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 ...

  

After I wrote my article "Lebanon place under the sun" in January 2006, the nightmare which I was experiencing in the light of the day stopped haunting me for a while. But still I'm left with the feeling that resources are wasted in this country for the wrong reasons. Back then I issued a wakeup call for Lebanese policymakers to start focusing their mind.

  

KABUL, Afghanistan - The Pakistani Taliban leader tied to the Dec. 30 bombing of a CIA encampment in Afghanistan has died from injuries sustained in a U.S. missile strike in mid-January, Western military officials said Sunday.

  

BEIRUT?ACE Global Markets leads the hull and liability coverage of an Ethiopian Airlines flight that crashed in the Mediterranean Sea shortly after takeoff last Monday, market sources said.

  

Days after Hamas accused Israel of electrocuting and poisoning one of its commanders in his Dubai hotel room, Israel claimed Sunday that the dead man played a critical role in smuggling rockets from Iran to Palestinian militants in Gaza.

  

Beirut - An Israeli commando force Sunday seized a Lebanese shepherd who was tending a herd of sheep at the edge of the country's southern border with Israel, Lebanese police confirmed. Police were confirming an earlier disclosure by Shiite MP Qassem...

  

Dubai's police chief said on Sunday that Israel's spy agency Mossad could have been behind the murder of a top Hamas leader in a Dubai hotel room.

  

Mutlaq from Lebanon, Al Husseini from Iraq awarded for best translation, Fine Arts category respectively.

  

Hezbollah Deputy Secretary General Sheikh Naim Qassem has said that the Lebanese resistance movement is ready for any surprise from Israel.

  

Salvage teams are continuing the search for the black box of an Ethiopian airliner that crashed off Beirut.

  

The famous Egyptian superstar Amr Diab was scheduled to perform a New Year's Eve concert in Beirut with the American music group Aba Fever and Lebanese artist Melissa, but at the last minute the concert was canceled.

  

Salvage teams have turned over debris to the Lebanese army, as they scoured the seabed for the black boxes of an Ethiopian airliner that crashed.

  

Salvage teams turned over debris to the Lebanese army on Saturday as they scoured the seabed for the black boxes of an Ethiopian airliner that crashed off Beirut, leaving 90 people presumed dead.

  

Beirut, Lebanon, January 27, 2010--IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, today announced a $100 million equity investment in Lebanon's Byblos Bank to help increase access to finance for small and medium enterprises and to expand the bank's operations to frontier countries in the Middle East and Africa.

  

BEIRUT: Journalists and authors from across the Arab world convened in Beirut on Friday for a European Union-funded media censorship conference.

  

A German-owned maker of kidney dialysis products is preparing to open a distribution facility in South Lebanon Township that will bring 65 jobs here.

  

The Qatari project for the reconstruction of South Lebanon has granted $4mn to the cities of Bint-Jbeil and Khiyam and the townships of Aynata and Aynata Al Shaab, which have been damaged by Israel's 2006 aggression on Lebanon.

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Jan. 29 (UPI) -- The Israeli government said it is concerned for the safety of its villagers living on the Israeli side of a border village as Washington calls for a solution.

  

LEBANON TWP. - A car and a pickup truck slid into each other on Musconetcong River Road during the snowstorm Thursday. According to police, the accident happened at 7:50 a.m. as the two vehicles tried to go around a sharp...

  

BEIRUT, Jan 29 (Reuters) - Lebanon's Blom Bank said on Friday its net profit in 2009 rose 16.54 percent to $293.19 million. Total assets rose by 15.76 percent to $20.72 billion and customer deposits grew by 18.93 percent to $17.97 billion. "A major characteristic behind BLOM's profitable performance remains the best managed low cost to income ratio of 38.24 percent," the bank said in a statement ...

  

Manar TV enjoys reputation for accuracy, getting latest news on air fast in Lebanon.

  

BEIRUT, Jan 29 (Reuters) - Lebanon's Blom Bank said on Friday its net profit in 2009 rose 16.54 percent to $293.19 million.

  

Search teams on Friday swept the bottom of the Mediterranean sea off the coast of Beirut looking for the black boxes of an Ethiopian airliner which crashed with all 90 people on board presumed dead.

  

BAALBECK, Lebanon (AFP) - A Lebanese sheikh staged his own kidnapping allegedly in a desperate bid to secure a ransom and repay debts, a security official and his neighbours said Friday.

  

A Lebanese sheikh staged his own kidnapping allegedly in a desperate bid to secure a ransom and repay debts, a security official and his neighbours said Friday.

  

Lebanese PM says Israeli war threats against Hezbollah target whole of Lebanon.

  

BEIRUT: Bank of Beirut, one of the five top banks in Lebanon, recorded a net profit of $76.3 million at the end of 2009, an increase of 15 percent compared to the same period of 2008. The bank said the rise in profit was mainly due to considerable growth in the bank's activity in Lebanon and abroad.

  

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak held talks on Thursday with visiting Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri who paid his first visit to Egypt after assuming the premiership of the Lebanese government. Talks covered the latest Arab and regional developments, the situation in Lebanon, means to enhance bilateral ties and a number of other issues of mutual interest, reported Egyptian official MENA ...

