Syria is unwilling to put pressure on its Lebanon allies in the crisis that has left it without a president for over a month, Information Minister Mohsen Bilal said in comments published on Monday.

France is breaking off diplomatic contacts with Syria amid tensions over Lebanon's presidential election.French President Nicolas Sarkozy Monday said the links would be restored only if Syria could prove it was not trying to manipulate the vote.Sarkozy told reporters in Egypt Syria has to stop talking and start demonstrating it is not meddling in the Lebanese election, Euronews.net said.Lebanon ...

A report by Israel's parliamentary committee has placed responsibility on the Israeli military for failures in the 2006 July war against Lebanon's Hezbollah fighters.

Information minister says the Elysee has twice contacted Syrian FM despite Sarkozy?s threat.

Israeli soldiers walk back to northern Israel from south Lebanon in August 2006. A report by an Israeli parliamentary committee has placed responsibility for failures of last year's war against the Lebanese Hezbollah militia on the military.

How do you evaluate Lebanese-Yemeni relations, and what is being done to strengthen them? We can say that since the dawn of history, relations between the North and the South of the Arab region have been very cordial, regardless of any political barriers.

Iran - Lebanon - Al Hoss Lebanese former Prime Minister Salim al-Hoss said Monday that Iran never poses a threat to the Arab states of the Persian Gulf.

A report by an Israeli parliamentary committee on Monday placed responsibility for failures of last year's war against the Lebanese Hezbollah militia on the military.

BEIRUT (AFP)--Syria is unwilling to put pressure on its Lebanon allies in the crisis that has left it without a president for over a month, Information Minister Mohsen Bilal said in comments published Monday.

According to the London daily Elaph, Elissa has been accused of copying the cover of Lebanese singer Dareen Al Hashiti?s album. Elissa appears on the cover of her new album ?Ayami Beek? (My Days with You) in a very similar image to that of Dareen?s album cover released months ago.

Through hunger strikes and protests, militant inmates in Morocco have won perks ? including use of the conjugal rooms ? that make them the envy of the other inmates.

Through hunger strikes and protests, militant inmates in Morocco have won perks including use of the conjugal rooms that make them the envy of the other inmates.

Nicolas Sarkozy, the French president, has told staff to suspend diplomatic contacts with Syria until Paris has proof that Damascus is working for a consensus president in Lebanon.

What may seem elementary in the West is still catching on in much of the Arab world. But blogging is definitely becoming the medium of choice.

France will have no more contact with Syria until Damascus shows willingness to let Lebanon end its long-running political crisis...

Over the six trading days during the past two holiday weeks, the Beirut Stock Exchange (BSE) mirrored fluctuations on the political scene, as the BLOM stock index increased to 1543.72 on the December 18 only to retreat to 1501.767 on Friday, registering a decline of 0.35 percent from its December 14 close.

Politically, 2007 was a year of intense activity in Lebanon, but with few tangible results. It was a year of looming constitutional vacuums, incessant political bickering, and near total legislative inertia, as the doors of Parliament remained shut, and the country was left without a head of state, just a Cabinet whose own legitimacy was questioned.

President Nicolas Sarkozy of France said Sunday that Paris would suspend diplomatic contacts with Syria until Damascus showed its willingness to let Lebanon elect a new president.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy has said that his country will halt talks with Syria until Damascus shows its willingness to let Lebanon elect a new president. Sarkozy made the announcement at a press conference in Cairo after meeting with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.

France to boycott Syria over Lebanon crisis

French President Nicolas Sarkozy sought to reassure Arab states concerned about his strong ties with Israel by asking Israel to make peace gestures, while taking a tough stance with Syria.

Cairo - France will not pursue discussions with Damascus unless it is given proof of Syria's readiness to let Lebanon choose a president by consensus, French President Nicolas Sarkozy told the press on Sunday. We will have no more contact with the...

Mass murderer Osama Bin Laden threatened Saturday to expand his holy war to Israel - vowing "blood for blood, destruction for destruction." The chilling threat came in a 56-minute audiotape posted on the Internet.

The staff at the Lebanon Public Library is excited about a new acquisition, a purchase that for once isn't a page turner. In honor of its 100th anniversary, the library will erect a special stained glass mural to honor its centennial.

LEBANON - Lebanon police have identified a bicyclist who was hit and killed by a freight train Friday as he crossed railroad tracks on Seventh Street.

TYRE, Lebanon (AFP) A Hamas member was fighting for his life after he was stabbed in the head on Saturday at the Rashidieh refugee camp in Lebanon in an attack which the Palestinian Islamist group blamed on rivals Fatah.

The television show ?Waqif Ya Zaman? (Stop the Time), aired on the Lebanese ?Future Channel,? is being filmed with a number of celebrities. Iraqi singer Majid Al-Muhandis will appear as this week?s guest.

Lebanese singer Faris Karam hosted a benefit concert for child cancer patients at the American University in Beirut. The number audiences that attended exceeded all expectations, making the performance significantly successful.

The body of the Sri Lankan housemaid Devika Muthulingam (38), which was found near a roadside in Beirut, Lebanon last week will be brought to Sri Lanka after obtaining the relevant contact details of her family members here, Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE), Foreign Relations Manager L. K. Ruhunage said.

BEIRUT, Dec 28, 2007 (AFP) - Lebanon's Parliament speaker Nabih Berri has postponed a parliament session to vote for a new president to January 12, his office announced Friday.

BEIRUT: Lebanese Forces (LF) boss Samir Geagea said Thursday the opposition was "intentionally" trying to obstruct the elections in order to restore Syrian influence over Lebanon. "Hizbullah wants to revive Syrian influence in Lebanon because it has a plan that needs a cover ...

MIDDLETOWN ? Fenwick finally found an offensive spark in the third period and rode it to a 38-30 win Friday over Lebanon in the third of four first-round games at the Miami University Middletown Holiday Tournament.

Dave Roberts LEBANON - The sixth-seeded Richland High School girls? basketball team opened play in the 12-team Lebanon Tournament by beating 11th-seeded Bakersfield 75-51 Wednesday.

BEIRUT ? A parliamentary session to elect Lebanon?s president has been postponed for the 11th time, with feuding factions deadlocked over a constitutional amendment and the shape of a future government.

Lebanon's Parliament speaker Nabih Berri, seen here in 2006, has postponed a parliament session to vote for a new president to 12 January 2007, his office announced Friday.

Lebanon's presidential election scheduled for this Saturday has been postponed.

The Lebanese Option Group on Friday held the opposition responsible for the power vacuum in Lebanon. "It is by now quite clear that the opposition is hindering all attempts to elect a new head of state," a statement issued following the group's weekly meeting said.

Rather than compile a list of the year's best music as heard in and from Beirut, it might be more appropriate to run through all the cancellations that dented a sizable chip on Lebanon's cultural shoulder this year. For the second year in a row, the music festivals in Baalbek and Beiteddine were shelved.

BEIRUT - Lebanon's presidential election was postponed to January 12 from Saturday, the parliament speaker said on Friday, prolonging a power vacuum that threatens to further destabilise the country.

Lebanon's parliament speaker Nabih Berri has postponed a parliament session to vote for a new president to January 12, his office announced Friday.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's presidential election was postponed to January 12 from Saturday, the parliament speaker said on Friday, prolonging a power vacuum that threatens to further destabilise the country.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's presidential election was postponed to January 12 from Saturday, the parliament speaker said on Friday, prolonging a power vacuum that threatens to further destabilize the country.

A cardiology physician group in Lebanon is joining Saint Thomas Heart, the state's largest private cardiology practice.

Lebanon's presidential election was postponed to January 12 from Saturday, the parliament speaker said on Friday, prolonging a power vacuum that threatens to further destabilize the country.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's presidential election has been postponed from Saturday until the end of next week, a senior political source said on Friday, prolonging a power vacuum that threatens to further destabilise the country.

Beirut, December 28, 2007 (WAFA) - Most of the children from the heavily damaged Nahr El Bared camp in Lebanon have already been able to return to school thanks to a donation of US$ 1.277 million made by Dubai Cares, said UNRWA.

Thursday's assassination of Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto left the impression that Pakistan was becoming like Lebanon, where politicians opposed to the system were simply blown up and killed.

Lebanon's presidential election has been postponed until the end of next week, a senior political source said on Friday, announcing the 11th delay to a vote first due to have been held more than three months ago.

BEIRUT - Lebanon's presidential election will be delayed until "the end of next week", a senior political source said on Friday.

The presidential election in Lebanon has been delayed for the eleventh time, and will only take place in Beirut in early January.

Source: IRIN Israel's military advocate-general, Brig-Gen Avihai Mendelblit, has said the military's use of cluster munitions during the conflict in Lebanon in 2006 was in accordance with international humanitarian law. Human rights groups and the UN had previously condemned the use of the bombs.

Beirut - Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Seniora denounced Friday the assassination of Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, desrcibing the attack as an ugly crime. I want to express my shock and sorrow for the loss of pro- democracy icon who w...

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's presidential election will be delayed until "the end of next week", a senior political source said on Friday.

BEIRUT - Lebanon's presidential election will be delayed until "the end of next week", a senior political source said on Friday, in what would be the eleventh delay to a vote first scheduled to take place more than three months ago.

Lebanon's presidential election has been postponed until the end of next week, a senior political source said on Friday, announcing the 11th delay to a vote first due to have been held more than three months ago.

Lebanon's presidential election will be delayed until "the end of next week", a senior political source said on Friday.

A Lebanon resident Thursday declared his candidacy for the 2nd Congressional District on the Green Party ticket, saying he is an alternative to established political parties.

HOLYOKE - In the last 40 years, Rick Golas' journey has taken him from Springfield College to Beirut, Lebanon, Maryland, and finally Holyoke Community College.

BEIRUT: The March 14 coalition delivered to Parliament Thursday a petition signed by 13 MPs calling for an emergency session to discuss and ratify an amendment to Article 49 of the Lebanese Constitution.

The staff at the Lebanon Public Library is excited about a new acquisition, a purchase that for once isn't a page turner. In honor of its 100th anniversary, the library will erect a special stained glass mural to honor its centennial.

Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Butros Sfeir said on Thursday that all Lebanese must work to sow peace and tranquility, while calling on citizens to overcome all of the difficulties they are facing. Sfeir's comments were made during a meeting with a delegation from the diocese of Tyre, who offered Christmas greetings to the patriarch.

Almost a year and a half has passed since Israeli warplanes bombed the Jiyyeh power plant on the Mediterranean coast south of Beirut, and yet the ongoing clean-up of the ensuing oil spill still provokes almost endless recrimination. Accusations continued to fly this year over last winter's first phase of the clean-up.

For the contemporary art scene in Beirut, 2006 was a tough year, as it was for nearly every other sector in the country, creative industries and otherwise. Twelve months ago, few might have guessed that 2007 would be worse. But it was. The opposition protests in Downtown Beirut turned epic. Riots broke out on Black Tuesday.

