Lebanese Member of Parliament Nawaf Mousawi accused the U.S. embassy in Lebanon on Sunday of meddling into Lebanese internal affairs, the country's state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported. Mousawi told a gathering at the southern Lebanese village of Tayrfelsay that the government "should put an end" to U.S. ambassador to Lebanon Michele Sison's "interference in Lebanese affairs." "She does ...

  

Lebanon, a tiny, vibrant Mediterranean country, prides itself on its polyglot society but for the country's youths native Arabic is not very "cool."

  

BEIRUT: The International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA) asked the US trade representative to keep Lebanon on the Watch List for serious infringements of intellectual property rights and severe copyright problems, according to Lebanon This Week, the economic publication of the Byblos Bank Group.The IIPA is a private sector organization representing more than 1,300 companies that produce ...

  

Roads & Transport Authority - Mohammed Al Munji: Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) announced the diversion of traffic on Sharjah-bound Emirates Road to a number of alternative roads such as Al Ittihad, Beirut, Damascus, and Dubai Bypass Roads, due to the large amount of rainwater accumulated on Emirates Road, past "National Paint" Bridge in the Emirate of Sharjah.

  

Feb. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi accused Iranian authorities of 'engineering' crowds at 'massive costs' on the 31st anniversary of the republic and of using violence in attempts to crush political opponents.

  

Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak called Saturday for new sanctions against Iran to curb its nuclear ambitions, encouraging the financial pressure to continue "until it becomes effective."

  

A 41-year-old Lebanon man has been sentenced to state prison after his conviction on drug charges.

  

LEBANON, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- Roads were slick Saturday morning in Lebanon and were to blame for 12 vehicle accidents, including a fire truck and a truck with Central Maine Power.

  

BEIRUT - Russia has agreed to provide Lebanon with an unspecified number of helicopter gunships instead of MiG-29 fighter jets, the Lebanese president's office said.

  

BEIRUT - Hezbollah's Al-Manar TV reports that five Lebanese citizens have been detained on suspicion of spying for Israel, raising the number of suspects captured this week to six.

  

Russian authorities have agreed to supply 10 Mi-24 advanced military helicopters to Lebanon instead of 10 MiG-29 fighter jets they had previously pledged to provide.

  

Beirut - The Lebanese army has arrested at least six people, among them former army officers, on suspicion of spying for Israel, a Lebanese security source said Saturday. According to the source the arrested people were seized in southern and norther...

  

Lebanese President Michel Suleiman pressed his Russian counterpart over fighter jets during his first visit with the Russian head of state in Moscow. Suleiman met Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in the first visit to Moscow by a Lebanese head of state.

  

Lebanon military authorities say Israeli jets have violated the country's air space and broke sound barriers over several villages in southern parts of the nation.

  

Reading police said they are investigating the shooting of a 24-year-old Lebanon man early Friday near 12th and Windsor streets. Police said the victim, whose name they are withholding, was walking near the corner about 5:30 a.m. when someone from a passing van shot him in the leg.

  

West Bank clashes over decision on holy sites The Lebanese army has arrested six more people on suspicion of spying for Israel, according to a security source.The suspects, arrested in four raids this...

  

Lebanon's Jacky Chamoun reacts after finishing the women's first run of Alpine Skiing Slalom race at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics in Whistler, British Columbia, February 26, 2010. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay

  

Lebanon has arrested at least five more suspected spies for Israel as it presses on with a crackdown on espionage rings, local media reported on Friday.

  

BEIRUT: The Sunni rebel leader Abdolmalek Rigi, arrested this week by Iran, said the US offered him a base, cash and weapons, in apparent admissions shown on Iranian state television.

  

The leader of the Lebanese Shia Hezbollah movement, Hassan Nasrallah, has made a rare public appearance in the Syrian capital, Damascus.

  

The Lebanese army has arrested six more people on suspicion of spying for Israel, a security source said on Friday.

  

Haig was one of a very few members of the Reagan administration to understand that the Israeli offensive was going to reach Beirut, in violation of Israeli assurances not to threaten Arab capitals.

  

After watching last season end with a loss to Bunker Hill, the Lebanon Greyhounds weren't about to let it happen again.

  

Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri on Thursday attempted to defuse tension with Damascus by vowing to maintain the trust-building process with the Syrian leadership, amid a looming crisis with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad over earlier remarks made by Hariri. "I decided to build trust with Syria because it serves the interests of both Beirut and Damascus," Hariri told reporters at the ...

  

A six-man delegation led by Air Vice Marshal Christian Dovlo, Commandant of the Kofi Annan International Peace Keeping Training Centre (KAIPTC), visited Ghanaian troops serving with the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) from 17-19 February 2010.

  

A Mathews bus driver has agreed to stay away from a family who alleges she has harassed them because of the their ethnic background. Kathy Kotanichek, who is accused of harassing the children who are of Lebanese descent, agreed to a five-year civil protection order.

  

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev hosts Lebanese President Michel Sleiman at the Kremlin in a first-ever visit by a Lebanese head of state to Moscow.

  

Addis Ababa - Ethiopia has accused Lebanon of misleading and hampering the investigation of last month's plane crash in the Mediterranean Sea that killed 90 people.

  

A Lebanese arrested earlier this month on suspicion of spying for Israel has confessed to collaborating with the Jewish state, Lebanon's police chief said yesterday. 'The man is currently in custody and has confessed to spying for Israel,' Major General Ashraf Rifi said.

  

Lebanon police helped lead authorities to the Sandy home of aman who apparently killed himself Wednesday when Portland policeand the U.S. Marshals Service attempted to arrest him.

