LEBANON TOWNSHIP - The Township Committee will hear public comment on a bond for new ambulance after a judge ordered the panel and rescue squad to attend mediation about ownership of the old ambulances.

  

A Lebanon police officer is now on unpaid leave as Indiana State Police investigate whether he pointed a gun at a bar patron. A Lebanon police officer is now on unpaid leave as Indiana State Police investigate whether he pointed a gun at a bar patron.

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon, AUG. 31, 2010 ( Zenit.org ).- Celebrations for Mother Teresa's 100th birthday reached to the Middle East, with her "beloved children in Lebanon" making an "outburst of love" for the Calcutta nun.

  

BEIRUT: The American University of Beirut's (AUB) nursing students and staff now have a hi-tech, multimedia educational space at their disposal, thanks to a generous donation from Hisham Jaroudi (Bachelor of Architecture, 1966), a university statement said on Tuesday. According to the university statement, the recently-inaugurated Hisham Jaroudi Auditorium

  

BEIRUT: The Higher Lebanese Defense Council decided on Tuesday to tighten security measures throughout Lebanese territories and delegated concerned ministries to implement security measures particular to Beirut and south Lebanon. However, the council did not elaborate on the measures to be taken in the capital or southern Lebanon. "The council

  

LEBANON - The Lebanon Community Chorus is looking for singersfor its 2010/2011 year. No auditions are required and Latin textwill be taught to the group.

  

LEBANON - The Lebanon High varsity girls soccer team did not give West Carrollton a friendly welcome to the Greater Western Ohio Conference.The three-time defending South Division champion Warriors pummelled the Pirates in their first GWOC game, 11-1 on Monday, Aug. 30.

  

LEBANON - Tails are wagging in anticipation for the opening Friday, Sept. 3, of the Ida Juris Bennett Dog Park.The 3 1/2 acre dog park, located at the corner of Ohio 48 and Cook Road in the southeastern portion of Lebanon , is the first park designed specifically for man's best friend within city limits.

  

Increased number of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon deprived of decent standard of living.

  

A center turn lane on Lebanon Pike between Disspayne Drive and Stewarts Ferry Pike is under construction, and the hope is that the project will be completed in September.

  

UNITED NATIONS - A UN investigation into a deadly skirmish on the Israeli-Lebanese border has determined that Lebanon's army caused the clash in violation of a 2006 peace deal, an Israeli diplomat said on Monday. UN peacekeepers in southern Lebanon, known as UNIFIL, said earlier this month that Israeli soldiers were operating inside Israel on Aug 3 when a firefight broke out with Lebanese troops ...

  

Spec. James C. Robinson, 27, of Lebanon, Ohio, died Aug. 28 when insurgents attacked his Forward Operating Base (FOB Boris) in the Bermal district, Paktika province, in Afghanistan.

  

A Lebanon soldier has been killed in Afghanistan.

  

AFP/Beirut Ten people have been arrested over a deadly Beirut street clash, Lebanon's army chief said in a newspaper report yesterday, ahead of government talks on tightening arms controls in the capital.

  

BEIRUT: The number of people detained for their role in the violence that swept parts of Beirut last week has risen to 10, according to remarks from the head of the Lebanese Army published on Monday. "The army's operations in the area are ongoing, along with chasing all those involved and we have so far arrested 10 individuals, not four [as previously reported

  

BEIRUT (AFP) - Ten people have been arrested over a deadly Beirut street clash, Lebanon's army chief said in a newspaper report on Monday, ahead of government talks on tightening arms controls in the capital.

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Aug. 30 (UPI) -- The United Nations is calling for calm following clashes between rival Lebanese groups that left three people dead in Beirut, a U.N. special envoy said. Lebanon - Beirut - United Nations - Middle East - Government

  

The Lebanese government is mulling over the possibility of dispatching an aid plane with medicine, food and relief materials to help Pakistanis affected by the worst floods ever, Lebanon's state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported on Monday.

  

Iconic US motorcycle maker Harley-Davidson is set to open its first showroom in Beirut next month with a budget of 2.5 million dollars (1.9 million euros), the company's Lebanon dealer said Monday.

  

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad discussed with Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri on Sunday the latest regional developments and their bilateral ties, the Syrian official SANA reported Monday.

  

BEIRUT (Zawya Dow Jones)--Egypt plans to add about 1,425 megawatts of electricity to its national grid next month from a number of new power generation units, pan-Arab Asharq Al Awsat daily reports Monday citing Hassan Younis, the country's minister of electricity and energy.

  

Ten people have been arrested over a Beirut street clash that left three dead last week, the army chief said in comments published Monday, as the government headed for talks on arms control in the capital.

  

DAMASCUS, Syria - Syria's president urged Lebanon's leader early Monday to support the militant group Hezbollah and maintain calm in the country.

  

BEIRUT - The number of arrests linked to a street battle in which three people were killed in mainly Muslim west Beirut last week has risen to 10, Lebanon's army chief said in comments published on Monday.

  

The number of arrests linked to a street battle in which three people were killed in mainly Muslim west Beirut last week has risen to 10, Lebanon's army chief said in comments published on Monday.

  

BEIRUT: Lebanon was unable to repeat the heroics of its 2006 triumph over France Sunday with The Cedars losing heavily by 86-59, putting its chances of progression into the next round of the FIBA World Championships under threat. Hopes were raised after the superlative win over Canada on Saturday but France's players were clearly on a high having defeated

  

BEIRUT: Prime Minister Saad Hariri stressed Sunday that threats of strife would not intimidate the state from assuming its responsibilities in preserving the country's national security. Later Sunday, Hariri left for Damascus following an invitation by President Bashar Assad to attend a souhour meal in the Syrian capital. "Lebanon will not be a scene to confrontation

  

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The topic of Lebanese arms is in the news once again. Externally, the United States has put on hold $100 million in military aid for fear that the weapons may fall into the hands of Hizballah. Internally, Prime Minister Hariri is talking up elevated arms control in the wake of a [...]

  

Fadi El Khatib scored 31 points and Rony Fahed added 17 as Lebanon beat Canada 81-71 Saturday in the opening round of the basketball world championships. In the third quarter, the 6-foot-6 El Khatib scored 16 points, making all five field goal attempts and three free throw attempts. "It was a very tough very tough game," Fahed said.

  

BEIRUT (AFP) - Lebanese authorities have arrested four suspects in connection with an armed street battle that killed three people in mainly Muslim west Beirut last week, a judicial source said on Saturday.

  

Lebanese authorities have arrested four suspects in this week's deadly Beirut street battle between the Shiite Muslim Hezbollah group and a small Sunni group.

  

In 90 minutes, you?ll have eight flatbreads.

