Since taking control of the Gaza Strip in 2007, Hamas has adopted the rocket tactics used by Lebanese Hezbollah, shifting away from its reliance on suicide bombers in attacks on Israel.

It's New Years Eve in Beirut, and everyone is wondering what to do. In times of war, going about one's usual business can be a form of protest. In times of solidarity, the code of conduct is vague.

The situation in Gaza cast a shadow on the Lebanese political scene Wednesday, with President Michel Sleiman renewing calls for an emergency Arab summit to discuss the situation and take action against the ongoing carnage. "We have informed Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani ... of Lebanon's unconditional support.

Beirut - Lebanon observed a national day of mourning Wednesday to protest Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip, as a high- state of alert at the Lebanese-Israeli border was registered. Most government institutions were closed, but private businesses rem...

BEIRUT -- When diplomacy fails to deliver in the Middle East, other options come to the fore, usually in some form of violence practiced in different ways by both sides.

After some ups and downs this season, the Lebanon boys basketball team found itself at 7-4 coming off a third-place finish Dec. 20 at the MidSouth Classic in Cookeville, Tenn.

According to the London daily Elaph, for ?Eid Al Adha? celebrations both Lebanese artist Rola Saed and Iraqi singer Kathem Al Saher held live concerts at the Royal Plaza Hotel in Northern Beirut.

Lebanon: Alfa is glad to announce that it has launched its Alfa Active Units Transfer service on December 19, 2008, allowing Alfa Active users to transfer units to each other from their lines. [AMEInfo.com]

Lebanese superstar Ragheb Alameh held concert on the first day of ?Eid Al Adha? in Bahrain, where he sang for a large number of his fans that stayed with him till the morning hours.

Lebanese Druze leader Walid Jumblatt on Tuesday criticized verbal attacks targeting Egypt, while Christian Lebanese Forces (LF) chief Samir Geagea warned against attempts to topple Arab regimes. Hassan Nasrallah, chief of Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah, urged Egyptians on Sunday to take to the streets "in millions" to force the government to open Rafah crossing with the Gaza Strip which is now ...

BEIRUT : From Mideast countries to European capitals, protesters took to the streets Monday to condemn Israel?s assault on Gaza that has so far left more than 364 people dead, wounded hundreds more and reduced dozens of buildings to rubble.

During the second Palestinian "intifada", I was sitting in the offices of Hizbollah's Al-Manar television station in Beirut, watching news footage of a militiaman's funeral in Gaza. The television showed hordes of Hamas and PLO gunmen firing thousands of rounds of ammunition into the air to honour their latest "martyr"; and I noticed, just next to me, a Lebanese Hizbollah member ? who had taken ...

Tens of thousands of demonstrators gathered in Beirut's southern suburbs on Monday for a Hizbullah-led rally against Israel's continuing military assault on the Gaza Strip. Senior Hizbullah officials attended the protest amid tight security, as supporters packed into Raya Square in Dahiyeh to hear a video address from the party's leader, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah.

Despite the significant political and diplomatic strides taken by the Lebanese Republic over the past year, 2008 offered few signs of hope in the ongoing standoff between Lebanon, particularly the Shiite Hizbullah movement, and the state of Israel. Indeed, the year began on an ominous note with the assassination of fabled Hizbullah tactician.

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) ? A boat carrying international peace activists and medical supplies to the embattled Gaza Strip was turned back and damaged by the Israeli navy on Tuesday, Israel and organizers of the trip said.

BEIRUT, LEBANON ? Lebanon's powerful Hezbollah guerrilla movement ? widely seen as the Arab world's most effective force against Israel ? is a staunch Hamas supporter but has so far held its fire as its Palestinian ally faces down Israel's assault in Gaza.

The "Free Gaza" ship rammed by an Israeli patrol vessel on waters near Gaza early Tuesday is now approaching Lebanese territorial water, Qatar's al-Jazeera TV reported. According to the TV report, the small cabin cruiser "Dignity" would reach southern Lebanese port of Tyre in four hours from now. Lebanese President Michel Suleiman has given orders to rescue the aid ship once it reaches Lebanese ...

BEIRUT, Dec 30 (Reuters) - Below is a table of the latest Lebanese economic statistics.

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) ? Lebanon's powerful Hezbollah guerrilla ? widely seen as the Arab world's most effective force against Israel ? has vowed to support Palestinian ally Hamas under the barrage of Israeli warplanes but has for now held its fire, constrained by its own political goals and fears of mass retaliation.

A small boat carrying international activists with aid for Gaza docked in the southern Lebanese port city of Tyre on Tuesday after a clash with an Israeli naval ship forced it to divert to Lebanon.

BEIRUT - A damaged international aid ship operated by the Free Gaza Movement arrived at the southern Lebanese port of Tyre Tuesday, following a collision with an Israeli naval vessel as it had been sailing toward the Gaza Strip.

Source: Reuters (Recasts with arrival of boat to Tyre, pvs JERUSALEM) TYRE, Lebanon, Dec 30 (Reuters) - A small boat carrying international activists with aid for Gaza docked in the southern Lebanese port city of ...

Beirut - A damaged international aid ship operated by the Free Gaza Movement arrived at the southern Lebanese port of Tyre following a collision with an Israeli naval vessel in the early hours of Tuesday while bound for the Gaza Strip. A Lebanese Nav...

Beirut - A damaged international aid ship operated by the Free Gaza Movement was headed for Lebanese waters Tuesday, following a collision with an Israeli naval vessel in the early hours of the morning as it was bound for the Gaza Strip. The boat, na...

Dec. 30 (Bloomberg) -- Israel?s assault on Hamas in the Gaza Strip may be less of a threat to its economy than the war against Lebanon?s Hezbollah two years ago -- and might even give it a boost.

Massive rallies protest Israel's airstrikes. BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) ? Tens of thousands of Lebanese Hezbollah supporters stood under pouring rain Monday to protest Israel's air assault on the Gaza Strip, which entered its third day.

Analysts say operation could backfire, much like Lebanon incursion BEIRUT ? Israel's assault on Gaza is a gamble that may succeed in irrevocably weakening the Palestinian Hamas movement ? but it also could backfire by strengthening Hamas and other radicals in the way that the 2006 war between Israel and Hezbollah ended up emboldening Lebanon's militant Shiite movement.

TENS of thousands of Lebanese Shi?ite protesters, chanting ?Death to America, Death to Israel,? massed in Beirut yesterday, calling for an end to Israeli strikes on Gaza.

Dec. 30 (Bloomberg) -- Israel?s assault on Hamas in the Gaza Strip may be less of a threat to its economy than the war against Lebanon?s Hezbollah two years ago -- and might even give it a boost.

Nasrallah - World Muslims - Palestine Secretary General of Lebanese Hezbollah Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah here Monday in a video-conference message aimed from a southern Beirut suburb asked world Muslims to rush to assist Palestinians.

Associated Press - December 29, 2008 12:23 PM ET BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Tens of thousands of Lebanese Hezbollah supporters have been holding a massive rally to protest Israel's air assault on...

The Washington Post?s David Ignatius waxes optimistic about Lebanon, which has been the muse of a great many Western political analysts over the years?Ignatius and the NYTimes? Thomas Friedman among them. I spent a short week there just?

Associated Press - December 29, 2008 12:23 PM ET BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Tens of thousands of Lebanese Hezbollah supporters have been holding a massive rally to protest Israel's air assault on...

In zahlreichen arabischen Lndern und im Iran haben erneut Zehntausende gegen die israelischen Angriffe auf den Gazastreifen protestiert. In der?

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) ? Tens of thousands of Lebanese Hezbollah supporters stood under pouring rain Monday to protest Israel's air assault on the Gaza Strip, which entered its third day.

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Tens of thousands of Lebanese Hezbollah supporters have been holding a massive rally to protest Israel's air assault on the Gaza Strip.

Tens of thousands of Lebanese Hezbollah supporters stood under pouring rain Monday to protest Israel's air assault on the Gaza Strip, now into its third day.

BEIRUT, Lebanon?Tens of thousands of Lebanese Hezbollah supporters stood under pouring rain Monday to protest Israel's air assault on the Gaza Strip, which entered its third day.

Tens of thousands of Lebanese Shi'ite protesters, chanting "Death to America, Death to Israel," massed in Beirut Monday, calling for an end to Israeli strikes on Gaza that have killed 320 Palestinians.

Source: Reuters BEIRUT, Dec 29 (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Lebanese Shi'ite protesters, chanting "Death to America, Death to Israel", massed in Beirut on Monday, calling for an end to Israeli strikes ...

A number of mass protests against the Israeli bombarment of Gaza are taking place across the Arab world. In Lebanon, thousands of Hezbollah supporters gathered at a football stadium in the capital, Beirut carrying Hezbollah and Palestinian flags and chanting "Death to Israel".

Abeer Mroueh was only 7 when Israeli air strikes over Beirut demolished her family home in 1982, wounding her brothers and killing her father.

PALESTINIAN fighters based in southern Lebanon may be preparing to retaliate for the assault on Gaza by striking across the border and opening a second front against Israel.

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) ? Thousands of people swept into the streets of cities around the Middle East on Sunday to denounce Israel's air assault on Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip.

Lebanon: The team of Elle Oriental gathered more than 150 guests to a sumptuous gala dinner held at La Posta Achrafieh. [AMEInfo.com]

BEIRUT: The Beirut Stock Exchange underwent a relative dormant week of trading as regular activity was interrupted by the festive period.

BEIRUT: President Michel Suleiman called on "all parties" over the weekend to respect Lebanon's sovereignty and not turn the country into an arena for conflicts and settling scores.

The Islamic spiritual leaders in Lebanon Sunday called on Palestinian leaders of Hamas, Fatah and other factions in the Gaza Strip to overcome differences and unite ranks to face the Israeli aggression, NBN TV reported. Sunni Mufti Sheikh Mohamed Rashid Kabani, Shiite head of the higher council Sheikh Abdul Amir Kabalan, and Druze higher spiritual leader Naim Hassan met Sunday afternoon in ...

Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri called Sunday for an urgent meeting of Arab parliament speakers to be held in southern Lebanon, local Elnashra website reported. Berri, one of Arab heads of Parliaments, urged for a meeting to discuss the drastic developments in the Gaza Strip, the report said. The Lebanese speaker received Sunday afternoon at his residence a joint Palestinian delegation ...

BEIRUT, Lebanon ? From Lebanon to Iran, from Cairo to Istanbul, thousands have taken to the streets to denounce Israel's air assault on Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip.

Federal investigators say he has acknowledged attending a jihad training camp, being a sniper in Afghanistan and helping train a group seeking to overthrow the Lebanese government.

The Beirut Stock Exchange underwent a relative dormant week of trading as regular activity was interrupted by the festive period. Nevertheless, the decline in global capital markets and in particular Gulf stock exchanges weighed down on investor sentiment as they preferred to realize their remaining positions in anticipation of worse times ahead.

Beirut - The chief of the Lebanese Shiite Movement on Sunday compared the ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip to the July 2006 war which Israel launched against his movement. This is a repeated scenario of the July war on Hezbollah ... but, wi...

Dec. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Arab protesters in Damascus and Beirut burned Israeli flags, and governments across the Middle East condemned Israeli air strikes against the Hamas-led Gaza Strip that left at least 285 people dead.

Source: Reuters BEIRUT, Dec 28 (Reuters) - Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said on Sunday he had asked his fighters in south Lebanon to be on alert for the possibility of an Israeli attack on Lebanon. & ...

Beirut - Lebanon's Muslim religious leaders on Sunday criticized Arab reactions towards the Israeli attack on Gaza, saying they amounted to denunciation and rhetoric that cannot deter the aggression. Grand Mufti Mohammed Rashid Qabbani, Chairman of ...

