An inquiry in The Hague will examine the assassination in 2005 of a former Lebanese prime minister, who was a leading opponent of Syrian political control over his country.

  

The prosecutor in a U.N. court that hopes to try the murderers of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri said he would ask Lebanon to hand over four generals held in connection with the case.

  

In 2006, four ex-soldiers helped in the high-profile rescue of two young girls kidnapped by their father and hidden in war-torn Lebanon. New Zealander David Pemberton and his team's Australian leader were caught at the airport and...

  

Lebanese prisoners stage a drama about justice for government and judicial officials, writes the BBC's Natalia Antelava.

  

BEIRUT - Hezbollah demanded on Saturday the freeing of four Lebanese generals who have been held without trial for years in connection with the 2005 murder of former premier Rafiq Hariri.

  

THE billboard at the intersection of Beirut's 35th and 21st streets in the crowded Kantari neighbourhood reminds passersby that it is 1474 days since the assassination of the former prime minister Rafiq Hariri, the man known as Mr Lebanon.

  

Hezbollah demanded on Saturday the freeing of four Lebanese generals who have been held without trial for years in connection with the 2005 murder of former premier Rafiq Hariri.

  

BEIRUT - Investigators have pored over evidence for four years a human tooth found at the bombing site, a suicide truck that was stolen in Japan and made its way to Lebanon, reams of phone records and hundreds of interviews.

  

Associated Press - February 28, 2009 3:33 AM ET BEIRUT (AP) - The focus in 1 of the Mideast's most dramatic political assassinations is shifting to prosecution.

  

BEIRUT (AP) - The focus in 1 of the Mideast's most dramatic political assassinations is shifting to prosecution. An international tribunal convenes tomorrow in the Netherlands on the slaying of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. But it is still not known who will be accused.

  

BEIRUT (AP) - The focus in 1 of the Mideast's most dramatic political assassinations is shifting to prosecution. An international tribunal convenes tomorrow in the Netherlands on the slaying of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. But it is still not known who will be accused.

  

Associated Press - February 28, 2009 3:33 AM ET BEIRUT (AP) - The focus in 1 of the Mideast's most dramatic political assassinations is shifting to prosecution.

  

BEIRUT: President Michel Sleiman said Friday that the state was seeking to ensure emigrants' right to vote during the upcoming parliamentary elections.

  

Supporters of Lebanese brothers Mahmoud and Ahmed Abdel-Al, gather outside the headquarters of the pro-Syrian Al-Ahbash group to celebrate their release in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2009. Three men jailed for more than three years in the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri were set free on bail on Wednesday, days before an international tribunal was to begin trying the ...

  

The designated international prosecutor of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) Daniel Bellemare promised the Lebanese people that criminals in the case of assassinated former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri will be brought to justice, local Naharnet website reported on Friday. In a letter to the Lebanese, a couple of days before the STL starts functioning on March 1 in the Hague, Bellemare said ...

  

BEIRUT - A Lebanese investigating judge rejected Friday a release request by the defence of four high-ranking Lebanese generals, detained since 2005 for suspected involvement in the murder that year of ex-premier Rafik Hariri, a judicial source said Friday.

  

President Barack Obama has assured Lebanon's president that he supports that country's sovereignty. The White House says Obama relayed that message to Lebanese President Michel Suleiman in a telephone call Thursday. Obama emphasized continued U.S. support for Lebanon and said he looks forward to working with Suleiman to foster peace in the region.

  

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama has assured Lebanon's president that he supports that country's sovereignty. The White House says Obama relayed that message to Lebanese President Michel Suleiman in a telephone call Thursday.

  

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama has assured Lebanon's president that he supports that country's sovereignty. The White House says Obama relayed that message to Lebanese President Michel Suleiman in a telephone call Thursday.

  

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama has assured Lebanon's president that he supports that country's sovereignty. The White House says Obama relayed that message to Lebanese President Michel Suleiman in a telephone call Thursday.

  

Their project: A clothing bank for the needy By Jennifer Moody Albany Democrat-Herald LEBANON - Susan Craig and Patrick Fitzwater knew they wanted to use their senior projects at Lebanon High School to help others.

  

Lebanon's Beaufort Castle, which featured in the less-than-Oscar-worthy "Beaufort" last year, is having another go in front of the camera. The Crusader-era castle, used as a base for Israeli soldiers in South Lebanon until the 2000 withdrawal, was the scene for "The Living Martyr."

  

THE billboard at the intersection of Beirut's 35th and 21st streets in the crowded Kantari neighbourhood reminds passersby that it is 1474 days since the assassination of the former prime minister Rafiq Hariri, the man known as Mr Lebanon.

  

Lebanon on Friday rejected demands to free four generals jailed in connection with the killing of ex-premier Rafiq Hariri, two days before a UN tribunal into the assassination opens, a judicial source said.

  

Saad al-Hariri, leader of Lebanon's anti-Syrian parliamentary majority, said on Friday his Future Movement would not share power in a unity government if pro-Syrian Hezbollah and its allies won the next election.

  

US President Barack Obama has offered Lebanese President Michel Sleiman an assurance of firm support for Lebanon's sovereignty, the White House said Friday.

  

ABU DHABI (Reuters) - The son of Lebanon's slain former Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri said on Friday he would accept the verdict of an international tribunal into the murder even if it clears Syria but was confident justice would be done.

  

HERSHEY - There's no law that says it has to be easy. Or pretty. And really, when you?ve won as many district championships as the Lebanon Catholic girls' basketball program has, it's a tad unreasonable to expect them all to be works of art.

