The CIA base attacked by a suicide bomber in Afghanistan this week was at the heart of a covert program overseeing strikes by the agency's remote-controlled aircraft along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, officials familiar with the installation said Thursday.

  

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The deaths of seven C.I.A. operatives in Afghanistan has highlighted the agency's transformation into a paramilitary organization at the vanguard of America's wars.

  

Pulitzer Prize-winning foreign correspondent William Tuohy has died at 83.

  

LEBANON - A free medical clinic is offered at 6 p.m. Tuesdays atthe East Linn Community Center, 1600 S. Main St.

  

As a federal air marshal, Robert MacLean typically spent five days a week crisscrossing the country on commercial flights, reading a lot of newspapers and John Grisham novels while keeping an eye out and trying to appear inconspicuous.

  

The suicide bomber who killed seven CIA employees at a remote outpost in southeastern Afghanistan had been invited onto the base and had not been searched, two former U.S. officials told The Associated Press on Thursday

  

LEBANON - All women are invited to a luncheon from 11:30 a.m. to1 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 12, at the Lebanon Community SchoolsAdministration district office, 485 S. Fifth St.

  

Lebanese military forces fired on Israeli jets flying over the southern part of the country in a possible sign of renewed border tensions. The Lebanese military said it fired on four Israeli planes flying over southern Lebanon on Tuesday.

  

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NEW LEBANON, N.Y. -- Katie Candiloro earned the first win of her swimming career, helping the Hoosac Valley girls swim team to a 63-31 win over New Lebanon.

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Lebanese military forces fired on Israeli jets flying over the southern part of the country in a possible sign of renewed border tensions.

  

WEST LEBANON, Ind. - The Town of West Lebanon, Ind., is experiencing a large water leak and officials ask town residents to conserve water and have bottled water on hand.

  

A large water leak is prompting West Lebanon to ask customers to conserve water.

  

BEIRUT: After devastating conflicts in each of the previous three years, 2009 was when stability returned to Lebanon. Whereas clashes in recent times further exacerbated...

  

29 December 2009 BEIRUT -- Visiting Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council Abdulrahman Al-Attiyah said Tuesday that the GCC member states deemed Lebanon a focal point for Arab joint action.

  

Blue Devils beat Council, while Lebanon earns victory over Haysi in semifinal games

  

BEIRUT: A leading banker said that the high liquidity in the Lebanese market would allow Lebanon to sustain steady GDP growth in 2010. 'We had $14.6 billion additional deposits in the first 10 months of 2009 and this figure will be $18 billion at the end of this year. This is high liquidity.

  

Lebanese Armed Forces Commander General Jean Qahwaji asked on Tuesday for advanced weaponry, local news site Now Lebanon reported. "We vow to defend, develop and secure," Qahwaji said following a meeting with President Michel Suleiman in the presidential palace in Baabda near Beirut. "At the same time, we look forward to the armed forces being provided with advanced weaponry and to improvement ...

  

VIENNA - Police said they found a woman's body who was apparently stabbed to death in the basement of the Lebanese ambassador's house in Vienne, Austria. read more

  

LEBANON - The Lebanon Community School District is seekingvolunteers for two three-year positions on the district's budgetcommittee.

  

Lebanon town board members appointed Georgetown Justice Ronald Hailston to be the towns Visiting Justice for 2010, pending approval of the Town of Georgetown Town Board, and

  

MANILA - Sa kabila ng mapait na karanasan sa Lebanon, bagong pag-asa ang nakikita ng 104 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) matapos silang nakabalik sa Pilipinas.

  

Beirut - The Lebanese army fired anti-aircraft salvoes at four Israeli jets that penetrated the country's airspace on Tuesday, an army source said. The army fired at the jets over the region of Hasbaya in the south of Lebanon, the source added. ...

  

VIENNA - The body of a woman was found on Tuesday in the cellar of the Lebanese ambassador's residence in Vienna, local police said.

  

BEIRUT (AP) - The Lebanese military says its troops have fired on Israeli warplanes flying low over south Lebanon but no hits were reported. A military statement says four Israeli warplanes violated the airspace in southern Lebanon on Tuesday.

  

U.N. peacekeepers and Lebanon say Israeli flights over the country violate Security Council Resolution 1701 that ended a 34-day war between Israel and Hezbollah guerrillas in 2006.

  

Lebanese anti-aircraft guns opened fire on four Israeli fighter planes that were violating its air space on Tuesday, the military said.

  

(Lebanon, MO) -- A faulty alarm is being blamed for the release of thousand of gallons of partially treated wastewater and sludge last week.

  

Lebanese army on Tuesday fired intensively at four Israeli Phantom jet fighters flying at a low altitude over south Lebanon, the country's state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported. The report said that Lebanese army opened anti-aircraft fire at the jet fighters which were flying over Hasbaya in south Lebanon on Tuesday morning, forcing these planes to leave Lebanese airspace. The Israeli ...

  

Lebanese anti-aircraft guns opened fire on four Israeli warplanes that were violating its air space on Tuesday, the military said in a statement.

  

Anti-aircraft guns open fire on four Israeli fighter planes violating Lebanese air space.

  

HASBAYA, Dec 29, 2009 (AFP) - Lebanese anti-aircraft guns opened fire on four Israeli fighter planes that were violating its air space on Tuesday, the military said.