BEIRUT - Thousands of protesters swept into the streets of cities across the Middle East on Sunday to shout down Israel's air assault on the Gaza Strip.

Associated Press - December 28, 2008 9:13 AM ET BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Around the Middle East, opponents of Israel's assaults in Gaza are gathering by the thousands to voice their anger.

BEIRUT, Lebanon - Crowds of thousands swept into the streets of cities around the Middle East Sunday to shout down Israel's air assault on Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip.

BEIRUT, Lebanon - The Lebanese army says that four Israeli warplanes violated the country's airspace and flew for more than an hour over Lebanon.

BEIRUT, Lebanon - Crowds of thousands swept into the streets of cities around the Middle East Sunday to shout down Israel's air assault on Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip.

Beirut - Outrage against Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip led to violent demonstrations and political denunciations in Lebanon on Sunday. Lebanese anti-riot police used force to disperse a demonstration in front of the Egyptian embassy in Beirut,...

Beirut - Hundreds converged at the United Nations building in Beirut on Sunday to protest Israel's deadly raids on the Gaza Strip and show solidarity with the Palestinian people. Dozens of soldiers and other members of the security forces were deploy...

Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Seniora denounced the Israeli air raid attack against Gaza strip Saturday, describing it as "tragic and criminal", Elnashra website reported. Announcing on behalf of the Lebanese government, Seniora "strongly denounced and rejected the criminal operation in the Gaza Strip", the report said. Seniora called the Arab League and Arab Kings and heads of states to convene ...

Lebanese President Michel Suleiman said Saturday that UN resolution 1701 was not completely implemented due to Israeli violations, and the inability of the Lebanese Army to liberate Shiba farms and Kafarshuba Hills. The president made his comments during a tour to south Lebanon army barracks Saturday morning, accompanied by Lebanon's Defense Minister Elias Murr and Army Commander Gen. Jean ...

Lebanese Shiite MP Ali Khrais said Saturday that the Katyusha rockets dismantled by the Lebanese army in south Lebanon is not related to the resistance work of Hezbollah, ANB TV reported. "Suspected elements who planted the rockets are not related in any way to the resistance work," Khrais said in an interview. Khrais, member of the Parliamentary block of Speaker Nabih Berri, who is major Shiite ...

DOHA: The Doha Center for Media Freedom (DCMF) has expressed concern about the deteriorating working condition of journalists in Lebanon while hailing the role of Ghana?s media in the successful conduct of democratic presidential elections in that country.

Pro-Fatah crowds carry a huge portrait of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat as they demonstrate in the southern suburbs of Beirut against Israel's deadly raids on the Gaza Strip.

BEIRUT (AFP) - Hundreds of protesters against Israel's deadly raids on the Gaza Strip demonstrated near the Egyptian embassy in Lebanon on Saturday amid a greatly reinforced security presence, an AFP journalist said.

Beirut - Lebanese officials reported Saturday they are set to open up an embassy in Syria, a day after the Syrian flag was hoisted over that country's new embassy in Beirut. The new embassies represent the first official diplomatic ties between the t...

Beirut - Followers of the Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah and others from Hamas gathered Saturday in Beirut's southern suburbs, a hotbed of Hezbollah, to show support for the people of Gaza after Israel launched a massive attack on the strip. The...

Lebanon: For the third year in a row BBAC s.a.l. the Bank of Beirut and the Arab Countries sponsored the Global Classrooms/LAU Model UN. [AMEInfo.com]

Russia yesterday moved to expand its growing military influence in the Middle East when it announced it is giving Lebanon 10 fighter jets, in the most significant upgrade of Lebanon's military since the civil war ended almost two decades ago. Russia's defence ministry said it was giving the secondhand MiG-29s to Beirut free of charge. The gift was part of a defence cooperation deal that ...

A Chinese man and two Lebanese nationals were shot dead in a crime wave in southeastern Democratic Republic of Congo that also left 10 Congolese dead this week, witnesses and officials said Friday.

A strategic partnership between Lebanese technology companies EDM and eSharing is breaking the "go-it-alone" status quo of the Middle East IT sector. eSharing will develop enterprise resource software that interfaces directly with EDM's new Global Positioning System (GPS) and mobile cellular communications.

The holiday season has seen many young Lebanese living abroad heading back to their home country to share in the traditions and festivities with their friends and families. And many of those young Lebanese in Paris who could not make the trip for the holidays this year say that they hope to eventually be back home for the long haul.

The Syrian flag flew over Damascus' first-ever embassy in Beirut on Friday, as final preparations were made for its official opening after warming ties ended years of tensions between the two neighbors. The work took a comic turn on Friday when an impostor showed up at the building in the Hamra business district, briefly causing a stir by claiming.

A Lebanese policeman stands guard outside the Syrian embassy in Beirut. The Syrian flag flew over Damascus' first-ever embassy in Beirut, as final preparations are being made for its official opening after warming ties ended years of tensions between the two neighbours.

Commander of the United Nations Interim Forces in Lebanon (UNIFIL) Claudio Graziano praised Friday the Lebanese army in defusing eight Katyusha rockets to be launched against Israel. Graziano told Al-Moustaqbal daily that the Lebanese army carried out a major achievement in dismantling the rockets with timers. Graziano, however, refused to reveal who was behind the deployment of the rockets, ...

The Syrian flag flew over Damascus' first-ever embassy in Beirut on Friday, as final preparations were made for its official opening after warming ties ended years of tensions between the two neighbours.

BEIRUT, Lebanon - Two attacks against tourists in Cairo on Saturday prompted fears of a renewed wave of violence by Islamic militants similar to a bloody campaign in the 1990s, which nearly halted tourism in Egypt and provoked a severe government crackdown.

Roumiyeh, Lebanon - Cigarette smoke wafts through a hall in Lebanon's biggest jail where an all-male jury is arguing over whether an accused murderer should be hanged.

BEIRUT- A Syrian flag was raised on Friday over a building that will house the Syrian embassy in Beirut, another step towards the establishment of full diplomatic ties between Lebanon and Syria.

Roumiyeh, Lebanon - Cigarette smoke wafts through a hall in Lebanon's biggest jail where an all-male jury is arguing over whether an accused murderer should be hanged.

Businessman George Jabra isn't certain the stability Lebanon has enjoyed for more than six months is going to last. Still, he took a chance and opened up a new restaurant on a Beirut hilltop, betting on the revival of good times sweeping the country once known as the Paris of the Middle East. The Lebanese capital is hopping this holiday season, riding a wave of prosperity and relief over an ...

(By KATARINA KRATOVAC, Associated Press Writer) Businessman George Jabra isn't certain the stability Lebanon has enjoyed for more than six months is going to last. Still, he took a chance and opened up a new restaurant on a Beirut hilltop, betting on the revival of good times sweeping the country once known as the Paris of the Middle East. The Lebanese capital is hopping this holiday season, ...

BEIRUT - UN peacekeepers and Lebanese troops have stepped up patrols along the border with Israel after rockets were discovered aimed at the Jewish state and ready to fire, a UN spokeswoman said on Friday.

Beirut, Dec 26 : The UN Interim Forces in southern Lebanon (UNIFIL) Thursday stepped up its patrols along the Lebanon-Israel border after Lebanese troops dismantled eight rockets that were apparently ready to be launched at northern Israel.

TYRE, Lebanon - Lebanese troops on Thursday found and dismantled eight rockets set up for launch at northern Israel, Lebanese security sources said.

MANILA, Philippines - The Department of Labor and Employment might lift the deployment ban on Lebanon depending on the assessment report of the Middle East Preparedness Team (MEPT) - a possibility that recruiters very much welcome.

As the rest of the world braces for a global economic dive, thousands of visitors flood into Beirut. The streets are crowded, shops are bustling and political chatter takes an unusual backseat to celebration.

The rockets were found near the southern town of Naqura, in the border region where a United Nations peacekeeping force has been monitoring an uneasy truce.

BEIRUT: Lebanon?s Western-backed Prime Minister Fuad Siniora has said that his country has no interest in holding peace talks with neighbouring Israel at the moment.

BEIRUT (AFP) - Lebanese security forces found seven missiles directed at Israel in southern Lebanon on Thursday, an army official said.

BEIRUT: A team of volunteers belonging to the Qatar Project for the Reconstruction of South Lebanon has begun to equip the Bint Jbeil government hospital with advanced medical appliances.

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Thursday issued a "last-minute" appeal to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip to reject their Hamas rulers and stop rocket fire at Israel, warning them he would not hesitate to use force.

Thu, Dec 25, 2008 (10:15 a.m.) Lebanese army officers say troops have discovered seven rockets set up with timers that were on the verge of firing near the border with Israel.

Lebanese troops on Thursday found and dismantled eight rockets set up for launch at northern Israel, Lebanese security sources said.

BEIRUT, Lebanon?Lebanese army officers say troops have discovered seven rockets set up with timers that were on the verge of firing near the border with Israel.

(IsraelNN.com) Seven Katyusha rockets were discovered in southern Lebanon Thursday less than five kilometers, or three miles from Israel's northern border, primed and ready to fire.

Associated Press - December 25, 2008 1:03 PM ET BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Lebanese army officers say troops have discovered seven rockets set up with timers that were on the verge of firing near...

Source: Reuters TYRE, Lebanon, Dec 25 (Reuters) - Lebanese troops on Thursday found and dismantled eight rockets set up for launch at northern Israel, Lebanese security sources said. They said the Grad and Katyusha ...

Lebanon's Prime Minister Fuad Siniora, seen here in August 2008, has said his country has no interest in holding peace talks with neighbouring Israel at the moment.

Generex Biotechnology has announced that the Lebanons Ministry of Public Health has approved Generex Oral-lyn, the companys proprietary oral insulin spray product, for importation, marketing, distribution, and commercial sale in the Republic of Lebanon for the treatment of adults and children with Type-1 or Type-2 diabetes mellitus.

BEIRUT (AFP)--Lebanon's Western-backed Prime Minister Fuad Siniora said his country has no interest in holding peace talks with neighbouring Israel at the moment.

Passengers on the North Pole Express might not have to wave goodbye to the Lebanon railway station after all.

The Lebanese artist Marcil Khalifah will host five concerts in Syria as part of the celebration for Damascus being named the 2008 city of culture. The concerts will be dedicated to the legendary late Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darweesh.

Al-Qaida and other Sunni Salafist forces are gathering in Lebanon at the instigation of Saudi Arabia, making the country a potential flashpoint for a future Middle East conflict and a candidate for certain destruction, according to a report from Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin.

BEIRUT, Dec 24 (Reuters) - Below is a table of the latest Lebanese economic statistics.

Council members say about half of the estimated $350,000 needed for track repairs to keep the Lebanon Mason Monroe Railroad in town has been found.

LEBANON ? Lebanon officials say a dead city employee was issued a Christmas bonus this year, and a former committee member who is deceased was set to receive one.

Head of the Future Bloc in the Lebanese Parliament MP Saad Hariri called for transparent and democratic legislative elections to be held on time in Lebanon, and said while he supports a just peace between Syria, Lebanon, and Israel, Beirut will not engage in any direct negotiations with Israel to uphold national interests, and the entire Lebanese government will have to take any decision ...

Iona ? The South Lebanon Township Board of Supervisors last night adopted a budget for 2009. Total expenditures budgeted for 2009 are $4,610,298.

LEBANON ? The streets of downtown Lebanon will be filled with constructions crews in 2009. Lebanon City Council unanimously approved a $2.1 million refurbishment of downtown sidewalks Monday, Dec. 23.

BEIRUT, Dec 24 (Reuters) - Below is a table of the latest Lebanese economic statistics.

The Harb family of Windermere celebrates Christmas on Dec. 24, as is customary among Maronite Catholics in their native Leb- anon.