  

BEIRUT (AFP) - Four Lebanese generals being held on suspicion of involvement in the assassination of former premier Rafiq Hariri do not fear Sunday's opening of a UN tribunal into the killing, a lawyer said on Friday.

  

School administrators will ask the Lebanon Board of Education Thursday, Feb. 26, to approve an early retirement incentive for teachers.

  

The finger is pointed at Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, writes Jason Koutsoukis in Beirut.

  

BEIRUT: The past year has seen little improvement in Lebanon's human rights record, according to a comprehensive annual survey carried out by the US Department of State.

  

Beirut - Four high-ranking Lebanese generals who have been detained since 2005 for suspected involvement in the murder that year of ex-Premier Rafik Hariri submitted a request to the Lebanese investigating judge for their immediate release, a judicia...

  

Lebanon: UN launches inquiry into political killings (AKI) - The international tribunal established to try those responsible for political killings in Lebanon will begin its inquiries next week, the United Nations said.?All the necessary measures have been taken for the special tribunal for Lebanon to commence functioning this Sunday,' UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon said in a report ...

  

U.S. President Barack Obama called his Lebanese counterpart Michel Suleiman Thursday, voicing Washington's support for Lebanon's independence and sovereignty, according to a statement of the Lebanese president's office. Obama, while congratulating Suleiman on becoming the Lebanese head of state, said he supports Suleiman's efforts to achieve the Middle East country's "political and economic ...

  

From roadside kiosks and small eateries to fancy restaurants and lounge bars, Lebanese cuisine is tingling taste buds across the capital. The number of those in love with spicy shawarma, melt-in-the mouth hummus and crispy falafel keeps rising.

  

A web-exlusive story on tonight's Lebanon-Virginia High boys basketball clash

  

Beirut, fronted by 23-year-old New Mexican Zach Condon, started out playing bastardized Eastern European folk blended with suitably smart/fey indie lyrics. The latest, a double-disc...

  

Beirut More than four years after the February 2005 assassination of former prime minister Rafik Hariri, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon announced that the Special Tribunal for Lebanon would begin functioning on March 1, 2009 in The Hague. Followi...

  

Lebanese Justice Minister Ibrahim Najjar said Thursday that Lebanon awaits justice from the international tribunal set to try suspects in the murder of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, LBC TV reported. Najjar revealed at a press conference that he sent a letter to the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) saying that Lebanon will comply with any decision or measure taken by the STL which will ...

  

An arbitrator has ordered fired Lebanon police detective Kevin Snavely to be reinstated with back pay, but a city attorney said an appeal is likely.

  

International military aid to Lebanon has picked up ever since Syrian troops withdrew from the country in May 2005, ending 29 years of control. However, questions over the objectives of this multi-sourced aid and its role in helping to create a strong Lebanese state have been raised by some officials inside and outside the country.

  

The past year has seen little improvement in Lebanon's human rights record, according to a comprehensive annual survey carried out by the US Department of State. The report details the human rights situation in 168 countries around the world and is produced each year for members of the US Congress.

  

Lebanese rap artists take genre back to its socially conscious roots in a society deeply divided.

  

Authorities think an early morning blaze at the Lebanon Airport may have been intentionally set.

  

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's justice minister said on Thursday he was confident that a U.N. tribunal would uncover who was behind the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri four years ago.

  

LEBANON-Two additional suspects were arrested by city police this week in connection with a burglary last November at a Toys for Tots storage facility.

  

LEBANON - A Dayton woman will appear in Lebanon Municipal Court on Thursday, Feb. 26, after Ohio State Highway Patrol troopers arrested her Wednesday for attempting to convey drugs into the Lebanon Correctional Institution.

  

BEIRUT (AFP) - Lebanon will fully cooperate with the UN tribunal set up to try suspects in the killing of ex-premier Rafiq Hariri and is confident the truth will prevail, Justice Minister Ibrahim Najjar said on Thursday.

  

Edward Nalbandian met with the Parliament Speaker and Prime Minister of Lebanon.

  

Lebanese real estate firm unveils $8.2b project

  

Edward Nalbandian conveyed the RA President's invitation to Michel Suleiman.

  

BEIRUT: Despite steps toward reconciliation between their regional allies, Lebanon's March 14 and March 8 camps remain bitterly divided, with both camps believing they will prevail in June's pivotal general elections among decisive Christian swing voters in a tense campaign that might well come down to vote-buying, analysts told The Daily Star on Wednesday.

  

BEIRUT: Lebanon's budget deficit in the month of January jumped to 27.3 percent of spending compared to 21.28 percent in the same period in 2008, the Finance Ministry said on Wednesday.

  

Blake Davenport couldn't have scripted it any better. And after spending three years in Los Angeles while his sister pursued an acting career, the Lebanon junior knows a thing or two about Hollywood.

  

The Lebanese artist Huda Haddad signed a contract lately with a new art production company called 'Arabica' and announced that she is very happy to join the new company.

  

(RTTNews) - Lebanese security officials said Wednesday afternoon that four rockets were found in southern Lebanon, along the Israeli border, media reports say.

  

BEIRUT (AFP) - Four top Lebanese generals arrested over the 2005 murder of former billionaire premier Rafiq Hariri have been languishing in jail for going on four years without ever being indicted, much less tried.

  

Visiting European Union (EU) foreign policy chief Javier Solana said here Wednesday that the union will deal with any party that wins the upcoming elections in Lebanon, local LBC TV reported. Solana, who arrived here from Syria earlier on Wednesday afternoon, made the promise at a press conference after meeting with Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Seniora. "All parties in Lebanon are working ...

  

Solana: Europeans willing to work with Hezbollah-led government in Lebanon. BEIRUT - EU foreign policy supremo Javier Solana said on Wednesday that the Europeans will work with whatever government is formed in Lebanon following the June 7 general election.

