Lebanon: According to research by Deloitte and Arbor Square Associates, there are mixed sentiments underlying private equity activity in the Middle East, North Africa (Mena) region and across the globe for the next 12 months. [AMEInfo.com]

  

Lebanon: Bayt.com, the Middle Easts number one job site, has announced that it will be hosting the first ever virtual job fair (VJF) in Lebanon following the phenomenal success of previous fairs held around the region, in a bid to boost the labor market in the country. [AMEInfo.com]

  

Lebanon: Alfa, the mobile operator, managed by Orascom Telecom announced that it is keeping on strengthening its network all over Lebanon by installing 10 new radio stations since the 30th of July 2009. [AMEInfo.com]

  

Lebanon: Telecommunications Company Lebanon (MTC Touch) has held its second public auction, with 30 people bidding on new platinum mobile numbers. The 21 phone numbers were sold for $500,000, the company said. A third public auction will be held on the first day of Eid, the company added. The highest amount paid was $68,000 for 71-444444, while the cheapest went for$10,000 (71-111222). [AMEInfo.com]

  

Lebanon: As a demonstration of its commitment to serving government clients globally and in the Middle East, Deloitte entered into a transaction whereby it acquired a substantial part of BearingPoints Public Services Practice. [AMEInfo.com]

  

GREENCASTLE -- In boys' varsity soccer action, the host Greencastle Tigers Cubs defeated visiting Lebanon 1-0. Play was very even throughout the first half, with Greencastle holding a slight...

  

According to the London daily Elaph, the famous Lebanese artist Haifa Wahbe hosted a live performance at the Movenpick hotel in Beirut accompanied by Lebanese artist Fadel Shaker.

  

Lebanon's highest Muslim Sunni authority Dar al-Fatwa said the holy month of Ramadan will start on Saturday August 22.Dar al-Fatwa said that religious authorities on Thursday were "not able to discern the new moon of the holy month of Ramadan."Lebanon's senior Shiite cleric Sayyed Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah said earlier this week that Ramadan will begin on Friday August 21.

  

The force commander of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) Major General Claudio Graziano on Thursday described the situation in south Lebanon as "generally quiet."Graziano held talks on Thursday with Prime-Minister designate Saad Hariri at the latter's residence in Beirut."This is my first meeting with Mr. Saad Hariri as prime minister-designate.

  

Mabel Rothgeb Long remembers attending New Lebanon's one-room school more than 90 years ago.

  

BEIRUT (AFP) - A former security official confessed on Thursday before a military court to spying for Israel and also admitted his involvement in a deadly 2006 car bombing, an AFP correspondent in court said.

  

The Lebanon Historical Society wants to thank the many people and businesses that made the First Annual Lebanon A-Fair a success. On very short notice, the LHS worked to plan this

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Aug. 20 (UPI) -- Reports that Israel has ordered 100 "bunker buster" bombs from the United States has caused tremors of concern in Lebanon that the weapons are for use against Hezbollah in the event of war between Iran and the Jewish state.

  

ART OF THE POSSIBLE Ivonne A-Baki speaks four languages fluently and is conversant in two others. But the word "impossible" is not in her vocabulary. Born in Ecuador of Lebanese parents, she raised a family in war-torn Beirut. As a diplomat, she helped negotiate an end to a 170-year border conflict between Ecuador and Peru and later served as ambassador to the United States, where she charmed ...

  

Lebanon: UAE-based property developer and master planner Rakeen has said that it has started the sale of its high-end residential project in Beit Merri, an upmarket area near Beirut. This is the developer's first venture into Lebanon's property market. Beit Merri comprises ten villas and nine apartments of various types overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. [AMEInfo.com]

  

BEIRUT, Aug 20 (Reuters) - Lebanon's annual inflation rate fell to 2.4 percent in July from 3.3 percent in June, central bank statistics released to Reuters on Thursday showed.

  

India conceded an early goal to Lebanon in their Nehru Cup opener when defender Ali Al Saad's well driven free kick beat Subrata Pal. At the post-match conference, Bob Houghton said that it was always going to be tough to find the equaliser because of the heavy grass on the ground.

  

New Delhi, Aug 19 (PTI) Defending champions India conceded an early goal and then failed to convert the chances that came their way to go down 0-1 against Lebanon in the opening match of the Nehru Cup football tournament here today.

  

Defending champions India lost the opening match of the Nehru Cup to Lebanon with defender Ali Al Saad scoring early from a free-kick. It was the visitors who started strongly and took India by surprise with their fast paced football. The passes were short and too quick for India.

  

NEW DELHI: Lebanon won the battle of attrition against India with an early strike that was good enough to carry the team on a humid evening as the Nehru Cup got off to a discouraging and unexpected start for the home team on Wednesday. ...

  

India coach Bob Houghton's desperate measure to bring in injured ace striker Sunil Chettri in the second-half did not pay off as the defending champions lost 0-1 to a gutsy Lebanon in the opening match of the ONGC Nehru Cup football at the Ambedkar Stadium here Wednesday evening.

  

If all goes according to plan, Lebanon schools could be in line to receive an offer to help reconstruct two school buildings.

  

New Delhi, Aug 19 : India started its Nehru Cup title defence with a disappointing 0-1 loss to Lebanon at the Ambedkar stadium here this evening.

  

Source: Reuters BEIRUT, Aug 19 (Reuters) - Lebanese soldiers detained an Islamist militant linked to al Qaeda on Wednesday as he tried to enter Lebanon's largest Palestinian refugee camp, security sources said. ...

  

The Lebanon Express is looking for locally-owned businesses that have kept their doors open for decades.