BEIRUT, Dec 24 (Reuters) - Below is a table of the latest Lebanese economic statistics.

Ten toddlers at a nursery school in this southern Lebanon village had a surprise visit from an unlikely version of Santa Claus this week when French United Nations soldiers dressed up to hand out Christmas gifts.

ONE OF 10 ?GIFTS? -- Mikoyan MiG-29 fighter performs a demonstration flight during a parade commemorating the 95th anniversary of the Russian Air Force at Monino air garrison in 2007. Russia is gifting 10 MiG-29's to Lebanon.

After facing problems with Lebanese authorities over her passport, the Algerian artist Fulla became hysterical and was taken to a hospital in Beirut. According to the London daily Elaph, Fulla?s doctor orders her to get plenty of rest and to relax at home for 5 days.

ROUMIYEH, Lebanon (Reuters) - Cigarette smoke wafts through a hall in Lebanon's biggest jail where an all-male jury is arguing over whether an accused murderer should be hanged.

Few weeks ago, the Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa sent a letter to US President-elect Barack Obama affirming Arab states? commitment to concluding a comprehensive peace agreement with Israel based on the Arab Peace Initiative that was adopted in Beirut in 2002 and later in Riyadh in 2005.

Beirut - A cargo ship carrying Lebanese activists and supplies will set sail on January 3 for the besieged Gaza Strip in an attempt to break an Israeli blockade, organizers said Tuesday. The European-flagged ship will carry power generators and food ...

Lebanon city officials discovered that two dead city employees received Christmas bonuses this year.

The Lebanese Army is incapable of integrating Hizbullah's fighters and weapons into its force, Defense Minister Elias Murr has said in an interview with Future Television. In the interview, aired Monday night, Murr said the army did not have the capacity to absorb Hizbullah's armed wing.

In a Beirut mall a jovial Santa Claus, flanked on both sides by a pair of grinning elves, chimes his bell to the beat of carolers trailing behind. The festive season is alive, as eager consumers, young and old, scamper in a pre-Christmas shopping blitz. This time last year, holiday festivities took a back seat to issues of national instability.

Beirut's version of the Christmas season is not something that can easily be described to those unfortunate souls who have never been here for it. And for gormless Westerners like myself, the experience is actually a major hindrance to the ongoing process of disabusing oneself of the general notion that Christianity is somehow our creation.

In addition to monitoring the volatile border region between Israel and Lebanon, the peacekeepers build roads and teach foreign languages to locals.

The 'Free Gaza' movement is raising the stakes with a new vessel from Lebanon that will try and run the Gaza blockade in January and the arrest of an inter-married Israeli activist who founded a pro-Arab activist organization.

The European-flagged ship carrying supplies including power generators and food will sail from southern Lebanon on Jan. 3 to the eastern Mediterranean island of Cyprus before heading to Gaza.

BEIRUT - The head of the anti-Syrian ruling majority in Lebanon, Saad Hariri, said Tuesday he would not call for negotiations between Lebanon and Israel.

A third person has been charged over the stabbing death of a young man at western Sydney's Beirut By Night restaurant.

BEIRUT, Dec 23(Reuters) - Below is a table of the latest Lebanese economic statistics.

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The third round of national dialogue session grouping 14 Lebanese rival leaders ended here Monday, by a decision to form a military specialized committee that would look into all defense strategy suggestions, LBC TV reported. The session, which was headed by President Michel Suleiman, at the presidential palace, was adjourned until January 22. A statement issued after the session called to abide ...

A view of the building where the Syrian embassy is located in the Hamra business district of Beirut. Three diplomats have begun work at Syria's first ever embassy in Lebanon which is set to open before the end of the year, a government official said on Monday.

As hordes of bachelors return home to Lebanon for the holiday season, young eligible women who far outnumber their male counterparts in this tradition-bound country are angling for the perfect catch. "This is the time when many young men come back for the holidays and the women want to find that catch," said Samir Khalaf.

Emotions ran high on Friday as customers and friends gathered to bid farewell to the Ras Beirut Bookshop on Bliss Street, which closed its doors for the final time last week. The building will be knocked down to make way for a high-rise and as of yet there are no plans to re-open the bookshop elsewhere.

NICOSIA [MENL] -- The United States, in wake of Beirut's procurement of Russia's MiG-29 fighter-jet, has pledged to supply main battle tanks to Lebanon.

A third person has been charged over the stabbing death of a young man at western Sydney's Beirut By Night restaurant.

Starring: Ron Ben-Yishai, Ronny Dayag, Ari Folman, Dror Harazi, Yehezkel La... Review: A potent and profound document of war and its aftermath done as a cartoon ? what's that all about? Watch and learn, cynics, even if you think animation is strictly for kung-fu pandas and you know squat about assassinated Lebanese president Bashir Gemayel. For what's on view in Ari Folman's Waltz With Bashir, ...

Ringgold returns to Class AAAA Section 4 play Tuesday at home with Mt. Lebanon after losing to Winfield, W.Va., 60-48, Saturday night in the championship game of the Brooke Tourney.

Three diplomats have begun work at Syria's first ever embassy in Lebanon which is set to open before the end of the year, a government official said on Monday.

BEIRUT (AFP)--Lebanon's feuding leaders on Monday postponed until the New Year talks about the arsenal of Shiite militant group Hezbollah - the single most contentious issue in the country's fractious politics.

Lebanon: Iraqi deputy leader visits Beirut (AKI) - Iraqi Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi arrived in Lebanon on Monday for two days of talks with senior officials.Hashemi was expected to meet Lebanese President Michel Suleiman and Prime Minister Fouad Siniora and other senior officials during his visit, sources said.Siniora visited Baghdad in August for talks with his Iraqi ...

BEIRUT (AFP)--Lebanon's rival political leaders met for a third round of talks Monday to formulate a national defense strategy that will tackle the divisive issue of the fate of Hezbollah's arsenal.

An unexpected casualty of the DHL cutbacks at the Wilmington Air Park is a popular specialty deli in Lebanon's downtown. The Brotzeit Deli on Mulberry Street will close at the end of the year, or sooner if the inventory is sold out before then.

A MAN has been arrested over the stabbing death of another man at western Sydney's Beirut By Night restaurant earlier this month.

A MAN has been arrested over the stabbing death of another man at western Sydney's Beirut By Night restaurant earlier this month.

Lebanon: Under the High Patronage of His Excellency, The President of the Republic of Lebanon General Michel SLEIMAN, more than 200 young leaders from the Arab world will convene in Beirut from 16 to 18 January, 2009, for the Annual Forum of Young Arab Leaders (YAL), the region's foremost platform for developing business, public sector and civil society leaders. [AMEInfo.com]

A MAN has been arrested over the stabbing death of another man at western Sydney's Beirut By Night restaurant earlier this month.

A MAN has been arrested over the stabbing death of another man at western Sydney's Beirut By Night restaurant earlier this month.

BEIRUT, LEBANON ? The head of the U.N. nuclear monitoring agency warned Syria to cooperate with the investigation of its nuclear activities or face deeper confrontation with the

Sunny times are back for Lebanon's tourism industry, enjoying its best year since 2004, though clouds may lie ahead if the risk of violence around the spring elections puts people off booking for 2009. "The number of foreign visitors will reach 1.3 million people for the whole of 2008, the same total as in 2004," said Nada Sardouk.

Lebanon's national dialogue resumes Monday on uncertain terrain after Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun was quoted as saying Sunday that he was not against direct talks between Lebanon and Israel if Syria were involved. "We don't mind direct negotiations with Israel if Syria is at the same table," he said.

Over the past two weeks, which included seven days of trading, activity on the Beirut Stock Exchange registered mixed results with the BLOM Stock Index(BSI) reaching a 52-week low of 1,174 at the start of this week. The week, nevertheless, ended on a more positive note as the BSI closed up at 1,200.

Iran - Syria - Film Syrian Minister of Culture Riyadh Nassan Agha called for production of a joint Iran-Syria film on 33-day war and resistance of the Lebanese against the Zionist regime.

BEIRUT, Lebanon -- Lebanon chose its first ambassador to Syria on Saturday, the latest step toward normalizing relations since the neighboring countries agreed earlier this year to establish diplomatic ties.

Wataniya Airways, Kuwait's new premium service luxury airline, today announces additional flight routes to Beirut and Bahrain starting from March 2009.

MANILA, Philippines--Filipino domestic helpers in Lebanon who refused to be evacuated during the 2006 conflict between the Israeli defense forces and Hezbollah militants are now freelance migrant workers.

Lebanese are lobbying for a majestic cave complex to be named one of the new Seven Wonders of the World in an online competition that has drawn natural attractions from across the globe.

BEIRUT (AFP) - Lebanese are lobbying for a majestic cave complex to be named one of the new Seven Wonders of the World in an online competition that has drawn natural attractions from across the globe.

The North Lebanon supervisors last week approved a revised subdivision plan for a parcel of land adjacent to Seyfert Orchards to update an incorrect addition plan.

BEIRUT, Lebanon?Lebanon chose its first ambassador to Syria Saturday, the latest step toward normalizing relations since the neighboring countries agreed earlier this year to establish diplomatic ties.

Crossing back and forth from Lebanon into Syria is woven into the daily habits of Hassan Atiyeh and other residents of this remote border valley.

BEIRUT: Lebanese President Michel Suleiman yesterday said he plans to protest to the UN after Israeli soldiers seized two civilians near the border overnight.

Lebanon chose its first ambassador to Syria Saturday, the latest step toward normalizing relations since the neighboring countries agreed earlier this year to establish diplomatic ties. Information Minister Tarek Mitri made the announcement after the Cabinet approved the nominee. He told reporters the government would not disclose the ambassador's name until Syria approved the choice. Lebanese ...

Israeli soldiers patrol the border with Lebanon in April 2008. Lebanese President Michel Sleiman says he plans to protest to the United Nations after Israeli soldiers seized two civilians near the border.

Beirut- Lebanon named an ambassador to Syria Saturday in another step toward normalizing relations between the two countries. The move comes after the neighbouring countries reached an agreement in October to establish diplomatic ties for the first t...

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon appointed an ambassador to Syria on Saturday, the first time the Arab neighbors will have full diplomatic relations since gaining independence from France in the 1940s.

Lebanon appointed an ambassador to Syria on Saturday, the first time the Arab neighbours will have full diplomatic ties since gaining independence from France in the 1940s. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad had issued a decree in October to establish diplomatic relations with Lebanon.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon appointed an ambassador to Syria on Saturday, the first time the Arab neighbors will have full diplomatic relations since gaining independence from France in the 1940s.

Lebanon appointed an ambassador to Syria on Saturday, the first time the Arab neighbours will have full diplomatic relations since gaining independence from France in the 1940s.

Two Lebanese civilians seized by Israeli soldiers overnight near the Israeli-Lebanese border were released early on Saturday, a Lebanese security services official said.

Beirut - Lebanese Security forces Saturday discovered a bicycle equipped with a camera and a recorder parked beside the Beirut residence of anti-Syrian Druze MP and Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblatt. Forensic specialists were called t...

Visiting U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs David Hale said here on Friday that Washington would supply tanks to the Lebanese army. Speaking to reporters after meeting Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Seniora, Hale said the United States would deliver M-60 tanks along with some other weaponry to the Lebanese army in the spring of 2009. Hale, however, did not disclose how ...

BEIRUT - Two Lebanese civilians seized by Israeli soldiers overnight near the Israeli-Lebanese border were released early on Saturday, a Lebanese security services official said.

BEIRUT: Energy and Water Minister Alan Tabourian on Friday called for the cancelation of the value-added tax (VAT) on fuel oil in an attempt to help low-income families.Speaking to reporters along with the director of Electricite du Liban (EDL) Kamal Hayek, Tabourian said removing the VAT from fuel oil would be one of the best ways to help people who depend on the commodity.