Lebanese MPs from the ruling majority are to submit a petition seeking a constitutional amendment that would enable the election of army chief Michel Sleiman (seen here in October 2007) as president to end a month-long political vacuum, an MP said.

Damascus heads into a new year as the cultural capital of the Arab world for 2008, hosting a year-long series of theatrical and musical events, along with talks by renowned intellectuals.

Ruling majority submits petition for constitutional amendment to enable election of army chief as president.

Beirut - Lebanon's anti-Syrian MPs were set Thursday to submit a petition to seek a constitutional amendment that would allow the election of army chief Michel Suleiman as president. According to the Lebanese constitution the petition should be signe...

Lebanese MPs from the ruling majority are to submit a petition on Thursday seeking a constitutional amendment that would enable the election of army chief Michel Sleiman as president to end a month-long political vacuum, an MP said.

BEIRUT (AFP)--Lebanese lawmakers from the ruling majority are to submit a petition on Thursday seeking a constitutional amendment that would enable the election of army chief Michel Suleiman as president to end a month-long political vacuum, a lawmaker said.

Iranian officials said Wednesday that they have signed a contract to buy an advanced Russian anti-aircraft system, a move that could complicate...

Abu Dhabi, Dec 27 - The Arab Monetary Fund (AMF) will extend to Lebanon two loans worth $75 million to aid financial reforms in the strife-torn country, WAM news agency reported Thursday.

WOODLAND - Lebanon Lakes Volunteer Fire Company plans to purchase 25 new fire suits and additional equipment for its firefighters with the help of a federal grant.

Tushar Bhaduri New Delhi, Dec 27 (PTI) With an eye on the 2008 Beijing Olympics, India's top athletes impressed at various continental events in the year which also saw many new faces coming

Tushar Bhaduri New Delhi, Dec 27 (PTI) With an eye on the 2008 Beijing Olympics, India's top athletes impressed at various continental events in the year which also saw many new faces coming into limelight.

This is the first in a four-part series detailing the risks to American national security if Barack Obama (or Hillary Clinton) should ever choose to let Richard Clarke back into government.

BEIRUT: A Gulf oil boom will help Lebanon?s economy grow by at least 2.5% next year but the country?s full potential remains far from tapped because of political instability, the finance minister has said.

A one-day public lecture, aimed at highlighting breakthroughs in the management of Parkinson?s Syndrome will hold tomorrow in Port Harcourt.

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, seen here on 23 December 2007, does not intend to step down after the full report by a commission of inquiry into the 2006 Lebanon war is published, an MP said on Wednesday the premier told her.

More than three months after the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) wiped out Fatah al-Islam at the Nahr al-bared Palestinian refugee camp near Tripoli, the whereabouts and true allegiances of the militants group's founder and leader Shaker al-Abssi remain a mystery. LAF sources have said Abssi escaped from Nahr al-Bared.

Qatar Telecommunications Co. (Qtel) announced on Wednesday that it would bid for a stake in one of two Lebanese mobile phone firms as part of the former monopoly operator's plans to expand in the Middle East and Asia. But despite the apparent interest in Lebanon's telecom sector, many local NGOs and consumer groups voiced reservations.

The eleventh parliamentary session to elect a new president in Lebanon looks likely to be postponed until January next year, with the opposition rejecting the Cabinet's recent passage of a draft bill to amend the Constitution and calling the move a provocation. MP Ali Bazzi from Speaker Nabih Berri's Development and Liberation bloc, said.

Lebanon limps into 2008 after a year of damaging political turmoil and assassinations that have dampened the economy and left the presidency vacant for weeks. The year ended as it started, with the Western-backed ruling coalition and the opposition, backed by Syria and Iran, locked in a bitter standoff.

The layers of treachery are thick in Margaret Lowrie Robertson's gripping debut novel "Season of Betrayal" (Harcourt, $14). Lara McCauley reluctantly follows her boorish correspondent husband, Mac, to Lebanon in 1983, where he is to cover the civil war. Bored and unhappy, she forms a friendship with Thomas, a mysterious Polish journalist rumored to be a spy.

The Lebanon High School women's basketball team outdid class 4A Sweet Home 61-23 in a non-league contest Dec. 18. ?I think they're a team in transition,? said head coach Mardy Benedict of Sweet Home. ?They played hard. They challenged us early in the game.?

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert does not intend to step down after the full report by a commission of inquiry into the 2006 Lebanon war is published, an MP said on Wednesday the premier told her.

Qtel seeks entry into Lebanon's telecom sector

BEIRUT, Dec 26 - Below is a table of the latest Lebanese economic statistics.

This year has been quite grim for Lebanese retailers. As Lebanon's stability was shaken by the July war with Israel in 2006, further problems, including the opposition's permanent protest movement, recent security problems and fighting in Nahr al-Bared, all took a heavy toll on Lebanese companies.

Mid-South Cardiology, a Lebanon-based practice of two cardiologists, is now part of Saint Thomas Heart in the latest affiliation of an independent cardiology practice with a major Nashville area hospital.

BEIRUT (AFP) - The Lebanese opposition on Tuesday rejected as unconstitutional draft legislation drawn up by the government aimed at ending deep divisions over the choice of the country's next president.

BEIRUT, Dec 25, 2007 (AFP) - The Lebanese opposition on Tuesday rejected as unconstitutional draft legislation drawn up by the government aimed at ending deep divisions over the choice of the country's next president.

Iran - FM - Comments Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad-Ali Hosseini on Tuesday commented on latest developments in Lebanon and the reported visit to Iran of French President Nicolas Sarkozy.

BEIRUT: Lebanon?s government drafted yesterday a draft law for a constitutional amendment to elect army chief Michel Suleiman as president in a country which has been without a head of state for a month.

BEIRUT - Lebanon limps into 2008 after a year of damaging political turmoil and assassinations that have dampened the economy and left the presidency vacant for weeks.

The Lebanese government on Monday wrote down a bill amending the constitution that paves the way for electing Army Commander Gen. Michel Suleiman for the president of the country. The government also approved a motion for an extraor ...

Israel's use of cluster bombs during the Second Lebanon War was in accordance with international law, Israeli army's Advocate General Avichai Mendelblit said in a ruling published on Monday. Accordingly, army officers who ordered th ...

A cluster bomb is seen in the yard of a house in the southern Lebanese village of Sultaniyeh in 2006. Israel's use of cluster bombs in last year's war against Hezbollah was legal and conformed to international conventions, a long awaited army investigation said on Monday.

A Spanish UN peacekeeping soldier scans an area in the southern Lebanese village of Debbine during a patrol to search for weapons in July 2007. Syria's secret service has reportedly threatened Spanish soldiers in Lebanon in a bid to block the extradition of suspected arms dealer Monzer Al-Kassar to the United States.

JERUSALEM - Israeli military prosecutors have decided not to take any legal action over Israel's use of cluster bombs during last year's war in Lebanon, the army said Monday, closing an investigation into a practice that has drawn heavy criticism from the United Nations and international human rights groups. Lebanon quickly rejected the decision.

DUBAI, Dec 24 - Emirates Telecommunications Corp said on Monday it was considering a bid to take over one of two Lebanese mobile phone firms that the government has said it wants to sell for as much as $7 billion.

BEIRUT. Lebanon?s government drafted yesterday a draft law for a constitutional amendment to elect army chief Michel Sleiman as president in a country which has been without a head of state for a month.

Dan Halutz, the Israeli army chief who resigned over perceived failures of last year's Lebanon war, was decorated on Monday for his role in the conflict, the army said.

Israel did not break international law with its use of cluster bombs in last year's war in Lebanon, an Israeli army investigation released on Monday said in a finding that ran counter to widespread reports of violations.

BEIRUT - Lebanon's government drafted a law on Monday to amend the constitution to allow the army chief to become president, but the opposition condemned the move and said it would intensify the country's political deadlock.

JERUSALEM - Israeli military prosecutors have concluded that the country's use of cluster bombs during last year's war in Lebanon was legal under international law, military officials said Monday.

Lebanon city officials who were told in April that a police officer fired shots while on duty, apparently wounding a woman during a car chase and missing her infant child by inches, decided not to publicly disclose the shooting, the Lebanon Daily Record has reported. City Administrator Joe Knapp and Police Chief Sam Mustard last week acknowledged to a Lebanon reporter that the city's official ...

JERUSALEM (AP)--Israeli military prosecutors have decided not to take any legal action over Israel's use of cluster bombs during last year's war in Lebanon, the army said Monday, closing an investigation into a practice that has drawn heavy criticism from the U.N. and international human rights groups.

Lebanon's government drafted on Monday a draft law for a constitutional amendment to elect army chief Michel Sleiman as president in a country which has been without a head of state for a month.

How would you describe relations between Lebanon and Indonesia, and between Indonesia and the wider Arab world? Relations between Indonesia and Lebanon are excellent and are indeed at their best. This is because our relations are based on mutual respect and solidarity.

From Beirut to Washington officials insisted that the killing of Brigadier-General Franois el-Hajj, 54, by a car bomb should spur unity among politicians to elect a new president quickly.

Lebanon's government drafted a law on Monday to amend the constitution to allow the army chief to become president, but the opposition condemned the move and said it would intensify the country's political deadlock.

On December 14 we marked the fifteenth anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Ukraine and Lebanon. How do you assess these relations and the paths followed by the two states during this period?

DUBAI, Dec 24 - Emirates Telecommunications Corp said on Monday it was considering a bid to take over one of two Lebanese mobile phone firms that the government has said it wants to sell for as much as $7 billion.

Information minister accuses US of hampering Syrian-French efforts to end Lebanon?s political crisis.

BEIRUT: Local politicians dismissed on Sunday a French offer to host a meeting between Speaker Nabih Berri, parliamentary majority leader MP Saad Hariri and Change and Reform bloc leader MP Michel Aoun. France had made the offer over the weekend to host the inter-Lebanese dialogue in a last-ditch effort to resolve the political crisis and elect a president.

Recently, Lebanese singer/actress Madeline Matar agreed to star in the new film ?Kithbah O Qalibat Jad? (A Lie Became True). The film is directed by Akram Farid and it will be starring Hasan Husni and Majdi Kamel. The film will be produced by Al Sabki production.

Iranian foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said Saturday that since the outbreak of the political deadlock in Lebanon, Iran has voiced its support for national consensus as the only way to put an end to the crisis. He said the atmosphere of understanding forged in the recent weeks among various Lebanese groups to choose.

Local politicians dismissed on Sunday a French offer to host a meeting between Speaker Nabih Berri, parliamentary majority leader MP Saad Hariri and Change and Reform bloc leader MP Michel Aoun. France had made the offer over the weekend to host the inter-Lebanese dialogue in a last-ditch effort to resolve.