  

Defending champions India began their campaign in the Nehru Cup football tournament on a losing note, going down fighting to Lebanon by a solitary goal at the Ambedkar stadium in Delhi on Wednesday. An early goal by Lebanon defender Ali Al Saadi proved decisive as the hosts came up with a good showing before going down.

  

Lebanon School District's Polaris school is among the casualty's of the lack of a state budget, which is also resulting in two area intermediate units having to borrow money.

  

Following the successful launch of Rotana Ahlan Kiosk in Dubai International Airport earlier this year, Rotana the Leading Hotel Management Company in the MENA Region selected Lebanon to be its second destination for the opening of Rotana Ahlan Kiosk - Beirut.

  

Source: Reuters * Army apprehends Fatah al-Islam militant who escaped prison * Audacity of escape prompts criticism of interior minister BEIRUT, Aug 19 (Reuters) - The Lebanese army captured an Islamist ...

  

A senior Lebanese security official says army commandos have recaptured fugitive from an al-Qaida-inspired group a day after he escaped from prison. The official says Taha al-Hajj Suleiman of the Fatah Islam group was captured Wednesday in the woods north of the Roumieh prison east of Beirut.

  

The Lebanese army recaptured an Islamist militant on Wednesday, a day after he escaped from the country's largest prison, a security official said.

  

A senior Lebanese security official says army commandos have recaptured fugitive from an al-Qaida-inspired group a day after he escaped from prison.

  

Lebanese commandos recaptured Wednesday a fugitive from an al-Qaida-inspired group, a day after he broke out of a high-security prison in a spectacular escape. The army said Taha al-Hajj Suleiman of the Fatah Islam group was caught in the woods in the Bsalim area, just north of the Roumieh prison east of Beirut. An army statement said he was referred to military intelligence for interrogation. ...

  

18 August 2009 BEIRUT -- Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED) has rebuilt an Israeli-devastated apartment building at a southern Beirut suburb.

  

Rakeen, one of the region's dynamic property developers and master planners, has announced that it has commenced sales of its ultra high-end residential project in Beit Merri, a renowned upmarket area near Beirut.

  

Hezbollah says Israeli warning against the inclusion of the Islamic movement in the Lebanon's unity cabinet is part of Tel Aviv's strategic plans.

  

BEIRUT: The number of people in Lebanon suffering from the A(H1N1) virus has risen to 500, with 24 new cases diagnosed since Friday, Health Minister Mohammad Jawad Khalifeh said on Tuesday.

  

Eight members of an Islamic group sawed bars off their cell windows and scaled down the building using blankets, security officials said.

  

BEIRUT - Eight members of an al-Qaida-inspired group sawed bars off their cell windows in a high-security Lebanese prison Tuesday, scaled down the building using blankets...

  

BEIRUT - Eight members of an al-Qaida-inspired group sawed bars off their cell windows in a high-security Lebanese prison Tuesday, scaled down the building using blankets tied together, then stood on each other's shoulders to help one jump over a wall and escape, security officials said.

  

An Islamist militant escaped from a high-security Lebanese prison Tuesday after seven other inmates formed a human ladder that allowed him to climb over the prison wall, security sources said.

  

The body of Lebanese national Tony Bteish, who drowned in the Qaraon Lake in the Bekaa Valley last week, was found Monday morning, according to a police report. The Civil Defense transferred the body to the Tel Shiha Hospital in the Bekaa Town of Zahle.

  

Athletes, artists and organizers alike are limbering up for the 6th annual Francophone Games, due to start next month in Beirut.From painting to photography; soccer to sculpture, the games will see 3000 participants from more than 50 French-speaking nations compete in two weeks of various sporting and cultural disciplines.Speaking on Monday at the media launch of the games.

  

An Islamist militant escapes from a Lebanon prison after members of his group form a human ladder and help him scale a wall.

  

Eight members of an al-Qaida-inspired group sawed bars off their cell windows in a high-security Lebanese prison Tuesday, scaled down the building using blankets tied together, then stood on each other's shoulders to help...

  

Eight members of an al-Qaida-inspired group sawed bars off their cell windows in a high-security Lebanese prison Tuesday, scaled down the building using blankets tied together, then stood on each other's shoulders to help one jump over a wall and escape, security officials said.

  

BEIRUT - A Syrian militant belonging to an al-Qaida-inspired group escaped Tuesday from Lebanon's largest prison while guards foiled the escape of seven other suspects, Lebanese security officials said.

  

A militant belonging to the radical Islamist group Fatah al-Islam, which fought deadly battles with the Lebanese army in 2007, escaped from the country's main jail on Tuesday, an army spokesman said.

  

One convicted Fatah al-Islam member managed early Tuesday to escape from Lebanon's Roumieh prison. He was part of a 8-man strong group led by Abu Salim Taha. The other seven were re-arrested, according to Lebanese press reports.

  

BEIRUT, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Below is a table of the latest Lebanese economic statistics.

  

An Islamic militant jailed for his part in deadly battles with the Lebanese army in 2007 escaped from the country's main jail on Tuesday, an army spokesman said.

  

BEIRUT - A Qaeda militant escaped from a high-security Lebanese prison on Tuesday after seven other inmates formed a human ladder that allowed him to climb over the prison wall, security sources said.

  

BEIRUT (Reuters) - An Islamist militant escaped from a high-security Lebanese prison Tuesday after seven other inmates formed a human ladder that allowed him to climb over the prison wall, security sources said.

  

BEIRUT (Reuters) - An Islamist militant escaped from a high-security Lebanese prison Tuesday after seven other inmates formed a human ladder that allowed him to climb over the prison wall, security sources said.