  

MANILA, Philippines - After waiting for more than 9 months at the Philippine Embassy in Lebanon, 45 Filipinos, including 3 infants, have finally been repatriated to Manila.

  

ADIH exits Beirut gate fund

  

BEIRUT: Moody's Investors Service has recently upgraded four Lebanese banks' B2 long-term foreign currency (FC) deposit ratings to 'positive' from 'stable,' namely Bank Audi, BLOM Bank, Byblos Bank and Bank of Beirut, following its recent sovereign action to change to 'positive' from 'stable' the outlook on Lebanon's foreign currency deposit and foreign currency debt ceilings.

  

For years, political stalemates in Lebanon nearly always led to violence, prompting Lebanese to believe that their politicians never succeeded in doing anything but driving the country into deadlock.

  

ABU DHABI: Abu Dhabi Investment House (ADIH) yesterday announced the exit of a key fund. The Beirut Gate Fund funded the purchase, master-planning and full entitlements of eight plots of land as a mixed-use development within the Solidere area in downtown Beirut.

  

Lebanon has undergone some significant changes in the past six months. The pro-Western March 14 coalition narrowly triumphed in the surprisingly peaceful June parliamentary elections; after some intense political wrangling, a cabinet was formed that was acceptable to most; and recently Lebanon's Prime Minister has been on the move garnering support for his country and [...]

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- Washington must be condemned for its pursuit of regional hegemony while Israel must be prepared for Lebanese victory, the Hezbollah secretary-general said.

  

BEIRUT (AP) - Three bombs planted under a car exploded south of Beirut on Saturday, wounding two people in an attack that apparently targeted an official from the Palestinian militant group Hamas, the state-run news agency said.

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- Lebanese troops and U.N. peacekeepers uncovered several crates of explosives during operations along the southern border with Israel.

  

Two Lebanon police officers received minor injuries while breaking up a party early Christmas morning. Police said they were dispatched to the 1100 block of Brandywine Street at 3:13 a.m. for a noise complaint.

  

28 December 2009 Abu Dhabi - UAE; Abu Dhabi Investment House Abu Dhabi Investment House (ADIH) (ADIH) announced today the exit of its Beirut Gate Fund, which funded the purchase, master-planning and full entitlements of 8 plots of land as a mixed-use development within the Solidere Solidere area in downtown Beirut.

  

An 81-year-old Lebanon man who was critically injured Saturday when his car struck a fallen tree near Estacada has died.

  

That new pregame routine the Lebanon High School boys' team tried before the Blue and Gold Tournament on Saturday?

  

Hamas official Ayman Taha Sunday announced two of the three victims in Saturday's car bomb in southern Beirut were Hamas members, the local Now Lebanon news website reported. Taha told a press conference that the two Hamas members killed by the blast were Basil Jomaa and Hassan Haddad of Hamas' office in Dahiyeh, the stronghold of Lebanese Shiite armed group Hezbollah. A car bomb struck on ...

  

UN Interim Forces in Lebanon (UNIFIL) said Sunday that they discovered a large quantity of explosives in South Lebanon on Saturday night, the country's National News Agency (NNA) reported. The report quoted a UNIFIL Command statement as saying that a patrol in the southern part of the town of Khiyam found five people carrying out suspicious activities. When the patrol approached them, the five ...

  

A car bomb explosion in Beirut's southern suburb Dahiyeh on Saturday night killed three people and injured at least five, the local An-Nahar newspaper reported Sunday. The bomb happened in Haret Hreik neighborhood of South Dahiyeh, the stronghold of Lebanese Shiite armed group Hezbollah. There are conflicting reports regarding the circumstances surrounding the explosion, and exactly who was ...

  

The Lebanese artist Sireen Abed Al Noor received an offer from the director Sandra Nasha?at to star in the new cinema film 'Rajol Likol Al Nisaa' (A Man for All Women) with the actor Ahmad Aid and a number of new faces.

  

An explosion in the southern suburbs of Beirut on Saturday killed at least two members of the militant Palestinian Hamas movement. Beirut's southern suburbs are a bastion of the armed Shia Hizbollah movement and its members keep a tight rein on security in the area.

  

I would like to thank La Revue du Liban and Monday Morning for giving me the opportunity to express to all their readers my warmest greetings at the end of this year, 2009. To represent France in Lebanon is for me an immense honor, and I would like to pay tribute here to the Lebanese of all regions and all confessions, whose very generous welcome touched me and recalls to me every day how ...

  

An explosion in a Beirut, Lebanon, suburb killed two members of the Hamas militant group and injured two others, a Hamas representative announced Sunday.

  

Three people were killed in a mysterious blast in Hezbollah's stronghold in southern Beirut, security officials say, including two members of the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas.

  

Three people were killed in a mysterious blast in Hezbollah's stronghold in southern Beirut, security officials say, including two members of Hamas.

  

AL HIAM, Lebanon, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- Explosives were found inside crates located near the Lebanese-Israeli border and five suspects were seen fleeing the scene, the Lebanese army said Sunday.

  

BEIRUT - Hamas says two members of the Palestinian militant group were killed in an explosion in Lebanon that one report describes as a bombing.

  

Three people were killed in a mysterious blast in Hezbollah's stronghold in southern Beirut, security officials say, including two members of the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas.