Lebanese, both Christian and Muslim, are preparing to celebrate their end of year holidays under the shadow of the country's worst crisis since the 1975-1990 Civil War. As Muslims began celebrating Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of the Sacrifice, and Christians prepared for Christmas, Beirut streets were choked with traffic.

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Iran - Lebanon - FM Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said Saturday that since the outbreak of the current crisis in Lebanon, Iran has voiced its support for national consensus as the only way to come out of the political crisis.

WEST CHESTER? Lebanon won its second straight game since the return of senior Derek Hellemann, holding off Lakota West 71-66 on Saturday night. Hellemann scored a game-high 27 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to lead the Warriors, who improved to 2-4 on the season.

WEST CHESTER? Lebanon won its second straight game since the return of senior Derek Hellemann, holding off Lakota West 71-66 on Saturday night. Hellemann scored a game-high 27 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to lead the Warriors, who improved to 2-4 on the season.

BAHRAIN national soccer team's friendly matches against Lebanon and China have been cancelled, according to Bahrain Football Association general secretary Ahmed Jassim.

President Bush meets with former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri in June 2001 at the White House.

Everyone knows about Columbia's explosiveness. With two of the best scoring guards in the Lancaster-Lebanon League, the Crimson Tide puts up points in bunches. What often gets overlooked is the defense. Columbia is shutting down opponents. That was the case again during its 79-44 ...

A Lebanese commando guards a street in Beirut, 17 December 2007. Lebanon remained in limbo after the 10th postponement of a vote to fill the vacant presidency as the rift widens between the pro-Western ruling parliamentary majority and the Syrian-backed opposition.

The US and France are increasing pressure on Syria to resolve Lebanon's political crisis and facilitate the long-delayed election of a new president, amid growing frustration with Damascus' alleged meddling.

Speaker of Lebanon's parliament postpones presidential election session until December 29.

Lebanon: The American University of Beirut is proud to announce the establishment of the Michael Atiyah Chair in Mathematical Sciences in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, which was made possible by a $2m pledge by The Simons Foundation. [AMEInfo.com]

Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri postponed, until December 29, a session of Parliament to elect Lebanon's next president, his press office announced on Friday evening. The speaker "has decided to postpone until December 29 the session that was scheduled for Saturday," a statement said.

BEIRUT: Hezbollah said yesterday a proposal by US President George W Bush for Lebanon?s Western-backed governing coalition to elect a new president unilaterally was a threat to the country?s stability.

BEIRUT, Lebanon?The militant Hezbollah group denounced US President George W. Bush for urging Lebanon?s anti-Syrian lawmakers to push through their own choice for president if necessary to resolve a long political deadlock.

Lebanese parliament speaker Nabih Berri's office announced on Friday night that the presidential election slated for Saturday was postponed again to Dec. 29, the tenth time in three months. The Parliamentary session for electing a n ...

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Hezbollah said on Friday a proposal by U.S. President George W. Bush for Lebanon's Western-backed governing coalition to elect a new president unilaterally was a threat to the country's stability.

Lebanese foreign minister Fawzi Salloukh on Thursday called for a candid and overall peace in the Middle East and full implementation of the relevant resolutions of the U.N. Security Council. Meeting China's special envoy on Middle ...

BEIRUT (Reuters) - A Lebanese presidential election scheduled for Saturday has been postponed until Dec. 29, the parliament speaker said on Friday, the tenth delay to the vote.

The Presidential election in Lebanon has been postponed for the tenth time.

Beirut ? The Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Al Siniora met here yesterday with Qatar?s Deputy Premier and Minister of Energy and Industry H E Abdullah bin Hamad Al Attiyah, who is currently visiting Beirut. Besides bilateral relations, they had a general discussion of the current situation.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - A Lebanese presidential election scheduled for Saturday has been postponed until December 29, the parliament speaker said on Friday, the tenth delay to the vote.

Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri postponed, until December 29, a session of Parliament to elect Lebanon's next president, his press office announced on Friday evening. The speaker "has decided to postpone until December 29 the session that was scheduled for Saturday," a statement said.

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) -- The militant Hezbollah group denounced President Bush on Friday for urging Lebanon's anti-Syrian lawmakers to push through their own choice for president if necessary to resolve a long political deadlock.

The speaker of Lebanon's parliament has again postponed the presidential election that had been scheduled for Saturday.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Hezbollah said on Friday a proposal by U.S. President George W. Bush for Lebanon's Western-backed governing coalition to elect a new president unilaterally was a threat to the country's stability.

A preliminary hearing set for today in municipal court for a Mt. Lebanon 16-year-old accused of attacking his ex-girlfriend with a hammer before throwing himself in front of a trolley has been postponed until next month.

Beirut - Lebanese parliamentary speaker Nabih Berri, also a member of the country's Hezbollah-led opposition, said Friday that a parliamentary session scheduled for Saturday with the aim of electing a new president had been officially postponed until...

BEIRUT, Lebanon?The militant Hezbollah group denounced President Bush on Friday for urging Lebanon's anti-Syrian lawmakers to push through their own choice for president if necessary to resolve a long political deadlock.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - A Lebanese presidential election scheduled for Saturday has been postponed until December 29, the parliament speaker said on Friday, the tenth delay to the vote.

BEIRUT (AFP)--The speaker of Lebanon's parliament has again postponed, this time until Dec. 29, a session that had been set for Saturday to elect a new president, his office said Friday night.

The militant Hezbollah group denounced President Bush on Friday for urging Lebanon's anti-Syrian lawmakers to push through their own choice for president if necessary to resolve a long political deadlock.

BEIRUT - Hezbollah said on Friday a proposal by U.S. President George W. Bush for Lebanon's Western-backed governing coalition to elect a new president unilaterally was a threat to the country's stability.

Christmas in the Arab World: Hope in Iraq but little stability in Lebanon (AKI) - As Christmas approaches, Lebanese church leaders believe Christians are facing great challenges. They say religious divisions between Christian, Shia and Sunnis are becoming more entrenched and many Christians have begun leaving Beirut. Father Antoine Khadra, president of the Association of Christian ...

Hezbollah said on Friday a proposal by U.S. President George W. Bush for Lebanon's Western-backed governing coalition to elect a new president unilaterally was a threat to the country's stability.

BEIRUT - Lebanon?s parliament is set to meet for a tenth attempt to vote for a president on Saturday, but hopes of a breakthrough seem bleak despite US pressure on Syria to stay out of Lebanese internal affairs.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Hezbollah said on Friday a proposal by President George W. Bush for Lebanon's Western-backed governing coalition to elect a new president unilaterally was a threat to the country's stability.

Lebanon awoke a republic without a president Saturday amid mounting worries over a power vacuum that has intensified the nation's yearlong political turmoil.

The expected delay of Saturday's Lebanese presidential election will be a setback for recent American and French attempts to renew diplomatic ties with Syria, as Presidents Bush and Sarkozy say they have lost patience with the Assad regime and its interference in its neighbor's affairs. On the eve of a Middle East trip that will include his first visit to Israel as president, Mr. Bush yesterday ...

Beirut- The year 2007 in Lebanon ended with a focus on the slogan Wake up, before it happens again : a reference to the Lebanese civil war of 1975-1990 which many fear will be repeated if rival political leaders fail to put aside their differences. ...

Doha ? The Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani received yesterday a telephone call from Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Al Siniora. Over the phone, they exchanged congratulations on advent of the blessed Eid Al Adha.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy has urged Lebanon's parliament to elect a new head of state Saturday to fill the vacant post of president.

August 15, 2006. It was the day after a ceasefire coming into force in the bombed Beirut in Lebanon. For five weeks, Israel had been targeting this part of the city and towns across southern Lebanon in a campaign against Hezbollah militants.

Behind a 31-point effort by Taylor Webster, St. Helens defeated the Lebanon High School men's basketball team 69-51 on Dec. 11. ?We just didn't play with great defensive intensity,? said head coach Kraig Hoene.

These days, the Lebanon boys? basketball team can?t win by simply walking on to the court. But for this current version of the Cedars, that?s really not a problem.

Six games into the season, Lebanon High's girls' basketball team is still searching for its first win.

Syria is working to help resolve Lebanon's presidential crisis, the foreign minister said on Thursday, responding to reports that France's patience was wearing thin with Damascus over a stalled presidential election.

A Lebanon man was airlifted to a Springfield hospital Wednesday after a two-vehicle crash that also resulted in moderate injuries to a Lebanon woman, according to the Missouri HIghway Patrol. Daniel L. Grimes, 49, was flown to St. John's Hospital for treatment of serious injuries after the 4:53 p.m. crash on Missouri 5 eight miles north of Lebanon, while Stephanie L. Cover, 22, was taken to St. ...

TYRE, Lebanon (AFP)--A Lebanese father of three was killed by a cluster bomb dropped by Israeli forces during last year's war in Lebanon, police said Thursday.

The announcement that a wrestler at Mt. Lebanon High School has a suspected case of herpes will not cause any of the team's matches to be canceled or postponed ...

BEIRUT, Lebanon Millions of Muslims across the Middle East on Wednesday marked the first day of Eid al-Adha, the most important holiday in the Islamic calendar, with prayers, family reunions and traditional sweets for the occasion.

"What most Lebanese people want for Christmas is a president," jokes a comedian dressed up as Santa Claus on the stage of an upmarket nightclub in a Christian suburb of Beirut.

JACKSONVILLE, N.C. ? For more than two decades, survivors and families of those who served in Lebanon have asked the U.S. Postal Service to issue a stamp commemorating the Beirut peacekeeping mission.

The Lebanon Post Office in north central South Dakota has been declared a total loss after a pickup slammed into the building

BEIRUT (Reuters) - France's president has told Syria to use its influence to allow the Lebanese presidential election to go ahead on Saturday and suggested his patience with Damascus was wearing thin, a pan-Arab newspaper reported on Wednesday.

IONA ? The South Lebanon Township supervisors last week reviewed plans for improvements to East Walnut Street. The East Walnut Street streetscape project will add sidewalks, curbing and new streetlights to Walnut Street between Fifth and Seventh avenues.

The Gambia is slowly, but surely heading to a full blown political crisis. With little or no natural resources, the nation's main economic nerves are today entrusted to Lebanese Nationals, whose pre-occupation is to milk Gambia's ailing economy before the country would run into a total turmoil.

Lebanon Schools Superintendent Mark North acknowledged that his decision to delay the start of school last Wednesday was made too late, and if he had more time, he would have cancelled school.

BEIRUT (AFP) - Top US envoy David Welch was meeting more Lebanese officials on Wednesday on his second visit in four days to press feuding legislators to elect a new president and end a three-week power vacuum.

BEIRUT (AFP) - The United States and France on Wednesday pressed Lebanon's divided parliament to elect a president to end a three-week vacuum, after nine previous attempts failed plunging the country into disarray.

BEIRUT: A Lebanese man was jailed for 12 years for an aborted plot to bomb German trains that he said was revenge for the Prophet Muhammad cartoons in European newspapers, a judicial source told AFP.

