HE the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabor al-Thani held official talks in Doha yesterday with Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri.

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.

BEIRUT, Lebanon ? 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.

The famous Lebanese artist Nancy Ajram finished recording a new solo single called ?Wahshani Ya Masr Moot? (Egypt I Miss You Like Crazy). Nancy is also getting ready to start filming a video clip for her new solo single and the filming will take place in the streets of Cairo.

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

NICOSIA [MENL] -- An Al Qaida militia has agreed to end attacks in Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon. Copyrights 2008, Middle East Newsline. All rights reserved.

Russia agreed to Beirut's formal request to provide Lebanon with Mi-24 helicopters instead of the 10 MIG-29 fighters originally planned. 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.

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.

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 is grateful for Russia?s MiG-29 fighter jets, which Russia promised to give to the Mideastern country as a gift. However, Lebanese officials wonder whether the country really needs them. Lebanon tries to find out if Russia could replace the fighters with something else.

Lebanon, Sudan to boost agricultural cooperation

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 TWP. -- Benjamin Przewozny, 18, of the township was traveling south on Sliker Road when his 1994 GMC Sierra struck a 2008 Honda Ridgeline driven by Thomas Dowd, 61, of Hillsborough at 11:42 a.m. on Tuesday, Feb 9. Dowd was also traveling southbound on Sliker Road, making a right turn onto Winding Brook Lane.

MOSCOW, Feb. 26 (UPI) -- Lebanese President Michel Suleiman pressed his Russian counterpart over fighter jets during his first visit with the Russian head of state in Moscow.

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.

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

Source: Reuters BEIRUT, Feb 26 (Reuters) - The Lebanese army has arrested six more people on suspicion of spying for Israel, a security source said on Friday. He said the suspects, arrested in four separate raids ...

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.

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.

The head of the Lebanese Hezbollah movement, which shares Tehran's vision of a world without Israel, travelled to Damascus for talks with allies Syria and Iran, the SANA news agency said Friday.

President Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday met his Lebanese counterpart Michel Suleiman in the Kremlin to consider a potential agreement on military-technical cooperation. "We discussed the drafting of a long-term agreement on military-technical cooperation. We proceed from the assumption that the cooperation will see Russia's contribution to the mine clearance operations in Lebanon," Suleiman was ...

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 .

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.

A Lebanese national arrested on espionage charges by Beirut, has confessed to spying for Israel's secret service, Mossad.

As Americans who live in a large, coastal city, we take for granted the option of eating a variety of food from other countries: Mexican food one night, Thai the next, Italian, Japanese, Lebanese, and so on. If we have a certain kind of food for dinner one night, we probably do not want, nor do we have to eat, the same type the next. So spoiled are we that we even have the choice of regions ...

BEIRUT ? When you're shopping for a pair of Seven jeans or ankle boots, you wouldn't expect to be met by a flood of saltwater and the imminent specter of sharks. But shoppers at the Dubai Mall faced just that prospect Thursday when the center's massive aquarium sprung a leak.

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 on Thursday.

Lebanon's President Michel Sleiman on Thursday held talks with his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev in Moscow, in the first ever visit by a Lebanese head of state to Russia.

LEBANON ? Caitlin Grogan knows a thing or two about honesty. As a documentary filmmaker, her job is to capture the truth. Especially when the subject relates to the 16th president of the United States, ?honest? Abe Lincoln.Grogan, a 2003 Lebanon High School graduate, recently completed her directorial debut, ? Life as Lincoln,? a documentary exploring the lives of three Abraham Lincoln ...

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.

Lebanese president holds talks with his Russian counterpart about long-term military cooperation agreement.

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.

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) - 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.

A Lebanese military prosecutor on Wednesday indicted eight Lebanese on the charge of spying for Israel, the country's state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported. According to the report, Lebanese military prosecutor Samih el- Hajj accused the group of "working with Israel and providing it with information on civil and military locations and on political figures," demanding death penalty for ...

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.

BEIRUT: Figures compiled by the Tourism Ministry show that a total of 769,551 persons used hotels and furnished apartments in Lebanon and spent 1,955,679 nights in such facilities in 2009, constituting an increase of 21.2 percent and 34.7 percent, respectively, from 2008 figures, as reported by Lebanon This Week, the economic publication of the Byblos Bank Group.

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.

LEBANON - Authorities Wednesday night, Feb. 24, closed a road on the north side of the city because of water leaking out onto the roadway causing hazardous driving conditions.

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

JERUSALEM (JTA) -- Three Lebanese were indicted on charges of spying for Israel. The indictment, the result of a yearlong investigation and the arrest of at least 27 suspects, was handed down Wednesday.

Tanoreen The Times's Sam Sifton reviews Tanoreen this week; it's a Lebanese place in Brooklyn run by a Palestinian-blooded, Israeli-born, American resident mother and daughter team. The food is everything good middle eastern food should be, with "ethereal hummus, lightened with lemon juice to the point of being cloudlike, and some crazily flavorful tabbouleh, whose mint and bulgur combine into ...

ADDIS ABABA, Feb 24, 2010 (AFP) - 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.

Ethiopian Airlines has accused Lebanese authorities of making 'misleading' comments about the cause of a crash that killed 90 people off Beirut last month.

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

The Lebanon wrestling team had the talent on the mat.

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

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: 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 ...

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: 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: The 2010 survey of office space costs in 63 cities by property consultants Cushman & Wakefield ranked Beirut as the 31st most expensive city worldwide and the fourth most expensive among 10 cities in the Middle East and Africa region, as reported by Lebanon This Week, Byblos Bank Group's economic publication. Beirut was the 32nd most expensive city globally and the third most expensive ...

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 ...

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

The bodies of all 83 passengers and seven crew on the Ethiopian Airlines jet that crashed near Beirut have been recovered and identified, the airline has said.

BEIRUT: The 2010 survey of office space costs in 63 cities by property consultants Cushman & Wakefield ranked Beirut as the 31st most expensive city worldwide and the fourth most expensive among 10 cities in the Middle East and Africa region, as reported by Lebanon This Week, Byblos Bank Group?s economic publication.

NORTH LEBANON, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- Lebanon rescue crews were called to the scene at Northeast Lake off Ridgewood Drive around 9 p.m. Tuesday night.

Mt. Lebanon almost picked the worst possible time to lose its first game of the season against WPIAL competition.

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.

(Lebanon, MO) -- The Missouri Department of Natural Resources is investigating a second mercury spill at Lebanon High School.

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 airplane was traveling from Alabama to the Springfield/Lebanon airport.

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 ...

LEBANON ? The Lebanon FFA club will have an open house from 10a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 27, at the Land Lab, 31000 Land LabRoad.

BEIRUT ? Iran's security forces said they captured the head of an ethnic militant group they have fought for years Tuesday morning and claimed he was at an American base in Afghanistan a day before he was caught.

Two Lebanon men have been charged with a Feb. 22 burglary at the ATM building of the Lebanon Federal Credit Union, Schneider Drive, police said. Charged were Eric Diaz, 26, of East Scull Street and Ryan Herman, 26, of North Cherry Street, police said.

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: 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.

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: The press court headed by Magistrate Roukoz Rizk issued on Monday four decisions regarding press crimes. Ibrahim al-Amine, head of Al-Akhbar board of directors, and its responsible director Nader Sabbagh were acquitted in the lawsuit filed by former Justice Minister Charles Rizk. Rizk had accused Al-Akhbar of slander libel and false information.

