Mediterranean Bakery and Sandwich , 3362 Chamblee-Tucker Road, Atlanta There are many dishes to like at Mediterranean Bakery and Sandwich in Chamblee, and there are certainly a lot to try.

  

Five Lebanon firefighters are among structural protection task forces sent to the High Cascades Complex fires earlier this week. The fires are burning on the Warm Springs Reservation.

  

COMP-Northwest may be the biggest news in medical education in Lebanon, but it's not the first.

  

When you talk about Beirut, you're really talking about Zach Condon.

  

YOU HAVE to hand it to Zach Condon. The man does not do things by halves. Ask anybody who was at Beirut's first Dublin headline show in 2007, when their intoxicated leader mumbled his way through much of the set and closed it with a catastrophically bad cover of Hallelujah. Cohen-esque it was not.

  

Hezbollah states that the Special Tribunal for Lebanon is part of a conspiracy aimed at targeting the resistance group.

  

Lebanon and Serbia have become full members of the Rugby League European Federation. They were given the nod at the Federation's annual meeting to join England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales at Europe's top table.

  

Beirut's Zach Condon admits that having a rapturous audience has become a common experience around the world -- and it leaves him happily baffled.

  

Zach Condon is an unlikely heartthrob. The band he fronts, Beirut, features neither dance beats nor electric guitars, and sells neither sex nor rebellion; its main influences are French chanson and Balkan and Mexican folk music.

  

A man shot dead five members of the same family who had gathered in a Lebanon cemetery on Tuesday to mark the end of Ramadan, a security official said, adding that it was over a land dispute.

  

A member of Lebanese Amal Movement has described the abduction of Lebanon's Shia cleric Imam Moussa al-Sadr as a deliberate ploy by the United States and international Zionism.

  

Lebanon has been named the 'Best Hometown' by Ohio Magazine.

  

Neither a leap forward nor a troubling stagnation, - The Rip Tide ,' the third full-length album from Beirut, is a solidifying of the band's unique blend of influences. Leader Zach Condon gently de-emphasizes the Eastern European and Gypsy folk strains that were dominant on previous recordings and pulls forward a sweeping pop melancholia. The album's charms are encapsulated in the lead single ...

  

BEIRUT - Syrians should not take up arms in their uprising against President Bashar Assad or invite foreign military action like the intervention that helped topple the government of Libya, a prominent activist group warned Monday.

  

The Lebanese community living in Kano has reacted to the killing of their member, Tafa Saifudeen, who was shot dead on August 18 in front of his shop by unknown gunmen, saying the killers were armed robbers and not assassins as indicated by the police.

  

Several Lebanese and Gulf investors, including the Doha-based Salam International Investment or SIIL, plan to launch an private investment bank in Lebanon with a $13 million capital, SIIL said over the weekend.

  

Syrian troops backed by tanks and personnel carriers rumbled Monday into the village of Hit bordering Lebanon and heavy gunfire could be heard, a rights advocacy group reported.

  

LEBANON - Lebanon was recently chosen the best hometown in the region by the publishers of Ohio Magazine. Lebanon was selected one of five 'Best Hometowns' in the state by the publication. Vivian Pospisil, executive editor of the magazine, said eight to 10 communities in southwest Ohio were vying for the distinction and Lebanon was a clear winner.

  

With Lebanon due to take over the United Nations Security Council presidency this week, the biggest issue of its month-long tenure is anticipated to be a vote for Palestinian statehood.

  

Both Lebanon and Israel would do well, temporarily, to but their intractable differences aside and grasp the historic opportunity to change the face of their countries for the better.

  

Citigroup projected economic growth in Lebanon at 2.8 percent in 2011 compared to 6 percent in 2010 and relative to a growth of 5.1 percent in the Middle East & Africa region...

  

A shipment of aid from Lebanon to famine-struck Somalia arrived in Mogadishu over the weekend and a Lebanese delegation has handed the much-needed supplies to local authorities.

  

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Three prominent Syrian opposition figures were prevented by border officials from leaving the country on Sunday as they tried to cross into Lebanon, one of the three men said.

  

Lebanon: A new survey has shown that Lebanon has the most expensive prices of meat, sugar, tea and milk among 14 Arab countries, The Daily Star has reported. The survey conducted by the Lebanese Union for Consumers' Protection in Cooperation with the Arab Union of Consumers has added that Lebanon has the second-highest prices of potatoes, tomatoes and vegetable oil among the 14 Arab countries. The study also found that the increase in prices in Lebanon were not due to the surge of consumer prices globally but rather to the monopolies and growing margin of profits among Lebanese merchants. [AMEInfo.com]

  

Lebanon: A banking source has revealed that HSBC's massive worldwide restructuring plan will include its branches in Lebanon, The Daily Star has reported. London-based HSBC Holdings has recently announced restructuring plans which will include eliminating thousands of jobs worldwide by the end of 2013. HSBC Lebanon chief executive officer Francois Pascal de-Maricourt has asserted that he was quite satisfied by the performance of his bank in Lebanon. [AMEInfo.com]

  

The Reds played small ball Saturday night, scoring on a wild pitch, on a throwing error and three... - 9:58 pm

  

The 3rd edition of Faces of Lebanon awards acknowledges the no. 1 website for its role in promoting Lebanon Beirut, Lebanon: BeirutNightlife.com, the no. 1 website promoting tourism in Lebanon was awarded the Most Famous Website in Lebanon at the 3 rd edition of "Faces of Lebanon" awards organized by 'For Lebanon' organization in coordination with Students from the Lebanese Canadian University.