Top US envoy David Welch was meeting more Lebanese officials on Wednesday on his second visit in four days to press feuding legislators to elect a new president and end a three-week power vacuum.

(RTTNews) - A day after Lebanon's deeply divided parliament failed for the ninth time to elect a president, a senior US diplomat made an announced visit to Beirut on Tuesday.

A court convicted a Lebanese man on Tuesday and sentenced him to 12 years in jail for a failed attempt to bomb German trains. Three other defendants were acquitted.

Firefighters battled a blaze in an apartment building at 488 Cambridge Drive in Lebanon early Tuesday evening. Crews were dispatched at about 6 p.m. to the building just off Franklin Road/Ohio 123 and found smoke billowing out of some lower-level windows.

Firefighters battled a blaze in an apartment building at 488 Cambridge Drive in Lebanon early Tuesday evening.

Four families were displaced Tuesday in a Lebanon apartment fire.

LEBANON, N.H. (AP) -- In Lebanon, five people were treated for smoke inhalation after they were forced into below-zero temperatures by a fire in their apartment building early Tuesday.

A court convicted a Lebanese man Tuesday and sentenced him to 12 years in jail in a failed attempt to bomb German trains, judicial officials and the defense lawyer said.

A Beirut court on Tuesday sentenced a Lebanese man to 12 years in prison over a botched plot to bomb commuter trains in Germany, as another Lebanese faced trial in Duesseldorf in the same case. Jihad Hamad, 23, was convicted of attempted murder in connection with the failed July 2006 attack on two trains in Germany.

A delegation from the Union for Lebanon, a new political party, visited the head of the Evangelical Church in Lebanon, Salim Sahyouni, on Wednesday to discuss recent developments on the national scene. In a statement, the union stressed that Lebanon's next president "ought to represent Christians.

BEIRUT - The leader of Lebanon's governing coalition has accused Syria of seeking to drag out the political limbo surrounding the election of a new president.

As a microcosm of the conflicts gripping the Middle East, Lebanon's monthlong standoff over the presidency between a pro-Western alliance and a pro-Syrian coalition is stoking concerns in Israel.

BEIRUT (AFP) - Top US envoy David Welch held talks Tuesday in Lebanon with parliamentary majority leader Saad Hariri in the second meeting in four days to discuss a presidential vacuum in the country, Hariri's office said.

A Beirut court handed two Lebanese men long prison sentences for their roles in a failed bombing plot that targeted two German commuter trains in 2006.

BEIRUT, Dec 18 (Reuters) The leader of Lebanon's governing coalition has accused Syria of seeking to drag out the political limbo surrounding the election of a new president.

Top US envoy David Welch held talks Tuesday in Lebanon with parliamentary majority leader Saad Hariri in the second meeting in four days to discuss a presidential vacuum in the country, Hariri's office said.

Source: Reuters BEIRUT, Dec 18 (Reuters) - Lebanese judicial authorities charged 31 al Qaeda-linked individuals on Tuesday for plotting to attack a church and other religious sites in the Christian town of Zahleh in ...

A Beirut court sentenced a Lebanese man to life in prison and another to 12 years on Tuesday for their roles in a failed attempt to detonate bombs on German trains in 2006.

The leader of Lebanon's governing coalition has accused Syria of seeking to drag out the political limbo surrounding the election of a new president.

BEIRUT - Lebanese judicial authorities charged 31 al Qaeda-linked individuals on Tuesday for plotting to attack a church and other religious sites in the Christian town of Zahleh in the eastern Bekaa Valley.

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) -- A Lebanese man was sentenced to 12 years in jail on Tuesday for last year's failed attempt to bomb German trains but three other defendants were acquitted, judicial officials and the defense lawyer said.

In Lebanon (New Hampshire), five people were treated for smoke inhalation after they were forced into below-zero temperatures by a fire in their apartment building early today.

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) -- A court sentenced a Lebanese man to 12 years in jail Tuesday for last year's failed attempt to bomb German trains and acquitted three other defendants, judicial officials and the defense lawyer said.

Associated Press - December 18, 2007 6:55 AM ET LEBANON, N.H. (AP) - In Lebanon (New Hampshire), five people were treated for smoke inhalation after they were forced into below-zero...

A court sentenced a Lebanese man to 12 years in jail Tuesday for last year's failed attempt to bomb German trains and acquitted three other defendants, judicial officials and the defense lawyer said.

BEIRUT, Lebanon A court sentenced a Lebanese man to 12 years in jail Tuesday for last year's failed attempt to bomb German trains and acquitted three other defendants, judicial officials and the defense lawyer said.

A Beirut court sentenced a Lebanese man to life in prison and another to 12 years on Tuesday for their roles in a failed attempt to detonate bombs on German trains in 2006, judicial sources said.

A BEIRUT court sentenced one Lebanese man to life in prison and another for 12 years today for their roles in a failed attempt to detonate bombs on two trains in Germany in 2006, judicial sources said.

Beirut - A court in Beirut on Tuesday sentenced Lebanese national Jihad Hamad to 12 years' imprisonment for his involvement in an attempt to blow up two trains in Germany in July 2006. Three other suspects on trial in the case were found not guilty a...

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) -- The Syrian-backed opposition boycotted a vote to elect a new Lebanese president Monday, delaying parliament's decision for the ninth time and prolonging a bitter yearlong struggle with the Western-backed government.

BEIRUT, Dec 18 - Below is a table of the latest Lebanese economic statistics.

Source: IRIN Palestinian and Israeli leaders may have agreed at the US-sponsored peace conference in Annapolis on 27 November to work towards a full peace deal by the end of next year, but in the tinderbox refugee camp of Ain Al-Hilweh in Lebanon the lives of 75,000 Palestinians are defined by an intractable issue at the heart of the conflict: the right of Palestinian refugees to return home.

The Lebanon School District is showing a new face to the Web-wandering world.

BEIRUT - LEBANON'S Parliament on Monday postponed a presidential election until Dec 22, the ninth such delay, because rival factions are still arguing over how to share power after the army commander becomes head of state.

The American University of Beirut (AUB) hosted a conference over the weekend to launch a new research forum that aims to study climate change in the Arab world with the aim of improving public policy. The conference, held at College Hall at AUB on Saturday, was led by the director of the Issam Fares Institute for International Affairs and Policy (IFI).

BEIRUT - Lebanon's parliament on Monday postponed a presidential election until December 22, the ninth such delay, because rival factions are still arguing over how to share power after the army commander becomes head of state.

The Syrian-backed opposition have boycotted a vote to elect a new Lebanese president, delaying parliament's decision for the ninth time. The decision prolongs a bitter yearlong struggle with the Western-backed government.

The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) organized a three-session workshop on cultural citizenship at Le Bristol Hotel in Beirut on Monday in the context of preparations for the launching of the National Human Development Report: "Toward a Citizen's State."

Saudi-owned newspapers lashed out at Syrian Vice President Farouk al-Sharaa on Monday over recent remarks he made on the Lebanese presidential election, particularly his claim that Syria's influence in Lebanon "is still strong." The London-based daily Ash-Sharq Al-Awsat said Sharaa "deserves to be called Farouk al-Sharakh," Arabic for "split.

The Syrian-backed opposition boycotted a vote to elect a new Lebanese president Monday, delaying parliament's decision for the ninth time and prolonging a bitter year-long struggle with the Western-backed government.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - A Lebanese presidential election scheduled for Monday was postponed until December 22, the parliament speaker said, delaying the vote for the ninth time.

A Lebanese parliamentary vote scheduled for Monday to elect a new president has been postponed until Saturday. This is the ninth delay since September.

Lebanon: Presidential vote postponed for ninth time (AKI) - The session of Lebanon's parliament scheduled to elect the country's new president was on Monday put back until Saturday, parliament speaker Nabi Berri's (photo) spokesman Mohamed Ballout told reporters.It is the ninth postponement of the vote since September.Frantic last-ditch efforts by the US and other countries failed to ...

BEIRUT, Dec 17 - Below is a table of the latest Lebanese economic statistics.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's parliament on Monday postponed a presidential election until December 22, the ninth such delay, because rival factions are still arguing over how to share power after the army commander becomes head of state.

Beirut - The Lebanese parliament postponed a session for the ninth time on Monday to give more time for leaders to agree on certain undiscussed issues around the long-delayed election of a new president. The session has been postponed until Decemb...

BEIRUT, Lebanon The deeply divided Lebanese parliament failed again to elect a president Monday and voting was postponed until Saturday amid a political impasse that continues to hold up the army chief's election for the post.

Source: Reuters BEIRUT, Dec 17 (Reuters) - A Lebanese presidential election scheduled for Monday was postponed until Dec. 22, the parliament speaker said, in the ninth postponement of the vote. Rival pro- and anti- ...

BEIRUT (Reuters) - A Lebanese presidential election scheduled for Monday was postponed until December 22, the parliament speaker said, in the ninth postponement of the vote.

BEIRUT (AFP)--Lebanon's presidential vote was postponed for a ninth time Monday, to Dec. 22, despite last-ditch international efforts to convince rival parties to strike a deal, the parliament speaker's official announced.

Lebanon's presidential vote was postponed for a ninth time Monday, to December 22, despite last-ditch international efforts to convince rival parties to strike a deal, the parliament speaker announced.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Rival Lebanese leaders engaged in last minute contacts to try and salvage a parliamentary session on Monday which is due to elect the army chief as president.

BEIRUT (AFP) - Lebanese lawmakers on Monday gathered in parliament to elect a new head of state but it was unclear whether the session, the ninth since September, would actually take place because of continued bickering between rival parties.

Source: Reuters LEBANON PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION POSTPONED TO DEC. 22 FROM MONDAY -- SENIOR POLITICAL SOURCE ...

A fresh attempt by the sharply divided parliament to elect a Lebanese president was likely to be postponed for the ninth time Monday amid a political impasse that continues to hold up the army chief's election for the post.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Rival Lebanese leaders tried to salvage a parliamentary session on Monday which is due to elect the army chief as president, a move that could defuse Lebanon's worst political crisis since the 1975-90 civil war.

Lebanese lawmakers on Monday were set to meet in parliament to elect a new head of state but it was unclear whether the session, the ninth attempt since September, would actually take place.

Source: Reuters By Yara Bayoumy BEIRUT, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Rival Lebanese leaders engaged in last minute contacts to try and salvage a parliamentary session on Monday which is due to elect the army chief as ...

A Lebanese film "Taht el Qasef" ("Under the Bombs") directed by Philippe Aractingi won the top prize Saturday at the fourth Dubai international film festival.

A U.S. envoy on Saturday called on Lebanese rival leaders to move swiftly to select a new president for the country. The United States believes that "it is time now to elect a new president," U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Ne ...

Apple and grape-scented tobacco from narguile fills the air at a Lebanese restaurant as conversation about Lebanon's political crisis and presidential election mingles with an Arabic song, a usual scene in every day life. But unlike any other restaurant located in Lebanon, this eatery is in the booming southern Chinese city of Guangzhou.