BBAC s.a.l. the Bank of Beirut and the Arab Countries has officially inaugurated its representative office in Abu Dhabi, UAE at a special ceremony.

Tourism ministry director general Nada Sardouk has said Lebanon's tourism industry are back and enjoying its best year since 2004, as number of foreign visitors are expected to reach 1.3 million people for the whole of this year, Gulf Daily News has reported.

LEBANON ? The Santiam Spokes Bicycle Club donated $3,000 to the Lebanon Community Hospital Foundation this month, continuing 15 years of giving to hospital programs, and marking 11 years in a row that the club has donated more than $2,000 to the foundation.

BEIRUT: The US plans to deliver M-60 tanks to Lebanon in spring next year as part of a commitment to help the country?s army, a senior US state department official said in Beirut yesterday.

LEBANON ? Mayor Ken Toombs is grateful to voters who elected him to his fourth term and is looking forward to seeing two big projects move forward this coming year.

BEIRUT: Sunny times are back for Lebanon's tourism industry, enjoying its best year since 2004. "The number of foreign visitors will reach 1.3 million people for the whole of this year, the same total as in 2004," said of tourism ministry director general Nada Sardouk.

Tens of thousands of people gathered in Beirut on Friday for a mass protest organised by Lebanon's Hezbollah movement against Israel's crippling blockade of the Gaza Strip.

Israeli soldiers captured two Lebanese civilians on a raid across the border into southern Lebanon on Friday, a Lebanese security official said.

Associated Press - December 19, 2008 9:23 AM ET BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Thousands of Hezbollah supporters in Lebanon are protesting the Israeli blockade on the Gaza Strip.

BEIRUT (AFP) - Sunny times are back for Lebanon's tourism industry, enjoying its best year since 2004, though clouds may lie ahead if the risk of violence around the spring elections puts people off booking for 2009.

Tens of thousands of protesters pour into streets of Beirut waving Palestinian, Hezbollah flags.

BEIRUT (AFP)--The U.S. plans to deliver M-60 tanks to Lebanon in spring next year as part of a commitment to help the country's army, a senior U.S. state department official said in Beirut Friday.

Tens of thousands of people gathered in Beirut on Friday for a mass protest organised by Lebanon's Shiite Hezbollah movement against Israel's crippling blockade of the Gaza Strip.

Thousands of Hezbollah supporters in Lebanon are protesting the Israeli blockade on the Gaza Strip. The militant group held the rally Friday in Beirut's southern suburbs. Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah has called on people across the Muslim and Arab world to hold demonstrations demanding the blockade be lifted. Similar protests and sit-ins in support of the Palestinians in Gaza were ...

(The Associated Press) Thousands of Hezbollah supporters in Lebanon are protesting the Israeli blockade on the Gaza Strip. The militant group held the rally Friday in Beirut's southern suburbs. Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah has called on people across the Muslim and Arab world to hold demonstrations demanding the blockade be lifted. Similar protests and sit-ins in support of the ...

Sunny times are back for Lebanon's tourism industry, enjoying its best year since 2004, though clouds may lie ahead if the risk of violence around the spring elections puts people off booking for 2009.

BEIRUT (AFP)--Thousands of people gathered in Beirut's southern suburbs on Friday for a mass protest organized by Lebanon's Shiite Hezbollah movement against Israel's crippling blockade of the Gaza Strip.

19 December 2008 BBAC s.a.l. the Bank of Beirut and the Arab Countries has officially inaugurated its representative office in Abu Dhabi, UAE at a special ceremony in the presence of a large number of personalities representing the UAE authorities, including the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Minister of State for National Council's Affairs Dr. Anwar Gargash, the former Minister of ...

BEIRUT, Dec 19, 2008 (AFP) - Sunny times are back for Lebanon's tourism industry, enjoying its best year since 2004, though clouds may lie ahead if the risk of violence around the spring elections puts people off booking for 2009.

SYDNEY, Dec 19, 2008 (AFP) - An Egyptian-born Australian policeman will head investigations for a United Nations tribunal prosecuting those accused of assassinating Lebanon's ex-prime minister Rafiq Hariri, police said Friday.

Lebanese President Michel Suleiman expressed hope Thursday that the upcoming parliamentary elections next spring would not expand the circle of internal conflicts in the country, local Elnashra website reported. "A strong state, through its unity, protects everyone including the resistances, while a weak state can hardly protect itself," Suleiman was quoted as saying. Suleiman's remarks came as ...

Graham Richardson had a second Swiss bank account through which he channelled $4.6 million.

Ten MiG29 Fulcrum fighters will be provided free to Lebanon under an agreement on military-technical assistance, the head of Russia?s defence cooperation service said.

MOSCOW, Dec 17 (Reuters) Russia will give 10 MiG-29 fighter jets to Lebanon as a gift, Russian news agencies quoted the head of Russia's Federal Military and Technical Cooperation Service as saying today.

December 18, 2008 - White House shocked by Lebanon fighter jet deal with Russia

LEBANON--The 12th annual New Year's Eve bologna drop will be held at Ninth and Cumberland streets, with festivities starting at 10:30 p.m. The 12-foot long bologna weighing nearly 150 pounds was made at Kutztown/Daniel Weaver Bologna Company.

Lebanese popular opinion seems almost as divided on Muntazer al-Zaidi, the Iraqi television reporter who hurled his shoes at visiting US President Georges W. Bush at a news conference earlier this week, as the Iraqi politicians this week seen squabbling in Parliament over whether to pardon him.

It was the summer of 1982 when Zahira Najjar, 66, last saw her son Abdallah, then 17 years old. The family was in Bhamdoun, a mountain resort east of Beirut, at the height of Lebanon's 15-year Civil War.Only Syrian forces were on the ground when Abdullah went to find transport to the capital to get his wounded leg seen to, Najjar said.

Graham Richardson had a second Swiss bank account through which he channelled $4.6m.

DUBAI - Lebanese film-maker actress Myrna Makaron has high hopes as Children?s Cinema programmer for Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF).

Hamas officials in Gaza and Beirut said Thursday the Islamic militant group will not extend a six-month truce with Israel, as the two sides attacked each other.

WASHINGTON [MENL] -- The United States has become concerned over Lebanon's decision to acquire an advanced fighter-jet from Russia. Officials said the State Department has contacted the Lebanese Foreign Ministry for clarification of Lebanon's decision to procure the MiG-29 fighter-jet from Moscow.

THE controversial Labor powerbroker and businessman Graham Richardson had a second Swiss bank account through which he channelled as much as $4.6 million of the proceeds from shareholdings in Offset Alpine and Abednego Nickel.

In a move that could raise concerns in the U.S. and Israel, Russia will donate 10 MiG-29 fighter jets to Lebanon and commit to supplying the teetering Arab democracy with more war machines, an official told reporters Wednesday.

Lebanon's government has again decided to delay the oft-delayed privatisation of the country's two state owned mobile phone networks.

Lebanon: American University of Beirut Medical Center oncologist-hematologist, Dr Ali Bazarbachi, was named Laureate of the French National Academy of Medicine 2008 and received the Prix Aimee et Raymond Mande for his work on targeted therapy on human leukemia. [AMEInfo.com]

It didn't take long for Mt. Lebanon commissioners to adopt the manager's $45.79 million proposed budget for 2009, but then, the vote had been preceded by almost two months of debate.

Russia to give Lebanon 10 MiG-29 fighter jets 5 BEIRUT, Lebanon In a move that could raise concerns in the U.S. and Israel, Russia will donate 10 MiG-29 fighter jets to Lebanon and commit to supplying the teetering Arab democracy with more war machines, an official said yesterday . Though the jets aren't likely to pose a strategic challenge to Israel or even Lebanon's other neighbor, Syria, the ...

Lebanon: Gefinor Rotana has been successfully awarded the Hazard Analysis Critical Control Certificate (HACCP) making it the first hotel in Lebanon to become HACCP certified. [AMEInfo.com]

Lebanon, one of the world's key migratory bird corridors, has turned into a death trap for the avian population due to illegal hunting of increasingly rare species.

Beirut, dec 18 : US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs David Hale warned Wednesday against the continuous rearming of the Lebanese Shia movement Hezbollah by Syria and Iran.

In a move that could raise concerns in the U.S. and Israel, Russia will donate 10 MiG-29 fighter jets to Lebanon and commit to supplying more war machines, an official told reporters Wednesday.

UNITED NATIONS, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- The U.N. Security Council Wednesday extended the mandate of the independent probe into the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri.

MOSCOW, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- Russia will supply Lebanon with 10 used MiG-29 Fulcrum fighter planes free of charge, a Russian official said Wednesday.

BEIRUT, Lebanon - Now even the judges are bickering. After a monthlong recess, Saddam Hussein's trial was supposed to resume yesterday in Baghdad, but it was abruptly postponed until Sunday as judges argued over who should lead the court.

The 10 MIG-29 fighter jets would significantly upgrade their antiquated air force and serve as a slap to the United States, Lebanon?s main military partner.

Russia is to supply Lebanon with 10 used MiG-29 fighter jets as a gift and is in talks with Beirut to sell it armoured vehicles for its ground forces, a top Russian armaments supply official has said.

The Daily Star asked passersby in Beirut about strategies to get hold of the use of bribery.

Those who despair at the turmoil and political instability of modern-day Beirut may take comfort: It's nothing new. In her 16th book on Lebanon, the eminent archaeologist and historian Nina Jidejian delves into Beirut's tumultuous history to reveal the exhausting series of conflicts that have created the metropolis we know today.

Russia gave Lebanon an early Christmas gift of 10 MiG fighter jets today in a deal to boost defence co-operation.

Lebanon's defense minister announced in Moscow on Wednesday that Russia had offered to deliver 10 MIG-29 fighter jets, in what would be a quantum leap for Lebanon's antiquated air force and a slap to the United States, its main military partner.

The U.N. investigator probing the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri said on Wednesday he believed the case was solvable but asked for patience as he assembles evidence.

(RTTNews) - Russia will gift Lebanon's military with a batch of 10 MiG-29 fighter jets as "a form of military and technical assistance," said Mikhail Dmitriyev, the head of the federal military and technical cooperation service, on Wednesday.

Russia is to deliver 10 MiG-29 fighter jets as a gift for the Lebanese military, the head of the Russian defence co-operation body said Wednesday.

Russia is to deliver 10 MiG-29 fighter jets as a gift for the Lebanese military, the head of the Russian defence cooperation body said Wednesday.

Dorothy M. Tracy, known as Majel, died Dec. 12 at Oregon Health Sciences University, of injuries suffered in a Dec. 4 accident southeast of Lebanon.

Russia said the jets would help to ensure stability in the regionMoscow is to give 10 MiG-29 fighter jets to Lebanon free of charge, says Russia s state news agency Interfax.The head of the Russia s defence cooperation body, Mikhail Dmitriyev, said the consignment was a form of military and technical assistance .

Russia will reportedly give 10 MiG-29 fighter jets to Lebanon as a gift, Reuters reported Wednesday.

Anti-Syrian Lebanese Druze leader Walid Joumblat described Wednesday the establishment of diplomatic relations between Lebanon and Syria as "an achievement," after a meeting with President Michel Suleiman, local Elnashra website reported. Joumblat stressed that Lebanon abides with the Arab League charter, and the Taef accord which stresses "special relations," with Syria. Joumblat has been ...

North Lebanon Township residents don?t have to worry about paying more in township taxes as a result of the 2009 budget passed by the Board of Supervisors at their meeting Monday.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia will give 10 MiG-29 fighter jets to Lebanon as a gift, Russian news agencies quoted the head of Russia's Federal Military and Technical Cooperation Service as saying on Wednesday.