  

Several downtown Lebanon roads have been temporarily closed today, March 24, following a semi-truck accident.

  

Lebanese judicial authorities announced Wednesday they had released three of seven suspects held in connection to former Premier Rafik Hariri's assassination, just days before the launch of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon starts trying the case. The former premier was assassinated along with 22 others in a massive car bomb in Beirut.

  

The city of Lebanon fire department was awarded today, Feb. 25, almost $1 million in federal grant.

  

EU foreign policy supremo Javier Solana said on Wednesday that the Europeans will work with whatever government is formed in Lebanon following the June 7 general election.

  

Beirut/Damascus - EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana said on Wednesday that he hoped Lebanon's upcoming parliamentary elections will be held in a tension-free environment. He was speaking in Beirut as part of a week-long trip to the Middle East,...

  

The Lebanon men's basketball team was finally able to shake the monkey off its back.

  

Audiences were shocked to hear that Beirut's debut album, "Gulag Orkestar," which sounded like a full orchestra, was the product of solo artist Zach Condon. Since his debut in 2006, this Santa Fe, N.M., native has become an icon for pop music heavily influenced by East European folk and polka.

  

(IsraelNN.com) Lebanese security officials stated Wednesday afternoon that four rockets were found in southern Lebanon, along the Israeli border. The rockets were found in Ein al-Jawz in southeastern Lebanon -- a region which faces the Golan Heights.

  

A Lebanese judge set free on Wednesday three suspects held for more than three years in connection with the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.

  

BEIRUT - A Lebanese judge set free on Wednesday three suspects held for more than three years in connection with the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri -...

  

BEIRUT (AFP)--Lebanese authorities Wednesday released three of seven suspects held over the 2005 murder of former prime minister Rafiq Hariri, the office of public prosecutor Said Mirza told AFP.

  

(The Associated Press) A Lebanese judge has released three suspects held in connection with the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. The suspects were arrested following the 2005 bombing that killed Hariri and 22 others, and have been in custody for over three years. Investigating judge Saqr Saqr did not explain his decision on Wednesday. But other high-profile suspects detained ...

  

Associated Press - February 25, 2009 7:33 AM ET BEIRUT (AP) - A Lebanese judge has released three suspects held in connection with the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik...

  

Lebanon on Wednesday released three of seven suspects held over the 2005 murder of former prime minister Rafiq Hariri, the office of public prosecutor Said Mirza told AFP.

  

Lebanon: Nokia - the global leader in mobile communications - inaugurated its new Beirut office for the Levant region. [AMEInfo.com]

  

Lebanese authorities on Wednesday released three out of seven suspects held over the 2005 murder of former prime minister Rafiq Hariri, the office of public prosecutor Said Mirza told AFP.

  

BEIRUT: Lebanon's Grand Mufti Sheikh Mohammad Rashid Qabbani on Tuesday urged Lebanese expatriates in Arab and western countries to stand by their right to vote "as an exercise of democracy and freedom, and as a means to safeguard the sovereignty and independence of Lebanon."

  

BEIRUT, Feb 25 (Reuters) - Below is a table of the latest Lebanese economic statistics.

  

Samena Telecommunications Council, the multi-continent telecom consortium has announced the inaugural edition of 'Broadband Wireless Summit 2009' to be held on 2nd March 2009 at The Phoenicia Hotel, Beirut in Lebanon.

  

Dewey & LeBoeuf advised Byblos Bank S.A.L., one of the top three Lebanese banks, on its block listing of Global Depository Shares (GDSs) on the London Stock Exchange.

  

In an effort to further its commitment to promoting dialogue and understanding, Mideastwire.com is pleased to announce the third 'Beirut Exchange'.

  

Beirut 'March of the Zapotec/Holland' Grade: A Beirut's new double EP 'March of the Zapotec/Holland' dropped Feb. 17, and it parades right into your heart just like the older albums. However, those crazy kids don't hesitate to bring something new to the table. This time around we?ve got way more synthesizers with the Holland EP. One standout song is 'My Night with the Prostitute from Marseille.' ...

  

BEIRUT: Lebanon's Energy and Water Minister Alan Tabourian said on Tuesday that his ministry's first priority is to increase electricity output by 1,000 MW. Speaking at a news conference after signing a memorandum of understanding with Italy to install monitoring devices in Al-Asi, Hasbani and Wazanie rivers, the minister stressed that Lebanon needs to boost electricity production from the ...

  

BEIRUT, Feb. 24 -- Syrian human rights activists welcomed a Human Rights Watch report Tuesday that called on Syria to abolish its Supreme State Security Court, an institution founded four decades ago that the report said has been used to stifle opposition to the government.

  

The animated antiwar movie struck a chord in Lebanon and many are finding ways to see it despite the ban on Israeli films.

  

Several downtown Lebanon roads have been temporarily closed today, March 24, following a semi-truck accident.

  

Lebanon on Tuesday renewed its demand that Israel pay compensation for damage inflicted during the summer 2006 war. Lebanon's permanent representative to the United Nations, Nawwaf Salam, passed on an official letter to Secretary General Ban Ki-moon outlining repeated Israeli violations of UN Security Council Resolution 1701.

  

Recent days have been filled with gloom by many worrying events after the violence that followed the rally to mark four years since the death of Rafik Hariri.

  

(By MIKE CORDER, Associated Press Writer) A tribunal that will prosecute suspected assassins of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri will probably request the transfer of suspects from Beirut, an official said Tuesday. Robin Vincent, the tribunal's registrar, said the prosecutor has 60 days from the date the court formally opens on Sunday to request suspects be turned over for trial. The ...