BEIRUT: Patients of the Al-Fanar Psychiatric Hospital in the southern village of Zahrani performed a "day painting session" in the framework of a project implemented by the Italian NGO "CTM." The event was part of a series of initiatives funded by the Development Cooperation Office of the Italian Embassy in Beirut, known as the ROSS Emergency Program, for a total cost of 470,000 euros ($638,527 ...

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

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.

Community members spoke out at a meeting about the Mt. Lebanon School District's plan to renovate the high school. The projected cost is $113 million.

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.

NICOSIA [MENL] -- Syria was said to be preparing a military base in eastern Lebanon. Copyrights 2008, Middle East Newsline. All rights reserved.

Lebanon?s parliament yesterday 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.

Flight 409 bound for Addis Ababa crashed into sea off the coast of Naameh, south of Beirut minutes after takeoff from Beirut Airport early in the morning of January 25, killing all 90 people on board.

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.

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.

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.

Lebanon: A new report by Lebanon's Byblos Bank has said that tourists from Saudi Arabia had spent the most in Lebanon last year, with the equivalent of 22% of total tourist spending, Saudi Gazette has reported. Tourists from Kuwait came second accounting for 12%, followed by the UAE with 11%, and Egypt and Syria each accounting for 7%. [AMEInfo.com]

BEIRUT: A Working Paper by the International Monetary Fund indicated that electricity constraints, labor skill shortage and insufficient access to finance for businesses are costing the Lebanese economy up to 4.3 percent in real per capita GDP growth per year, as reported by Lebanon This Week, the economic publication of the Byblos Bank Group.

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.

Lebanese Christians celebrate ahead of Ash Monday today on the streets of Tripoli yesterday. Ash Monday marks the first day of the great lent for eastern Catholic and Orthodox Christians, the day is known as Green Monday.

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.

An Ottawa-based dog rescue group went global in its effort to save abandoned pets by rescuing some shelter dogs from Beirut.

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.

Lebanon's outnumbered Maronites pull stops on voting age, direct popular representation.

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.

Feb. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Iran?s first domestically built guided-missile destroyer started a mission patrolling the Persian Gulf today, a top Iranian navy official said.

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.

The Missouri Department of Natural Resources is investigating a mercury spill at Lebanon High School Friday afternoon.

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.

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

Lebanon: Since initiating its year-long study of global talent trends and strategies, Deloitte reveals in its latest research report that economic optimism has reached its highest level among surveyed executives since the study's inception. According to Deloitte's December 2009 survey, more than one-third of the 335 surveyed executives now believe the worst of the recession is behind us as companies look to move forward to find the right balance between offensive and defensive talent strategies. [AMEInfo.com]

Why is Lebanon's capital still a byword for chaos?

BEIRUT: A green card might be the solution for children and husbands of Lebanese women married to foreigners, according to a draft law presented by Kesrouan lawmaker Neamtallah Abi Nasr.

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?

Kuwaiti fund extends $5.6m for Lebanon project

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

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.

In 1937, when Rudy Hofer built a Tudor-style home in Mt. Lebanon, he installed a stained-glass window from Austria that honors his ancestor, Andreas Hofer, a 19th-century leader of the Tyrolean people.

Lebanon City Council unanimously voted Friday to raise the property tax by seven mills to balance the 2010 budget.

IRAN?S president said that if the Israelis launch a new war against Lebanon?s Hezbollah, the militant group should retaliate strongly enough to ?close their case once and for all?.

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

The Lost Son is the second effort from Team B, a New York-based act which includes members of Beirut, Arcade Fire, Stars Like Fleas and Jealous Girlfriends.

WASHINGTON - After seven frustrating years probing the deadly 2001 anthrax mailings, FBI officials formally closed the case Friday after concluding a government researcher, who was a native of Lebanon, acted alone in the attacks.

A Wounded Warrior program advocate has been added to the Lebanon VA Medical Center staff to assist wounded soldiers returning from recent deployments.

A Lebanese court on Thursday sentenced two men to death on charges of espionage and involvement in the killing of senior members of Lebanese and Palestinian resistance groups.

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Feb. 19 (UPI) -- The United States is reported to be ready to provide light attack aircraft to the Lebanese army and to establish an elite Special Forces unit, a major step toward boosting the military's now-feeble firepower.

DRUG smugglers in Beirut who hid a kilo of cocaine in fine tubes woven into a carpet destined for Australia were testing border protection controls.

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.

BEIRUT: When a university computer is no longer useful, where does it go? Until recently, the answer was to the scrap yard or the landfill. But now an initiative by the American University of Beirut (AUB) is giving old computers a new lease of life by donating them to underprivileged communities.

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.

*DMC Racing Products Finds New Home in New Lebanon **Race Parts Company Starts 9th Year in Business in New Location* *New Lebanon, NY* ? DMC Racing Products (DMC) has found a new home for its retail store, and it is 5.5 miles from the Lebanon Valley Speedway.

Beirut -- The United Nations' nuclear watchdog for the first time Thursday explicitly voiced concern that Iran is trying to make a nuclear bomb, amid signs of fraying relations between the agency's inspectors and authorities in the Islamic Republic.

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

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.

Lebanon Mayor Sherry Capello explained in her State of the City address Thursday that a tax increase is unavoidable to keep city government operating.

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 ...

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.

A retired member of Lebanon's Internal Security Forces was sentenced on Thursday to death for having spied for Israel and for his involvement in the murder of two Palestinian militant leaders.

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

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Feb. 18 (UPI) -- Israel has made comments about peace along the northern front as Hezbollah brags about its military capabilities, the Shiite resistance movement said.

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. ? Woodglen School held its annual spelling bee and will send its champion, eighth grader Valerie Noonan to the regional bee in Allentown, Pa.

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.

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]

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.

UN special coordinator for Lebanon Michael Williams ruled out an Israeli attack on Lebanon in the near future, local daily An-Nahar reported on Wednesday. Williams said that an Israeli war on Lebanon is not anytime soon, expressing "great satisfaction at the serious commitment from all concerned parties to UN Security Council Resolution 1701. " Williams' remarks come after Lebanese Hezbollah ...

Lebanese President Michel Suleiman on Wednesday called on France to interfere and exert pressure on Israel to put an end to its threats against Lebanon. Lebanese President's office announced in a statement that when meeting with visiting French senate President Gerard Larcher, Suleiman spoke about the issue of Israeli threats which constitute a clear violation of resolution 1701 and which affect ...

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.

Collusion. That's what it's all about. The United Arab Emirates suspect ? only suspect, mark you ? that Europe's "security collaboration" with Israel has crossed a line into illegality, where British passports (and those of other other EU nations) can now be used to send Israeli agents into the Gulf to kill Israel's enemies. At 3.49pm yesterday afternoon (Beirut time, 1.49pm in London), my ...

KingsWay Church will host the South Lebanon Chili Cookoff from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, Feb. 19 in the Gymnasium located next to the old South Lebanon Elementary School at 10 S.

A senior French politician urged Israel to exercise "great restraint" during a visit to Beirut on Wednesday, amid a war of words between the Jewish state and Lebanon's Shiite movement Hezbollah.

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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BEIRUT, Lebanon, Feb. 17 (UPI) -- Solar power modules installed at schools in Lebanon make up for electricity shortages plaguing the region since the Lebanese Civil War, officials said.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - 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.

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) -- Hezbollah's leader warned Israel yesterday that the militant group would fire rockets at Tel Aviv airport and other strategic targets if Israel's military strikes Lebanese infrastructure.

