LEBANON - More than 70 public employees gathered at Lebanon's main intersection Monday to flash protest signs against Ohio's proposed bill to curtail public union powers.

  

LEBANON - Area school teachers amassed at Broadway and Main Street Monday to protest Senate Bill 5, a proposal that targets the collective bargaining process for public employee unions.Holding signs and chanting 'kill the bill,' about 100 protesters, many who had just left their classrooms for the day, drew attention and some honks from passing motorists during the afternoon rush hour.

  

Lebanon: In a promising endeavor that would revolutionize the world of Telecommunications in Lebanon, Alfa, the first Lebanese mobile operator managed by Orascom Telecom Holding, and Ericsson, the world's leading telecom services provider, announced earlier this month that they have signed a partnership agreement for the deployment of the third-generation mobile communication technology (3G) in Lebanon. [AMEInfo.com]

  

Mass transit advocates say the plan represents smart thinking about growth as gas prices climb and traffic gridlock gets more intense.

  

The cutoff could force surrounding hospitals in the South Bronx to absorb hundreds, and perhaps thousands, of baby deliveries a year.

  

BEIRUT: Two people died after being swept out to the sea by an enormous wave on Beirut's seafront over the weekend, the state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported. A security source told The Daily Star that a 30-year-old man identified as Toufiq Mohammad Abdo Saidoun and his aunt Rana Mohammad Dib Hattab were hit by a strong wave while

  

BEIRUT: The leader of a Bahraini opposition group returned home from exile Saturday after he was held for several days by Lebanese authorities. Prior to his departure from Beirut's Rafik Hariri International Airport, Hassan Mushaimaa, the leader of the Shiite Haq movement, said he was returning to Bahrain after more than eight months of exile to join efforts

  

Hundreds of people marched yesterday in Beirut demanding an end to Lebanon's confessional system, mobilised by a call posted on Facebook. 'The revolution is everywhere...

  

Hundreds have taken to the streets of the Lebanese capital, Beirut, to protest at the decades-long exclusion of democracy in the appointment of the country's political leaders.

  

Beirut - Some 1,500 people on Sunday took part in a march in the Lebanese capital Beirut to call for an end to the interplay between religion and politics in their country's political system.

  

About 500 people waving flags and chanting for national unity have gathered in Beirut in a protest inspired by the wave of demonstrations across the Middle East.

  

BEIRUT - About 500 people waving flags and chanting for national unity have gathered in Beirut in a protest inspired by the wave of demonstrations across the Middle East.

  

LEBANON, ME (NEWS CENTER) -- Fire crews were busy Saturday dealing with a fire that was sparked by a propane leak. The fire destroyed a house that was home to a man that has lived there for more than half his life.

  

BEIRUT - A prominent Bahraini opposition leader was returning home Saturday after months of exile, and urged the rulers of the tiny Gulf nation to be responsive to demands for more political freedoms.

  

A 26-year-old Lebanon man died late Thursday after he lost control of his car on wet pavement and ran head-on into a tractor-trailer rig, the Missouri Highway Patrol reported.

  

BEIRUT: Two Lebanese nationals living in Libya returned home Friday but many more remain stranded in crisis-stricken Libya as authorities there rejected a Lebanese request to send an aircraft to evacuate its citizens.

  

Lebanon's Prime Minister-designate Najib Mikati on Friday stressed the necessity to expedite the cabinet formation process so as to save Lebanon from "dangerous" threats.

  

BEIRUT: Central Beirut office rents held steady in 2010, but an increasing number of tenants are moving to areas with better rental deals, according to the 2011 survey of the world's most expensive office locations by property consultants Cushman & Wakefield (CW). The report, which was published by Bank Audi's Lebanon Weekly Monitor, ranked central Beirut 28th

  

BEIRUT: As the Lebanese basketball league's 'Final Eight playoff' reaches its climax, so does the hype around each game with only two rounds yet to play. Outside of the top four teams, only Anibal Zahle still have a chance to qualify for the league semifinals, although they may have left themselves too much to do with fourth place Mouttahed Tripoli playing

  

Beirut - Libyan authorities denied a Lebanese plane permission to land in Tripoli on Friday, state media reported, complicating the evacuation of Lebanese living and working in the country.

  

A Lebanese native charged with helping to finance the extremist group Hezbollah arrived in Philadelphia late Thursday after his extradition from Paraguay, U.S. law enforcement sources said.