  

Naqoura (Lebanon), Jan 29 (IANS/EFE) Spain has taken charge of the UN peacekeeping mission in Lebanon. Currently, more than 2,300 UN soldiers are deployed in the country.

  

Friends and family said goodbye to Sheila Johnson and her son Blake at the First Baptist Church in Lebanon. Investigators say the two were murdered in their home last week.

  

Lebanon's Prime Minister Saad Hariri said on Thursday that Israel's threats against Hezbollah are perceived as threats against Lebanon.

  

For his debut runway collection in Paris, the Lebanese designer Rabih Kayrouz cleverly showed in a small venue that had the front row inches away from the catwalk.

  

BEIRUT, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Lebanon's Bank Audi said on Thursday its 2009 net profit rose 21.4 percent in 2009 to $289 million.

  

CAIRO, Jan. 28 (UPI) -- Cairo sees no link between the Lebanese government and Hezbollah affiliates facing the death penalty for militant activity on Egyptian soil, officials said.

  

Spain on Thursday took over from Italy at the head of a 12,000-strong United Nations peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon that was set up in 1978 to monitor the country's border with Israel.

  

Search crews used sonar Thursday to scan the sea floor for a crashed Ethiopian Airlines jet after a U.S. Navy vessel picked up a beacon from the plane's black box almost a mile below the surface.

  

BEIRUT (Zawya Dow Jones)--Byblos Bank, Lebanon's third largest lender, Thursday said its 2009 full-year net profit rose 20% to $146.1 million from $122 million a year earlier.

  

BUOT karon sa mga kabanay sa namatay'ng Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) didto sa Beruit, Lebanon nga ipailawom pag-usab sa otopsiya ang patay'ng lawas ni Maria Theresa Seda, kinsa taga Barangay Poblaci read more

  

A model presents a creation by Lebanese designer Elie Saab as part of his Haute Couture Spring Summer 2010 fashion show in Paris. 'Reuters PARIS : Lebanon 's new star couturiers face the typical problems of people working in fashion: snarled deliveries, cancelled trips, delayed fittings.

  

LEBANON - Tiny Lebanon Borough doesn't own enough public roads for it to be cost effective to maintain a public works department, but has been very successful in obtaining quality service from outside contractors

  

International ships searching along Lebanon's coast detected signals from the black boxes of an Ethiopian Airlines jet late Wednesday as DNA tests helped identify several victims, including two children whose remains were pulled from the sea.

  

An American navy vessel has detected the flight recorders from a crashed Ethiopian Airlines jet at some 1,300 meters (4,265 feet) under the sea, a Lebanese army official said Thursday.

  

Searchers have found the flight data recorder from an Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed Monday with 90 people aboard, the Lebanese army said Thursday.

  

by Mohamed Ali Harissi, Ren Ke Lebanese and international rescue teams were struggling on Wednesday to recover bodies and locate the black box of the Ethiopian airliner that crashed into the sea off Lebanon on Monday. The plane, carrying 90 people, fell into the Mediterranean sea shortly after taking off from Beirut early Monday. All passengers on board the Boeing 737-800 plane bound for Addis ...

  

SUBANG: The second batch of the Malaysian Contingent (Malcon) East 5 (ME 5) comprising 200 officers and men of the three services of the armed forces left for Lebanon yesterday to take up peacekeeping duty.

  

Hollywood's favorite Lebanese designer, Elie Saab, on Wednesday delivered a sexy and sweet spring-summer 2010 haute couture collection of heavily beaded slip gowns in muted pastel tones.

  

CARMEL -- Two Lebanon men were arrested for dealing drugs Tuesday. Carlos A. Holden, 25, Lebanon, was arrested Tuesday and charged with three felony counts of dealing in a Schedule I controlled substance and three counts of possession of a controlled substance.

  

A US navy vessel located the flight recorders from an Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed off the coast of Lebanon two days ago with 90 people aboard

  

BEIRUT - The Lebanese Army said investigators have detected signals from the black boxes of an Ethiopian Airlines jet that crashed and will attempt to retrieve them in coming days.

  

BEIRUT: A US navy vessel located the flight recorders on Wednesday from an Ethiopian airlines plane that crashed off Lebanon two days ago with 90 people aboard, a security official said.

  

Lebanese civil defense divers are silhouetted as they stand on their rescue boat, search for debris and bodies of the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 plane that crashed into the sea on Monday, at a beach in front of Beirut internatinal airport, south of Beirut, Lebanon.

  

Maybe Flushing is Beirut

  

Cairo - Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri and his Egyptian counterpart, Ahmed Nazif, on Wednesday held a series of talks in Cairo aimed at boosting economic and energy ties. Egyptian Foreign Ministry sources said the talks were likely to produce a ...

  

BEIRUT (AP) - Emergency workers searched deep in the sea Wednesday for the black boxes from a doomed Ethiopian Airlines jet as DNA tests helped identify several bodies that had been pulled from the Mediterranean. All 90 people on board were feared dead. The plane went down in flames early Monday just minutes after takeoff from Beirut in a fierce thunderstorm. Weather experts said lightning had ...

  

BEIRUT (AP) - Emergency workers searched deep in the sea Wednesday for the black boxes from a doomed Ethiopian Airlines jet as DNA tests helped identify several bodies that had been pulled from the Mediterranean. All 90 people on board were feared dead.

