's violation of the country's territory, dismantling a newly installed Israeli fence near the Blue Line.

  

Beirut - Leaders of rival Lebanese groups postponed Friday a national dialogue session until June 3, after the meeting drew a heated debate over the issue of Hezbollah's weapons....

  

BEIRUT -- Around 50 villagers from the southern Lebanese town of Abbasiyeh removed on Friday a barbed wire which was set up by Israel three days earlier.

  

BEIRUT (AP) - A Hezbollah government minister refused Friday to confirm or deny Israeli allegations that the militant...

  

LEBANON - The songs will flow and the props will glow in Lebanon High School's upcoming musical production of 'Grease!' In directing the musical, Mitchell Finke said he set out to create a 'big spectacle' and a 'very different theatrical experience,' because 'Grease!' was such a popular movie.

  

LEBANON - Two small businesses that opened within the past year closed their doors this week.

  

April 16 (Bloomberg) -- Lebanon's economy may grow more than 5 percent this year as money floods into the country, cutting borrowing costs and enabling the central bank to maintain investment incentives, the central bank's Vice Governor Saad Andary said.

  

DUBLIN----Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Lebanon Food and Drink Report 2010" report to their offering.

  

16 April 2010 Beirut , 16 April 2010 - NEWOUNSA announced today the opening of its new flagship boutique in Downtown Beirut. Located at 1330 Park Avenue, the boutique encompasses 500 square meters over two floors.

  

LEBANON - City Councilor Tim Fox won't be asked to step down,fellow council members said Wednesday evening.

  

LEBANON - The Oregon Department of Veterans Affairs will build a100- to 150-bed veterans home on 10 acres on the Samaritan HealthSciences campus here, officials with the Oregon Department ofVeterans' Affairs announced this afternoon.

  

BEIRUT: Finance Minister Raya Hafar Hassan on Thursday submitted the long awaited 2010 'ambitious' draft budget to the Cabinet, noting that this budget does not call for any value-added tax (VAT) increase.

  

FREDERICKSBURG - Members of the Northern Lebanon school board are focusing on adding the latest and greatest educational technology tools to the learning process.

  

The top United Nations envoy to Lebanon today met with another Government minister and welcomed the prevailing peaceful atmosphere in the country, saying it was crucial that calm be maintained during municipal elections next month.

  

Federal and state leaders have announced a new Veterans' Home to be built in the city of Lebanon. The 150 bed-facility will provide extended care for veterans who?ve undergone surgery, or have other acute needs.

  

BEIRUT: The Lebanese University (LU) will allow student polls to be held for the university year 2010-11 after a temporary ban, announced LU president Zuhair Shakar Thursday. Shakar issued a statement in which he withdrew the temporary ban on holding political activities at LU and on holding student polls, adding that the 2010-11 polls

  

HOULA: "While you are in the minefield please follow my instructions," Technical Site Supervisor Fadal Aasir says as he finishes the safety briefing. The men in suits, on a visit from the US Embassy in Beirut, nod their heads in consent. A team of mine clearance workers are assembled on a dirt road around a hastily erected whiteboard, plastered with laminated

  

BEIRUT: High-school students facing the difficult decision of choosing their careers can benefit from the National Career Fair, which was launched Thursday at the American University of Beirut. The fair will take place on Friday from 9:00 am until 7:00 pm and then tour local schools for two days a week and later be held in Zahle, Sidon and Tripoli. The fair

  

BEIRUT: Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) leader Walid Jumblatt is set to visit Damascus on Friday, for his second such trip in under a month. Speaking after a meeting with Prime Minister Saad Hariri at the latter's residence in downtown Beirut, Jumblatt didn't disclose whether he would meet with Syrian President Bashar Assad.

  

BEIRUT: Lebanese political leaders agreed Thursday to refrain from tackling the issue of Hizbullah's weapons in the media, as the party stressed that Israeli threats backed by Washington wouldn't prevent the resistance from defending Lebanon by all means. Israel accused Syria Wednesday of providing Hizbullah with Scud missiles capable of hitting

  

I'm going to have to re-think the title of this blog entry. See, CNN has a story up right now listing the top 10 most dangerous cities in the world. According to their report, Detroit is right up there with cities that feature car bombings (Baghdad, Beirut), plain old bombings (Karachi, Pakistan), drug cartels whose turf wars have a body count in the thousands, including cops and soldiers ...

  

Jim Willis, director of the Oregon Veterans Affairs, will be in Lebanon at City Hall for a 1:30 p.m. press conference today, April 15.

  

BEIRUT, April 15 (Reuters) - Lebanon's central bank said on Thursday it would not allow any mergers between the top 11 banks in the country. "With regards to the issue of bank mergers, the Lebanese central bank will not agree to any merger operation between the top 11 banks in Lebanon," a statement said. "But ... (the central bank) encourages merger operations between small and medium-sized ...