  

BEIRUT: Lebanon has appointed Deputy State Prosecutor Joyce Tabet to the post of deputy prosecutor at the UN Special Tribunal for Lebanon, but she has yet to join the court because of negotiations over her contract, a number of tribunal and Lebanese judiciary sources said on Monday.

  

Former anti-sleaze MP Martin Bell and ex-Beirut hostage Terry Waite are considering whether to field independent candidates at the next General Election in response to the expenses scandal.

  

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Authorities have closed the offices of the Lebanese-based LBC satellite TV station in Jiddah after it broadcast an interview with a Saudi man speaking frankly about sex and showed off erotic toys, a Saudi official said Sunday.

  

According to the London daily Elaph, famous Lebanese artists Najwa Karam and Melhim Barakat cancelled their performance scheduled for August 15th at the Oscar Palace in Lebanon.

  

Agencies New Delhi, Aug 17: A 20-strong Lebanon football squad arrived on Sunday for the August 19-31 Nehru Cup and had a practice session at a city college ground.

  

Portia software offers Shariah compliance and English and Arabic reporting.

  

Thomson Reuters today announced that the Lebanese investment firm Blominvest Saudi Arabia (licensed by the CMA) has gone live with Thomson Reuters ...

  

Thomson Reuters today announced that the Lebanese investment firm Blominvest Saudi Arabia (licensed by the CMA) has gone live with Thomson Reuters Portia, the industry's most powerful enterprise-wide investment accounting system.

  

Lebanon: LG Electronics, a major player in the global flat panel display market and audio-video market, announced the launch of its new Scarlet (LH70), a full HD LCD TV that combines the highest level of slim sophistication and sleek refinement with incredible picture quality. [AMEInfo.com]

  

16 August 2009 DIWANIYA: The investment commission in Diwaniya has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with a group of Lebanese companies to carry out services projects in the province at a cost of up to $500 million U.S. dollars.

  

Victim of decades of neglect and violence, the Magen Abraham synagogue in central Beirut is coming back to life as workers renovate the imposing structure for a vanishing community.

  

New York, Aug 14 2009 3:10PM The top United Nations envoy for Lebanon said he hopes that the country's new Government, when formed, will renew its commitment to, and fully carry out, the Security Council resolution which helped to end the 2006 war between Hizbollah and Israel.

  

Aug. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Milan is a fusion of the classic and the trendy, where high fashion meets traditional design. Have lunch at a hip underground space or in a medieval square, whatever suits your fancy. Here, arranged by location, are our choices for business dining in Milan.

  

The former Beirut hostage Terry Waite has joined forces with Martin Bell to co-ordinate a network of anti-sleaze independent candidates to stand against MPs discredited in the expenses scandal.

  

New Delhi, Aug 16 (PTI) A 20-strong Lebanon football squad arrived today for the August 19-31 Nehru Cup and had a practice session at a city college ground here.

  

A new phone monitoring station is nearing completion in Lebanon and will be capable of recording up to 72,000 calls every day. The facility, due to open at the end of the month was toured by caretaker Telecommunications Minister Gebran Bassil last week.

  

From nudist beach parties and wild bashes hosted by the likes of Paris Hilton, to gay clubs, gambling and showgirls, Beirut is rapidly earning a reputation as the sin city of the Middle East.

  

Lebanon's tourism ministry has reported a record 1,007,352 visitors for the month of July, the majority of which included some 325,000 Lebanese expatriates and roughly as many Syrians, according to Breaking Travel News website.

  

The Lebanon banking sector will see increased deposit and asset growth following better than expected second quarter results by all the banks.

  

&$ &$Yi Jianlian(L) of China breaks through during the semifinal against Lebanon at the 2009 FIBA Asia Championships for Men in Tianjin, north China, Aug. 15, 2009. (Xinhua/Wang Yebiao)&$ &$ China made four free-throws in the last minutes to beat Lebanon 72-68 Saturday to enter the final of the Asian men's basketball championship. China, which defeated Lebanon 71-68 in the preliminary round, set ...

  

BEIRUT, Aug 15 - Iran's clerical leadership stepped up a campaign yesterday to silence opposition claims that protesters were raped in prison, with prayer leaders in at least three major cities denouncing the accusations and their chief sponsor. The accusations of rape - usually a taboo subject in Iran - have multiplied and provoked strong reactions in the days since a reformist cleric and ...

  

China defeated Lebanon, 72-68, to advance to the final on Sunday against Iran at the Asian championships in Tianjin, China.

  

China beat a determined Lebanon team 72-68 to book their place against Iran in the finals of the Asian Basketball Championships here Saturday.

  

The beaches are crowded, the restaurants full, but the Lebanese rumour mill talks of another war around the corner Lebanon is truly the two-faced Janus...

  

The state budget impasse has forced Lancaster-Lebanon Intermediate Unit 13 to do something it's rarely done before: borrow money to pay its bills.The IU, which provides educational services to 12,000 children and adults in the two counties, is borrowing $25 million from Fulton Bank to avoid cutt...

  

The panic set in as Faraz Siddiqui sat among the dejected prisoners in the Lebanese army prison in May, wondering if he would ever get out.

  

Lebanese Shiite armed group Hezbollah's chief Hassan Nasrallah said here on Friday that his party is ready to go to war with Israel but denied the possibility of a war with the Jewish state in the near future. Speaking through the giant screen to thousands of audiences attending the ceremony to commemorate the war with Israel in 2006,Nasrallah said that his party did not believe that there will ...

