The recent murder of a top Al Qaeda-inspired militant and an exodus of other militants may signal increased stability, due in part to cooperation between Fatah and Islamist factions.

  

It is often difficult to find positives in a loss, but that wasnot the case for the Lebanon girls basketball team on Thursdaynight.

  

BEIRUT: Half a dozen muggings were reported in the last 48 hours, with motorcycle-mounted assaults featuring prominently in police crime reports. The National News Agency (NNA) reported that Hala Jamil Moqdad was robbed by motorcycle-riding assailants while walking in Haret Hreik, south of Beirut. Moqdad immediately filed a complaint with the Internal Security Forces (ISF) against the

  

The capital's theater venues hosted the works of such prominent names as Nidal Ashkar, Roger Assaf, Faek Hmaysi, and Randa al-Asmar, who in recent

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- Reports that Saudi Arabia and Syria had persuaded Lebanese leaders to reject an assassination tribunal's findings are baseless, a lawmaker said.

  

Lebanese Foreign Minister Ali Shami Tuesday summoned British Ambassador to Lebanon Francis Guy to inquire about his British counterpart's comments earlier this month about possible turmoil erupting in Lebanon.

  

Israeli renaissance aircraft have once again violated Lebanon's airspace, flying over most parts of the country, including the capital Beirut.

  

A chemistry professor teams up with a car manufacturer to figure out just how polluted Lebanon's streets are.

  

A 31-year-old southwest Ohio woman who posed as a teenage boy to get girls has been released from jail six months after her arrest.

  

Pushed to the edge of defeat Tuesday by the Gibault Hawks, the Lebanon Greyhounds decided to push back even harder.

  

DEIR AMMAR, Wednesday 29 December 2010 (AFP) - As Lebanon braces for a UN court to issue indictments in the Rafiq Hariri murder, the parents of the policeman believed to have cracked the case are hoping it will also shed light on who killed their son.

  

Lebanese President Michel Suleiman said Tuesday when touring south Lebanon that the Lebanese army would not allow strife to occur among the Lebanese.

  

LEBANON - The man accused of robbing a Lebanon bank Tuesday afternoon while a child was in his getaway car was found with the stolen money in his pants pocket, police say.Jessie Lasecki, 29, address unknown, is accused of robbing the US Bank at 640 Columbus Ave. He was charged with aggravated robbery and child endangerment.

  

BEIRUT: President Michel Sleiman said Tuesday during a tour of South Lebanon that the Lebanese Army would not allow strife among the Lebanese. "We will not allow strife to occur, we are all agreed on this," he told troops. Sleiman also saluted ongoing Syrian-Saudi efforts to solve the deadlock over the indictment to be issued by the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, which

  

BEIRUT: Zajal, an old form of improvised Arabic poetry that enjoyed its heyday in Lebanon before the 1975-90 Civil War, is making a tentative comeback with thousands of fans on Facebook and YouTube. Traditionally an emotional oratory duel between two men, zajal once drew crowds of tens of thousands who revered its artists as poets of the highest order. It also enraptured

  

BEIRUT: The Syndicate of Hospitals Owners (SHO) urged Tuesday officials and security authorities to protect health-care centers in light of a new wave of attacks on hospitals, the latest of which targeted the Alaeddine hospital in the southern town of Sarafand Tuesday. The SHO pressed officials to "lift the political cover on the assailants," and urged "security agencies

  

Staff ReportLEBANON - The man believed to have robbed a Lebanon bank Tuesday afternoon was found with the stolen money in his pants pocket, according to police.

  

Three Lebanese fishermen along with their boat have been reported missing after heading near a northern village bordering with Syria.

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- The only thing certain about the Special Tribunal for Lebanon is that the prosecutor has finished the investigation phase, a source revealed.

  

Zajal, an old form of improvised Arabic poetry that enjoyed its heyday in Lebanon before the 1975-1990 civil war, is making a tentative comeback with thousands of fans on Facebook and YouTube.

  

TRENTON - Edgewood High School's size beat out Lebanon 's quickness in a nonconference girls basketball clash Monday night - by a whisker.The host Cougars escaped with a 43-41 win when Warriors freshman Gracen Howard's 3-point attempt at the buzzer bounced off the back of the rim.