  

(Beirut, 15 April 2010). The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), represented by Mrs. Marta Ruedas, UNDP's Resident Representative, signed today a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with CSR LEBANON LLC , represented by Mr. Khaled Kassar, Founder and CEO, at the premises of UNDP in Downtown.

  

Lebanon: Orascom Telecom Holding, one of the largest and diversified network operator in the Middle East, has joined Arabcom 2010 Summit as Strategic Summit Partner today. The event will be held from 13th to 14th of May 2010 at the Habtoor Grand Hotel in Beirut, Lebanon. [AMEInfo.com]

  

This week Lebanon commemorated the 35th anniversary of its 1975-1990 Civil War, a conflict that claimed the lives of almost 200,000 people. While youth...

  

April 15 (Bloomberg) -- Lebanon's Finance Minister Raya Haffar el-Hassan sent a draft 2010 budget to the Cabinet today, calling for a 16 percent increase in expenditure and a wider deficit than last year.

  

Lebanon: Capital Intelligence (CI), the international credit rating agency, today announced that it has affirmed Lebanon-based Bank Audi's Foreign Currency Long and Short-Term Ratings at B and B respectively. These ratings are constrained by Lebanon's sovereign ratings. CI also maintained Bank Audi's Financial Strength Rating at BBB- as well as the Support level of 3. All the ratings carry a Stable Outlook. [AMEInfo.com]

  

BEIRUT, April 15 (Reuters) - Lebanon's 2010 draft budget set $4.3 billion to go towards debt servicing, the finance minister said on Thursday. Lebanon is one of the world's most highly indebted economies.

  

April 15 (Bloomberg) -- Lebanon's Finance Minister Raya Haffar el-Hassan sent a draft 2010 budget to the Cabinet today, calling for a 16 percent increase in expenditure and a wider deficit than last year.

  

BEIRUT, April 15 (Reuters) - Lebanon's 2010 public debt will increase to $55 billion, according to a draft budget presented by Finance Minister Raya al-Hassan on Wednesday.

  

Lebanon resident Jessica Kuca, 7, received recognition in the "Do the Right Thing" program. The ceremony honoring the winners was held at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville on March 25. Jessica was nominated by her teachers for her hard work on her lemonade stand benefitting breast cancer and childhood cancer. O'Fallon Police Chief John Betten (left) was in attendance to honor the winners.

  

John Stark took Lebanon to extra innings but watched the Raiders score five times in the eighth for the win.

  

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RIVAL Lebanese politicians took their disputes to the football pitch with a friendly match to mark the 35th anniversary of the outbreak of the country's 1975-90 civil war

  

LEBANON - Students from Seven Oak Middle School in Lebanon willparticipate in their second middle school poetry slam at 6:30 p.m.Thursday, April 15, at the Lebanon Coffee House & Eatery, 661S. Main St.

  

LEBANON - The Lebanon School Board will hear a presentationThursday from a group of local residents interested in starting anew charter high school.

  

NEW YORK, April 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Lebanon's Ambassador to the United States, Antoine Chedid, is set to receive an award for his public service at an upcoming gala in New York on April 30th, 2010. Chedid will be honored for his years of service as a diplomat by the Lebanese American University (LAU), which will host the event.

  

BEIRUT: Head of the Kurdistan Regional Government Massoud Barzani discussed with top Lebanese officials the latest developments in Iraq and efforts to form a new government after the polls. Barzani held talks with President Michel Sleiman Wednesday to tap opportunities to promote investments between both countries particularly in tourism. For his Part.

  

LEBANON - Construction of the new medical college, availabilityof some of the largest 'shovel ready' industrial properties in thestate and the upcoming start of the largest housing development todate are signs that this community of 14,000 has a bright economicfuture ahead of it.

  

The White House said Wednesday it was increasingly concerned about possible Syrian Scud missile sales to the Lebanese Hezbollah movement, a day after Israel raised the alarm.

  

An unstable bridge led to the closure of Cedars of Lebanon Road between Crepe Myrtle Drive and Manhattan Road, Jackson officials say.

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon, April 14 (UPI) -- Hezbollah's power in Lebanon is growing, largely because Syria is firmly back in charge five years after it was forced to withdraw its military forces following the assassination of former Lebanese premier Rafik Hariri.

  

Lebanon appointed Tab Baldwin their basketball coach for this year's world championships where he will face his former team New Zealand, it was announced on Wednesday.

  

Carrie Bess gave the Lebanon softball team a glimpse of 2011 last week.

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon, April 14 (UPI) -- The top U.N. envoy to Lebanon urged Beirut to ensure safe and fair municipal elections.

