BEIRUT: Lebanon asked 20 banks for proposals to refinance $1.13 billion in eurobonds maturing next month as it seeks to benefit from low global borrowing costs and the Federal Reserve's decision to keep interest rates down, the caretaker finance minister said.

  

A Lebanese man, Elie Saad, was violently assaulted Sunday for waving a Lebanese Forces flag on his way back from Martyrs Square to the village of Tanbourit, to the east of the southern coastal city of Sidon.

  

Bank of Beirut's net profit for the first quarter of 2011 rose by 1.38 percent to $20 million as compared to the first quarter of 2010, although assets and customer deposits jumped by 26.86 percent and 36.11 percent respectively.

  

Lebanese authorities have released Arab and foreign inmates in a bid to lessen the burden of overcrowding at Lebanese prisons, a statement by the General Security said.

  

Beirut will host a partner event to the first TEDx conference ever held in Palestine this Saturday, as the Sunflower Theater in Tayyouneh becomes the venue for a day of international focus on Palestine.

  

The intriguingly titled cabinet of curiosities was a phenomenon born in Renaissance Europe. The cabinets were entire rooms containing collections, without much in the way of categorical boundaries.

  

The Department of State continues to urge U.S. citizens to avoid all travel to Lebanon due to current safety and security concerns.

  

WASHINGTON, April 5 (UPI) -- The potential for an uptick in violence in Lebanon that threatens U.S. citizens is very real, the U.S. State Department said in a travel warning.

  

Inmates at Lebanon's largest prison took three guards hostage Tuesday to protest against overcrowded conditions and lengthy detentions without trial, security sources said.

  

Iran's ambassador in Beirut says Israel can no longer pose a threat to Lebanon and the Gaza Strip as it has lost its key supporter in the region, Egypt.

  

BEIRUT - Several hundred inmates demanding improved conditions at Lebanon's largest prison took three guards hostage and set fire inside one of the buildings on Tuesday, a Lebanese security official said.

  

BEIRUT - Syrian activists are calling for a new wave of protests across the country.

  

BEIRUT - Lebanese security officials say a hand grenade has exploded in an apartment in a southern Beirut suburb, killing a man and his wife. The officials say they believe the grenade went off by mistake as the man, Ali Jaber, was playing with it at his home in Beirut's Chiyah neighbourhood.

  

Lebanon's security forces have reportedly detained a Lebanese citizen on suspicion of espionage for Israel in a mainly Christian area of east Beirut.

  

Lebanese officials held extensive contacts Tuesday to secure a safe evacuation of expatriates stranded in war-torn Cote d'Ivoire.

  

The Lebanon school board heard a proposal from Superintendent Marianne Bartley on Monday night that would cut $2.3 million in spending to balance the district s 2011-12 budget.

  

BEIRUT: Fresh riots broke out in Roumieh prison Monday with inmates staging further protests a mere day after the last round of rioting had supposedly been quelled. Inmates in block D began burning mattresses while smaller disturbances were reported to have rocked block B around 4.30 p.m. Confrontations in block D were calmed late Monday evening and were

  

BEIRUT: The wave of popular revolutions sweeping the Arab world could have a positive impact on drug policy in the region by increasing focus on social issues, a drug-treatment specialist said Monday. "We need to improve - the rights of abusers," said Elie Aaraj, director of Middle East and North Africa Harm Reduction Association (MENAHRA). "We need less oppressive laws

  

LEBANON, Mo. - An investigation that lasted more than a year resulted in charges that a woman stole money from a nonprofit agency where she worked. Tracie Perry of Lebanon is charged with one count of forgery and four counts of fraudulent use of a credit card.

  

Due to its heavy reliance on lamb, beef, and chicken, some diners might think Middle Eastern cuisine isn't vegetarian-friendly. Sure, there are staples like hummus and baba ganoush that are popular and made without meat. But these alone are hardly enough to satisfy a hungry herbivore. A recent trip to Lincoln Park's Fattoush , however, dispelled our misconceptions and reservations. Their ...