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Feb. 25 (UPI) -- The flow of high-grade intelligence from Pakistan's leading security organization that has led to the recent capture or death of a dozen top Taliban chiefs was the result of some high-level pressure from Saudi Arabia, according to diplomatic sources.

  

Beirut - A top-level German governmental and business delegation arrived Thursday in Beirut for talks with Lebanon on ways to boost bilateral economic relations. The German group is led by Economics Ministry State Secretary Bernd Pfaffenbach and incl...

  

Syrian President Bashar Assad defied U.S. calls to loosen ties with Iran on Thursday, saying his long-standing alliance with Tehran remains strong despite overtures from Washington intended to shift his loyalties.

  

Feb. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Lebanon arrested a man who has confessed to being a Mossad agent, extending a crackdown on an alleged Israeli spy ring, the head of Lebanon's internal security forces said.

  

When Olympic skier Chirine Njeim tells people she's from Lebanon, they often laugh in disbelief.

  

The editor-at-large of The Daily Star newspaper in Beirut speaks at a conference on media coverage of Muslims and Islam.

  

MOSCOW, February 25 (Itar-Tass) -- Russia and Lebanon adopted a joint statement on further development of the relations of friendship and cooperation that is the major result of the Thursday negotiations between the presidents of the countries Dmitry Medvedev and Michel Suleiman.

  

MOSCOW, February 25 (Itar-Tass) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has highly appreciated Lebanon's development.

  

HONG KONG -- BHP Billiton 's longtime chairman announced the date of his departure amidst reports the company may be laying the groundwork to issue bonds in Australia for the first time in years.

  

EJ Hersom/Staff photographer A group of friends Wednesday straighten ropes and straps in their effort to recover a pickup truck that had fallen through the ice on Northeast Pond in Lebanon, Maine, Tuesday night.

  

BEIRUT (Zawya Dow Jones)-- Maroc Telecom Maroc Telecom plans to set up a fiber optic network to link Morocco and West African countries where it has a presence, pan-Arab daily Asharq Al Awsat reports Thursday citing a top Maroc Telecom Maroc Telecom official.

  

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon raised concern at a meeting Wednesday with Israel's defense chief that Israel's recent designation of holy sites in the West Bank as heritage sites and demolitions in East Jerusalem could hinder a resumption of stalled peace talks with the Palestinians, a U.N. spokesman said.

  

A man who may be dead after a police standoff Wednesday in Sandywas a convicted sex offender wanted by Lebanon police on a numberof charges. He also visited Philomath High School under a fake namein December.

  

View full size Dan Gleiter, The Patriot-News, file Gun-carrying soccer mom Meleanie Hain died with her husband, Scott, in what police are calling a murder-suicide in this house in Lebanon.

  

Police arrested a registered sex offender in Sandy, Ore. Wednesday who recently made contact with multiple teenagers from Lebanon High School and attempted to befriend them. read more

  

BEIRUT (AFP) - A Lebanese military prosecutor called on Wednesday for two men to be sentenced to death for allegedly spying for Israel, a judicial source said.

  

Ethiopian Airlines chief Girma Wake on Wednesday accused Lebanese authorities of making "misleading" comments on the cause of a crash that killed 90 people off Beirut last month.

  

BEIRUT: The US has vehemently denied that the leader of a Sunni Muslim militant group captured by Iranian forces in dramatic circumstances is its puppet.

  

Ethiopian Airlines chief Girma Wake has accused Lebanese authorities of making "misleading" comments on the cause of a crash off Beirut last month.

  

The Lebanon women's basketball team just keeps on fighting.

  

The famous Lebanese superstar Ragheb Alameh is launching a campaign to protect the environment alongside the students at the American University in Beirut.

  

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's military prosecutor indicted three Lebanese with spying for Israel on Wednesday as part of an espionage investigation lasting nearly a year in which at least 27 suspects have been detained.

  

BEIRUT: The US has vehemently denied that the leader of a Sunni Muslim militant group captured by Iranian forces in dramatic circumstances is its puppet.

  

BEIRUT: Lebanese Economy Minister Mohammad Safadi said Tuesday that foreign direct investment (FDI) in Lebanon increased by 20 percent in 2009, reaching $4.3 billion from $3.6 billion in 2008. Capital inflows exceeded $18 billion by the end of 2009, which represented a rise of around 24 percent from 2008 levels, resulting in a balance of payments surplus of over $6 billion by the end of 2009, he ...

  

BEIRUT: The body of an unidentified man was found in an abandoned warehouse in Dora Tuesday, according to the ISF. The body was found opposite a Medco petrol station inside an abandoned warehouse flooded with water. It belonged to a man in his 50s, about 1.6 meters tall, bald with a dark complexion who was wearing a brown sweater, a black jacket and blue jeans.

  

BEIRUT: UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) Commander Major General Alberto Asarta Cuevas met General Director of the Israeli Foreign Ministry Yossi Gal in occupied Jerusalem Tuesday. UNIFIL spokesman Andrea Tenenti said the two held an acquaintance meeting during which Cuevas stressed "the need to pursue discussions concerning UNIFIL's proposition to facilitate the withdrawal of Israeli forces ...

  

BEIRUT: The Lebanese Antiquities Department received on Monday a rare sarcophagus and other antique items confiscated from the house of a sheikh in Baalbek. The judicial police found the antiquities last Wednesday at the house of Sheikh Mohammad Jaafar Suleiman al-Mohajer, who was believed to have dug them out illegally and kept them secret hoping to sell them.