  

LEBANON - What has been a labor of love will be coming to fruition early next month in Lebanon.

  

TEHRAN, Aug. 27 (MNA) - Iran's ambassador to Lebanon, Ghazanfar Roknabadi, has stated that Iran will help modernize the Lebanese army if Beirut makes a request.

  

BEIRUT: Teams from the Lebanese Army and the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) marked 11 points along the Blue Line, an army statement said Thursday. The statement said the army and UNIFIL finalized 11 points along the Blue Line between the southern border villages of Yaroun and Aytaroun over the past week. The Blue Line has been a

  

Lebanon is scheduled to break ground Thursday on a long-awaited, new high school.

  

Lebanon's cabinet agreed on Wednesday to form a commission to solve increased arms use around the country, following a bloody clash on Tuesday night during which three people were killed.

  

Hizbullah's weapons were once again the topic of discussion for Lebanon's many sectarian and political chiefs last week when leaders sat down in the Beiteddin summer presidential palace for another round of national dialogue that began in 2006.

  

Problematic dogs in Lebanon could be put down in a worst-case scenario under an ordinance vetoed by the city's mayor. ibs_tag type="more details"/

  

The force said Lebanese Youssef Ahmad Wahid was arrested in the Gulf state in a planned operation and his extradition was pending.

  

The police department in Lebanon, N.H., is asking the community how it can better do its job.

  

Lebanon moved to address the widespread possession and use of weapons in the country Wednesday after Shiite and Sunni groups used machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades in a deadly, hours-lo...

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Aug. 25 (UPI) -- A fragile calm prevailed in Beirut Wednesday following deadly clashes that erupted between members of Hezbollah and a Sunni faction. Lebanon - Beirut - Hezbollah - Middle East - Sunni Islam

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Aug. 25 (UPI) -- Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah called on the Lebanese government to seek Iran's assistance in providing arms for the Lebanese army. Lebanon - Hassan Nasrallah - Hezbollah - Lebanese Armed Forces - Iran

  

Lebanon: Following the positive response to the Middle East Point of View's first edition, Deloitte unveils today the magazine's second issue which covers a plethora of topics that impact today's Middle East economies and countries. [AMEInfo.com]

  

Lebanon: Smart move

  

BEIRUT (AFP) - The death toll has risen to three in a clash between Lebanon's Shiite group Hezbollah and a small Sunni outfit in Beirut, reportedly sparked by a row over a parking space, a party official said on Wednesday.

  

BEIRUT - Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah on Tuesday urged the Lebanese government to turn to Iran for support for its poorly-equipped army, after a US lawmaker moved to suspend American aid.

  

Beirut, Aug 25 (AP) Lebanese Shiite and Sunni groups traded machine gun fire and grenades in Beirut, killing three people and wounding several others just blocks from a busy downtown packed with tourists at this time of year.

  

(RTTNews) - The head of ultra-conservative Lebanese militant outfit Hezbollah has called up on Beirut to build a nuclear facility for generating electricity on the lines of the Bushehr plant in Iran, reports said on Tuesday.

  

TYRE: Some 18,500 Lebanese directly benefited from mine-clearance initiatives in July by international NGO, MAG: Save Lives, Build Futures, it was announced on Tuesday. According to its monthly report, the NGO also cleared 125,036 square meters of land by deploying 10 Mine Action Teams across eight southern villages including Arab Salem

  

BEIRUT: Lebanon gained a timely morale boost going into the World Championships that start Saturday with an impressive 88-76 victory over future Group D rivals Canada in Ankara on Monday. The Cedars are due to meet Canada on Saturday where an early victory is vital if Lebanon is to progress through the Group Stages, in doing so going further than

  

Lebanese Shiite and Sunni groups traded machine gun fire and grenades in Beirut on Tuesday, killing three people and wounding several others just blocks from a busy downtown packed with tourists at this time of year.

  

Supporters of Lebanon's Shiite movement Hezbollah clashed on Tuesday with partisans of a small Sunni Muslim group in the Lebanese capital, killing one person, an army spokesman said.

  

Lebanese Shiite and Sunni groups traded machine gun fire and grenades in Beirut on Tuesday, killing two people and wounding several others just blocks from a busy downtown packed with tourists at this time of year. Beirut - Lebanon - Middle East - Shia Islam - Sunni Islam

  

Lebanese soldiers patrolled a Beirut neighbourhood and residents stepped over spent bullet casings and broken glass Wednesday after deadly street battles between the Shiite Hezbollah group and a small Sunni faction killed at least four people.

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- Lebanese politicians must avoid using a tribunal probing the assassination of a former prime minister for political gain, top leaders in Beirut said. Lebanon - Beirut - Middle East - Prime minister - Politics

  

Beirut - At least two people were killed and several others were wounded Tuesday when clashes erupted between Hezbollah followers and backers of a Sunni Muslim group, Lebanese police reported.

  

LEBANON - Quad/Graphics Inc., the magazine publisher that announced plans earlier this month to close its printing plant here eliminating 400 jobs, has notified state officials the terminations will begin Oct. 18. The company, which said it was shuttering the plant here and four other locations in a consolidation move, said it would offer employees separation benefits. The company has said ...

  

source: fibaasia.net ANKARA, Turkey - Lebanon scored a psychologically important 88-76 win over Canada on the final day of the Efes World Basketball event on Monday. Canada are Lebanon's first opponents in the 2010 FIBA World Championship starting on Saturday. Lebanon, who showed guts and gumption before losing to the more fancied Argentina in a game on Sunday, led throughout. Naturalized ...

  

BEIRUT - A spokesman for the U.N. mission in Lebanon says one of its peacekeeper has died and two were injured in a traffic accident in the country's south.

  

Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri Monday called for strengthening the country's army, saying the move is aimed at help preserve stability in Lebanon, according to a statement released by his office.

  

Lebanon: Figures by Lebanon's statistics department have showed consumer price inflation rate reached 2.9% year-on-year in July largely due to increases in clothing and footwear costs, Reuters has reported. Clothing and footwear costs rose 14% year-on-year in July, the statistics showed. The inflation rate was at 3.5% year-on-year in June due to increases in utility bills and housing costs. Lebanon is hoping to keep inflation between 4% and 5% this year. The country's 2011 draft budget sees inflation easing to 3.2% by the end of next year. [AMEInfo.com]

  

LEBANON - A teenager who caused a lockdown at Lebanon High School in November was convicted Monday of inducing panic and falsification, charges that could cost her 8 years in prison when she is sentenced in October.

  

A Lebanon City Councilman is pushing a controversial ordinance that's causing quite a stir. Under the proposed plan, some fear dogs could be euthanized simply for barking.