  

BEIRUT: The number of people in Lebanon suffering from swine flu on Friday jumped to 476, with over 300 cases emerging in the past two weeks alone, the Health Ministry said. Most of those suffering from the A (H1N1) virus, otherwise known as swine flu, are young adults or children.

  

Lebanese Shiite armed group Hezbollah's chief Hassan Nasrallah said here on Friday that his party is ready to go to war with Israel but denied the possibility of a war with the Jewish state in the near future.

  

The famous Lebanese host Razan Mughrabi plans to marry a foreign businessman living in Cairo. Razan revealed that she is living a hot love story with the businessman and that she hopes the relationship will end in marriage.

  

Lebanon set up a rematch with China with a 68-65 win over South Korea on Friday in the quarterfinals of the Asian Men's Basketball Championship here. China, which beat Lebanon 71-68 in the preliminary round, defeated Chinese Taipei 101-83 in another quarterfinal match. Defending champions Iran beat Qatar 75-65 while Jordan defeated Philippines 81-70. The winners will meet in the other semifinal ...

  

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that Israel would hold the Lebanese government responsible for any attacks on Israeli targets by Hezbollah.

  

The leader of Lebanon's militant Hezbollah warned Israel Friday his fighters would hit Tel Aviv with rockets if Israeli forces attack Beirut or the guerrillas'?

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Aug. 14 (UPI) -- The defection of Walid Jumblatt from Lebanon's Western-backed March 14 coalition disrupts any chance for a unity government in Beirut, experts say.

  

JERUSALEM, Aug. 14 (UPI) -- Israel has no ambitions in Lebanon and hopes to see its northern neighbor emerge as a peaceful partner in the Middle East, the Israeli president said.

  

Beirut - The leader of the pro-Iranian Hezbollah movement Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah vowed Friday to strike deep into Israel if Lebanon is attacked. We tell the Israelis today that if they bombard Beirut or the southern suburbs we will strike Tel Aviv,...

  

Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah on Friday said his party stands ready for military confrontation with Israel but downplayed the probability of war in the near future.

  

No crisis seen in Lebanon as Hariri bloc, Christian opposition leader exchange blame for government delay.

  

BEIRUT (AFP) - Lebanon's rival Saudi- and Syrian-backed political blocs have been negotiating for nearly seven weeks on the make-up of a new unity government but analysts say the calm tone of the talks means there is no crisis, at least for now.

  

BEIRUT - Lebanon's rival Saudi- and Syrian-backed political blocs have been negotiating for nearly seven weeks on the make-up of a new unity government but analysts say the calm tone of the talks means there is no crisis, at least for now.

  

Lebanese prime minister-designate says cabinet talks 'progressing' despite 'difficulties'.

  

On a parking lot in the heart of Beirut, Kamal Mouzawak has managed no small feat -- uniting Lebanon's ever divided religious communities around one common passion, food.

  

BEIRUT: Ten years after Google Inc first rolled out its internet search engine, Palestine finally has its own Google domain, enabling the territories to access localized search results.

  

Lebanon's Isaacs commits to Georgia Tech

  

BETHEL -- Kabobs, meat pies, a combination of beef and lamb, stuffed cabbage and grape leaves, kibbe, which is cracked wheat, and hummus are just a sampling of Middle Eastern dishes that draw many people to the annual Lebanese Heritage "maharajan" taking place Friday and Saturday from noon to midnight.

  

A Syrian man was killed and two others wounded when a cluster bomb exploded outside their home in eastern Lebanon near the border with Syria, a security official said.

  

The Lebanon Historical Society is sponsoring a day of summer fun from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday Aug. 15 at Funhaven, located on Lebanon Road, Lebanon. This event, to be held

  

Lebanon boys cross country seeks second straight title

  

Lebanese prime minister-designate Saad Hariri said on Thursday he was confident the government he is seeking to form would see the light despite "difficulties" in the sharing out of portfolios.

  

Lebanon's premier-designate Saad Hariri said Thursday after his meeting with President Michel Suleiman the distribution of cabinet portfolios and ministerial nominations needed "clam dialogue". According to him, so far he avoided delivering statements in order not to further complicate matters.

  

I'm in the northern end of Lebanon's infamous Bekaa Valley in the city of Baalbeck about to enter its dramatic Roman ruins. Near the entrance of the site I see a large colorful tent set up, with music pouring out.

  

West Lebanon -- It will someday bear the name Eagle Bridge, complete with a plaque, but the new wooden span along the Boston Lot's Lakeside Trail -- so new it still smells of fresh lumber -- could easily be called the Bridge to Somewhere.

  

Source: IRIN Lebanon faces great changes if average temperatures rise 2-4 degrees Celsius over the next 100 years, as most climate change models forecast.

  

Lebanon: Three injured in bomb attack in northern port cist (AKI) - Three people, including a boy, were injured in a bomb explosion in the northern Lebanese port city of Tripoli on Thursday. Local media reported the bomb exploded in the area of Jabal Mohsen, home to the predominantly Sunni Muslim city's Alawite minority. The small explosive device went off near the home of Rifat Ali Eid, a ...

  

Lebanon: Sama Beirut project, in the heart of Lebanons capital, constitutes a milestone in 21st Century development, with a skyscraper that will grace the skies of Beirut. [AMEInfo.com]

  

BEIRUT : Three people, including a child, were wounded on Thursday when a bomb exploded in northern Lebanon, a security official said.

  

Developer reveals plan to build 200m skyscraper in Lebanese capital, completion slated for 2014.