  

BEIRUT: An Egyptian Court will pronounce its verdict in the so-called "Hizbullah cell" trial on April 28, Media reports said on Tuesday. The 26-member Hizbullah cell - made up of 18 Egyptians, five Palestinians, two Lebanese and a Sudanese - stand accused of plotting attacks against ships in the Suez Canal and tourist sites in Egypt as well as spying. Most of the men were arrested between late ...

  

Sidewalks and benches are seen as powerful tools, helping a city bereft of an identity develop a sense of place.

  

SUNNYVALE, Calif.----Aruba Networks, Inc. , a global leader in wireless LANs and secure mobility solutions, today announced that the Holy Spirit University of Kaslik in Lebanon, a leading educational institute for information technology has deployed a campus-wide Wi-Fi network managed by the AirWave Wireless Management Suite at its Jounieh site north of Beirut.

  

BEIRUT: Lebanese Economy Minister Mohammad Safadi said Tuesday that foreign direct investment (FDI) in Lebanon increased by 20 percent in 2009, reaching $4.3 billion from $3.6 billion in 2008.

  

Whistler, British Columbia When she skied into the finish area, relieved but not especially happy, Chirine Njeim was telling herself just what Kyle Hopkins would have said after she nearly careened off the super-G course in the Olympics.

  

Two trucks plunge through thin ice into Northeast Lake in Lebanon.

  

Sidewalks and benches are seen as powerful tools of social planning in Amman, helping a city bereft of an identity develop a sense of place and ownership.

  

The Missouri Department of Natural Resources responded to Lebanon High School after the department received a tip Tuesday afternoon about a potential mercury release.

  

The YMCA is celebrating the addition of the new Lebanon Family YMCA facility with a grand opening celebration from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, according to a news release.

  

The bodies of all 83 passengers and seven crew on the Ethiopian Airlines jet that crashed shortly after takeoff from Beirut last month have been recovered and identified, the airline said Tuesday.

  

LEBANON - Through his attorney, Councilman Ray Weldon hasrequested access to the hard drive from the city of Lebanon 'scomputer or server on which a disputed telephone conversation wasrecorded in November 2007.

  

ADDIS ABABA, Feb 23 (Reuters) - Ethiopia's state carrier said on Tuesday all 90 bodies had been recovered from an Ethiopian Airlines aircraft that crashed off Lebanon last month, and insisted it was too early to say what caused the disaster. The Boeing 737-800 crashed minutes after taking off from Beirut en route to Addis Ababa in stormy weather on January 25. "All bodies of the victims from ET ...

  

Ethiopian Airlines says the bodies of all 83 passengers and seven crew on the jet that crashed after take-off from Beirut last month have been recovered and identified.

  

Beirut - The simmering war of words between Israel and the Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah has sent jitters across Lebanon - where memories of the 33-day war between the two in 2006 are still painfully fresh. If war breaks out between Hezbollah a...

  

BEIRUT: Lebanon's gold reserve is considered the largest reserve in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region and is ranked 15th globally, according to the World Gold Council. Lebanon's gold reserves totaled $9.2 billion at the end of 2009, ranking it in 15th place globally and in first place among 14 countries in MENA, as reported by Lebanon This Week, the economic publication of the ...

  

BEIRUT: A video clip promoting children's rights was filmed at the citadel of the southern coastal city of Sidon Monday, with tourists expressing awe at the talent demonstrated by the young singers and dancers. Ahmad Tabikh, the general director of Media Summit Group, specialized in producing children's video clips, told The Daily Star the colorful clip aimed to promote children's rights.

  

BEIRUT: Although most people understand university education is a privilege, many students lose sight of the fact that being privileged also means responsibility. At the Lebanese International University (LIU), a group of students have made it their objective to raise awareness on their campus about society's problems. On Saturday, the members of LIU's "Talaba" club completed the last stage of a ...

  

BEIRUT: State Prosecutor Saeed Mirza is expected during this week to receive a detailed account about the January crash of the Ethiopian Airline plane, a security source told The Daily Star on Monday. The source added that the report to be delivered to Mirza will include details on the plane's 90 passengers. Meanwhile, Lebanese commando divers pursued efforts at retrieving the bodies of the ...

  

BEIRUT: Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea said Monday that Hizbullah's presence drew dangers to Lebanon given the Resistance's ties with Tehran at a time when tensions between Iran and Israel are rising on strategic levels. "Hizbullah is not only a Lebanese resistance since the party's [leader] Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said in May 2008 that he is proud to be a member of the faqih rule in Iran.

  

Kuwaiti telecoms firm Zain , which is selling its African assets to India's Bharti Airtel, will concentrate on the Gulf and Middle East region and is open to new investments, its chief executive said on Tuesday.

  

Beirut, 22 nd February 2010: mtc touch mtc touch , the leading mobile operator in Lebanon and ZAIN affiliate, announced the expansion of its Certified Outlets' network, to include 15 outlets in addition to the company's headquarters at Charles El Helou and its 5 regional service centers.

  

Lebanese politician Samir Geagea has criticized Hezbollah leader Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah for threatening to hit Israel's infrastructure in case of war.

  

Americans are likely in for a surprise if they expect Toyota President Akio Toyoda to put on a show of authoritative "the-buck-stops-here" clout at Wednesday's congressional hearing on the automaker's massive recalls.

  

WARREN CO., Ohio -- South Lebanon may have the feel of a small town, but it's a community on the move. "It's a very exciting, vibrant place to be," according to Village Administrator Bob Craig.