Source: Reuters BEIRUT, Feb 17 (Reuters) - 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 ...

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

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.

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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.

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.

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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 ...

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.

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.

Maj. Gen. Jessica Wright, adjutant general of Pennsylvania, accepted the Lebanon Valley College Founder's Day Award today on behalf of the state's 19,000 National Guard soldiers.

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

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.

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.

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.

A lieutenant-colonel in Lebanese Armed Forces was charged with the collaboration with Israel, the state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported Monday. The report said judge Sakr Sakr filed a lawsuit against lieutenant-colonel for collaboration with the Mossad (Israeli intelligence agency) by providing information on civil and military locations in July 2006 during the war between Israel and ...

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

The Lebanon School District stands to gain more than $4 million in funding under Gov. Edward Rendell's proposed basic education budget. But the district isn't spending that money just yet.

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 on Saturday handed over the bodies of 10 foreign victims killed in last month's Ethiopian plane crash.Ethiopian Airlines flight ET409, bound for Addis Ababa, crashed into the Mediterranean Sea on January 25 shortly after take-off from Beirut's Rafik Hariri International Airport. All 83 passengers and seven crew are presumed dead

SIDON, Lebanon (AFP) - At least two people were killed on Monday as clashes broke out between two rival factions in the volatile Palestinian refugee camp of Ain al-Helweh in southern Lebanon, officials said.

Beirut - A member of the mainstream Fatah movement and a civilian woman were killed when clashes erupted Monday inside the Palestinian refugee camp of Ain el Hilweh in southern Lebanon, Palestinian sources said. The clashes involved members from Fata...

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.

At least one person was killed on Monday as clashes broke out between two rival factions in the volatile Palestinian refugee camp of Ain al-Helweh in southern Lebanon, officials said.

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.

Lebanese troops opened fire Sunday on four Israeli warplanes that flew into Lebanese airspace, Lebanon's army said.

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

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.

Lebanese anti-aircraft guns opened fire on four Israeli warplanes which were violating its airspace at low altitude on Sunday, the military said.

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 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.

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.

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.

Ceremonies in Beirut Sunday marked the fifth anniversary of the assassination of former Lebanon Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, officials said. Hariri died in an explosion that left a 10-foot crater in a Beirut street.

Feb. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Tens of thousands of Lebanese rallied in Beirut today on the fifth anniversary of former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri?s killing, which sparked the so-called Cedar Revolution and ousted Syrian troops after three decades.

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.

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Feb. 14 (UPI) -- Ceremonies in Beirut Sunday marked the fifth anniversary of the assassination of former Lebanon Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, officials said.

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...

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.

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 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. Read more...

Thousands gathered in downtown Beirut on Sunday to mark the fifth anniversary of former Lebanon Prime Minister Rafik Hariri's assassination, a major event that altered the nation's political landscape.

Feb. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Thousands of Lebanese will rally in Beirut today on the fifth anniversary of former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri ?s killing, which sparked the so-called Cedar Revolution and the ousting of Syrian troops after three decades.

BEIRUT (AP) - Thousands of flag waving Lebanese are gathering in Beirut's main square to mark the fifth anniverary of the killing of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.

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.

JAFFAR Abdulqader inspired Bahrain to a come-from-behind 35-32 victory over Syria yesterday in the 14th Asian Men's Handball Championship in Beirut, reports Patrick Salomon.

An Ethiopian woman, a relative of a passenger of the Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed into the sea on January 25, reacts at Rafik Hariri University Hospital as the Ethiopian consulate receive the recovered bodies of five nationals who were killed in the plane, in Beirut, Lebanon.

Torbey made these remarks after meeting with Finance Minister Raya Haffar Hassan to discuss the financial situation of the government and efforts to reduce the budget deficit.

Washington, Feb 13 (PTI) US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Bill Burns will travel to Lebanon, Syria, Turkey and Azerbaijan from February 16 to 19.

(RTTNews) - U.S. President Barack Obama has assured his Lebanese counterpart Prime Minister Saad Hariri that his administration would provide support in bringing the killers of ex-premier and father of Saad, Rafiq Hariri, to justice.

The Bulldogs started the game exactly how they wanted to butneeded last-second heroics to hold off an inspired Lebanon squad inthe 61-58 Mid-Willamette boys basketball contest.

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.

Hillcrest high flyers Trey Starks and Dorial Green lead the Hornets past Lebanon, Willard survives a Tiger tangle in Republic, plus a pair of 3rd ranked teams in Walnut Grove and Dadeville survive Friday night affairs.

The presidents of Cyprus and Lebanon offered mutual support to solve the problems facing the two Mediterranean neighbors on Friday. Lebanese President Michel Sleiman, on a two-day official visit to Cyprus, met with his Cypriot counterpart Demetris Christofias. The two leaders later held a joint press conference and said their discussions covered issues concerning peace in the Middle East, Cyprus ...

The United States expressed readiness to provide Lebanon by 2013 with aircraft designed for light attack, the local daily As Safir reported Friday. The report said the Pentagon has proposed to provide Lebanon with Hawker-Beechcraft AT-6 or Embraer Super Tucano planes to improve its capabilities in reconnaissance missions and counter- insurgency operations, the report said. The proposal came ...

Washington - A top US diplomat will hold talks with the leaders of Lebanon and Syria next week, the State Department said Friday. Bill Burns, the US undersecretary of state for political affairs, will visit Lebanon on Tuesday for meetings with Presid...

President Barack Obama Friday told Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri that he strongly supports bringing to justice the killers of his father, ex-premier Rafiq Hariri, the White House said.

Young activists protested in the streets of Hamra, Beirut, Wednesday evening against Starbucks, a coffee shop they claim is supportive of Israel and Zionists. The protesters gathered in front of the coffee shop and raised Palestinian flags and banners condemning Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz

The Green Party of Lebanon distributed over 1,000 membership cards Sunday, almost a year after its foundation, during the party's first annual congress at the Monroe Hotel in Beirut.The congress was attended by representatives of the European Green Party, the Moroccan Environment and Sustainable Development Party, and the German Green Party as well as an array of Lebanese political and social ...

Five years after the slaying of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik al-Hariri, Syria is slowly regaining its influence in Beruit. Analysts believe Damascus now wields more diplomatic clout in Lebanon than it did before Hariri?s killing in a bomb attack in 2005.

BEIRUT ? Iran?s opposition protesters were reeling Friday a day after a ferocious security clampdown foiled their attempt to hold mass demonstrations, describing how government militiamen seemed to be everywhere on Tehran?s streets, swooping in to break up their gatherings.

A Canadian court set a June 14 extradition hearing Friday for Canadian-Lebanese national Hassan Diab, arrested 15 months ago for his alleged role in a 1980 Paris bombing that killed four people.

Beirut - Lebanese Health Minister Mohammed Jawad Khalife said Friday that 45 bodies had been retrieved and identified to date as passengers of the Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed off the coast of Lebanon on January 25. We have so far, through ...

SOUTH LEBANON - Village officials here have taken another step in meeting their goal of ?10 in 2010? when its planning commission gave conditional approval for a White Castle restaurant.

Michael Holbrook Penniman Jr was never going to look good on a billboard, so it was as the more modestly-named Mika (pictured) that the Beirut-born singer crashed into the top of the charts in 2007 with his number one single, Grace Kelly. Related Stories Roots/Folk Music 12/2/10 Classical Music 12/2/10

Iran's supreme leader has praised the massive turnout at the government-backed rally marking the 1979 Islamic Revolution and warned the West to stop putting obstacles in his country's path.