  

A tribunal that will prosecute suspected assassins of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri will probably request the transfer of suspects from Beirut, an official said Tuesday.

  

A government decree allowing Lebanese to remove their religion from their ID cards has been welcomed by rights groups, writes the BBC's Natalia Antelava.

  

UniversiTools university software will co-sponsor the 29th Annual Arab ACRAO Conference from 29 March to 2 April 2009 at Le Mridien Commodore in Beirut, Lebanon.

  

Next month in the Hague, a special U.N. Tribunal will get underway to try suspects in the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. Many Lebanese insist the Syrian leadership was behind the assassination. But Syria denies any role in the killing.

  

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

  

BEIRUT: Registrar of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon Robin Vincent said on Sunday that the court will ask Lebanon to transfer four generals suspected of involvement in the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri to The Hague.

  

23 February 2009 Tehran - Trade between Iran and Lebanon recorded an upward trend during 2006-08 to reach $119.68 million from $78.424 million during the period, according to an official with Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Mines (ICCIM). Member of the ICCIM Board of Directors Masood Daneshmand said at a joint meeting with members of Lebanon's Chamber of Commerce and Industries that ...

  

US Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Senator John Kerry said the US is committed to Lebanon's democracy, sovereignty, and the international tribunal, and said President Barack Obama's administration will not conclude any deals with Syria or in the region at the expense of Lebanon or the tribunal.

  

Lebanon: The Bank of New York Mellon, the global leader in asset management and securities servicing, has been selected by Byblos Bank S.A.L. as the depositary bank for its global depositary receipt (GDR) program. [AMEInfo.com]

  

Daniel Bellemare, UN chief investigator in the assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri, has paid farewell visit Monday to Lebanese parliament speaker Nabih Berri and Prime Minister Fouad Seniora, local naharnet website reported. Bellemare has been appointed to be the next general prosecutor for the international tribunal which will start functioning on March 1 in the Hague, ...

  

LEBANON - Tickets are now available for a SafeHaven Humane Society fundraiser this month at the Lebanon Elks Lodge.

  

Grade 12 students from the American Community School at Beirut (ACS) planted 84 olive trees in the premises of the Lebanese Red Cross Antelias-Rabieh Branch, on Saturday in honor of the Lebanese Red Cross. The trees were planted in the presence of Issam Shammas, the head of the Antelias Municipality.

  

ISRAEL has shelled southern Lebanon during a tit-for-tat exchange of fire across their border.

  

Sports: Swimming. School: Lebanon High School. Class: Senior. Age: 18. Claim to fame: "I won the GWOC South championship in the 100 backstroke and was on the 400 freestyle relay that set a new GWOC South record."

  

The international tribunal registrar Robin Vincent said Sunday night that the four arrested Lebanese generals held in connection to the assassination of former Prime Minister RafiK Hariri will be transferred to Hague, al-Arabia TV reported. In an interview to the network, Vincent said that the Lebanese authority would be asked to transfer the four former security generals to Hague as soon as the ...

  

Back in the 1970s and early 1980s, Madison and Lebanon had two of the area's top basketball programs. Nearly every year one or both teams would advance to the sectional, super-sectional or the state tournament.

  

Lebanon senior Melissa Nunn will be wearing a new volleyball uniform next fall, but she'll be staying in her hometown.

  

BEIRUT: The adversity of foreign stock markets was compounded by the security incidents of last weekend. This weighed down on the sentiment of investors that engaged in heavy selling of their portfolios including a 1.2 million cross trade of Byblos shares.

  

Beirut is indie on hookah and a generous swig of vodka. Its 23-year-old creator, Zachary Francis Condon, hails from Santa Fe, but you would never guess it.

  

ISRAEL has shelled southern Lebanon during a tit-for-tat exchange of fire across their border.

  

Unsanitary conditions at many beer pong games on college campuses have lead to an increase in the transmission of numerous illnesses and viruses. Beer Pong - or to some, Beirut - is no doubt one of the most popular drinking games known on the typical university campus.

  

The adversity of foreign stock markets was compounded by the security incidents of last weekend. This weighed down on the sentiment of investors that engaged in heavy selling of their portfolios including a 1.2 million cross trade of Byblos shares. The Blom Stock Index (BSI) retreated by 1.32 percent to close at 1,087 on a volume of 1.45 million shares valued at $8.7 million.

  

A group of armed men assaulted a lieutenant in the internal security forces, confiscating his weapons and showering his vehicle with bullets in Beirut's southern suburbs on Sunday, Voice of Lebanon radio reported. The report said that at 4:30 p.m. at least four armed men surrounded First Lieutenant Tarek al-Zein.

  

For the next 18 months, motorists and pedestrians will have to dodge orange barrels in downtown Lebanon as the city replaces its worn sidewalks and curbs.

  

Betty A. Coulter, 77, of West Lebanon, died Saturday, Feb. 21, 2009, at Indiana Regional Medical Center.

  

ISRAEL has shelled southern Lebanon during a tit-for-tat exchange of fire across their border.

  

BEIRUT - The 200 VIPs and journalists applauded wildly, some even giving the actors a standing ovation. The men bowed before the audience and smiled proudly.

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon - Throughout history, humans have braved great odds to perform great feats. Riad Toufic Salame, the governor of Lebanon's central bank, is not one of those people. Instead, the silver-haired banker became a hero by playing it very, very safe. In 2005, he defied pressure from the Lebanese business community and bucked international trends to issue what now looks like a prophetic ...