  

BEIRUT: Lebanese banks have once again proved that they can overcome all odds and come out on top after figures show they received the highest flow of deposits in the region in 2010. A report by the Central Bank has said that Lebanese banks drew close to 30 percent of total deposits in Arab states although this inflow was little slower than in 2009

  

Lebanon says it has discovered new Israeli espionage devices in the eastern part of the country, days after Beirut filed a complaint with the UN against Tel Aviv over such illegal measures.

  

Lebanon: A.M. Best Europe - Rating Services Limited has affirmed the financial strength rating of B+ (Good) and the issuer credit rating of "bbb-" of Al Ittihad Al Watani (L'Union Nationale) Societe Generale d'Assurances du Proche Orient sal (Al Ittihad) (Lebanon). The outlook for both ratings has been revised to positive from stable. [AMEInfo.com]

  

BEIRUT: Israeli warplanes violated Lebanese airspace Sunday with intensive and repeated flights over the regions of Arquoub, Hasbaya, west Bekaa and Iqlim al-Tuffah, the National News Agency (NNA) reported. Three overflights were counted in less than two hours, the statement added. The overflights were accompanied by Israeli armored patrols along

  

BEIRUT: Iranian ambassador to Lebanon, Ghanzafar Roknabadi, renewed Sunday his country's support for the ongoing Saudi-Syrian talks to break the impasse over the disputed Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL). "Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's stance does not oppose the Saudi-Syrian initiative," Roknabadi said following talks with Beirut Maronite

  

BEIRUT: Lebanon has once again topped the Arab world in terms of democratic openness while dragging significantly behind other developed and developing countries, a new report has shown. The leading UK-based think tank, The Economist Intelligence Unit's 2010 Democracy Index, released Friday, has ranked Lebanon 86th globally out of 167 countries.

  

Fire crews from Lebanon and Willimantic are battling a house fire on Trumbull Highway.

  

Beirut, Dec. 25: Posing in front of the barrel of an Israeli Merkava IV tank, its barrel twisted like a badly-knotted pyjama string, its turret half-buried in the rocky ground, Muhammad Hasan spent this Christmas Eve here at the Mleeta hilltop full of the wastage of many wars with Israel.

  

Prominent figure in armed group based in Lebanon's largest Palestinian refugee camp found dead.

  

The leader of an Al-Qaeda splinter group was found shot dead execution-style on Saturday in Ain al-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp in southern Lebanon, a Palestinian official said.

  

BEIRUT - Lebanese and Palestinian security officials say one of Lebanon's most wanted militants was found dead in a Palestinian refugee camp that is a hotbed of Islamic extremists.

  

BEIRUT: Lebanon must urgently ratify the UN convention on forced disappearance, a collection of activists said Thursday as the global treaty went into effect. Some 21 countries have now fully adopted the accord but 87 states, including Lebanon, have only signed and not ratified the International Convention for the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearance. "Lebanon

  

BEIRUT: Air traffic through Rafik Hariri International Airport this December has exceeded that of last December by 12.61 percent, according to official figures. There has been a 23.43 percent rise in the number of passengers on commercial flights, according to the Lebanese Civil Aviation Authority. The Authority also reports an 8.63 percent rise in traffic from cargo planes

  

LEBANON - Lebanon residents will see a rise in water rates in 2011.A six percent rate increase to water rates in the city-controlled water system passed by the slimmest of margins Tuesday evening. Lebanon councilman against the rate increase debated about whether it was appropriate to raise rates in a struggling economy while some continue to oppose the city's merger with Greater Cincinnati ...

  

Lebanon: The Lebanese tourism ministry has said the number of tourists who visited the country during the first eleven months of this year has reached a record of just over two million, AFP has reported. The number of tourist arrivals was 17.6% higher than the same period last year and is "an all time record high," according to Bank Audi's Lebanon Weekly Monitor, quoting latest ministry figures. Arab visitors accounted for about 41% of the total, followed by Europeans with 25%. [AMEInfo.com]

  

LEBANON TWP. -- The Lebanon Township First Aid Squad Post 115 is out of business. The squad filed for bankruptcy on Tuesday, Dec. 14. Peapack-Gladstone Bank is suing the squad to recover $57,055 owed

  

With a 6-2 overall record and a 4-0 mark in the KaskaskiaDivision of the Cahokia Conference heading into Tuesday's game atOkawville, the Lebanon boys basketball team is off to a goodstart.

  

Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri said on Tuesday that Lebanon will ask the United Nations to halt the probe of an international tribunal into the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, the Lebanese newspaper a-Diar reported on Wednesday.