  

Three people were killed in a mysterious blast in Hezbollah's stronghold in southern Beirut, security officials said on Sunday, including two members of the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas.

  

Beirut, Dec 27 (DPA) Lebanese troops and UN peacekeepers found 12 boxes of the explosive TNT in a village in southern Lebanon, a security source said Sunday.

  

Hamas says two members of the Palestinian militant group were killed in an explosion in Lebanon that one report describes as a bombing.

  

Beirut - Lebanese troops and UN peacekeepers found 12 boxes of the explosive TNT in a village in southern Lebanon, a security source said Sunday. The source said the discovery was made in the village of Khiam in Hamames overnight by the Spanish batta...

  

Alan Jones's legal case over anti-Lebanese comments has been lost, but inflammatory jocks might not change their tune, writes David Marr.

  

BEIRUT, Dec 27 - Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah today called on Egypt to stop building a steel wall along the Gaza border that could obstruct tunnels which provide a lifeline for the blockaded enclave. Nasrallah told a crowd of tens of thousands of Lebanese Shi?ite Muslim marking the Ashura religious ceremony that Egypt should be condemned if it does not halt the wall building ...

  

In high school girls basketball, a team's record can be misleading. Especially early in the season, where larger schools often go up against smaller schools in non-conference games.

  

Saturday's explosion in the southern suburb of the Lebanese capital, Beirut, killed at least three people and another six were wounded, the Lebanese daily An-Nahar reported on Sunday.

  

The two people killed in a mysterious late night blast in Beirut's southern suburbs were both Hamas members, a spokesman for the Palestinian Islamist movement told Al-Arabiya television on Sunday.

  

Three bombs planted under a car exploded south of Beirut on Saturday, wounding two people in an attack that apparently targeted an official from the Palestinian militant group Hamas, the state-run news agency said.

  

BEIRUT -At least two people were killed late Saturday in a mysterious blast that shook Hezbollah's stronghold in southern Beirut, a security official said, amid reports it could have targeted the Palestinian Hamas movement.

  

Preliminary reports say that at least three people have been killed and five others injured as an explosion hits the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital, Beirut, where the Shia Hezbollah movement has its headquarters.

  

A bomb exploded in the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital Beirut on Saturday, targeting a car used by members of the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas.

  

Three bombs planted under a car exploded south of Beirut on Saturday, killing one person and wounding several others in an...

  

A bomb exploded in the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital Beirut on Saturday, targeting a car used by members of the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas.

  

A blast was heard in Hezbollah's stronghold in southern Beirut, security officials say.

  

Three bombs planted under a car exploded south of Beirut on Saturday, wounding two people in an attack that apparently targeted an official from the Palestinian militant group Hamas, the state-run news agency said.

  

A blast was heard late Saturday in Hezbollah's stronghold in southern Beirut, security officials said as local media reported that it targeted a member of the Palestinian Hamas movement and caused injuries.

  

A bomb which went off in the southern suburbs of Beirut on Saturday targeted a car used by Hamas members and one person was hurt, security sources told Reuters . The news agency also reported that ambulances were at the scene of the blast and barricades shut off the area about 200 meters from where the bomb exploded in a Hizbullah stronghold.

  

A bomb which exploded in the southern suburbs of Beirut on Saturday targeted a car used by Hamas members and one person was wounded, security sources told Reuters.

  

The Rev. Paul Aultman had already been retired for close to a decade in 1991 when he stepped behind the pulpit at Fellowship Chapel, the small, historic church located in the south end of Lebanon.

  

Motorcycle gang violence has prompted draconian restrictions that are penalising ordinary Lebanese It is been almost three months since Lebanon outlawed the use of motorbikes between dusk and dawn following a series of armed clashes between two-wheeled gangs in Beirut. Ride a motorbike or a scooter at night and you'll now be fined or arrested. In addition, every one of the capital's tens of ...

  

armed clashes between two-wheeled gangs in Beirut. Ride a motorbike or a scooter at night and you'll now be fined or arrested.In addition, every one of the capital's tens of thousands of motorcyclists...

  

ON a balmy Middle Eastern night, our feast was rolling along fabulously on the outdoor roof terrace of Abd el Wahab, a vaulted and marbled Beirut gastropalace, when a flock of birds made a sudden appearance.

  

BEIRUT (AFP) - A series of food scandals has prompted the Lebanese, who pride themselves on the quality of their cuisine, to look more closely at what goes on their plates and to increasingly turn to organic produce.

  

BEIRUT (AFP) - A series of food scandals has prompted the Lebanese, who pride themselves on the quality of their cuisine, to look more closely at what goes on their plates and to increasingly turn to organic produce.

  

CJ Giles and Nate Johnson will beef up Lebanon"s Club team Al Riyadi when they clash with Smart Gilas Pilipinas in the tough 21st Dubai Invitational Tournament next year.

  

Twelve Filipino seafarers who survived the sinking of their Panamanian ship off Lebanon last December 17 arrived home on Christmas Day.

  

The BBC's Natalia Antelava reports from a 30-year-old rubbish dump in the ancient harbour town of Sidon in Lebanon, which campaigners say is catastrophic for the local ecosystem.