The Iranian security forces unleashed a crushing sweep against opposition protesters on Thursday as President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad used the 31st anniversary of the Islamic revolution to defy the West and boast his country was now a "nuclear state."

The Cornwall-Lebanon school board Monday night unveiled its 2010-11 preliminary budget, which calls for a 7.3 percent property-tax increase.

LEBANON ? Nominations for Lebanon ?s citizens of the year are dueby Monday, Feb. 15, according to Shelly Garrett, director of the Lebanon Area Chamber of Commerce.

Black box information shows that sabotage cannot be blamed for the crash of an Ethiopian airliner that killed 90 people when it plunged into the sea off Beirut last month.

Isang Pinay domestic helper ang inaresto ng Le banese police dahil sa umano?y pagpatay nito sa kapatid ng kanyang employer at sumugat sa 7-anyos na anak nito sa Lebanon.

Job seekers looking for part-time or seasonal work are invited to a job fair 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Feb. 17 in the multi-purpose room of the Lebanon Campus of HACC, 735 Cumberland St.

The cause of last month's Ethiopian Airlines crash into the Mediterranean appears to be neither a technical problem nor an explosion, a top Lebanese official said Thursday, without elaborating on what it actually could be.

LEBANON TWP. -- Melvin Beam Jr., 41, of Lebanon Township came to police headquarters at 5 p.m. Monday, Feb. 1, to post $400 bail for an outstanding traffic warrant originating from Wantage Sussex Court.

When Laurena Shultz noticed that many of the young people in the Mt. Lebanon Public Library were showing interest in all things Japanese, she decided to start a club where they could get together.

BEIRUT (AFP) - Five years after the slaying of Lebanese leader Rafiq Hariri, the ensuing "Cedar Revolution" that triggered the pullout of Syrian troops has lost steam and the harsh rhetoric against Damascus has been toned down.

Feb. 11 (Bloomberg) -- Ethiopian Airlines said it was too soon to exclude any possibility including sabotage as the cause of a Boeing Co. 737 crash that killed 90 people off the Lebanese coast last month.

MANILA, Philippines ? Authorities reportedly arrested a Filipino woman accused of killing her employer?s sister in Lebanon, an online news provider reported.

The Amerigroup Foundation has awarded a grant of $15,000 to the Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center. Given in recognition of the center's commitment to helping create and maintain healthy, safe communities, the grant will support the Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center's continued efforts to improve the lives of the people it serves on a daily basis.

BEIRUT: Lebanon?s prime minister voiced concern on Wednesday about ?escalating? Israeli war threats, and said his government will support Hezbollah if a new war breaks out with the Jewish state.

Even after fugitive hunters tracked down Yazeed Essa in Beirut, Lebanon, they still couldn't nab the former doctor accused of killing his wife, Rosemarie, with a cyanide pill. The Middle Eastern country does not share an extradition treaty with the United States, an FBI agent testified today in Essa's aggravated murder trial.

NICOSIA [MENL] -- Lebanon and Saudi Arabia have launched intelligence cooperation. Copyrights 2008, Middle East Newsline. All rights reserved.

NEW YORK, Feb. 10, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- The Amerigroup Foundation has awarded a grant of $15,000 to the Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center.

BEIRUT (AFP) - Divers retrieved on Wednesday the cockpit voice recorder from an Ethiopian jet that crashed off the Lebanese coast last month as officials warned against speculation about the cause of the disaster that killed 90 people.

Divers retrieved on Wednesday the cockpit voice recorder from an Ethiopian jet that crashed off the Lebanese coast last month killing 90 people, Transport Minister Ghazi Aridi said.

BEIRUT (AFP) - Divers retrieved on Wednesday the cockpit voice recorder from an Ethiopian jet that crashed off the Lebanese coast last month killing 90 people, Transport Minister Ghazi Aridi said.

LONDON (Reuters) - Israeli aircraft are making daily incursions into Lebanese air space, creating a very dangerous situation, Lebanon's Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri said in an interview broadcast on Wednesday.

Lebanon's prime minister voiced concern Wednesday about "escalating" Israeli war threats, and said his government will support the Shiite Muslim group Hezbollah if a new war breaks out with the Jewish state. Saad Hariri's comments come amid heightened tensions in the Middle East following some of the sharpest exchanges in years between Israel and its Arab neighbors. "We hear a lot of Israeli ...

BEIRUT - Lebanon's prime minister voiced concern Wednesday about "escalating" Israeli war threats,...

A senior Lebanese security official says search teams have retrieved the second black box belonging to the Ethiopian Airlines jet that crashed into the Mediterranean Sea last month.

BEIRUT - Lebanon's prime minister voiced concern Wednesday about "escalating" Israeli war threats, and said his government will support the Shiite Muslim group Hezbollah if a new war breaks out with the Jewish state.

Pembroke, N.H. -- Twelve different Raiders scored points -- and only three scored more than six -- as Lebanon improved its record to 16-0.

LONDON (Reuters) - Israeli aircraft are making daily incursions into Lebanese air space, creating a very dangerous situation, Lebanon's Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri said in an interview broadcast Wednesday.

Lebanon: World Trade Center Beirut announced that the 1st edition of 'Estate Lebanon: Lebanon Property Investment Forum' will be held at the Moevenpick Hotel in Beirut on the 2nd and 3rd of June 2010. [AMEInfo.com]

Lebanon's prime minister voiced concern Wednesday about "escalating" Israeli war threats, and said his government will support the Shiite Muslim group Hezbollah if a new war breaks out with the Jewish state. Saad Hariri's comments come amid heightened tensions in the Middle East following some of the sharpest exchanges in years between Israel and its Arab neighbors. "We hear a lot of Israeli ...

BEIRUT (AP) - Lebanon's prime minister voiced concern Wednesday about "escalating" Israeli war threats, and said his government will support the Shiite Muslim group Hezbollah if a new war breaks out with the Jewish state.

Germania verdichtet das Streckennetz Richtung Nahost weiter. Jetzt kommen neuen Routen ab Berlin und Dsseldorf nach Beirut hinzu.

LONDON, Feb 10 ? Israeli aircraft are making daily incursions into Lebanese air space, creating a very dangerous situation, Lebanon?s Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri said in an interview broadcast today. ?We hear a lot of Israeli threats day in and day out, and not only threats,? Hariri told the BBC. ?We see what?s happening on the ground and in our air space and what?s happening all the time ...

Israeli aircraft are making daily incursions into Lebanese air space, creating a very dangerous situation, Lebanon's Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri said in an interview broadcast Wednesday.

Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri voices concern about escalating Israeli threats but insists that Tel Aviv will be confronted by a united Lebanon if a war breaks out.

Lebanese President Michel Suleiman on Monday reiterated to Spanish King Juan Carlos his country's commitment to the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1701 as well as Lebanon's full support for UN Interim Forces in Lebanon (UNIFIL). Suleiman said in an official dinner held in honor of Spanish monarch that Lebanese-Spanish relations are developing, and Lebanon is grateful for the ...

Lebanese President Michel Suleiman said Monday that no one in Lebanon is planning to wage any aggression on Israel and Israel does not own any valid pretext to launch any attack, the country's state-run National News Agency reported. In remarks to a visiting delegation from the Lebanese Editors Syndicate in presidential palace near Beirut, Suleiman said that Israel always undermines the ...