  

BEIRUT: Rony Rizk pulls up at an empty gas station Thursday and begs station workers to give him just LL5,000 of gasoline. His gas tank was nearly empty when he learned that fuel importers had decided to stop supplying gas stations earlier in the day.

  

BEIRUT: President of the Gas Stations Syndicate Sami Brax said Thursday that 60 percent of gas stations in Beirut have shut down due to a shortage in gasoline reserves following the halt of fuel supply by fuel importing companies.

  

The Lebanese stood in long queues at gas stations across the country Thursday with oil importing companies threatening to cut the supply to distributors.

  

Longtime Lebanon Daily News sports writer and political columnist Dan Sernoffsky passed away Wednesday. He had been battling cancer for more than a year.

  

Paraguay extradited three Lebanese men to the United States on Thursday - two on drug trafficking charges and another who faces trial in Philadelphia for allegedly selling stolen cell phones and used cars to raise funds for extremist activities in Lebanon.

  

Vatican City - Pope Benedict XVI and Lebanese President Michel Sleiman on Thursday expressed the need for an end to the unrest currently sweeping several Arab nations.

  

LEBANON - Students in Lebanon City Schools next year will find that letter grades aren't what they used to be.The school board unanimously approved a measure Tuesday that changes the district's eight-point grading scale to a 10-point grading scale. That means there are two more percentage points per letter grade. If a student earns a 90 or 91 percent on a test next year, the student will receive ...

  

A hardline Bahraini opposition figure seeking to return home after a week of anti-government protests is stranded in Beirut after Lebanese authorities seized his passport a Lebanese judicial source said on Thursday.

  

LEBANON 46, MEADOWDALE 37: Ten Lebanon players scored in Wednesday's Division I sectional tournament semifinal win in Miamisburg. Maria Rotello led the 16th-seeded Warriors with a game-high 13 points. Ashley Heard led no. 13 seed Meadowdale with 12 points. Lebanon will face top-seeded Fairmont in the sectional final, at 3:30 p.m. Saturday in Miamisburg.

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Feb. 23 (UPI) -- Dialogue is the best way to usher in the spirit of reconciliation in a new Lebanese government, the U.N. special envoy to Beirut said.

  

BEIRUT - Lebanon refused earlier this week to grant landing rights to a private plane transporting the Lebanese wife of one of the sons of embattled Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, a security official told AFP on Wednesday.

  

BLOUNTVILLE - A Lebanon man has been indicted for allegedly speeding through a Bristol park, then pulling a knife on a security guard and nearly running over two bystanders in an attempt to flee the scene.

  

BEIRUT: Jordanian authorities have suspended power supply to Lebanon due to the disruption of regional gas pipelines, according to a statement issued Tuesday by Lebanon's state-run power company, Electricity du Liban.

  

BEIRUT: The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority confirmed Tuesday that Libya has been jamming Lebanese news channels. "It turned out that the jamming likely came from a Satellite News Gathering base present outside Lebanese territories, and specifically inside Libyan territories, especially as the area covered by network provider Arabsat

  

BEIRUT: A man was wounded and four others suffered bruises in a stampede that broke out when supporters of caretaker Prime Minister Saad Hariri clashed with followers of Shaker Berjawi, head of a small pro-Syrian leftist group. The fistfight broke out after the Shaker's followers attempted to rip off a portrait of Hariri in the Beirut neighborhood

  

A 33-year-old Lebanon woman was robbed at about 7 p.m. on Feb. 21, near the downtown post office in Corvallis.

  

Two US senators said on Tuesday that Washington's relations with Lebanon's future government would hinge on whether it respects the findings of a UN tribunal probing the murder of ex-premier Rafiq Hariri.

  

LEBANON - A man accused of the vehicular homicide of a well-known Lebanon mentor and teacher waived his right Tuesday to a jury trial.Douglas Allison Jr., 42, of Lebanon will face a bench trial Thursday on charges of aggravated vehicular homicide, a second-degree felony and vehicular homicide, a fourth-degree felony.

  

The Lebanese government owns the country's two mobile networks and signs management concessions with outside companies. It has been trying to sell the networks for many years, but political strife in the country has prevented the Parliament from passing the necessary laws.

  

BEIRUT - U.S. Senators John McCain and Joseph Lieberman say Washington is watching to see whether Lebanon's future government will respect the findings of a U.N. tribunal investigating the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.