  

The Lebanese artist Layal Aboud has finished recording a new song called 'Saharni bi Beirut' (Lets Pass the Night in Beirut). The new song, in the Lebanese dialect, was written and composed by Salim Abu Joudeh and distributed by Marcilino.

  

IONA - The South Lebanon supervisors on Tuesday night granted final approval to the township's 2010 budget, holding property taxes steady.

  

JERUSALEM, Dec. 24 (UPI) -- Lebanese officials are turning a blind eye to weapons smuggling by Hezbollah, forcing Israeli forces to remain on the defensive, top military leaders said.

  

Lebanese premier's visit may help to overcome distrust between the two countries. The recent visit of Lebanon's prime minister, Saad Hariri, to Syria could herald an improvement in ties between the two nations after almost five years of political wrangling, analysts say.

  

DAMASCUS, Syria, Dec. 24 (UPI) -- Syrian President Bashar Assad said it was "natural" for him to plan a trip to meet with Lebanese leaders in Beirut when the time was right.

  

Beirut is a great place for gay men to party, according to Michael Luongo, who signed copies of his "Gay Travels in the Muslim World" -- recently translated into Arabic and given a more demure cover -- at a book fair in the Lebanese capital. "After t...

  

Lebanese lawmakers formally condemned an attack on a Syrian bus in Deir Ammar in north Lebanon as a blow to bilateral relations. Militants fired on a bus transporting Syrian workers into Lebanon on Monday, killing one person in the attack.

  

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Beirut dining experiences usually begin with mezze, an array of appetizers. Abd el Wahab is a top destination for mezze.

  

Lebanon: Standard & Poor's has raised its long-term foreign currency sovereign credit rating for Lebanon to 'B' from 'B-minus', citing the strength of the country's public finances and banking system amid political turmoil, Reuters has reported. The outlook for the rating is 'Positive'. "The upgrade and positive outlook reflect our view that Lebanon's public finances, and in particular the banking system, have proven resilient in the face of the political turmoil over the past three years," S&P said. [AMEInfo.com]

  

Dawn Hawkins attended her last North Lebanon Township meeting as treasurer Monday night.

  

BAALBEK, Lebanon - Lebanon's drug-producing heartland is back in business with a resurgence of marijuana and poppy fields, challenging the country's underpowered security forces and adding another dimension to Israel's war with Hezbollah militants.

  

South Lebanon Twp. residents will pay more for sewer service in 2010, but not for township real estate taxes, according to the budget passed by the township supervisors Tuesday.

  

Lebanon has missed a December 22 deadline for setting up a national institution to prevent torture, a group of Lebanese and international human rights organizations said Wednesday.The government should move quickly to consider a proposal commissioned by the Justice Ministry that would address the issue, the groups said.

  

The Copenhagen summit, billed as one of the final chances for world leaders to mitigate global warming, was disorganized and politically driven, according to members of a Lebanese delegation who attended negotiations.Environmentalists, academics and policymakers assembled at American University Beirut (AUB) on Wednesday to discuss the outcome of the COP15 talks.

  

Interior Minister Ziyad Baroud was named 2010 Man of the Year on Tuesday during a celebration organized by the company Data Investment Consulate Lebanon.The celebration was the seventh annual gathering of its kind and it was held in Verdun in Beirut to honor 20 of the most influential people and institutions for the year 2009.

  

Bice (pronounced 'BEE-chay?) had been open only five weeks when I ate there, because I didn't have the patience to wait the standard, tactful three more weeks before trying it - not just because the menu offered so many dishes I wanted to sample, but also because it's a sophisticated international chain with a chef who has opened several other locations (including Bice Beirut).

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- Lebanese lawmakers formally condemned an attack on a Syrian bus in Deir Ammar in north Lebanon as a blow to bilateral relations.

  

BEIRUT Security officials say police have detained a man suspected of shooting this week at a bus heading from northern Lebanon to neighboring Syria.

  

Security officials say police have detained a man suspected of shooting this week at a bus heading from northern Lebanon to neighboring Syria.

  

BEIRUT' Security officials say police have detained a man suspected of shooting this week at a bus heading from northern Lebanon to neighboring Syria. read more

  

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

  

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Iran's rulers are tensing for a new trial of strength with protesters on Sunday, when an emotive Shi'ite ritual coincides with seventh-day mourning for a defiant ayatollah who was once a heartbeat from the pinnacle of power.

  

Lebanon's drug-producing heartland is back in business with a resurgence of marijuana and poppy fields, challenging the country's underpowered security forces and adding another dimension to Israel's war with Hezbollah...

  

Lebanon's drug-producing heartland is back in business with a resurgence of marijuana and poppy fields, challenging the country's underpowered security forces and adding another dimension to Israel's war with Hezbollah...

  

Lebanon's drug-producing heartland is back in business with a resurgence of marijuana and poppy fields, challenging the country's underpowered security forces and adding another dimension to Israel's war with Hezbollah militants.

  

BAALBEK, Lebanon (AP) - Lebanon's drug-producing heartland is back in business with a resurgence of marijuana and poppy fields, challenging the country's underpowered security forces and adding another dimension to Israel's war with Hezbollah militants.

  

Beirut - Christmas in Lebanon is quite a colourful occasion - at least far as the political parties are concerned. In addition to the festive season's traditional red and white, streets and neighbourhoods are decked out in the colours of the politica...

