The United States and Saudi Arabia have launched a joint campaign to pressure Syria to end its political interference in Lebanon, including the U.S. deployment of the USS Cole and two other warships off the Lebanese coast, according to U.S. and Arab officials.

The U.S. said it is sending ships to Lebanon to show support as the country weathers a political crisis. But Lebanon?s pro-Western prime minister distanced himself from the decision.

Released Iraqi men react as they leave a prison in the presence of a Caritas volunteer, right, a charity run by the Roman Catholic Church in Beirut, Lebanon Friday, Feb. 29, 2008. Lebanese authorities released Friday 13 Iraqi citizens who were detained for staying illegally in the country following mediation by the U.N. refugees agency and a Christian aid group, a step that will be followed by ...

Lebanon on Friday released 13 Iraqis who had been detained for staying in the country illegally. The move was expected to lead to the release of Iraqis who fled their wartorn country.

BEIRUT: Washington's dispatch of a warship to the waters off Lebanon was slammed by Hizbollah yesterday as meddling in the strife-torn nation's affairs, while the pro-government Press saw it as a clear signal to Syria.

Men walk past a huge mound of garbage, piled up along the Mediterranean southern coastal Lebanese city of Sidon on February 06, 2008. It is known as "Sidon's mountain" and is an immense landfill that disposes its trash into the Mediterranean, polluting the coast of this ancient Lebanese city.

BEIRUT (AFP) Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora on Friday said his Western-backed government did not ask Washington to send a US warship to the waters off Lebanon, which is embroiled in a deep political crisis.

The pro-Syrian Hezbollah on Friday slammed Washington's dispatch of the USS Cole to waters off Lebanon as military interference, as the Western-backed government said it did not ask for the warship to be sent.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - The pro-Iranian Hezbollah group accused the United States on Friday of endangering regional stability by deploying a warship off Lebanon and vowed to defy what it called an act of military intimidation.

Men walk past a huge mound of garbage, piled up along the Mediterranean southern coastal Lebanese city of Sidon on February 06, 2008. It is known as "Sidon's mountain" and is an immense landfill that disposes its trash into the Mediterranean, polluting the coast of this ancient Lebanese city.

Hezbollah on Friday rejected the deployment of U.S. warships off Lebanon, calling it a threat to the country that will not affect the militant group.

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Hezbollah is denouncing the deployment of U.S. warships off Lebanon. The U.S. military announced yesterday that the Navy is sending at least three ships to the eastern Mediterranean Sea.

Scholar - Iran - New Sanctions A professor of international relations at Lebanon University says US and Western countries' pressure for intensifying UN sanctions against Iran despite recent positive IAEA report would be trampling upon international laws.

"Sidon's mountain" bears no resemblance to the green mountains of Lebanon.

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) -- Hezbollah denounced the deployment of U.S. warships off Lebanon and said Friday it won't be intimidated, while the U.S.-backed Lebanese government distanced itself from the military move.

Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora on Friday said his Western-backed government did not ask Washington to send a US warship to the waters off Lebanon, which is embroiled in a deep political crisis.

Beirut - Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Seniora denounced Friday what he described as Israeli massacres against Palestinians in Gaza and called on the world and Arab communities to intervene to stop the bloodshed. The Lebanese government strongly c...

BEIRUT - The pro-Iranian Hezbollah group accused the United States on Friday of endangering regional stability by deploying a warship off Lebanon and vowed to defy what it called an act of military intimidation.

Hezbollah on Friday denounced the deployment of U.S. warships off the coast of Lebanon, calling it a threat to the country's sovereignty, but the Shiite militant group said it would not be intimidated by the move.

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BEIRUT - The Islamic militant party Hezbollah accused the United States on Friday of threatening regional stability and raising tension by deploying a warship off Lebanon.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - The U.S. deployment of a warship off the coast of Lebanon is a threat to regional stability and a move that would increase tension in the country, a Hezbollah member of parliament said on Friday.

Source: Reuters BEIRUT, Feb 29 (Reuters) - The U.S. deployment of a warship off the coast of Lebanon is a threat to regional stability and a move that would increase tension in the country, a Hezbollah member of ...

Beirut/Washington - The Lebanese Shiite Hezbollah movement said Friday that the United States' move to send a warship toward waters off the Lebanese coast, was an indication of the failure of US policies in the Middle East. Sending a warship and thr...

Lebanese Future Party leader Saad Hariri, son of slain prime minister Rafiq Hariri, places on his father's grave in Beirut, Nov. 2006, a copy of a U.N. document setting up an international tribunal to try suspects in his 2005 assassination.

BEIRUT: Lebanon lost nearly $3 billion in revenue due to the sharp drop in the number of tourists in 2007, Tourism Minister Joe Sarkis said on Thursday.

The U.S. Navy has moved the guided-missile destroyer USS Cole and other ships to the eastern Mediterranean Sea off Lebanon, Pentagon officials said Thursday.

Arab leaders are stepping up pressure on Syria to resolve the Lebanese presidential stand-off by threatening to stay away from the Arab League summit in Damascus next month, a move that would deepen Syria?s regional isolation.

Signalling impatience with Syria, the United States has sent its USS Cole warship off the coast of Lebanon in a show of support amid Beirut's political crisis, US officials has said.

Signalling impatience with Syria, the United States has sent its USS Cole warship off the coast of Lebanon in a show of support amid Beirut's political crisis, U.S. officials said on Thursday.

The United States is sending a warship to the Middle East as tensions with Syria get worse. A U.S. official confirms that the warship U.S.S. Cole will patrol off the coast of Lebanon. National Security Council spokesman Gordon Johndroe said Thursday the deployment is meant as a show of support for regional stability. He addedhat President Bush is concerned about the situation in Lebanon.

WASHINGTON - The United States is sending a warship to the Middle East as tensions with Syria get worse. A U.S. official confirms that the warship U.S.S. Cole will patrol off the coast of Lebanon.

Signaling impatience with Syria, the United States has sent its USS Cole warship off the coast of Lebanon in a show of support amid Beirut's political crisis, U.S. officials said on Thursday.

A US Navy warship has been ordered to take up station off Lebanon's coast as a "show of support" as the standoff between Prime Minister Fouad Siniora's government and the opposition continues, the Reuters news agency quoted an official in Washington as saying on Thursday.

Massoud Ashkar, head of the recent established Union for Lebanon political group, met Thursday with the head of the Popular Bloc, MP Elias Skaff, at the union's headquarters in Achrafieh. Skaff spoke about the dangers threatening Lebanon and the marginalization of Lebanese Christians.

The Daily Star, February 26) - and a helpful reader named Paula Hoche let me have it. In a biting e-mail, she pointed out that perfect democracy exists nowhere on Earth. She admonished me for the dissemination of a depressing take on what is happening.

WASHINGTON (AFP)--Concerned about Lebanon's political impasse, the United States has sent the destroyer USS Cole off the Lebanese coast in a "show of support for regional stability," a top US official said Thursday.

The United States has stationed its USS Cole warship off Lebanon's coast in a "show of support for regional stability," a top US official says.

Source: Reuters (Adds details, quotes) By Sue Pleming WASHINGTON, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Signaling impatience with Syria, the United States has sent its USS Cole warship off the coast of Lebanon in a "show of ...

Deeply concerned about Lebanon's political strife, the United States has sped its USS Cole warship off the country's coast in a "show of support for regional stability," a top US official said Thursday.

Longtime Lebanon area businessman and Turtlecreek Twp. Trustee Dan George died today, Feb. 28 at home. The owner of George Manufacturing in Lebanon had been battling cancer for several years. He was 55.

Syria has yet to invite regional powerhouse Saudi Arabia to an Arab summit in Damascus next month, an official said on Thursday, as Arab League chief Amr Mussa said some member states would only attend if Lebanon's political crisis was resolved.

The Division I district wrestling meet at Hilliard Darby proved to be a learning experience for the Lebanon Warriors last weekend, Feb. 22 and 23. It also was a disappointment.

' with a view "Two Rooms," a drama centered on a hostage crisis in Beirut, will be performed at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday at the Rochester Repertory Theatre, 103 Seventh St. N.E., Rochester. Tickets are $17. 289-1737. ------------------------ Ar

Beauty might be tyranny, but it gives you gals an excellent excuse to bond, no? How many painful secrets have been spilled over perms? How many supportive hugs exchanged during marathon facials?

Editor's note: Bank Audi released Wednesday its 2007 economic report on Lebanon. The bank estimated the country's GDP growth at only 2 percent but stressed that Lebanon missed many opportunities to stimulate the economy due to the political problems.

By Tom Perry BEIRUT: Lebanese leader Walid Jumblatt said yesterday he saw no end in sight to the deep political conflict between his Western-backed governing coalition and the opposition backed by Syria and Iran.

BEIRUT: A Lebanese court has given Libyan leader Muammer Gaddafi two months to appear for questioning over the disappearance of Lebanese Shia leader Imam Mussa Sadr 30 years ago or face a possible arrest warrant.

The Home Secretary came under fire last night for allowing a radical Lebanese propagandist with links to the extremist group Hezbollah to enter Britain for a national speaking tour. The Conservatives urged Jacqui Smith to ban Ibrahim Moussawi from the UK, warning that he was 'likely to foment extremism or promote violence'

Beirut - An explosion late Wednesday near a mosque in a Shiite village in southern Lebanon wounded at least four people, Lebanese police said. The blast occurred in the village of Chabiyeh east of the southern port city of Tyre. ...

Lebanon is to stay away from this year's Paris book fair in protest at the invitation of Israel as guest of honor, Culture Minister Tarek Mitri announced on Wednesday. "Lebanon will not participate this year in protest at the cultural event's organizers' decision to select Israel as guest of honor," Mitri said in a statement.

Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Butros Sfeir voiced hope Wednesday that Lebanon would overcome all the obstacles it is witnessing in order for the country to recover its freedom, prosperity and peace. "All Lebanese should cooperate in favor of their country, which is going through a very tough period," Sfeir said.

LEBANON ? A group of Lebanon residents has formed a political action committee to monitor actions and attitudes of members of the Lebanon School Board.

Two men stand under a banner of disappeared Lebanese Shiite leader Mussa Sadr in a Beirut suburb. A Lebanese court has summoned Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi for questioning in the case of the disappearence of Sadr 30 years ago.

Berlin - German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh Wednesday stressed the need for Syria to facilitate presidential elections in Lebanon ahead of the Arab summit set down for Damascus in late March. We expect from Syria...

BEIRUT (AFP)--Lebanon is to stay away from this year's Paris book fair in protest at the invitation of Israel as guest of honor, Culture Minister Tarek Mitri announced on Wednesday.

BEIRUT (AFP)--A Lebanese court has given Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi two months to appear for questioning over the disappearance of Lebanese Shiite leader Imam Mussa Sadr 30 years ago or face a possible arrest warrant.

BEIRUT (AFP) - A Lebanese court has given Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi two months to appear for questioning over the disappearance of Lebanese Shiite leader Imam Mussa Sadr 30 years ago or face a possible arrest warrant.

Lebanon's political crisis is becoming more complicated and foreign influence over the struggle between the Beirut governing coalition and Hezbollah-led opposition is unprecedented, a mediator has said.

BEIRUT: Arab League chief Amr Moussa said on Tuesday it was time for regional parties to try to resolve their disputes in order to facilitate a solution to Lebanon's political crisis.