  

LEBANON - Kings football coach Andy Olds said his team was still searching for an identity heading into the 2011 season opener at Lebanon .

  

HSBC has embarked on a major global restructuring program that will include its operations in Lebanon, a banking source told The Daily Star Friday.

  

The Lebanese Writers' Union and SKeyes, the Beirut-based media watchdog, condemned Friday the attack on Syrian political cartoonist Ali Ferzat, which the union decried as an attempt to prevent freedom of expression.

  

Zach Condon, the songwriter and mastermind behind Beirut, may be just as famous for his music as for the cultures that have influenced it.

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- Regardless of whether anyone is custody, a trial in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri starts next year, an official said.

  

Following are summaries of some of the main stories in a selection of Lebanese newspapers Friday.

  

On 2009's March of the Zapotec, the Beirut mainman Zach Condon split his output between Mexican funeral-band brass music and a rather tired form of electropop.

  

While Lebanese expatriates have long maintained close economic and cultural ties with their home country, they were finally granted the right to vote in parliamentary elections in 2008...

  

The American Embassy in Beirut is updating its consular services, in line with a State Department decision that will affect embassies worldwide.

  

The Central Bank's foreign currency reserves up to June of this year fell to $28.3 billion from 30.37 billion in same period last year, the Association of Banks in Lebanon said Thursday.

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Aug. 25 (UPI) -- It seems there are some in Tehran who are urging the Iranian leadership to step back from using its military muscle to keep the regime of Bashar Assad in power in Syria.

  

A Lebanese man is seeking asylum in Australia for fear of being persecuted in Lebanon for his homosexuality, the Herald Sun reported Thursday.

  

Syrian Ambassador to Lebanon said Thursday that economic sanctions against Syria would not harm his country.

  

If you want tickets to Lebanon's 10th annual Patriot Day Concert, act quickly.

  

Lebanon: The Lebanese Industry Ministry has announced that the country's industrial exports dropped by 5% year-on-year in June, while imports rose by 31.2%, The Daily Star has reported. Industrial exports during the first half year of 2011 totaled $1.709bn. That figure stood at $1.659bn during the first half year of 2010. Exports in 2011 so far, climbed by 3% compared to 2010, and by 31.7% compared to 2009. Industrial imports totaled $123.1m in the first half year of 2011. In 2010 the figure stood at $113.1m. In 2010, it totaled $104.8m. [AMEInfo.com]

  

LEBANON - A gun shop in downtown Lebanon - Now that people know what Councilman Jeff Monroe's plans are, some aren't taking pot shots.Monroe and his wife, Wendy, are working hard on their shop on Broadway directly across the LCNB National Bank.

  

Lebanese companies intend to hire more staff over the next three months as part of their expansion plans, the Bayt.com said in its last report.

  

As a taxi goes past a nightclub blasting music, the driver honks loudly to make sure potential customers hear him. Meanwhile passersby have their mobile phone volumes on high to make sure they can hear any incoming calls on Beirut's noisy streets.

  

Lebanon native Sandee Stalnecker Lester has turned a difficult period in her life into a book she hopes will help others.

  

The widening of Highway 34 is credited with bringing jobs to Lebanon.

  

The problem in Beirut is that noise is everywhere, so you don't feel it directly. You feel nervous and angry, and you don't know why.

  

Lebanon: BSynchro celebrated its sixth anniversary on August 16th, 2011, few days after closing a strategic partnership with Berytech Fund, an ICT venture capital fund, acquiring an approximate 35% stake in the company, hence becoming part of a professional and innovative ICT group of promising Lebanese companies. [AMEInfo.com]

  

Lebanon: Lebanon's BBAC bank posted an 11.4% rise in first-half consolidated net profit to $24.5m, compared with $22.0 million in the same period last year, the Daily Star has reported. Total operating income increased by a yearly 9.5% to reach $47.8m in the first half of 2011. Total operating expenses progressed by 17.2%, from $21.5m in the first half of 2010 to $25.2m in the first half of 2011. [AMEInfo.com]

  

A Lebanese shepherd found a suspicious box in the town of Kfar Qouq in the district of Rashaya prompting the Lebanese Army and peacekeepers to survey the area, the National News Agency said Tuesday.

  

Pompeii (2011) Beirut's most tolerable album since the 2006 pairing of Gulag Orkestar and Lon Gisland (both featuring their best song, "Scenic World") keeps it tasteful.

  

If you want tickets to Lebanon's 10th annual Patriot Day Concert, act quickly.

  

LEIDSCHENDAM, Netherlands, Aug. 23 (UPI) -- A tribunal investigating the 2005 slaying of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri said it was looking into a series of other attacks on Lebanese leaders.

  

WADI AL-JAMOUS, 23 August 2011 ( IRIN ) - Seven years ago, Khadija Assaad began teaching the Koran to girls in the remote Lebanese village of Wadi al-Jamous in Akkar District, Northern Governorate, but had no idea how much impact the initiative would eventually have on her poor community.