  

BEIRUT: President Michel Sleiman has denied that an indictment by the UN-backed tribunal investigating former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri's murder is expected soon. "No one has yet informed me officially or unofficially of the date of issuance of the indictment by the Special Tribunal for Lebanon [STL]," Sleiman said before a visiting delegation from the

  

BEIRUT: Education and Higher Education Minister Hassan Mneimneh inaugurated a training session for teachers on the use of smart digital reactive boards on Monday. The event took place at the Microsoft Company Training Center in the Education and Higher Education ministry. Microsoft's marketing adviser, Ali Harakeh, attended the event and training was

  

BEIRUT: The military tribunal headed by Brigadier Nizar Khalil convicted a juvenile for trying to provide Israeli authorities with information about an Israeli pilot who went missing in Lebanon. Ali Dabbous was accused of contacting Israeli intelligence services to offer information about Ron Arad who disappeared in Lebanon shortly after his jet was shot down

  

BEIRUT: Memories of the Vespa, an Italian symbol, will be recalled on Tuesday with the launch of the first Vespa exhibition in Lebanon. The event, which begins at 8:00 pm, is being hosted by the Italian Embassy in Baabda, and is the product of collaboration between the embassy itself, the Italian Cultural Institute, the Piaggio Group Italy and A.N. Boukather sal.

  

LEBANON - Wynne Wakkila feels like the wave is finally beginningto crest.

  

It is an obligation to lobby for the Lebanese cause in every free democratic country and to make the world aware of the agony that the Lebanese are enduring in Hezbollahized Lebanon, writes Elias Bejjani .

  

Today Little Beirut frontman Hamilton Sims tells us about "Nadia" from their new album "Fear of Heaven".

  

BEIRUT - The heated debate across America over construction of the so-called ground zero mosque is reverberating across the globe, with the potential of creating a worldwide black eye for the United States.

  

Lebanon: Christian Louboutin welcomes customers into his world with the opening of his new concept store in the Beirut Souks, one of the fastest growing commercial and lifestyle centres in Lebanon. [AMEInfo.com]

  

BEIRUT: Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) leader MP Michel Aoun said on Sunday that the UN-backed tribunal was an international plot aimed against Lebanon rather than a court seeking justice in the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. "Lebanon is being subject to conspiracy and the Special Tribunal for Lebanon [STL] is turning into an international game

  

BEIRUT: Prime Minister Saad Hariri reiterated Sunday his commitment to the course of justice to uncover the truth behind his father's assassination, as he called on Lebanese parties to distance the UN-backed tribunal from domestic debate. "Lebanon is witnessing a lot of political comments as some want the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) to remain subject

  

BEIRUT: A representative of Lebanese families living in the northern Nahr al-Bared refugee camp and its surrounding urged officials to accelerate the payment of financial compensation to enable families to renovate their homes. Khodr Aql on Sunday called upon concerned officials and the human rights committee to intervene in a bid to hasten due

  

BEIRUT: The Lebanese Forces (LF) urged the government on Saturday to find a solution to Palestinian refugees who occupied homes owned by Lebanese in villages east of the southern coastal city of Sidon. While hailing Parliament's decision to grant Palestinians working rights, an LF statement said: "The government is urged to find a quick solution

  

NICOSIA [MENL] -- Lebanon has been considering a plan to absorb Hizbullah into the military. Copyrights 2008, Middle East Newsline. All rights reserved.

  

TRIPOLI, Lebanon (AFP) - A Lebanese aid ship for Gaza was postponed on Sunday to await a green light from a third country as a transit point for the mission to the Israeli-blockaded Palestinian territory.

  

BEIRUT - The organizers of a Lebanese ship hoping to break Israel's Gaza blockade say they have postponed the trip after Cyprus refused the vessel entry.

  

BEIRUT -- Engineers began loading fuel rods into a nuclear reactor on Iran's southern coast Saturday, a milestone that puts the long-delayed plant within a few weeks of operation, Iranian state television reported.

  

BEIRUT (AFP) - A Lebanese aid ship aiming to reach Gaza in defiance of Israel will "probably be delayed," organisers said Saturday, on the eve of its planned departure, after Cyprus denied use of its waters and ports.

  

BEIRUT - The organizers of a Lebanese ship hoping to break Israel's Gaza blockade say they are considering a new route to the Palestinian territory after Cyprus refused to allow the ship entry.

  

Beirut - Citing "obstacles," women-activist organizers of a Lebanese vessel to bring aid to Gaza said Saturday they will not set sail on Sunday as had been planned.

  

A ship carrying women activists and aid will no longer head to Gaza via Cyprus from Lebanon on Sunday, the organizers said, after Nicosia announced it would not allow the vessel to sail from its ports.

  

BEIRUT (Zawya Dow Jones)--Saudi Arabia's major steel producers may reduce prices as sales during Ramadan slump to their lowest levels in 10 years, Abha-based Al Watan daily reports Saturday, citing people familiar with the matter.

  

BEIRUT: A Ramadan music festival, designed to promote tourism and development in Lebanon's three main cities, kicked off on Thursday, promising to attract tens of thousands of spectators over the next two weeks.

  

?Lebanon' plays out in the claustrophobic interior of an Israeli tank as hostilities intensify.

  

LEBANON - Lebanon schools will be in session five fewer daysthis year if teachers and staff agree to a furlough plan to save$560,000.

  

BEIRUT: There is no radical solution for the electricity shortage in Lebanon other than new investments in the fields of power production, according to the director general of Electricite du Liban (EDL). Kamal Hayek was quoted by The Central News Agency (CNA) Friday as saying that the shortage in electricity supply in Lebanon ranged between 700

  

BEIRUT: The Central Fund for the Displaced (CFD) has warned against con men posing as people able to process official paperwork. A statement issued by the fund's media office on Friday said that individuals were contacting members of the public and were claiming that they could facilitate paperwork in exchange for unspecified sums of money.

  

BEIRUT: International non-governmental organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Friday called for the immediate release of pro-Palestinian activist Ismail Sheikh Hassan, who it said was detained by Lebanese Military Intelligence on August 18, 2010. The authorities should release Hassan or charge him with a crime, the New York-based organization

  

The Lebanon mission to the U.N. has told CNN in a written statement that the Israeli Military "ignored a request by the LAF (Lebanese Armed Forces) and UNIFIL (United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon) to postpone cutting down trees in a contested area along the "Blue line", the U.N. border line demarcating Israel and Lebanon.

  

LEBANON - Organizers of the third 3rd Friday festival in downtown Lebanon are promising three times the fun to start the weekend.

  

TRIPOLI, Lebanon, Aug. 20 (UPI) -- Organizers of a Lebanese humanitarian effort said a ship that Israel has linked to Hezbollah will head for Gaza Sunday and an Algerian ship is already en route. Lebanon - Israel - Gaza - Algeria - Middle East

  

LEBANON' Lebanon schoolswill be in session five fewer days this year if teachers and staffagree to a furlough plan to save $560,000.