MANAMA, Bahrain: Islamic finance has long been criticised for its lack of standardisation - from the disunity in the way scholars interpret Shariah law to the various qualifications available for professionals dealing in the rapidly-expanding industry.

Mr. Arcache, of Middletown, died Feb. 24, 2008.Hewas a real estate broker atWeichert Realtors. He is survived by hiswife of 55 years,Aida Habiby Arcache; his children, Carol Julien and Nabil Arcache; two brothers and sisters-in-law, Claude and Jeanie Arcache of Nice, France, and Andre and Marcelle Arcache of Beirut,

The director general for United Nations affairs at the German Foreign Ministry, Peter Wittig, officially handed over a new state-of-the-art coastal radar system to the Lebanese Navy on Tuesday. "The reconstruction of the coastal radar system is part of a comprehensive German commitment to support Lebanon in securing its own borders.

Arab League chief Amr Moussa said on Tuesday it was time for regional parties to try to resolve their disputes in order to facilitate a solution to Lebanon's political crisis. "Lebanese leaders have given all that they could. It is now time for regional parties to work out their differences in order to pave the way for a settlement in Lebanon," said.

Source: Reuters By Tom Perry BEIRUT, Feb 26 (Reuters) - Lebanese leader Walid Jumblatt said on Tuesday he saw no end in sight to the deep political conflict between his Western-backed governing coalition and the ...

Lebanon's freshman boys basketball team came very close to a winning season. The Warriors finished with a 6-12 record, but had numerous games where they were leading or tied late in the fourth quarter but lost.

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said Syria was part of the problem in Lebanon, and called on Damascus to help resolve the 15-month political crisis before hosting an Arab summit next month.

Beirut - The director general for United Nations Affairs at the German Foreign Ministry, Peter Wittig, handed over Tuesday a new state-of-the-art coastal radar system to the Lebanese Navy. The reconstruction of the coastal radar system is part of a ...

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said Syria was part of the problem in Lebanon, calling on Damascus to help resolve the 15-month crisis before hosting an Arab summit next month.

Beirut - Arab League Chief Amr Mussa left Beirut Monday with no breakthrough after the majority and the opposition rejected his suggestion for the makeup of the cabinet during a meeting to end the 15-month-long political crisis in Lebanon. According ...

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

Mariam Saidi battles for truth on missing son when 17,000 Lebanese vanished during 1975-1990 conflict.

Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri on Monday postponed a parliamentary session scheduled Tuesday to elect Lebanon's president to March. 11, local New TV reported. In order to give more chances to the efforts of Arab league chie ...

BEIRUT: A parliamentary session to elect a new Lebanese president was postponed again on Monday after Arab League chief Amr Moussa left Beirut without achieving a breakthrough in Lebanon's ongoing political crisis.

BEIRUT: The head of the Investment Development Authority for Lebanon (IDAL), Nabil Itani, said Monday that foreign direct investment (FDI) and property purchases by foreigners in Lebanon rose to nearly $3 billion in 2007 from $2.3 billion in 2006. "Most of the $3 billion investments were in the real-estate sector and this is not considered an FDI," Itani told The Daily Star in an exclusive ...

Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa says more talks will be needed to resolve the political gridlock that has left Lebanon without a head of state for the past three months.

A Lebanese army commando walks past a poster of Lebanese army chief and presidential candidate General Michel Sleiman in Beirut, December 2007. A parliamentary session to elect Lebanon's president was postponed from Tuesday to March 11 due to continued deadlock between rival political leaders, the speaker's office has said.

The family, friends, and colleagues of the late Joseph Samaha gathered at Masrah al-Madina in Beirut over the weekend to mark the passage of one year since the death of one of the country's most prominent journalists. "I can never forget Joseph ... He is everywhere present," writer Hassan Daoud told the audience on Saturday.

Lebanon has received a 4.5 million euro ($6.7 million) grant from the German government to fund environmental projects in response to the damage wrought on flora and fauna by the 2006 war with Israel. The grant, entitled the "Project of the Environmental Fund in Lebanon," will fund projects proposed for the environmental reconstruction.

Many hurdles block the way between Lebanon and genuine democracy. Chief among these is the state itself, for although it is hollow in all the places where it should have content, its republican facade and sectarian shape are corrosive to concepts like accountability, good governance and active popular participation in the political process.

Lebanon has postponed its presidential election to March 11 from February 26 , the 15th such delay, after rival leaders failed to reach a deal to end the country's political conflict.

ARAB League chief Amr Mussa resumed talks with rival political leaders in Lebanon overnight in a bid to break a deadlock that has left the country without a president for three months.

Lebanon postponed its presidential election to March 11 from February 26 on Monday, the 15th such delay, after rival leaders failed to reach a deal to end the country's political conflict.

BEIRUT - Lebanon postponed its presidential election to March 11 from February 26 on Monday, the 15th such delay, after rival leaders failed to reach a deal to end the country's political conflict.

BEIRUT (AFP) - A parliamentary session to elect Lebanon's president due on Tuesday was postponed until March 11 due to continued deadlock between rival political leaders, the speaker's office said on Monday.

A parliamentary session to elect Lebanon's president was postponed from Tuesday to March 11 due to continued deadlock between rival political leaders, the speaker's office said on Monday.

Source: Reuters (Adds context, paragraph 2; Berri quote, paragraph 4) By Tom Perry BEIRUT, Feb 25 (Reuters) - Lebanon postponed its presidential election to March 11 from Feb. 26 on Monday, the 15th such delay, ...

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon postponed its presidential election to March 11 from February 26 on Monday, the 15th such delay, after rival leaders failed to reach a deal to end the country's political conflict.

Should the close and ongoing alliance between the Lebanese Shiite organization Hezbollah and the Islamic Republic of Iran be a cause for concern to the West?

Lebanon's Western-backed governing coalition and its Syrian- and Iranian-backed opposition have failed yet again to reach a deal to end the country's political conflict, an Arab mediator said on Monday.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's Western-backed governing coalition and its Syrian- and Iranian-backed opposition have failed yet again to reach a deal to end the country's political conflict, an Arab mediator said on Monday.

Iran - Nuclear - Ramezan A Lebanese researcher says recent IAEA report on Iran and the NIE report proved that the US hues and cries are politically motivated and have nothing to do with international regulations and realities.

BEIRUT, Feb 25, 2008 (AFP) - Arab League chief Amr Mussa resumed talks with rival political leaders in Lebanon on Monday in a bid to break a deadlock that has left the country without a president for three months.

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (Feb. 25, 2008) -- Thick, black smoke eclipsed the sun after the bomb went off. When the smoke cleared, all that was left of the four-story building was a charred, mangled shell.

Lebanon: UN rebuilds homes of 18,000 air-raid victims (AKI) - The United Nations shelter agency announced it has completed the repair of thousands of buildings in Lebanon that provide homes to some 18,200 people and which were hit by Israeli air raids (photo) during its fierce war with guerrillas from militant Lebanese group Hizbollah in mid-2006. The renovated homes, renovated by ...

(RTTNews) - The head of the Arab League has arrived in Beirut to restart mediation efforts between Lebanese majority leader Saad Hariri, former President Amine Gemayel, who is aligned with the majority bloc, and Christian opposition leader Michel Aoun.

BEIRUT, Feb 24, 2008 (AFP) - Arab League chief Amr Mussa held talks with rival political leaders in Lebanon on Sunday in a bid to break a deadlock that has left the country without a president for three months.

Mariam Saidi, 59, shows a photograph of her and her missing son (L) at her apartment in the mainly Shiite Muslim southern Beirut suburbs on February 20, 2008. Mariam spends her days creating clay busts of her beloved son who vanished without a trace 26 years ago, aged only 16, in the midst of the savage civil war which tore through Lebanon.

A handout picture from the Jordanian Royal Palace shows Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak (L) welcoming Jordan's King Abdullah II upon his arrival February 16, 2008. Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak held talks with Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah on Sunday on ways to solve Lebanon's deep political crisis, state media reported.

BEIRUT (AFP) - Mariam Saidi spends her days creating clay busts of her beloved son who vanished without a trace 26 years ago, aged only 16, in the midst of the savage civil war which tore through Lebanon.

Arab countries want to fight Israel from Lebanon. Syrian border guards on Tuesday opened fire at a Lebanese child killing him, the state-run National News Agency reported.

In contrast to the preceding three weeks, activity on the Beirut Stock Exchange (BSE) witnessed an improvement driven by the relative calmness on the political scene, as the BLOM Stock Index remained above 1,470 points throughout the week. However, the adverse political development by end of the week.

American University of Beirut (AUB) provost Peter Heath has accepted an offer to lead the American University of Sharjah (AUS), starting in August 2008, after a decade as AUB's senior academic administrator, a position which allowed him to oversee a number of landmark developments at the university, an AUB statement said on Friday.

Lebanon's sectarian-based political system has caused it serious economic loss, to the tune of almost $24,000 in annual per-capita income, and prevented it from achieving a better democracy, according to a new economic study conducted at the American University of Beirut (AUB).

The Lebanese Forces (LF) accused Syria on Sunday of working to drag the LF "into unwanted confrontations." "The Syrian regime and its tools in Lebanon want to drag the LF into an unwanted confrontation ... but the LF is determined to resort to the Lebanese security forces and rejects all forms of strife," a statement issued by the LF said.

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak held talks with Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah on Sunday on ways to solve Lebanon's deep political crisis, state media reported.

Beirut - Arab League Secretary General Amr Mussa was on Sunday in Beirut for talks in a fresh bid to try to solve Lebanon's prolonged presidential crisis. Will pick up talks with the Lebanese sides where we left off, Mussa said on arrival, pointing...

BEIRUT, Feb 24 - Lebanon's economy grew more than 3 percent in 2007 despite facing challenges which included a political crisis and the higher costs of oil and the euro, the finance minister said on Sunday.

LEBANON ? A proposed measure for the May 20 election will ask voters to clarify the requirements to serve on the Lebanon City Council. If the measure passes, it could affect an ongoing lawsuit between the city and three former candidates for council and mayor.

Saudi investments worth more than 18bn riyals ($4.8bn) have been withdrawn from Lebanon over the past few years, reported Gulf News. At the same time, the number of Lebanese being recruited to work in the kingdom has also come down, said Abdul Mohsen Al Hokair, head of the Saudi side at the Saudi-Lebanese Business Council.

Lebanon: Kuwait has warned its citizens not to travel to Lebanon due to the presidential standoff and rising wave of violence, reported Reuters. Earlier, the Kuwaiti embassy in Beirut was evacuated after an international news agency received an anonymous phone call saying two rockets had been fired at the building. There was no such attack. [AMEInfo.com]

Star of the show ?X-Factor,? Moroccan singer Raja Qasabni arrived in Beirut last month to sign a new contract with ?Rotana?. She has decided to reside in Lebanon to bolster her music career.

Iran - Nuclear - Hatit A Lebanese strategist says the IAEA Chief's Iran report in content curbs efforts of the US and western states to build up pressure on and threaten Iran.

BEIRUT - Hezbollah accused Israel yesterday of trying to start a new war with the militant Islamic group by assassinating a top commander.