  

Lebanese officials added their voices to those calling for uncovering the fate of Imam Musa al-Sadr Tuesday, particularly given the dramatic events in Libya, where the influential figure was last seen more than 30 years ago.

  

Lebanon: Apliman Technologies wins accreditation to provide Mobilink with its highly developed SDP (Service Delivery Platform) to support Mobilink's operations in 15 countries, with SDP deployment in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq, Qatar and Malaysia. In line with the agreement signed between the two parties, Mobilink chose Apliman SDP to leverage the operator's services to the highest levels of reliability, to maximize efficiency and to minimize churn. [AMEInfo.com]

  

LEBANON - Fifteen Lebanon Fire District staff members responded to a fire at 463 W. Vine St. at 3:53 p.m. Sunday, according to fire prevention specialist John Davis.

  

Following are summaries of some of the main stories in a selection of Lebanese newspapers Tuesday.

  

Lebanon: Sales of new cars in Lebanon dropped by 10.73% year-on-year to 3,345 vehicles during the month of July 2011, according to statistics released by the Association of Automobile Importers, the Daily Star has reported. The statistics have indicated that a total of 18,556 new passenger cars were sold in the first seven months of 2011, a decrease of 5.5% from the 19,639 cars sold in the same period last year. [AMEInfo.com]

  

Lebanon: Fitch Ratings has classified Lebanon's banking sector among 28 banking systems in the "low strength" category on its Banking System Indicator, The Daily Star has reported. The BSI is a measure of intrinsic banking system quality or strength, derived from Fitch's long-standing Individual Ratings for banks, as reported by Lebanon This Week, the economic publication of the Byblos Bank Group. It deliberately excludes potential support from shareholders or governments since the objective is to highlight systemic weakness that might trigger the need for such support. [AMEInfo.com]

  

Lebanon's inflation rate fell slightly to an annualized rate of 2.26 percent in July from 2.82 percent in June as clothing and footwear costs declined, according to the latest figures from the Central Administration of Statistics.

  

Clinton Township Police Department CLINTON TWP. - A 54-year-old Lebanon man, Paul Stefanowicz, was charged with theft in connection with bad checks he allegedly used as down payments on two cars at the Clinton Honda dealership, according to a report...

  

Agents seize more than 50 grams of cocaine with a street value of $5,000 and about $4,000 in cash.

  

Lebanon asks the United Nations to take sufficient measures to prevent any danger to international peace and security that might arise from Israeli violations of its regional waters.

  

Brig. Gen. Eliya al-Obeid was appointed as acting head of Beirut airport security Monday to replace retired Brig. Gen. Yasser Mahmoud.

  

To find consensus in Lebanon, look no further than the gold. Despite persistent paralyzing political and popular quarreling, when it comes to Lebanon's gold reserves, valued at around $17 billion as of Aug. 15...

  

BEIRUT (Reuters) - A Lebanese suspect in the killing of former prime minister Rafik al-Hariri has said authorities know where to find him but cannot arrest him, deepening political tensions over the 2005 assassination.

  

Following are summaries of some of the main stories in a selection of Lebanese and Pan-Arab newspapers Sunday. The Daily Star cannot vouch for the accuracy of these reports.

  

LEBANON - The Lebanon Warriors felt like they were just a few plays away from an 8-2 record in 2010.Three of their five losses came in the final seconds or overtime, so head coach Shawn Lamb said the Warriors have a renewed focus on finishing games in 2011.

  

Lebanon: Credit Libanais has posted a consolidated net profit of $33.8m in the first half of 2011, compared to $37.8m in the same period last year, the Daily Star has reported. The Lebanese bank's net interest income rose by 0.5%, from $61.7m in the first half of 2010 to $62.0m in the first half of 2011, while net fees and commission income amounted to $13.3m in the first half of 2011, compared with $15.9m in the first half of 2010. [AMEInfo.com]

  

Following are summaries of some of the main stories in a selection of Lebanese newspapers Saturday. The Daily Star cannot vouch for the accuracy of these reports.

  

LEBANON, Ore. -- A college in Lebanon was evacuated for about two hours Friday after a man told his 7-year-old son there was a bomb in the building, police said. At about 8:30 a.m. police responded to the report of a possible bomb at the Linn-Benton Community College, at 44 Industrial Way, according to Sgt. Kevin Martinez. While in the lobby of the building, a 28-year-old man had told his son ...

  

The mayor of Beirut insisted Friday that the horse disease that led to the recent culling of 21 animals at the capital's Hippodrome has been contained and that a final report will soon be issued by the Agriculture Ministry.

  

Authorities say a Lebanese auto-parts dealer has been shot dead in a major northern city in Africa's most populous nation.

  

Lebanese stocks drew little enthusiasm and even less attention during the week from domestic and foreign investors focused on European and U.S. market developments and blinded by the shiny gold prices hovering around $1850/oz.

  

KANO, Nigeria (AP) - Authorities say a Lebanese auto parts dealer has been shot dead in a major northern city in Africa's most populous nation.

  

THE HAGUE - Three other attacks on Lebanese politicians are being linked to the 2005 murder of the country's former prime minister Rafiq Hariri, the UN-backed tribunal probing his death said Friday.