  

Whistler, British Columbia When she skied into the finish area, relieved but not especially happy, Chirine Njeim was telling herself just what Kyle Hopkins would have said after she nearly careened off the super-G course in the Olympics.

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Feb. 22 (UPI) -- Nobel Peace Prize winner Mohammed ElBaradei got a hero's welcome when he returned to his native Egypt Friday as a possible contender for the presidency, a politically explosive challenge to the country's power elite.

  

JERUSALEM - Mohsen Ahmed's village grocery store, in the village of Ghajar, is on a quiet street with no sidewalk. His big display window is bare but the store and his apartment above it underscore a situation that has kept United Nations, Israeli, Lebanese and other diplomats busy over years.

  

EAST LANSING The editor-at-large of The Daily Star newspaper in Beirut is speaking at a Michigan State University conference on the portrayal of Muslims and Islam in the media. Rami G. Khouri also is director of the Issam Fares Institute at American University of Beirut. He speaks Friday afternoon at the International Center. Earlier Friday is a discussion of the university's developing Web site ...

  

Moussa did not elaborate on what he meant by the lessons of 2006 or what he meant by the assurance of support. Israel launched a devastating air, ground and naval assault on Lebanon in July 2006 after guerrillas of the Hezballah movement seized two Israeli soldiers in a cross-border raid.

  

Lebanon's parliament on Monday shot down a bill to lower voting age from 21 to 18, a proposal which has sparked fears of an upheaval of the multi-confessional country's power-sharing political structure.

  

Lebanese Christians relieved amid belief of increase in number of over-18 Muslims.

  

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Veteran politician Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, keen to reassert his weakened influence by healing Iran's post-election rifts, may come under fire from hardliners again when he chairs a meeting of a top clerical body this week.

  

A member of Lebanon's parliament has called on the country's military to expand its defensive capability through extensive cooperation with Iran and Syria.

  

Corruption, violence and tribal warfare help make these spots among the globe's most violent.

  

Suntech Power Holdings Co. Ltd. recently supplied solar panels for 19 remote schools in Lebanon working with local partner and Lebanese integrator Asaco General Trade & Contracting. Sponsored and facilitated by the Country Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Demonstration Project for the Recovery of Lebanon (CEDRO), established through the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), the ...

  

Lebanon High School will be open for classes Monday, Superintendent Duane Widhalm announced Sunday evening via the school district Web site.

  

Hezbollah Deputy Secretary General Sheikh Naim Qassem has said that the Lebanese resistance movement is prepared for any surprise from Israel, such that Tel Aviv must think twice before any act of adventurism.

  

Alexander Haig, the secretary of state whose siding with Israel during the Lebanon War was a factor in his resignation, has died. Haig succumbed Saturday to complications from an infection at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. He was 85.

  

AFP/Beirut In a country where 18-year-olds can drive, marry and serve in the army, allowing them to vote would generally be applauded as a boon for democracy. But not so in Lebanon.

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon, FEB. 21, 2010 ( Zenit.org ).- The future of peace in the Middle East hinges on creating a society in which Jews, Muslims and Christians co-exist peacefully.

  

BEIRUT, February 21, 2010 (WAFA)- 36 Palestine refugee students graduated from UNRWA's North Vocational Training Centre (NTC), in the presence of the First Secretary for Economic Cooperation from the German Embassy in Beirut, UNRWA officials, members of the community and students' parents.

  

Emergency responders from the Missouri Department of Natural Resources are investigating a mercury release at Lebanon High School.

  

21 February 2010 DOMOTEX Middle East, the only international trade fair for carpets and floor coverings in the MENA region, has stated that Lebanon has emerged as one of the fastest growing markets for exhibitors of the upcoming trade event with the real estate and construction boom in the country over the past few years.

  

In a country where 18-year-olds can drive, marry and serve in the army, allowing them to vote would generally be applauded as a boon for democracy. But not so in Lebanon.

  

Lebanese President Michel Suleiman has demanded an explanation from Libya regarding the fate of spiritual and political leader Imam Moussa Sadr.

  

Emergency responders from the Missouri Department of Natural Resources are investigating a mercury release at Lebanon High School, according to the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.

  

ALBANY - Dallas, Lebanon and West Albany battled all season forsupremacy in the Mid-Willamette Conference and that strugglecontinued through the district tournament in Albany.

  

Mr. Haig was secretary of state under President Reagan and was the White House chief of staff as President Nixon's administration crumbled.

  

Four masked gunmen held up a Beirut bank yesterday before fleeing with more than $200,000 from a safe, police and media reports said.

  

(Lebanon, MO) -- A student who brought mercury to Lebanon, Missouri High School prompted an evacuation and state clean-up Friday, officials said.

  

WASHINGTON (JTA) -- Alexander Haig, the secretary of state whose siding with Israel during the Lebanon War was a factor in his resignation, has died. Haig, 85, succumbed Sunday to complications from an infection at Johns Hopkins hospital in Baltimore.

  

(Lebanon, MO) -- A mercury spill in three different places inside the Lebanon, MIssouri High School Friday prompted a student evacuation and state clean-up, officials said.

  

Vatican City - Pope Benedict XVI in a meeting Saturday with Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri, praised the peaceful coexistence in Lebanon between various religious communities, including Druze, Christians and and Muslims. Hope was expressed that ...

  

This morning, Benedict XVI received the Prime Minister of Lebanon Saad Hariri in audience. The coexistence of different religious communities in the country is a model for the entire Middle East region.