BEIRUT: The United Nations' Telecommunications Infrastructure Index for 2008 ranked Lebanon in 76th place among 192 countries worldwide and 7th among 19 countries in the Middle East and North Africa region.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has met with Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora in Berlin. Merkel voiced her support for an Arab League mediation initiative aimed at appointing a president and ending Lebanon's power vacuum.

Two people were killed and three wounded when a Syrian truck ran into a house in east of Beirut late Thursday, local Naharnet news website reported on Friday. A police report was quoted as saying that the truck with a Syrian license ...

Corvallis led by just three points with a minute remaining before clinching it at the free-throw line to defeat Lebanon 55-49 in a Mid-Willamette Conference girls basketball season finale that ended the Warriors? playoff hopes.

Lebanese army platoons that surrounded a Beirut building where gunfire and explosions were heard discovered the sounds were made by a U.S. film crew.Director Christian Johnston said the soldiers told cast members of the film, which is based on the true story of three private contractors sent to rescue a hostage in the Lebanese capital, that they had mistaken them for Fatah al Islam militants, ...

The United Nations' Telecommunications Infrastructure Index for 2008 ranked Lebanon in 76th place among 192 countries worldwide and 7th among 19 countries in the Middle East and North Africa region. Lebanon ranked 62nd globally and in 7th place regionally in the previous survey, which was conducted in 2005.

In this South Lebanese village which suffered heavy destruction during the summer war of 2006, Hassan busies himself digging a shelter in the mountainside. In another village nearby, Iman is desperate for a visa to any country that will grant her one. They are among many residents across South Lebanon.

Senior Shiite cleric Sayyed Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah urged the Lebanese on Friday not to give in to foreign forces and keep united for the welfare of their country. "The Lebanese should not surrender to foreign powers working on sowing the seeds of violence, hatred, and sectarianism among the Lebanese," Fadlallah said.

Saudi-Syrian ties are in crisis over Lebanon's political deadlock, a Saudi official has disclosed, putting at risk next month's Arab summit in Damascus. This admission follows an announcement from Riyadh Monday warning its citizens to avoid travel to Lebanon and for Saudis there to be on the alert.

Beirut - Lebanese Shiite Hezbollah movement overall leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah accused Israel Friday of preparing for a new war against Lebanon, similar to the July 2006 conflict. Israel's killing of Hezbollah leader Imad Muganiyeh is a prelude ...

Beirut - Arab League chief Amr Mussa on Friday postponed a his trip to Beirut after efforts by his assistant failed to reach a settlement to end the ongoing Lebanon presidential crisis. Mussa had been expected to discuss new proposals to implement a ...

URD to bring Lebanon's Roadster Diner to UAE

Lebanon's former prime minister, Rafik Hariri, was killed by a huge explosion near downtown Beirut in February 2005. Since then, the country has seen ? in addition to the Israeli bombardments of summer 2006 ? more than a dozen other mysterious assassinations. Nearly all those killed were, like Mr. Hariri, outspoken critics of the strong role that Syria plays inside Lebanon.

Amman - The Jordanian government on Friday rejected as totally baseless reports by certain newspapers and websites that Jordan supplied one of the Lebanese factions with arms and supervised their training. The reports published by some newspapers ...

DUBAI -United Restaurant Development (URD), a leading food and beverage company in the United Arab Emirates, announced yesterday that it has won the rights to bring Lebanon's Roadster Diner to the Emirates.

Staff at Kuwaiti embassy in Beirut were evacuated Thursday after anonymous caller threatened to target the embassy with two mortar shells, local Elnashra website reported. Anonymous caller contacted the embassy and threatened to hit ...

Kuwait advised its citizens on Thursday not to visit Lebanon after the Gulf emirate's embassy in Beirut received a threat of a rocket attack. The embassy was evacuated after an international news agency received an anonymous phone call saying two rockets had been fired at the embassy.

Ronald Reagan was known for neither comfort with foreign languages nor understanding of Lebanon, but he was unusually fond of a Russian proverb whose adoption as a universal motto here might spare a lot of trouble. "Doveriai, no proveriai," the then-US president repeated ad nauseam when he was selling.

The Kuwaiti embassy in Beirut was evacuated on Thursday after an anonymous threat of a rocket attack, the latest scare in Lebanon as foreign governments act on security amid mounting political and sectarian tensions.

Source: Reuters By Yara Bayoumy BEIRUT, Feb 21 (Reuters) - Lebanon has moved to regularise the status of Iraqi refugees residing illegally in the country, a decision the top U.N. refugee agency says will ...

A Lebanese man loads bullets in an AK-47 magazine. Lebanon's political crisis has damaged relations between Syria and Saudi Arabia, putting at risk next month's Arab summit in Damascus, Arab officials in Riyadh have warned.

The Kuwaiti embassy in Beirut was evacuated after an anonymous bomb threat on Thursday, the latest scare in Lebanon as foreign governments take action on security amid mounting political and sectarian tensions.

Kuwait advises nationals to delay travel to Lebanon because of a security threat at its Beirut embassy.

Source: IRIN The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) welcomed Lebanon's steps this week to issue work and residency papers to the estimated 50,000 Iraqi would-be refugees in the country, hitherto considered illegal and subject to imprisonment and deportation.

The Kuwaiti Embassy in Lebanon was evacuated Thursday after receiving an anonymous phone call threatening the mission, embassy and police officials said.

KUWAIT (Reuters) - Kuwait advised its citizens on Thursday against travelling to Lebanon, citing political problems in the country locked in a constitutional crisis.

BEIRUT, Feb 21, 2008 (AFP) - The Kuwaiti embassy in Beirut was evacuated on Thursday after an anonymous bomb threat, adding to tensions in Lebanon, Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh said.

Beirut - Staff at the Kuwaiti embassy in Beirut were evacuated Thursday from the complex after an anonymous threat was made, a Lebanese security official said. The embassy received a threat call ... this prompted the evacuation of all employees to s...

As street clashes between rival political factions in Beirut fuel fears of a new civil war, many Lebanese have started to arm themselves as they prepare for the worst, arms dealers say.

BEIRUT, Lebanon - Saudi Arabia is warning its citizens against traveling to Lebanon, the U.S. Embassy is urging Americans to be vigilant, and French cultural centers in two major Lebanese cities have temporarily closed.

Pop reigned supreme at the Brit Awards on Wednesday as comeback kings Take That, Australian star Kylie Minogue and Beirut-born Mika scooped a clutch of top prizes at the British music industry's big night of the year.

When Orlando Early finished his playing career at Gardner-Webb in 1990, the Lebanon product was done with basketball for good. "I wanted to get an accounting degree, which I did, and wanted to work in the business sector," Early said. "I didn?t even consider a career in coaching at the time."

Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Seniora clearly rejected Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri's proposal of equally dividing shares between ruling coalition, opposition, and the president in the future government, local Al Akhbar daily reported on ...

H E Abdullah bin Hamad Al Attiyah, who is also the Chairman of the Qatari- Lebanese Committee. met with Lebanon's Education Minister Dr Khalid Qabbani yesterday.

Pop reigned supreme at the Brit Awards on Wednesday as comeback kings Take That, Australian star Kylie Minogue and Beirut-born Mika scooped a clutch of top prizes at the British music industry's big night of the year.

The ongoing regional standoff between the United States and Iran is largely dictating the course of the likewise seemingly intractable political impasse bedeviling Lebanon for more than a year, through each country's surrogates here, a number of analysts told The Daily Star on Wednesday.

The Lebanese Farmers Association warned on Wednesday that it will stage demonstrations if the Ministry of Economy and Trade does not withdraw a decision to permanently cancel the so-called agricultural calendar. The organization said in a statement that Economy and Trade Minister Sami Haddad's action would harm the livelihoods of all Lebanese farmers.

Lebanese soldiers stand guard at a checkpoint in Beirut, Lebanon Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2008. A recent upsurge in street violence amid a seemingly intractable political crisis has heightened a sense of security vulnerability in Lebanon. Saudi Arabia is warning its citizens against traveling to Lebanon.

NICOSIA ? Syrian special operations forces conducted an attack in the Lebanese town of Qaa in the Bekaa Valley, Lebanese security sources said. The Syrian raid came amid heightened unrest in Lebanon in wake of the assassination of Hizbullah operational chief Imad Mughniyeh on Feb. 12.

Foreign affairs analysts say that despite the escalation of conflicts between rival factions in Lebanon, the country isn't on the brink of another civil war.

Ozarks Technical Community College will host community forums in Branson and Lebanon later this month, the college announced Wednesday. College President Dr. Hal Higdon and other administrators will be present to engage discussion and field questions from citizens. All residents of Branson, Lebanon, and surrounding communities are invited to attend. The Branson event will be held at the ...

Lebanon has agreed to ease the plight of Iraqi refugees in the country, the UN?s refugee agency, UNHCR, announced on Wednesday in Beirut.

BEIRUT (AP)--The U.N. refugee agency welcomed Wednesday a decision by Lebanese authorities to regularize the status of hundreds of Iraqi refugees considered illegal in the country.

Berlin - German Chancellor Angela Merkel is to hold talks with Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Seniora in Berlin on Friday, a government spokesman said Wednesday. The lunchtime meeting at the chancellor's office will concentrate on the situation in Leb...

Syrian security forces have shot dead a Lebanese teenager near the border with Lebanon amid continuing political tensions, Lebanese police said in a statement.

Auby to make Lebanon debut

BEIRUT, Lebanon ? Saudi Arabia's religious police are under attack again over what critics consider heavy-handed enforcement of the country's gender segregation policies and other strict social rules.

The honor roll for the second marking period has been announced at Lebanon Middle School. SUPERIOR Grade 8 -- Mycaeri Atkinson, Aaron Cabinaw, Joseph Herb and Savannah Irwin.

Human Rights Watch said Sunday that Israel breached international law when it bombed southern Lebanon with cluster weapons in 2006.

RIYADH ? Saudi diplomats in Lebanon are increasingly concerned about their safety because of the worsening security situation in the country, Saudi and Lebanese officials said yesterday.

Next month's Arab summit in Syria will be undermined if a solution to Lebanon's political crisis cannot be found by then, Prime Minister Fouad Siniora warned on Tuesday. The election of a new Lebanese president has been delayed since November and Siniora told Reuters efforts were being made to fill the post and prevent a power vacuum.

Source: Reuters By Samia Nakhoul LONDON, Feb 19 (Reuters) - Next month's Arab summit in Syria would be undermined if a solution to Lebanon's political crisis cannot be found by then, Lebanon's Prime Minister Fouad ...

BRUSSELS, Feb 19 (Reuters) The European Union called Lebanon's institutional crisis unacceptable and said today it should elect a president as soon as possible.

Ali kneads pizza dough under the watchful eye of Corporal Domenico Magliocca, a UN peacekeeper and head chef teaching handicapped Lebanese the art of preparing the Italian speciality.

Lebanon's chief prosecutor is seeking the death penalty for the fugitive Palestinian chief of an Islamist group over a twin bus bombing a year ago that killed three people, his office said on Tuesday.

Source: Reuters BRUSSELS, Feb 19 (Reuters) - The European Union called Lebanon's institutional crisis unacceptable and said on Tuesday it should elect a president as soon as possible. The Slovenian EU Presidency ...