  

A Lebanese aid ship will kick off its journey to the Gaza Strip on Sunday to deliver humanitarian relief to the besieged people of Gaza.

  

BEIRUT: Telecom Regulatory Authority (TRA) board member Patrick Eid criticized on Wednesday the weak internet network available in Lebanon and said that the market's needs are much bigger than what the ministry is currently offering.

  

LEBANON - Dog owners looking for a place to let their poochesrun off leash will soon have a park to call their own.

  

A Lebanese ship carrying aid and women activists hoping to break Israel's Gaza blockade will set sail Sunday from Lebanon despite warnings that they will not be allowed to make it past Cyprus, o...

  

LEBANON - Lyndsay Norris is not a coin collector, but she has one special token she's not about to spend.

  

BEIRUT - Lebanon's energy minister on Thursday said his country plans to outline its maritime sea borders and auction off rights to explore potential offshore natural gas and petrol reserves by 2012.

  

The organizers of a Lebanese ship aiming to break Israel's Gaza blockade say they plan set sail from Lebanon on Sunday.

  

A Lebanese women-only aid ship that plans to break the Gaza blockade will sail to Cyprus this weekend on the first leg of its journey, the organisers say.

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Aug. 19 (UPI) -- Israel and Lebanon will speed up the visible marking of the U.N. recognized blue line along the border between the two countries a UNIFIL commander said. Lebanon - Middle East - United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon - Israel - Blue Line

  

BEIRUT, Aug 19 (Reuters) - The U.N.-backed Special Tribunal for Lebanon, set up to try the killers of former Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri, inspires scant faith among Lebanese.

  

BEIRUT - The U.N. peacekeeping force in south Lebanon says it wants to clearly mark the boundary between Israel and Lebanon after a border dispute led to deadly violence earlier this month.

  

BEIRUT - The U.N. peacekeeping force in south Lebanon says it wants to clearly mark the boundary between Israel and Lebanon after a border dispute led to deadly violence earlier this month.

  

LEBANON?S PARLIAMENT has adopted a law granting employment rights to Palestinian refugees living in the country, which will partially normalise their status.

  

BEIRUT: Angry crowds blocked the streets in Khandaq al-Ghamiq and al-Basta al-Tahta Beirut neighborhoods Wednesday night in protest against electricity rationing, while riots continued in areas in the capital's southern suburbs and south Lebanon. Witnesses said the Lebanese Army and the ISF intervened to contain the anger and cordoned off the area

  

BEIRUT: The guidance directorate of the Lebanese Army issued a statement on Wednesday announcing that Israeli jets violated Lebanese airspace, contravening Resolution 1701. According to the statement, eight Israeli jets violated Lebanese airspace over the southern village of Rmeish at 10:30 am and performed circular maneuvers in the skie

  

The Palestinian refugees in Lebanon will be able to work in places they've never been allowed to work before under legislation passed Tuesday by Lebanon's parliament.

  

BEIRUT - The United Nations on Wednesday welcomed the Lebanese parliament's decision to lift an employment ban affecting some 400,000 Palestinian refugees living in a dozen camps across the country.

  

Lebanon's parliament passed a law elevating the status of Palestinian refugees.

  

BEIRUT (AFP) - The United Nations on Wednesday welcomed the Lebanese parliament's decision to lift an employment ban affecting some 400,000 Palestinian refugees living in a dozen camps across the country.

  

BEIRUT - Lebanon's military court on Wednesday charged a colonel with spying for Israel, a judicial source said, bringing to four the number of active duty soldiers arrested on charges of espionage.

  

Lebanon: Lebanon-headquartered Arabian Construction Co (ACC) has been awarded a Dhs342m ($93m) contract by Abu Dhabi's Emirates Tourism Investment (ETI) to build the Rotana Hotel Tower in Amman, Jordan. ACC is the general contractor, and will oversee the tower's structural and faade cladding, architectural and civil works, mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP), back of house (BOH), interior finishes and external works. Upon completion in 2013, the tower will be the tallest building in the kingdom, standing at 188m. [AMEInfo.com]

  

SIDON: A Lebanese student was awarded by a reputable United States university over the results of pioneering scientific research. Samih Mohammad Qabalan, 17, hailing from the town of Sheheem in Iqlim al-Kharoub, has conducted research into how to extend the lifetime of nuclear reactors.

  

The judge, Nizar Khalil, pronounced the judgement Tuesday after convicting Ousama Ali Berri and fugitive Salim Atmeh of spying for Israel during the 2006 war between the Jewish state and Lebanese Shiite armed group Hezbollah.

  

Lebanon passed a law Tuesday granting Palestinian refugees the same rights to work as other foreigners, a step in ending years of discrimination that had restricted them to the most menial of jobs.

  

Lebanon expanded employment rights for 400,000 Palestinian refugees Tuesday, changing a decades-old law that many have criticized for keeping the community impoverished and excluding them from Lebanese society.

  

Lebanon's parliament passed a law on Tuesday granting Palestinian refugees basic civil rights and rights campaigners said more needed to be done.

  

Lebanon's parliament on Tuesday passed a law allowing oil and gas exploration off its Lebanese coast, amid worries that neighboring Israel is trying to infringe on its reserves.

  

Lebanon's parliament has passed a new energy law that is set to open the door for companies interested in offshore oil and natural gas exploration.

  

Lebanon's parliament adopted on Tuesday a law granting fuller employment rights to some 400000 Palestinians in the country revoking a ban that had barred the refugees from tens of professions for years.

  

Beirut - Hezbollah has handed over to international prosecutors what it says is evidence of an Israeli involvement in the 2005 assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, local media reported Tuesday.

  

LEBANON - Lengthy heat waves have led to record electric usage in the city of Lebanon, officials said.

  

BEIRUT - A Lebanese judicial official says Hezbollah has handed over material it says implicates Israel in the 2005 assassination of Lebanon's former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.

  

Lebanon's parliament adopted on Tuesday a law granting full employment rights to the roughly 400,000 Palestinian refugees living in the country, a high-ranking official said.

  

BEIRUT - Lebanon's state-run news agency says Parliament has passed a law that for the first time grants the country's Palestinian refugees the right to work in any profession.

  

Lebanon's Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri called for calm after recent tension over the possibility that a U.N. court probing the killing of his father, former premier Rafik al-Hariri, will indict Hezbollah members.