  

BEIRUT (Zawya Dow Jones)--Saudi cement companies said that there's no supply crunch on the local cement market and that existing plants are capable of meeting demand over the next ten years without the need for setting up new factories, Abha-based Al Watan daily reports Saturday.

  

The expression "it's like Beirut" is a much-used comparison for everything from violent riots to a teenager's bedroom. Why do we still insist on associating Beirut with chaos?

  

BEIRUT: Lebanese journalists have been recognized for their efforts in an annual media competition, it was announced on Friday.

  

The Lebanese army has announced Israeli warplanes have violated Lebanon's airspace at low altitude for a second time in a week.

  

Kuwaiti fund extends $5.6m for Lebanon project

  

LEBANON - When Philomath EMT Marta McGovern-Phillpott asked agroup of high school students from Benton and Linn counties whattypes of health careers they are interested in, their responsesvaried from doctor and nurse to athletic trainer andhygienist.

  

LEBANON - The names of nominees for several of the Lebanon AreaChamber of Commerce Distinguished Service Awards have beenreleased, said executive director Shelly Garrett.

  

Following its vote to raise the city's property tax rate from 17 to 24 mills, Lebanon City Council amended the $10 million 2010 budget.

  

You can barely go a few city blocks in Florence without seeing a sign of progress and strong community support that is directly related to the nation of Lebanon . Whether it is Phil Nofal shoes, Subs Plus, American Luxury Coach or Baroody Street, they are all related to a community of Lebanese descendants that make a very positive impact in our city.

  

Lebanon's Nick Alexander finished 28th in qualifying and adavances to Saturday's medal round in Large Hill Ski Jumping.

  

BAHRAIN succumbed to heavily favoured South Korea 25-32 last night to finish as silver-medallists in the 14th Asian Men's Handball Championship in Beirut, reports PATRICK SALOMON.

  

Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, derided Western claims about his country's nuclear program, saying Iran does not believe in nuclear weapons.

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Feb. 19 (UPI) -- Partners in the Middle East should work to form a regional peacekeeping force to protect mutual interests, Arab leaders said in Beirut.

  

Lebanese restaurants in London tend to the formal, starched white tablecloths and black-suited waiters. There's nothing inauthentic about that: there are plenty like them in Beirut , one of the many legacies of French rule.

  

Lebanon -- The long and short of this story: Lebanon High sophomore Emily Wadlinger is long, and she's been making short work of her competition lately.

  

Traffic on I-65 was slowed near Lebanon this morning when two semi-tractor trailers crashed close to Ind. 39. Traffic was backed up, but flowing through the crash scene.

  

by Fady Noun The official decision could be reached during the meeting between Pope Benedict XVI and Prime Minister Hariri of Lebanon, scheduled for tomorrow at the Vatican. It will have a more "national" than "religious" character and will be a symbol of unity among the citizens.

  

Arab League chief accuses Israel thousands of violations of border zone, south Lebanon.

  

BEIRUT: Lebanon has stepped up its campaign against money laundering and all types of financial fraud in an attempt to assure the United States and Europe that lawbreakers cannot take advantage of the country's banking secrecy law.

  

BEIRUT: Bank Audi estimated Lebanon's GDP growth in 2009 at 7 percent which was driven by both improved consumption and investment components.

  

The Lebanese artist Fares Karam is getting ready to launch his new album in March. He will then begin several music tours until the spring. He will be performing with the famous Lebanese artist Haifa Wehbe on his American tour.

  

Arab League (AL) Secretary General Amr Moussa says that Arab countries will stand by Lebanon, should it be attacked by Israel.

  

M & T Bank is now the owner of the Lebanon Farmers Market and two commercial properties on Cumberland Street, according to a sale approved in federal bankruptcy court Thursday.

  

BEIRUT (AFP) - Arab League chief Amr Mussa said on Thursday that Arab countries would stand by Lebanon if it were attacked by Israel, adding that the situation between the two countries is tense.

  

Arab League chief Amr Mussa said on Thursday that Arab countries would stand by Lebanon if it were attacked by Israel, adding that the situation between the two countries is tense.

  

Like their namesake, Pan Pan conjures whimsy, the wilderness, and the quiet swell of subtle emotions with a simple flourish of horn set above piano rumble. The solo project of Bellinghahm's Sarah Jerns, Pan Pan is Morricone by way of Beirut , a suggestive mix of cinema and exuberant release. Spare percussion underpins Jerns' wandering trumpet. Her piano skips through a field-recorded dream ...

  

TEL AVIV, Israel, Feb. 18 (UPI) -- Amid growing fears of another Middle East war, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has thrown down the gauntlet for Israel by vowing to hammer Ben Gurion Airport if Beirut's Rafik Hariri International is hit, as it was in their last conflict in 2006.

  

A Lebanon Trade and Technology Center is proposed for the Lebanon HACC campus to meet the education and training needs of area employers.

  

Beirut - Austria's Foreign Minister Michael Spindelegger held talks in Beirut on Thursday with Lebanese leaders on the prospects for Middle East peace - and the possibility of Austria taking part in the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon. Our C...

  

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Israel is terrified of the Lebanese resistance and people. The Iranian leader made the comment in a phone conversation with the Hizbullah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah, ISNA reported on Thursday.

  

LEBANON TWP. - The Township Committee introduced a bond ordinance for $695,000 for various public improvements at its meeting Wednesday, Feb. 3.

  

LEBANON TWP. - Beth Punda, 45 of Flemington was heading southbound on Route 31 in a 2001 Toyota Corolla when she crossed into the northbound lane near the intersection of Buffalo Hollow Road at 9:41 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 2, police said.