  

The Marshfield Junior High School Lady Jays eighth-grade team won the Lebanon Junior High Tournament on Friday, Jan. 15. The Lady Jays are coached by Jessica Gorsham.

  

The Trauma Intervention Program will hold an orientation and training academy for TIP volunteers beginning at 6:30 p.m. on Jan. 28 at Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital.

  

Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki extends condolences to his Lebanese counterpart Ali al-Shami over the crash of an Ethiopian plane off the coast of Lebanon.

  

BEIRUT - Emergency workers searched deep in the Mediterranean on Wednesday for the black boxes from a doomed Ethiopian Airlines jet as weather experts said that lightning had struck in the plane's path around the time of the deadly crash.

  

Lebanon: Consumers in Lebanon remain optimistic about the next six months, according to the latest MasterCard Worldwide Index of Consumer Confidence Survey that was released today. However, the overall Index score [55.4] shows that consumers in Lebanon are less optimistic about Regular Income, Employment, Stock Market, the Economy and Quality of Life compared to six months ago [64.4]. [AMEInfo.com]

  

BEIRUT -- Emergency workers will expand their search radius for the wreckage of an Ethiopian Airlines jet if they do not find the black boxes Wednesday, an army official said.

  

The jet that crashed off Lebanon killing 90 people may have been operating from Dublin by Ryanair.

  

Authorities are hopeful that the black boxes of an Ethiopian jet which crashed into the sea off Lebanon will be recovered on Wednesday in order to shed light on why the plane veered off course on take-off.

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) -- The pilot of a doomed Ethiopian Airlines flight made a "fast and strange turn" minutes after takeoff from Beirut in a thunderstorm, but the transportation minister said it was far too early to know what caused the deadly crash.

  

BEIRUT - A Lebanese army official says crews will expand their search radius for the wreckage of an Ethiopian Airlines...

  

BEIRUT?A Lebanese army official says crews will expand their search radius for the wreckage of an Ethiopian Airlines jet if they do not find the black boxes Wednesday.

  

A Lebanese army official says crews will expand their search radius for the wreckage of an Ethiopian Airlines jet if they do not find the black boxes Wednesday.

  

Lebanese Transportation Minister Ghazi Aridi said yesterday that the Ethiopian Airlines 737-800 that crashed Monday into the Mediterranean Sea shortly after takeoff from Beirut failed to follow the flight path established by ATC. All 90 passengers and crew are believed to be dead ( ATWOnline , Jan. 26) . The control tower told the pilot "to correct his path, but he did a very fast and strange ...

  

Rescue efforts continued Tuesday to locate the black box of the Ethiopian airliner that crashed into the sea off Lebanon amid accusations that the Ethiopian pilot did not follow orders from the Beirut airport control tower. The plane carrying 90 people, most of them Lebanese nationals, fell into the Mediterranean sea shortly after taking off from Beirut early Monday. At least 33 bodies have been ...

  

The pilot of a doomed Ethiopian Airlines flight made a 'fast and strange turn' minutes after takeoff from Beirut in a thunderstorm, Lebanon's transportation minister said.

  

The pilot of an Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed into the sea flew in the opposite direction from the path recommended by the control tower after taking off from Beirut in thunderstorms, Lebanon's transportation minister said yesterday.

  

The pilot of an Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed into the sea minutes after takeoff flew in the opposite direction from the path recommended by the Beirut control tower, Lebanon's transportation minister said Tuesday. All 90 people on board were feared dead after the plane went down in flames around at 2:30 a.m. Monday, during a night of lightning and thunderstorms.

  

The pilot of a doomed Ethiopian Airlines flight made a "fast and strange turn" minutes after takeoff from Beirut in a thunderstorm, Lebanon's transportation minister said Tuesday, revealing new clues about the plane's few minutes in flight.

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Jan. 26 (UPI) -- Lawmakers in Lebanon suspended a session of Parliament while officials deliberated over lowering the voting age to 18 for municipal elections.

  

The National Transportation Safety Board will dispatch an aviation investigator to assist the government of Lebanon in its investigation of the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines B-737-800 (ET-ANB) off the coast of Lebanon.

  

By Bassem Mroue and Zeina Karam ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIRUT -- The pilot of an Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed into the sea flew in the opposite direction from the path recommended by the control t...

  

BEIRUT -- The pilot of an Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed into the sea flew in the opposite direction from the path recommended by the control tower after taking off from Beirut in thunderstorms, Lebanon's transportation minister said Tuesday. All 90 people on board were feared dead after the plane went down in flames minutes after takeoff at around 2:30 a.m. Monday, during a night of ...

  

BEIRUT, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Lebanon's inflation rate rose to 3.4 percent year-on-year in December, government statistics released to Reuters showed on Tuesday.

  

The pilot of an Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed into the sea flew in the opposite direction from the path recommended by the control tower after taking off from Beirut in thunderstorms, Lebanon's transportation...

  

The pilot of an Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed into the sea flew in the opposite direction from the path recommended by the control tower after taking off from Beirut

  

International search teams combed the Mediterranean Sea for signs of life on Tuesday, a day after an Ethiopian Airlines flight went down off Lebanon, authorities said.