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- The dispute over vast natural gas fields in the eastern Mediterranean, centered on Israel and Lebanon, has spread to divided Cyprus, which involves longtime rivals Greece and Turkey.

  

The Lebanon swimming team took its first victories of the season last week as the Warrior girls followed up its loss at Silverton Dec. 14 with a win over visiting McKay Dec. 16. The Warrior boys swept

  

Bulgarian Economy Minister Traikov (left) with Lebanese Energy Minister Gebran Bassil in Beirut. Photo by Economy Ministry

  

Lebanon: Samsung Electronics and Intellectual Ventures announced today they have entered into a long-term license arrangement. With this arrangement, Samsung Electronics gains access to Intellectual Ventures' extensive patent portfolio, which includes IP in a variety of segments critical to Samsung's business operations. [AMEInfo.com]

  

Lebanon: The US development agency (USAID) has granted Lebanon $75m to support the country's education system, The Daily Star has reported. The money, which will be provided over the next five years, will go to advancing student performance and teaching standards in public schools. USAID already operates the $11.6m Lebanon Education Assistance for Development project in the country and supports a range of scholarship programs for university students. [AMEInfo.com]

  

Lebanon: Moody's Investors Service has said that Lebanon-headquartered Banque Bemo's 'Aa2.lb' long-term national scale rating is on review for a possible downgrade. The ratings agency said Bemo's profitability is being challenged by lower interest rates combined with Lebanese banks' need to maintain high liquidity buffers. "Failure to improve profitability on a risk-adjusted basis would exert pressure on the bank's ratings." Moody's said in a statement. [AMEInfo.com]

  

"Members of the large Lebanese community in Ivory Coast are all right and none of them suffered any harm except for some

  

BEIRUT: A new traffic law will fine people who throw rubbish out of their cars and drivers of vehicles that emit polluting smoke or irritating noises, Beirut MP Mohammad Qabbani said Tuesday after announcing that a parliamentary committee has finished revamping the current legislation. "This law is strict in several points of which I will only mention two

  

City of Lebanon Authority crews are working to fix a water-main break near the intersection of North 12th and Maple streets that has shut down Route 72 from the intersection to Furnace Hill Road.

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Dec. 21 (UPI) -- Remarks by Iran's supreme leader on a tribunal probing the assassination of Rafik Hariri are signs of support for Lebanon, a Hezbollah official said.

  

They join Arcade Fire , Arctic Monkeys , Portishead , The Strokes and Primal Scream on next year's line-up. FIB 2011 will take place in Benicassim 's concert venue from July 14-17.

  

Lebanon's Saudi-backed ruling camp on Tuesday lashed out at Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, after the cleric brushed aside a UN probe into the murder of former premier Rafiq Hariri.

  

BEIRUT, Dec 21 (Reuters) - Below is a table of the latest Lebanese economic statistics.

  

BEIRUT: Tourism Minister Fadi Abboud touted Monday Bank of Beirut's new 'Lebanon on my Mind' bank card as exemplary private sector support for an 'undervalued' tourism sector.

  

Lebanon police are investigating two incidents of gunfire that were reported early Sunday morning. There were no reported injuries.

  

LEBANON, Ore. - A wanted teen stabbed two officers who were trying to capture him Sunday afternoon in Lebanon, police said. Police spotted the juvenile in the 1000-block of Grove Street and tried to take him into custody, but that's when they said he pulled out a knife and assaulted them. 'One officer was stabbed in the arm and the other officer was stabbed in the chest, but protected by his ...

  

Hizbullah's second in command speaks on the investigation into Rafik Hariri's death and Lebanon's ties to Iran.

  

PARIS, Dec. 20 (UPI) -- Israel has voiced concern over designs by France to sell anti-tank missiles to Lebanon, warning that the military weapons could end up in the hands of radical extremists.

  

Lebanese film Stray Bullet wins first prize at the Dubai International Film Festival.

  

A 17-year-old stabbed two officers -- one in the chest and one in the arm -- before one of the officers shot him in the stomach.

  

Lebanon filed a complaint to the United Nations Security Council about two espionage devices placed by Israel in Lebanon's mountainous regions, the Lebanese foreign ministry said over the weekend.