BEIRUT ? Iran's move Tuesday to produce higher-grade uranium for a medical reactor prompted widespread international condemnation and an uncharacteristically harsh response by Russia, whose support is key to U.S. and Western efforts to impose tough new sanctions against the Islamic Republic.

Lebanon City Council got the ball rolling on raising property taxes Tuesday during a special afternoon meeting held in the Lebanon Municipal Building.

BEIRUT - AN ETHIOPIAN jet which crashed off Lebanon's coast last month exploded after take-off, Lebanon's health minister said on Tuesday in the first such official comment since the mysterious crash. Remarks by Jawad Khalifeh could not be immediately confirmed by other officials in Beirut and came as Ethiopian Airlines said one of the plane's black boxes has been sent to France for analysis.

BAHRAIN opened their campaign in the 14th Asian Men's Handball Championship yesterday with a resounding 30-19 victory over Iraq at Hatem Ashour Hall in Beirut, reports PATRICK SALOMON.

Agencies/Beirut An Ethiopian jet which crashed off Lebanon?s coast last month exploded after take-off, Lebanon?s health minister said yesterday in the first such official comment since the mysterious crash.

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Feb. 9 (UPI) -- Spain needs to take a leadership role as the rotating head of the European Union and call on Israel to stop its aggression against Lebanon, Beirut said.

A snow emergency has been declared in the city of Lebanon starting at 7 p.m. today, said Mayor Sherry Capello. No parking is permitted on designated snow emergency routes, except for the south side of Mifflin Street between Ninth and 10th streets.

Beirut - King Juan Carlos of Spain concluded a two-day visit to Lebanon Tuesday by visiting the headquarters of his country's UNIFIL contingent in southern Lebanon. We in Spain are determined to work with the countries concerned to reach a just and ...

BEIRUT (AFP) - An Ethiopian jet which crashed off Lebanon's coast last month exploded after take-off, Lebanon's health minister said on Tuesday in the first such official comment since the mysterious crash.

Beirut/Damascus - Lebanese Christians celebrated separately the 1600th anniversary of the death of the founder of the Maronite faith, Saint Maroun, Tuesday in two masses - one held in Beirut and the other in the Syrian city of Aleppo. The Maronites a...

Beirut/Damascus - A political spat between leading Lebanese Maronites threatened to overshadow the celebration of the 1,600th anniversary of the death of their religion's founder Tuesday. Maronite Christians marked the anniversary of St Maron's death...

?If Israel is attacked, we will not limit ourselves to only Hezballah targets?, the Israeli Haaretz newspaper quoted Barak as saying. He also reiterated previous Israeli threats that it would hold all of Lebanon responsible for any Hezballah attack.

What comment do you have about the crash of the Ethiopian airliner near Beirut Airport? We lost 54 fellow-citizens in that crash, a great loss. We extend our condolences to their families.

Large pipes are ready for installation in the field across from Lebanon Samaritan Community Hospital, where Samaritan HealthServices is building a medical school. Med students already aresending applications to the school in anticipation of itscompletion in 2011.

BEIRUT -- As Iran moved to enrich uranium to a higher level of purity and build new nuclear-fuel plants, U.S. and French defense officials suggested Monday that sanctions were needed to force Tehran to curb its nuclear program.

BEIRUT: The consolidated balance sheet of commercial banks operating in Lebanon shows that total assets reached $115.2 billion at the end of 2009, up 22.3 percent from the end of 2008, as reported by Lebanon This Week, the economic publication of the Byblos Bank Group.

BEIRUT: Telecommunications Minister Charbel Nahas pledged on Monday to provide all the facilities required to make Lebanon and especially Beirut a city center for all broadcasters? studios which have the capacity of providing the best technologies and most modern techniques.

Joining fellow city employees and about a dozen City of Lebanon Authority volunteers, public works director Gordon Kirkessner spent Friday night into Saturday afternoon plowing the 14 inches of snow Mother Nature dumped on the city's roadways.

The consolidated balance sheet of commercial banks operating in Lebanon shows that total assets reached $115.2 billion at the end of 2009, up 22.3 percent from the end of 2008, as reported by Lebanon This Week, the economic publication of the Byblos Bank Group. Private sector deposits totaled $95.8 billion, up 23.1 percent from the end of 2008

The Internal Security Forces arrested on Monday on the Zouk Mosbeh highway, east of Beirut, an individual charged with several arrest warrants for drug dealing and armed robberies. A statement by the ISF directorate said Monday security forces arrested a man identified as A.Z. for attempting acrobatic moves on his motor bike and endangering his life and that of other citizens

The flight recorders from the Ethiopian Airlines plane which crashed off the coast of Beirut were transported Monday to France, where investigators hope to unlock the secret of what caused the disaster.A team of specialists left Rafik Hariri International Airport at dawn with the black boxes on Prime Minister Saad Hariri's private plane, the National News Agency reported

A Canadian court on Monday set a tentative June extradition hearing for Canadian-Lebanese national Hassan Diab, arrested 15 months ago for his alleged role in a 1980 Paris bombing that killed four.

(AP:BEIRUT) Lebanese authorities say a black box recovered from the wreckage of the Ethiopian Airlines jet that crashed into the Mediterranean last month has been flown to France for analysis.

A snow emergency is still in effect in Lebanon until 5 p.m. today, as the city continues removing snow from some streets along snow emergency routes and city-owned parking lots on Monday. No parking is allowed along the routes during snow-removal operations.

Spanish king accompanied by FM will inspect his country?s UN troops in south of Lebanon.

Lebanon's marine commandos on Sunday recovered the black box of the Ethiopian Airlines jet that crashed into the Mediterranean last month, the Lebanese army said in a statement.

BEIRUT: In a possible move to deflect attention from Iran's political woes, the President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has ordered the nation's atomic energy agency to begin enriching uranium from 3.5 per cent to 20 per cent purity to serve as fuel for a Tehran medical reactor.

ANNVILLE - Since it was painted nearly 40 years ago, the mural that covers a wall in the dining room at the Lebanon Valley Home has faded.

Source: Reuters By Alistair Lyon, Special Correspondent BEIRUT, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Iranians are struggling over the legacy and even the legitimacy of an Islamic revolution that triumphed 31 years ago this week. No ...

The UK's largest exhibition devoted to the work of Don McCullin opens in Manchester this weekend. Arranged in honour of the photographer's 75th year, and featuring more than 200 of his most iconic images, Shaped By War will be at the Imperial War Museum North from 6 February to 13 June 2010. Take a sneak preview of the highlights here

The best of Isla Vista's pong players are heating up as the winter season of the I.V. Beer Pong League gets underway.

BEIRUT ? Search teams retrieved the flight recorders belonging to an Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed off the coast of Lebanon last month killing all 90 people on board, a Lebanese security official said yesterday.

"Iran cut ties with the British Museum on Sunday in protest at repeated delays in the loan to Tehran of an ancient Persian treasure." Beirut Star (AFP) 02/07/10

In the midst of a difficult season, Brendon Herr has found optimism.Not an easy task, considering the type of season the Lebanon Valley College men's ice hockey team has had to endure.But Herr, a New Holland native who was put in charge of the Flying Dutchmen's progam when head coach Ted Rus...

LEBANON?S marine commandos yesterday recovered the black box of the Ethiopian Airlines jet that crashed into the Mediterranean last month, the Lebanese army said.

BEIRUT -- Lebanese marine commandos on Sunday recovered the black box of the Ethiopian Airlines jet that crashed into the Mediterranean Sea last month, the Lebanese army said in a statement. The Boeing 737-800 crashed Jan. 25, minutes after taking off from Beirut during a fierce thunderstorm. All 90 people on board are believed to have died. The Lebanese military also said that eight more bodies ...