  

Madagascar woman finds freedom after 15 years hard labour

  

LEBANON - We?re just getting our school district back the way we want it. Don't divert funding to another program or you?ll mess it up.

  

A DOUBLE murder in Melbourne was the result of a business spat and police have dismissed links to a feud among Lebanese families in nearby suburbs.

  

The Lebanese government has been called on by Hezbollah resistance movement to indict those charged with perjury in Rafiq Hariri's case of the US-backed Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL).

  

Lebanese authorities should try harder to arrest four Hezbollah members wanted for the 2005 murder of former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq Hariri, the tribunal investigating the case said Thursday.

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Aug. 18 (UPI) -- Lebanon's new no-smoking law bans some tobacco advertising and requires a pictorial warning about smoking hazards on cigarette packs, officials said.

  

The United States on Wednesday again urged Lebanon to work with a UN-backed tribunal, which says it has enough evidence to try four Hezbollah members in the assassination of former premier Rafiq Hariri.

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Aug. 18 (UPI) -- Lebanon's new no-smoking laws ban some tobacco advertising and requires a pictorial warning about smoking hazards on cigarette packs, officials said.

  

Tribunal judge orders public advertisement detailing indictment against four accused over Rafiq al-Hariri's killing.

  

The Federation of Associations and local influential figures in Tarik Jedideh, the biggest in Sunni neighborhoods of Beirut, criticized Thursday Hezbollah's leader for his non-recognition of a U.N.-backed court probing the 2005 assassination of statesman Rafik Hariri.

  

(MENAFN - Jordan Times) A UN-backed court probing the assassination of Lebanon's former prime minister Rafik Hariri said Wednesday it had enough evidence to try four Hizbollah members, as it ...

  

Lebanon: Solidere has unveiled its latest landscaping development in Beirut City Center by the name of 'Zeytouneh Square'. The latter is a new public space located in Mina Al Hosn behind the famous Starco building, close to the waterfront hotels area. [AMEInfo.com]

  

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas raised his country's flag for the first time at an official embassy in Beirut Wednesday...

  

North Lebanon Township residents in the area of the 1400 block of East Cumberland Street, which has frequently flooded in recent months, have found an ally in Supervisor Ed Brensinger.

  

TEL AVIV, Israel, Aug. 17 (UPI) -- The U.S. company that found Israel's rich offshore natural gas fields is pushing to build a $5 billion liquefied natural gas export plant there or on nearby Cyprus to develop its "significant eastern Mediterranean gas resources."

  

Lebanon's National News Agency says parliament has banned smoking in closed public places like restaurants and pubs.

  

BEIRUT - A long-awaited international indictment unsealed Wednesday offers no direct evidence linking four Hezbollah suspects to the 2005 assassination of Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, despite years of painstaking investigations.

  

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas hoisted the flag of "the state of Palestine" in Beirut on Wednesday as he inaugurated the Palestinian embassy in Beirut.

  

BEIRUT - A special court charged with investigating the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq al-Hariri released a long-awaited indictment Wednesday naming four members of the Shiite group Hezbollah as the perpetrators. Many of the details contained in the indictment had been leaked to the press during the past year, and it will come as no surprise to Lebanese that the U.N ...

  

BEIRUT, Aug 17 (Reuters) - A Beirut-based subsidiary of Syria's state-owned Commercial Bank of Syria, added to a list of U.S. sanctions targets last week, said on Wednesday it had done nothing illegal and was confident its clients would ignore Washington's measure.

  

Prosecutors analyzed a vast network of telephone records to link four Hezbollah members to the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, but there is no clear smoking gun in the case, according to an indictment unsealed Wednesday.

  

(Reuters) - The U.N.-backed Lebanon court ruled on Wednesday there is enough evidence for a trial over the killing of former prime minister Rafik al-Hariri.

  

Parliament endorses a law banning smoking in all enclosed public places, including restaurants, bars, cafes and offices during its legislative session Wednesday.

  

Lebanon: Sales of phase one of Waterfront City, the luxurious flagship project to line the Joseph Khoury Marina stretch, opposite Dbayeh, have soared up to 60% in one month. The joint collaboration between Ste Joseph G. Khoury et Fils Holding and regional developer Majid Al Futtaim Properties captured the interest of the Lebanese community, with almost 95% of the deals sealed by Lebanese. [AMEInfo.com]

  

The court investigating the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri has published an indictment against four Hezbollah members.

  

Lebanese Defense Minister Fayez Ghosn has praised Iran's support for his country's independence and dignity, expressing optimism about his visit to Tehran in a near future.

  

Lebanon City police arrested a mother of three Monday, suspected of being high on bath salts. Kimberly Arehart, 33, of the 300 block of N. 3rd Avenue, was reportedly staggering around and unable to put sentences together, police said. Arehart was inside of her home and caring for her three children, ages 7, 8 and 11, according to police. Chief Daniel Wright told CBS 21 News a relative witnessed ...

  

Local figures have increased condemnations against the Syrian government over the last few days, stepping up pressure on Lebanon's neighbor five months into a popular uprising which has led to brutal recriminations from President Bashar Assad's security forces.

  

Figures released by the International Telecommunication Union indicate that Lebanon ranked in 144th place among 210 countries at the end of 2010 in terms of mobile cellular phone penetration, which is the number of subscribers to the service per 100 inhabitants.