  

The Israeli military says it has fired artillery into southern Lebanon in response to a rocket attack, which injured three people near the northern Israeli town Maalot. At least three rockets were fired from Lebanon, with two falling short of the Israeli border.

  

Lebanese President Michel Suleiman refused Saturday the use of south Lebanon as a platform to launch rockets to retaliate Israel, National News Agency reported. Suleiman made the remarks after a rocket was launched Saturday morning from south Lebanon into northern Israel, prompting an Israeli respond of firing back seven artillery shells into the Lebanese area. "Using south Lebanon as a platform ...

  

BEIRUT - Two rockets were fired from southern Lebanon toward northern Israel yesterday, triggering an Israeli response and raising fears of renewed hostilities on the tense...

  

On Saturday, supporters of the 14 March anti-Syrian movement thronged in time- honoured tradition to Martyrs Square in downtown Beirut to commemorate the assassination of former prime minister Rafik Al-Hariri four years ago -- a show of strength that has become a fixture of Lebanese politics.

  

Beirut: Lebanese President Michel Suleiman has received a message from the Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani on bilateral relations and matters of mutual concern. The letter was handed over to the Lebanese President by Qatari Ambassador to Lebanon Saad Al Muhannadi.

  

TEHRAN, Feb. 21 (MNA) - Lebanese Industry Minister Ghazi Zoayter held a meeting in Tehran on Saturday with his Iranian counterpart Ali-Akbar Mehrabian to promote bilateral economic and industrial ties.

  

Guerrillas in southern Lebanon launched an unexpected missile attack against Israel raising the prospect of renewed ArabIsraeli tensions.

  

Troop reinforcements have been sent to southern Lebanon after rocket and artillery fire were exchanged with Israel Saturday, Lebanese military officials said.The Lebanese Army Command said in a statement that troop reinforcements along with international peacekeepers were deployed to southern Lebanon after hostilities began with a suspicious party firing several rockets from a region south of ...

  

Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora on Saturday denounced a rocket attack on Israel from southern Lebanon that sparked a retaliatory volley of shells from the Jewish state.

  

BEIRUT (AFP)--Hezbollah said Saturday that it was not behind a rocket attack on northern Israel that sparked a retaliatory volley of shells from the Jewish state.

  

(Reuters) - At least one rocket fired from Lebanon landed in northern Israel on Saturday, lightly wounding three people and prompting Israel to respond with a barrage of artillery shells, the Israeli army said.

  

LONDON: As a professional provocateur and vocal supporter of the war in Iraq, Christopher Hitchens has been engaged in countless verbal punch-ups with his ideological opponents, most of them conducted from the safety of a television studio.

  

BEIRUT (AP) - Two rockets were fired from south Lebanon toward Israel early Saturday, causing minor injuries to at least one Israeli, reported Israeli and Lebanese officials.

  

Israel shells southern Lebanon after rocket slams into its territory in a tit-for-tat exchange of fire across their tense border, sources on both sides say.

  

A rocket fired from Lebanon struck northern Israel wounding one woman, the Israeli army has said.

  

BEIRUT (AFP) - Israel shelled southern Lebanon on Saturday after a rocket slammed into its territory in a tit-for-tat exchange of fire across their tense border, sources on both sides said.

  

At least one rocket fired from Lebanon landed in northern Israel on Saturday, lightly wounding three people and prompting Israel to respond with a barrage of artillery shells, the Israeli army said.

  

BEIRUT (AFP)--Israel shelled southern Lebanon on Saturday after a rocket slammed into its territory in a tit-for-tat exchange of fire across their tense border, sources on both sides said.

  

By ZEINA KARAM Lebanese security officials say two rockets have been fired from southern Lebanon toward Israel. The rockets, however, fell short of their targets and landed in empty fields inside Lebanese territory near the border. Officials say that Israel retaliated by firing several shells in the vicinity of the Mansouri and al-Qulaila areas from where the rockets had been launched. No one ...

  

BEIRUT (AP) - Lebanese security officials say two rockets have been fired from southern Lebanon toward Israel. The rockets, however, fell short of their targets and landed in empty fields inside Lebanese territory near the border.

  

A rocket fired from Lebanon struck northern Israel on Saturday, lightly wounding one woman, the Israeli army said.

  

Source: Reuters BEIRUT, Feb 21 (Reuters) - At least six artillery shells were fired from Israel and landed in southern Lebanon, a security source said on Saturday. They targeted an area where two rockets were fired ...

  

Israel shelled southern Lebanon Saturday after two rockets were fired towards Israel, Lebanese security officials said.

  

The Generals (6-11) took care of Lebanon (10-6) at home on senior night behind Dan Serard's career high 30-point performance.

  

Lebanon: Citi and the Association for the Development of Rural Capacities (ADR) recently extended their cooperation by launching a training program in Southern Lebanon targeting women entrepreneurs with a view to enhancing their capacities and economic opportunities. [AMEInfo.com]

  

Lebanon is among the most religiously diverse countries in the Middle East, recognizing 18 different faiths. Religious or sectarian identity is an integral part of daily life, but the government is now allowing citizens to avoid being identified by sect.

  

Beirut - Israeli forces fired bomb flares over areas near the border with Lebanon late Friday after news reports about a missing Israeli, Lebanese police said. The Dubai-based Al-Arabiya channel reported that an Israeli soldier disappeared while exer...

  

Gauteng, South Africa February 20, 2009: Round Five of the 2008/09 A1GP World Cup of Motorsport season got underway in Gauteng, South Africa this afternoon with A1 Team France setting the early pace in the rookie session before A1 Team Lebanon's Daniel Morad posted a 1-minute 30.816-seconds lap to end the day quickest overall in the hot Kyalami sunshine.