  

Lebanese and tourists having lunch at a restaurant in downtown Beirut. More than one million tourists visited Lebanon last month, a record number for the tiny Mediterranean country, the tourism ministry said.

  

TRIPOLI, Lebanon (Reuters) - A small bomb in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli wounded three people on Thursday, including a boy who sustained serious injuries, residents and local officials said.

  

BEIRUT (Reuters) - An explosion in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli wounded three people on Thursday, including a young boy, residents said.

  

BEIRUT: US Ambassador Michele Sison, the United States Agency for International Development's ( USAID USAID ) Deputy Assistant Administrator for the Middle East Anne Aarnes, and the USAID/Lebanon Mission Director Denise A. Herbol attended the groundbreaking ceremony for the Ablah Wastewater Treatment plant, a US Embassy statement said on Wednesday.

  

Lebanon police are looking for man who robbed check-cashing store at gunpoint Wednesday

  

A levy for the Lebanon Public Library will be on the ballot in November. Voters are being asked to approve a one-mill continuous levy for the library's operating expenses.

  

Beirut: Qatar's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy and Industry H E. Abdullah bin Hamad Al Attiyah met Lebanese Foreign Minister Fawzi Saloukh yesterday during his visit to Beirut.

  

The Islamic beachwear known as the burqini - the head-to-toe swimsuit designed by a Lebanese Australian and seen commonly in swimming pools and beaches in Sydney and Melbourne - has caused a stir in Europe and been banned in French pools.

  

The Islamic beachware known as the burqini - the head-to-toe swimsuit designed by a Lebanese Australian and seen commonly in swimming pools and beaches in Sydney and Melbourne - has caused a stir in Europe and been banned in French pools.

  

Defending champions India will open their Nehru Cup campaign against Lebanon in the inaugural match at the Ambedkar Stadium here Aug 19.

  

An armed robber took money from a Lebanon check-cashing business today, police say.

  

Craig Anthony Miller, the angry man who confronted U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter at a town hall meeting in Lebanon Tuesday , has become the face of the debate over health care reform. Some have called the 59-year-old Lebanon man the "Joe the Plumber" of health care.

  

Lebanon's Brant's Hardware hits 80 years

  

BEIRUT (AP) - Syria's assistance to France in winning the release of an embassy employee on trial in Tehran signaled to the West that Damascus wants to help defuse tensions over Iran's postelection turmoil, analysts said Wednesday.

  

BEIRUT (AFP) - Two young Lebanese brothers were injured by a cluster bomb on Wednesday, the 60th anniversary of the Geneva conventions on conflict, the Cluster Munition Coalition said.

  

Lebanon's City Council has passed its version of the city budget on the first reading.

  

Presstv - Lebanon's army has put its forces on high alert after Israeli forces made advances toward the area of Shaba farms amid heightened tensions with the Hezbollah movement.

  

Handicap International - Belgium Handicap International calls on States to strengthen victim assistance Brussels, 12 August 2009 - Three years after the Lebanon war and one year after the war in Georgia, cluster munition survivors ...

  

Lebanon: UN peacekeepers test disaster response (AKI) - The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Lebanon has completed a two-day disaster response exercise, in response to a fictitious earthquake in the south of the country. The dry run, which the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) conducted with the Lebanese Armed Forces, tested the forces' combined reaction to an earthquake with a ...

  

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that there are no special signs of imminent escalation of tensions along the border between Israel and Lebanon.

  

MORE than one million tourists visited Lebanon last month, a record number for the tiny Mediterranean country, the tourism ministry said.

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Aug. 11 (UPI) -- Lebanese forces were on high alert following reports that Israeli armored vehicles approached the border of the contested Shebaa Farms region.

  

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu downplayed prospects of a new conflict with Lebanon, a day after warning that the new Lebanese government now being formed would be blamed for any attack from its territory if Hezbollah forms a part of it.

  

DUBAI - Sharjah-based Air Arabia, the Middle East's largest low-cost carrier, is likely to choose Beirut as its third hub, an industry specialist said.

  

Beirut - Lebanese Druze leader Walid Jumblatt, who announced last week that he had ended his alliance with the western-backed majority, said Tuesday he had a positive meeting with Premier Saad Hariri. The atmosphere is and will continue to be posi...

  

BEIRUT (AFP) - More than one million tourists visited Lebanon in the month of July, a record number for the tiny Mediterranean country, the tourism ministry said on Tuesday.

  

A million tourists visit Lebanon in July alone, hoping to host equivalent to half country's population.

  

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's president on Tuesday urged the quick formation of a unity government as a response to "threats" from Israel, which has said it will hold the country responsible for any attack by the guerrilla group Hezbollah.

  

BEIRUT - Lebanon's president on Tuesday urged the quick formation of a unity government as a response to 'threats' from Israel, which has said it will hold the country responsible for any attack by the guerrilla group Hezbollah.

  

BEIRUT (AFP) - More than one million tourists visited Lebanon in the month of July, a record number for the tiny Mediterranean country, the tourism ministry said on Tuesday.

  

BEIRUT, Aug 11 (Reuters) - Lebanese chocolatier Patchi said it wants a speedy flotation of a 49 percent stake but the timing depends on a recovery in global markets. "The sooner the better for us, but it all depends on the market," executive general manager Mazin Obeidi told Reuters in Beirut on Tuesday. Beirut-based Patchi, seeking funds to finance international expansion, is wholly owned by ...

  

Aug. 11 (Bloomberg) -- Saudi Arabia closed the offices of a Lebanese-based satellite television station controlled by Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal after it broadcast a program that featured a Saudi citizen discussing his sexual exploits.