Beirut - US Deputy Assistant the Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs David Hale warned Wednesday against the continuous rearming of the Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah by Syria and Iran. The rearmament of Hezbollah through Syria and Iran ...

The announcement about Russian donation of 10 Mig-29 jet fighters to the Lebanese army was a surprising news which raised political, military and strategic questions, local daily As-Safir said Wednesday. Lebanese Defense Minister Elias Murr announced Tuesday following a meeting with his Russian counterpart Anatoly Serdyukove in Moscow that Russia has agreed to deliver to Lebanon 10 Mig-29 jet ...

Source: Reuters (Adds quotes, details) MOSCOW, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Russia will give 10 MiG-29 fighter jets to Lebanon as a gift, Russian news agencies quoted the head of Russia's Federal Military and Technical ...

MOSCOW. Dec 17 (Interfax-AVN) - Russian ground military hardware could be supplied to Lebanon, said Mikhail Dmitriyev, Director of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation. "Ground equipment could be supplied to this country," he said.

Authorities in Tunisia, Saudi Arabia and Syria have prevented four Arab journalists and human rights activists from attending the Arab Free Press Forum , an annual gathering in Beirut that examines how independent media can be effective despite widepread repression. The bans have been condemned by the organisers, the World Association of Newspapers . (Via WAN ) Lebanon Saudi Arabia ...

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

BEIRUT: Speaker Nabih Berri stressed the need to abide by the Doha Accord on Tuesday, especially with regard to not blocking Cabinet's decisions or boycotting its sessions.

Beirut - The year 2008 saw Lebanon battling threats on two fronts: On one side the threat of civil war; on the other the rise of Sunni militancy destabilizing an already unsteady country. Since the assassination of former premier Rafik Hariri in earl...

Lebanon: Lebanon has postponed the privatisation of two state-owned mobile phone companies, Alpha and MTC Touch, because of global market conditions, Reuters has reported. The privatisation was set to be conducted via sales of majority stakes in each of the firms and an initial public offering. [AMEInfo.com]

It is not only the shiny spaceship-to-SoHo dcor that sets Naya apart from other Lebanese restaurants in New York.

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Dec. 16 (UPI) -- An incident involving an Iraqi reporter lobbing his shoes at U.S. President George Bush was an expression against the occupation, the Lebanese Hezbollah said.

BEIRUT: Celebrated Pakistani journalist Najam Sethi, the editor-in-chief of The Friday Times weekly and Daily Times and Aaj Kal dailies, has been awarded the prestigious 2009 Golden Pen of Freedom, the annual press freedom prize of the World Association of Newspapers (WAN), the top print media body in the world.

SCENES from a new film depicting the cycle of knife and gun violence of some Lebanese-Australian teens were filmed in a restaurant where a man was murdered this week.

BEIRUT --- Mr Najam Sethi, editor-in-chief of the Friday Times and Daily Times in Pakistan, has been awarded the 2009 Golden Pen of Freedom, the annual press freedom prize of the World Association of Newspapers (WAN).

BEIRUT: Najam Sethi, editor-in-chief of The Friday Times, Daily Times, and Aaj Kal has been awarded the 2009 Golden Pen of Freedom, the annual press freedom prize of the World Association of Newspapers (WAN), the top print media body in the world.

MOSCOW?Russian news agencies are reporting that Moscow has promised to deliver a batch of fighter jets to Lebanon. ITAR-Tass and Interfax have quoted Lebanese Defense Minister Elias Murr as saying that Russia has agreed to supply his country with 10 MiG-29 fighter jets.

Beirut, Dec 16 : Najaam Sethi, Editor-in-Chief of Friday Times and Daily Times in Pakistan, has been awarded the 2009 Golden Pen of Freedom, the annual press freedom prize of the World Association of Newspapers.

Iran - Lebanon - Economy Iran's ambassador to Lebanon discussed ways to broaden bilateral economic ties with the country's Minister of Economy and Trade Mohammed Safadi.

Tue, Dec 16, 2008 (4:03 a.m.) Russian news agencies are reporting that Moscow has promised to deliver a batch of fighter jets to Lebanon. ITAR-Tass and Interfax have quoted Lebanese Defense Minister Elias Murr as saying that Russia has agreed to supply his country with 10 MiG-29 fighter jets.

MOSCOW, December 16 (Itar-Tass) - Russia will hand over ten MiG-29 fighters to Lebanon, Lebanese Defense Minister Ilias Murr said after a meeting with his Russian counterpart Anatoly Serdyukov on Tuesday.

(The Associated Press) Russian news agencies are reporting that Moscow has promised to deliver a batch of fighter jets to Lebanon. ITAR-Tass and Interfax have quoted Lebanese Defense Minister Elias Murr as saying that Russia has agreed to supply his country with 10 MiG-29 fighter jets. The ITAR-Tass said the planes will be provided as aid. Murr spoke during Tuesday's talks in Moscow with ...

Russian news agencies are reporting that Moscow has promised to deliver a batch of fighter jets to Lebanon.

BEIRUT, Dec 16 (Reuters) - Below is a table of the latest Lebanese economic statistics.

BEIRUT, Dec 16 (Reuters) - The Lebanese government postponed the privatisation of two state-owned mobile phone companies because of global market conditions, Prime Minister Fouad Siniora said on Tuesday. Officials had expected the sale to be pushed back because of an unfavourable climate for the long-promised reform -- the proceeds of which will be used to pay down some of Lebanon's massive ...

According to Minister Baroud, Lebanon would favorably receive such an offer, on condition that the supervision filled the necessary conditions ?of neutrality, seriousness and professionalism? and that the process contained ?no other agenda?.

On 10 December 2008, Lotfi Hidouri, an OLPEC member and news desk editor for Kalima newspaper, was arrested at Tunis' Carthage airport as he was preparing to leave for Lebanon, where he was to take part in the Third Forum on the Arab Press in Beirut.

Lebanon: Alfa, the mobile operator, announces that it has donated - through its subscribers - a financial contribution to SOS Children's Villages, as part of its 4-life program. [AMEInfo.com]

Lebanese artist Yara started filming a video clip for her second song from her last album with the director Joe Bo Eid. The filming took place at the Beirut Studios.

BEIRUT, Lebanon ? The United States and the United Arab Emirates have hammered out a nuclear cooperation deal that would bring U.S. atomic technology and know-how to a site less than 100 miles off Iran's shores, said an envoy from the Persian Gulf monarchy to state media today.

Beirut - A bomb exploded late Monday inside the Palestinian refugee camp Ain el Hilweh in southern Lebanon, but did not inflict any casualties, Palestinian sources said. The bomb exploded in Hay al Manshiyeh, an area inside Ain el Hilweh, which is th...

There is much more to young offenders than their convictions, a pair of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) demonstrated on Monday with the opening of two Beirut exhibitions of artwork created by just such adolescents. The Fondation Pere Afif Osseiran held a one-day exposition at UNESCO Palace under the patronage of former Minister Leila Solh Hamadeh.

Beirut - Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of the Shiite movement Hezbollah, called Monday for an open-ended protest to begin this week and last until the Gaza siege is lifted. He called for a demonstration to be held next Friday in Beirut's southe...

Former Lebanon resident Dwayne Bullock was killed in downtown Dayton Friday, Dec. 12, when a man driving a stolen car crashed into his vehicle.

Mt. Lebanon Elementary School in Anderson School District 4 is a statement on modern school design.

LEBANON, Ore. -- A Lebanon man fatally shot himself after a revolver he was handling accidentally fired, wounding him in the lower abdomen.

Beirut - The Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah on Monday defended the Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at US president George W Bush on Sunday. This is a goodbye kiss on behalf of the widows and orphans and people who have been killed in Iraq, ...

Lebanon's defense minister planned to visit his counterpart in Moscow to discuss the purchase of heavy Russian weaponry, officials said.Tanks, helicopters, armored vehicles and air defense systems were ticketed for discussion, an unidentified Lebanese General Staff official said. RIA Novosti reported.A senior Lebanese Defense Ministry official said there would be no political conditions attached ...

Next time you?re upset about your overbearing mother-in-law, just consider the Lebanese constitution, which read more

BEIRUT (Reuters) - The hurling of shoes at U.S. President George W. Bush on his farewell visit to Iraq strikes many in the Middle East as a fittingly furious comment on what they see as his calamitous legacy in the region.

Despite the sharp controversy that it provoked and continues to provoke in Beirut, the visit of General Michel Aoun to Damascus was a remarkable event last week, one dominating the local political scene. eclipsing any other political activity.

Lebanon: During a lunch ceremony held at Phoenicia Hotel in Beirut, Al Aan TV has announced officially the agreement signed with Pomo Media as Al Aan's sole sales representative in Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and Iraq. [AMEInfo.com]

Lebanon: Nando's, the legendary Afro-Portuguese flame-grilled chicken celebrated today the opening of its new branch in Zalka. [AMEInfo.com]

BEIRUT, Dec 15 (Reuters) - The Lebanese government will likely cut its 2009 economic growth forecast to between 3 and 3.5 percent from 5 percent because of concerns about growth in the Gulf, the finance minister said. Mohammad Chatah also said the economy could have grown by more than 6 percent this year. "We set the rate of growth at 5 percent for our budget for the coming year but it is likely ...

BEIRUT: The Cabinet on Saturday appointed the 10 members of a committee in charge of monitoring next year's parliamentary elections despite differences between rival blocs in the government over the issue.

Lebanese opposition ministers used veto power in the Saturday's cabinet meeting for the first time since the national unity government was formed in July, An-Nahar daily reported Sunday. The veto power was used when the opposition disagreed with the pro-government ministers on the formation of an election campaign surveillance committee for the 2009 parliamentary elections, the report said. ...

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter met Sunday in Damascus, Syria, with Khaled Meshaal, the exiled leader of Hamas' political wing, a Hamas official said.

AMMAN: Jordan and Lebanon yesterday called for ?full implementation? of the UN Security Council resolution which ended the 2006 war between Israel and the Lebanese Shia group Hezbollah.

Staccato explosions of Eid al-Adha fireworks erupt below Tamara al-Samerraei's balcony, followed by the gurgle of pre-pubescent laughter. The Beirut-based artist pauses and grimaces slightly. "I hate fireworks," she smiles tightly and pulls her shawl about her. "It's funny. Back [when the unpleasantness of last May visited her Ras Beirut neighborhood].

Lebanese women married to foreign men are not allowed under current law to pass on their citizenship to their children. Reformers are trying to bring attention to the issue through protests.

Sun, Dec 14, 2008 (8:42 a.m.) Every year, Salha Solh spends half her small income of $3,600 just to keep her three sons and three daughters from being deported from their homeland.

Every year, Salha Solh spends half her small income of $3,600 just to keep her three sons and three daughters from being deported from their homeland. Solh is Lebanese but her husband is Pakistani, and under Lebanese law she cannot pass her citizenship on to her children. They are Pakistanis in the law's eyes and need expensive annual residency visas, even though they were born and raised here ...

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP)?Every year, Salha Solh spends half her small income of $3,600 just to keep her three sons and three daughters from being deported from their homeland?.

West Lebanon -- An early morning fire on Main Street yesterday destroyed two businesses and displaced 10 apartment residents, many of whom were alerted by the patrons of a diner across the street who rushed to help.

According to the London daily Elaph, the Lebanese artist Diana Haddad singed her new Khaliji ?Gulf countries dialect? album at the ?Virgin Mega Stores? in Dubai.

Lebanese superstar Carole Samaha recently held a dinner celebration at the ?Rotana? Garden in Dubai. According to the London daily Elaph, Carole sang for two hours, drawing a great number of fans. Fans danced and sang along with her songs.