Aperto Networks, builder of the world's most advanced WiMAX base stations and subscriber units, today announced that it has been selected by PESCO Telecom for a major WiMAX deployment in Lebanon. (PRWeb Feb 19, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/Aperto_PacketMAX/PESCO_Telecom/prweb645341.htm

Lebanese prosecutors file charges against the leader of Fatah al-Islam over a bus bombing in 2007.

Beirut - France has shut two of its cultural centres in Lebanon, due to the fragile security situation in the country, the French embassy said in a statement Tuesday. The French cultural centres, in the southern city of Sidon and in Tripoli north of...

LEBANON ? In the end all, be all of grind-it-out games, a thread-the-needle look won it.

Rafik Hariri's assassination three years ago triggered an uprising in Lebanon. Following the death of the former prime minister, young Lebanese poured onto the streets in a movement that not only pushed out Syrian troops, but also gave rise to a new optimism for political change known as Beirut Spring.

BEIRUT, Feb 18, 2008 (AFP) - France has closed two of its cultural centres in Lebanon "for security reasons", the French embassy in Beirut said Monday.

BEIRUT: Internal Security Forces (ISF) chief Brigadier General Ashraf Rifi told The Daily Star on Monday that the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) will deploy heavily in "security pits," a reference to areas where violent clashes have erupted between government and opposition supporters over last week.

Berlin - Israeli director Joseph Cedar finished shooting his war drama on his nation's 2000 withdrawal from southern Lebanon in the middle of 2006 - only a matter of weeks before a new conflict broke out between the two countries. We were convinced ...

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia, a key backer of Sunni Muslims in Lebanon, advised its citizens yesterday not to travel there because of a deteriorating political and security situation.

A new winter storm started to batter Lebanon on Monday noon, spreading heavy rainfalls, snow, speedy winds and thunderstorms across the country, with weather forecasters expecting the tempest to recede as of Thursday. Meanwhile, the Civil Aviation Department at the Rafik Hariri International Airport said.

A 41-year-old Lebanese, Hussein Ali al-Didda, was shot and wounded when Syrian forces raided his home in the border town of Qaa in east Lebanon's Bekaa Valley, security reports said Monday. The An-Nahar daily reported that the forces were made up of Syrian intelligence servicemen and Syrian border guards known as "Al-Hajjana."

BEIRUT, Feb 18, 2008 (AFP) - France has closed two of its cultural centres in Lebanon "for security reasons", the French embassy in Beirut said Monday.

Saudi Arabia tells citizens not to visit Lebanon as it passes through a worst security and political crisis.

The foreign ministry in Riyadh warns citizens to stay clear of Lebanon in view of the ?unstable political and security circumstances there right now.?

The ground is peppered with pellets of goat dung and the stench of manure fills the air as an Indian vet with a UN peacekeeping force tends to sick animals in south Lebanon.

LEBANON-The body of a 50-year-old Lebanon man was found at 10 a.m. Sunday on the southwest corner of Lincoln Avenue and Schneider Drive, city police said.

Vatican: Pope urges reconciliation in Lebanon (AKI) - Pope Benedict XVI has called for dialogue and reconciliation between Lebanon's various religious and political forces. He made the appeal on Sunday after his Angelus address in St. Peter's Square in the Italian capital, Rome."I am following the persistent manifestations of tension in Lebanon with concern", the Pope said. He ...

RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia on Monday advised its citizens not to travel to Lebanon because of political and security problems.

Source: Reuters RIYADH, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia on Monday advised its citizens not to travel to Lebanon because of political and security problems. "The foreign ministry advised Saudi citizens not to ...

Iran's Revolutionary Guards on Monday predicted that Israel would be destroyed by the Lebanese Shiite militant group Hezbollah in the "near future", the Fars news agency reported.

The head of Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on Monday Israel would soon be destroyed by the "hands of Hezbollah", the Lebanese group that is backed by the Islamic Republic, the semi-official Fars News Agency reported.

DEBKA file ?s military and intelligence sources report fears in Washington and Jerusalem that Bashar Assad?s strategists are working up a frame for anti-Syrian Lebanese forces, especially Druze leader Walid Jumblatt, for engineering the death of Hizballah commander Imad Mughniyeh in Damascus on Feb. 13. Therefore, while plotting revenge on Israel, Syria may well launch a series of military ...

A Palestinian man was shot dead during clashes between anti-Syrian Lebanese government supporters and Palestinians close to Hizbullah in Beirut on Sunday, security sources said.

BEIRUT: Twenty people were injured in street clashes between rival political factions in Beirut on Saturday, which saw shops and cars set ablaze as rioters fought each other with stones and clubs.

Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora addresses a press conference in Beirut on February 12, 2008. Siniora was assured on Sunday of Kuwaiti support for an end to Beirut's political crisis, after the emirate said this was a prerequisite for a successful Arab summit.

A Palestinian man has been shot dead during clashes between anti-Syrian Lebanese Government supporters and Palestinians close to Hezbollah in Beirut, security sources said.

A Palestinian man was shot dead during clashes between anti-Syrian Lebanese government supporters and Palestinians close to Hezbollah in Beirut on Sunday, security sources said.

The Lebanese Army urged all parties on Sunday to exercise self control after clashes erupted in different areas of Beirut over the weekend between government and opposition supporters, wounding at least 14 Lebanese. Most of those injured are affiliated with the Future Movement headed by parliamentary majority.

Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Butros Sfeir urged politicians Sunday to find "common ground" for agreement in order for Lebanon to avoid plunging into more chaos and violence. "On February 14 we saw two distinct scenes which reflect the widening gap among the Lebanese," Sfeir said during the weekly Sunday mass at the Notre Dame Church in Bkirki.

Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora was assured on Sunday of Kuwaiti support for an end to Beirut's political crisis, after the emirate said this was a prerequisite for a successful Arab summit.

An earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale originated in southern Lebanon shortly after midday Friday as tens of thousands of Lebanese were marching through the streets of Lebanon calling for Israel's destruction.

A leading human rights group called Sunday for a U.N. investigation into Israel's use of cluster bombs during its 2006 campaign against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon.

Berlin - Two Vietnamese women and a Lebanese taxi driver were injured in racially motivated attacks in Berlin over the weekend, police said Sunday. In one incident, unknown assailants hurled racial abuse at a 36-year-old woman and punched her in the ...

Source: Reuters By Andrew Hammond RIYADH, Feb 17 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah is unlikely to attend the Arab League's annual summit in Syria next month unless a political deadlock in Lebanon is ...

Vatican City - Pope Benedict XVI called Sunday on Lebanon to find a president for all Lebanese in order to end tension and contribute to reconciliation in the country. Speaking after Angelus prayers in front of thousands of followers at St Peter's ...

Shops and cars were reportedly set ablaze as rival political factions clashed in Beirut.

BEIRUT - Twenty people were injured in street clashes between rival political factions in Beirut on Saturday, which saw shops and cars set ablaze as rioters fought each other with stones and clubs.

Lebanon's central bank governor said inflation this year should not exceed the five per cent of last year and forecast stable interest rates which may fall if the country's political crisis eases, reported Gulf Daily News. Riad Salameh said he did not expect a repeat of steep inflation that was driven by a climb in the prices of oil, commodities and the euro in the last quarter of last year.

Israel breached international law when it bombed southern Lebanon with cluster weapons during its campaign against Hezbollah in 2006, Human Rights Watch said Sunday.

Lebanese troops deployed in several mixed Sunni-Shi'ite areas of Beirut late Saturday and ended sectarian riots that left at least 14 people wounded and several cars and shops smashed.

BEIRUT: Lebanon has no interest in open war with Israel, Prime Minister Fuad Siniora said in a broadcast interview reacting to comments by the head of the country?s Shia Hezbollah movement.

Lebanese singer Haifa Wahbi recently held a very successful performance in Egypt in celebration of Valentine?s Day alongside prominent Lebanese singer Ragheb Alama.

The Lebanese army intervenes to break up clashes between rival political factions in Beirut.

Lebanese army soldiers have intervened to restore order after clashes broke out between pro-government and opposition supporters in a Muslim neighbourhood of Beirut. Security forces said at least 14 people were injured in the fighting between groups armed with sticks, stones, and knives.

Conspiracy theories are valuable as road maps to a deadly game.

LEBANON, Ohio ? Interstate 71 northbound and southbound will be closed for another three to five hours after a tanker truck spilled gasoline on the highway, a State Highway Patrol dispatcher in the Lebanon post said late this afternoon.

Three people have been injured when clashes erupted in the Lebanese capital late beirut between supporters of rival political factions, a security official said.

Source: Reuters BEIRUT, Feb 16 (Reuters) - Lebanese soldiers deployed in several mixed Sunni-Shi'ite streets of Beirut on Saturday and ended sectarian riots that left at least 14 people injured and several cars and ...

Three people were injured when a new bout of street clashes erupted between armed supporters of rival political factions in the Lebanese capital late on Saturday, a security official said.

Beirut - Three people were wounded in Lebanon late Saturday when followers of the Shiite Amal movement clashed with their rivals, the Muslim Sunni followers of Saad Hariri, the leader of the anti- Syrian majority. The clash erupted after a fist fight...

The Lebanese newspaper Assafir reported Saturday that the Hizbullah has put 50,000 of its fighters in a state of high alert and evacuated all buildings in the area designated for social or political purposes in recent days.

Siniora says Lebanon has no interest in open war with Israel after Mughnieh assassination.

Lebanon's Prime Minister Fouad Saniora said his country has no interest in an "open war" on Israel worldwide, saying this would harm Hizbullah as well as Islamic and Arab causes.

"Caramel" is a lovely, open-ended Lebanese comedy-drama that charts the romantic misadventures of five women in and around a run-down Beirut hair salon -- an adulteress (co-writer/director Nadine Labaki), a barely closeted lesbian, an aging actress, a spinster seamstress and a free spirit marrying into a conservative Muslim family.

Lebanon?s Cody Compton is a product of homegrown basketball. The 6-foot-3 junior started playing the game at age two and has refined his touch on a goal in his backyard.

Lebanese mobile operator Alfa is to enhance its services for the Beirut area with an overhaul of its network infrastructure. Alfa will replace its existing base stations with new technology, to improve coverage and capacity for the city.

TYRE (Lebanon) ? An earthquake measuring 5.0 on the open-ended Richter scale rocked Lebanon yesterday, injuring 10 people and sending panicked residents out into the streets in the south of the country.

Lebanese workers remove the debris fallen from a building following an earthquake in the southern Lebanese city of Tyre. An earthquake measuring 5.0 on the open-ended Richter scale rocked Lebanon on Friday, injuring 10 people and sending panicked residents out into the streets in the south of the country.

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) -- Syria and Iran will conduct a joint investigation into the car bombing that killed Imad Mughniyeh, a commander of their Lebanese ally Hezbollah, Iran's state news agency reported Friday.

Ruby Tuesday, Inc., a leading casual dining restaurant company, announced its international franchisee, Daliya Al-Wataniya for General Trading and Contracting W.L.L., will open nine Ruby Tuesday restaurants in Bahrain, Jordan, Lebanon, and Oman over four years and a tenth Ruby Tuesday in the Avenues Mall in Kuwait City. Daliya Al-Wataniya is a subsidiary of Sultan Food Products Company of Kuwait ...

An earthquake measuring 5.0 on the open-ended Richter scale rocked Lebanon on Friday, injuring 10 people and sending panicked residents out into the streets in the south of the country.