  

Beirut - The Lebanese aviation authorities refused to give permission for a private Libyan jet carrying 10 passengers to land at Beirut's international airport.

  

LEBANON - Three people were arrested and face drug charges following police raid Friday morning at 566 E. Oak St., where they live.

  

LEBANON - A Lebanon man could face up to 20 years in prison after being charged with having child pornography, according to the U.S. Attorney's office.Jovanni Mangotti, 38, 17 Blackburn St., was arrested in his home by Lebanon Police on Feb. 7 after the Southern Ohio district of the United States District Court charged him with three counts of possessing child pornography, according to Fred ...

  

BEIRUT: Lebanese parties condemned Monday the Libyan regime's violent attacks against its people and voiced support for the popular uprising against Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's "corrupt rule." As Lebanese factions across the political spectrum stressed their belief that the Libyan people would emerge victorious, they urged any new authority

  

BEIRUT: Bank of Beirut has acquired 85 percent of the Australian Laiki Bank as part of its expansion, the bank announced Monday. Informed sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, told The Daily Star that the acquisition is worth more than $420 million, including plans to invest in the acquired bank in Australia. "This is one of the most important acquisitions

  

LEBANON - A Lebanon man could face up to 20 years in prison after being charged with having child pornography, according to the U.S. Attorney's office.Javonni Mangotti, 38, 17 Blackburn St., was arrested in his home by Lebanon Police on Feb. 7 after the Southern Ohio district of the United States District Court charged him with three counts of possessing child pornography, according to Fred ...

  

Beirut - Lebanese television broadcasters - mainly those loyal to Hezbollah - accused Libya on Monday of jamming their stations reporting on the bloody crackdown on protesters in the North African country.

  

BEIRUT: Lebanese satellite news channels were hit as part of a sustained blocking attack which jammed several regional stations over the weekend, preventing the broadcast of pictures showing unrest and violence in Libya.

  

BEIRUT - Officials says Libya is jamming some Lebanese TV stations because of their reporting on the bloody crackdown on protesters in the North African country.

  

A Lebanese military court sentenced a man convicted of spying for Israel to death.

  

BEIRUT (Zawya Dow Jones)--Lebanon's current hotel occupancy and revenues have plummeted more than 50% compared with the year earlier due to political instability in the country, Beirut-based An Nahar daily reports Saturday, citing an official.

  

BEIRUT: Abir Ghattas hurriedly makes a Skype call to her friend Mohammed to learn about the latest from Tahrir Square in Cairo, where huge demonstrations spurred nationwide protests that led to the ouster of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.

  

The parents of a 10-year-old boy are threatening legal action after they say their son was burned at school, but they were never notified.

  

LEBANON - Following nearly an hour of passionate debate, the Lebanon School Board voted 3-2 Thursday to commit $500,000 toward construction of a new track and an artificial-turf field at Lebanon High School.

  

A Lebanese military court sentenced a man to death on charges of spying for Israel's Mossad and providing the agency with information on the militant group Hezbollah, a judicial official said Friday.

  

A Lebanese military court has convicted a man of spying for Israel and sentenced him to death.

  

A recent poll suggests the majority of the Lebanese public supports the resistance movement of Hezbollah and the country's new Prime Minister Najib Mikati.

  

BEIRUT: The owner of what was to become a novel, women-only Internet cafe has now reneged on his original decision, after deciding that there was not enough demand for the idea.

  

BEIRUT: Metn MP Nabil Nicolas said Wednesday that if the government had paid judges in Lebanon, they would have been more effective than the ones in the Special Tribunal for Lebanon.

  

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah warned Israel on Wednesday that the militant group would avenge the death of slain commander Imad Moughniyeh, who was killed in a bombing in Damascus three years ago.

  

Beirut - Sami Shehab, the head of the Hezbollah cell in Egypt who had fled the country during the recent Cairo unrest, appeared Wednesday at a rally in Beirut's southern suburbs.

  

Lebanon: Dr Charbal Nahas, Minister for Telecoms in Lebanon, prior to the collapse of government in the country recently, talks to AMEinfo's Peter Ward at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona about the introduction of a 3G network in the country and the current state of the telecommunications industry. [AMEInfo.com]

  

LEBANON - Lebanon High School athletic director Joe Roberts turned in his letter of resignation on Wednesday, effective April 1.Roberts, who has served as the school district's athletic director for the past five years, is leaving to pursue a business opportunity in the private sector.