Lebanon decided to send a ship laden of aid to Gaza Strip to help reliving people in the territory where Israel has been imposing a tight blockade, a Palestinian activist said on Saturday. Jamal al-Khodary, a lawmaker heading a popular committee against the siege, said Lebanese officials told him the ship will be carrying medical supplies for the Palestinians. He did not disclose the date of the ...

An early morning fire destroyed a three-story building in the heart of West Lebanon.

BEIRUT: Lebanese militant group Hezbollah accused Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni yesterday of wanting to expel Arab Israelis after saying their national aspirations lay outside the Jewish state.

President Jimmy Carter told a packed audience at the American University of Beirut that President-elect Barack Obama cannot wait until the end of his term,...

UN official: No obstacles to the Hariri assassination case BEIRUT, Dec. 13 (Xinhua) -- A senior UN official working in the international committee probing the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafic Hariri said that nothing will obstruct the case, the pan-Arab daily Al-Hayat reported Saturday.

BEIRUT, Dec 13 (Reuters) - Below is a table of the latest Lebanese economic statistics.

Moody's Investors Service has changed the outlook on Lebanon's sovereign ratings to positive from stable.

Lebanon: Moody's Investors Service has changed the outlook on Lebanon's sovereign ratings to positive from stable. These ratings are the country's B3 local and foreign currency government bond ratings, the B3 country ceiling for foreign currency bank deposits, and the B2 country ceiling for foreign currency bonds. [AMEInfo.com]

Moody's Investors Service has changed the outlook of four Lebanese banks -- BLOM Bank, Byblos Bank, Bank Audi, and Bank of Beirut to positive from stable, on the B3 long-term foreign currency deposit rating.

Lebanon: Moody's Investors Service has today changed the outlook on the B3 long-term foreign currency deposit rating of the four Lebanese banks -- BLOM Bank, Byblos Bank, Bank Audi, and Bank of Beirut -- to positive from stable. [AMEInfo.com]

BEIRUT, Lebanon - Jimmy Carter says he'd have been "delighted" to meet with Hezbollah officials during his visit to Lebanon.

A local farmer has converted a former seed center into Iona Farmers Market in South Lebanon Township.

Lebanon's Druze Minister of Youth and Sports Talal Arslan on Friday warned against a situation setback in the country because of "the verbal escalations and the shaky security situation," local Al-Manar TV reported. Arslan, also an opposition leader, made the remarks at a press conference, during which he accused pro-government Druze leader Walid Joumblat of leading the country into the ...

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter said on Friday he hoped President-elect Barack Obama would quickly engage in Middle East peace talks when he takes office.

BEIRUT, Lebanon?Jimmy Carter said Friday he would have been "delighted" to meet with Hezbollah officials during his visit to Lebanon and regretted the militant group's leaders refuse to meet with current or former American presidents.

Moody's Investors Service has raised the outlook on its B3 long-term foreign currency deposit rating of Lebanon's four largest banks - BLOM Bank, Byblos Bank, Bank Audi, and Bank of Beirut - to positive from stable. The report, which was released on Thursday, also improved the outlook on Byblos Bank's B2 foreign currency senior.

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Dec. 12 (UPI) -- Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, during a visit to Beirut Friday, said that East Jerusalem should be the capital of a Palestinian state.

Children who want to let Santa Claus know what they want for Christmas this year can tell him in person by visiting him at his own village in Beirut. To celebrate the holidays, Solidere, in cooperation with BankMED, took the initiative to launch various activities in Downtown Beirut in the area between Martyrs Square and the Saifi district.

(AP:BEIRUT, Lebanon) An international press association says Arab governments continue to crack down on free and critical media through harassment and prosecution.

A top Iranian cleric on Friday slammed US president-elect Barack Obama's criticism of Hezbollah and defended the Islamic republic's support of the Lebanese Shiite group.

The Blackman versus Lebanon basketball games tonight at Lebanon will be played as scheduled.

Manila, December 11, 2008 (AFP) - Lebanon's honorary consul in the Philippines on Thursday asked Manila to allow job-seekers into Lebanon and end a two-year ban, saying it was now safe for them to work there.

LEBANON ? Fire officials have dismissed claims of possible electrical fire at Lebanon High School. Crews went to the school about 6:22 p.m. on a report of an electrical smell in the school's auxiliary gym, but there was no fire at the school, dispatchers said.

Moody's Investors Service has today changed the outlook on the B3 long-term foreign currency deposit rating of the four Lebanese banks -- BLOM Bank, Byblos Bank, Bank Audi, and Bank of Beirut -- to po

BEIRUT, Dec 12, 2008 (AFP) - Four journalists and rights activists from Tunisia, Saudi Arabia and Syria have been prevented from travelling to Lebanon to attend a press forum, the World Association of Newspapers (WAN) said on Friday.

MANILA (AFP) - Lebanon?s honorary consul in the Philippines yesterday asked Manila to allow job-seekers into Lebanon and end a two-year ban, saying it was now safe for them to work there.

Visiting U.S. former president Jimmy Carter announced here Thursday that his center for elections surveillance has officially presented a request to interior minister Ziad Baroud to sent observers to Lebanese Parliamentary elections next year. Carter, who is here on a four-day visit in the Mideast region, told reporters in Beirut following his meeting with Baroud that his center has been ...

MANAMA: Moody's Investors Service has changed the outlook on Lebanon's sovereign ratings to positive from stable. These ratings are B3 local and foreign currency government bond ratings, the B3 country ceiling for foreign currency bank deposits, and the B2 country ceiling for foreign currency bonds.

LEBANON ? Firefighters and medics at the Lebanon Fire District?s new station were busy responding to calls Wednesday, the station?s first day in operation.

MANILA: Lebanon?s honourary consul in the Philippines yesterday asked Manila to allow job-seekers into Lebanon and end a two-year ban, saying it was now safe for them to work there.

Lebanon town officials will hold a special meeting of the Lebanon Town Board Saturday Dec. 13 at 9 a.m. at the town offices for the purpose of amending their 2009 budget in order

Five years after the Foyer Franco-Libanais in Paris asked Antoine Fleyfel, then 27, to teach an Arabic course on Lebanese dialect, this month the philosophy professor published his first textbook aimed at simplifying the dialect with a structured grammar-based methodology that uses Latin letters and numbers.

Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh and Syrian-Lebanese Higher Council chief Nasri Khoury exchanged on Thursday memorandums specifying the locations for the headquarters of their respective embassies in Syria and Lebanon. While both officials refused to reveal details about the future locations of the embassies.

US policy toward Lebanon has failed in its fundamental objectives of bolstering March 14 Forces politicians and weakening Hizbullah, and should be changed as soon as possible, according to a report to be published by an influential think-tank. The report, commissioned by the US-based Century Foundation, says.

The Lebanon Fire District has opened one of its two new fire stations approved by voters in 2006.

Beirut - The United Nations Interim Forces in Lebanon (UNIFIL) have taken extra precautionary measures after receiving threats against UN peacekeepers, a local Lebanese radio said Thursday. Extraordinary security measures have been carried out in sou...

LEBANON TWP. ? Santa Claus may live at the North Pole, but Father Christmas, known to those who attended the annual Dickens Days festivities in Clinton more than a week ago, is a local fellow.

The "glogg" was largely ignored, but everything else was pretty popular at the grand opening of Mt. Lebanon Public Library's used-book store.

BBC Beirut correspondent Natalia Antelava visits a devastated Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon.

DIFC, December 11, 2008 -- Moody's Investors Service has today changed the outlook on Lebanon's sovereign ratings to positive from stable.

Lebanon's honorary consul in the Philippines on Thursday asked Manila to allow job-seekers into Lebanon and end a two-year ban, saying it was now safe for them to work there.

BEIRUT: Finance Minister Mohammad Shatah suggested Wednesday that the state may reach a compromise on the salary increase for the public sector in a manner that would not further exacerbate the budget deficit.

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter said here Wednesday after meeting with Lebanese President Michel Suleiman that he hopes the upcoming Lebanese parliamentary elections would be honest and transparent, local Naharnet website reported. Carter said he hopes to visit Lebanon again in spring 2009 to follow up the parliamentary elections, the report said. Carter arrived in Beirut Tuesday began his ...

A fourth case of pertussis ? or whooping cough ? spreading through Lebanon's schools was confirmed Tuesday, Dec. 9.

A Lebanese man was sentenced to life in prison Tuesday for a failed plot to blow up German passenger trains which the court said could have triggered "a bloodbath of monstrous proportions." The regional superior court in this western city convicted Youssef Mohammed al-Hajj Dib, 24, of multiple counts of attempted murder for his part.

BEIRUT: Lebanon has chosen career diplomat Michel el-Khoury as its first ever ambassador to Syria, a foreign ministry official said yesterday.

LEBANON ? The Lebanon Community School District and its classified employees will go into the winter break with contract issues unresolved.

Former US President Jimmy Carter met with President Michel Sleiman Wednesday, before being flown to Naqoura in South Lebanon for a meeting with United Nations peacekeepers. The presidential visit and trip to the South came as Hizbullah reportedly declined an invitation to meet with the former head of state.

LEBANON--Changes in the auto industry are apparent in the midstate, with the merger of Maguire's Ford of Lebanon into Maguire's Ford Lincoln Mercury in Campbelltown one of the latest examples of consolidations of dealerships.

Carol Donovan opened an envelope, and next to an order form for tickets to the Lebanon Symphony Orchestra, found an unexpected note. \

LEBANON-Police are continuing to investigate two dummy grenades found at Lebanon VA Medical Center in South Lebanon Twp. Tuesday. One was found in the parking lot of Building 17 at 11 a.m., said Norm Faas, VA spokesman.

An undated file photo of relatives of Lebanese prisoners in Syrian jails holding a huge national flag during a protest in Beirut. Lebanon has chosen career diplomat Michel el-Khoury as its first ever ambassador to Syria, a foreign ministry official said.

A fourth case of pertussis ? or whooping cough ? spreading through Lebanon's schools was confirmed Tuesday, Dec. 9.

LEBANON -- The Lukoil convenience store at 1499 E. Cumberland St. was robbed at 11 p.m. Tuesday, police said. The suspect grabbed money from the cash register after asking for change, police said. No weapon was displayed, they said.

MOSCOW [MENL] -- Lebanon has agreed to negotiate weapons deals with Russia. Officials said the government of Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora has concluded preliminary talks with Moscow over the Russian supply of a range of weapons and platforms.

Lebanon: Reaching out to the future of the region's IT workforce, Sun Microsystems offered seminars this week for students in four universities across Beirut - Notre Dame University, Beirut Arab University, Lebanese American University and the University of Balamand. [AMEInfo.com]

BEIRUT - Lebanon has chosen career diplomat Michel el-Khoury as its first ever ambassador to Syria, a foreign ministry official said on Wednesday.

Lebanon: Hezbollah refuses to meet former US president (AKI) - The Lebanese Shia group Hezbollah has refused to meet former US President Jimmy Carter. Carter's spokesman said on Wednesday that the organisation which is now represented in parliament, had rejected a request for a meeting. "I understand that some of the leaders of Hezbollah have said they were not going to meet with any ...

DUESSELDORF, Germany - A Lebanese man was convicted yesterday of attempted murder and sentenced to life in prison for his part in planting bombs on two German trains.

HUBER HEIGHTS ? Lebanon scored one of the first upsets of the 2008-09 basketball season Tuesday night, Dec. 9, beating Wayne 69-67.

Rock Bridge proved too much for the Waynesville boys? basketball team in Saturday night?s Lebanon Central Bank Tournament final, as the Briuns edged the Tigers 78-63 in a game that was much closer than the score indicates.

The leader of an Al Qaeda-linked Lebanese group has probably been killed in Syria, according to a statement purportedly posted by the faction on an Islamic militant Web site Tuesday.