  

The pilot of an Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed into the sea minutes after takeoff flew in the opposite direction from the path recommended by the Beirut control tower, Lebanon's transportation minister said Tuesday.

  

The pilot of an Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed into the sea minutes after takeoff flew in the opposite direction from the path recommended by the Beirut control tower, Lebanon's transportation minister said Tuesday.

  

Rescuers Tuesday combed the waters off the coast of Lebanon for victims and the black boxes of an Ethiopian airliner that crashed into the sea, with officials offering little hope of finding survivors.

  

Lebanon: Leo Burnett Beirut has broken through to the Top 50 best agencies in the world, making it the first agency from the Mena region to do so. In the 2009 Big Won Report, released this week, Leo Burnett Beirut came in a strong 38th position. This is the culmination of a series of prestigious international and regional awards, following an impressively successful creative year for the Beirut agency. [AMEInfo.com]

  

BEIRUT - The pilot of an Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed into the sea shortly after takeoff from Beirut performed "a very fast and strange turn before disappearing from the radar," Lebanon's transportation minister said Tuesday.

  

The pilot of an Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed into the sea shortly after takeoff from Beirut performed "a very fast and strange turn before disappearing from the radar," Lebanon's transportation minister said Tuesday.

  

Rescuers Tuesday scoured Lebanon's coast for victims and the flight recorders of an Ethiopian airliner that plunged flaming into the sea, with officials offering little hope of finding survivors.

  

Rescuers Tuesday continued the grim search for victims of the Ethiopian airliner crash off the coast of Lebanon and sought to recover the black boxes they hope will provide clues to the tragedy.

  

Crews from several countries are helping in the search effort after the planecrash off the coast of Lebanon.

  

The US National Transportation Safety Board said it is dispatching an investigator to Beirut to assist the Lebanese government with its inquiry into Monday morning's crash of an Ethiopian Airlines 737-800 that is believed to have killed all 90 aboard.

  

All 90 aboard were feared dead in the crash of the Ethiopian Airlines jet Monday off the coast of Lebanon.

  

An Ethiopian airliner that crashed off Lebanon failed to follow instructions from a flight control tower for unknown reasons, Lebanon's defence minister said.

  

(Lebanon, MO) -- We're learning more information concerning a witness who was inside a Lebanon home when a mother and her son were murdered.

  

Jan. 25 (Bloomberg) -- An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing Co. 737 with 90 people on board crashed into the Mediterranean Sea off Beirut after departing the Lebanese capital in stormy weather early this morning. There were no reports of survivors.

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Jan. 25 (UPI) -- Paris has pledged to protect Lebanese infrastructure should Israeli forces decide to launch an attack on its northern neighbor, sources said.

  

Rescuers found bodies but no survivors during a massive search operation launched Monday after an Ethiopian airliner carrying 90 people plunged flaming into the sea off Lebanon during a fierce storm.

  

The bodies of 21 passengers from an Ethiopian jet crash are pulled from the sea off Beirut, as hopes of finding survivors fade.

  

An Ethiopian Airlines passenger jet has crashed into the Mediterranean Sea close to the Lebanese capital, Beirut, prompting a search and rescue operation involving Lebanese and UN ships and aircraft.

  

An Ethiopian Airlines plane with 90 people on board crashed into the sea minutes after taking off from Beirut in stormy weather early on Monday and the airline's chief executive said there was no word of survivors.

  

An Ethiopian airliner carrying 90 people exploded in a ball of flames and plunged into the sea off Lebanon just after takeoff in stormy weather early Monday, officials and witnesses said.

  

An Ethiopian airliner carrying 90 people exploded in a ball of flames and plunged into the sea off Lebanon just after takeoff in stormy weather early Monday, officials and witnesses said.

  

An Ethiopian Airlines plane carrying 90 people crashed into the Mediterranean Sea in flames early Monday just minutes after takeoff from Beirut, authorities said. At least 23 bodies were recovered as rescuers searched the stormy waters. The cause of the crash was not immediately known. Lebanon has been slammed by bad weather since Sunday night, with crackling thunder, lightning and pouring rain.

  

BEIRUT (AP) - An Ethiopian Airlines plane carrying 90 people caught fire and crashed into the Mediterranean shortly after takeoff Monday from Beirut, setting off a frantic search as rain lashed the coast and debris washed ashore. At least 23 bodies were recovered.

  

An Ethiopian Airlines plane with 90 people on board crashed into the sea shortly after taking off from Beirut in stormy weather early on Monday and the airline's chief executive said there was no word of survivors.

  

An Ethiopian Airlines plane carrying 89 people crashes into the sea off Beirut in flames in bad weather just after take-off.

  

Jan. 25 (Bloomberg) -- An Ethiopian Airlines plane with 90 people on board crashed into the Mediterranean Sea after taking off from Beirut, Lebanon, early this morning.

  

An Ethiopian Airlines plane with 90 people on board crashed into the sea shortly after taking off from Beirut in bad weather early on Monday. Four bodies were recovered as a search for survivors began.

  

Jan. 25 (Bloomberg) -- An Ethiopian Airlines plane crashed into the Mediterranean Sea after taking off from Beirut early this morning. 'We haven't found any survivors yet,' Minister of Public Works and Transport Ghazi Al-Aridi said in a phone interview.