  

The U.N.-backed Lebanon tribunal handed down a key procedural ruling on Wednesday to settle legal points as it considers whether to confirm a charge sheet over the assassination of former premier Rafik al-Hariri.

  

Lebanon: In its continuous innovative drive, PowerMe Mobile, a provider of carrier-grade mobile messaging solutions, will unveil many new products in the one-to-many communication ecosystem at the coming Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain (Hall 1 G69) [AMEInfo.com]

  

Some say it's the cradle of public dissent in the Middle East, but with 18 distinct factions don't expect a unified uprising.

  

Lebanon School District administrators and the school board are apprehensively awaiting word on how much state education funding the district will receive next year.

  

BEIRUT: Roughly $3 billion in Lebanese investments have been dealt a hard blow by strikes and demonstrations that have gripped Egypt over the last 20 days, investors said Monday. "It's too early to quantify what the losses are, but if the government doesn't put an end to the strikes anytime soon the losses will be massive," said Salah Osseiran, chairman of BPC Holdings

  

BEIRUT: Ahmad Naaman left his north Lebanon village in Akkar and headed to Beirut Monday to take part in a ceremony to mark the sixth anniversary of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri's assassination. "I came to stand by the side of [caretaker Prime Minister] Saad [Hariri] for the sake of truth. God willing, truth will come," he told The Daily Star

  

A UN-backed international tribunal examining the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri threatens a fragile stability in Lebanon, where the government of Hariri's son recently fell over disputes about the tribunal's role.

  

Lebanon's outgoing premier Saad al-Hariri, toppled last month by Hezbollah and its allies, said on Monday his "March 14" coalition would go into opposition, marking an end to efforts to form a broad-based government.

  

Tens of thousands of Lebanese have gathered in Beirut's Biel center to mark the sixth anniversary of the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri.

  

Saad Hariri announced on Monday's sixth anniversary of his father's murder that he will lead Lebanon's new opposition against a government his pro-West camp says will be under Hezbollah command.

  

Six years after the murder of his father, Lebanon's outgoing premier Saad Hariri was on Monday to announce a shift into opposition ranks.

  

Six years after the murder of his father, Lebanon's outgoing premier Saad Hariri was Monday to announce a shift into opposition ranks after Hezbollah forced the collapse of his frail government.

  

BEIRUT: Lebanese parties across the political spectrum have hailed the popular uprising in Egypt and agreed that it will provide the foundations for the reinforcement of Cairo's role as a major Arab player.

  

US President Barack Obama has urged the Lebanese govt to co-operate with a UN investigation the assassination of Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.

  

The February 14, 2005 assassinations of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri and 22 others with a car bomb in downtown Beirut changed Lebanon forever. The assassination of "Mr Lebanon" reminded all Lebanese of the fragility of their pluralistic system.

  

LEBANON - The air we breathe is composed mostly of nitrogen, and the color of blood changes deep underwater from red to green.Those were among the surprising facts that impressed third- and fourth-graders during a recent science lab at Lebanon Christian School.

  

On a pedestrianized street in central Beirut, there are nine silver footprints set in the pavement. They mark the steps of Rafik Hariri after he left one of his favorite cafes opposite Lebanon's parliament on February 14, 2005.

  

Revelers swept joyously into the streets across the Middle East yesterday after Hosni Mubarak stepped down as Egypt's president. From Beirut to Gaza, tens of thousands handed out candy, set off fireworks, and unleashed celebratory gunfire, and the governments of Jordan, Iraq, and Sudan sent their blessings.

  

BEIRUT, Feb 11, 2011 (AFP) - Lebanon's Hezbollah on Friday congratulated Egyptians on their "historic victory" after president Hosni Mubarak's ouster and invited its supporters to join in a mass celebration.

  

BEIRUT -- Across the Arab world on Friday, thousands of people poured into the streets to celebrate the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt after nearly three weeks of demonstrations against his almost 30-year rule.

  

Lebanese groups from all across the political spectrum on Friday saluted the Egyptian people after the ouster of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak following 18 days of popular protests.

  

BEIRUT - Revelers swept joyously into the streets across the Middle East on Friday after Hosni Mubarak stepped down as Egypt's president. From Beirut to Gaza, tens of thousands handed out candy, set off fireworks and unleashed celebratory gunfire, and the governments of Jordan, Iraq and Sudan sent their blessings.

  

The president of the UN-backed Lebanon tribunal said on Friday he expected the prosecutor to submit more indictments.