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter arrived in Beirut on Tuesday to assess whether his Carter Center would take part in monitoring Lebanon's next year's parliamentary elections or not. Lebanese Interior Minister Ziad Baroud told reporters after his arrival that Carter said he wants to take part in "following up the elections, similar to what was done in many other countries." It is up to the ...

LONDON, Dec. 9 -- A Lebanese college student was convicted and sentenced to life in prison Tuesday for his role in a 2006 plot to plant suitcase bombs on two German commuter trains.

Tue, Dec 9, 2008 (3:33 p.m.) The leader of an al-Qaida-linked Lebanese group has probably been killed in Syria, according to a statement purportedly posted by the faction on an Islamic militant Web site Tuesday.

(The Associated Press) The leader of an al-Qaida-linked Lebanese group has probably been killed in Syria, according to a statement purportedly posted by the faction on an Islamic militant Web site Tuesday. Shaker al-Absi went on the run last year after his group, Fatah Islam, battled the Lebanese army for weeks inside a Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon. The statement attributed to ...

The leader of an al-Qaida-linked Lebanese group has probably been killed in Syria, according to a statement purportedly posted by the faction on an Islamic militant Web site Tuesday.

The independent inquiry into the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq Hariri has acquired new information potentially implicating additional individuals to the network that carried out the suicide car bomb attack, according to a new report to the Security Council released today.

The preliminary autopsy report on a 54-year-old man found dead Friday in the breezeway near his home on North Ninth Street, Lebanon, shows he died of natural causes, according to police.

BEIRUT (AFP) - Clowns and street performers danced in the rainy streets of Lebanon's capital on Tuesday bringing holiday cheers to the traffic-jammed Hamra shopping district.

BEIRUT - Former U.S. president Jimmy Carter says he is ready to meet with Hezbollah officials if the Lebanese militant group agreed to see him.

A Lebanese man was sentenced to life in prison Tuesday for a failed plot to blow up German passenger trains which the court said could have triggered "a bloodbath of monstrous proportions."

Beirut - Thirty cheerful clowns from Germany, Italy, Morocco and Lebanon cheered the Lebanese public Tuesday by dancing in the rain in the capital Beirut. Wearing rainbow-colored wigs and red plastic noses, the clowns put on a show in the main shoppi...

DanChurchAid - Denmark DanChurchAid (DCA) is a Danish non-governmental organisation that aims to assist the poorest groups of the populations in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Eastern Europe and Latin America. Today, DCA has Humanitarian Mine Action activities in Albania, Angola, DR Congo, Lebanon and Sudan. We are now looking for a new Finance officer to the HMA programme in Tyre, Lebanon.

DUESSELDORF, Germany - A Lebanese man accused of planting suitcase bombs on two German trains with an accomplice was convicted Tuesday of attempted murder and sentenced to...

Beirut - Former US president Jimmy Carter arrived in Beirut Tuesday on a two-day official visit to discuss the process of the upcoming Lebanese parliamentary elections and the prospects for peace in the Middle East region, a Lebanese government sourc...

A Lebanese man was convicted Tuesday of attempted murder and sentenced to life in prison for trying to plant bombs on two German trains. The Duesseldorf state court found Youssef Mohammed el-Hajdib, 24, guilty of multiple counts of attempted murder and attempting to cause an explosion. El-Hajdib was one of two main suspects accused of planting suitcase bombs on two regional trains at Cologne's ...

Germany: Lebanese man found guilty of bomb plot (AKI) - A Lebanese man has been sentenced to life in prison for a failed plot to bomb a German commuter train in 2006. A regional court in the city of Dusseldorf on Tuesday convicted 24-year-old Youssef Mohammed el-Hajj Dib of multiple counts of attempted murder and attempting to cause an explosion.Prosecutors said el-Hajj Dib and an ...

Former President Jimmy Carter is in Lebanon for a Mideast tour that will also include Syria.

DUESSELDORF, Germany (AP) - A Lebanese man has been convicted of planting a bomb on a German commuter train in 2006 and sentenced to life in prison. A state court in Duesseldorf convicted 24-year-old Youssef Mohammed el-Hajdib on Tuesday of attempted murder and attempting to cause an explosion.

Dusseldorf - A German court Tuesday gave a life-imprisonment sentence to a Lebanese man who planted bombs on two trains that would have caused mass carnage if they had exploded. Youssef al-Hajj Dib, 24, was convicted by the court in Dusseldorf of mul...

A German court today handed a Lebanese man a life sentence for trying to set off bombs on German trains two years ago.

DUESSELDORF, Germany (AP) ? A Lebanese man has been convicted of planting a bomb on a German commuter train in 2006 and sentenced to life in prison. A state court in Duesseldorf convicted 24-year-old Youssef Mohammed el-Hajdib on Tuesday of attempted murder and attempting to cause an explosion.

DUESSELDORF, Germany (AFP)--A Lebanese man was sentenced to life in prison Tuesday for a failed bid to attack German passenger trains that investigators say would have triggered a bloodbath had the bombs gone off.

(The Associated Press) A Lebanese man was convicted Tuesday of attempted murder and sentenced to life in prison for his part in planting bombs on two German trains. The Duesseldorf state court found Youssef Mohammed el-Hajdib, 24, guilty of multiple counts of attempted murder and attempting to cause an explosion. El-Hajdib was one of two main suspects accused of planting bombs on two regional ...

A Lebanese man was convicted Tuesday of attempted murder and sentenced to life in prison for his part in planting bombs on two German trains.

A verdict is due in the trial of a Lebanese man accused of attempting to bomb German passenger trains that investigators say could have ended in a bloodbath. The defense argues the devices were not intended to explode.

Druze opposition leader Wiam Wahab, Monday accused pro-government Druze leader Walid Joumblat of attempting to assassinate him during an overnight shooting incident in the Chouf mountains, local NBN TV reported. The incident took place Sunday night in the predominantly Druze Chouf mountain between Wahab's supporters and members of Joumblat's Progressive Socialist Party. Wahab said the incident ...

MIDDLETOWN ? The "Cover Up Our Kids Coat Campaign," born in Middletown, is spreading to Lebanon.

BEIRUT: A candle flickering in her darkened home, Fouada Hawi rails against the daily 10-hour power cuts that Lebanon?s ailing electricity utility inflicts on her.

A car burns in a street in the Palestinian refugee camp of Miyeh Miyeh near the southern Lebanese port of Sidon. A Palestinian youth has been killed and two more people were wounded in a gunfight between rival factions in a refugee camp in southern Lebanon, a Palestinian official has said.

Sports: Basketball. School: Lebanon High School. Class: Senior. Age: 18. Claim to fame: "My amazing dunks."

A Lebanese farmer says he has broken the world record for growing the world's heaviest potato.

Beirut - A farmer in southern Lebanon displayed Monday what might be the heaviest potato in the world, local television channels reported Monay. Khalil Semhat, from an area near the southern port city of Tyre, 85 kilometres south of Beirut, displayed...

A Palestinian youth was killed and two more people were wounded in a gunfight between rival factions in a refugee camp in southern Lebanon on Monday, a Palestinian official said.

BEIRUT, Dec 8 (Reuters) - A candle flickering in her darkened home, Fouada Hawi rails against the daily 10-hour power cuts that Lebanon's ailing electricity utility inflicts on her.

Dusseldorf - Bombs planted by two Lebanese on trains in Germany two years ago would have caused mass carnage if they had exploded, German prosecutors say: on Tuesday, judges are to give their verdict. Youssef al-Hajj Dib, 24, insists he knew both bom...

Peshawar, Dec.8 : Peshawar is once again in the news, but for all the wrong reasons.

Frankfort -- A Lebanon man faces preliminary charges of attempted murder after, police say, he attacked two women and a man Sunday.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - A candle flickering in her darkened home, Fouada Hawi rails against the daily 10-hour power cuts that Lebanon's ailing electricity utility inflicts on her.

Syria on Sunday chosen Makram Obeid as its ambassador to Lebanon, Lebanese An-Nahar daily reported. Obied, currently the Syrian ambassador to Spain, was among three candidates to head the Syrian diplomatic mission in Lebanon,said the report, adding the two other candidates were Collette Khoury and Fayez al-Sayegh. Meanwhile, Lebanon's majority-owned newspaper Al-Mustaqbal quoted diplomatic ...

BEIRUT (Reuters) - A candle flickering in her darkened home, Fouada Hawi rails against the daily 10-hour power cuts that Lebanon's ailing electricity utility inflicts on her.

The iconic black and white keffiyeh, or Arab headdress, famously donned by late Palestinian president Yasser Arafat has hit the streets of Beirut in a rainbow of colours -- much to the chagrin of older Palestinians.

TYRE, Lebanon ? A farmer from Lebanon couldn't believe his eyes when he discovered he had grown a prize-winning potato on his land, saying he was hoping to enter the Guinness World Records.

In its first report on Lebanon's economy since the global financial crisis, the Institute of International Finance (IIF) indicated that there were no noticeable direct effects of the global financial turmoil on Lebanon and sovereign spreads have increased less than in other emerging markets in October and November 2008.

A South Lebanon farmer couldn't believe his peeled eyes when he discovered he had grown a massive potato, he said on Saturday, adding that he now hopes to enter the Guinness Book of World Records book. "This giant weighs 11.3 kilos," Khalil Semhat told AFP at his farm in the Tyre area, 85 kilometers south of Beirut.

With the deepening world recession, the Beirut Stock Exchange (BSE) continued to mimic the performance regional Arab stock exchanges that on average have fallen around 43 percent from the start of the year. On a weekly basis, total volume of trades increased 48 percent to 1.29 million shares as investors rushed to liquidate their portfolios.

Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) leader MP Walid Jumblatt said on Sunday that the Syrian regime posed a danger to Lebanon's "independence movement," referring to his anti-Damascus March 14 Forces. "The Syrian regime is the first and last danger that the independence movement is facing," he told his party's general assembly.

The Lebanese consul in Manila has said the Philippine and Lebanese governments should grant amnesty to 43,300 Filipinos who have defied a ban on working in Lebanon. Manila introduced the ban in 2006 following the outbreak of the summer war between Israel and Lebanon, when it evacuated thousands of its citizens.

(06-Nov-08) The imminent creation of a special tribunal to try suspects in the 2005 assassination of one-time Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri has left Syrian analysts divided about how their government will respond to accusations that it was implicated in the attack.

The Rock Bridge boys basketball team claimed the Lebanon Tournament last night with a 78-63 win over Waynesville. Ricky Kreklow scored a game-high 22 points to lead the Bruins (3-0) to their third tournament victory in three days. Jordan Dressler added 15 points and 10 rebounds. Rock Bridge also received 10 points from Justin Miller, nine from Briton Rudd and eight from Skylar Tolson.

I left Beirut around 9 in the morning. At 10 am Ali Abou Hassan, head of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine [PFLP] political office promised to wait for me at the entrance of Ain el Hilwe camp in Saida. Ain el Hilwe is famous for being the most dangerous Palestinian camp. It [...]

LEBANON, Mo. - The Lebanon Yellowjackets rallied past the Helias Crusaders for a 58-54 victory in the third-place game of the Lebanon Tournament Saturday.

LEBANON ? Claire Hurley and Ruth Bryan weren't going to let a few snowflakes ruin their new hairdos or one of their favorite holiday traditions.

Two Lebanese suspected of spying for Israel have admitted they were ordered by Israel to gather information about Palestinian and Syrian positions in Lebanon, LBCTV reported Saturday. The two suspects, Ali Jarrah and Youssif Jarrah who were taken into custody by the Lebanese army, admitted they have visited Israel for 12 times, six times through the Lebanese-Israeli borders, and the rest via ...