  

A 28-year-old Lebanon man described by prosecutors as a major midstate dealer of crack and powdered cocaine, has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to drug dealing charges.

  

Following are summaries of the main stories in the Lebanese daily Al-Mustaqbal and pan-Arab newspapers Al-Hayat and Ash-Sharq Al-Awsat Tuesday.

  

With classes scheduled to start in two weeks, Lebanon school board did some last minute hiring Monday night to fill a handful of vacancies. But only one new teacher was invited to address the school directors.

  

The chance of armed conflict between Israel and Hezbollah is increasing. Renewed hostilities would be disastrous for all involved, so the U.S. and its allies need to act now to prevent events from spinning out of control.

  

Karen Ruffini Artist: Beirut New album is supposed to show off sunnier side of band If you know Beirut, you know their sound?beautiful and gloomy, with heavy instrumentals. And by instrumentals, I don't mean a guitar and a drum set. Their music is rich in its sound, filling a song with the trumpet, an accordion, and a conch shell. Yep, you heard me right. A conch shell . [[[SHIFTOUT ...

  

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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to visit Beirut Tuesday seeking Lebanon's support for United Nations recognition of a Palestinian state.

  

Lebanon: Blue Coat Systems, Inc. announced that Internet service provider (ISP) Lebanon Online S.A.R.L. has deployed the Blue Coat CacheFlow 5000 appliance. The newly installed platform enables Lebanon Online to substantially reduce operational expenses by cutting bandwidth spend, manage sizeable increases in network traffic and subscriber growth, enhance Web security and optimize and enhance the delivery of rich Web 2.0 content, large files and video. [AMEInfo.com]

  

"People were screaming and running," said Stout. "I saw a lot of people being trampled to the ground by others trying to get away."

  

When 21 horses kept at Beirut's Hippodrome were put down recently after an outbreak of Glanders disease was discovered in two, it was to little media attention and somewhat more vocal local opposition.

  

On Beirut's third full-length, the seasoned vocal cords of Zach Condon sing of longing and wandering in a pixilated world out of reach. The Baroque instrumentation that has defined the band's sound remains, but here it is buoyed by dynamic shifts and surges that propel Condon's lonely croon.

  

For a certain group of people the Hippodrome is a welcome escape from the city, a rare place where cross sections of society can gather for a shared passion.

  

A bag snatched from a woman in the Beirut suburb of Sin el-Fil Sunday has been returned to its rightful owner after intervention by Interior Minister Marwan Charbel's convoy, which happened to be in the area at the time of the incident.

  

LEBANON - Matt Barger helped lead the Edgewood High School football team to a positive end to a not-so-positive scrimmage Saturday morning at Lebanon .

  

Lebanese security forces captured one of five Islamist militants who escaped from the country's main jail on Saturday outside a Palestinian refugee camp, a security official told AFP.

  

Fouad Elkoury's film Welcome to Beirut opens with a shot of the Mediterranean.

  

BEIRUT (AP) - Five prisoners escaped a high-security Lebanese prison Saturday by scaling down the building's walls with bed sheets before mixing with visiting relatives and walking out of the compound with them, the interior minister said.

  

Lebanese security officials say five prisoners, most of them members of an al Qaeda-inspired group, have escaped the country's main jail.

  

Lebanese security officials say five prisoners, most of them members of an al-Qaida-inspired group, have escaped the country's main jail.

  

TEHRAN - If the Lebanese government wishes, Iran will be ready to assist the country in exploring oil and gas, Iranian Ambassador to Beirut Ghazanfar Roknabadi said in a recent meeting with Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati.

  

Lebanon: Rasamny-Younis Motor Company S.A.L. (Rymco), exclusive dealer of Nissan Motors in Lebanon has announced the newest addition to the Nissan lineup in Lebanon, the all new Nissan Micra 2012, the fourth generation of the iconic city car which goes on sale in Lebanon as of this month. [AMEInfo.com]

  

LEBANON TWP. - A barn on a farm here was extensively damaged in a fire. When units arrived, they found that the exterior wall on the west side of the building was on fire, police reported today. The barn...

  

A 25-year-old Lebanon woman was arrested recently after she allegedly left her five children - ages one through six - alone at home so she could fight with another woman on the 400 block of Chapel Street, Lebanon City police say.

  

Thursday's explosion which left two men who had been handling the explosives dead was caused by a hand grenade wrapped in small iron balls for shrapnel effect, sources tell The Daily Star.

  

Higher Defense Council agrees to tighten security measures across Lebanon during an extraordinary meeting Friday.

  

One Lebanon teacher's quick decision could be the reason a Mt. Juliet man is alive.

  

City Council has approved a pay plan under which most non-union employees will receive a 1.5 percent raise next year.

  

A meeting devoted to tackling trade ties between Lebanon and Iraq was held Thursday at the ministerial office of Economy Minister Nicolas Nahhas in presence of Agriculture Minister Hussein Hajj Hasan and Iraqi Ambassador to Lebanon...

  

As the uprising in Syria rages on, political divisions deepen in Lebanon. Annasofie Flamand While the uprising in Syria rages on in its fifth month, neighboring Lebanon is witnessing a deepening of the dangerous political split between the pro-Syrian Hezbollah-led March 8 coalition and the pro-West March 14 alliance. According to the Lebanese English-language Daily Star the March 14 alliance has ...