Search teams retrieved flight recorders belonging to an Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed off the coast of Lebanon last month killing all 90 people aboard

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Search teams retrieved on Sunday flight recorders belonging to an Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed off the coast of Lebanon last month killing all 90 people aboard.

Syria will support Lebanon in the event of any attack from Israel, President Bashar al-Assad told the speaker of Beirut's parliament on on Sunday, the official SANA news agency reported.

Lebanon says it has retrieved a black box from an Ethiopian Airlines jet that crashed in the sea killing 90 people, raising hopes of an answer to why the plane veered into a fierce storm.

Lebanon's marine commandos on Sunday recovered the black box of the Ethiopian Airlines jet that crashed into the Mediterranean last month, the Lebanese army said in a statement.

Lebanese authorities recover black box of sunken Ethiopian plane

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Search teams have retrieved a flight recorder belonging to an Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed off the coast of Lebanon last month killing all 90 people aboard.

Search teams have retrieved a flight recorder belonging to an Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed off the coast of Lebanon last month killing all 90 people aboard.

Feb. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Search crews have retrieved the black box from the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 that crashed into the sea off Beirut with 90 people on board last month, the Lebanese army said.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Search teams retrieved a flight recorder belonging to an Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed off the coast of Lebanon last month killing all 90 people aboard, the Lebanese Transport Minister said on Sunday.

Lebanon's army said Sunday it has retrieved a black box from an Ethiopian Airlines jet that crashed in the sea killing 90 people, raising hopes of an answer to why the plane veered into a fierce storm.

BEIRUT - A senior Lebanese army officer says marine commandos have pulled out the black box of the Ethiopian Airlines jet that crashed into the Mediterranean.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Search teams retrieved the flight recorders belonging to an Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed off the coast of Lebanon last month killing all 90 people on board, a Lebanese security official said on Sunday.

BEIRUT, Feb 7 ? Search teams retrieved the flight recorders belonging to an Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed off the coast of Lebanon last month killing all 90 people on board, a Lebanese security official said on Sunday. ?Lebanese navy commandos recovered the black boxes and they are in the navy base. They will be given to the investigating committee,? a security official told Reuters. The ...

Search teams retrieved the flight recorders belonging to an Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed off the coast of Lebanon last month killing all 90 people on board, a Lebanese security official said on Sunday.

Attorney George Mann says many of his citizenship clients have warts -- they entered the U.S. illegally, overstayed their visa or run afoul of the law. But not Naji Chammout. "His case is without blemish," Mann said of the 42-year-old Lebanese immigrant who lives in Dearborn.

The black box of an Ethiopian Airlines jet that crashed off the coast of Lebanon has been located.

Lebanon: Net profit of Jordan's Ahli Bank in 2009 rose 7.5% to JD18.65m, Reuters has reported. The lender's total income, including interest and commissions, dropped however to JD80m in 2009 from JD81m in 2008. Non-performing loans fell to 11.28% of the banks' total loans portfolio at end of December 2009 against 11.82% at the end of 2008. The bank has a regional presence in Lebanon, the Palestinian territories and Cyprus. [AMEInfo.com]

BEIRUT ? Searchers located the black boxes of an Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed in the sea off Lebanon last month killing 90 people, Transport Minister Ghazi Aridi said on Saturday.

Searchers yesterday located the black boxes of an Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed in the sea off Lebanon last month killing 90 people, Transport Minister Ghazi Aridi said.

Riveting is an understatement. The beautifully recounted stories about Beirut's Jews are enlightening, but beg for details about community members who decided to leave their...

BEIRUT Search crews have located the black box under parts of the tail of the Ethiopian Airlines jet that crashed into the Mediterranean Sea last month, Lebanon's transportation minister said S...

BEIRUT (AFP) - Searchers have located the black boxes of an Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed in the sea off Lebanon last month killing 90 people, Transport Minister Ghazi Aridi told AFP on Saturday.

BEIRUT (AFP) - Searchers have located the black boxes of an Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed in the sea off Lebanon last month killing 90 people, Transport Minister Ghazi Aridi told AFP on Saturday.

Searchers have located the black boxes of an Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed in the sea off Lebanon last month killing 90 people, Transport Minister Ghazi Aridi told AFP on Saturday.

Edmontons Lebanese community is gathering Saturday to mourn the victims of a Jan. 25 Ethiopian Airlines plane crash.

Search crews have located the tail of the Ethiopian Airlines jet that crashed into the Mediterranean last month and are getting closer to finding the plane's black box, Lebanon's transportation minister said Saturday. The Boeing 737 crashed Jan. 25 minutes after takeoff from Beirut in a fierce thunderstorm. All 90 people on board died. An army statement said crews that located parts of the ...

BEIRUT - Search crews have located the tail of the Ethiopian Airlines jet that crashed into the Mediterranean last month and are getting closer to finding the plane's black box, Lebanon's transportation minister said Saturday.

Search crews have located the tail of the Ethiopian Airlines jet that crashed into the Mediterranean last month and are getting closer to finding the plane's black box, Lebanon's transportation minister said Saturday. The Boeing 737 crashed Jan. 25 minutes after takeoff from Beirut in a fierce thunderstorm. All 90 people on board died. An army statement said crews that located parts of the ...

BEIRUT (AFP) - Searchers have located a large part of the fuselage of an Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed in the sea off Lebanon last month killing 90 people, Transport Minister Ghazi Aridi said on Saturday.

06 February 2010 The British Economist Group, a global leader in the communication field, announced the opening its regional representative office in Beirut under the administration of the "Alef Publishing and Media Company".

Search teams have identified the location of main segments of the Ethiopian Airlines plane that had crashed off the coast of Lebanon last month killing all 90 people on board

Lebanon's army says search crews have found parts of the Ethiopian Airlines jet that crashed into the Mediterranean last month and efforts are under way to retrieve them.

Washington has submitted to Damascus the name of its proposed new ambassador to Syria, the first since 2005, the country's foreign minister said, in the latest step toward improving ties between the t...

The head of the international tribunal on the assassination of Lebanon's former prime minister sought to reassure Lebanese this week that the investigation is on track, but there are growing concerns here that work is languishing in the case.

Source: Reuters BEIRUT, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Search teams have identified the location of main segments of the Ethiopian Airlines [ETHA.UL] plane that had crashed off the coast of Lebanon last month killing all 90 ...

Lebanon: LG Electronics, a global leader and technology innovator in consumer electronics, in partnership with SEALCO, LG's new exclusive distributor for CE products in Lebanon, announced the launching of a Free Service Campaign. [AMEInfo.com]

BEIRUT (AP) ? The head of the international tribunal on the assassination of Lebanon's former prime minister sought to reassure Lebanese this week that the investigation is on track, but there are growing concerns here that work is languishing in the case.

Search teams have identified the location of main segments of the Ethiopian Airlines plane that had crashed off the coast of Lebanon last month killing all 90 people on board, the Lebanese transport minister said on Saturday.

Northeast of Beirut and far from the coast's cloud of persistant pollution lays the village of Kfardebian.

Lebanon: Driven by Vice President for Medical Affairs and Dean of the Faculty of Medicine Mohamed Sayegh's vision for institutional expansion through local and regional medical bridges and in an effort to cater to all patient population groups in Lebanon, the American University of Beirut's Medical Center (AUBMC) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on February 5 highlighting a new affiliation with Najjar Hospital. [AMEInfo.com]

Relatives and friends of diver Albert Assal, one of the passengers killed in the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 that crashed on January 25, mourn over his coffin in Batroun village, north of Beirut, Lebanon.