  

Lebanon: In order to meet its subscribers' needs and to provide them with best services, Alfa, the mobile operator managed by Orascom Telecom since February 2009, announces the implementation of a new frequency plan on its network during the night of 19-20 of February 2010, in collaboration with Nokia Siemens Networks, to get the utmost efficiency from the allocated spectrum and to improve the network performance. [AMEInfo.com]

  

BEIRUT (AFP) - Finding a solution to the plight of millions of Palestinian refugees in the Middle East is key to peace in the region, the head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees said in an interview on Thursday.

  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, and WUXI, China, February 17, 2010/PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. (NYSE:STP) , the world's largest producer of crystalline silicon photovoltaic modules, recently supplied solar panels for 19 remote schools in Lebanon working with local partner and Lebanese integrator Asaco General Trade & Contracting.

  

Lebanese lawmakers grappled with an election reform measure Wednesday as Washington considers its military aid commitments to Beirut. Beirut passed a series of electoral reforms in 2008, including campaign regulations and measures to conduct voting on a single day.

  

Lebanon: Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd., the world's largest producer of crystalline silicon photovoltaic modules, recently supplied solar panels for 19 remote schools in Lebanon working with local partner and Lebanese integrator Asaco General Trade and Contracting. [AMEInfo.com]

  

A Lebanese military judge on Wednesday requested the death penalty for 11 suspected al-Qaida militants charged of planning attacks and monitoring Lebanese soldiers and UN Interim Forces in Lebanon (UNIFIL) troops, the country's state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported. The report said Lebanese military investigation Judge Samih El Hajj solicited death penalty for 11 suspected al-Qaida ...

  

BEIRUT: The Cabinet approved on Wednesday the adoption of major reforms to the municipal electoral law, including embracing proportional representation in all districts and the direct election of mayors and their deputies from the people.

  

Spring theater season will start off with the performance of 'Someone Who?ll Watch Over Me,' hosted by the UW-Platteville's Department of Performing and of Visual Arts and Pioneer Players at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 18-20 and 2 p.m. Feb. 21 in the Center for the Arts. This play takes place in the 1980s in Beirut, Lebanon. Three [...]

  

A SAEED Johar wonder goal with no time remaining earned Bahrain a stunning 26-25 victory over Saudi Arabia last night and a place in the gold medal game of the 14th Asian Men's Handball Championship in Beirut, reports PATRICK SALOMON.

  

LEBANON - Today's scheduled trial to resolve the dispute over arecorded telephone call involving the city of Lebanon has beencanceled.

  

LEBANON - Today's trial to resolve the telephone taping disputeinvolving the city of Lebanon has been postponed.

  

A Lebanese military judge on Wednesday charged 11 suspected members of an Al-Qaeda inspired group with forming an armed gang and spying on the army and UN peacekeepers, a judicial source said.

  

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The sixth-grade Lebanon traveling basketball team took first place at the Oregon Amatuer Basketball Tournament on Feb. 6 at Western Mennonite High School in Salem.

  

TEHRAN/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Rich Iranians don't mind flaunting it. Porsche sold more than 100 luxury vehicles at its opening reception a few months ago to customers undeterred by the hefty price tag or the 100 percent customs duty.

  

Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. , the world's largest producer of crystalline silicon photovoltaic modules, recently supplied solar panels for 19 remote schools in Lebanon working with local partner and Lebanese integrator Asaco General Trade & Contracting.

  

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

  

A Lebanese military investigative judge charged 11 suspected al Qaeda militants on Wednesday with planning to commit crimes against Lebanese authorities and spying on the Lebanese army and U.N. peacekeepers.

  

Lebanon: R+T Middle East 2010, the Middle East spinoff of the world's leading show for roller shutters, doors, gates and sun-protection systems, has announced that it will tap into Lebanon's huge market potential in light of growing investment activities in the country, which is expected to help boost commercial and industrial development. [AMEInfo.com]

  

BEIRUT: The Head of the Board of Directors and the Director General of the Voice of Lebanon Radio Station Sheikh Simon al-Khazen died on Tuesday after a long struggle with illness. He was 67.

  

BEIRUT (Lebanon) - THE murder was straight out of a cheap spy thriller. At least 11 professional assassins, some wearing wigs and fake beards, tracked a senior Hamas official to his Dubai hotel in January and killed him with cold precision, fleeing the country afterward on European passports, the Dubai police say. But even as the Dubai authorities called on Tuesday for an international manhunt ...

  

It was a great start, and a great finish, for the Lady Lakers on Tuesday. Though the second and third quarters were rough, Camdenton finished off the Lebanon Lady Jackets for a 55-46 win at home.

  

U.S. Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs William Burns stressed Tuesday U.S. support for Lebanon and its sovereignty and independence. Following his meeting here with Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri, Burns said "I was proud to support Lebanon, its sovereignty and independence. I am proud today to convey President Barack Obama's strong and continuing support for Lebanon." The United ...

  

The first two games of the Lancaster-Lebanon League boys quarterfinals are in the books, and we've already had our first upset. Section 3 champion Cocalico surprised Section 1 runner-up Penn Manor 53-51 in the first of two games tonight at Lampeter-Strasburg High School. In tonight's second ...

  

Lebanese Minister of Energy Gebran Bassil visited the Ras Laffan Industrial City (RLC) yesterday. He was received at RLC by director Sheikh Khalid bin Khalifa al-Thani among others. Fahad Hamad al-Mohannadi, Qatar Electricity and Water Company general manager accompanied the minister.