  

BEIRUT - The Syrian army shot dead at least five people in a western town near the Lebanese border Thursday and stormed a northwestern town near Turkey's border, activists said.

  

BEIRUT - A bomb went off in a north Beirut suburb Thursday, killing two people and damaging several cars, including one belonging to a judge, security officials said. It was not immediately clear if the bomb in the busy suburb of Antelias went off by mistake or whether it had a timer, the security officials said. They spoke on condition of anonymity, in line with regulations. The explosion in ...

  

BEIRUT - A bomb went off in a north Beirut suburb Thursday, killing two people and damaging several cars, including one belonging to a judge, security officials said.

  

A bomb went off in a north Beirut suburb Thursday, killing two people and damaging several cars, including one belonging to a judge, security officials said.

  

The head of the UN-backed tribunal probing the 2005 death of former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq Hariri, on Thursday urged four Hezbollah members wanted in the case to appear before the court.

  

A bomb went off in a north Beirut suburb Thursday, killing one person and wounding another, security officials said.

  

BEIRUT - A bomb went off in a north Beirut suburb Thursday, killing one person and wounding another, security officials said.

  

Beirut, Aug 11 (Reuters) - Two people were killed on Thursday when a hand grenade exploded in Beirut near a car belonging to the son of a Lebanese judge, security sources said.

  

BEIRUT - Lebanese security officials say a bomb has gone off north of Beirut, and health officials said two people were wounded in the blast. The security officials said it was not immediately clear if Thursday's explosion was a roadside bomb or a hand grenade.

  

Blast north of Lebanese capital kills at least two people, according to police official and local media reports.

  

A blast ripped through a parking lot in a Christian suburb of Beirut on Thursday, killing two people, a security official told AFP.

  

Following are summaries of some of the main stories in a selection of Lebanese newspapers Thursday. The Daily Star cannot vouch for the accuracy of these reports.

  

Lebanon teacher Brian Black helped rescue a 20-year-old man who crashed his truck on train tracks while suffering from a seizure.

  

Don't worry, we won't be bowing to Lebanese overlords anytime soon. The band Beirut is actually based out of New Mexico and headed to Vancouver, BC tonight and Portland, OR tomorrow. Led by singer Zach Condon, whom also tinkers on the trumpet and ukulele, Beirut creates an off-kilter sound which on first listen seems like it shouldn't work but it just does. There's some kind of special something ...

  

From the casual dip in the lake to the competitive staging lanes, swimmers of all types often get their start with lessons.

  

BEIRUT?As Syria's crackdown on protesters gets bloodier, it is having repercussions for one of Damascus' most crucial allies, eroding the reputation of the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah.

  

American indie band Beirut, fronted by Zachary Francis Condon, debut in The Hype Machine's most blogged artists chart on August 10 with the release of their third album, The Rip Tide. Also back in the blogosphere are rap titans Jay-Z and Kanye West, who dropped their much-anticipated joint effort Watch the Throne.

  

Lebanon cannot afford to take sides in any country's internal affairs, Prime Minister Najib Mikati says.

  

Following are summaries of some of the main stories in a selection of Lebanese newspapers Wednesday.

  

The steep U.S. economic and financial crisis which caused stocks around the world to tumble will have no dire effects on the Lebanese economy and capital market...

  

Lebanon informed the U.N.-backed court investigating the 2005 assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri Tuesday that it has so far failed to arrest four Hezbollah members accused of involvement in the killing...

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Aug. 9 (UPI) -- None of the suspects sought in the 2005 slaying of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri have been detained, Beirut told a special tribunal Tuesday.

  

The UN-backed tribunal investigating the 2005 killing of Lebanese ex-premier Rafiq Hariri said it had been told Tuesday that none of the Hezbollah members it had identified as suspects has been arrested.

  

Beirut took in an overwhelming majority of tourist receipts during this year's first quarter, a report by the Global Blue tax refund group showed.

  

Lebanon has failed to detain four Hezbollah suspects indicted in the 2005 assassination for former statesman Rafik Hariri, the Special Tribunal for Lebanon announced Tuesday.

  

Prime Minister has called for strengthening Lebanese unity in light of the very serious situation prevailing in the Arab world.

  

Lebanon: Figures released by STR Global have shown that the occupancy rate at hotels in the Lebanese capital Beirut has dropped 64.5% during the first half of the current year, the Daily Star has reported. Occupancy rates have been below last year's throughout 2011. Ernst and Young's benchmark survey of the Middle East hotel sector reported in May the average occupancy rate at hotels in Beirut was 50 percent in the first four months of 2011. However, occupancy rates for June saw a much less steep decline, at 4.5% year-on-year. Revenue per available room declined by 15.1% for the month, to $136. [AMEInfo.com]

  

What do overly loud Australian fireworks, a shooting in California, and roadworks in England have in common' Well, according to concerned local residents, they all leave the neighborhood looking like Beirut.

  

Around 800 protesters met in Martyrs Square Monday night to demonstrate against the government of Syrian President Bashar Assad, and a large police presence helped contain smaller rival pro-Assad demonstrations which broke later in the evening.