Syria is "directly responsible" for the political crisis in Lebanon and the accompanying violence, a senior US state department official said in Paris on Friday.

MOSCOW. Feb 15 (Interfax) - Federation Council Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Mikhail Margelov thinks that a drastic escalation of the situation in Lebanon began after the death of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.

TYRE, Lebanon - An earthquake measuring 5.0 on the open-ended Richter scale rocked Lebanon on Friday, injuring 10 people and sending panicked residents out into the streets in the south of the country.

An earthquake shook parts of Lebanon and neighbouring countries, causing minor damage and panic among residents. Five people were lightly injured in southern Lebanon, according to police.

An earthquake shook parts of Lebanon and neighbouring countries, causing minor damage and panic among residents.

An earthquake shook the Middle East on Friday, damaging buildings in south Lebanon where three people were injured.

Rival visions for Lebanon were on stark display here Thursday as partisans from competing political camps gathered to honor their respective slain leaders.

There was nothing complex about Lebanon Catholic's game plan entering its first round District 3-A boys tournament tilt with Camp Hill. Front the post and don't let the Lions' big men -- mainly 6-6 center Mike Skoda -- set up shop in the paint for easy points.

The U.N. Security Council expressed great concern at targeted assassinations in Lebanon and elsewhere on Thursday, the anniversary of the assassination of a former Lebanese prime minister and the day of the funeral of an assassinated Hezbollah leader.

Events in Beirut expose the divisions of a small state on the faultlines of the Middle East

To watch video online please click here to download the latest version of the Flash plugin. It was an event that broke Eastern North Carolina's heart, and remains etched in our minds. The Beirut bombing of 1983 left 241 of our marines dead.

Today marks the third anniversary of the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.

Massive crowds at contrasting events in Lebanon: government supporters pay tribute to slain PM Rafik Hariri and Hezbollah buries a top commander. Tens of thousands massed in the heart of Beirut to mark the third anniversary of Hariri's assassination.

The first Mayor's Open House for 2008 will be held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday Feb. 16 at the home of Mark and Rhonda Paradis, 84 Brunswick Avenue in Lebanon Borough.

The United States marked the third anniversary Thursday of former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq Hariri's murder by backing efforts to "build a strong, democratic state" in Lebanon.

A Lebanese flag is stretched on a lot in downtown Beirut next to the Al-Amin mosque, a Beirut landmark where assassinated former Lebanese premier Rafiq Hariri is buried.

BEIRUT, Feb 14 (Reuters) The son of former premier Rafik al-Hariri marked the anniversary of his father's assassination today by urging the Syria-backed opposition to join a unity government to end a crisis that has paralysed Lebanon.

A house fire completely destroyed one home and damaged two others in Lebanon is still under investigation this morning, according to the Lebanon Fire Department.

Thousands of supporters of the anti-Syrian coalition waved Lebanese flags during a rally to mark the third anniversary of the assasination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri at Martyrs' Square in Beirut, Lebanon.

The son of former premier Rafik al-Hariri marked the anniversary of his father's assassination on Thursday by urging the Syria-backed opposition to join a unity government to end a crisis that has paralysed Lebanon.

Hundreds of thousands of government supporters converged on central Beirut on Thursday for the third anniversary of ex-premier Rafiq Hariri's assassination, as miles away Lebanon's opposition Hizbullah buried a top commander slain by a car bomb.

Tens of thousands of pro-Western Lebanese poured into the centre of Beirut today for a rally in memory of assassinated politician Rafik Hariri - while in the south of the city, pro-Syrian mourners gathered for the funeral of an important Hezbollah leader.

Lebanon: Thousands mass for rival political rallies (AKI) - Tens of thousands of people gathered in the rainy streets of the Lebanese capital, Beirut, on Thursday to attend rival rallies, amid a tense atmosphere, heightened by frustrations over the country's continuing political crisis. Security was tight amid fears of clashes between groups attending rallies to mark the third ...

Martin Chulov Middle East correspondent TENS of thousands of Lebanese last night took to the streets of a deeply divided Beirut to mark the deaths of two slain leaders and demand an end to a political deadlock that increasingly threatens to return the country to war.

Iran - Lebanon - Visit Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki arrived in Beirut, capital of Lebanon, at noon Thursday.

Thousands of pro-government supporters are gathering in Beirut on Thursday to mark the third anniversary of the assassination of the former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. Later in southern Beirut, a funeral will be held for a senior Hezbollah commander who was killed this week.

Thousands of pro-government supporters are gathering Thursday in Beirut to mark the third anniversary of the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. Later in southern Beirut, a funeral will be held for a senior Hezbollah commander who was killed this week.

Lebanon, 02/14 - Thousands of people have gathered in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, to mark three years since the assassination of former PM Rafik Hariri. Meanwhile the funeral of Hezbollah commander Imad Mughniyeh is to be held just a few miles away, hours later.

Throngs of Lebanese came out for two opposing gatherings: Hizballah backers for the funeral of a slain militant suspected in hundreds of American deaths, and their pro-Western opponents to mark the assassination of an anti-Syrian former prime minister

BEIRUT, Lebanon---- Throngs of Lebanese came out Thursday for two opposing gatherings: Hezbollah backers for the funeral of a slain militant suspected in hundreds of American deaths, and their pro-Western opponents to mark the assassination of an anti-Syrian former prime minister.

Thousands of army troops were deployed in Beirut, Lebanon on Thursday morning, as tens of thousands gathered for two opposing rallies that created a potential political powder keg.

Tens of thousands of Lebanese are in Beirut to mark former PM Rafik Hariri's death, while others attend a top Hezbollah commander's funeral.

Tens of thousands of pro-government supporters converged on central Beirut on Thursday for the third anniversary of ex-premier Rafiq Hariri's assassination, just miles from where Lebanon's opposition group Hezbollah prepared to bury a top commander slain by a car bomb.

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Beirut - Roads leading to Beirut on Thursday were clogged by convoys of vehicles, forcing people to walk the last 5 kilometres to reach Martyr's Square on foot to mark the third anniversary of the assassination of former Lebanese premier Rafik Hariri...

BEIRUT, Lebanon - The Lebanese were turning out in tens of thousands Thursday for two opposing Beirut gatherings - Shiite Muslims supporters of Hezbollah to bid farewell to its slain top commander Imad Mughniyeh, and their pro-Western opponents at a downtown square to mark former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri's 2005 assassination.

Thousands of demonstrators flocked to the streets of Lebanon's capital Beirut on Thursday for separate memorials, one to mark the third anniversary of the assassination of an anti-Syrian former prime minister and the other for the recent killing of a senior Hezbollah commander.

Beirut - Lebanon was braced Thursday for a mass rally by followers of the Western-backed government to commemorate the third anniversary of ex-premier Rafik Hariri's assassination amid mounting street clashes with the Hezbollah-led opposition. Hundre...

Plotted bombing of Marine barracks in Beirut, U.S. says JERUSALEM ? The audacious bombings and kidnappings attributed to Imad Mughniyeh, a shadowy guerrilla commander of the Hezbollah movement, have been seared into American and Israeli minds for a quarter-century.

Tensions are high in Beirut as rival camps take to the streets to mark ex-PM Rafik Hariri's death and a Hezbollah funeral.

Thousands of pro-government supporters were set to converge on central Beirut on Thursday to mark the third anniversary of former Lebanese premier Rafiq Hariri's assassination amid a deepening political crisis.

If a high school swim program's progress is measured in the post-season, then the Lebanon Warriors are headed in the right direction. Eight Lebanon swimmers advanced out of last weekend's Division I sectionals into the district championships.

Lebanon: Alfa, the mobile operator, announces it signed a contract with Nokia Siemens Networks, the leading global enabler of communications services on Monday February 11, 2008 at Alfa's Headquarters. [AMEInfo.com]

President Bush ordered new sanctions on Wednesday to punish Syria for its alleged efforts to undermine stability in Iraq and undercut Lebanon's sovereignty and democracy.

ROME, FEB. 13, 2008 ( Zenit.org ).- Lebanese Christians' cry for peace was heard in Rome with a ?Concert of Hope.? Father Daoud Reaidy, superior of the community of the Maronite Antonian Order in Rome, inaugurated the Feb. 8 concert in Rome's Trastevere district.

Three years after Rafik al-Hariri's assassination, the crisis unleashed by his death opens ever deeper rifts in Lebanon and threatens the state and society the leader tried to rebuild after the civil war.

An eon or so ago, I sat with two close friends discussing Lebanon's prospects for stability at a Downtown Beirut pub later strangled by the symptoms of a disease we all acknowledged but on whose cure we differed. One of my companions was a Lebanese raised abroad; the other, like me, a Canadian who married into the magically.

DAMASCUS, Syria ? Imad Mughniyeh, the suspected mastermind of dramatic attacks on the U.S. Embassy and U.S. Marine barracks that killed hundreds of Americans in Lebanon in the 1980s, has died in a car bombing in Syria.

Beirut - Lebanon's Western-backed Premier Fouad Seniora called on Wednesday on all Lebanese no matter to what party they belong to and participate in the commemoration of the third anniversary of former premier Rafik Hariri. I call on all the Lebane...

(Reuters) - Here is a chronology of some of the main events in Lebanon since former Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri was killed on February 14, 2005, along with 22 others.

BEIRUT, Lebanon -- Imad Mughniyeh, the suspected mastermind of dramatic attacks on the U.S. Embassy and U.S. Marine barracks that killed hundreds of Americans in Lebanon in the 1980s, has died in a car bombing in Syria.

Source: Reuters By Tom Perry BEIRUT, Feb 13 (Reuters) - Three years after Rafik al-Hariri's assassination, the crisis unleashed by his death opens ever deeper rifts in Lebanon and threatens the state and society ...

BEIRUT (AFP) - Lebanon braced on Wednesday for a mass rally by backers of the Western-backed government to commemorate the third anniversary of ex-premier Rafiq Hariri's murder amid mounting street clashes with the opposition.

Lebanon braced on Wednesday for a mass rally by backers of the Western-backed government to commemorate the third anniversary of ex-premier Rafiq Hariri's murder amid mounting street clashes with the opposition.

BEIRUT, Feb 13, 2008 (AFP) - Lebanon braced on Wednesday for a mass rally by backers of the Western-backed government to commemorate the third anniversary of ex-premier Rafiq Hariri's murder amid mounting street clashes with the opposition.

The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah says one of its top leaders was killed in a car bomb attack late Tuesday in Syria. The Shi'ite group announced the death of Imad Mugniyah on its television channel Wednesday and accused Israel of carrying out the attack.

ON THE day Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah received news of his eldest son Hadi?s death he displayed a defiant resolve that impressed many in the Arab world.

A 35-year-old Mason lawyer is the new Lebanon city prosecutor.

(Beirut, Lebanon) - The fugitive militant Imad Mughniyeh, who was indicted in the U.S. for the 1985 hijacking of a TWA airliner in which a Navy diver died, has been killed by Israeli agents

Lebanese group Hezbollah says senior commander Imad Mughniyeh died in a bombing in Damascus.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - A car bomb in Damascus on Tuesday killed a senior military commander of the Lebanese Shi'ite Muslim group Hezbollah, a Lebanese political source told Reuters on Wednesday.