  

Hezbollah's leader warned Israel Tuesday that the militant group would fire rockets at Tel Aviv airport and other strategic targets if Israel's military strikes Lebanese infrastructure.

  

Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said on Tuesday the powerful Shi'ite guerrilla group would hit Israel's Ben Gurion airport if the Jewish state struck Beirut's international airport in any future war.

  

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said on Tuesday the Shi'ite guerrilla group would hit Israel's Ben Gurion airport if the Jewish state struck Beirut's international airport in any future war.

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Feb. 16 (UPI) -- A delegation from Hezbollah called on French officials take a stand against Israel as supporters rallied Tuesday during a Shiite commemoration in Beirut.

  

Ninety Lebanese intellectuals have signed a petition in support of Iran's opposition Green Movement, RFE/RL's Radio Farda reports. The statement is a rare show of public support by Arab intellectuals for the Green Movement. -RFE

  

BEIRUT, Feb 16 (Reuters) - Lebanon has mandated Blom Bank , Fransa Invest Bank and BNP Paribas to lead manage a refinancing of Eurobonds maturing in March, the finance ministry said on Tuesday. In December Finance Minister Raya al-Hassan said Lebanon planned to exchange $3.4 billion of maturing Eurobonds in 2010, with the first tranche of $1 billion due in March.

  

Hezbollah on Tuesday urged France to "rein in Israeli aggressiveness" amid heightened concern in Beirut over recent Israeli warnings to the Shiite militant movement and its backer Syria.

  

Lebanon's military prosecution has disclosed the suspected involvement of a senior army officer, in collaborating with Israel, and providing confidential information that helped the Jewish state to strike targets in Lebanon during its 2006 war against Lebanon.

  

Minister: Lebanon may sell $2b Eurobonds

  

BEIRUT - Bluntly warning that Iran is sliding into military dictatorship, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton told an audience Monday in Qatar that economic sanctions against the Islamic Republic should be increasingly aimed at its elite Revolutionary Guard.

  

At least four people were killed on Monday after clashes broke out between two Palestinian factions in the refugee camp of Ain al-Helweh in southern Lebanon, local media reported. The state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported that a clash occurred between Fatah and Isbat al-Ansar at the Palestinian camp near the southern Lebanese city of Saida, saying that machine guns and rocket shells were ...

  

Islamist militants clashed with Fatah gunmen in the Ein el-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp in southern Lebanon on Monday, killing at least two people.

  

IONA - The light is green for an improved traffic signal in South Lebanon.

  

AIN AL-HILWEH, Lebanon, Feb 15 (Reuters) One person was killed today in a gunbattle between members of the Fatah faction and Sunni Islamist militants at a Palestinian refugee camp in south Lebanon, security sources said.

  

In a wide-ranging interview with euronews, the Lebanese Prime Minister discussed relations with Israel and Syria, the UN inquiry into the murder of his father, as well as internal politics. euronews journalist Hussein Ibrahim spoke to Saad al-Hariri.

  

Lebanon's parliament speaker Nabih Berri has urged France to take a firm stance against Israeli aggression on his country.

  

Lebanon will sell as much as $2 billion of Eurobonds or carry out a debt swap in one of the world's most heavily indebted countries, the Finance Minister Raya Haffar el-Hassan said.

  

AIN AL-HILWEH, Lebanon (Reuters) - One person was killed on Monday in a gunbattle between members of the Fatah faction and Sunni Islamist militants at a Palestinian refugee camp in south Lebanon, security sources said.

  

Islamic militants clashed with Fatah gunmen in a Palestinian refugee camp in southern Lebanon on Monday, killing at least two people, Palestinian security officials said.

  

Source: Reuters (Adds identity of casualty, different group involved) AIN AL-HILWEH, Lebanon, Feb 15 (Reuters) - One person was killed on Monday in a gunbattle between members of the Fatah faction and Sunni ...

  

Lebanon's top Shiite cleric Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah is currently in the hospital for a medical checkup, an aide said.

  

Thousands have gathered to mark the anniversary of the assasination of former Lebanese PM Rafik Hariri.

  

From the foundation in early December, to putting up the wall forms around late December (pictured), to a nearly enclosed new multipurpose room (and new roof) in January, phase two is well under way at the New Lebanon Library and should be complete sometime this spring.

  

Tens of thousands of Lebanese gathered Sunday in downtown Beirut to mark the fifth anniversary of the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafic Hariri. &$ &$Lebanon's Prime Minister Saad Hariri (L), son of Rafic Hariri, waves to the crowd in Beirut, Lebanon, Feb. 14, 2010. (Xinhua Photo)&$ &$ Crowds from across the country moved toward Martyrs' Square earlier Sunday, waving Lebanon's ...

  

As one Lebanese journalist put it, they had "water in their mouths". Oh yes they did. Much water. Former prime minister Fouad Siniora spoke of the need for good relations with Syria. Saad Hariri, Lebanon's Prime Minister, who in December made his own grim pilgrimage to Damascus to shake the hand of the President whose country he believes (or believed) killed his father, talked about Arab ...

  

The Lebanese army said in a statement that its units used anti-aircraft fire Sunday to force the Israeli warplanes out of Lebanese airspace.

  

The royal visit coincided with the assumption by Spain of command of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) as well as of the revolving, six-monthly presidency of the European Union, which in turn coincides with Lebanon's presence as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council.

  

Tens of thousands of people have gathered in Beirut to mark the fifth anniversary of the assassination of former PM Rafik Hariri.

  

BEIRUT - Lebanese anti-aircraft guns opened fire on four Israeli warplanes which were violating its airspace at low altitude on Sunday, the military said. "The army's anti-aircraft guns fired at four ...