  

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 (UPI) -- A top U.S. State Department official said Beirut will be judged by its actions, though a senior lawmaker said the rise of Hezbollah was a key policy failure.

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Celebrations erupted across the Middle East on Friday after Hosni Mubarak stepped down as Egypt's president. From Beirut to Gaza, people rushed into the streets, handing out candy, setting off fireworks and shooting in the air.

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) -- Celebrations erupted across the Middle East on Friday after Hosni Mubarak stepped down as Egypt's president. From Beirut to Gaza, people rushed into the streets, handing out candy, setting off fireworks and shooting in the air.

  

Beirut - Lebanon's Central Bank Governor, Riad Salameh, Friday disputed claims by the United States that a Lebanese bank is laundering money for drugs traffickers.

  

The governor of Lebanon's Central Bank says a local bank the U.S. government claims was involved in money laundering abides by local and international laws.

  

DUPO' Alyssa Brammeier is proof of the power of persistence.

  

Editor's note: The following is the full statement from the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Public Affairs. WASHINGTON: The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced Thursday the identification of The Lebanese Canadian Bank Lebanese Canadian Bank SAL together with its subsidiaries ( LCB LCB ) as a financial institution of primary money laundering concern under Section 311 of the USA PATRIOT ...

  

Beirut financial institution accused of involvement in drug trafficking scheme that benefited Hezbollah

  

The bank is being accused by U.S. law enforcement agencies of laundering hundreds of millions of dollars every month for an international drug ring.

  

A Lebanese bank with links to Canada is being accused by U.S. law enforcement agencies of laundering hundreds of millions for an international drug ring with ties to Hezbollah.

  

The United States Thursday accused the Beirut-based Lebanese Canadian Bank of laundering money for alleged cocaine trafficker Ayman Joumaa, and linked the Islamist movement Hezbollah to the bank's illegal activities.

  

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 (UPI) -- Washington must do more to support democratic institutions in Lebanon because of the Beirut "takeover" by Iran, Syria and Hezbollah, a U.S. lawmaker said.

  

The operators of Lebanon Raceway on Thursday blasted plans by Penn National Gaming to build a new thoroughbred horse racing track in north Dayton on the grounds of a former Delphi Corp. automotive plant. 'We will strongly oppose' Penn National?s...

  

BEIRUT - Lebanon's highest Sunni Muslim authority on Thursday warned the next cabinet against abandoning the UN-backed tribunal investigating the 2005 murder of former prime minister Rafiq Hariri.

  

A Lebanese bank was accused by the U.S. government Thursday of laundering hundreds of millions of dollars in drug profits for a cocaine smuggling organization with ties to Hezbollah, the militant Lebanese group the U.S. has...

  

BEIRUT - Lebanon's top Sunni religious authority has cautioned the new prime minister against abandoning co-operation with an international tribunal investigating the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.

  

U.S. Treasury has accused the bank - once owned by RBC - of international money laundering and having ties with Hezbollah

  

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) - The Treasury Department moved on Thursday to cut off access to U.S. financial markets for The Lebanese Canadian Bank, a private bank based in Beirut, for alleged money laundering activities. Treasury has the power under the Patriot Act to require U.S. banks to distance themselves from any financial institution deemed a primary laundering concern. Treasury said it ...

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Feb. 9 (UPI) -- A representative government in Beirut would find it hard to back from an international investigation into the death of one its leaders, a U.S. official said.

  

A rise in gangs stealing debit cards from cashpoints in Kingston town centre has been reported by police.

  

One person landed in jail Monday and another was ticketed after Lebanon police raided a home on East Oak Street.

  

An Australian-Lebanese group has called on NSW Maritime to change a jet ski safety campaign it says encourages racial profiling.

  

A national Australian-Lebanese group has called on New South Wales Maritime to change a jet-ski safety awareness campaign, which it says discriminates against ethnic communities and encourages racial profiling.

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Feb. 8 (UPI) -- Talks to form a coalition government in Lebanon with members of the Western-backed March 14 alliance ended in a stalemate, a lawmaker said.

  

Lebanese prime minister designate Najib Mikati is soon to complete his cabinet, which will include the Hezbollah-led camp and technocrats but exclude the pro-West wing, an official said Tuesday.

  

Erbil - The "Erbil Rotana" hotel which belongs to the Rotana Lebanese Group Companies was opened by the President of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Barham Saleh.