  

BEIRUT - Lebanese authorities have arrested a man suspected of opening fire on a Syrian bus in Lebanon this week and killing a 17-year-old passenger, an army officer said on Tuesday.

  

BEIRUT: Disabled people in Lebanon still face barriers to accessing the medical advantages granted to them by law, according to a report published on Tuesday.

  

BEIRUT: Tourism Minister Faddi Abboud on Tuesday said he expected the number of tourists to Lebanon to reach two million at the end of 2009. In a statement to the press, Abboud said this number could even rise further in the future if a sustainable tourism plan is adopted by the government.

  

BEIRUT, Dec 22, 2009 (AFP) - Standard & Poors said on Tuesday it had raised its ratings on Lebanon's long- and short-term sovereign credit to B/B from B-/C, with a positive outlook.

  

The North Lebanon supervisors Monday night passed a final 2010 budget funded in part by a 6.25 percent increase in the property-tax rate.

  

The party's decision to re-establish financial links with Fouad Makhzoumi is likely to raise serious concerns about its vetting of potentially controversial donations.

  

BEIRUT (AFP) - Standard & Poors said on Tuesday it had raised its ratings on Lebanon's long- and short-term sovereign credit to B/B from B-/C, with a positive outlook.

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- Iranian officials expressed their support for Lebanon's sovereign right to deter aggression during meetings in Beirut with Hezbollah leaders.

  

One Filipino seaman has been confirmed dead while seven others were reported missing after their cargo ship sank off the coast of Lebanon last week, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) yesterday said.

  

BEIRUT - Iran's foreign minister said Monday he expects a speedy trial for three American hikers jailed since crossing the border from Iraq in July. The country's president questioned the hikers' intentions but said would do his best to free them.

  

Lebanon -- When Kathy Windsor heard some people in her community might go hungry this Christmas, she set out to see what she could do.

  

MANILA, Dec 22, 2009 (AFP) - One Filipino sailor has been confirmed dead while seven others remain missing after their cargo ship sank off the coast of Lebanon last week, Manila's foreign department said Tuesday.

  

Moody's has downgraded to Ba3 from Ba2 the long-term global local currency (GLC) deposit ratings of Bank Audi, BLOM Bank and Byblos Bank. In addition, the outlook on foreign currency deposit ratings of Bank Audi, BLOM Bank, Byblos Bank and Bank of Beirut has been changed to positive from stable.

  

Iranian Foreign Minister Manoucheher Mottaki praised Monday in Beirut, the Lebanese rejection of foreign interference. "Lebanon in this new stage can benefit from the regional and international atmosphere", said Mottaki in a press conference at the end of a one-day visit to the Lebanese capital. "The communication between countries laid the grounds for Lebanese rapprochement, and this should be ...

  

The livestock-carrier Danny F II was sailing under a Panamanian flag when it sank about 10 nautical miles from Tripoli, Lebanon, on Thursday, according to a statement from the Maritime Task Force of t...

  

An established provider of health-care and social services for the elderly is coming to Lebanon.

  

SPRING CITY - The Tall Cedars of Lebanon marked their 68th year of honoring local scholastic football players and their coaches during a banquet Wednesday night at the lodge home on Hall Street.

  

Assailants fired on a bus carrying Syrian labourers into Lebanon yesterday, killing one person in an attack that took place on the heels of a landmark visit to Damascus by Lebanon 's premier.

  

LEBANON - Linn-Benton Community College's Lebanon Center isoffering line dancing and belly dancing winter term.

  

Washington, 21 December (WashingtonTV)?Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki on Monday voiced Tehran's willingness to expand ties with Lebanon, during his first official visit to Beirut since the establishment of Lebanon's new government last month.

  

As long as Lebanon refuses to embrace the Ottawa Treaty and categorically outlaw landmine use, many of its citizens will continue to suffer abuses of a fundamental prerogative - the right to safety and security.

  

BEIRUT (AP) - Iran's foreign minister said Monday he expects a speedy trial for three American hikers who have been jailed since crossing the border from Iraq nearly five months ago.

  

BEIRUT - Iran's foreign minister said Monday he expects a speedy trial for three American hikers who have been jailed since crossing the border from Iraq nearly five...

  

TRIPOLI, Lebanon -Assailants fired on a bus carrying Syrian labourers into Lebanon on Monday, killing one person in an attack that took place on the heels of a landmark visit to Damascus by Lebanon's premier.

  

Beirut - The Lebanese army arrested on Monday arrested a group people allegedly involved in vandalizing vehicles belonging to United Nations Interim Forces in southern Lebanon (UNIFIL), a Lebanese security source said. Unknown assailants earlier Mo...

  

Beirut - Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki concluded a one-day visit to Beirut on Monday, emphasizing his country's wish for good relations with Lebanese of all sectarian persuasions. At a press conference at the Coral Beach Hotel at which ...

  

DEPLOYMENT of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Lebanon next year will resume, said a senior official of the Department of Labor and Employment (Dole). read more

  

Gunmen on Monday fired on a bus heading from northern Lebanon to neighbouring Syria, killing one man, Lebanese police said. Syria demanded an explanation.

  

Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki says the Islamic Republic's policy is based on the promotion of peace and security in the entire region, and particularly in Lebanon.