  

BEIRUT (AFP) Tarek won't bother going to the local cinema to see Hollywood hits "Valkyrie" or "Revolutionary Road". Like most Lebanese, he can watch them at home for a dollar thanks to a rampaging culture of piracy.

  

Tarek won't bother going to the local cinema to see Hollywood hits "Valkyrie" or "Revolutionary Road." Like most Lebanese, he can watch them at home for a dollar thanks to a rampaging culture of piracy. "Why should I pay $30 to buy a film when I can get a copy for $3 or less," said the 15-year-old.

  

Beirut - Israeli forces fired late Friday bomb flares over areas near the Lebanese-Israeli border, shortly after news reports said an Israeli soldier went missing near Lebanon, Lebanese police said. The Dubai-based Al-Arabia television channel said t...

  

LEBANON - Lebanon High School will switch next year from its 'academy' system to an optional 'career pathway' plan for juniors and seniors only.

  

Lebanon's Daniel Morad topped the first A1GP free practice session of the weekend at Kyalami, ahead of series returnees Germany

  

CAIRO [MENL] -- Egypt has offered military assistance to Lebanon. Officials said President Hosni Mubarak has expressed Egypt's willingness to help train and equip Lebanon's military and security forces.

  

LONDON: As a professional provocateur and vocal supporter of the war in Iraq, Christopher Hitchens has been engaged in countless verbal punch-ups with his ideological opponents, most of them conducted from the safety of a television studio.

  

BEIRUT: Climate change, high population density and overexploitation of groundwater resources has lead to massive saltwater intrusion in the greater Beirut area, a leading hydrogeologist said on Thursday.

  

Climate change, high population density and overexploitation of groundwater resources has lead to massive saltwater intrusion in the greater Beirut area, a leading hydrogeologist said on Thursday. "Seawater intrusion will be aggravated by climate change and exacerbated by us," Dr. Mark Saadeh, said.

  

Byblos Bank today became the first Lebanese issuer to list in London for twelve years, when its Global Depositary Shares began trading on the London Stock Exchange.

  

A supposedly earnest Palestinian supporter and family man in Lebanon has confessed to being a long-time spy for Israel, authorities say.Now awaiting a military trial in a Maraj, Lebanon, prison, Ali al-Jarrah, 50, has admitted a 25-year career of espionage, Lebanese investigators say, an elaborately disguised double life before his arrest last summer.A white-haired school administrator at home ...

  

It is painful to watch Zach Condon continue succeeding. After dropping out of community college, he spent four months in Paris absorbing the East European folk music popular at the time. The May 2006 release of Gulag Orkestar brought him the acclaim of the independent music scene, band members to join him under the Beirut moniker, and a world tour.

  

Many Boise State students associate the word Beirut with either competitive inebriation or a city in Lebanon. Recently, however, music fans have been able to associate the word with something else: Eastern European-inspired folk rock. In late January, Beirut (the band) gave the world a collection of songs that should leave indie rock elitists smiling.

  

Lebanon: Charles W. Hostler Student Center was one of nine international projects to receive the prestigious 2009 Institute Honor Awards for Architecture of the American Institute of Architects (AIA). [AMEInfo.com]

  

On a Tuesday evening at 7 p.m., the crowd growing in the small room began to overflow into an adjoining room as guests at the Orient-Institut Beirut filed in to hear invited speaker Martin Beck, Middle East expert and senior research fellow of German think tank GIGA (German Institute of Global and Area Studies).

  

Lebanon: The American University of Beirut will be inaugurating the Rafic Hariri School of Nursing on Thursday February 19 at 12 noon in Issam Fares Hall. [AMEInfo.com]

  

Lebanon: White Mountain Technologies has launched UniversiTools Career Center solution, which integrates with its other management modules for universities and institutions of higher education. [AMEInfo.com]

  

Lebanon: PowerMeMobile, the provider of MessageManager suite of unique mobile messaging platform, announced today support for Suns Solaris 10 Operating System (OS) and the OpenSolaris operating system in the upcoming 6.0 release of its award winning solution. [AMEInfo.com]

  

I was right here, writing for Boca Raton News. As a first-time father with a toddler daughter I was too preoccupied to be concerned with the bloody war in Lebanon.

  

Israel has reportedly passed a message to the Lebanese government, through United Nations envoy Michael Williams, that any Hizbullah-led efforts to shoot down Israeli aircraft violating Lebanese airspace or Lebanon-based attack on Israel would be met with a firm response.

  

Lebanon on Saturday commemorates the fourth anniversary of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri's assassination as final preparations are under way for the international tribunal set up to bring his killers to justice. The Western-backed parliamentary majority has urged supporters to show up in force at Martyrs Square in Beirut.

  

Financial results issued by five banks listed on the Beirut Stock Exchange show that their aggregate net profits reached $823.3m in 2008, constituting an increase of 23.4 percent from $667.1m in 2007, as reported by Lebanon This Week, the economic publication of the Byblos Bank Group.

  

Canada's top diplomat on Friday vowed support for UN moves to bring to justice the killers of slain Lebanese prime minister Rafiq Hariri ahead of the fourth anniversary of the assassination.

  

Beirut - A large group of UN investigators probing the 2005 assassination of ex-premier Rafik Hariri headed to Syria's capital Friday for debriefings related to the UN investigation, a Lebanese security source said. The source said that the investiga...

  

Lebanon on Saturday commemorates the fourth anniversary of ex-premier Rafiq Hariri's assassination as final preparations are underway for the international tribunal set up to bring his killers to justice.

  

THE Brave Warriors will take on Lebanon in a friendly international in Beirut on April 1, national football coach Tom Saintfiet said yesterday. He said the side will consist of mostly foreign-based players, with at least four locally based players to be included.