  

Lebanon: Noor International Holding, a leading Lebanese real estate development company, has announced the launch of 'Harissa Elite Residence', the company's latest real estate development project that seeks to combine state-of-the-art luxury urban living with natural beauty. The project, which is one of the many real estate projects recently launched by Noor International Holding, is part of a strategic plan to reach out to a wider Lebanese market and also complement the increasing property demand in Lebanon's real estate sector. [AMEInfo.com]

  

BEIRUT: Interior Minister Ziyad Baroud issued Monday a circulatory note in which he urged concerned authorities to clear canals and rain water networks across the country. The note called upon governors to inform municipalities, municipal unions along with qaemaqams in villages with no municipalities "to clear and clean canals and waterways

  

BEIRUT: Education Minister Hassan Mneimneh announced Monday the closure and merging of 78 public and three secondary schools with other ones falling in the same geographical location. Mneimneh said that the move aimed at "securing a proper educational environment, along with sufficient personnel and capable management." The minister was speaking on

  

BEIRUT: Prospective engineering graduates who do not meet university-level English language requirements need not worry any longer, a statement from the American University of Beirut (AUB) said Monday. The statement said AUB's University Preparatory Program (UPP) offered prospective students an intensive English summer course ahead of their

  

BEIRUT: Lebanon's string of wins remained unbroken this weekend as the national basketball team was crowned champions of the FIBA Asia Stankovic Cup 2010, following a narrow win against the Philippines in the semi-finals and a very impressive victory over Japan in the final at the Ghazir Club Court. The game was attended by a packed

  

BEIRUT: Alleged double agent Hussam Hussam is not scheduled to hold a news conference in the upcoming two days, his attorney said Sunday. Hussam was considered one of the main witnesses in the investigation of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri's murder before recanting his testimony. In remarks published by pan-Arab Ash-Sharq al-Awsat newspaper Sunday

  

The latest hotels in Beirut could not have timed their entrance to the market much better. The new properties in the Lebanese capital are benefitting from the recent upswing in revenue per available room as illustrated by data from STR Global, the leading provider of market information to the global hotel industry. RevPAR for year-to-date June 2010 has averaged US$149.79 compared with US$39.56 ...

  

source: S Mageshwaran | fibaasia.net BEIRUT, Lebanon - Inspired by the presence of their president, Mr. Michel Suleiman, Lebanon left nothing to chance, and doubt, from the word go and scored a 97-59 win over Japan in the Championship game on Sunday. Lebanon thus won their first ever title in FIBA Asia events for Men's National Teams. A Lebanese club, however, had won the gold medal in a FIBA ...

  

BEIRUT (AP) - Maya Sabti's children were born and raised in Lebanon but they speak only broken Arabic and cringe when presented with an Arabic book to read.

  

BEIRUT (AFP) - A Shiite Muslim in Lebanon's diplomatic corps can forget about being appointed ambassador to Washington. The same goes for a posting in London for a Maronite Christian.

  

BEIRUT - Jamal is a Lebanese driver in his late 50s. He appeared unshaven and terribly exhausted as he drove his old passenger van from the airport in Beirut to the Bekaa Valley. Although it was not a particularly arduous trip, it was made more grueling by the way Jamal drove, negotiating the elevation, the hectic traffic and the many army vehicles speeding by.

  

BEIRUT: Fears of a new gangland war were sparked in Melbourne by the killings of two men outside a bar, just six hours after Lebanese crime family patriarch Macchour Chaouk was gunned down at his home on Melbourne's west. In the second of two shootings, which are currently not thought to be related, the two men were killed by a gunman

  

BEIRUT: Two local television stations have dropped an Iranian-produced series on the life of Jesus Christ, after a storm of complaints that the material was offensive to Christians. General Security denied that it had issued an order to stop the series, entitled "The Christ," which was being broadcast on NBN and Hizbullah's Al-Manar Television.

  

source: fibaasia.net BEIRUT, Lebanon - The helmsmen of the teams playing the final tonight have been two of the more expressive coaches in this competition. But both the Thomases - Tim Wisman of Japan and Lebanon's Tab Baldwin - have been equivocal in every post-game comments: 'We are far from playing our best.' Baldwin has obvious reasons to say that. For Lebanon, in less than two weeks from ...

  

Lebanon army kills militants

  

Beirut, Aug 15 : Lebanese Army troops Saturday killed two militants loyal to Al Qaeda in eastern Lebanon, security sources said.

  

Lebanon has opened a bank account for donations to help modernise its poorly-equipped army.

  

Lebanese troops have killed two Islamist militants including a head of a group which fought a battle with the army in 2007 that killed hundreds.

  

Lebanon's defence minister says the government has opened an account at the central bank to receive donated funds to buy weapons for the country's military.

  

BEIRUT (AFP) - Lebanese troops on Saturday killed two Islamist militants including a head of an Al-Qaeda-inspired group which fought a battle with the army in 2007 that cost hundreds of lives, a military spokesman said.

  

Lebanon's defence minister says the country has opened a bank account to receive donations to supply its poorly-equipped army.

  

BEIRUT - Lebanese troops on Saturday killed two militants including a head of the Al Qaeda-inspired Fatah Al Islam which fought the army three years ago, a military spokesman said.

  

Two alleged members of outlawed militant groups were killed in clashes with the Lebanese army on Saturday in the east of the country, a military spokesman told AFP.

  

Lebanon has opened a bank account for donations to help modernise its poorly-equipped army, the defence minister says.

  

Lebanese security forces killed two suspected Islamist militants Saturday, including the leader of an al-Qaida-inspired group that fought a bloody battle against Lebanon's army in 2007, two Leba...

  

A senior Lebanese army officer says intelligence agents have killed two suspected members of an al-Qaida-inspired group.

  

BEIRUT (Zawya Dow Jones)--Saudi Arabia's ministry of higher education is currently studying more than 120 applications for setting up new private universities and colleges across the kingdom as investors are showing interest in the sector, Saudi-based Al Eqtisadiah daily reports Saturday, citing a ministry official.

  

BEIRUT (Lebanon) - HUMAN Rights Watch (HRW) has expressed 'grave concerns' that Iran will soon execute a woman sentenced to death by stoning after she made a televised confession. The 'televised confession by Sakineh Mohammadi-Ashtiani heightens the already grave concern that Iran will soon execute the 43-year-old woman,' the New York-based watchdog said in a statement issued here late on Friday.

  

BEIRUT (AFP) - Human Rights Watch has expressed "grave concerns" that Iran will soon execute a woman sentenced to death by stoning after she made a televised confession.

  

Kuala Lumpur: Lebanese "billionaire" Elie Youssef Najem was Friday sentenced to six years and five months' jail after the Magistrate's Court found him guilty of two counts of cheating, and a charge of abusing his social visit pass five years ago.

  

BEIRUT: Energy and Water Minister Gebran Bassil said on Friday that the Rauf Bey ship is not the ultimate solution to the electricity problem prevailing in Lebanon.