  

BEIRUT, Jan 25 (Reuters) - Lebanon's President Michel Suleiman said sabotage was unlikely in the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines plane off the coast of Lebanon on Monday.

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon -An Ethiopian airliner transporting 92 passengers and crew crashed in stormy weather following takeoff in Lebanon early Monday, plunging into the Mediterranean sea, an airport official told AFP.

  

BEIRUT: An Ethiopian airliner transporting 92 passengers and crew crashed in stormy weather following takeoff in Lebanon early today, plunging into the Mediterranean sea.

  

Jan. 25 (Bloomberg) -- An Ethiopian Airlines plane probably crashed into the Mediterranean Sea after taking off from Beirut early this morning, state-run Lebanese National News Agency reported.

  

An Ethiopian airliner with 90 people aboard crashed into the Mediterranean Sea minutes after takeoff from Lebanon early Monday, authorities said.

  

BEIRUT - A Ethiopian airliner carrying 92 passengers and crew crashed in stormy weather following takeoff in Lebanon early today, plunging into the Mediterranean sea. "Ethiopian Airline Flight 409 crashed about five minutes after takeoff at 2.30am (8.30pm in Malaysia) with 83 passengers and nine crew members," an airport official told AFP, speaking on condition of anonymity. Ball of fire seen He ...

  

Rescue workers have located the crash site of an Ethiopian Airlines plane that went down just off the Lebanese coast on Monday, Lebanon's Transport Minister Ghazi al-Aridi said.

  

BEIRUT - Lebanese aviation and security officials say an Ethiopian Airlines plane with about 90 people on board...

  

BEIRUT (AP) - Lebanese aviation and security officials say an Ethiopian Airlines plane with about 90 people on board...

  

Lebanese aviation and security officials say an Ethiopian Airlines plane with about 90 people on board has crashed into the sea shortly after takeoff from Beirut.

  

Lebanese aviation and security officials say an Ethiopian Airlines plane with about 90 people on board has crashed into the sea shortly after takeoff from Beirut.

  

A Lebanese aviation official says an Ethiopian Airlines plane that disappeared from radar shortly after takeoff from Beirut has probably crashed into the sea.

  

BEIRUT (AP) - A Lebanese aviation official says an Ethiopian Airlines plane with 85 people on board has disappeared off the radar shortly after takeoff from Beirut. The official said contact was lost about 45 minutes after the early Monday departure. He asked that his name not be used because he is not authorized to speak to the media. Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All ...

  

An Ethiopian airliner crashed in stormy weather following takeoff in Lebanon early Monday, plunging into the Mediterranean sea, Lebanese television reported.

  

A Lebanese aviation official says an Ethiopian Airlines plane with 85 people on board has disappeared off the radar shortly after takeoff from Beirut.

  

An Ethiopian Airlines plane with 85 passengers on board reportedly crashes into the sea shortly after take-off from Beirut.

  

The Palestinian Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command (PFLP-GC) on Sunday denied it has carried a one-day military exercise in Lebanon, local Central News Agency reported. The agency said that in a radio interview, PFLP-GC spokesman Ramez Mustafa denied the report which said the exercise included live ammunition of medium range artillery, rocket-propelled grenades and ...

  

Lebanese aviation official says contact was lost with Ethiopian airliner with 85 passengers.

  

AVIATION staff are looking for an Ethiopian Airlines plane carrying 85 people which dropped off radar screens after take-off from Beirut today.

  

A Lebanese aviation official says an Ethiopian Airlines plane with 85 people on board has disappeared off the radar shortly after takeoff from Beirut.

  

UPDATED BEIRUT, Jan 25 - An Ethiopian Airlines plane with 85 passengers on board crashed into the Mediterranean Sea shortly after taking off from Beirut international airport in the early hours of today, airport sources said. The plane, said to be a Boeing 737 by one source, disappeared off the radar some five minutes after takeoff. About 50 passengers were Lebanese nationals, most of the others ...

  

Source: Reuters BEIRUT, Jan 25 (Reuters) - An Ethiopian Airlines plane with 85 passengers on board crashed into the Mediterranean sea shortly after taking off from Beirut airport in the early hours of Monday, airport ...

  

Lebanese minister insists on media freedom, rejects restriction of channels US not happy with.

  

JERUSALEM - A top Israeli military commander on Sunday denied that there were rising tensions with the armed Hezbollah group along the Lebanon border a day after an Israeli minister warned of a new war.

  

Israel's prime minister has distanced himself from comments by a member of his cabinet who suggested Israel was heading for a new war with Lebanon, the BBC reported on its Web site Sunday.

  

Israel said Saturday it is not looking for a fight with Lebanon after one Israeli minister had suggested war with that country was a possibility. "The state of Israel does not want any confrontation with Lebanon," a statement issued by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's office said.

  

Beirut, one-time pearl of the Orient, is reclaiming its lustre, wooing some of the world's top luxury hotels to set up shop after a record year for tourism - and peace - in city once synonymous with danger.

  

This diary is updated daily. New listings or amendments are marked *. All events/times provisional and in GMT (local time is GMT +2 for Egypt and Sudan). TUESDAY, JANUARY 26 CAIRO - Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri to hold talks with President Hosni Mubarak to discuss the situation in Lebanon and the region.