SOUTH LEBANON: More than 5,000 Lebanese civilians in South Lebanon and the Bekaa Valley have benefited from the UN Human Settlements Program (UN-HABITAT), according to the program's coordinator, Dania Abdel-Malek.

BEIRUT: An international study estimates that the poverty ratio in Lebanon is around 28.5 of the population, accounting for almost a million Lebanese, with 8 percent of the population, or almost 300,000 individuals, living under conditions of extreme poverty.

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) -- Pro-government and anti-Syrian factions are mobilizing their supporters for a massive rally to mark the third anniversary of the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri on Thursday.

Mason attorney Matthew Graber is the new Lebanon city prosecutor, taking over the $40,000 a year job immediately.

An international study estimates that the poverty ratio in Lebanon is around 28.5 of the population, accounting for almost a million Lebanese, with 8 percent of the population, or almost 300,000 individuals, living under conditions of extreme poverty. These figures were disclosed by the International Poverty Center (IPC).

Residents of Sunni areas in Beirut say they plan to attend Thursday's rally to mark the anniversary of the assassination of former Premier Rafik Hariri, but many in Christian parts of the capital told The Daily Star they plan to stay away.Members of the ruling March 14 coalition have called on their supporters to mark the occasion.

Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Butros Sfeir said Tuesday a new president should be elected "as soon as possible," reiterating his support for the head of the Lebanese Armed Forces, General Michel Suleiman. "We support Suleiman because the country needs a president who is for all the Lebanese and who does not.

Government and opposition supporters clashed in the Lebanese capital on Tuesday as tensions rose ahead of a mass rally called by the government to mark the third anniversary of the assassination of ex-premier Rafiq Hariri.

GOVERNMENT and opposition supporters clashed in the Lebanese capital today as tensions rose ahead of a mass rally called by the government to mark the third anniversary of the assassination of ex-premier Rafiq Hariri.

US President George W. Bush expressed concern on Tuesday at what he said were efforts by Iran and Syria to undermine crisis-hit Lebanon's institutions through "violence and intimidation."

Lebanon's military prosecutor Judge Jean Fahd charged 79 people, including 16 troops and three army officers, in connection with the bloody riots that left seven opposition supporters dead in Beirut last month.

Beirut - Lebanon's military prosecutor Jean Fahd has charged three army officers and 16 soldiers for their role in a shooting incident that resulted in the killing of seven opposition protesters during riots last month, his office announced on Tuesda...

A drum seismograph at an earthquake monitoring station. A moderate earthquake shook southern Lebanon overnight causing no damage but sending many panicked residents into the streets in the coastal town of Tyre. (AFP Spencer Platt)

BEIRUT, Lebanon - A moderate earthquake rattled southern Lebanon on Tuesday, causing some panic among local residents but no major damage, the meteorological department said.

Source: IRIN The Gaza Buildings are a slum inside a slum; a former Palestinian hospital just outside the Shatila refugee camp south of Beirut turned squat for the poor and destitute. Built in the 1970s by the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO), the Gaza Buildings were intended to better lives.

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - A moderate earthquake rattled southern Lebanon on Tuesday, causing some panic among local residents but no major damage, the meteorological department said.

A moderate earthquake shook southern Lebanon overnight causing no damage but sending many panicked residents into the streets in the coastal town of Tyre, officials said Tuesday.

BEIRUT (AFP) - Lebanon's military prosecutor has charged three army officers and 16 soldiers for their role in the shooting deaths of several opposition protesters during riots last month, his office announced on Tuesday.

A MODERATE earthquake shook southern Lebanon overnight causing no damage but sending many panicked residents into the streets in the coastal town of Tyre, officials said.

A MODERATE earthquake shook southern Lebanon overnight causing no damage but sending many panicked residents into the streets in the coastal town of Tyre, officials said.

He also had discussions with former President Amin Gemayel, MP Michel Aoun, who leads the opposition Free Patriotic Movement and the parliamentary Bloc of Reform and Change; and MP Saad Hariri, leader of the parliamentary majority supporting the government.

BEIRUT (AFP)--Lebanon's military prosecutor has charged three army officers and 16 soldiers for their role in the shooting deaths of several opposition protesters during riots last month, his office announced Tuesday.

Lebanon: A new joint project between AUB's Department of Computer Science (CMPS), the MIRALab at the University of Geneva, and Al-Mehdia Museum in Tunisia, will focus on elaborating a virtual fitting room application to help facilitate online shoppers's experience. [AMEInfo.com]

BEIRUT - A Lebanese judge charged three army officers and 16 soldiers on Monday over the killing of opposition protesters last month in some of Beirut's deadliest street violence since the 1975-1990 civil war.

Source: Reuters BEIRUT, Feb. 11 (Reuters) - A Lebanese judge charged three army officers and 16 soldiers on Monday over the killing of opposition protesters last month in some of Beirut's deadliest street violence ...

A Lebanese judge charged three army officers and 16 soldiers on Monday over the killing of opposition protesters last month in some of Beirut's deadliest street violence since the 1975-1990 civil war.

Lebanese Forces boss Samir Geagea said Monday that the ruling March 14 coalition had a long way to go to win the battle for what called a "new Lebanon."Addressing a news conference from his residence in Maarab, Geagea said the rally on Thursday to commemorate the third anniversary of former Premier Rafik Hariri's assassination.

Lebanon's political crisis is set to feature prominently on the agenda when foreign ministers from the European Union and their counterparts from the Arab League meet for talks scheduled to begin Monday evening in Malta, the Deutsche Press Agency reported on Monday.

Lebanese artists Zena al-Khalil and Lamia Ziade make a great and potentially explosive team. Ziade, who was born in Beirut in 1968, has made a name for herself in Paris (where she has lived between stints in Casablanca and New York since 1987) with fabrics for fashion designers such as Jean-Paul Gaultier and Issey Miyake.

Gunbattles broke out throughout Lebanon following statements by socialist leader Walid Jumblatt threatening all out war, a police official said.

BEIRUT (AFP) - Fears that Lebanon's political crisis may spill into the streets are mounting as armed incidents between rival clans multiply and politicians from the ruling coalition warn they stand ready for a showdown with the opposition.

DUBLIN, Ireland----Research and Markets has announced the addition of "Lebanon Food and Drink Report 2007" to their offering.

Valletta, Malta - Lebanon's political crisis is set to feature prominently on the agenda when foreign ministers from the European Union and their counterparts from the Arab League meet for talks scheduled to begin Monday evening in Malta. The meeting...

BEIRUT (AFP)--Fears that Lebanon's political crisis may spill into the streets are mounting as armed incidents between rival clans multiply and politicians from the ruling coalition warn they stand ready for confrontation with the opposition.

BEIRUT, Feb 11 - Below is a table of the latest Lebanese economic statistics.

Al-Akhbar (Lebanon): The leaders incite and their thugs invade the streets ? Lebanon was yesterday on the verge of a new phase, as the Lebanese allies of the U.S. and Saudi Arabia prepared to launch a civil war through inciting sectarian sedition and threatening to use arms.

Feb. 11 (Bloomberg) -- Just over three years ago, as Lebanon descended again into political turmoil and violence, promoters at In Concert decided to fight fire with tunes.

Lebanon: A new breakthrough procedure which opens up blocked vessels that cause stroke has become available at the American University of Beirut Medical Center, one of the first medical centers in the region to offer the treatment. [AMEInfo.com]

JEDDAH ? Saudi Arabia plans to boost Lebanon's foreign currency reserves and support the government's economic reform drive by depositing $1 billion in its central bank.

Lebanese soldiers stand guard in the mainly-Shiite southern suburbs of Beirut, in January 2008. At least two people were injured, one seriously, when shots were fired in a clash on Sunday between supporters of rival political factions in Lebanon, a security official said.

The Lebanese poet and composer Marcel Khalife sat in MU?s Waters Auditorium on Saturday to indulge an admiring and, at times, teary-eyed audience. Khalife, who influenced an entire generation of ...

BEIRUT - At least two people were injured, one seriously, when shots were fired in a clash on Sunday between supporters of rival political factions in Lebanon, a security official said.

Last week's trading on the Beirut Stock Exchange (BSE) mirrored the week's political uncertainty and deadlock. The BLOM Stock Index (BSI) remained stagnant within a trading range of 1,450-1,464 points, increasing to 1,464 Tuesday and Wednesday of this week. At the end of the trading week, the BSI closed at 1456.011.

BEIRUT (AFP) - At least two people were injured, one seriously, when shots were fired in a clash on Sunday between supporters of rival political factions in Lebanon, a security official said.

Druze leader Walid Jumblatt, seen here in 2007, a key figure in Lebanon's ruling anti-Syrian majority, launched a verbal assault on the opposition, warning his side was ready for war.

Shots were fired in an altercation on Sunday between supporters of Lebanon's parliamentary majority leader Saad Hariri and speaker Nabih Berri's security services in Beirut, a security official said.

A leading member of Lebanon's anti-Syrian governing coalition has warned of anarchy and raised the spectre of war in the country.

Druze leader Walid Jumblatt, a key figure in Lebanon's ruling anti-Syrian majority, on Sunday launched a verbal assault on the opposition, warning his side was ready for war.

Amman - King Abdullah II of Jordan urged Sunday that all obstacles facing the Arab League plan to bring about national reconciliation in Lebanon be addressed, according to a royal court statement. The monarch made the remark during a meeting with Syr...

BEIRUT (Reuters) - A leading member of Lebanon's anti-Syrian governing coalition on Sunday warned of anarchy and raised the specter of war in the country, which is suffering its worst political crisis since the 1975-90 civil war.

BEIRUT - A leading member of Lebanon's anti-Syrian governing coalition on Sunday warned of anarchy and raised the spectre of war in the country, which is suffering its worst political crisis since the 1975-90 civil war.

A leading member of Lebanon's anti-Syrian governing coalition on Sunday warned of anarchy and raised the spectre of war in the country, which is suffering its worst political crisis since the 1975-90 civil war.

Source: Reuters By Tom Perry BEIRUT, Feb 10 (Reuters) - A leading member of Lebanon's anti-Syrian governing coalition on Sunday warned of anarchy and raised the spectre of war in the country, which is suffering its ...

A report to be released Wednesday about his inconclusive 2006 war in Lebanon could determine whether Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert holds onto his job long enough to try to make peace with the Palestinians this year.

Amr Moussa, the secretary-general of the Arab League, has left Beirut after his attempts to mediate a solution to the Lebanese political crisis proved unsuccessful.

BEIRUT: A parliament session to elect Lebanon?s president has been postponed until February 26, leaving a three-month vacancy, the speaker?s office said yesterday after a new Arab mediation bid failed.

Window on progress -- Looks like a bit of progress stirring at the gutted International Hotel. You know, the building near I-10 Downtown that looks as if it should be in the middle of Beirut. It's that one you can see all the way through.

Lebanon will remain without a president for an additional 15 days after parliamentary leaders again delayed a vote to elect the country's next leader.

BEIRUT (AFP) A parliamentary session to elect Lebanon's president has been postponed from Monday to February 26, the speaker's office announced on Saturday.

BEIRUT - Lebanon?s presidential election has been postponed to Feb. 26 from Monday, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said on Saturday, announcing the 14th delay in the vote caused by the country?s political crisis.