  

BEIRUT: A delegation from Lebanon's Civil Aviation General Directorate returned to Lebanon at dawn Monday after a short visit to Iraq where they received the black box of a private jet that crashed last week, killing seven people, including three Lebanese.

  

Some analysts say the Shiite Hezbollah movement has gained ground politically, economically, socially and culturally. But its image could be badly tarnished if the group's members are indicted in the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.

  

The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah militant group said Monday the unrest in Egypt will transform the Middle East by pushing out a regime that has maintained peace with Israel.

  

Beirut - The leader of pro-Iran militant Shiite group Hezbollah, Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah, called Monday on Egyptian protesters to continue demonstrating and "change the face of the world."

  

The political turmoil in Lebanon has delayed Israeli plans to pull out of the northern part of a village straddling the countries' border, an Israeli official said Monday.

  

Beirut, February 7, 2011 Credit Suisse Credit Suisse was named the best private bank in Lebanon by Euromoney magazine, a leading publication for the global banking and capital markets.

  

Israel has frozen plans to withdraw from a village along the border with Lebanon, an official source said on Monday, due to the political turmoil which last month toppled the government in Beirut.

  

BEIRUT: For Rudy Karam, looking for an apartment in Beirut was a depressing exercise. The best deal the 32-year-old sales representative found was a decrepit one-bedroom flat renting for $1,000 in the trendy neighborhood of Gemmayzeh. "The tiles were falling down, there was no hot water and the refrigerator was in the living room," he says. So Karam

  

BEIRUT: Young volunteers from across the country were urged Sunday to step up and get involved in the Global Youth Service Day. Organized by a collection of schools, universities and civil society groups, the three-day event scheduled for April 15-17 calls on young people to personally identify and ultimately solve problems in their community. "If you

  

"I implore God Almighty to protect Lebanon and all Arab countries without exception. I call on Lebanese to hold prayers and supplications in memory of martyr

  

Lebanon's caretaker Telecoms Minister Charbel Nahas has confirmed news saying that the presence of an American warship has caused distortion in its internet system.

  

Lebanon: Mohammad Hout, chairman of Middle East Airline, has said the Lebanese carrier lost between $7m and $8m last month due to the deep political crisis in the country, the Daily Star has reported. "We haven't had such a loss since the Israeli war on Lebanon in 2006 when we lost $35m. But the company managed to cope with the situation after that year and made high profits," he said. [AMEInfo.com]

  

The bodies of three Lebanese killed in the crash of a private jet in Iraq arrived in Beirut on Saturday. Abdallah Youssef Lahoud, Stephanie Louqa and Abdallah Yazbek were killed in the small-engine plane that crashed in the northern Iraqi city of Suleymaniah on Friday.

  

West Albany carries a bull's-eye as one of the state's top 5A girls basketball teams.

  

BEIRUT: Lebanese banks displayed favorable performance in 2010 underlined by moderate deposit rise coupled with strong bank lending that fueled economic growth compensating for declining inflows, Bank Audi's Lebanon Weekly Monitor said. Total sector activity, measured by the aggregate domestic assets of banks, grew by $13.7 billion in 2010, compared to a growth

  

BEIRUT: Despite recent media reports of carjackings and breaking-and-entering incidents across the country, crime statistics released Friday show that crime rates in January dropped in several key categories compared to the same period last year. The Internal Security Forces (ISF) released a statement that compared the crime rate in six different categories between

  

BEIRUT: Over 1,000 protesters ascended on the Egyptian Embassy Friday for the seventh consecutive day of protests in solidarity with the Egyptian people. Masked youths appeared in the crowd shortly before 5 p.m., when they began throwing sticks at riot police, but scenes failed to descend into large-scale rioting after protest organizers took a firm stance against the violence

  

But, questions remain about composition of Mr. Mikati's Cabinet, whether it will deviate from previous government's pro-Western policies

  

Beirut, February 3, 2011 - Middle East Venture Partners Middle East Venture Partners ( MEVP MEVP ) has announced three new investments, this brings the number of MEVP MEVP portfolio companies to six.

  

Beirut/Damascus - Syrian opposition activists said Friday that "peaceful" demonstrations will take place after Friday prayers in front of the parliament in Damascus to call for reforms.

  

Listen to the Audio JUDY WOODRUFF: Now, political turmoil in a different corner of the Middle East: Lebanon. Special correspondent Kira Kay reports from Beirut. KIRA KAY: As protests have swept across the Arab world, Lebanon is no exception. But the demonstrations here are not about fighting autocratic rule. These young Lebanese are out to support their democratically elected leader brought down ...