  

source: fibaasia.net BEIRUT, Lebanon - Short of game practice and stricken by injuries, Jordan's maiden appearance in the 2010 FIBA World Championship suffered a further blow, with center Islam Abbas injuring a finger in his right hand and ruling himself out of action for the next three weeks. Incidentally, Jordan, coached by Mario Palma, will have to play their Group A Preliminary Round games ...

  

Northern Lebanon has a new head coach, while Elco grooms a new quarterback.Read the full story here: Pennsylvania Sports

  

LEBANON TWP. - The Township Committee will hold a public hearing on Sept. 1 regarding a bond ordinance which includes among other things - the purchase of an ambulance. The Lebanon Township Fire Department has been using a borrowed...

  

BEIRUT, Aug 13 - Lebanon may be plunged into a political crisis which could bring down its coalition government if the UN tribunal investigating the killing of former premier Rafik al-Hariri indicts members of the Shi?ite group Hezbollah. The Syrian and Iranian-backed Hezbollah has strongly criticised the tribunal and said last month that the ...

  

Two Shiite Muslim television stations in Lebanon canceled a controversial program about Jesus on Friday, saying they do not want to stir up sectarian conflict in the country.

  

Two Shiite Muslim television stations in Lebanon have canceled a controversial program about Jesus. The outlets say they don't want to stir up sectarian conflict.

  

Beirut - The final episode of an Iranian television series called "The Messiah" was banned Friday in Lebanon, after a complaint from Catholics.

  

There will be no let up for the Smart-Gilas national team as far as Asian Games preparation is concerned. Though the Nationals are still competing in the FIBA-Asia Stankovic Cup in Beirut, Lebanon, Smart-Gilas management plans to let them play several goodwill games against top teams from China and Korea to keep them in sharp form going to the Guangzhou Asian Games this Novermber.

  

KUALA LUMPUR - Lebanese 'billionaire' Elie Youssef Najem was sentenced on Friday to six years and five months' jail after the Magistrate's Court found him guilty of two counts of cheating, and a charge of abusing his social visit pass five years ago. Magistrate Mohd Azali Ibrahim sentenced Elie, 50, to three years' jail on [...]

  

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 13 (Bernama) -- Lebanese "billionaire" Elie Youssef Najem was sentenced on Friday to six years and five months' jail after the Magistrate's Court found him guilty of two counts of cheating, and a charge of abusing his social visit pass five years ago.

  

BEIRUT: Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh said Thursday the Lebanese economy was not affected by recent clashes in the south or by the debate over the Special Tribunal for Lebanon.

  

BEIRUT (Zawya Dow Jones)--Lebanon's air passenger traffic rose 10% to 684,000 passengers in July compared with the same month a year earlier, Lebanon's official National News Agency, or NNA, reports Thursday citing official data.

  

Beirut, Aug 13 : A Lebanese Christian Maronite bishop called late Thursday on Hezbollah television to stop airing a Ramadan series called Al Maseeh, Arabic for Jesus.

  

A Lebanon woman is charged with stealing more than $400,000 from the nursing home where she worked for more than 10 years.

  

NICOSIA [MENL] -- Lebanon has drafted a five-year military modernization plan based on foreign aid. Copyrights 2008, Middle East Newsline. All rights reserved.

  

Berlin, mid-1990s: The House of World Cultures (an institution dedicated to exposing residents of and visitors to the German capital to intellectual, literary, musical and artistic productions from around the world, with a special focus on non-European cultures and societies) announced a forthcoming reading of the poetry of Nizar Qabbani.

  

Games Friday (Ghazir Stadium, Beirut, Lebanon) 3 p.m. - Japan vs Jordan 5 p.m. - Iran-B vs Smart-Gilas 7 p.m. - Chinese Taipei vs Qatar 9 p.m. - Kazakhstan vs Lebanon Given little chance to advance to the next round because of its undermanned roster, Smart-Gilas Pilipinas plays Iran in the crossover quarterfinals of the 2010 FIBA-Asia Stankovic Cup Friday at the Ghazir Stadium in Beirut, Lebanon.

  

Zach Condon recorded Beirut's first album alone in his room before drafting the rest of the band for live shows.

  

EIN EL-HILWEH REFUGEE CAMP, Lebanon - Mohammed al-Amin spends his days doing little more than playing billiards and smoking cigarettes in this sprawling Palestinian refugee camp, where gunmen roam narrow alleyways dotted with tin-roofed, cement-block homes.

  

AFP/Beirut A UN court probing the murder of Lebanese ex-premier Rafik al-Hariri yesterday called for the submission of all material held by Hezbollah, which claims its data implicates Israel in the killing.

  

Follow Israel news on and . Lebanon has told the United States to keep its money if America insists that it cannot be used on weapons with which to fight Israel.

  

Lebanon's defence minister on Wednesday lashed out at a US decision to halt aid to his country's army in the wake of a deadly border clash with Israel, protesting that aid was being made conditional.

  

TEL AVIV, Israel - One solider was killed and one injured in an attack at Israel's northern border on Tuesday, August 3 that an IDF spokesman called an "initiated and provocative action by the Lebanese army."

  

The U.N.-appointed prosecutor investigating the 2005 assassination of Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri has asked Hezbollah militants for any evidence they have that could help solve the case...

  

Lebanon's defence minister on Wednesday lashed out at a US decision to halt aid to his country's army in the wake of a deadly border clash with Israel, protesting that aid was being made conditional.

  

BEIRUT - Lebanon will reject any American military assistance to the nation's army if it comes with conditions that the weapons not be used against Israel, the defence minister said Wednesday.

  

BEIRUT, August 11, 2010 (WAFA)- The Embassy of Japan and UNRWA launched on Wednesday August, 4 a new Maternal and Child Health (MCH) handbook which will be distributed free-of-charge to Palestine refugees across Lebanon who are pregnant or have young children, UNRWA said, today.

  

Beirut, Aug 11 (AFP) A UN tribunal probing the murder of Lebanese ex-premier Rafiq Hariri today called for the submission of all "relevant evidence," days after Hezbollah unveiled data allegedly implicating Israel.

  

BEIRUT (Lebanon) - A UN tribunal probing the murder of Lebanese ex-premier Rafiq Hariri on Wednesday called for the submission of all 'relevant evidence,' days after Hezbollah unveiled data allegedly implicating Israel. 'The office of the prosecutor has always invited and continues to invite anyone who has evidence relevant to the attack against former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri to bring it to ...

  

BEIRUT (AFP) - A UN tribunal probing the murder of Lebanese ex-premier Rafiq Hariri on Wednesday called for the submission of all "relevant evidence," days after Hezbollah unveiled data allegedly implicating Israel.