  

BEIRUT: Despite mounting political tensions over the outcome of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) investigating the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, the outgoing and incoming tourism activities in Lebanon are witnessing remarkable growth, according to travel and tourism agents interviewed by The Daily Star

  

It took two years of searching, but Mary Ellen Jackowski has found a home away from home for 270 ornaments that mean the world to her. In observance of the 25th anniversary of the Beirut bombing, Beirut Veterans of America was invited to decorate a...

  

The Beirut government is in paralysis, business deals are on hold and rumours abound as Lebanon anxiously awaits indictments by a UN tribunal probing former premier Rafiq Hariri's murder.

  

EDWARDSVILLE' Saturday's non conference girlsbasketball game between Lebanon and host Metro-East Lutheran camedown to mistakes, or - more appropriately - who could learn fromand thereby overcome early mistakes.

  

Famous Lebanese director Yehya Saade has reportedly died in Turkey. The director met a tragic fate and died due to an electric shock. There had been confusion as to whether or not . . .

  

Lebanon has released the first book ever written on the life and ideology of renowned Iranian philosopher and scholar Mir Damad in Arabic.

  

Lebanon has complained to the United Nations Security Council about two "espionage devices" it claims Israel placed atop two of the country's mountains, the foreign ministry said on Saturday.

  

A military judge has issued arrest warrants for five Lebanese citizens for cooperation with Israel in killing a Hezbollah member.

  

KUCHING, Dec 18 (Bernama) -- Chief Minister Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud is believed to have married a woman in her 30s from Lebanon.

  

France on Friday condemned efforts to undermine the UN court investigating the killing of Lebanon's former premier Rafiq Hariri as it announced a cash injection for the tribunal.

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- Hezbollah refuses to be falsely accused by a tribunal examining the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, its leader said.

  

France will give Lebanon 100 anti-tank missiles, a government official said on Friday, confirming a deal that raised concerns in Israel and the United States earlier this year.

  

Lebanon has called for filing a complaint against Israel with the UN Security Council over Tel Aviv's espionage operations in Lebanon, reports say.

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Dec. 16 (UPI) -- Middle East tensions went up a notch after the Lebanese military found Israeli electronic surveillance devices on two strategic mountains and the Israeli military reportedly destroyed a third device in the Mediterranean off southern Lebanon.

  

The Lebanese army says it has dismantled two Israeli spy systems planted in the mountains above Beirut following a tip-off from Hezbollah.

  

Beirut - French United Nations peacekeepers were assaulted Thursday by villagers in southern Lebanon, prompting the country's army to intervene, a security official said.

  

Beirut - Up to 300,000 black-clad Shiite Muslims, some beating their chests and others slashing their heads with blades, on Thursday commemorated the death 14 centuries ago of their martyr, Hussein ibn Ali, by vowing not to recognize Israel.

  

Lebanon and its friends around the world are on edge waiting for indictments to be issued related to the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafiq Al-Hariri.

  

Kababji delivers good value and good service for the hard-pressed workers in Burnside. by Melissa Buote As Dartmouth Crossing continues its seemingly endless expansion, so grow the options for lunch spots within easy distance from the thousands of Haligonians who spend their days toiling in the offices of Burnside. But they needn't look as far as the shopping mecca---nestled right in the middle ...

  

The Lebanese army on Wednesday dismantled what it described as Israeli espionage and footage devices installed in Lebanese mountainous regions.

  

BEIRUT: Hizbullah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah called Wednesday on all Lebanese factions defending the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) to step back, and allow Hizbullah to deal with the UN-backed court. "Let us discuss a formula by which the government withdraws from the issue, we will confront [the STL] alone," he added, saying such a step would

  

BEIRUT: Although it was a pact which helped put an end to Lebanon's devastating 1975-90 Civil War, the Taif Accord remained a source of discord Wednesday as Phalange Party vice president Sejaan al-Azzi and Supreme Islamic Council member Ahmad al-Ghoz debated the issue at Beirut's Issam Fares Institute. Azzi called for an amendment of Taif in order "to finalize

  

December 10 was International Human Rights Day. The Lebanese League for Women's Rights demonstrated Downtown. Why' For a change in the Nationality Law. Think about it. The right to pass on your nationality to your child is a basic human right. In a world governed by states and state governments you need to have an identifiable nationality otherwise you are a paperless

  

Driving in Lebanon can be treacherous, but many Lebanese continue to try to evade government efforts to bring down the speed on the roads.

  

Lebanon's divided cabinet on Wednesday postponed a vote on alleged bogus testimony given to UN investigators probing the 2005 murder of former premier Rafiq Hariri.