  

Beirut - It doesn't seem to matter whether you are a follower, admirer or ardent foe of Hezbollah chief Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah - something about his new Facebook site just seems to draw people in. Of course, with such a diverse group of friends, c...

  

A Saudi official says authorities have closed the second and last operating office of a Lebanese TV station which broadcast an interview with a Saudi man who spoke frankly about sex.

  

BEIRUT, Aug 11 (Reuters) - Below is a table of the latest Lebanese economic statistics.

  

Lebanon: Lebanon-based chocolate chain Patchi is planning stock listings in Dubai and London to help fund its global expansion, the Financial Times has reported. The company is also considering opening cafs internationally that would sell chocolate, coffee and snacks. The cafs would be like Starbucks, but at a higher level, Mazin Obeidi, Patchi's executive general manager has said. The group has hired financial advisers for a primary listing in Dubai and a secondary listing in London. Up to 49% of the company would be floated, according to the report. Patchi, which had generated $165m in sales last year, has 135 shops globally. [AMEInfo.com]

  

Lebanon: According to the latest Inter-Arab Investment Guarantee Corporation annual report, UAE real estate investors are the most active in Lebanon, where they have collectively invested $1.115bn, representing 41.9% of total Arab investments in the country in 2008. Real estate sales value and construction permits in Lebanon saw average growth rates of 17.6% and 12.6%, respectively, over the past five years. Sales transactions have now almost stabilised in the first five months of 2009, while construction permits have posted a 4.3% yearly increase, the report has said. [AMEInfo.com]

  

BEIRUT: Figures issued by Lebanon's Finance Ministry show that fiscal revenues, excluding grants, were equivalent to 23.9 percent of GDP in 2008, up from 23.2 percent of GDP in 2007, as reported by Lebanon This Week, the economic publication of the Byblos Bank Group.

  

Dubai Investment by the UAE in Lebanon exceeded $1 billion (Dh3.67 billion), making the UAE the top Arab investor, according to the latest Inter-Arab Investment Guarantee Corporation annual report.

  

BEIRUT: Love him or loathe him, Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah has earned himself celebrity status -- at least on Facebook, where a good 20 forums are dedicated to the Lebanese Shiite militant leader.

  

Bradley Bachelor, 34, of Lebanon died from injuries sustained in the crash on Thursday.

  

LEBANON - Border Collies International, a group of skilled border collies, will perform at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 12, at the Lebanon Public Library park on Academy Street. For more information, call the library at (541) 258-9694.

  

AFP/Jerusalem Israel warned yesterday that the Lebanese government as a whole would be blamed for any attack from its territory if the Shia militant group Hezbollah is part of the new government.

  

JERUSALEM, Aug. 10 (UPI) -- Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Monday said the Lebanese government was accountable for any militant actions conducted by Hezbollah.

  

Tel Aviv - Israel will hold Lebanon responsible for any aggression against Israel from Lebanese territory, if the Iranian- backed Hezbollah organization joins the government in Beirut, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday. The mom...

  

Beirut - Tension mounted Monday in southern Lebanon after an Israeli forces reportedly advanced to the area of the Shebaa farms, forcing the Lebanese army on alert, a Lebanese army source said. The source said three armoured Israeli vehicles, accompa...

  

Judicial Councils Reforms for an Independent Judiciary. Examples from Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco and Palestine. Report of the seminar.

  

BEIRUT/DUBAI, Aug 10 (Reuters) - Lebanese chocolatier Patchi declined comment on Monday on a report it was planning to float a 49-percent stake in the family-owned firm as it looks to expand globally.

  

War of words escalates as Hezbollah vows tougher response than 2006 if Israel attacks.

  

Israel warned on Monday that the Lebanese government as a whole would be blamed for any attack from its territory if the Shiite militant group Hezbollah is part of the new government.

  

Lebanon's realty sector achieves 17.6% growth

  

Lebanon: Emaar Properties, a Dubai-based Public Joint Stock Company and one of the world's largest real estate firms, and Renaissance Holdings, developers of landmark projects in Lebanon, have recently appointed BrandCentral, a leading strategy and design consultancy in the region, to develop the name, brand identity, a comprehensive design program and to create brand awareness for its flagship project in Lebanon. [AMEInfo.com]

  

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Iran's latest mass trial is meant to deter dissent but may also reflect insecurity among hardliners jolted by street protests and political splits after a disputed June election.

  

Tel Aviv threatens Lebanon, Hezbollah

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon - Love him or loathe him, Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah has earned himself celebrity status?at least on Facebook, where a good 20 forums are dedicated to the Lebanese Shiite militant leader.

  

BEIRUT - LOVE him or loathe him, Hizbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah has earned himself celebrity status - at least on Facebook, where a good 20 forums are dedicated to the Lebanese Shi'ite militant leader. Many are favourable to Nasrallah but others are extremely hostile to the controversial figure, whose organisation is claimed by Israel to have a stockpile of 40,000 rockets.

  

According to the London daily Elaph, the Lebanese artist Nicole Saba arrived in Beirut to promote for her new Egyptian film 'Isabet Mama O Baba' (Mom and Dad's Gang).

  

Lebanese chocolate chain Patchi plans stock listings in Dubai and London to help fund international expansion, the Financial Times newspaper reported on its Web site Sunday, citing the company's executive general manager.

  

76th Mahrajan at Oglebay

  

Agencies/Beirut Any Israeli attack on Lebanon would bring a stronger response from Hezbollah than in the devastating conflict of 2006, a leader of the Shia militant group said yesterday.

  

The Saudi Arabian office of a Lebanese television station was shut down after the station aired an interview with a Saudi man who bragged about his sex life, authorities said.