  

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Shots were fired at a bus carrying Syrian workers in northern Lebanon on Monday, killing one of them, security sources said, shortly after Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri patched up his relations with Damascus.

  

Unknown attackers have raked a Syrian bus with gunfire in northern Lebanon, killing one person and injuring several others, an official says.

  

(RTTNews) - A Syrian worker is reported to have been killed and several others wounded Monday when the bus they were traveling in came under gunfire on the main highway between northern Lebanon and Syria, news reports quoting security sources said.

  

THE goverment considers lifting the ban of sending Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) in Lebanon. read more

  

Unknown attackers riddle bus transporting Syrian labourers with bullets in northern Lebanon.

  

Source: Reuters (Repeats to add UPDATE tag in headline) (Adds background) BEIRUT, Dec 21 (Reuters) - Shots were fired at a bus carrying Syrian workers in northern Lebanon on Monday, killing one Syrian, security ...

  

TRIPOLI, Lebanon (AFP)--Unknown attackers fired guns at a bus from Syria in northern Lebanon on Monday, killing one person and wounding several others, a security official said.

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon -- In any other part of the world, a new prime minister's visit to a neighboring country would be a fairly routine event. But Prime Minister Saad Hariri's trip to Syria over the weekend has been treated here as a kind of Lebanese national drama, the subject of almost endless commentary in newspapers and television shows.

  

Source: Reuters BEIRUT, Dec 21 (Reuters) - Shots were fired at a bus carrying Syrian workers in northern Lebanon on Monday, killing one Syrian, security sources said. The attack occurred a day after Lebanese Prime ...

  

The new service, which is offered in Saudi Arabia, Jordan, the UAE , Egypt, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and Bahrain, is in line with the agreement earlier signed by Mubasher and Beirut Stock Exchange (BSE), which sought to give institutional and retail investors greater flexibility and more confidence to make informed investment decisions in the BSE.

  

by David Harris The headline from two days of talks between top Syrian and Lebanese officials, as far as Israel is concerned, is that Beirut seemingly wants to realign itself with Damascus in order to reduce the Israeli threat. Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri was hosted by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad over the weekend, the first time Hariri visited Syria since his father was assassinated ...

  

BEIRUT - Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri of Iran, the plain-spoken senior Shiite cleric who became a fierce critic of the country's hard-line rulers, died Sunday, and the news quickly became a rallying cry for opposition leaders who called on mourners to converge on his funeral.

  

BEIRUT: France's Finance Minister Christine Lagarde announced on Friday a one-year extension of the 225 million euro ($323 million) loan to Lebanon agreed in January 2007, provided that the government in Beirut proceeds with promised economic reforms.

  

BEIRUT: Tourism Minister Fadi Abboud said Saturday that the sole challenge currently facing his ministry was promoting tourism in all Lebanese regions. Abboud added that Beirut does not need the efforts of the Tourism Ministry since all of its hotels are fully-booked with tourists.

  

The Lebanon Rescue Department held its annual Christmas party and awards banquet Sunday, highlighted by a special guest.

  

Eight Filipino seafarers on board the Panamanian cargo ship MV Dany F II which sank off the coast of Tripoli, Lebanon in the evening of December 17 are still missing, the Department of Foreign Affairs said Monday.

  

Prime Minister Saad Hariri's trip to Syria had historical echoes for many Lebanese, and epitomized their national story.

  

North Cornwall Township police have arrested a 17-year-old female as an adult in the stabbing of a Lebanon woman on Saturday night.

  

The newfound closeness between Lebanon and Syria was cemented on the second day of talks between the countries' leaders in Damascus. The Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri said he agreed wi...

  

Beirut, Lebanon (CNN) -- The leaders of Lebanon and Syria took a big step toward thawing frosty relations, agreeing at an unprecedented meeting Saturday to strengthen bilateral cooperation.

  

TRIPOLI, Lebanon - Rescuers recovered another six bodies Sunday from a ship that sank in rough seas off the northern Lebanese coast as chances of finding more survivors dwindled, a port official said.

  

Beirut - Rescue teams searching for survivors from a cargo ship that sank off the northern coast Lebanon on Thursday found a body near the northern Syrian shore, Lebanese port officials said. Tripoli port chief Ahmed Tamer said the body found near th...

  

Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri called on Sunday for a renewal of ties with Syria to the benefit of both states at the end of a fence-mending visit to his country's former powerbroker.

  

Beirut, Lebanon (CNN) -- The leaders of Lebanon and Syria took a big step toward thawing frosty relations, agreeing at an unprecedented meeting Saturday to strengthen bilateral cooperation.

  

?Losing Lebanon' (Benny Avni, PostOpinion, Dec. 17) asserts that the Obama administration is abandoning Lebanon to the tentacles of Syria and Iran. However, while it praises the previous administration's 'clarity' in its intentions, it fails to menti...

  

Beirut/Damascus - Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri ended Sunday a second round of talks with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad hoping that a new stage will be opened to improve relations between the two countries. The two leaders held a two-hour m...

  

Authorities have captured three suspects in the robbery of a branch of Region's bank here about noon on Saturday. Lebanon police, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Illinois State Police were involved in capturing the suspects. The FBI declined to make public details.

  

The leaders of Lebanon and Syria took a big step toward thawing frosty relations, agreeing at an unprecedented meeting Saturday to strengthen bilateral cooperation.