  

At a fraternity house last Friday, Beirut tables were out, National Bohemian beers were freely flowing and the jungle juice had just whittled down to only a drop in the cooler downstairs.

  

The famous Lebanese artist Nancy Ajram filmed a music video for her new song 'Lamsit Eid' (Hand Touch). According to the London daily Elaph, Nancy worked with the Lebanese director Laila Kanan for the first time.

  

On February 14, 2005, killers assassinated former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri and 22 others with a car bomb in downtown Beirut This attack represented an attempt to silence not only Hariri, but all those voices in Lebanon calling out for independence and sovereignty.

  

Police said they consider a New Lebanon man a fugitive after he allegedly avoided attempts by police to arrest him on a 56-count indictment.

  

A hand grenade went off early Thursday in Beirut's Nuwairi district, causing no casualties. The state-run National News Agency said the blast took place at 6:30 a.m. in an abandoned two-story building. It said Lebanese Army troops and police swiftly cordoned off the area and opened an investigation into the incident.

  

EU multilateral aid to Lebanon has incorporated political reform objectives to a much greater extent than member states' bilateral aid. Certain elements in the approach, however, limit the effectiveness of this aid in promoting democracy. The most significant problem in the EU's approach to political reform in Lebanon.

  

A senior US official said on Thursday that President Barak Obama's administration will continue the economic support program for Lebanon. "The US is still committed to help Lebanon economically and both the Republicans and Democrats are keen to sustain support for the country," George A. Laudato.

  

LEBANON--The city has reached an agreement with city police on a new five-year contract. The pact, effective Jan. 1, will include two percent salary increases twice each year, once at the start and the other half-way through the year, said Mayor Trish Ward.

  

Source: Reuters WASHINGTON, Feb 12 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Thursday reaffirmed U.S. support for a United Nations tribunal to try suspects in the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister ...

  

President Barack Obama on Thursday reaffirmed U.S. support for a United Nations tribunal to try suspects in the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri that is set to begin March 1.

  

The Ohio Supreme Court permanently revoked the law license of Bernard S. Marshall Jr. of Lebanon. The court found that Marshall neglected legal matters, failed to do work after accepting retainer fees, and did not respond to authorities investigating the misconduct.

  

US President Barack Obama on Thursday vowed to support UN moves to bring to justice the killers of slain Lebanese prime minister Rafiq Hariri ahead of the fourth anniversary of the assassination.

  

LEBANON - Jason Miller has been named vice president of Otterbein Lebanon Retirement Living Community. He will begin his new position March 16.

  

BEIRUT (AFP)--Lebanon's parliamentary majority leader said Thursday his party wouldn't join a unity government if the Hezbollah-led alliance wins June legislative elections, out of respect for democratic principles.

  

BEIRUT, Feb 12, 2009 (AFP) - Lebanon's parliamentary majority leader said on Thursday his party would not join a unity government if the Hezbollah-led alliance wins June legislative elections, out of respect for democratic principles.

  

Lebanon's parliamentary majority leader said on Thursday his party would not join a unity government if the Hezbollah-led alliance wins June legislative elections, out of respect for democratic principles.

  

SLASH ON RELIGION -- The Lebanese can now remove their religion from their ID cards, a move that would have saved thousands of lives mindlessly killed during the 1975-1990 civil war. A mosque and a church stand alongside each other at the Hamra quarter in Beirut, Lebanon.

  

LEBANON - Donna Johns, owner of the Lebanon Borough General Store, has felt the effects of recession.

  

BEIRUT: The international commission investigating the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri has transferred all documents and evidence on the case to The Hague where the Special Tribunal for Lebanon is based, Prime Minister Fouad Siniora said Wednesday.

  

LEBANON - The Dover High School hockey team got a big Division II win Wednesday night, beating Lebanon 2-1 on the road. Lebanon is 10-3. Bryan Hart and Ian Duffy scored a goal apiece for the Green Wave. Corey Weston notched two assists and Ricky Lavache also had an assist.

  

Beirut - The Israeli army has raised its alert level on the border with Lebanon on the occasion of the first anniversary of the assassination of Hezbollah commander Imad Mughaniyeh, a Lebanese security source in southern Lebanon said Thursday. Israe...

  

Beirut - A hand grenade went off Thursday morning in Beirut's Sunni district of Nuwairi, causing panic but no casualties, police said. Police said the blast took place in an abandoned two-story building in the neighborhood where the majority are foll...

  

EDMOND - Two new restaurants and an Irish pub soon will open in Edmond, bringing eclectic dining experiences.Developer Mark Neighbors said a two-story building being constructed on Fifth Street, between S Boulevard and S Littler will house the Pita Pit restaurant offering Lebanese-style pita bread wraps. Parkway Cleaners will expand and occupy half of the space. The customer service area of the ...

  

Lebanese majority leader Saad Hariri said Syria would not be able to bring back its "hegemony" in Lebanon, Elnashra website reported Wednesday. In an interview with Al-Masera magazine to be issued Thursday, Hariri said "no matter how hard Syria seeks, it will not come back to exercise its hegemony over Lebanon." Hariri's remarks came a few days before the fourth anniversary of the assassination ...

  

Lebanon High's first official bowling season enters the home stretch this weekend when the Warriors visit Beaver-Vu Lanes to compete in the Greater Western Ohio Conference tournament.

  

Over $660,000 in federal transportation funds are coming to the Lebanon Municipal Airport.

  

State Prosecutor Saeed Mirza was taken to hospital on Wednesday after suffering an unidentified health problem while at his office at the Justice Ministry. Mirza was admitted to Hotel Dieu De France hospital in the Beirut district of Achrafieh, where he received treatment.