The Lebanese cabinet decided in its meeting Friday night that officials' visits to Syria should be controlled by a cabinet pre-decision, local Al-Nahar daily reported Saturday. The cabinet meeting, chaired by President Michel Suleiman, stressed that it has the exclusive power to decide on the visits of all Lebanese officials to any foreign country, said the daily. According to the report, the ...

Iran - Lebanon - Envoy Iran's Ambassador to Beirut met with Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora and Lebanese Minister of Industry Ghazi Zaatar here Saturday.

LEBANON ? Claire Hurley and Ruth Bryan weren't going to let a few snowflakes ruin their new hairdos or one of their favorite holiday traditions.

The Lebanese artist and composer Marwan Al Khoury announced that he refuses to work with the famous Lebanese artist Haifa Wahbi. Al Khoury said that his style of music is different from hers, but he does not downgrade Haifa?s music by any means.

South Lebanon farmer hopes 11.3 kilo potato will get mention in famous Guinness World Records book.

BEIRUT, Dec 6 (Reuters) - Lebanon has started to feel the pinch of the global financial crisis through exposure to Gulf economies which employ a third of its workforce, the finance minister said in an interview published on Saturday.

Lebanese President Michel Suleiman on Friday once again stressed strength of the state, calling on Arab countries to deal with the state of Lebanon, specifically the head of state. Local Naharnet website quoted the president as saying that "we want the (Arab) states to deal with the state of Lebanon, specifically the head of state, who is in charge of relations with other states." Suleiman made ...

BEIRUT: As preparations for Eid al-Adha and Christmas coincide in much of Lebanon, one neighborhood in Beirut is hoping the holiday spirit will help attract customers to its quiet, quaint streets.

ATLANTA (AP) -- Former President Jimmy Carter plans to meet with Syrian President Bashar Assad and other officials to discuss prospects for peace in the Middle East during visits to Lebanon and Syria next week.

Two cases of whooping cough have been confirmed at Berry Intermediate School in Lebanon, according to district Supetintendent Mark North.

President Michel Sleiman said Friday that Lebanon "draws its strength from its state."In a statement before a delegation from the Bekaa Valley region of Zahleh, Sleiman called on the Lebanese to "avoid confessional bickering and work to promote national unity and coexistence."

Students affiliated with the March 14 Forces at the American University of Beirut (AUB) have failed to elect a vice president of the University Student Faculty Committee (USFC) despite having won more spots during last week's Student Representative Committee (SRC) elections.

Hear that? The faint crackling of needle on vinyl, the bray of new condo development, the rustling of legs encased in skinny jeans? Why, it all sounds a little like Brooklyn to me. But it doesn't sound nearly so much like the au courant borough as the music of residents Beirut, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Chairlift, Kaki King, Bear in Heaven, and Japanther, who make up a good bit of the bill at ...

Lebanon is going to experience a decline in economic activity which may affect the financial capacity of the banking sector in the near future, the World Bank's lead economist for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) said Thursday. "The impact of the crisis in Lebanon is going to start first in the real economy.

Christian leader Michel Aoun this week became the latest in a series of Lebanese officials who have visited Syria recently to seek better relations between the two countries.

Beirut - Anti-Syrian Christian leaders in Lebanon criticized Friday the decision by rival Christian leader Michael Aoun to visit Syria, saying the move sought to promote relations too quickly and in the wrong manner. At issue are talks by 73-year-old...

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Dec. 5 (UPI) -- Lebanon's parliamentary elections will be conducted next spring as scheduled, and concerns that they might be canceled are unjustified, senior officials say.

MANILA, Philippines?The Philippines should lift its deployment ban to Lebanon and issue an amnesty to the 43,000 workers who have entered the country illegally since the prohibition was imposed in 2006, the Lebanese consul in Manila said.

BEIRUT: Banque du Liban Governor Riad Salameh on Thursday urged the Lebanese banks to offer more but carefully calculated loans to the private sector in 2009. Speaking to the board members of the Association of Banks in Lebanon, Salameh said that if the loans to the private sector surged by 10 percent in 2009 this would surely help the country's GDP growth.

BEIRUT: Integra Marketing and Public Solutions, publisher of Lebanese newspaper Al-Balad, on Thursday launched Action, a new French-language newspaper during a conference held at the headquarters of the Press Federation in Beirut.

BEIRUT: Lebanon is well-positioned to offer web development, digital marketing, and information technology services to local, regional and international clients, according to several owners and partners of companies in and around Beirut.

An 18-foot jumper by Daniel Garrison with :12 remaining proved to be the game-winning basket for the Lebanon High School boys? basketball team Thursday night, as the host Yellow Jackets defeated Rolla 74-70 in first-round action of the Lebanon Central Bank Tournament. Rolla, 1-1 overall, will play Camdenton at 7:30 p.m. tonight in consolation action while Lebanon will take on top-seeded ...

Coach: Craig Coletti. 2007-08 record: 16-10 (12-4 Lancaster-Lebanon League Section III). Lost to Daniel Boone in District 3-AAA first round. Big picture: Lebanon returns three key components from last year's 3-AAA playoff team.

A pair of miniature horses, Blaze and Pebbles, will trot with the big horses Saturday when the 20th edition of Lebanon's Horse-Drawn Carriage Parade takes to the streets.

Hezbollah fighters march with Lebanese national flags (L) and Hezbollah flags (yellow) during a rally in November 2008. Lebanon's Shiite militant group Hezbollah said on Thursday it was sure of victory in next year's legislative elections but would still seek to form a national unity government with anti-Syrian rivals.

Lebanese Doctor Georges Gerges Fayyad was appointed as the rector of the International Surgeons College, headquartered in the Chicago in the US. The college held its annual convention Wednesday in Vienna. Fayyad heads the department of larynx, nose and ear surgery at Basildon Hospital in the United Kingdom.

Lebanese Armed Forces troops and peacekeepers from the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon's French contingent performed joint military maneuvers on Thursday near the coastal town of Naqoura, which hosts UNIFIL's headquarters. Six 155mm artillery guns were used during the exercises, which took place within 500 meters of Lebanon's border with Israel.

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) handed over $50,000 to the Saint Joseph University in Beirut to equip the faculty of dental medicine with a multi-purpose digital X-ray scanning system. According to the National News Agency, USAID provides support to the faculty of dental medicine which offers high-quality.

Bankers in Beirut say they were prepared for the financial meltdown hitting the world's financial markets and they are booming as a result.

A ceremony on the front steps of City Hall on Nov. 21 recognized Lebanese Indepence Day. Mayor James Fiorentini, joined by members of the city's Lebanese-American community, raised a flag outside City Hall, then enjoyed a reception in the mayor's office.

International human rights organizations say a court ruling in Lebanon that freed human rights activist Muhammad Mugraby was a major civil rights victory.A group of 11 Lebanese and international organizations said Thursday that by ordering all criminal slander charges against the lawyer to be dismissed, a Beirut criminal court helped support the fight for freedom of expression, a Human Rights ...

Rob Unger isn't a blood relative of Maurice Caldwell, and he hasn't even known him that long. But that didn't prevent the 28-year-old Lebanon man from donating a kidney to Caldwell, 64, who lives in Harrisburg. The transplant took place Tuesday.

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- International human rights organizations say a court ruling in Lebanon that freed human rights activist Muhammad Mugraby was a major civil rights victory.

After serving 37 years at the Cornwall-Lebanon School District, Superintendent Thomas Sherk announced his resignation tonight at the regular school board meeting.

Mt. Lebanon police have some words of advice for residents: Make sure you lock your car doors even if your vehicle is parked in the driveway.

BEIRUT (AFP)--Lebanon's Shiite militant group Hezbollah said Thursday it was sure of victory in next year's legislative elections but would still seek to form a national unity government with anti-Syrian rivals.

BEIRUT, Dec 03, 2008 (AFP) - Tourism in Lebanon has hit a four-year high, with the first 10 months of 2008 recording the highest number of visitors for the period since ex-premier Rafiq Hariri's murder, the tourism ministry said on Wednesday.

Cornwall-Lebanon School District Superintendent Tom Sherk submitted his resignation tonight after more than 50 years with the district, first as a student, then as a teacher, middle school principal, director of secondary education and finally superintendent following the retirement of previous superintendent John Menser in 2003.

School officials in Lebanon began alerting parents district-wide today about an apparent outbreak of pertussis ? or whooping cough ? in one of its schools.

Germany is to continue helping Lebanon improve security along its border with Syria, as part of efforts to stem weapons smuggling. Chancellor Angela Merkel made the announcement following a meeting with Lebanese President Michel Suleiman, who is on his first official visit to Berlin.

Lebanon was one of the first countries to sign an international treaty outlawing cluster bombs on Wednesday, with more than 100 others expected to sign up by the end of a two-day conference being held in Oslo this week. In an acknowledgment of the suffering that cluster bombs have caused in Lebanon.

The Regional Office of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in Beirut is organizing a workshop on the "Role of the media in drawing a youth policy in Lebanon," with the participation of journalists from the various media institutions at 9 a.m. on Friday, December 5, 2008 at the Crown Plaza Hotel in Hamra, Beirut.

"Hip Hoppers for Peace" was the slogan under which 11 artists of all political and religious backgrounds met Saturday night at the Student Lounge in Hamra to present and perform songs of their new album "Peace Beats." Lebanon's small but emerging hip hop scene flocked into the apartment-like rooms of Student Lounge.

If there is one circumstance with which Lebanon is familiar, it is crisis. After decades of civil war, invasions and assassinations, the Lebanese have become adept at manoeuvring their way through upheaval.

Damascus - Syria and Lebanon can build a bright future together, Lebanese Christian opposition leader Michel Aoun said Wednesday after talks in Damascus with President Bashar al-Assad. Aoun said Damascus and Beirut were seeking to put aside their p...

Germany and Lebanon have agreed to continue with a programme aimed at improving security along Lebanon's border with Syria.

A prominent Lebanese Christian leader who fought and lost a bloody battle with Syrian troops in Lebanon in 1989 received a red carpet welcome Wednesday by Syrian President Bashar Assad. Michel Aoun's visit comes as the two countries are trying to establish harmonious and friendly relations.

DAMASCUS (AFP)--Lebanese Christian opposition leader Michel Aoun Wednesday predicted a "bright future" for ties between Lebanon and his former foe Syria after talks in Damascus with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

There's not just one main challenge facing Lebanon, there are several.

Germany - Lebanon - Hariri Lebanese President Michel Suleiman on Wednesday warned against efforts to "politicize" the international tribunal investigating the murder of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri, set to start operating on March 1.

Lebanese Christian opposition leader Michel Aoun on Wednesday predicted a "bright future" for ties between Lebanon and his former foe Syria after talks in Damascus with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

Lebanon's Christian opposition Leader Michel Aoun on Wednesday affirmed his dedication to establishing "the best relations" with Syria, the official SANA news agency reported. Aoun, who heads Lebanon's Free Patriotic Movement in the opposition bloc, told reporters after talks with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad that he hoped a bright future between the two countries. "We want to build the ...

Lebanese Christian leader Michel Aoun, who once fought a "war of liberation" against Syrian troops, meets Syria's president in Damascus.

Lebanon's Christian opposition Leader Michel Aoun kicked off a days-long visit to Syria on Wednesday, which he hoped could start a bright stage in the bilateral ties between the two neighbors, Syria's official SANA news agency reported. "I am very happy with this visit and I hope that this will usher in a bright stage in the history of Syrian-Lebanese relations," Aoun was quoted as saying upon ...

MONTPELIER -- In 1983, when Marine Corps Master Sgt. Richard Lemnah of St. Albans went to Beirut he was eligible to get out of the service, but he extended his time in the military so he could retire at his higher rank, his brother said Tuesday. ... - By WILSON RING The Associated Press