  

BEIRUT, Jan 24, 2010 (AFP) - Beirut, one-time pearl of the Orient, is reclaiming its lustre, wooing some of the world's top luxury hotels to set up shop after a record year for tourism - and peace - in city once synonymous with danger.

  

PM Netanyahu distances himself from comments by a minister suggesting Israel was heading for a new war with Lebanon.

  

TEL AVIV, Israel, Jan. 23 (UPI) -- Israel said Saturday it is not looking for a fight with Lebanon after one Israeli minister had suggested war with that country was a possibility.

  

An activist from a leftist group shouts slogans as Lebanese riot police block the road during a protest outside Egypt's embassy in Beirut, Lebanon.

  

Jan. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Israel is not weighing a conflict with Lebanon, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a text message to journalists.

  

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday sought to calm regional nerves over fears of an imminent conflict with Lebanese Hezbollah guerrillas by saying Israel sought peace with its neighbours.

  

Sa likod ng paghihiganti ni dating import CJ Giles, tinalo ng nagdedepensang Al Riyadi ng Lebanon ang Smart Gilas, 79-76, sa semifinal round ng 21st Dubai Invitational dito kamakalawa ng gabi.

  

Follow Israel news on and . (IsraelNN.com) Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's office responded Saturday to media reports that Minister-without-Portfolio Yossi Peled (Likud) said a military conflict between Israel and Lebanon is "inevitable."

  

DUBAI?Smart Gilas hopes that pride and desire will be enough when it plays Lebanon's Al Riyadi today in the semifinals of the 21st Dubai International Tournament at the Al Ahli Club here.

  

Beirut - The head of the Lebanese Christian Maronite community Patriarch Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir announced Saturday a campaign to collect donations for Haiti, which was devastated by the 7.0-magnitude earthquake on January 12. He said churches across...

  

Beirut - The National Lebanese Council for Audio-Visual Media and the Lebanese Press Association on Saturday urged the United States to reverse a decision to take punitive measures against a satellite broadcaster run by the Shiite militant group He...

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon -- The Tourism Ministry says about 1.9 million tourists came to Lebanon in 2009, the highest number of visitors to come to the mountainous Arab nation ever.

  

SUBANG, Jan 23 (Bernama) -- Some 100 personnel and officers, including seven women, of the Malaysian contingent (Malcon) East 4 returned home on Saturday after a nine-month deployment to eastern Lebanon under the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (Unifil).

  

Visiting Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri said Friday he supported French President Nicolas Sarkozy's proposal to host a conference on the Middle East peace in Paris. After meeting with Sarkozy at Elysee Palace, the 39-year-old Lebanese leader praised France's position on the Middle East peace process and said the idea of holding a Mideast conference was favorable. Sarkozy offered to host a ...

  

SUBANG, Jan 23 (Bernama) -- Some 100 personnel and officers, including seven women, of the Malaysian contingent (Malcon) East 4 returned home today after a nine-month deployment to eastern Lebanon under the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (Unifil).

  

SPRINGBORO - Both Lebanon and Springboro were accurate at the free throw line Friday night. The Panthers just made a lot more of them.

  

DUBAI - Smart Gilas-Philippine Team threw everything it had but its effort fell short, losing to defending champion Al Riyadi of Lebanon, 76-79, in the semifinals of the 21st Dubai Invitational at the Al Ahli Indoor Stadium here. Oddly, it was American import CJ Giles, who torched the Nationals with 29 points highlighted with several power jams while Shawn Colson scattered 20 points to power Al ...

  

More than two dozen people - some carrying graphic signs featuring photos of aborted fetuses - demonstrated in Lebanon on Friday to mark the 37th anniversary of Roe v. Wade.

  

FILE - In this Thursday, Aug. 20, 2009 file photo, U.S. rapper Snoop Dogg performs during a concert in Beirut, Lebanon.

  

LEBANON - Paul Brown and John 'Tre' Kennedy will join the budgetcommittee of the Lebanon Community School District for the nextthree years.

  

BEIRUT - Blocks of historic Ottoman-era buildings, once pocked by bullet holes, have been majestically restored, and new high-rise apartment

  

Laban sa mas malalakas na Al Riyadi ng Lebanon, kakailanganin ng Smart Gilas ang kanilang determinasyon sa semifinal round ng 21st Dubai Invitational dito sa Al Ahli Indoor Stadium.

  

BEIRUT - Blocks of historic Ottoman-era buildings, once pocked by bullet holes, have been majestically restored, and new high-rise apartment towers with mirrored facades front the glittering Mediterr...

  

Blocks of historic Ottoman-era buildings, once pocked by bullet holes, have been majestically restored, and new high-rise apartment towers with mirrored facades front the glittering Mediterranean, signs of an unprecedented...

  

Luxury building boom transforms Beirut as Lebanon becomes a financial draw

  

Lebanese designers taking couture scene by storm, pitching glamorous side of country.

  

A rural Lebanon man has done like many people: He donated money to help the Haitians.

  

Don't look now, but Section 2 of the L-L League is officially fit to be tied.White-hot Lebanon closed the game on an 18-6 blitz and rallied past Warwick 32-30 in a Section 1-2 crossover game Thursday night, and jumped into a tie for the Section 2 lead when Penn Manor picked off Solanco 62-59 in ...