As in many parts of the world, Christmas in Lebanon is a holiday celebrated by more than just Christians. Regardless of faith and creed, many are drawn to the holiday's more universal qualities - its emphasis on selflessness, amity and family. But this year the Christmas spirit seems to have eluded many Lebanese.

The International Committee of the Red Cross urged Lebanese journalists on Saturday to use their access to the public to speak about humanitarian issues in order to aid the agency's relief efforts. The appeal came during a workshop held at the Beirut Commodore Hotel on Saturday that was attended by journalists.

Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora (R) meets with US Middle East envoy David Welch in Beirut. Western countries pressed bickering Lebanese politicians to finally set aside their differences and fill the vacant presidency on the eve of a new vote in parliament, the ninth since September.

BEIRUT, Lebanon Mohammed, an illegal Iraqi refugee, counts himself lucky. He has managed to find a carpentry job in Lebanon. And even better, his workplace is near his home - meaning he doesn't have to drive to work and risk arrest at one of Beirut's security checkpoints.

A new Arab Advisors' survey of Lebanon's cellular users provides insightful analysis into this idiosyncratic telecom market that is slated for liberalization and privatization. The survey found that 12.8% of Lebanon's GSM users share their phone lines with other members of their families.

John Stewart says that when he took over as chief executive of Bank of New Zealand's parent, National Australia Bank, in 2004 it was like "Beirut on a bad day."

Source: Reuters By Lin Noueihed DUBAI, Dec 16 (Reuters) - "Under the Bombs", a movie about interfaith love during the 2006 war in Lebanon, was named best film in Dubai's awards for Arab cinema, ...

Western countries on Sunday pressed bickering Lebanese politicians to finally set aside their differences and fill the vacant presidency on the eve of a new vote in parliament, the ninth since September.

A movie about interfaith love during the 2006 war in Lebanon, Under the Bombs , has been named best film in Dubai's awards for Arab cinema, in a year when films about conflict abounded.

Lebanon: A new Arab Advisors' major survey of Lebanon's cellular users provides insightful analysis into this idiosyncratic telecom market that is slated for liberalization and privatization. [AMEInfo.com]

The Lebanese film 'Taht el Qasef', which translates as Under the Bombs and was directed by Philippe Aractingi, has scooped the Gold Muhr award at the fourth Dubai International Film Festival, reported the AFP. The film, which focuses on a love affair between a Muslim Shia woman and a Christian man in Lebanon during Israel's attack on the country in 2006, beat two Tunisian movies to the title.

Two days before Lebanon?s parliament meets to pick the army chief as head of state, a US envoy said yesterday the country should hold the vote which has been delayed repeatedly by pro- and anti-Syrian factions.

A Lebanese man will go on trial on Tuesday (local time) charged with attempted murder over a botched bombing plot against commuter trains in Germany.

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) -- A senior U.S. diplomat urged Lebanese legislators to elect a new president during Monday's parliamentary session, as increasing tensions between the majority and the opposition made a vote highly unlikely.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Two days before Lebanon's parliament meets to elect the army chief as president, a U.S. envoy said on Saturday the country should hold the vote which has been postponed repeatedly.

BEIRUT, Lebanon A senior U.S. diplomat urged Lebanese legislators to elect a new president during Monday's parliamentary session, as increasing tensions between the majority and the opposition made a vote highly unlikely.

US President George W Bush is politically and morally responsible toward a small country called Lebanon because he took the initiative to make statement after statement in which he pledged support for this country's path toward independence and democracy and...

A US envoy urged feuding Lebanese politicians on Saturday to elect a new president to restore "dignity" to a position vacant for three weeks, as France warned a vote set for the coming week is the "last chance" to resolve the crisis.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Two days before Lebanon's parliament meets to pick the army chief as head of state, a U.S. envoy said on Saturday the country should hold the vote which has been delayed repeatedly by pro- and anti-Syrian factions.

BEIRUT : A US envoy urged feuding Lebanese politicians on Saturday to elect a new president to restore "dignity" to a position vacant for three weeks, as France warned a vote set for the coming week is the "last chance" to resolve the crisis.

A senior U.S. diplomat has called on Lebanon's feuding politicians to move swiftly to elect a new president. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Near East Affairs David Welch was speaking in Beirut Saturday after a meeting with Maronite Christian Patriarch Nasrallah Sfeir.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Two days before Lebanon's parliament meets to pick the army chief as head of state, a U.S. envoy said on Saturday the country should hold the vote which has been delayed repeatedly by pro- and anti-Syrian factions.

Two days before Lebanon's parliament meets to pick the army chief as head of state, a U.S. envoy said on Saturday the country should hold the vote which has been delayed repeatedly by pro- and anti-Syrian factions.

The United States has joined a growing chorus of international voices who are calling on Lebanon to choose a new president. A US envoy said Lebanon's parliamentarians needed to act quickly and elect a new leader in order to face its many challenges.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon should move swiftly to elect a president, a U.S. envoy said on Saturday, two days before parliament meets to pick the army chief as head of state.

Lebanon should move swiftly to elect a president, a U.S. envoy said on Saturday, two days before parliament meets to pick the army chief as head of state.

LEBANON ? The city of Lebanon?s Building Division will begin a new program of returning to property owners residential building plans that had been submitted for permit approval.

Lebanon bid farewell on Friday to a senior army commander whose killing has further destabilised the country, still struggling to fill a three-week presidential void.

A mournful farewell Friday to a top general killed in a car bombing prompted calls for Lebanon's deeply divided politicians to agree on a new president and end the country's worsening political crisis.

HARISA, Lebanon - A mournful farewell Friday to a top general killed in a car bombing prompted calls for Lebanon's deeply divided politicians to agree on a new president and end the country's worsening political crisis.

Speaking after an EU summit in Brussels, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said that Lebanon must choose a new president on Monday. He also warned other countries not to intervene in Lebanon's election process.

Lebanon mourned on Friday as it bid farewell to a senior army commander whose killing has further destabalised the country as it struggles to fill a presidential void.

Lebanese were in mourning Friday as hundreds attended the funeral in Beirut of a top army officer who was assassinated by a car bomb two days earlier.

BEIRUT (AFP) - Lebanon mourned Friday as it bid farewell to a senior army commander whose killing has worsened the political crisis in a country struggling to fill the vacant presidency.

Lebanon's army urged feuding politicians to set aside their differences and resolve the country's political crisis on Friday at the funeral of an assassinated general.

LEBANON has bid farewell to a senior army commander whose killing has worsened the political crisis in a country struggling to fill the vacant presidency.

A memorial service was held Friday in Lebanon for assassinated military official Francoise Al-Hajj as official mourning was declared for the country.A casket holding the body of Hajj, a brigadier who was the commander of the Army Operations Room, was draped in the Lebanese flag and carried from the Military Hospital to the church for the funeral service, KUNA, the Kuwait News Agency, reported ...

Lebanese politicians and military officers bade a mournful farewell to an assassinated general Friday in a funeral that briefly united the deeply divided country.

Lebanon's feuding political leaders joined in Friday's funeral of Brigadier General Francois al-Hajj, who was killed in a car bombing on the outskirts of Beirut two days ago.

LEBANON has bid farewell to a senior army commander whose killing has worsened the political crisis in a country struggling to fill the vacant presidency.

Lebanon's army urged feuding politicians to set aside their differences and strengthen the foundations of the nation on Friday at the funeral of an assassinated general.

The funeral for a top Lebanese army officer has begun outside Beirut as the country observes a day of national mourning. Brigadier General Francois Hajj's coffin was carried to his family home ahead of the funeral. He was killed with his bodyguard by a car bomb on Wednesday.

BEIRUT - Lebanon mourned Friday as it bid farewell to a senior army commander whose killing has worsened the political crisis in a country struggling to fill the vacant presidency.

BEIRUT: Economy and Trade Minister Sami Haddad on Thursday urged Lebanese manufacturers to improve the quality and standard of goods in order to access markets abroad.

Lebanon is observing a day of national mourning as the nation prepares to bury a top army general whose killing has worsened a political crisis. Brigadier General Francois el-Hajj and his bodyguard were killed by a car bomb on Wednesday.

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) -- Army investigators in Lebanon are looking into the possible involvement of al Qaeda-inspired extremists in the bombing that killed a Lebanese general who had led a major offensive against Islamic militants.

BEIRUT, Lebanon, 8:17 p.m. Dec. 13 (AP): Army investigators on Thursday looked into the possible involvement of al-Qaeda-inspired extremists in the bombing that killed a Lebanese general who had led a major offensive against Islamic militants.

American President George Bush has warned Syria against interfering in Lebanon amid an investigation to identify the group responsible for the assassination of a top Beirut general.

U.S. President George W. Bush said Thursday he strongly condemns Lebanon's car bombing attack that killed a Lebanese general on Wednesday. "I strongly condemn yesterday's assassination of Lebanese Brigadier General Francois al-Hajj ...

Tehran - Tehran on Thursday harshly condemned the assassination of Lebanese Brigadier General Francois al-Hajj, state news agency IRNA reported. Foreign Ministry Spokesman Mohammad-Ali Hosseini termed Wednesday's killing as a move to disrupt stabilit...

President Bush has urged Syria to stop interfering in Lebanon, a day after the assassination of a senior Lebanese army officer in a car bombing on the outskirts of Beirut.

Major General Claudio Graziano, commander of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), said on Thursday that the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) "are stronger than ever," adding that UNIFIL and the LAF "are in permanent contact to face dangers."

Source: Reuters UNITED NATIONS, Dec 13 (Reuters) - Lebanon has asked the United Nations to help it investigate a car bomb that killed a top general this week in the latest of a string of political assassinations, the ...

NICOSIA ? Syria is once again under suspicion after the the assassination of a Lebanese Army commander. Lebanese sources said the regime of President Bashar Assad was assumed to have ordered the assassination of Brig. Gen. Francois Haj on Wednesday.

Source: Reuters WASHINGTON, Dec 13 (Reuters) - President George W. Bush on Thursday condemned the assassination of a Lebanese general and warned Syria against interfering in Lebanon. Brig. Gen. Francois al-Hajj, ...

WASHINGTON (AFP)--President George W. Bush Thursday condemned a Beirut car bombing which killed a Lebanese general and demanded that Syria and its allies stop interfering in Lebanon.

President George W. Bush on Thursday condemned the assassination of a Lebanese general and warned Syria against interfering in Lebanon.

Mohamad Bazzi, former Middle East bureau chief for Newsday , says the resolution of Lebanon?s political crisis is not being held up by choosing a new president. That has already been accomplished, with the choice of army commander, General Michel Suleiman.

People in Lebanon have been mourning the military commander killed in a bomb attack that has further destabilised the country.

RAK Airways, UAE's fourth national carrier commences flights to Beirut today.