  

Lebanese Mufti Muhammad Rashid Kabbani said Tuesday Lebanon will have no sectarian sedition, state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported.

  

Reuters/Beirut Iran has offered support to Lebanon's army, a week after a deadly cross-border clash between Lebanon and Israel which prompted US lawmakers to block funding to the Lebanese military.

  

Lebanon's military court on Tuesday charged a former army general and high-profile member of a Christian party allied with Hezbollah with spying for Israel, a judicial source said.

  

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Iran has offered support to Lebanon's army, a week after a deadly cross-border clash between Lebanon and Israel which prompted U.S. lawmakers to block funding to the Lebanese military.

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Aug. 10 (UPI) -- Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah tried to present evidence he said proved Israel was behind the 2005 assassination of Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. Lebanon - Hassan Nasrallah - List of Prime Ministers of Lebanon - Middle East - Hezbollah

  

An adviser to Lebanon's prime minister says Washington's suspension of military aid to the Arab nation is unwarranted and weakens efforts to build the country's army.

  

BEIRUT - An adviser to Lebanon's prime minister says Washington's suspension of military aid to the Arab nation is unwarranted and weakens efforts to build the country's army.

  

A senior government official says Lebanon is contacting the U.S. government to provide assurances that American weapons supplied to the Lebanese army are not falling into the "wrong hands."

  

BEIRUT, Aug 10 (Reuters) - Below is a table of the latest Lebanese economic statistics.

  

BEIRUT (AP) -- The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah militants presented aerial reconnaissance footage that he said implicates Israel in the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.

  

BEIRUT: Central Bank figures show that Lebanon's balance of payments posted a surplus of $1.3 billion in the first half of 2010 compared to a surplus of $2.1 billion in the same period last year as reported by Byblos Bank's Lebanon This Week. The balance of payments posted a surplus of $105.8 million in June compared to a deficit of $194.8 million in May and a surplus of $443.3 million in June ...

  

BEIRUT -- The United Nations set up a tribunal to try suspects in the 2005 killing of former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq al-Hariri in an effort to deter future violence in Lebanon. But many in the country now fear indictments in the case could trigger a new political crisis or even sectarian bl... Lebanon - Rafic Hariri - Middle East - Politics - Hezbollah

  

24 East 21st Street After an eight-year vacancy, the smell of garlic may have just barely cleared from the former home of beloved Italian eatery Campagna. Now Crain's reports that Lebanese restaurant Al Mayass has signed a 10-year lease for that space at 24 East 21st Street . A few months ago, foodies were abuzz with rumors that Dans Le Noir, where patrons dine blindfolded, would be coming to ...

  

source: fibaasia.net BEIRUT, Lebanon - Kazakhstan coach Vadim Burakov had expressed his expectations that the handful of senior players in his team should step up and respond to the challenge at hand and lead the youngsters in the team to take it forward. Perhaps, in response to that call from the coach, Dmitriy Gavrilov one of the more experienced players in the side took up the task, delivered ...

  

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's Hezbollah displayed on Monday what it said was Israeli surveillance footage of routes used by assassinated former premier Rafik al-Hariri, saying this pointed to Israel carrying out the 2005 attack on his motorcade.

  

Beirut - Hezbollah chief Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah on Monday openly accused Israel of killing former Lebanese premier Rafik Hariri in 2005. "Israel has the capacity to carry out an operation that targets Rafik Hariri," Nasrallah said in a press conference via a video link.

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Aug. 9 (UPI) -- Israeli officials are linked to the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, the secretary-general of Hezbollah declared. Lebanon - Hezbollah - List of Prime Ministers of Lebanon - Middle East - Politics

  

BEIRUT (AP) - Hezbollah's leader has offered up documents and other material that he says implicates Israel in the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.

  

Beirut - Hezbollah chief Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah on Monday openly accused Israel of killing former Lebanese premier Rafik Hariri in 2005. "Israel has the capacity to carry out an operation that targets Rafik Hariri," Nasrallah said in a press conference via a video link.

  

Israel's military fired on a Lebanese fishing boat after the boat reportedly ignored warnings to leave the area. An Israeli Navy ship fired on the boat Saturday morning following the warnings, the Jerusalem Post reported.

  

Negotiators for Cornwall-Lebanon School District teachers and the district said today they are 'confident that a contract will be in place by the start of the school year.' The district's contract with its teachers expired June 30, and both sides said they are engaged in negotiations.

  

Lebanese MP Mohammed Raad says the army's last week confrontation with Israeli forces at the south border shows that resistance has become part of the military's soul.

  

BEIRUT: Lebanese Minister of Tourism Fadi Abboud said on Saturday that the number of tourists visiting the country increased by 11.58 percent in July compared with the same month last year.

  

source: fibaasia.net BEIRUT, Lebanon - Philippines returned from the half-time break recharged, outscored their rivals 18-5 in the first five minutes of the third quarter and grew stronger thereafter to post a resurgent 81-67 win over Syria in a needle Group B game on Sunday. Both Philippines and Syria had lost their opening encounters on Saturday. Chris Tiu was the leader of the Filipino ...

  

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has hailed Lebanon's move to arrange the recent trilateral summit with Saudi Arabia and Syria.

  

TEHRAN, Aug. 8 (MNA) -- Lebanese Foreign Minister Ali al-Shami here on Sunday met with Iranian Supreme National Security Council Secretary Saeed Jalili.

  

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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will visit Lebanon after the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, a top official said Sunday, as Tehran pledged its support to Beirut and Damascus in face of any "aggression" from Israel.

  

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Lebanon: Lebanese Telecoms minister Charbel Nahhas has expressed hope that BlackBerry maker Research In Motion will give the country a programme that would allow it to access information used on the smartphone device, Reuters has reported. "The ministry is studying this file and preparing it for talks with RIM ... with the aim of getting the programme that allows a state to access information transferred through this device," Nahhas was quoted as saying in As-Safir newspaper. Nahhas, who said Lebanon has about 60,000 BlackBerry users, said no decision had yet been taken to restrict the smartphone's services in the country. [AMEInfo.com]

  

Lebanese craft workers are facing competition from cheaper importers including China, with many struggling to survive.

  

Lebanon said yesterday it was committed to building up its armed forces after complaints by Israel about Western assistance to the military following a deadly border clash between the two countries.

  

source: fibaasia.net BEIRUT, Lebanon - Hosts Lebanon carried too much firepower and left Philippines gasping for breath early in their Group B game to win the clash between two of the most popular basketball nations in the world on Saturday. Lebanon won 74-59. Fadi El Khatib returning from an injury lay-off was fielded sporadically, but played without much discomfort, and was as usual obviously ...