  

Lebanese security forces could neither confirm nor deny reports of the smuggling of weapons from Lebanon to Syria, a security source told The Daily Star Monday.

  

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BEIRUT - Lebanon's ex-premier Saad Hariri on Monday urged his country to denounce the 'massacre' taking place in Syria, saying it should not remain silent in the face of the brutal crackdown against pro-democracy protests.

  

BEIRUT?Syria's state-run news agency says the country's defense minister has been replaced by the army chief of staff.

  

Beirut hotel industry experiences a downfall this year with a 64.5 percent decline in occupancy rate for the first six months of 2011, according to figures released by STR Global.

  

Syria's customs department in Homs has seized a truck smuggling a large shipment of firearms and ammunition amid an escalating unrest in the country.

  

BEIRUT: Figures released by the International Telecommunication Union indicate Lebanon ranked in 100th place among 222 countries at the end of 2010 in terms of fixed broadband penetration, which is the number of subscribers to the service per 100 inhabitants.

  

Lebanon: Lebanon's Rafik Hariri International Airport witnessed a 50% drop in passenger traffic during the first week of August compared to the same period last month, as the holy month of Ramadan and unrest in Syria playing a key role in the fall, Daily Star has reported. Official figures have shown that air passenger traffic to the small Mediterranean country fell in the first week of August from a daily average of 15,000 to 7,000, 50% less than traffic recorded for the same period in the month of July. [AMEInfo.com]

  

In its heyday, Lebanon was known as the Switzerland of the Middle East, but the similarities between the two countries today go beyond picturesque mountains and a tradition of discreet banking policies...

  

Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour reiterated Lebanon's rejection of interference in the affairs of neighboring Syria during talks with President Bashar Assad Sunday...

  

Lebanon's share of gas in the Middle East is valued at $4 billion annually, Professor Nabil Khalifeh, a geopolitics analyst, said Friday.

  

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syria on Sunday dismissed Turkish and Gulf Arab criticism of its crackdown on a five-month uprising against President Bashar al-Assad, saying such rebukes ignored violence by armed groups against the state.

  

Six Israeli planes violated Lebanese airspace Saturday, reported Lebanon's National News Agency.

  

Celebrate the rich tradition of Lebanese-Americans with food, dance and more at the 34th annual Lebanese Heritage Day event in Easton.

  

One person was killed and eight others wounded in Lebanon's notorious Ain al-Helweh Palestinian refugee camp on Saturday when armed clashes erupted between rival factions, an official in the camp said.

  

Lebanon is set to recognize the Palestinian state, various media reports said Saturday, adding that President Mahmoud Abbas will visit the country in mid-August.

  

Lebanon: Lebanese legislators have approved capital market and insider trading laws aimed at revitalising the financial market, The Daily Star has reported. According to the new law, an independent body, 'The National Council for Financial Markets in Lebanon,' is to be set up to regulate and supervise capital markets. It would organise, regulate and control these markets, the participants and the trading of securities. [AMEInfo.com]

  

Divisions between the March 8 and March 14 coalitions reflect clearly on their positions on demonstrations and sit-ins in support of Damascus...

  

LEBANON - Gregg Clark and Kenny Hart's reunion is giving both men cause to sing the blues.Clark and Hart are reuniting their old group, the Royal Blues Band, for the Lebanon Blues Festival after three years apart. The duo performed throughout the area for more than 12 years before an illness of Clark's and work commitments for Hart forced them to go their separate ways.

  

Lebanon must now claim some responsibility for violence in Syria, after it distanced itself from a U.N. Security Council condemnation of the violent crackdown in the country, MP Mohammed Kabarra said.

  

Firefighters battle huge blaze that broke out at an apartment building in Beirut Friday morning.

  

If residents like what they have been getting from the academically top-ranked Lebanon Schools, they will have to help pay more to fund them, school officials said Thursday.

  

Lebanon's Parliament approved Thursday the long awaited capital market and insider trading laws that are seen as crucial to revitalizing the financial market.

  

The Cabinet meets at the Grand Serail Monday to discuss the remaining items on its agenda left from last week's session, except for one item which Interior Minister Marwan Charbel had demanded be withdrawn from the agenda.

  

BEIRUT - Lebanon's lower house of parliament approved on Thursday a proposed law on the demarcation of the country's maritime boundary, amid fears of conflict with Israel over an area potentially rich in gas.

  

The government should ban the Baath Party given its refusal to recognize Lebanon as a nation state and the violence carried out by the Syrian authorities against protesters, Elie Mahfouz, a member of the March 14 forces and head of the Change Movement, said.

  

Fire breaks out at an office building in Beirut, a security source said.

  

Following are summaries of some of the main stories in a selection of Lebanese newspapers Thursday.

  

The March 14 alliance and civil society groups condemned the Syrian regime's violent crackdown against opposition groups Wednesday, warning against similar moves in Lebanon to target supporters of the popular uprising in Syria.

  

Without land, there is no economic development, no Lowe's Distribution Center, no medical school.

  

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The U.N.-backed Lebanon tribunal's prosecutor said he is studying documents and a video provided by the Shi'ite militant group Hezbollah, some of whose members are accused of killing former prime minister Rafik al-Hariri.

  

Lebanon has submitted a complaint to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) over Israel's violation of the Lebanese sovereignty.