  

The Lebanese army said on Wednesday it had discovered two sophisticated Israeli surveillance devices in mountains above Beirut which could have helped Israeli forces monitor and target sites for attack.

  

BEIRUT - A senior Lebanese army officer says military experts have discovered two spy cameras planted by Israel in Lebanon's mountains. The officer says the long range spying systems were placed in Sanin mountain and the Barouk mountains, which overlook the capital.

  

A bomb threat in Lebanon has prompted the country's security forces to evacuate the Palace of Justice in Baabda, located east of the Lebanese capital of Beirut.

  

LEBANON - Lebanon residents will see a rise in water rates in 2011.A six percent rate increase to water rates in the city-controlled water system passed by the slimmest of margins Tuesday evening. Lebanon councilman against the rate increase debated over whether it was appropriate to raise rates in a struggling economy while some continue to oppose the city's merger with Greater Cincinnati Water ...

  

The final lap of the boys 500 freestyle event between Lebanon and visiting West Albany looked just like the previous nine.

  

Marist exposed its game plan early to the Lebanon sidelines but the Warriors couldn't find a way to stop the Spartans on either side of the ball.

  

Just like they had during the regular season, the Lebanon boys soccer team came into the opening round of the 5A state playoffs as underdogs among a strong class of contenders.

  

Meital Dohan, recently seen in the Tribeca Film Festival winner "Monogamy," will star in Alan Bowne's apocalyptic love story Beirut , which will play a limited engagement at The Lion at Theatre Row beginning Jan. 5, 2011.

  

The Irish Republic has given the green light for the deployment of the country's soldiers in South Lebanon under the command of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL).

  

BEIRUT, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Below is a table of the latest Lebanese economic statistics.

  

Loading ... Beirut, Lebanon - Lebanese Public Health Minister Mohammad Khalifeh here on Tuesday called for enhanced ties with Iranian side in medical fields.

  

Three inmate organizations at the Lebanon Correctional Institution raised $7,000 and prison employees kicked in $400 worth of toys to help needy children for Christmas.

  

The Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at former President George W. Bush said Tuesday he is suing Iraq's prime minister for his detention and alleged torture during the nine months he spent in custody.

  

BEIRUT - The Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at President George W. Bush says he is suing Iraq's prime minister for his detention and alleged torture during the nine months he spent in custody.

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- Stability in southern Lebanon has been restored along a U.N. demarcated border with Israel, a top U.N. official said after meeting a Hezbollah leader.

  

A West Lebanon, N.H., man was killed when he was run over by two cars.

  

Associated Press - December 14, 2010 7:45 AM ET LEBANON, N.H. (AP) - Lebanon, N.H., police say a pedestrian was killed after being hit by two cars.

  

New York, Dec 14: Continuing efforts to ease tensions in Lebanon, a senior United Nations official on Monday held wide-ranging talks with the international relations chief of Hizbollah.

  

Layoffs at two companies in Lebanon and Murfreesboro, affecting 92 workers, were reported Monday by the state Department of Labor and Workforce Development.

  

BEIRUT: The United States provided Lebanon with assistance valued at $6 million Monday to promote Lebanese trade. US ambassador to Lebanon Ambassador Maura Connelly witnessed the signing of two Memoranda of Understanding between the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Lebanese Economy and Trade Ministry

  

BEIRUT: Environment Minister Mohammad Rahhal gave six firefighting vehicles to the Civil Defense Monday, more than a week after forest fires ravaged vast green spaces throughout the country. The provision of the cars, which are used for swift intervention, is part of a project to manage forest fires, funded by Lebanon's Fund for Rehabilitation which was established

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Dec. 13 (UPI) -- The Special Tribunal for Lebanon isn't meeting international standards of criminal justice, a Lebanese lawmaker with Hezbollah complained.

  

TEHRAN, Dec. 13 (MNA) -- Former Lebanese Prime Minister Salim al-Hoss said on Monday that relations between Iran and Arab states is good and developing.

  

LEBANON - With a new medical school scheduled to open in August2011 and a 151-bed veterans home to be constructed in a coupleyears, Lebanon would make a good home for biomedical companies,city manager John Hitt told the city council Wednesdayevening.

  

LEBANON - A decision to raise city water rates was delayed Nov. 23 after some council members said they needed more time to analyze the proposed increase.The proposed 6 percent increase in water rates would be the third hike in three years for Lebanon . The rate increase would add approximately $2 to the average customer's bill and generate $175,000 for the city's water utility, officials said.