Hizbullah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah warned Thursday against attempts to instigate sectarian strife, urging Lebanese not to jump to conclusions before investigations into security incidents are concluded. Addressing supporters via video link to mark the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, Nasrallah said the staged kidnapping of Majdel Anjar Imam Sheikh Mohammad Abdel-Fatah Majzoub

The vice president of the Higher Shiite Council "warned" the Lebanese state Friday against participating in next month's Arab League summit in Libya, while stressing that the council would continue to track Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi until the fate of Imam Musa Sadr was revealed.Gadhafi has been implicated in the 1978 disappearance of Sadr

"Lebanon played a pioneering role by being the first state in the Middle East and North Africa to sign" a key international document to combat torture, says Esther Schaufelberger, sipping coffee at the ESCWA building in downtown Beirut. But on the national level, much work remains to be done

The Institute of International Finance (IIF) revised upward its estimate for economic growth in Lebanon to 8.7 percent in 2009 from 6 percent previously.It said the new estimate is the highest growth rate in the region, and is an improvement over an already impressive real GDP growth rate of 8.2 percent in 2008, as reported by Lebanon This Week

Syrian President Bashar Assad has warned that civil war could return without warning to Lebanon, according to excerpts of an interview conducted by investigative journalist Seymour Hersh that were published in this week's issue of The New Yorker magazine."The civil war in Lebanon could start in days; it does not take weeks or months; it could start just like this," Assad told Hersh

While their home base is getting a new owner through bankruptcy proceedings, the 25 vendors Lebanon Farmers Market don?t expect to be going anywhere.

Since the famous Lebanese artist Elissa appeared on the entertainment show ?Akher Man Ya?lam? (The Last to Know), presented by the Yemeni artist Arwa on MBC, rumors have begun circulating about her weight gain.

Someone took about 98 cast iron risers from the City of Lebanon Water Authority property in the 2300 block of Ridgeview Road in North Cornwall Twp., police said Thursday. The theft occurred sometime between October 2009 and Feb. 4, police said.

Beirut - Juan Carlos, the Spanish king, will visit Lebanon later this month to hold talks with officials and inspect his country's peacekeepers - who now head the UN command in southern Lebanon, a Lebanese foreign ministry source said Friday. The kin...

CAIRO (Dow Jones)-- Orascom Telecom Holding Orascom Telecom Holding (ORTE.CI), the largest Arab mobile firm by subscribers, said Thursday that it was given an extension to the management contract of Alfa, one of the two Lebanese mobile telecommunications operators, for a period of six months ending 31 July, 2010.

Feb. 5 (Bloomberg) -- FFA Private Bank SAL, a Beirut-based investment bank, said 2009 net income rose 65 percent to 6.7 billion Lebanese pounds ($4.5 million) from a year earlier on improved asset management.

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

The Leader of the Lebanese Hezbollah movement Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah has expressed his support for Syria's anti-Israeli stance.

Jeddah schools to send under-16 rugby league team to Lebanon

A gift of 13 acres and two large buildings will allow Ozarks Technical Community College and the Lebanon area room to grow.

The saber-rattling between Israel and Lebanon ? which Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman extended to Syria ? has created an atmosphere similar to the one that preceded Israel's 1982 invasion.

The Council of Ministers has postponed the municipal elections by one month and put off the process of appointing new senior civil servants until a new procedure for doing this is elaborated. Is it a prelude to a postponement of such appointments?

LEBANON ? The renovation to the borough Municipal Building was expected to conclude this week, construction manager Dave Tillou said at the Wednesday, Jan. 20 Borough Council meeting.

A renewed flurry of threats and warnings between Israeli officials and the leaders of Lebanons militant Shiite organization Hezbollah have sparked a serious bout of war jitters on both sides of the border which are also threatening to draw in other regional players.

ABU DHABI ? A master chef who has pioneered Lebanese fusion cuisine has joined the stellar cast of Gourmet Abu Dhabi, which begins its 15-day run in the UAE capital today.

Lebanon Hills Regional Park, 860 Cliff Road, Eagan, will host an evening of candlelight skiing, snowshoeing and hiking from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 6. Candles will light about 1.5 miles of hiking and snowshoe trails and another 2.5 miles of cross-country ski trails.

Feb. 4 (Bloomberg) -- An Egyptian court delayed by a month its ruling on an appeal by billionaire Hisham Talaat Moustafa against a death sentence for his role in the murder of a Lebanese singer.

Two men sentenced to death for killing a Lebanese singer appeal against their convictions in an Egyptian court.

Radio 2GB and its star broadcaster, Alan Jones, have been forced to hand over the $10,000 in damages they were ordered to pay the Lebanese Muslim community leader Keysar Trad last year by the Administrative Decisions Tribunal, after failing to have the order stayed while they are appealing against the decision.

LEBANON TWP. -- Justin Kirberger, 18, of Port Murray was traveling northbound on Turkey Top Road when he ran off the left side of the roadway and struck a utility pole at 8:56 a.m. on Sunday, Jan. 24, police said.

FTI has launched a pioneering programme of package holidays for Lebanon to help re-establish the country on the world tourism map.

The rhetoric of Hamas, Hezbollah is reminiscent of the 1970s PLO and is repeated within another mini-state that is not taking Lebanese interests much into consideration, says Bechara Nassar Charbel .

Monica Oxenreiter, a sophomore at Mt. Lebanon High School, thinks big when it comes to raising money for diabetes research.

Will it be Gaza or Lebanon first? Israel is sending mixed messages, and deliberately so. Hamas, Hezbollah and their supporters understand well the Israeli tactic and must be preparing for the various possibilities.

The South Hills Panthers clashed with the Mt. Lebanon Hornets in a preliminary game at the PIHL Winter Classic held last week at South Park Outdoor Ice Rink. readmore

Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri said Wednesday the aim of the reconciliation with Syria "is to serve the interests of both countries." In an interview with "Monte Carlo Doualiya" radio and "France 24" TV, distributed by Hariri's press office in Beirut, Hariri explained that his recent visit to Syria in December, came in the framework of building a state-to-state relationship. "This is what I ...

The U.S. Postal Service has denied a petition to mint a postage stamp featuring the Beirut Memorial. The stamp would honor the 241 service members who died in the bombing in 1983.

LEBANON ? Wapiti Bowmen Inc., an archery club based in Lebanon ,will have its annual awards banquet at 5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 6, inthe Lebanon Senior Center, 80 Tangent St.

BEIRUT ? Iran announced that it fired a powerful rocket loaded with several live animals into space and unveiled a handful of other space technologies Wednesday, ahead of a nationalist holiday and amid heightened international concerns about Tehran's nuclear research and missile programs.

Before Lebanon self-destructed amid civil war in the mid-1970s, Beirut was the regional financial and services centre of the Arab world. Now, after more than 18 months of relative stability and having shown resilience during the global financial crisis, the country is considering how to recapture some of its former glory.

Times are tough for the Lebanon men?s basketball team.

BEIRUT ? In comments that could signal either a change of course or more diplomatic maneuvering, Iran's president said Tuesday that Tehran would be willing to ship enriched uranium abroad "for four or five months" in exchange for fuel for a Tehran medical reactor.