  

BEIRUT -- The Iranian authorities acknowledged Saturday for the first time that at least three protesters had been beaten to death in prison after the disputed presidential election in June, as a military court announced that 12 prison officials had been charged with murder and other crimes.

  

Visiting Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Joudeh on Saturday stressed the importance of special relations between Lebanon and Jordan and the keenness of the two countries' leadership to maintain them, the local al-Nahar newspaper reported on its website. After his meeting with Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri, Joudeh said that the visit was to congratulate Hariri in the name of Jordan's King ...

  

BEIRUT -- The Iranian authorities acknowledged yesterday for the first time that at least three protesters had been beaten to death in prison after the disputed presidential election in June, as a military court announced that 12 prison officials had been charged with murder and other crimes.

  

BEIRUT - Iranian authorities acknowledged Saturday for the first time that at least three protesters had been beaten to death in prison after the disputed presidential election in June, as a military court announced that 12 prison officials had been charged with murder and other crimes.

  

A Filipino was the 40th survivor found on Saturday from a ship which sank in rough seas off northern Lebanon two days earlier, even as officials said hope was fading of any more rescues.

  

Bank robbed in Lebanon, police give chase

  

Three suspects are in custody after they allegedly robbed a Regions Bank branch in Lebanon at just before noon on Saturday.

  

Lebanon's prime minister, who has blamed neighboring Syria for the assassination of his father, visited Damascus Saturday for the first time since the 2005 killing - a trip that a close associate said was extremely difficult...

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Dec. 19 (UPI) -- Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri arrived in Damascus Saturday in a landmark move experts say could heal political and personal rifts.

  

Lebanese PM Saad Hariri arrives in Damascus for the first time since his anti-Syrian coalition came to power in 2005.

  

Beirut - A Philippine man was recovered alive Saturday by the Syrian navy near the northern Syrian coast, two days after his ship sank offshore from the northern Lebanese port city of Tripoli. Wilson Vincent from the Philippines was found near Tarto...

  

Lebanon's prime minister, who has blamed neighboring Syria for the assassination of his father, visited Damascus Saturday for the first time since the 2005 killing - a trip that a close associate said was extremely difficult for him to make.

  

Beirut/Damascus - Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri started Saturday his first visit as premier to Damascus and entered talks with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on improving relations. Hariri was received at the airport outside Damascus by Syria...

  

Beirut/Damascus - Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri arrived Saturday in Syria for talks with President Bashar al-Assad on improving relations, a source close to the premier said. The premier is scheduled to meet the Syrian president Later Saturday...

  

TRIPOLI, Lebanon - Chances are slim of finding more survivors from a ship that sank in rough seas off the northern Lebanese coast earlier this week, Lebanese officials said on Saturday.

  

Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri is heading to Damascus on Saturday for his first meeting with Syrian President Bashar Assad, Hariri's press office said.

  

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri will visit Damascus on Saturday for landmark talks with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Hariri's office said.

  

Beirut- Prime Minister Saad Hariri would travel to neighbouring Syria Saturday for talks with President Bashar al-Assad on improving relations, the premier's press office said. Observers in Beirut described Hariri's trip to Damascus as a reconciliat...

  

BEIRUT (AFP) - Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri is to visit former long-time foe and powerbroker Syria on Saturday for the first time since taking office for talks with President Bashar al-Assad.

  

Lebanon: Moody's Investors Service has changed the outlook on Lebanon's B2 government bond issuer ratings to positive from stable. The rating action was prompted by a continuation of the positive trends that led Moody's to upgrade Lebanon's sovereign ratings in April: namely, the continued improvement in external liquidity, the strengthened ability of the country's resilient banking system to finance fiscal deficits, and an amelioration of the domestic political situation with the formation of a consensus government in November. [AMEInfo.com]

  

Rescue teams from three countries and the United Nations have stepped up their search for survivors of a freighter carrying more than 80 people, including an Australian, which sank in stormy seas off Lebanon, but they've found only bodies.

  

Rescue workers searched stormy waters off Lebanon on Friday after a cargo ship sank, killing at least nine crew members and leaving dozens missing.

  

A Lebanese national was convicted for beating up a Filipino domestic worker in 2006, the first conviction ever for maltreating a migrant worker in the history of Lebanon.

  

Rescue workers searched the stormy waters off Lebanon on Friday after a cargo ship sank, killing at least 11 people and leaving dozens missing.

  

BEIRUT: It was a typically cold London day in January earlier this year when, in front of thousands of people demonstrating against the Israeli invasion...

  

French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde announced on Friday a one-year extension on a 225 million euro (323 million dollar) loan to Lebanon agreed in January 2007, pending economic reforms.

  

TRIPOLI, Lebanon -- Rescue workers combed the stormy waters off Lebanon on Friday after a cargo ship capsized, killing at least nine crewmembers and leaving dozens missing.The Panamanian-flagged cargo ship carrying livestock went down Thursday in heavy rain.A senior Lebanese army officer said 35 people were still missing. Of the 83 crewmembers on board, 39 were rescued and nine bodies were ...

  

A Lebanese was convicted of beating up a Filipino domestic helper in 2006, the first in the history of Lebanon. Fayrouz Farez was sentenced last Dec. 9 by a Lebanese court to 15 days in prison for beating up Jonalyn Malibago, 29, a native of Quirino province.