  

BEIRUT: The Lebanese syndicate of travel and tourism agencies criticized over the weekend the general directorate of civil aviation for not giving representatives of travel agencies their entry cards to the reception area at Rafik Hariri International airport in Beirut. The syndicate said that these cards, which were supposed to be given to 111 agencies out of 650

  

A press conference in Lebanon has raised questions about the legitimacy of the US-backed tribunal investigating the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri.

  

Sunni leaders from opposite ends of Lebanon's political spectrum on Sunday urged supporters to stand firm against the Shiite group Hezbollah, at a time of high tension between the two Muslim communities.

  

A proposal by Lebanon Mayor Philip Craighead to give holiday bonuses to city employees was met with disapproval from five members of the city council who cited multiple concerns about city finances.

  

BEIRUT - The Beirut-based Arab Thought Foundation, an independent, non-governmental and international foundation, honoured Dubai Press Club (DPC) with the Media Creativity Award in recognition of its decade-long contribution to developing the Arab media.

  

Heavy winds and rain whipped across Lebanon on Saturday grounding flights knocking down billboards and causing nationwide traffic jams in the first storm to hit the country after months of drought.

  

THE Lebanese consul-general in Sydney, Robert Naoum, has had more than $1300 in savings stripped from his Australian bank account and he may have his wages from the Lebanese government ''docked'' until he pays off the legal bills he has been steadily accruing after a failed defamation case against a journalist.

  

Beirut - Lebanon was hit by a heavy winter storm Saturday, postponing flights at its international airport and destroying several small training planes, an airport official said.

  

Lebanon: InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) appoints Georges Karam as Director of Sales & Marketing at InterContinental Mzaar Lebanon Mountain Resort and Spa. [AMEInfo.com]

  

BEIRUT - Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri faces a "Shakespearean" dilemma over a UN probe into his father's murder whose pursuit of the assassins could wreak havoc on his country, analysts say.

  

BEIRUT: Film is a young form, yet it is old enough that moments from iconic movies have seeped, like lines of Shakespeare, into the corners of pop cultural memory. So it's probably true that more people recall a baby carriage, rolling unattended down a long flight of steps - its infant passenger destined for the same fate as its unfortunate mother

  

(BEIRUT ) - Lebanon and the European Union on Friday signed two finance agreements worth 22 million euros (29 million dollars) aimed at promoting reform, the premier's office said.

  

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

  

The Lebanese Rahabani Theatre will stage its famous and 'politically' critical play Moulouk al-Tawaef or 'Petty Dynasties' at Qatar National Theatre as part of the Doha Capital of Arab Culture festival.

  

BEIRUT: The government has intensified its campaign against intellectual property rights violations in recent months by upping surveillance and urging copyright owners to make use of special judicial courts, said director general at the Economy Ministry Fuad Fleifel. "Protecting creative ideas and unleashing inventive efforts demands protection and support

  

LEBANON - Volunteer Bev Giehls stared glumly at an empty slot marked 'jelly,' stationed along the bottom shelf in the cold concrete room that houses the Lebanon Food Pantry.?Peanut butter and jelly is a staple of the food we give out, but we haven't gotten any jelly in a while,' Giehls said.

  

Shoppers at the Lebanon Walmart might one day have the option of buying wine from an automated wine kiosk.

  

A Lebanese newspaper's website has been shut down following a hacker attack, apparently over its publishing of leaked U.S. diplomatic cables, an editor with the daily said Thursday.

  

The prosecutor of the U.N.-backed tribunal investigating the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri will issue his first indictment very soon, the court's new leader said Thursday.

  

BEIRUT - An editor of a Lebanese daily says the newspaper's website has been shut down following a hacker attack, apparently over its publishing of leaked U.S. diplomatic cables.

  

Lebanon's Free Patriotic Movement leader, Michel Aoun, has called for addressing the false witnesses file in the country, saying such a move would require a change in the government.