  

Two people are recovering after an all-terrain vehicle crash in Lebanon.

  

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Authorities have closed the offices of the Lebanese-based LBC satellite TV station in Jiddah after it broadcast an interview with a Saudi man speaking frankly about sex and showed off erotic toys, a Saudi official said today.

  

Israel will hold Lebanese guerrilla group Hezbollah and Lebanon itself responsible for any attempt to assassinate Israelis abroad, and will retaliate, Israel's deputy foreign minister said Sunday.

  

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) -A Saudi official says authorities closed the offices of the Lebanese-based LBC TV station in Jiddah after it broadcast an interview with a Saudi man speaking frankly about sex and showed off...

  

A Saudi official says authorities closed the offices of the Lebanese-based LBC TV station in Jiddah after it broadcast an interview with a Saudi man speaking frankly about sex and showed off erotic toys.

  

BEIRUT (AFP) - Any Israeli attack on Lebanon would bring a stronger response from Hezbollah than in the devastating conflict of 2006, a leader of the Shiite militant group said on Sunday.

  

Saudi Arabia said on Sunday that it has closed the offices of a Lebanon-based television channel controlled by a billionaire reformist tycoon after a national boasted of his sexual exploits on its racy talk show "Bold Red Line".

  

Iran's hardline press lashed out on Sunday at the role of foreign governments in the post-election turmoil, targeting Britain in particular after British and French embassy staff were put on trial before a revolutionary court.

  

Love him or loathe him, Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah has earned himself celebrity status -- at least on Facebook, where a good 20 forums are dedicated to the Lebanese Shiite militant leader.

  

Last week three American tourists apparently "wandered into Iran" from Iraqi Kurdistan. In March, two American journalists crossed into North Korea from China "by mistake", and last month a Lebanese man managed to stroll across the supposedly heavily fortified border into Israel.

  

Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Culture and Information has closed the offices of Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation (LBC) in Jeddah, officially for operating without a licence.

  

LEBANON - A two-vehicle collision about 2 p.m. Saturday sent three people to Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital.

  

Nicholas LaFlamme, 5, giggled as a goat licked the hay he was holding in his hand Saturday at the Lebanon Country Fair and started to chomp away.

  

LEBANON (NEWS CENTER)--M embers of the local rescue department presented Riley Franz with a new bicycle just weeks after he was hit by an ATV.

  

Hanan al-Shaykh, 63, is a Lebanese novelist and playwright, whose novels include Only in London , which was shortlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize. Her work, which challenges traditional women's roles in the Arab-Muslim world, was initially banned in many Arab countries. She lives in London

  

The two defendants were among more than 100 who have been accused of conspiring to topple the Iranian government in a so-called velvet revolution.

  

Lebanon: Following the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) congress in preparation for World Arthrits Day, Hoffmann-La Roche held a two-day media briefing session at the Grand Hotel Kadri in Zahle, as part of its Roche Communicates program, that focused on Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) the physical, emotional and spiritual stress it brings forth and the latest scientific breakthroughs in its treatment. [AMEInfo.com]

  

BEIRUT - A prisoner forced to confess tries to speak with his eyes - to tell those watching that he's admitting to crimes he never committed because he's been broken by days alone in a cell and interrogators' threats to his family and loved ones.

  

Lebanon: Rymco announced that the new Limited Edition of Infinitis best-selling vehicle FX is currently available in Infiniti Boutique and RYMCO HQ in Chiyah, and ready to hit the roads across Lebanon. [AMEInfo.com]

  

In an open letter, a coalition of Iranian conservative parties admonishes the president not to 'become too confident with the people's vote.?

  

BEIRUT (AP) - A prisoner forced to confess tries to speak with his eyes - to tell those watching that he's admitting to crimes he never committed because he's been broken by days alone in a cell and interrogators' threats...

  

Police were called today, Aug. 7, to a Lebanon apartment building on a report of a woman who was found dead.

  

LEBANON - Superintendent Rob Hess of the Lebanon Community School District is planning a community meeting next month to discuss bullying and harassment.

  

JERUSALEM, Aug. 7 (UPI) -- Israel condemned Beirut for including Hezbollah in the government, while claiming it would respond with appropriate force to any border aggression.

  

Lebanon police on Friday arrested the mother of a 16-year-old girl charged with homicide in a shooting July 31.Police charged Rosa Lopez, 37, of Lebanon, the mother of homicide suspect Sasha Hernandez, with riot, conspiracy to commit riot, disorderly conduct, corruption of minors and conspiracy to commit possession of a firearm by a minor.

  

BEIRUT (AP) - A prisoner forced to confess tries to speak with his eyes - to tell those watching that he's admitting to crimes he never committed because he's been broken by days alone in a cell and interrogators' threats...

  

BEIRUT (AP) - A prisoner forced to confess tries to speak with his eyes - to tell those watching that he's admitting to crimes he never committed because he's been broken by days alone in a cell and interrogators' threats to his family and loved ones.

  

The Infiniti FX limited edition models - for the owner who demands to be different. Beirut - August 5, 2009 - Rymco Rymco announced today that the new Limited Edition of Infiniti's best-selling vehicle FX is currently available in Infiniti Boutique and RYMCO HQ in Chiyah, and ready to hit the roads across Lebanon.

  

The famous Lebanese artist Nancy Ajram refused to accept an offer of one million dollars to pose for a photograph sitting with her baby daughter Meela, according to circulating rumors.

  

Beirut (Lebanon), August 7 : A team of archaeologists has recently unearthed 13 burial sites, temples and personal items dating to the Canaanite period in Sidon in Lebanon, which are missing links in the city's historic legacy.