  

Rescue workers searched the stormy waters off Lebanon on Friday after a cargo ship sank, killing at least nine crew members and leaving dozens missing.

  

Rescue workers combed the stormy waters off Lebanon on Friday after a cargo ship capsized, killing at least nine crewmembers and leaving dozens missing.

  

U.N. peacekeepers' vessels and Lebanese navy boats searched on Friday for more survivors from a cargo ship carrying more than 80 people and livestock that sank in the Mediterranean off Lebanon.

  

TRIPOLI, Lebanon (AFP) -- Lebanese and UN rescuers were trying to save around 80 sailors yesterday after their boat capsized in stormy weather off the tiny Mediterranean country's northern coast, officials said.

  

Rescue workers combed the stormy waters off Lebanon on Friday after a cargo ship capsized, killing at least four crewmembers and leaving dozens missing.

  

TRIPOLI, Lebanon : Lebanese and UN rescue teams stepped up the search on Friday for about 40 people still missing after a freighter sank in stormy seas off north Lebanon with 82 crew and passengers on board.

  

BEIRUT (AP) - The Lebanese army says at least four people have died and dozens are still missing after a Panamanian-flagged cargo ship carrying cattle sank in stormy weather.

  

The sight of Sunni Muslims storming a Christian neighbourhood in Beirut in 2005 gave me the shudders. They were expressing their outrage because of a series of Danish cartoons denigrating the Prophet Mohamed, and they ended up attacking churches and torching the Danish embassy.

  

TRIPOLI, Lebanon: A major international operation was under way on Friday to search for more than 50 people still missing after a freighter capsized in stormy seas off Lebanon. One of the survivors pu...

  

A major international operation was under way on Friday to search for more than 50 people still missing after a freighter capsized in stormy seas off Lebanon.

  

Rescuers on Friday continued the search for dozens of people still missing after a freighter capsized in stormy seas off the northern coast of Lebanon with more than 80 people on board.

  

TRIPOLI, Lebanon -A major international operation was under way on Friday to search for more than 50 people still missing after a freighter capsized in stormy seas off Lebanon.

  

TRIPOLI, Lebanon (AFP) - A major international operation was under way on Friday to search for more than 50 people still missing after a freighter capsized in stormy seas off Lebanon.

  

COPENHAGEN, December 18 (Itar-Tass) -- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev met new Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri on the sidelines of the climate summit in Copenhagen late on Thursday.

  

A cargo ship carrying more than 80 people and livestock sank in the Mediterranean off Lebanon, killing at least two people and leaving dozens missing, Lebanese naval and security sources said on Friday

  

Beirut, Dec 18 : At least 20 crew members were rescued from a ship that sank off the northern Lebanon port of Tripoli Thursday, Lebanese security and UN sources said.

  

A commercial ship with 82 passengers on board sank on Thursday night near north Lebanon city Tripoli, only four persons have been rescued till now, Lebanese official National News Agency reported.

  

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has met with Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri in Copenhagen, where he arrived on Thursday in order to take part in the UN climate change conference.

  

A boat containing around 80 sailors has capsized in stormy weather off Lebanon's northern coast.

  

Beirut, Dec 18 (DPA) At least 20 crew members were rescued from a ship that sank off the northern Lebanon port of Tripoli Thursday, Lebanese security and UN sources said.

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- A ship loaded with cattle sank off the Lebanon coast Thursday, leaving rescuers searching for dozens of missing crew members, a military official said.

  

A major international rescue was launched on Thursday after a boat with more than 80 crew and passengers aboard capsized in a storm off the northern coast of Lebanon, officials said.

  

TRIPOLI, Lebanon -Lebanese and UN officials launched a major rescue operation on Thursday after a boat with 83 crew aboard capsized in a storm off the tiny Mediterranean country's northern coast, officials said.

  

BEIRUT - A cargo ship carrying 83 crew members and a load of cattle sank off the Lebanese coast Thursday in stormy weather, and hours later rescuers had pulled 12 people from the water, officials said.

  

A mother has struck a small blow for women's rights in Lebanon by opening a bank account for her children - a right previously reserved only for fathers.

  

BEIRUT - A cargo ship carrying 83 crew members and a load of cattle sank off the Lebanese coast Thursday in stormy weather, and hours later rescuers had pulled 12 people from the water, officials said.Vessels from the Lebanese...

  

BEIRUT - A senior Lebanese army officer says a ship carrying 83 crew members has sunk off the Lebanese coast in stormy weather.

  

A ship with 83 people aboard sunk off the coast of northern Lebanon on Thursday , a military spokesman said.

  

COPENHAGEN - Turkish President Abdullah Gul expressed Thursday his happiness over the establishment of the Lebanese government under the leadership of Saad al-Hariri and his wish to strengthen relations between Turkey and Lebanon.

  

Beirut - A ship with more than 80 people on board sank off the northern Lebanon port of Tripoli on Thursday, Lebanese security sources said. The Lebanese army and members of the United Nations Interim Forces in Lebanon (UNIFIL) launched an operation ...

  

BEIRUT (AP) - The Lebanese army says at least four people have died and dozens are still missing after a Panamanian-flagged cargo ship carrying cattle sank in stormy weather.