  

The Paris of the Middle East reclaims its crown.

  

The department of motor vehicles has opened a temporary space on Mechanic Street in Lebanon, N.H.

  

LEBANON TOWNSHIP - Construction is expected to begin later this year on a new $2.1 million public-works facility, ending several years of discussions on replacing the 61-year-old building on Newport Road.

  

There wasn't a disco ball hanging over the mat in the Rolla High School gym Wednesday night. But you wouldn't know it looking at Bulldog head coach Kellen Laws. Looking like an extra from the movie 'Saturday Night Fever' in his shocking white suit, Laws moon-walked his way to an impressive dual-meet victory Wednesday on RHS Senior Night. Taking on always-tough Ozark Conference rival Lebanon the ...

  

Paris - The normalization of relations between Lebanon and Syria was a boon for the entire region, French Prime Minister Francois Fillon said Thursday. He made the statement during talks in Paris with his Lebanese counterpart, Saad Hariri. ...

  

Jan. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Lebanon's central bank Governor Riad Salameh said he expects the economy to enjoy a fourth year of growth in 2010 as money floods into the country, cutting borrowing costs and enabling the central bank to maintain incentives on investment.

  

Has there been a more unlikely marriage in CPIHL history than that of Northern Lebanon and Spring Grove' Historically, when combo teams arise it's almost always a merger of geographic convenience. Not in this case.

  

Jan. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Lebanon's central bank Governor Riad Salameh said he expects the economy to enjoy a fourth year of robust growth in 2010 as money floods into the country, cutting borrowing costs and enabling the central bank to maintain incentives on investment.

  

Beirut - A plane from Lebanon's national carrier, Middle East Airlines (MEA), arrived Thursday in Beirut from quake-stricken Haiti with 16 survivals on board, airport officials said. The plane, which delivered medical supplies to the Caribbean nation...

  

U.S. officials paid frequent visits to Lebanon in the past two weeks, discussing regional issues with Lebanese leaders, and showing U.S. commitment to Lebanon's independence and sovereignty. Among the visitors are Middle East envoy George Mitchell, National Security Advisor James Jones, Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs David Johnson, Deputy ...

  

NEW LEBANON - Sophomore point guard Dave Fletcher swiped the ball as the clock winded down, to seal a big victory for the Waterford boys' basketball team.

  

BEIRUT - The Tourism Ministry says about 1.9 million tourists came to Lebanon in 2009, the highest number of visitors to the mountainous Arab nation ever.

  

LEBANON TOWNSHIP - The township is preparing to replace some of its aging firefighting and public works equipment early this year.

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Jan. 20 (UPI) -- The Lebanese Cabinet decided to delay municipal elections by one month to June in order to vet electoral laws and a quota system for female lawmakers.

  

Westerville North High School graduate Noor Rahman soon will be sharing American culture with residents in Beirut, Lebanon.

  

U.S. Middle East envoy George Mitchell met with Lebanese leaders on Wednesday and reiterated Washington's commitment to the Middle East peace process and the country's independence, the U.S. embassy's statement issued on Wednesday said. The statement said that Mitchell met with Lebanese government representatives, including President Michel Suleiman, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, Prime ...

  

U.S. Middle East envoy George Mitchell said Wednesday that Syria and Lebanon were key to achieving peace in the Middle East.

  

Remarkable play about late Sheikh Zayed on worldwide tour to tell story of great dream.

  

Beirut - George Mitchell, the US special envoy to the Middle East, said Wednesday that Lebanon will play a key role in building a comprehensive peace in the region. Mitchell said there would be no lasting solution reached at Lebanon's expense, accord...

  

US Mideast envoy George Mitchell met with Lebanese President Michel Sleiman on Wednesday and reiterated Washington's commitment to the stalled Middle East peace process and Lebanon's independence.

  

BEIRUT (AP) - U.S. Middle East envoy George Mitchell says Lebanon is key to regional peace. He was in Beirut on Tuesday and Wednesday at the start of a regional tour aimed at restarting Middle East peace talks.

  

Beirut, 20 January 2010 - In the lights of its continuous endeavors, Rasamny-Younis Motor Company S.A.L. (RYMCO) Rasamny-Younis Motor Company S.A.L. (RYMCO) , exclusive dealer of Nissan Motors (Nissan, Infiniti), GM vehicles (GMC), Renault trucks, Nissan Diesel (UD), FAW trucks, and Kawasaki in Lebanon, was handled a Certificate of Acknowledgement from the Lebanese Ministry of Environment ...

  

Lebanese army foiled an attempt by Fatah al-Islam prisoners to escape from a jail, the local TV channel al-Manar reported Tuesday. Al-Manar quoted security sources as saying that "the Lebanese army arrested four people after an investigation with one Fatah al- Islam member in Roumieh prison, who confirmed that an attempt to escape was ongoing." The TV channel added that the arrested four people ...

  

UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Michael Williams told Lebanese Foreign Minister Ali al-Shami on Tuesday that the United Nations is seeking to guarantee a quick Israeli pullout from al-Ghajar village, the country's state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported. NNA quoted Williams as saying that "we intend to redouble our efforts to try and seek Israeli withdrawal as quickly as possible from ...