  

source: fibaasia.net BEIRUT, Lebanon - Japan controlled the rebounds better to compensate for a sub-par outside shooting and defeated fellow East Asian team Chinese Taipei 61-58 in a Group A game on Saturday. 'I guess we travelled a day later than we should have,' Japan coach Tim Wisman said. Taipei coach Xue Lei Zhang almost echoed him - We are coming from a long travel and it showed on the ...

  

source: fibaasia.net BEIRUT, Lebanon - In a manner of speaking, both teams in the opening game of the 3rd FIBA Asia Stankovic Cup were out to gather exposure and gain in experience. Against that background it was no surprising that the action on the court was energetic and exchanges almost equal and the team that made the lesser mistakes ended up the eventual winners. Kazakhstan, playing under a ...

  

Analysis: Lebanon's southern frontier with Israel is the most volatile border in the Middle East today. read more

  

BEIRUT (Zawya Dow Jones)--Lebanon's Telecommunications Regulatory Authority, or TRA, said it has embarked on a study looking into the local usage of data services in smartphones to assess their conformity to Lebanese laws and to ensure the safety of the country's communication networks.

  

Lebanon said Saturday it was committed to building up its armed forces after complaints by Israel about Western assistance to the military following a deadly border clash between the two countries.

  

BEIRUT (Zawya Dow Jones)--Saudi Arabia's state-run Public Investment Fund and Singapore's port authority are expected to conclude, within one week, an agreement to expand King Abdul Aziz Port in Dammam in the east of the kingdom, pan-Arab Asharq Al Awsat daily reports Saturday, citing a senior Saudi official.

  

Lebanon: The report indicates that the Lebanese banking sector grew robustly in 2009, proving once again its resilience facing the global financial crisis. Triggered by the buoyant economic conditions that prevailed on the local scene throughout 2009, as evidenced by a real GDP growth of 9% according to the IMF latest estimates, a strong performance in key sectors, and a record surplus of $7.89 bn in the balance of payments, the Lebanese banking sector witnessed an exceptional increase in its customer deposits in 2009. [AMEInfo.com]

  

Lebanon Twp. First Aid SquadLEBANON TWP. - A decision is pending regarding a motion by the Lebanon Township First Aid Squad to amend a lawsuit previously filed against the Township and three Committee members. Meanwhile the township's attorney is seeking...

  

LEBANON - Every actor finds challenges to getting into a character, but for a recent role, 18-year-old Erin Sheehy had to think outside of her own species.?My first hurdle was to get over playing a canine, and then realizing the dog isn't even my gender,' Sheehy said.

  

Lebanon's telecom regulator said Friday that it will start negotiations with Research In Motion (RIM) to provide the country's security agencies access to communications on the BlackBerry network.

  

source: S Mageshwaran | fibaasia.net BEIRUT, Lebanon - That basketball is almost a religion in Lebanon is palpable, pronounced and prominent right from the time you land at the Rafik Hariri International Airport. The smile of the even-otherwise friendly official at the Passport Control is enhanced a couple of wattages higher, and the - Welcome to Lebanon' sounds that much more hearty and sincere ...

  

Lebanon hopes BlackBerry maker Research In Motion will give the country a programme that would allow it to access information used on the smartphone device the telecommunications minister said.

  

BEIRUT: Qatar's deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy and Industry Abdullah bin Hamad al-Attiyah inaugurated on Thursday QAPCO's logistic Services Establishment in the Tripoli Free zone.

  

LEBANON - The Lebanon Borough 4th of July Parade Committee would like to thank everyone that came out to participate in its 63rd annual Fourth of July Parade.

  

Lebanon became the latest Middle East state to voice security fears over BlackBerry smartphones, as the United States stepped into the growing row over the popular devices.

  

Lebanon became the latest Middle East country - after United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia - to voice national security fears over the way Research In Motion (NMS:RIMM) encrypts e-mail and other messages, making them hard to monitor. RIM co-CEO Michael Lazaridis says countries shouldn't single out the BlackBerry or compromise users' security. Shares, which have been sliding all week, fell 2% Thu.

  

Lebanon has joined a growling list of countries concerned about the 'security implications ' posed by Blackberry phones

  

Senior Lebanese army commanders have admitted authorising Tuesday's cross-border attack that killed an Israel Defence Forces colonel supervising the removal of a tree.

  

Lebanon to assess security concerns over BlackBerry

  

Military officers from Israel and Lebanon told the United Nations they will work to avoid an escalation of border tensions after this week's clash, the worst since the 2006 war.

  

BEIRUT (Zawya Dow Jones)--Kuwait telecommunication companies haven't received any instructions so far from Kuwait's ministry of communications to stop providing BlackBerry services on the local market, Kuwait-based Al Rai daily reports Thursday, citing executives at the local telcos.

  

BEIRUT: The joint parliamentary committees have postponed discussions on the oil law until August 12 amid indications that deputies are deeply divided over who should run the sovereign fund.

  

The Civil War comes to Lebanon this weekend with a Civil War Exhibit, 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Saturday and noon-4 p.m. Sunday at the Nixon-Brant House, 27 N. Mechanic St.

  

LEBANON - Alice Hoskins is not worried how the heat will affect her when she sings at the Lebanon Blues Festival.

  

President Bashar al-Assad and King Abdullah visit Lebanese capital to calm tensions and pave way for Palestinian-Israeli talks The leaders of Syria and Saudi Arabia arrived in Beirut today on an unprecedented joint mission to try to calm Lebanon's tensions and overcome divisions over Palestinian-Israeli peace talks. The visit, described by a senior UN official as historic, was taking place amid ...

  

Lebanon has arrested three more citizens and charged them with spying for Israel.

  

Beirut, Aug 4 : Representatives of the Israeli and Lebanese armies discussed Tuesday's border clash with officials of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) Wednesday.

  

(RTTNews) - Authorities in Lebanon have arrested a retired army colonel on suspicion of spying for Israel, said officials and local news reports on Wednesday.

  

Beirut - Representatives of the Israeli and Lebanese armies discussed Tuesday's border clash with officials of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon on Wednesday.

  

Yesterday's Israel-Lebanon clash, sparked when Israeli soldiers went to cut down a tree, highlights the confusion that can arise due to slight discrepancies in a 12-foot security fence and the actual border.

  

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad survived an attack with a homemade explosive device on his motorcade during a visit to a provincial city on Wednesday, a source in his office said.

  

BEIRUT : The United Nations said on Wednesday that several trees cut down by Israel and the cause of deadly border clashes with Lebanon were on Israeli territory.

  

BEIRUT, Aug 4 (Reuters) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad survived an attack on his convoy in Iran on Wednesday, July 4, Lebanon's Future television quoted the Iranian presidency as saying.