  

BEIRUT: Lebanon and Syria signed an agreement Wednesday to bolster coordination on tourism, as Lebanese Tourism Minister Fadi Abboud told those wishing to visit his country not to be deterred by the impending indictment of the Special Tribunal to Lebanon. Abboud held a joint press conference Wednesday with Syrian Tourism Minister Saadallah Agha in Damascus to discuss

  

BEIRUT: International advocacy group Human Rights Watch (HRW) publically launched its Beirut committee Monday evening. The committee is the first of its kind in the Middle East and is part of the group's ongoing drive to expand its regional activities. It will bring together leading local academics, journalists and business personalities in hopes they will utilize their influence

  

LEBANON - The Lebanon Area Chamber of Commerce wants to relocate its headquarters to the historic Nixon-Brant House .Executive director Sara Arseneau told city council Tuesday the chamber wants to sublease space in the historic building, located at 27 N. Mechanic St. from the Lebanon Historic Conservancy District.

  

The Lebanese resistance movement of Hezbollah says the US-backed tribunal probing the murder of the former Lebanese premier has violated the country's constitution.

  

BEIRUT, Dec 8 (Reuters) - Below is a table of the latest Lebanese economic statistics.

  

Saudi Arabia proposed deploying an Arab military force backed by U.S. and NATO airpower to Lebanon two years ago to crush Hezbollah and prevent the militant group - and its patron Iran - from taking power in Beirut, leaked U.S. government documents show.

  

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As the country braces for conflict over expected indictments of Hizballah members, alleged leaked cables could complicate matters

  

It wasn't the game they wanted to be playing, but the Madison Trojans finished the Lebanon Thanksgiving Tournament on an impressive note. Madison raced to a 19-point halftime lead en route to a 76-58 win over Lebanon to take third place in the eight-team event.

  

BEIRUT (CNS) -- With his ready smile and engaging conversation skills, 35-year-old Frederic possesses all the qualities needed to be an unofficial ambassador of Message de Paix (Message of Peace) center in Lebanon.

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- It may be several months before indictments on the slaying of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri are known publicly, a tribunal spokesman said.

  

Lebanese President Michel Suleiman on Monday called for national unity to push away the threat of sectarian strife hanging over the country as a result of an impending indictment into the assassination of Lebanese former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.

  

Three Israeli reconnaissance planes have penetrated Lebanese airspace and flown over parts of the country in flagrant violation of a UN Security Council resolution.

  

The Lebanon school board unanimously selected Tom Schaffer as president of the board during the annual reorganizational meeting Monday night.

  

Lebanon Twp. First Aid Squad LEBANON TWP. 'The township is hoping to get two ambulances back from the Lebanon Township First Aid Squad while litigation between the two continues. The township's motion has a return date before Judge Peter Buchsbaum...

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Dec. 6 (UPI) -- Syria probably didn't play a direct role in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, leaked cables suggest.

  

Police in Lebanon, New Hampshire are investigating a soda bottle bombing.

  

An international tribunal investigating the 2005 Hariri assassination in Lebanon will focus on Hezbollah in its first indictments this month. But it still sees Syria as playing a key role.

  

The Turkish Foreign Ministry has announced plans to send two fire-fighting planes to help put out huge flames in Lebanese forests.

  

Signal Aviation has dropped the flight school program at the Lebanon Airport.

  

Hezbollah says it will oppose any indictment by the US-sponsored tribunal charged with investigating former Lebanese Premier Rafiq Hariri's assassination back in 2005.

  

Beirut - The UN Special Tribunal for Lebanon on Monday denied reports that a draft indictment has been issued over the 2005 assassination of former premier Rafik Hariri.

  

BEIRUT: Interior Minister Ziyad Baroud said Sunday he would not comment on a wave of criticism against him after he took disciplinary measures against Internal Security Forces (ISF) Director Ashraf Rifi for exceeding his prerogatives. "I behaved in line with my convictions and duties, I am surprised that a campaign is launched against every person who tries to respect the law

  

BEIRUT: Investigators working for the UN probe into the death of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri fought with "insane" procedural constraints which may have damaged its operational capacity, leaked diplomatic cables claimed. Intercepted confidential US Embassy correspondences - seen exclusively by The Daily Star - paint a picture of an investigation plagued

  

FATRI (Lebanon) - FIREFIGHTERS in Lebanon battled a forest blaze on Sunday that has raged out of control for the past week, and frightened villagers north of Beirut fled as flames threatened to engulf their homes. As an international flotilla of firefighting planes in neighbouring Israel finally brought under control the largest fire in that nation's history after a four-day battle, 42 separate ...

  

Firefighters in Lebanon are battling a forest blaze that has raged out of control for the past week.