  

The international commission investigating the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri has transferred all documents and evidence on the case to The Hague where the Special Tribunal for Lebanon is based, Prime Minister Fouad Siniora said Wednesday.

  

"In Beirut, I constantly feel like I'm in a wedding," said Benjamin Hourani as he looked at the walls of Abdel-Aziz Street. He was watching AUB students as they painted the walls near the AUB campus, leading to Bliss Street. Hourani, a Lebanese-American, is an AUB Political Sciences alumnus and now a retired professor in the US.

  

Lebanon residents this week have spotted a bald eagle flying and perched in trees in the city.

  

CAMPBELLSVILLE, Ky. -- A Lebanon city police officer has been found slain in his home in central Kentucky. Kentucky State Police are investigating the death of 40-year-old David M. Ford as a homicide.

  

ELIZABETHTOWN - The Northern Lebanon girls' basketball team was excited to be in the playoffs - perhaps a bit too much. It had been, after all, 25 years since the Vikings last experienced the postseason.

  

Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Seniora announced Tuesday night that all documents related to the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafic Hariri were transferred to Hague, where the International Tribunal is located, local Naharnet website reported Wednesday. "On Monday night, all documents related to the international investigations were flown to Hague" Seniora said in an interview to local ...

  

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

  

Kerry Hammonds scored 24 points to lead Siegel's boys to a District 7-AAA basketball road victory Tuesday night at Lebanon.

  

Beirut, Lebanon--February 11, 2009: Contra International, the Qatar-based supplier of green technologies and waste-management solutions, acquired the Hydronics Division of Lebanon's Wadih Jreissati et Fils, on January 1, 2009. The new, Lebanon-based headquarters will give Contra the advantages of proximity to its Lebanese client base, a customized, project-focused approach and a dynamic outlook ...

  

LEBANON - With the Jimmy Floyd Recreation Center operating at a deficit for this fiscal year, city officials are examining the possibility of a fundraising program to potentially expand the facility, and they are also exploring the likelihood of the YMCA organization buying and operating the center.

  

According to the London daily Elaph, after less than a year of marriage Mr. Lebanon Ghasan Al Mawla and Miss Egypt Amy have divorced. The couple reported how happy they were to various magazines. Amy talked about how Ghasan stole her heart and took it away with him to Lebanon.

  

Kuwait's Wataniya Airways has announced that it will be flying to Cairo from the 3rd of March, adding another route to its list of announced destinations which include Dubai, Bahrain and Beirut.

  

The Cornwall-Lebanon School Board Monday tapped Joseph Kristobak, its director of elementary education, to replace retiring superintendent Thomas Sherk.

  

BEIRUT, Feb 10, 2009 (AFP) - Two Lebanese members of parliament have been warned of possible assassination bids against them by an Al-Qaeda-inspired radical group, one of the MPs told AFP on Tuesday.

  

The chairman of the Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation said on Monday that the network is under "armed occupation" by 17 security guards who were sacked a year ago, but have continued to come to work armed with weapons. Pierre Daher, the chairman of LBC, is locked in a bitter legal dispute over the ownership of the station with Lebanese Forces (LF) leader Samir Geagea.

  

Chief UN investigator Daniel Bellemare said in comments to be published Wednesday that the commission investigating former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri's assassination has not recently met the key witness in the murder trial, but added that it would "have something to say" about him "later."

  

ABU DHABI - The President, His Highness Shaikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan and visiting Lebanese President Michel Suleiman have underlined the need for Arab reconciliation and solidarity to settle the Palestinian problem in the light of the recent Kuwait summit resolutions.

  

Cairo/Beirut- A delegation from Hamas' leadership in Gaza on Tuesday crossed into Egypt to continue cease-fire negotiations in Cairo as Israelis went to the polls in an election whose outcome could influence the talks. The four-member delegation, whi...

  

MANAMA, Feb 10, 2009 (AFP) - Bahrain will reopen its embassy in Lebanon after keeping it closed for the past two decades, the official BNA news agency reported on Tuesday.

  

ABU DHABI - Lebanese President Michel Suleiman, arrived here Tuesday afternoon for a two-day official visit to the UAE. He was received on arrival by President His Highness Shaikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

  

10 February 2009 MUSCAT -- In a paper presented before the Oman Lebanon Forum held in Beirut, Abdul Kader Askalan, CEO of Oman Arab Bank, pointed out that the best example for prudent economic and financial management as well as security for investments in the backdrop of the current global crisis was the Sultanate of Oman.

  

NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon (AFP) - Two years after fierce battles reduced Nahr al-Bared to rubble, the refugees are growing bitter over a tight-budgeted rebuilding plan, which aims at placing the camp under the control of the Lebanese government for the first time.

  

The famous Lebanese superstar Ragheb Alameh recently appeared on the satellite channel 'Al Jadid' (The New) where he was interviewed by the co-host Ghada Eid. She talked to him about the humane side of music and how it could support major cases and crises.

  

According to the London daily Elaph, the conflict between the Lebanese artist Qamar and the producer Jamal Marwan has reached its peak when Qamar announced through an interview with one of the Emirati magazines that 'She Divorced Jamal Marwan?.

  

Ah TV. Good for recording stuff to put online.

  

SODAVILLE - Students at the Sodaville campus of Sand Ridge Charter School can now catch a bus four afternoons a week that will drop them off at the Lebanon campus.

  

Sport: Basketball. School: Lebanon High School. Class: Senior. Age: 18. Claim to fame: "I have ridden a bull for eight seconds a couple of times."