  

Economists say country appears on track to maintain open-market economic policies

  

A Lebanon Ohio State Highway Patrol Trooper and his wife are dead, the victims of carbon monoxide poisoning. The Columbus Dispatch says 48 year old Tim Hall and his wife were found this morning in their home. They appeared to have died from carbon monoxide emitted by a generator running in their powerless home. Hall was just a few months from retirement. They were among tens of thousands of ...

  

Lebanese police have prevented people in capital Beirut from demonstrating in solidarity with the Egyptian protesters demanding President Hosni Mubarak's ouster.

  

BEIRUT - Lebanon's economy should be able to survive the political turmoil that has seen the appointment of a Hezbollah-backed premier due to the strength of the country's banking system and replete foreign currency reserves, analysts say.

  

BEIRUT, Feb 03, 2011 (AFP) - Lebanon's economy should be able to survive the political turmoil that has seen the appointment of a Hezbollah-backed premier due to the strength of the country's banking system and replete foreign currency reserves, analysts say.

  

BEIRUT: Lebanon would violate international law and could face U.N. sanctions if Prime Minister-designate Najib Mikati's government withdraws from agreements with the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, a number of legal experts said Wednesday.

  

BEIRUT: Figures released by the Bank for International Settlements show Lebanon's external debt totaled $23.7 billion at the end of September 2010, ranking it in 43rd place globally and in 16th place among developing states.

  

SOUTH LEBANON - A new development is being planned for the Rivers Crossing Pavilion in South Lebanon .An 11,200-square-foot multi-tenant building was conditionally approved by South Lebanon Planning Commission on Jan. 11 for the complex at Ohio 48 and Corwin Nixon Boulevard.

  

Beirut - The violence on the streets of Egypt has reminded many Lebanese of their own uprising against a potentate. "The revolution taking place in Egypt reminds us of when we gathered at Martyr Square in 2005 to call for the withdrawal of the Syrian troops from Lebanon," Mona Saad, a school teacher, told the German Press Agency.

  

Coming off of a second two-game winning streak, the Lebanon girls basketball team followed with its second two-game skid with road losses at Dallas and Crescent Valley.

  

Lebanon's former powerbroker Syria has edged its way back into the heart of local politics, analysts say, after the militant Hezbollah and its allies toppled the Western-backed government of Saad Hariri.

  

BEIRUT, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Below is a table of the latest Lebanese economic statistics.

  

Lebanon: Lebanon's Blom Bank has posted a 12.9% rise in net profit in 2010 to $330.7m, Reuters has reported. The lender attributed last year's strong performance to "control over expenses and risk, as reflected in the bank's lowest cost to income ratio at 35% and its high provisions to non-performing loans at 82.5%." [AMEInfo.com]

  

BEIRUT: Unknown individuals robbed contents from Saint Therese Monastery in Kesrouan Tuesday, the state-run National News Agency reported. The agency said that the perpetrators broke into the monastery, which is located in Qoleihat, and made away with golden cups, wooden crosses and a number of silver trays. The stolen contents were estimated to be worth LL150,000,000.

  

BEIRUT: Lebanese trade remains unaffected by political developments in Egypt, Lebanon's most important Arab import-trade partner, experts say. "It's too soon for the Lebanese manufacturer to get affected by what's going on in Egypt," president of Lebanese industrialists Neemat Frem told The Daily Star. Nationwide riots have all but shut down major Egyptian ports

  

LEBANON - The vehicular homicide trial for the man who allegedly killed a well known Lebanon mentor has been delayed a second time.Douglas Allison Jr., 42, of Lebanon was supposed to stand trial Feb. 7 on charges of aggravated vehicular homicide, a second-degree felony and vehicular homicide, a fourth-degree felony.

  

Lebanon: As governments in the Middle East and around the world debate the best policies, regulations, and practices to spur economic growth in 2011 and beyond, they would benefit from looking less at regions and industries and more at demographic information and the vital role women play in driving economic growth, according to a new report published by Deloitte, The Gender Dividend: Making the Business Case for Investing in Women. [AMEInfo.com]

  

BEIRUT: Lebanon ranked the last country in the Middle East and North Africa in terms of volume of sustainable investments, according to the International Finance Corporation International Finance Corporation , the private arm of the World Bank.