A parliament session to elect Lebanon's president has been postponed until February 26, leaving a three-month vacancy, the speaker's office said on Saturday after a new Arab mediation bid failed.

Lebanon's presidential election has been postponed to February 26 from Monday February 11, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said on Saturday, announcing the 14th delay in the vote caused by the country's political crisis.

BEIRUT (AFP)--A parliamentary session to elect Lebanon's president has been postponed from Monday to Feb. 26, the speaker's office announced on Saturday.

Lebanon's presidential election has been postponed to February 26 from Monday, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said on Saturday, announcing the 14th delay in the vote caused by the country's political crisis.

BEIRUT - Lebanon's presidential election has been postponed to February 26 from Monday, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said on Saturday, announcing the 14th delay in the vote caused by the country's political crisis.

A parliamentary session to elect Lebanon's president has been postponed from Monday to February 26, the speaker's office announced on Saturday.

In a survey conducted by the Arab Advisors Group, 37.6% and 37.1% of respondents named LBC and Future TV, respectively, as one of five stations Lebanese watched most, while news is the most popular program type among all age groups.

Lebanon: In a survey conducted by the Arab Advisors Group, 37.6% and 37.1% of respondents named LBC and Future TV, respectively, as one of five stations Lebanese watched most, while news is the most popular program type among all age groups. The survey also revealed terrestrial TV remains top in Lebanon while satellite TV gains some following. [AMEInfo.com]

LEBANON -- A school-record 18 victories, 63 points per game and a Sagamore Conference championship.

LEBANON ? A joyous Derek Hellemann and Tyler Gilbert, the long and short of the Lebanon High School boys basketball attack, hugged a few times during the net-cutting and postgame trophy celebration.

LEBANON ? A joyous Derek Hellemann and Tyler Gilbert, the long and short of the Lebanon High School boys basketball attack, hugged a few times during the net-cutting and postgame trophy celebration.

LEBANON - Perhaps it was the sense of urgency that transformed Lebanon from a team treading water to one that looks like it has some spring in its step.

Arab League (AL) Secretary General Amr Moussa sponsored a "highly important" quartet meeting with three Lebanese rival leaders on Friday in a bid to reach an agreement on implementing an Arab initiative. The "main consensus we agree ...

(RTTNews) - Friday, Arab League chief said that he was leaving Lebanon after rival Lebanese factions failed to agree on an Arab plan to elect a new president and end the country's continuing political crisis, which has entered its third month.

The secretary-general of the Arab League has extended his visit to Beirut to continue mediation between the Lebanese factions.

A Lebanese man arrested for trying to bomb two trains in Germany said in court that he never wanted to kill anybody.

A handout picture from the Lebanese Parliament shows parliament speaker Nabih Berri (L) welcoming Arab League secretary general Amr Mussa in Beirut.

The head of the Arab League decided late Friday to extend his visit to Beirut to continue mediation between rival Lebanese factions, reversing a decision earlier in the day to leave because he had failed to broker an agreement to elect a new president.

Arab League chief Amr Moussa said "more time was needed" to resolve Lebanon's political logjam after he brought feuding parties together on Friday in a four-hour-long marathon meeting in Parliament. He added, however, that progress had been made on several issues during the meeting.

BERLIN (AP) - The German and Saudi foreign ministers called on Syria to help clear the way for the election of a new Lebanese president, the German Foreign Ministry said Friday.

Lebanese army commander Michel Suleiman (L) and Syrian army chief of staff Ali Habib salute during a farewell ceremony in the Lebanese Rayak Air Force Base in the Bekaa valley, April 26, 2005. An official ceremony was held to mark the completion of Syria's pullout, which put an end to Syria's 29-year military presence in Lebanon.

Hopes emerged on Friday of a breakthrough in Lebanon's prolonged presidential crisis after Arab League chief Amr Mussa delayed his planned departure from Beirut to hold further talks with rival leaders.

Lebanon - Islamic World - Iran A Shia source of jurisprudence in Lebanon said Iran's scientific and technological achievements, such as establishment of a space center is an honor for the Islamic world.

BERLIN (AP) -- The German and Saudi foreign ministers called on Syria to help clear the way for the election of a new Lebanese president, the German Foreign Ministry said Friday.

BEIRUT (AFP) - Arab League chief Amr Mussa held more than four hours of talks with rival Lebanese politicians on Friday but still failed to persuade them to agree steps to elect a new president.

BEIRUT (AFP) - Riots, assassinations and ominous warnings of impending civil war won't deter Yasmine Tohme from spending almost half a million dollars for a fairy-tale wedding in Lebanon this summer.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Arab League chief Amr Moussa said more time was needed to resolve Lebanon's political stand-off after he brought the feuding parties together on Friday.

Lebanon's wrestling squad showed marked improvement at the Greater Western Ohio Conference championships in its first season under coach Aaron Gibson.

BEIRUT (AFP) - Riots, assassinations and ominous warnings of impending civil war won't deter Yasmine Tohme from spending almost half a million dollars for a fairy-tale wedding in Lebanon this summer.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Arab League chief Amr Moussa brought feuding Lebanese parties together on Friday to try to agree on a new government and end a protracted political crisis.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Arab League chief Amr Moussa brought feuding Lebanese parties together on Friday to try to agree on a new government and end a protracted political crisis.

How does a 24-year-old rise to international fame by mixing classically trained, operatic vocals and campy aesthetics? Ask Lebanese-born Londoner Mica ?Mika? Penniman.

According to the movies, including the sweet new Lebanese film "Caramel," beauty shops are where women go to be themselves, to let their hair down for a good gossip and, most important, an opportunity to feel supported and empowered by other women.

By Brooke Cowlishaw and Shaina Zucker Staff Writers If you told us last week that we could find authentic Greek and Lebanese food in Denton between a loan office and a Blockbuster, we probably wouldn't have believed you.

A Lebanese man accused of attempting to blow up two German trains said Thursday he never intended to kill anyone. The 23-year-old told a court he opposed the use of violence against citizens.

BEIRUT: Association of Lebanese Industrialists president Fadi Abboud said Thursday that the index committee - a body tasked with tracking the prices of goods - would soon release a study on the actual cost of living in Lebanon.

JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israel's military is using electric shocks to keep wild boars from setting off false alarms at its supersensitive electronic fence along the border with Lebanon, according to an army publication.

Ozarks Technical Community College will host community forums in Branson and Lebanon later this month. President Hal Higdon and other administrators will be present to engage discussion and field questions from citizens. All residents of Branson, Lebanon, and surrounding communities are invited to attend. The Branson event will be held at the College's Branson Education Center on Feb. 26. The ...

A huge billboard carrying the picture of slain premier Rafiq Hariri stands in downtown Beirut, in 2006. Majority leader Saad Hariri has blasted Syria and Iran for interfering in Lebanese politics and urged a massive turnout for a rally on the third anniversary of his father's assassination.

An unidentified helicopter landed on Wednesday for several minutes on Ramkin Island facing the northern coastal town of Tripoli, security sources said on Thursday. Lebanese Army troops, backed up by commando reinforcements, later cordoned off the island preventing anyone from approaching it.

Caritas Lebanon's Tyre office announced the opening of "The Grandmother and Grandfather Club" earlier this week, a place where the region's elderly are offered free food, leisure, outings and medical services. The club opens its doors every Monday and Wednesday and offers its visitors the opportunity to meet, interact with each other and enjoy their time.

Only a complete fool would expect Western media outlets to consistently provide full, fair and well-informed coverage of any Arab country, let alone Lebanon. Even for a partial fool like myself, though, it is nonetheless surprising and disappointing when some of them fail even to try.

The idea of Valentine?s night in a restaurant full of couples all tucking into the same menu turns my warm heart to ice. Far more seductive to stay home and conjure your own Valentine?s evening.

Arab League chief Amr Mussa, pictured in 2007, has arrived in Beirut in yet another bid to convince rival parties in Lebanon to agree on a compromise that would allow the election of a new president.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - The leader of Lebanon's pro-Western majority in parliament said on Thursday the country was in direct confrontation with Syria and Iran, which back the Hezbollah opposition group in its conflict with the Beirut government.

The leader of Lebanon's pro-Western majority in parliament said on Thursday the country was in direct confrontation with Syria and Iran, which back the Hezbollah opposition group in its conflict with the Beirut government.

Source: Reuters By Tom Perry BEIRUT, Feb 7 (Reuters) - The leader of Lebanon's pro-Western majority in parliament said on Thursday the country was in direct confrontation with Syria and Iran, which back the ...

Beirut - The head of Lebanon's anti-Syrian ruling majority Saad Hariri Thursday lashed out at the Hezbollah-lead opposition and its Syrian and Iranian backers accusing them of working towards destroying Lebanon. If they want a confrontation we are ...

Majority leader Saad Hariri blasted Syria and Iran on Thursday for interfering in Lebanese politics and urged a massive turnout for a rally on the third anniversary of his father's assassination.

Dusseldorf - A Lebanese man involved in a foiled attempt to blow up two German trains with suitcase bombs in July 2006 said Thursday that his intention was not to kill anyone. I'm happy that at the last moment I was able to prevent innocent victims ...

Emergency crews from four fire departments in the South Lebanon area responded to a flooded portion of the Little Miami River at 1 p.m. today to assist two construction workers stuck on a piece of culvert.

After releasing her popular song ?Khalini Ma?ak? (Let Me Stay with You), Lebanese singer Nisreen Zraiq has released a new song with a totally new and unique style.

Beirut - The killers of late Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri would face legal action, a UN official said Thursday as members of the ruling anti-Syrian majority were preparing a rally to mark the anniversary of his assassination. UN legal chief N...

Beirut - The leader of the radical Hezbollah movement, Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah, hailed Israel's Winograd Commission for its report on the summer 2006 war between Lebanon and Israel, the Lebanese press reported Thursday. This report proves Israel mad...

DIFC, February 07, 2008 -- Moody's Investors Service has today affirmed Lebanon's sovereign ratings, adding that a downgrade is not imminent despite the ongoing political turmoil and poor economic performance.

"Caramel": The lives of five Lebanese women who work in a beauty salon. Unrated. "Fool's Gold": Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey in a romantic adventure. Rated PG-13.

Opposition leaders - Hizbullah Secretary General Hasan Nasrallah and the head of the Free Patriotic Movement MP General Michel Aoun joined together for a special interview Wednesday night on Orange TV. Both leaders were marking the second anniversary of the Memorandum of understanding which they signed in the Mar Mekhayel Church in the southern suberb of Beirut.

From the beginning, Lebanese director Nadine Labaki knew who she didn't want to star in her film, "Caramel": actors.

BEIRUT (AFP)--Lebanese Shiite opposition chief Hassan Nasrallah and Christian ally Michel Aoun on Wednesday demanded veto power in a future government to solve the country's protracted presidential crisis.

New Zealand Defence Force's year-long commitment to clearing unexploded munitions in Southern Lebanon has come to an end.

BEIRUT (AFP) - Lebanese Shiite opposition chief Hassan Nasrallah and Christian ally Michel Aoun on Wednesday demanded veto power in a future government to solve the country's protracted presidential crisis.

A bomb tears through the bustling Chevrolet area on the outskirts of Beirut. Bad news travels fast: Captain Wissam Eid from the Internal Security Forces has been killed in the blast. This is a typical day for Lebanese citizens. The past year has already been grim for most Lebanese businesses.