BEIRUT, Lebanon?A military investigation on Thursday probed the car bombing that killed a candidate to become head of the army who had led the three-month military campaign that crushed al-Qaida-inspired militants.

The plot in Lebanon has thickened, darkened, and turned even bloodier in the wake of yesterday's lethal bomb attack near Beirut that left a top Lebanese army officer dead, along with his bodyguard.

Lebanese soldiers secure the site of an explosion in the Christian town of Baabda, east of Beirut, yesterday.

BEIRUT, Lebanon A powerful car bombing Wednesday killed the likely next head of the army in the first such assassination targeting Lebanon's military, seen by many Lebanese as the only institution keeping the divided nation from breaking apart.

BEIRUT, Lebanon -- A car bomb attack killed one of Lebanon's top generals and his driver Wednesday, putting even more pressure on the country's delicate political situation. The target of the attack,...

A powerful car bombing on Wednesday killed the likely next head of the army in the first such assassination targeting Lebanon's military, seen by many Lebanese as the only institution keeping the divided nation from breaking apart.

Wednesday's deadly bomb attack on a high-ranking general in Lebanon has drawn international condemnation. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has called on the Lebanese people to remain calm after the killing to avoid an escalation of the country's political crisis.

A car bombing near the presidential palace in Beirut on Wednesday killed a top Lebanese army officer. The victim was widely expected to succeed army Chief of Staff Michel Suleiman, who has emerged as the consensus candidate for president after months of political deadlock.

Laudi Hajj, left, the wife of assassinated Brig. Gen. Francois Hajj, head of military operations in the army command, mourns as she is comforted by a relative in a church in the town of Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon Wednesday.

Doha ? Qatar denounced the criminal blast that killed Brigadier General Francois Al-Hajj, head of operations in the Lebanese army and those who were accompanying him.

BEIRUT, 13 December 2007 ? A car bomb killed a Lebanese Army general in a Christian suburb of Beirut yesterday, removing a leading contender to replace military chief Gen. Michel Suleiman who is set to be elected president next week.

Lebanon's main political factions condemn a bomb attack which killed a general slated to become army chief.

A powerful car bombing Wednesday killed the likely next head of the army in the first such assassination targeting Lebanon's military, seen by many Lebanese as the only institution keeping the divided nation from breaking apart.

Today's deadly bombing targeting a top Lebanese army general was a bid by anti-government elements to destabilize the country and delay presidential elections and may be part of a general campaign to intimidate Lebanon's Christian population, former Lebanese president Amin Gemayel told WND during an exclusive interview today.

A Lebanese army general was among at least four people killed yesterday in a car bomb that also injured seven in a Christian suburb on the outskirts of Beirut, a security source said.

Lebanon's main political factions condemn a bomb attack which killed a general slated to become army chief.

One of Lebanon's top military generals and at least two others were killed in a car bombing in a Christian suburb of Beirut, an attack further destabilizing a nation in a deep political crisis.

A car bomb killed a Lebanese army general in a Christian suburb of Beirut, removing a leading contender to replace military chief General Michel Suleiman who is set to be elected president next week.

A car bomb killed a Lebanese army general in a Christian suburb of Beirut, removing a leading contender to replace military chief General Michel Suleiman, who is set to be elected president next week.

A top Lebanese general is killled by a car bomb in Beirut on Wednesday. Two other people were also killed in the attack on Brig. Gen. Francois Hajj, a top Maronite Catholic in the command, military officials and media reports said.

A car bomb attack killed one of Lebanon's top generals and at least two other people Wednesday, the military and state media said, putting even more pressure on the country's delicate political situation. The target of the attack, Brig. Gen. Francois...

The United States on Wednesday issued a firm condemnation of the killing of a top Lebanese army officer, as Lebanon seeks to fill a presidential void.

A senior Lebanese general and at least two other people were killed when a car bomb exploded near the Presidential palace early this morning.

A CAR bomb killed a Lebanese army general in a Christian suburb of Beirut today, removing a leading contender to replace military chief General Michel Suleiman, who is set to be elected president next week.

A car bomb killed a Lebanese army general in a Christian suburb of Beirut on Wednesday, removing a leading contender to replace military chief General Michel Suleiman, who is set to be elected president next week.

A loud explosion rocked a Christian suburb east of Beirut early Wednesday, killing at least four people and injuring dozens, the state-run National News Agency reported.

A car bomb attack in a Christian town in Lebanon killed one of the country's top generals Wednesday, adding to an already tense political situation.

The White House on Wednesday condemned the assassination of a Lebanese general, saying it was a "crucial time" as Lebanon sought to select a new president.

An early morning car bombing killed one of Lebanon's top military generals and at least two others as they drove through a Christian suburb of Beirut, an attack further destabilizing a nation in a deep political crisis.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - A car bomb killed a Lebanese general in a wealthy Christian suburb near Beirut on Wednesday, removing a leading contender to take over as army chief from General Michel Suleiman when he becomes president.

DAMASCUS (AFP)--Syria condemned the assassination of top Lebanese army General Francois Hajj in a car bombing Wednesday and said Israel and its agents in Lebanon were the only party to benefit.

SunGard today announced that BLOM Bank (BLOM), Lebanon's largest bank with over $16bn in total assets, has chosen its BancWare solution for asset ...

A car bomb attack killed one of Lebanon's top military generals and at least two others Wednesday, the military and state media said, putting even more pressure on the country's delicate political situation.

A senior general positioned to become the next leader of Lebanon's army was among five people killed Wednesday when a bomb exploded on the outskirts of Beirut.The state-run Lebanese News Agency said Brig. Gen. Francois al-Hajj and four others were fatally wounded when the roadside bomb detonated in Baabda, a Christian suburb east of Beirut, Aljazeera reported. Dozens more were wounded in the ...

A roadside bomb has killed Lebanese Army Brigadier-General Francois al-Hajj and his driver. Two other people were killed in the blast. Al-Hajj, the Chief of Army Operations, was mooted to assume the post of army commander when the current commander General Michel Suleiman is elected president.

A large explosion rocked a Christian suburb east of Beirut early Wednesday, killing a top military general and three others and wounding dozens, the state-run news agency said.

Leading TV station reports four dead, dozens injured in explosion in Christian eastern suburb of Beirut.

BEIRUT, Lebanon - An early morning car bomb attack killed one of Lebanon's top military generals and at least three others as they drove through a Christian suburb of Beirut, putting even more pressure on the country's delicate political situation, the military and state media said.

An early morning bomb attack killed one of Lebanon's top military generals and at least three others as they drove through a Christian suburb of Beirut, putting even more pressure on the country's delicate political situation, the military and state media said.

BEIRUT, Dec. 12 -- A loud explosion rocked a Christian suburb east of Beirut early Wednesday, killing at least two people and injuring dozens, the state-run news agency and other news media reported.

(RTTNews) - A suspected car bomb in a Lebanese Christian town east of Beirut killed at least four people, including a Lebanese army general, security officials said on Wednesday.

A loud explosion rocked a Christian suburb east of Beirut early Wednesday, killing four people and wounding dozens, the state-run news agency...

At least five people were killed and dozens were wounded in an explosion in a Lebanese Christian town east of Beirut, security sources said.

LEBANON ? Kettering Fairmont High School's Drew Sawyer was too much for Lebanon to handle Tuesday. The 6-foot-5 Firebird posted game-high 28 points and 17 rebounds, including 14 in the fourth quarter as Fairmont held off a furious Lebanon rally to secure a 62-54 win.

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) -- A large explosion rocked a Christian suburb east of Beirut early Wednesday, killing a top military general and three other people, the state-run news agency said.

A loud explosion rocked a Christian suburb east of Beirut early Wednesday, killing at least four people and injuring dozens, the state-run National News Agency reported.

BEIRUT, Lebanon A loud explosion rocked a Christian suburb east of Beirut early Wednesday, killing at least four people and injuring dozens, the state-run National News Agency reported.

At least five people were killed and dozens were wounded in an explosion in a Lebanese Christian town east of Beirut on Wednesday, security sources said.

At least four people were killed and more than 10 wounded in an explosion in a Christian town east of Beirut on Wednesday, security sources said.

An explosion rocked a Christian town east of Beirut on Wednesday, Security sources said.

Marianne Bartley, superintendent of the Lebanon School District, isn't shy about making changes. In 2003, she gained national attention for launching parental assessments. Parents grade themselves in how they assist their children's education.

The External Relations Council of the European Union (EU) and foreign ministers of EU member states expressed concern about the situation in Lebanon in a statement issued after their meeting in Brussels on Monday.

The UN Security Council on Tuesday passed a non-binding resolution expressing "deep concern" at the repeated postponement of the presidential election in Lebanon.

UNITED NATIONS (AFP)--The UN Security Council on Tuesday passed a non-binding resolution expressing "deep concern" at the repeated postponement of the presidential election in Lebanon.

Panelists at the American University of Beirut (AUB) were split among defenders and critics of whether or not the United Nations was complying with international law in Lebanon and the Middle East. Organized by the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs, the panel discussion, entitled "The UN and International Law in Lebanon.

A Lebanon man is sentenced to 12 years in prison and labeled for life as a sexual predator.

Owen Pallett of Final Fantasy and Zach Condon of Beirut are both young, cosmopolitan singer-songwriters whose primary instruments aren't out of rock's typical toolbox.

Beirut - An unidentified assailant late Tuesday threw a sonic grenade in a Christian neighbourhood at the outskirts of Beirut's mainly Shiite southern suburbs, a Lebanese security source said. According to a police report, the grenade - thrown near a...

Beirut - Palestinians went on strike in northern Lebanon Tuesday to protest the delay in efforts to reconstruct the devasated Nahr al-Bared camp, Palestinian sources said. Shops and schools in Beddawi camp, outside the port city of Tripoli, closed do...

A choir of Christians and Muslims sang carols under a Christmas tree in Beirut, a welcome note of good feelings for Lebanese increasingly frustrated with stubborn politicians leading the country to the brink of collapse by refusing to compromise on a president.

Lebanon: Presidential crisis imposed by Syria and Iran, says analyst (AKI) - The escalating political crisis in Lebanon over the election of a new president has been imposed on the country by its neighbours Iran and Syria, according to Lebanese defence and strategic analyst, Kassem M. Jafaar. It is "a crisis imposed from outside", which does not have its roots in Lebanon, but instead ...

Lebanon's presidential election has been moved again from Tuesday to next Monday, the eighth such postponement since September. Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri announced the latest election delay after feuding camps agreed to the nation's army chi...

Lebanon's presidential election has been moved again from Tuesday to next Monday, the eighth such postponement since September.

Beirut - The release of an Iranian and a Lebanese convicted of the murder of four opponents of Tehran in Germany might be a prelude for a new prisoner swap between Israel and the Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah, a western diplomatic source said Tu...

BEIRUT (AFP) - A parliament session on Tuesday to elect the army chief as Lebanon's president was postponed for the eighth time amid a tug-of-war between politicians and fears a vote could be delayed until March.