  

What the cock' Beirut is headlining Brixton Academy, amongst a series of dates over the coming months...

  

April 14 -May 30 2011 - 'Zendegi' in Persian means Life. This first major group show of contemporary Iranian artists in Beirut, sheds light on life and art in Iran as seen through the eyes of several of its most prominent and emerging artists.

  

Beirut, 4 April 2011 Dr. Dipak C. Jain, Dean of INSEAD, the leading international business school, travelled to Beirut, Lebanon, March 31-April 2 to meet with Prime Minister designate Najib Mikati and delivered a lecture on 'Entrepreneurship and Innovation in the New Economy.'

  

WASHINGTON - The United States has quietly frozen weapon shipments to Lebanon's armed forces following the collapse of the country's pro-Western government, The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.

  

BEIRUT - The astonishing popular protests against Arab autocrats that have churned the region for three months are the authentic birth pangs of a new Middle East.

  

NAG-APPLY PO AKO ng trabaho sa Lebanon. Pero 'di po ito naaprubahan dahil may ban daw doon ang gobyerno natin. Pero bakit po 'yung kapitbahay ko, nakabalik na naman doon' Ano ba talaga ang patakaran ng gobyerno natin sa lugar na iyon' 'Dennis ng Sipocot, Camarines Sur NANANATILI ANG BAN sa deployment sa Lebanon. Pero [...]

  

BEIRUT: Security forces quelled rioting at the country's largest prison Sunday but Interior Minister Ziyad Baroud warned of a "time bomb" in Lebanon's penal system. No major casualties were reported in an operation involving Lebanese Army and Internal Security Forces to restore order at Roumieh prison, north of Beirut, after inmates set fire to mattresses in protest

  

BEIRUT: Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea has said Lebanese state institutions should hold exclusive authority over the possession of weapons, warning that illegitimate arms exposed rather than protected the country against Israeli aggression. "Can we speak of a true resistance unsupported by half of the Lebanese people' Can we speak of a

  

French and Lebanese nationals left unrest of the Ivory Coast's city of Abidjan on special flights to Dakar.

  

Associated Press BEIRUT - Syrian security agents tightened security and made sweeping arrests Saturday as President Bashar Assad tried to cut off two weeks of deadly pro-democracy demonstrations that are threatening his family's ruling dynasty.

  

LEBANON - Watchtowers at state prisons in Lebanon and Lucasville are targeted for shift changes or closing as part of the state budget cuts.A recent plan proposed by Gov. John Kasich would change the number of shifts at one watchtower at the Lebanon Correctional Institution on Ohio 63, a close-security prison, and close six watchtowers at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville ...

  

A group of angry Lebanese youths have attacked a group from the US embassy in Beirut with stones and bottles, calling them criminals and Israelis.

  

Prisoners demanding an amnesty and better conditions rioted and set fire to bedding in Lebanon's notorious main prison of Rumieh on Saturday, the interior ministry said in a statement.

  

BEIRUT - Syrian security agents have arrested dozens of people after thousands took to the streets across the country in pro-democracy marches, activists said Saturday.

  

A former Lebanon resident now studying for her master's degree is seeking donations to help her and a classmate travel to China to develop a children's therapy program.

  

BEIRUT: Thousands of Lebanese in Ivory Coast are living in fear as the West African nation plunges further into a catastrophic civil war, but evacuation efforts thus far have only managed to rescue a few hundred people.

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon, April 1 (UPI) -- Women in Saudi Arabia aren't buying excuses that Riyadh isn't prepared to let them take part in September elections, Human Rights Watch said.

  

Olive oil, whole grains, fish, fruits and vegetables are not what people in the region are eating.

  

Lebanese President Michel Suleiman on Thursday called of ensuring stability in Syria, hoping that things will go back to normal and the neighbor country could reform in accordance with political priorities, Lebanon's state- run National News Agency (NNA) reported.

  

BEIRUT: The usually dormant Beirut bourse saw a substantial volume of shares trading in the past two days.