BEIRUT (AFP)--Lebanon's anti-Syrian parliamentary majority called on its supporters Wednesday to join a mass rally next week to mark the third anniversary of the assassination of former premier Rafik Hariri.

Lebanon's anti-Syrian parliamentary majority called on its supporters on Wednesday to join a mass rally next week to mark the third anniversary of the assassination of former premier Rafiq Hariri.

Lebanon - Iran - Mussa Iran's ambassador to Lebanon underlined that in the new political atmosphere in Lebanon, Iran supports Arab League secretary general's efforts to solve current crisis in the country.

Odil Ahmedov scored on the stroke of halftime to give Uzbekistan a 1-0 win over Lebanon in their opening third round 2010 FIFA World Cup? qualifier on Wednesday.

BEIRUT, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Odil Ahmedov scored on the stroke of halftime to give Uzbekistan a 1-0 win over Lebanon in their opening third round 2010 World Cup qualifier on Wednesday.

I would like to consolidate yet more the ties which exist between our two countries and peoples by making Poland better-known to Lebanon and its policy on the one hand, and making Lebanon better-known to the Polish people on the other; by the promotion of culture and the arts; by reviving the contacts between the universities through the granting of scholarships to Lebanese students.

It?s the philosophy of cholera, and some say the plague. But the result is the same: Lebanon drowning in bloody chaos. It penetrated first in the camps, particularly Nahr al-Bared (cold river), which was transformed into a hot river.

BEIRUT, Feb 6 - Lebanon's public debt climbed in 2007 but its ratio to gross domestic product fell thanks to a primary budget surplus, international assistance and higher gold prices, the finance minister said on Wednesday.

There is no two-point conversion in basketball. Good thing for Siegel too, because in a game when points came seven at a time (ala football), Tuesday, the Stars consistently maintained at least a one-point advantage over Lebanon on their way to a 53-47 victory.

There is no two-point conversion in basketball. Good thing for Siegel too, because in a game when points came seven at a time (ala football), Tuesday, the Stars consistently maintained at least a one-point advantage over Lebanon on their way to a 53-47 victory.

The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), in association with the Lebanese Army, has launched an investigation into Sunday's incident in the divided town of Ghajar, the National News Agency (NNA) said on Tuesday. One Lebanese man was killed and another wounded Sunday after Israeli forces opened fire.

If Lebanon is undergoing its worst political crisis since the end of the 1975-90 Civil War, someone neglected to tell Giovanni Mirabassi. With a blase swagger and a sweet sophisticated sound, the cool and confident jazz virtuoso transported his audience at Music Hall on Sunday far from the empty streets.

Crews had to rescue two people who were trapped by high water in South Lebanon on Tuesday afternoon. Police said the workers were drilling when they became stuck by the high waters on South Main Street.

Emergency crews from four fire departments in the South Lebanon area responded to a flooded portion of the Little Miami River at 1 p.m. today to assist two construction workers stuck on a piece of culvert.

A Lebanese judge has ordered the arrest of three officers and eight soldiers for gunning down eight people in the southern suburbs of Beirut last week.

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - An explosion was heard near Israel's border with Lebanon on Tuesday, witnesses said. The cause of the blast was not immediately clear.

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - An explosion was heard near Israel's border with Lebanon on Tuesday, witnesses said.

A dozen residents attended the West Lebanon Township Board of Commissioners meeting last night to ask why their water bills have increased so much and when they might go down again.

An explosion was heard near Israel's border with Lebanon on Tuesday, witnesses said.

BEIRUT, Feb 5 - Below is a table of the latest Lebanese economic statistics.

(RTTNews) - Lebanon's government will lodge an official complaint with the UN Security Council against Israel over a cross-border shooting incident that killed a Lebanese man and wounded another, the prime minister's office announced on Monday.

05 February 2008 The Arab Advisors Group analysis of e-commerce expenditure in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Lebanon is based on major online and face to face surveys conducted by Arab Advisors Group during 2007. Total number of e-commerce users in these four countries exceeded 5.1 million people in 2007.

Joseph P. Milano had already begun packing his bags to return from Beirut to the United States when a suicide bomber unleashed the deadliest attack on overseas Americans since World War II.

Arab League chief Amr Mussa, pictured in 2007, is to return to Beirut on Friday in a new bid to spur feuding MPs to elect a Lebanese president, a post left vacant since November, the parliament speaker's office said on Monday.

Fisking Robert Fisk's Saddam Book - TIM Blair notes: Robert Fisk discovers he?s the best-selling author of a book he didn?t write: It arrived for me in Beirut ...

TRIPOLI, Lebanon (AFP) - It is early morning and eight-year-old Ibrahim Khodar Arja is already hard at work, his face and hands covered with dirt as he repairs a car at the mechanics shop where he works six days a week, 10 hours a day.

Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa will return to Beirut on Friday in a new bid to nudge feuding Lebanese groups to elect a president, Speaker Nabih Berri's offcie announced Monday might. Moussa traveled to Lebanon twice in January for talks with politicians from the ruling majority and the opposition.

Lebanon's financial system has displayed a unique resilience to shocks, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said in a "working paper" published on Monday. "Lebanon's ability to navigate rough waters is not fortuitous. Despite the large debt overhang and external vulnerabilities, investors and depositors.

JERUSALEM (AFP)--Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Monday he assumed full responsibility for failures highlighted in a report last week by a government-appointed commission into the 2006 Lebanon war.

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Monday he assumed full responsibility for failures highlighted in a report last week by a government-appointed commission into the 2006 Lebanon war.

BEIRUT (AFP)--Arab League chief Amr Moussa is to return to Beirut Friday in a new bid to spur feuding lawmakers to elect a Lebanese president, a post left vacant since November, the parliament speaker's office said on Monday.

A major new survey by Arab Advisors Group reveals that terrestrial TV still has a solid audience base in Lebanon with 93% of households watching terrestrial TV. Satellite TV is also popular with 75.8% of households stating that they own a satellite TV receiver.

Beirut - An official from the Lebanon-based Shiite group Hezbollah on Monday warned Israel that targeting Lebanese civilians will not pass without retaliation after a Lebanese man was killed by Israeli gunfire. Lebanese army sources said the man wa...

BEIRUT, Feb 4 - Below is a table of the latest Lebanese economic statistics.

BEIRUT (AP)--A Hezbollah official warned Monday of guerrilla retaliation for the deadly shooting by Israeli forces of a man across the border in southern Lebanon.

BEIRUT, Lebanon -- Israeli forces opened fire across the Lebanese border late Sunday, killing one person and wounding another. The Israeli military said it was responding to fire apparently from drug smugglers. Such shootings have been rare since the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah war.

Lebanon says two men were unarmed at time of incident, were on Lebanese side of border.

BEIRUT, Lebanon ? Israeli forces opened fire across the Lebanese border late Sunday, killing one person and wounding another, Lebanese security officials said.

Muneer Al Waseemi, head of the Egyptian Musician Union, has denied rumors that he has banned Lebanese singer Elissa from entering Egypt and performing in it. Muneer stressed that the news is merely a rumor and that he has never received any complaints against the singer to take such actions.

Lebanese Christian rap singers Charles Makriss (L), 27, and Maroun Adolph, 23, pose for a picture in Beirut in 2007. With their baggy jeans, baseball caps and earrings, Lebanon's new rap music stars could almost be mistaken for their US urban ghetto counterparts, except that the lyrics tell a Christian story.

Lebanese soldiers patrol an area in Beirut on top of their armoured vehicle. One Lebanese man was killed and another wounded on Sunday when Israeli troops opened fire on them near the divided border village of Ghajar, a Lebanese security official told AFP. (AFP Anwar Amro)

RAMALLAH, 4 February 2008 ? Israeli Defense Minister and Labor Party chairman Ehud Barak announced yesterday he would remain in the government of Prime Minster Ehud Olmert due to the ?challenges facing Israel regarding Gaza, Lebanon, the rehabilitation of the Israeli army and the political echelon.?

BEIRUT - A LEBANESE man was killed in south Lebanon when Israeli forces opened fire from northern Israel, security sources in Lebanon said. A second Lebanese man was seriously wounded in the shooting.

BEIRUT (AFP) - With their baggy jeans, baseball caps and earrings, Lebanon's new rap music stars could almost be mistaken for their US urban ghetto counterparts, except that the lyrics tell a Christian story.

BEIRUT, LEBANON ? Israeli forces opened fire across the Lebanese border late today, killing one person and wounding another, Lebanese security officials said.

A string of 11 separate pinprick attacks on army positions in Beirut and its suburbs over the past week has increased fears of a further breakdown in the country's stability. The latest of the attacks came late Friday when two soldiers were wounded by shots fired at their position in Galerie Semaan.

A Lebanese man was killed on Sunday in south Lebanon when Israeli forces opened fire from northern Israel, security sources in Lebanon said.

Associated Press - February 3, 2008 3:43 PM ET BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Lebanese security officials say one person is dead and another is wounded because Israeli forces opened fire across the...

Associated Press - February 3, 2008 3:43 PM ET BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Lebanese security officials say one person is dead and another is wounded because Israeli forces opened fire across the...

A LEBANESE man was killed today in south Lebanon when Israeli forces opened fire from northern Israel, security sources in Lebanon said.

A Lebanese man was killed in south Lebanon when Israeli forces opened fire from northern Israel, security sources in Lebanon said. A second Lebanese man was seriously wounded in the shooting.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - A Lebanese man was killed on Sunday in south Lebanon when Israeli forces opened fire from northern Israel, a security source in Lebanon said.

A Lebanese man is shot dead and another wounded in south Lebanon by Israel forces, Lebanese sources say.

BEIRUT, Lebanon - Israeli forces have opened fire across the Lebanese border, killing one person and wounding another.

One Lebanese man was killed and another wounded on Sunday when Israeli troops opened fire on them near the divided border village of Ghajar, a Lebanese security official told AFP.

Source: Reuters BEIRUT, Feb 3 (Reuters) - A Lebanese man was killed on Sunday in south Lebanon when Israeli forces opened fire from northern Israel, a security source in Lebanon said. A second Lebanese man was ...

Security officials say Israeli forces open fire across the Lebanese border, killing one person and wounding another.

Source: Reuters JERUSALEM, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Israeli soldiers exchanged fire with Lebanese gunmen along the Israel-Lebanon border on Sunday, the Israeli army said. An army spokesman said gunmen from the Lebanese ...

With their baggy jeans, baseball caps and earrings, Lebanon's new rap music stars could almost be mistaken for their US urban ghetto counterparts, except that the lyrics tell a Christian story.

JERUSALEM - Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak said Sunday he would not leave Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's government over its handling of the 2006 Lebanon war, but would stay on to redress problems in the military that the fighting exposed.

Source: IRIN Israel's use of cluster bombs during the July 2006 war in Lebanon violated international law with regards to protecting civilians, an Israeli committee of inquiry said a year and a half after the end of the conflict between Israel and the armed wing of the Lebanese political party Hezbollah.

Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Sunday he would not leave Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's government over its handling of the 2006 Lebanon war, but would stay on to redress problems in the military that the fighting exposed.

Connecticut Light and Power has applied to the state to build new limited-use generating plants in Lebanon and Waterbury.