  

BEIRUT (AP) - Lebanon says its army has opened fire on four Israeli warplanes that flew into Lebanese airspace. The Lebanese army said in a statement that its units used anti-aircraft fire Sunday to force the Israeli warplanes out of Lebanese airspace.

  

Lebanon says its army has opened fire on four Israeli warplanes that flew into Lebanese airspace.

  

BEIRUT (AFP) - Tens of thousands of supporters of Lebanon's majority "March 14" camp gathered in Beirut on Sunday for a rally marking the fifth anniversary of the slaying of former premier Rafiq Hariri.

  

The Lebanese Army has opened anti-aircraft fire on Israeli military aircrafts violating its airspace again, the Press TV has learned.

  

Israel's government is warning its citizens to beware of possible attacks when they travel abroad, singling out threats by the Lebanese group Hezbollah.

  

Tens of thousands of people gathered in Beirut Sunday to mark the fifth anniversary of the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, whose death touched off Lebanon's "Cedar Revolution" and ushered in the end of Syria's 30-year military domination.

  

Tens of thousands of flag-waving Lebanese gathered in Beirut's main square Sunday to mark the fifth anniversary of the assassination of former prime minister Rafik Hariri, a killing that sparked a cascade of political turmoil in the Middle East.

  

Lebanon marks the fifth anniversary of the murder of former prime minister, Rafik al-Hariri. The son of the slain leader Saad al-Hariri, the current prime minister, joined others to honour his fathers memory.

  

Tens of thousands of supporters of Lebanon's majority "March 14" camp flocked into downtown Beirut on Sunday for a rally marking the fifth anniversary of the slaying of former premier Rafiq Hariri.

  

Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Bill Burns will travel to Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, and Azerbaijan from February 16-19.

  

Tens of thousands of supporters of Lebanon's majority "March 14" camp flocked into downtown Beirut on Sunday for a rally marking the fifth anniversary of the slaying of former premier Rafiq Hariri.

  

(Al Jazeera English) -- Thousands of people have gathered in the Lebanese capital on Sunday, many waving flags, to mark the fifth anniversary of the assassination of Rafiq al-Hariri, a former prime minister.

  

Lebanon is marking the fifth anniversary of former premier Rafik al-Hariri's murder. A turning point, it led to the withdrawal of Syrian troops from the tiny Mediterranean country. Damascus wa...

  

Thousands of flag waving Lebanese gathered in Beirut's main square Sunday to mark the fifth anniversary of the killing of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.

  

Large peaceful turnout is expected at fifth anniversary of killing of former Lebanese PM.

  

Thousands of Lebanese have staged a rally on Sunday marking the fifth anniversary of the assassination of former premier Rafiq Hariri in Beirut.

  

Thousands of flag waving Lebanese gathered in Beirut's main square Sunday to mark the fifth anniversary of the killing of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.

  

BEIRUT - Lebanon's ruling "March 14" camp on Sunday marks the fifth anniversary of the slaying of former premier Rafiq Hariri with a mass rally that it hopes will quash rumours of a major rift within its ranks.

  

BEIRUT (AP) - Tens of thousands of people gathered in Beirut Sunday to mark the fifth anniversary of the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, whose death touched off Lebanon's "Cedar Revolution" and ushered in the end of Syria's 30-year military domination.

  

Lebanon is marking the fifth anniversary of former premier Rafik al-Hariri's murder. A turning point, it led to the withdrawal of Syrian troops from the tiny Mediterranean country.

  

Lebanon's majority "March 14" camp gathered on Sunday for a mass rally marking the fifth anniversary of the slaying of former premier Rafiq Hariri that it hopes will quash rumours of a rift in its ranks.

  

LEBANON - Greentree Road, one of the busiest roads between Middletown and Lebanon, will undergo construction this summer to take out a hill near Shaker Run Golf Course.

  

Investigative incompetence or political pressure, or a combination of both, seems to be slowing the search for the killers of Lebanon's Rafik Hariri.

  

IONA - The new lights will soon be on in South Lebanon.

  

Lebanon 's national flag and the flag of a Lebanese party are printed on balloons in downtown Beirut yesterday ahead of the commemoration today of the death anniversary of assassinated former prime minister Rafik al-Hariri.

  

Sources from the production company 'Rotana' said that the company is planning to keep the famous Lebanese artist Elissa under contract. The company recently decided to cancel the contracts of several Arab artists.

  

BEIRUT - Curtain rose on the musical extravaganza 'Zayed and the Dream' at the 'Forum de Beyrouth' in the Lebanese capital.

  

Lebanon: Rasamny-Younis Motor Co. (Rymco) is establishing the Rymco-Saadeh Abou Nassif Scholarship Fund to support needy students studying business at American University of Beirut. The scholarship is being established in honor of Saadeh Abou Nassif, chief operating officer of Rymco International, who died in a motorcycle accident. [AMEInfo.com]

  

Beirut - Lebanon will commemorate the fifth anniversary of the assassination of former prime minister Rafik Hariri on Sunday, amid fears that the UN Tribunal set to try his killers will be stalled or politicized. We want to know the truth behind Har...

  

BEIRUT, Feb 13 (Bernama) -- Renowned Lebanese MP Marwan Fares said here Friday Iran is presently industrially, economically, and scientifically most advanced Middle East country, Iran's IRMA news agency reported.

  

Lebanese Defense Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Elias Murr has expressed concerns over continuous, near-daily Israeli aerospace violations over Lebanon.