Lebanese Defense Minister Elias Murr is scheduled to visit Washington next week to discuss military cooperation, local daily As Safir reported Tuesday. The report said Murr will meet with the U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Defense Secretary Robert Gates and other Pentagon officials during his visit that will begin on Feb. 9. The Lebanese defense minister will be accompanied by a number ...

Lebanon: Rasamny-Younis Motor Company S.A.L. (Rymco launched the first "lease to own" program in Lebanon. The new revolutionary financing program enables customers to own their dream car by paying less. Customers will benefit from a low down payment and monthly payments that are lower than a regular 5-year financing plan. [AMEInfo.com]

Israel is in chronic violation of a 2006 cease-fire and continues to block the road to peace, the Lebanese Foreign Ministry said. Tensions between Lebanon and Israel over border issues escalated in summer 2009 with both sides blaming the other for undermining a 2006 cease-fire.

BEIRUT: Telecom Minister Charbel Nahas said Tuesday that taxes represent close to 65 percent of cellular charges and for this reason the government should separate the tax side from the commercial side if it wants to pursue privatization of the telecom in the future.

BEIRUT: Rasamny-Younis Motor Company SAL. today launched the first ?lease-to-own? program in Lebanon. The new financing program enables customers to own their dream car by paying less.

TEL AVIV [MENL] -- Israel's military has determined that the Iranian-sponsored Hizbullah was deploying throughout Lebanon. Copyrights 2008, Middle East Newsline.

Classes were canceled Tuesday at an elementary school in Lebanon, N.H., after vandals broke in overnight.

LEBANON ? Greta Pederson, a performing artist, songwriter andmusic educator, will perform at the Lebanon Public Library,Thursday, Feb. 4, for the 11 a.m. story time.

A body presumed to be one of the 90 people on board the Ethiopian airliner that crashed into the sea off Beirut nine days ago has been recovered, Lebanese officials said on Tuesday.

Beirut - Lebanon on Tuesday filed a complaint against Israel to the UN Security Council, protesting the kidnapping and torturing of a shepherd from southern Lebanon, a Lebanese Foreign Ministry source said. Israel allegedly snatched Rabih Zahra from ...

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Feb. 2 (UPI) -- Israel is in chronic violation of a 2006 cease-fire and continues to block the road to peace, the Lebanese Foreign Ministry said.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday accused Lebanon of allowing Hezbollah to develop its military force by smuggling weapons in violation of a UN resolution.

BEIRUT (AP) ? A Lebanese forensics team has returned from Ethiopia with DNA samples from relatives to help identify victims of the Ethiopian Airlines plane crash last week south of Beirut, officials said Tuesday.

BEIRUT, Feb 02, 2010 (AFP) - A body presumed to be one of the 90 people on board the Ethiopian airliner that crashed into the sea off Beirut nine days ago has been recovered, Lebanese officials said on Tuesday.

A Lebanese forensics team has returned from Ethiopia with DNA samples from relatives to help identify victims of the Ethiopian Airlines plane crash last week south of Beirut, officials said Tuesday. The Boeing 737 crashed into the Mediterranean Sea on Jan. 25 just minutes after takeoff from Beirut in a fierce thunderstorm. All 90 people on board were presumed dead and the plane's black box and ...

BEIRUT - A Lebanese army official said Monday a vessel carrying a submarine is on its way to help in the search for an Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed last week south of Beirut.

02 February 2010 BEIRUT -- Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED) announced here Tuesday that it will provide a USD 18 million loan to Lebanon to finance the construction of a water dam and tank in Falougha area in Mount Lebanon.

Lebanon: LG Electronics, a global leader and technology innovator in consumer electronics and mobile communication, announced the launch of its new partnership with SEALCO during a ceremony that took place at the Emirates Hall of the Habtoor Hotel, in Beirut. [AMEInfo.com]

BEIRUT, Feb 2 (Bernama) -- A US submarine will join the search work of an Ethiopian airliner which crashed into the Mediterranean sea off Lebanon's coast a week ago, China's Xinhua news agency cited a Lebanese daily as reporting on Tuesday.

01 February 2010 BEIRUT -- Kuwait has now contributed a total of USD 300 million to reconstruction efforts in Lebanon following the Israeli war on the country in the summer of 2006.

Lebanon: A year in review 2009

Lebanon: Kuwait based, regional carrier Jazeera Airways, is officially now the sixth largest carrier operating to and from Lebanon, according to the latest flight and passenger figures for 2009 released by Rafic Hariri International Airport in Beirut. [AMEInfo.com]

BEIRUT: Figures released by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) show that Lebanon?s external debt totaled $25.5 billion at the end of September 2009, ranking it in 41st place globally and in 14th place among developing countries with available figures.

Lebanese President Michel Suleiman stressed on Monday the necessity of keeping the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) independent from any pressures, the president's office announced in a statement. Suleiman met with the president of the STL, Judge Antonio Cassese, at the presidential palace in Baabda near Beirut. The statement noted that Cassese informed the Lebanese president "about the steps ...

An economic summit aimed at finding ways to bring $1 million in new income to the city of Lebanon will be held from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. March 26 at the Lebanon Quality Inn.

In the Middle East, Dubai has replaced Beirut as the place where deals are done, secrets are sold and scores are settled.

LEBANON, Ore. - A child in a stroller was hit and killed by a commercial truck Monday morning on Highway 99E near Highway 34 in the area of Lebanon. Emergency crews are on the scene. Northbound lanes of Highway 99E are blocked.

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- Israeli forces on Monday handed over a Lebanese shepherd who strayed across the border to U.N. officials, but not before cease-fire concerns were raised.

BEIRUT, Feb 1 (Reuters) - Below is a table of the latest Lebanese economic statistics.

A Lebanese army official said Monday a vessel carrying a submarine is on its way to help in the search for an Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed last week south of Beirut.

BEIRUT (AFP) - The president of a UN tribunal set up to investigate the murder of former Lebanese premier Rafiq Hariri on Monday met President Michel Sleiman and other officials on his first visit to Lebanon.

Faud Siniora, the president of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Lebanon has hailed the rewarding collaboration that has been the key to the relationship between The Gambia and Lebanon.

Israel on Monday handed over to UN peacekeepers a young Lebanese shepherd who was arrested near the border in southern Lebanon at the weekend, a Lebanese army spokesman said.

Israel on Monday handed over to UN peacekeepers a young Lebanese shepherd who was arrested in the occupied Shebaa Farms in southern Lebanon at the weekend, a Lebanese army spokesman said.

The Lebanese army says that Israel has handed over to UN peacekeepers a young Lebanese shepherd who was abducted at the weekend.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - For once the world is attending to Yemen, thanks to a botched al Qaeda attack on a U.S. airliner.

BEIRUT: After a late start to the winter, skiers finally flocked to Lebanese ski resorts for the second weekend in a row. Visiting resorts in Kfardebian on Sunday, Tourism Minister Fadi Abboud officially declared the country?s skiing season open and urged safety measures to be enforced.

Mt. Lebanon 's first defeat of the season gave boys basketball coach Joe David an opportunity to see what his team lacks in its quest to win WPIAL and PIAA championships.

The Lebanese army announced Sunday that Israeli soldiers have abducted a Lebanese citizen in southern Lebanon near its border with Israel. "An Israeli patrol abducted at 13:45 (11:45 GMT) the Lebanese citizen Rabih Mohammad Zahra in the vicinity of Boustra Farm near Kfarshouba," said the army in a statement. It added that "the Lebanese army and the UN peacekeepers ( UNIFIL) are holding talks to ...