  

FATRI, Lebanon (AFP) - Residents of a Lebanese village began to flee on Sunday as a forest fire which has raged out of control for the past week threatened to engulf their homes.

  

The Turkish premier was welcomed by his Lebanese counterpart at the international airport. He then began his visit by going directly to Baabda Palace for a work meeting with President Michel Sleiman.

  

Lebanon has complained to the United Nations following Israel's destruction of espionage devices it had planted on the sovereign country's soil.

  

BEIRUT: Venturing to a new location in Beirut is no easy task. The lack of street names, inadequate signposting and the unbridled enthusiasm of seemingly well-meaning passersby all too keen to issue directions, regardless of their actual familiarity with your final destination, can make exploring the city a near total nightmare for tourists and residents alike

  

BEIRUT: An alleged Hizbullah operative linked by recent media reports to the death of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri was named in 2006 as the prime suspect in the assassinations of journalist Samir Kassir and politician George Hawi, according to leaked diplomatic documents seen by The Daily Star. In a 2006 meeting with US representatives in Beirut

  

The Israeli army on Friday detonated two of its espionage devices in southern Lebanon, slightly injuring two passers-by, a Lebanese army spokesman said.

  

Lebanese Defence Minister Elias Murr denied on Friday allegations in a diplomatic cable revealed by the whistleblowing website WikiLeaks that he gave advice to Israel in 2008 on how to get rid of Hezbollah an aide said.

  

Beirut - US spy planes carried out reconnaissance flights over Lebanon following a request by Lebanese officials in an operation which angered Britain, leaked US documents showed Friday.

  

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According to Bank Audi, this high lending activity since the beginning of this year reflects both the large financial flexibility of Lebanese banks, and the vigorous economic activity that stimulated high domestic lending.

  

LEBANON - Charles Poppe remembers driving in Lebanon 's first carriage parades as one of the coldest days he?d ever experienced.?It had to be about 10 degrees that day and dropping,' Poppe remembered. 'We had about 30 entrants in the first parade that afternoon and when the second one came around it was down to maybe 11 or 12. I thought to myself 'Well, they?ll never do this again.??

  

Beirut - Lebanese Defence Minister Elias al-Murr in a statement Thursday called "incomplete and inaccurate" a US diplomatic cable from WikiLeaks acquired by the daily al Akhbar newspaper.

  

As Europe shivers under freezing temperatures, unusually balmy weather and a lack of rain or snow have spelled disaster for Lebanon's farmers and ski resorts.

  

BEIRUT: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad hardly needs encouragement to complain vociferously about Israel.

  

BEIRUT: A militant group affiliated with Al-Qaeda has urged Lebanon's Sunni community to rise up against the government and challenge Hizbullah's armed dominance in the country, a US jihadist monitoring website said Wednesday. The call coincided with that of the founder of the Salafi Movement, Dai al-Islam al-Shahhal, who asked Shiite parties to put

  

BEIRUT: Health Minister Mohammad Jawad Khalifeh said Wednesday that tests for detecting Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) were being undertaken throughout Lebanon and that the best medications were being offered to patients, while adding that raising awareness was the most important means of combatting the disease. "The [Health] Ministry

  

LEBANON - Lebanon High School students will sing and dance in a 1920s New York City setting in the school's upcoming musical, 'Thoroughly Modern Millie.?About 30 students have been rehearsing since the beginning of September , learning jazz songs and dance steps. Director Joe Beal said it's a 'nonstop ride from beginning to end.?

  

LEBANON - In just its second year of existence, the Lebanon High School girls bowling team made great strides, qualifying for the Division I district tournament as a team in 2010.This season, the Warriors hope to continue on that upward curve.

  

TEHRAN, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Iran has vowed to help Lebanon's army bolster its arsenal, state media here reported.

  

Lebanon: Visual Interactive labs is pleased to announce the launch of their redesigned website at www.visual-ilabs.com. The new website includes a search feature to provide easier access to downloadable product information and videos, quick access to new offers and easier navigation, newsletter registration to stay up-to-date with latest in media trends and display solutions. [AMEInfo.com]

  

The timing of the Turkish Prime Minister's two-day visit to Lebanon could not be more judicious. Lebanon's enemies have been banging the drums of war louder than ever before. All the malevolent plans hatched following the assassination of Lebanon's former prime minister, Rafik Hariri are about to converge for one formidable goal: to destabilise and weaken Lebanon, disarm Hezbollah and allow ...