  

Dutchman Robert Mink Kok, 50, along with three others is being held by the Internal Security Forces for the possession of 53 kilograms of cocaine, in one of Lebanon's largest drug busts in more than a year.

  

A dispute between Lebanon and Israel over their maritime boundary has heated up and sparked fears of conflict over an area potentially rich in gas.

  

The Lebanese Army announced that the national territory adjacent to the border with Israel near the gate, 'Fatima?, a 'closed military zone.?

  

BEIRUT: A dispute between Lebanon and Israel over their maritime boundary has heated up and sparked fears of conflict as both countries move to assert sovereignty over an area potentially rich in gas.

  

Nine members of Lebanon's national police force are scheduled to visit Park City over the weekend to observe the local authorities as they protect

  

The goal: food that nourishes the body and soul. The secret ingredient: chefs who absolutely love to cook.The Good Food Collective, based out of Zico House's Caf Awwal in Sanayeh...

  

Lebanon will file a complaint on Wednesday against Israel at the United Nations after the troops of both countries exchanged fire along their common border earlier this week, Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour said in a statement on Tuesday. "Lebanon will file a complaint tomorrow [Wednesday] against Israel through the Lebanese commission to the United Nations (UN), at the backdrop of resolution ...

  

Some 100 people gathered in Beirut in Lebanon last week for the week-long Viva Palestina Summer University. Its subject was 'the new Middle East?people power, democracy and Palestine?.

  

The City of Lebanon has decided to close Coleman Park and the Lauther Memorial Water Complex today. Officials decided to close the areas due to a loss of power and downed electric lines caused by Monday afternoon's storms. The areas will be reopened once power is restored.

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Aug. 2 (UPI) -- U.N. officials warned Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati that border skirmishes with Israel would easily escalate into full blown war.

  

BEIRUT, Aug 2 (Bernama) -- Lebanon's Prime Minister Najib Mikati expressed fear on Tuesday over the ongoing Israeli violations of Lebanese sovereignty, urging the United Nations to demand Israel to implement the UN Security Council Resolution 1701, China's Xinhua news agency reported.

  

BEIRUT (MainStreet) -- When Air France begins flying from its new Marseilles hub to Beirut in October, it will hopefully be a much-needed tourism boost for the city sometimes dubbed the "Paris of the Middle East." Despite an increase in the total number of visitors over the past year, hotel bookings and room rates are down for 2011, with the Association of Hotel Owners citing an occupancy rate ...

  

BEIRUT - BEIRUT -- After killing nearly 100 people in two days, Syrian troops tightened their siege on the city of Hama Tuesday by taking up positions near homes and sending residents fleeing for their lives.

  

An anesthesiologist was found dead Tuesday in a hospital toilet in Beirut, a security source told The Daily Star.

  

Lebanon: According to Lebanon This Week, the economic publication of the Byblos Bank Group, the total net profits by five Lebanese lenders listed on the Beirut Stock Exchange have increased 8.3% to $480.2m in the first half of 2011, compared with $443.3m in the same period last year, The Daily Star has reported. Byblos Bank posted the highest growth in profits, assets and deposits among the top three banks. The average growth of the net profits of the five banks reached 6.5% in the first half of 2011, down from the average growth in net profits of 23.2% posted in the first half of 2010. [AMEInfo.com]

  

Following are summaries of some of the main stories in a selection of Lebanese newspapers Tuesday.

  

A Filipina saleswoman and a Lebanese waiter are now in hot water after they were caught having consensual sex at a public beach in the United Arab Emirates.

  

By Heather Turner LEBANON, Ore. -- A Lebanon toddler is lucky to be alive after surviving a fall from a window three stories up. Lebanon fire crews say at about 6:30 Sunday night the two-and-a-half-year-old boy fell through a window screen. But luckily, his fall was cushioned by landscaping and shrubs. He was taken to a nearby hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. "This baby is extremely ...

  

Financial results issued by five banks listed on the Beirut Stock Exchange show that their total net profits reached $480.2 million in the first half of 2011...

  

A Lebanon man who police had been tracking for weeks was captured Sunday night. Joshua L. Bishop, 32, was arrested Sunday around 9:30 pm after a vehicle pursuit ended in a crash, according to a... Read more at www.WISHTV.com

  

A Lebanese pressure group has called for the country's authorities to take action against a Lebanese belly-dancer who performed on stage in France with an Israeli band.

  

Israeli and Lebanese troops briefly exchanged fire Monday on the countries' border.

  

Spokesman for the UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon says the incident happened in the Wazzani area

  

ISRAELI and Lebanese troops have exchanged fire on their border, with the two armies trading accusations on why the shooting occurred.

  

Israeli and Lebanese troops exchanged fire on their often tense border on Monday morning, officials on both sides said, with the two armies trading accusations on why the shooting incident occurred.

  

Israeli and Lebanese forces traded fire Monday, with each blaming the other for the exchange.

  

Officials say Israeli and Lebanese troops have exchanged fire on the countries' border, but report no casualties.

  

Israeli troops say they opened fire across the border with Lebanon at a soldier who shot at them.

  

Israeli troops trade fire with the Lebanese Army after crossing the Blue Line into south Lebanon, military source tells The Daily Star.