BEIRUT (AFP) - A session of parliament on Tuesday to elect the army chief as Lebanon's president was postponed for the eighth time amid a tug-of-war between politicians and fears a vote could be delayed until March.

BEIRUT: Im Libanon ist die Wahl eines neues Prsidenten im Parlament erneut verschoben worden. Parlamentsprsident Nabih Berri setzte den kommenden Montag als neuen Termin fest.

Beirut - Lebanon's presidential vote was postponed Tuesday until December 17 to give more time for rival Lebanese leaders to reach a consensus to amend the constitution through the government and elect the country's army chief as president. The sess...

BEIRUT, Dec 11, 2007 (AFP) - A new president is unlikely to be elected before the end of the year or even March because of the continued standoff between pro- and anti-Syrian camps, Lebanese media reported on Tuesday.

(RTTNews) - Lebanon's parliament has again failed to elect a new president forcing speaker Nabih Berri to postpone the parliamentary session for an eighth time, with a new date set for December 17.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - A Lebanese presidential election scheduled for Tuesday was postponed to December 17, the parliament speaker said on Monday, giving rival leaders more time to reach a deal expected to make the army chief president.

UNITED NATIONS ? As Western supporters of the independence movement in Lebanon are increasingly concerned about a leadership void, the country's constitutional crisis deepened yesterday with the postponement of a crucial parliamentary vote to elect a president. In Beirut, Lebanon's pro-Syrian power broker Michel Aoun told a press conference yesterday that Parliament members are likely to ...

Mount Lebanon police on Monday awarded a Mount Lebanon teenager , Sarah Diuliis, 16, their Survivor Award.

Lebanon's parliament has postponed the vote for a new president for the eighth time. Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri issued a statement Monday, saying the election scheduled for Tuesday has been postponed until December 17. The delay gives rival political leaders more time to reach a consensus.

Sarah DeIuliis, who police say was attacked by a former boyfriend, and Detective Lawrence Carpico, who ran to her aid, were honored by the Mt. Lebanon Police Department.

A Lebanese woman walks past posters of Lebanese army commander and presidential candidate Michel Sleiman plastered in a row on a wall in Beirut.

The EU Council of Ministers agreed yesterday to provide 80 million euros (US$ 114 million) in macro-financial aid to Lebanon.

A sharply divided Lebanese parliament again put off its vote for a new president as political bickering Monday still snarled an effort to install the army chief in the post as a compromise candidate.

BEIRUT, Lebanon?A sharply divided Lebanese parliament again put off its vote for a new president as political bickering Monday still snarled an effort to install the army chief in the post as a compromise candidate.

BEIRUT: Im Libanon ist die Prsidentschaftswahl zum achten Mal verschoben worden. Wie das Bro des Parlamentsprsidenten Nabih Berri mitteilte, soll die Abstimmung nun nicht an diesem Dienstag, sondern erst am kommenden Montag stattfinden.

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) -- A sharply divided Lebanese parliament again put off its vote for a new president as political bickering Monday still snarled an effort to install the army chief in the post as a compromise candidate.

A parliamentary session to elect a new president in Lebanon was postponed on Monday for an eighth time, with a new date set for December 17, parliament speaker Nabih Berri said.

A Lebanese presidential election scheduled for Tuesday was postponed to December 17, the parliament speaker said on Monday, giving rival leaders more time to reach a deal expected to make the army chief president.

The parliamentary session scheduled for Tuesday to vote on a new Lebanese president is likely to be postponed as government and opposition leaders have yet to agree on a mechanism to have the constitution amended, sources from both camps said late Monday. The poor chances of holding a session to elect the commander.

BEIRUT - LEBANON'S presidential election has been delayed for six days to Dec 17, the Parliament Speaker said in a statement on Monday.

BEIRUT (AFP) - A parliamentary session to elect a new president in Lebanon was postponed on Monday for an eighth time, with a new date set for December 17, parliament speaker Nabih Berri said.

Street protests broke out in the southern suburbs of Beirut on Monday as residents struggled to cope with the effects of severe power rationing that has affected many parts of the country and been especially crippling for their perennially undeserved area. Electricite du Liban (EDL), the state-run utility, attributed the shortfalls to technical problems.

BEIRUT (AFP)--A parliamentary session to elect a new president in Lebanon was postponed yet again on Monday, with a new date set for Dec. 17, parliament speaker Nabih Berri said.

Lebanon's presidential election has been delayed for six days to December 17, the parliament speaker said in a statement on Monday.

A Mt. Lebanon teenager who survived a brutal attack with a hammer a little more than a month ago will be getting a special award from police tonight as will the off-duty detective who helped rescue her.

Source: Reuters By Ayhan Uyanik MEMMINGEN, Germany, Dec 10 (Reuters) - A German man of Lebanese descent who says he was kidnapped and tortured by the CIA went on trial for arson on Monday, accused of setting fire ...

Lebanon's largest construction firm, Solidere, will take part in a $4 billion project in Egypt to develop two areas outside Cairo, the company said in a statement released Monday.

Beirut - Lebanon's presidential vote was on Monday expected to be delayed yet again as Lebanese rival politicians appeared no closer to reaching agreement on amending the constitution and electing the country's army chief as president. Political obse...

The European Union today approved ?80 million in macro-financial assistance to Lebanon.

With unemployment high and wages low, many young Muslims can't afford a wedding. But "pleasure" marriage is always an option.

An alleged Lebanese lottery scammer who is said to have conned thousands around the world has been arrested in Cyprus.

According to the London daily Elaph, Lebanese singer Rula Sa?ed?s move to Egypt to film her first film ?Room 707? was in her favor. Since her move Rula has become well liked by Egyptian fans. She was a success even before the opening of her film, scheduled for release during the Eid Al Adha season.

BEIRUT, Dec 10 - Lebanon's real estate developer Solidere said on Monday it was in two development projects with Egypt's Sixth of October Investment and Development worth $4 billion.

French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner on Monday said the election of a president for Lebanon, scheduled for Tuesday, faces "difficulties" and voiced hope that a new head of state would be voted into office by end of the year.

BEIRUT, Dec 10 - Lebanon's real estate developer Solidere said on Monday it was in two development projects with Egypt's Sixth of October Investment and Development worth $4 billion.

The European Union on Monday gave Lebanon 80 million euros in loans and grants to help pay off some of its enormous public debt.

BEIRUT, Dec 10 - Below is a table of the latest Lebanese economic statistics.

BRUSSELS (Thomson Financial) - The European Commission said EU member states have approved 80 mln eur in aid to support Lebanon's economic and social programme for reconstruction and development.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's presidential vote will be delayed again because rival factions are still haggling over ways to amend the constitution to allow the election of the army chief as the new president, political sources said on Monday.

BEIRUT (AFP)--Lebanese politicians cast doubt on Monday that lawmakers would gather as scheduled this week to elect the country's army chief as president, citing continued wrangling between rival parties.

Lebanese politicians cast doubt on Monday that lawmakers would gather as scheduled this week to elect the country's army chief as president, citing continued wrangling between rival parties.

Lebanon's presidential vote will be delayed again because rival factions are still haggling over ways to amend the constitution to allow the election of the army chief as the new president, political sources said on Monday.

Vice President of the World Association of Newspapers (WAN), Swede Thomas Brunegard (L), winner of the 2007 Gebran Tueni award, Michel Hajji Georgiou (C) and Tueni's daughter Nayla (R), pose at the end of the award ceremony in Beirut.

Source: Reuters By Alistair Lyon, Special Correspondent SIDON, Lebanon, Dec 10 (Reuters) - Every day bulldozers pile more garbage on to a mountain of waste on the Sidon seafront in a symbol of Lebanon's ...

The World Association of Newspapers on Sunday awarded the Gibran Tueni prize, named after a murdered anti-Syrian MP and newsman, to a Lebanese journalist for writings focused on the freedom of expression.

Ten MPs should present a petition to amend the Constitution at Parliament's Tuesday session, in order to allow the Lebanese Armed Forces commander, General Michel Suleiman, to become president, an opposition MP said on Sunday. If rival factions reach political agreement on the amendment mechanism by Tuesday.

The coming second anniversary of the assassination of journalist and MP Gebran Tueni was commemorated on Sunday with the announcement of this year's Gebran Tueni Award at the Beirut International Exhibition and Leisure Center.L'Orient-Le Jour columnist Michel Hajji Georgiou received this year's prize.

Seven trips to Beirut in six months and seven boycotted parliamentary sessions to elect a new Lebanese president later and Bernard Kouchner, the flamboyant French minister, has done very little except speed up global warming. Seven return flights from Paris to Beirut is a lot of CO2 emissions considering that jets.

Families, friends and couples flocked to the Beirut International Exhibition and Leisure Center over the weekend to enjoy the souk atmosphere of the National Food Festival. Saturday's event featured hundreds of stalls representing various food sectors, non-governmental organizations, hotels, banks, booksellers, and craftsmen in Lebanon.

Roller skating is returning to Lebanon via two brothers who are wheeling in a brand new look for a classic pastime. Brothers Mike and Robert Penrod are planning to open the Orbit Fun Center, a modernized and refurbished skating rink, at 762 Columbus Ave. at the former Roller Haven.

Beirut - The head of Lebanon's Christian Maronites, Cardinal Nasrallah Sfeir, Sunday gave his backing to a constitutional amendment to help pave the way to elect army commander Michel Suleiman as the country's new president. Having a constitution am...

Source: IRIN A desperately needed hospital in Lebanon's largest and most violent Palestinian refugee camp has been unable to open on time because funds to buy beds and other basic medical equipment have dried up.

Lebanon: The Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP) and the Banque du Liban announced they will jointly develop a first-of-its-kind Certificate in Risk Management for Islamic Financial Institutions due to be launched in late 2008. [AMEInfo.com]

Lebanon is back to square one.

Friday night concerts weren't something Hauda Ward got to experience often as a child in Beirut. But a recent opportunity got Ward and five others front-row seats to Wynonna Judd's concert on Friday at the Community Theatre in Morristown.

LEBANON - Pottsville Nativity BVM spotted Lebanon Catholic a 10-point lead in the first quarter, then methodically chipped away, evened the score and built on its lead in a 54-47 nonleague girls' basketball win on Saturday night.

The US State Department said Friday it regrets the postponement of the Lebanese parliament's presidential vote.

A draft petition for an amendment to Lebanon's constitution to allow the country's army chief to assume the vacant presidency has been submitted to parliament, MP Robert Ghanem told AFP on Saturday.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - A leading member of Lebanon's anti-Syrian governing coalition said on Saturday he saw nothing to stop the army chief becoming head of state and hoped a presidential election would go ahead next week.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - A leading member of Lebanon's anti-Syrian governing coalition said on Saturday he saw nothing to stop the army chief becoming head of state and hoped a presidential election would go ahead next week.