  

BEIRUT, April 14 (Reuters) - Lebanon's Blom Bank has approved a raised dividend of 6,000 Lebanese pounds ($4) per share for common shareholders on 2009 profits, the bank said in a statement on Wednesday.

  

Israel's supreme court has gone against the government to allow Arab Israeli author Ala Hlehel to travel to Beirut to collect a literature prize, court officials said on Wednesday.

  

Nigerian kidnappers have released three Syrians and a Lebanese working in the construction sector in Nigeria's oil-rich southern region, police said Wednesday.

  

BEIRUT: Zouhair Berro, head of the Lebanese Consumers Association, said Tuesday that unconfirmed reports of the Finance Ministry intending to raise the Value Added Tax (VAT) have already resulted in an increase in consumer prices by 3.5 percent in the first quarter of 2010.

  

Read about how you can help Lebanon Little League win a $50k grant from Pepsi to build new ball fields.

  

NICOSIA [MENL] -- Lebanon and Turkey have agreed to military cooperation. Copyrights 2008, Middle East Newsline. All rights reserved.

  

A worker at Lebanon Junction Elementary School suffered burns over 20 percent to 30 percent of his body from hot tar during a renovation project.

  

In a rare show of good sportsmanship, rival Lebanese politicians faced off on a soccer field yesterday to mark the 35th anniversary of the outbreak of their country's 1975-1990 civil war.

  

LEBANON JUNCTION, KY (WHAS11) - WHAS11 News has learned that one person has been injured in an incident at Lebanon Junction Elementary School on Tuesday afternoon. The incident happened around 2'30 p.m. One construction worker was seriously burned by tar while working on school renovations. He's been stat-flighted to University Hospital. The worker is employed by Bruce's Tri-State Roofing ...

  

BEIRUT: The second Middle East Security Show (SMES) for 2011 was launched Tuesday by the Institute for Near East and Gulf Military Analysis under the patronage of the Cabinet, the Lebanese Army and the Internal Security Forces (ISF). The show will be held at the Beirut International Exhibition and Leisure center on April 7-9, 2011, and will reveal

  

BEIRUT: French National Assembly President Bernard Accoyer stressed Tuesday France's support to Lebanon's stability and security as he highlighted President Michel Sleiman's efforts to restore the international community's trust in Lebanon and preserving the country's stability. Sleiman is to head the National Dialogue table meeting Thursday to resume

  

BEIRUT: Israel soldiers crossed a technical fence close to the Blue Line on Tuesday, even as Lebanon complained to the UN over what it saw as an Israeli violation of international law. Reports from close to the de facto border suggested that a company of Israeli soldiers had entered Lebanese territory, although this was refuted by the area's

  

BEIRUT: In an unprecedented show of unity, politicians took part in a one-off soccer match on Tuesday to commemorate the 35th anniversary of the start of Lebanon's 1975-90 Civil War. Prime Minister Saad Hariri and Hizbullah MP Ali Ammar captained teams comprised of current and former Cabinet members, politicians and other officials in an

  

Rival Lebanese politicians took their disputes to the playing fields Tuesday with a friendly soccer match to mark the 35th anniversary of the outbreak of the country's 1975-90 civil war.

  

Israel's Supreme Court has given an Israeli-Arab writer permission to visit Beirut to attend an Arab writers' conference. Ala Halihal from the northern Israeli city of Akko appealed to Israel's Supreme Court after Interior Minister Eli Yishai refused to allow the trip.

  

International ratings agency Moody's on Tuesday upgraded Lebanon's government bond ratings by one notch to B1 from B2, citing the country's resilient banking system and an improved political climate.

  

Beirut - Rival Lebanese political leaders Tuesday marked the 35th anniversary of the start of the country's 1975-1990 civil war with a friendly football match meant to demonstrate the country's unity....

  

BEIRUT - In a rare show of good sportsmanship, rival Lebanese politicians face off on a soccer field on Tuesday to mark the 35th anniversary of the outbreak of their country's 1975-1990 civil war.

  

DIFC, April 13, 2010 -- Moody's Investors Service has today upgraded Lebanon's government bond ratings to B1 from B2. Today's rating action reflects a continuation of the trends that led Moody's to place Lebanon's sovereign ratings on positive outlook in December 2009: namely, the sustained improvement in external liquidity, the strengthened ability of the country's resilient banking system to ...

  

The Lebanese army has forced Israeli troops to withdraw from Lebanese border town of Abbassiyeh after issuing a warning on the incursion against its territory.

  

Lebanon has lodged a complaint with the United Nations Security Council against the weekend violation of its border by Israeli troops.

  

In a rare show of good sportsmanship, rival Lebanese politicians on Tuesday face off on a soccer field to mark the 35th anniversary of the outbreak of their country's 1975-1990 civil war.

  

Israeli President Shimon Peres on Tuesday accused Syria of supplying Scud missiles to the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah while publicly talking peace.