  

LEBANON - Former Lebanon High School principal Dale Koger has rejoined the Lebanon Community School District as a half-time administrator in the district office.

  

A British Museum delegation have excavated a large number of valuable ruins in an archaeological site in Sidon, south Lebanon, which date back to the Canaanite period of Sidon, one of the world's oldest continuously inhabited cities, local Daily Star reported on its website Thursday. "We uncovered the biggest number of ruins this year and this helped complete the cycle of historic periods ...

  

TERRY WAITE: I longed for death in the dungeons of Beirut ... but I'm proof you should never give up on life

  

Beirut- Visiting Foreign Ministry official Ivan Lewis said Thursday that Britain had great concerns about the rearming of the Lebanese Shiite Movement, Hezbollah, in southern Lebanon. We are very, very concerned at the rearming of Hezbollah, which w...

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Aug. 6 (UPI) -- Israel must respect its obligations toward Lebanon while Hezbollah should end its stockpiling of weapons along the southern border, British officials said.

  

A 34-year-old Lebanon man was killed this morning, Aug. 6, in Turtlecreek Twp. after his motorcycle collided with a mini van. Police are not releasing his name because family members have not been notified. . . .

  

Visiting British Foreign Office Minister Ivan Lewis on Thursday said his country was "very, very concerned" that Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah was stockpiling arms in violation of a UN resolution.

  

BEIRUT (AFP)--Visiting Foreign Office Minister Ivan Lewis Thursday said his country was "very, very concerned" that Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah was stockpiling arms in violation of a U.N. resolution.

  

Missouri Department of Transportation crews will be in the Northview, Lebanon and Hazelgreen areas today working on guard cable repairs along Interstate 44.

  

JERUSALEM (AFP)--Israel's defense minister said Thursday that the militant Lebanese Hezbollah group has stockpiled 40,000 rockets and warned the Jewish state would get tough in case of a conflict with Lebanon.

  

Lebanon: The Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs (IFI) at the American University of Beirut (AUB) announced today that the Norwegian Embassy in Beirut will fund two of its core research programs for the year 2009-2010, on Palestinian refugee camps, and the links between research, advocacy and policymaking. [AMEInfo.com]

  

BEIRUT, Aug 6 - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad began his second term as Iran's president yesterday weakened by the turmoil since his disputed re-election in June and under fire from reformists, moderates and even some of his hardline allies. Western leaders, already upset by Ahmadinejad's anti-Israel rhetoric, Holocaust denial and uncompromising nuclear line, refused to congratulate the president on his ...

  

According to the London daily Elaph, the Lebanese artists Haifa Wahbe and romantic singer Fadel Shaker hosted a live concert at the 'Habtoor Grand Hotel?.

  

The Iranian president reacts with scorn to the refusal of several Western powers to congratulate him on his second term. His disputed election has sparked protests and arrests. Iran's president began a contentious second term today, vowing to strive for "national greatness" as police firing tear gas and swinging truncheons quelled a demonstration outside the parliament where he was sworn in.

  

Fish of Lebanon is hosting a three-day rummage sale from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, Aug. 12-13, and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday, Aug. 14, at Lebanon United Methodist Church, 1890 S. Second St.

  

JERUSALEM, Aug. 5 (UPI) -- Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman visited the divided town of Ghajar on the Lebanese border ahead of a Cabinet debate to determine the town's future.

  

WEST LEBANON - Work to replace aging water mains throughout the township should begin next month. Township Engineer John Poff told the Board of Commissioners Monday night the township has received tentative approval for a $1.66 million loan from PennVest.

  

Clothing inside a dryer at the Lebanon Rehab and Speciality Care building at 350 S. Eighth St. caught fire early Sunday morning.

  

Lieberman says to take into account Israel's 'security' when deciding fate of Ghajar.

  

Western intelligence sources in the Middle East have disclosed to DEBKA file that a special unit of the Russian Federal Security Service - FSB, commissioned by Hizballah's special security apparatus earlier this year, was responsible for the massive discovery of alleged Israel spy rings in Lebanon in recent months with the help of super-efficient detection systems.

  

Motorists driving on Interstate 44 in the Lebanon area will see one westbound lane closed near mile marker 139 between 10 a.m. and noon today for guard cable repair, according to the Missouri Department of Transportation.

  

The coach of the team that beat Powerade-Team Pilipinas by a whopping 31 points in the last Jones Cup sees China, defending champion Iran and Lebanon as the teams to beat in the 25th FIBA-Asia men"s basketball championship.

  

A child is injured in an apparent accident at a Lebanon company.

  

One Omar Budib, a Lebanese businessman currently residing in The Gambia, was, last week, fined by The Gambia Police Force, for allegedly insulting a female traffic police officer in the course of executing her official duty.

  

Aug. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri 's efforts to form a government have stalled after Walid Jumblatt , formerly a key ally, said he was leaving the pro-Western coalition.

  

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad began his second term as Iran's president on Wednesday weakened by the turmoil since his disputed re-election in June and under fire from reformists, moderates and even some of his hardline allies.

  

Jac Nasser, the Lebanese immigrant raised in working-class Northcote, will replace Don Argus as chairman of BHP Billiton.

  

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was sworn into office for a second term Wednesday, after a disputed election that exposed a schism in the clerical establishment.

  

According to the London daily Elaph, the Lebanese artist Rola Saed returned from Morocco after she was a guest on the music talent show 'Studio M2' which is aired on 'M2' Moroccan channel. The show aims at capturing young musical talents.