A leading member of Lebanon's anti-Syrian governing coalition said on Saturday he saw nothing to stop the army chief becoming head of state and hoped a presidential election would go ahead next week.

Lebanon: Curves, the fastest growing franchise in the world, has announced the opening of two franchises in Lebanon, specifically in Achrafieh and Chiah (St Mikael region) and soon to open in Saida. [AMEInfo.com]

BEIRUT: Central Bank Central Bank governor Riad Salameh predicted on Friday that Lebanon's budget deficit would fall if the country managed to achieve a GDP growth rate of six to seven percent each year.

An unknown assailant attacked a prominent Lebanon politician in his home Thursday.

LEBANON, Ind. - A well-known political insider and son of a judge was severely beaten in his home in Lebanon. The 64-year-old is suffering from cancer and may have not been able to fend off the attacker.

Lebanese Amin Hawila, 46, puts a window frame on his pre-fabricated house in the village of Burj al-Shemali, south Lebanon, in November 2007. Although villages and towns hit by Israeli missiles and shells appear like bustling construction sites, one year and four months later thousands of families remain displaced.

Food safety in the Arab world should be seriously addressed not only to protect consumer rights, but also to ensure that foods and food products remain marketable in a competitive export market, said participants at a symposium held at the American University of Beirut's (AUB) Faculty of Agriculture and Food Sciences (FAFS) on Friday.

Lebanese parliamentary majority leader Saad Hariri arrives at the parliament building in Beirut. A parliamentary session to elect a new president in Lebanon was postponed for a seventh time, with a new date set for December 11, amid continued wrangling between pro- and anti-Syrian camps.

Lebanon's speaker of parliament has postponed the vote for a new president for the seventh time despite agreeing on who should get the job. Lawmakers are wrangling over other issues, including cabinet posts and the prime minister's job. VOA Correspondent Challiss McDonough has more from Beirut.

Lebanon: Presidential election delayed for the seventh time (AKI) - Lebanon's parliament has delayed the election of a new president for the seventh time, despite tentative agreement to make army chief General Michel Suleiman the head of state.The president of the parliament, Nabih Berri, on Friday announced the decision to postpone the election of a new head of state.Lebanese MPs ...

BEIRUT, Dec 7, 2007 (AFP) - A parliamentary session to elect a new president in Lebanon was postponed Friday for a seventh time, with a new date set for Tuesday, amid continued wrangling between pro- and anti-Syrian camps.

BEIRUT: Im Libanon ist die Wahl eines neuen Prsidenten zum siebten Mal verschoben worden. Sie soll jetzt am kommenden Dienstag stattfinden. Zwar hatten sich die anti-syrischen Parteien und die von der Hisbollah angefhrte Opposition nach langem Tauziehen auf einen Kandidaten geeinigt.

A parliamentary session to elect a new president in Lebanon was postponed Friday for a seventh time, with a new date set for Tuesday, a spokesman for parliament speaker Nabih Berri said.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi on Friday discussed the situation in Lebanon where the election of a president has been postponed for a seventh time, Syria's official news agency SANA reported.

$10m Interpol target awaits possible extradition In a positively McNabbian tale of intrigue, an alleged Lebanese lottery scammer has been arrested in Cyprus.?

Source: Reuters Dec 7 (Reuters) - Lebanon's presidential election has been delayed for four days to Dec. 11, the parliament speaker said on Friday. Here is a chronology of some of the main events in Lebanon since ...

BEIRUT, Lebanon?Parliament on Friday again failed to elect a new president after the body could not reach a quorum to meet. Meanwhile, Lebanon's factions deadlocked over a tangle of related issues, including an amendment to the constitution and the shape of a future government.

(Adds detail.) BEIRUT (AFP)--A parliamentary session to elect a new president in Lebanon was postponed Friday for a seventh time, with a new date set for Tuesday, a spokesman for parliament speaker Nabih Berri said.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's presidential election was postponed again on Friday, despite rival leaders' agreement in principle to give the post to army chief Michel Suleiman in a step that would ease the country's deep political crisis.

Source: Reuters LEBANON PARLIAMENT SPEAKER DELAYS PRESIDENTIAL VOTE TO DEC. 11 - STATEMENT ...

A parliamentary session to elect a new president in Lebanon was postponed Friday for a seventh time, with a new date set for Tuesday, a spokesman for parliament speaker Nabih Berri said.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's presidential election faced further delay on Friday, despite rival leaders' agreement in principle to give the post to army chief Michel Suleiman.

BEIRUT - Lebanon's presidential election faced further delay on Friday, despite rival leaders' agreement in principle to give the post to army chief Michel Suleiman.

Lebanon's parliament was to meet Friday for yet another attempt to elect a president amid fears the session would be postponed for a seventh time as lawmakers bicker over a constitutional amendment.

BEIRUT (AFP) - Lebanon's parliament was to meet on Friday to amend the constitution so as to enable the election of the army chief as head of state, officials of the anti-Syrian parliamentary majority and the opposition backed by Damascus and Tehran told AFP.

Lebanon's parliament was to meet on Friday to amend the constitution so as to enable the election of the army chief as head of state, officials of the anti-Syrian parliamentary majority and the opposition backed by Damascus and Tehran told AFP.

The Weightlifting, Powerlifting and Bodybuilding Lebanese Federation announced that Lebanon will participate in the 16th Arab Bodybuilding Championship for men and the 17th one for youth in Damascus next May, local Terranet reported on Thur ...

Homenmen soccer club qualified for the second preliminary tournament in the Lebanese Football Cup after beating host team Ijtimai (4-3) in the postponed game from the first tournament, local Terranet reported yesterday.

Lebanon's parliament is scheduled to meet Friday to vote on the country's next president, but virtually nobody believes the vote will actually take place. It is likely to be postponed for a seventh time, leaving the country without a president even though the two sides have actually agreed on one.

BEIRUT, Lebanon, 1:11 p.m. Dec. 6 (AP): A parliament session to elect a president is likely to be postponed once again, as political wrangling Thursday held up a deal on endorsing Lebanon's army chief as a consensus candidate.

The Lebanese Army on Thursday banned civilians from wearing military-style clothing amid fears of unrest in the country facing political and security instability. "Lately, citizens and party members have been wearing clothes similar to military fatigues," a military statement said on Thursday.

BEIRUT, Lebanon?A parliament session to elect a president is likely to be postponed once again, as political wrangling Thursday held up a deal on endorsing Lebanon's army chief as a consensus candidate.

Nonprofit civil group Restart, in collaboration with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) held a ceremony Thursday to celebrate the inauguration of its new center in Beirut. Funded by the UNHCR, the center will provide rehabilitation services, psychotherapy - including psychiatric services.

Israeli police said on Thursday that they will recommend charges be brought against three journalists who traveled without state permission to "enemy states" Lebanon and Syria. "We intend to ask prosecutors to indict the three journalists as with their illegal acts they not only put their lives in danger.

A parliament session to elect a president is likely to be postponed once again, as political wrangling Thursday held up a deal on endorsing Lebanon's army chief as a consensus candidate.

BEIRUT (AFP) - Lebanon's parliamentary vote due on Friday to elect a president is set to be delayed for a seventh time as feuding parties accuse each other of blocking the process, several politicians said on Thursday.

Beirut - Rival Lebanese leaders strived on Thursday to finalise a deal to have the army chief elected as president, but problems over amending the constitution persisted, despite the intervention of the French foreign minister. Parliament is due to c...

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's presidential election is unlikely to take place on Friday as planned because rival leaders have yet to finalize a political deal to make the army chief president, political sources said on Thursday.

The Lebanese army on Thursday banned civilians from wearing military-style clothing amid fears of unrest in the country facing political and security instability.

BEIRUT - Lebanon's presidential election is unlikely to take place on Friday as planned because rival leaders have yet to finalise a political deal to make the army chief president, political sources said on Thursday.

Come January, the West Lebanon Township Board of Commissioners will have at least two new members ? Dan Brandt and Ed Winters Sr. Brandt, Winters and George Gross were not seeking seats on the board but were elected by write-in votes in November?s election.

The North Lebanon Township Board of Supervisors this week approved a proposal by C.M. High to provide preventative maintenance to the two traffic signals for which the township is responsible ? at Route 422 and North 15th Avenue and at Route 72 and Long Lane ? for $778 in 2008.

MOSCOW, Dec. 6 (UPI) -- After two months of intense debate, Lebanon's Christian community has finally made a fence-straddling presidential nomination. It is too early, however, to expect an end to the current political crisis even if parliament approves the candidate.

Rival Lebanese leaders tried on Thursday to finalise a deal to have the army chief elected as president but persistent problems over associated issues indicated a vote in parliament could be delayed.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Rival Lebanese leaders tried on Thursday to finalise a deal to have the army chief elected as president but persistent problems over associated issues indicated a vote in parliament could be delayed.

Lebanon's parliamentary vote due on Friday to elect a president appears heading to another delay as rival parties accuse each other of blocking the process, politicians said Thursday.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Rival Lebanese leaders tried on Thursday to finalize a deal to have the army chief elected as president but persistent problems over associated issues indicated a vote in parliament could be delayed.

BEIRUT (AFP)--Lebanon's parliamentary vote due Friday to elect a president is set to be delayed for a seventh time as feuding parties accuse each other of blocking the process, several politicians said Thursday.

BEIRUT, Dec 6, 2007 (AFP) - A parliamentary session on Friday for Lebanese lawmakers to elect a president is set to be delayed for a seventh time to allow feuding parties to finalise negotiations, several politicians said Thursday.

BEIRUT - Rival Lebanese leaders tried to finalise a deal to have the army chief elected as president at talks attended by France's foreign minister on Thursday.

05 December 2007 Lebanese Labor Minister Trad Hamadeh praised Iran's new interaction with regional countries, which started by President Ahmadinejad's speech in the 28th Summit meeting of the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council in Doha, and called it in benefit of the whole region.

LEBANON ? Like thousands more in Louisiana and southern Mississippi, Godnekia James and her family took flight after Hurricane Katrina destroyed homes and ravaged lives two years ago.

From toys that somehow don?t assemble to travel plans that landed you in Beirut instead of Baton Rouge, we?ve all had our share of holiday disasters. Celebrate your humanness and let us share your funny holiday mishaps with our readers.

BEIRUT: A prominent banker said Wednesday that Lebanon's GDP growth could reach 2 percent at the end of 2007 but stressed that the country was far short of its economic potential.

The new Mt. Lebanon school board president's failure to file state ethics forms has colleagues calling for a review of all votes.

BEIRUT: Lebanon?s army chief will be elected its next president, the parliament speaker said, raising hopes of an end to a year-long standoff between the government and the opposition that had paralysed the country.

(RTTNews) - Wednesday, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon said he was "extremely concerned" about Lebanon's inordinate delay in choosing a new president that has left the country in a political vacuum after President Emile Lahoud's term expired.