  

Lebanon: In the lights of its continuous endeavors, Rasamny-Younis Motor Company S.A.L. (Rymco), exclusive dealer of Nissan Motors (Nissan, Infiniti), GM vehicles (GMC), Renault trucks, Nissan Diesel (UD), FAW trucks, and Kawasaki in Lebanon, was handled a Certificate of Acknowledgement from the Lebanese Ministry of Environment recognizing the company "for its valuable efforts for becoming a carbon neutral". [AMEInfo.com]

  

Lebanon: Lebanon's ministry of tourism has said that some 1.9 million tourists came to Lebanon in 2009, the highest number of visitors in the country's history, the Associated Press has reported. The 2009 number is the highest ever and broke the 1974 record of 1.4 million tourists, the ministry said. Fadi Abboud, the country's tourism minister estimated the country's annual income from tourism at up to $7bn, or about 20% of gross domestic product. [AMEInfo.com]

  

Lebanon: Lebanon-based Luxury Clothing Co has announced the opening of its Rodeo Drive ladieswear boutique in Lebanon. The company has been present in the UAE since 1972 with some 40 boutiques. The new boutique brings the number of stores the company now has to 48, with more planned to open this year in Beirut. The first to be opened soon is a new unisex multi-brand Rodeo Drive, due to open in April and will be closely followed by Tom Ford Boutique in May, the company said. [AMEInfo.com]

  

KINGS MILLS' The script has become redundant. Lebanon jumps out to an early double-digit lead, Kings battles back and takes the lead late, only to have a Warrior senior hit a big shot down the stretch to lift Lebanon to victory.

  

Elco School District staff and students and a Lebanon church are focused on collecting items to ship to earthquake-ravaged Haiti.

  

Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts has opened a 230-bedroom hotel in Beirut. The Lebanon-based Four Seasons Hotel Beirut boasts a restaurant, a bar, a spa and a rooftop pool.

  

Lebanese cabinet stressed Tuesday that the country's sovereignty is "non-negotiable" and that the Palestinian factions outside the refugee camps should be disarmed.

  

Detectives are continuing to investigate the death of a man found dead Jan. 12 in the Santiam Lebanon Canal near the Odd Fellows Cemetery on Cemetery Drive just outside Lebanon.

  

Kamal Mouzawak and Rabih Kayrouz found a home that swept them off their feet -- but it wasn't for sale or for rent.

  

The famous Lebanese artist Haifa Wehbe launched a new video clip for the song '80 Million Feelings?, which she presents for her Egyptian fans. She had finished filming the last scenes of the clip at the 'Media Production City' in Cairo.

  

Among the songs from her newest album which was released last month, the famous Lebanese artist Elissa had included a song which called 'Min Ghair Munasbah' (Without An Occasion).

  

WASHINGTON [MENL] -- The United States has reduced the pace of military and security assistance to Lebanon, a report said. A report by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace asserted that Lebanon has received less than half of the original $410 million in U.S.

  

The Tourism Ministry says about 1.9 million tourists came to Lebanon in 2009, the highest number of visitors to come to the mountainous Arab nation ever.

  

BEIRUT, Jan 19, 2010 (AFP) - Lebanon's bank deposits have risen 22 percent and foreign currency reserves have reached record levels thanks to growing confidence linked to the relative political stability of the last two years, Central Bank governor Riad Salameh told AFP in an interview.

  

Lebanon receives 1.9m tourists in 2009

  

The Tourism Ministry says about 1.9 million tourists came to Lebanon in 2009, the highest number of visitors to come to the mountainous Arab nation ever.

  

Lebanon: The Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT) practice at Deloitte today announces its predictions for the media sector in 2010, forecasting that the greatest revenue growth for video-on-demand (VOD) will come from a surprising source: the humble vending machine. The volume of DVDs distributed via vending machine will double in 2010. [AMEInfo.com]

  

BEIRUT, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Below is a table of the latest Lebanese economic statistics.

  

Lebanon: Luxury Clothing Company SAL (LCC) is pleased to announce the opening of its Rodeo Drive ladieswear boutique in Lebanon. Encompassing 500 square meters over two floors, the new luxury boutique offers a breathtaking retail experience with product assortments from the most exclusive fashion houses in the world. [AMEInfo.com]

  

BEIRUT: Figures released by the Directorate of Real Estate indicate that the number of property-sale transactions in Lebanon and the value of such transactions witnessed an increase in 2009, bucking the trend of dwindling real-estate activity across the MENA region and the world at large.

  

Lebanon: The Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT) practice at Deloitte, the business advisory firm, today announces its predictions for the telecommunications sector for 2010. Mobile search will dominate the strategic direction of the smartphone market in the year ahead, with search becoming one of the five most-used smartphone applications by year-end 2010. [AMEInfo.com]

  

Kids who attend programs at the Martin Luther King Jr. Family Life Center in Lebanon helped sort clothing to send to Haiti and clean up the streets around the neighborhood Monday in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

  

LEBANON - In 1964, James Mills sang in front of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. when the civil rights leader spoke in Cincinnati.

  

Beirut - The head of Syrian-backed Fatah al-Intifada (Fatah- Uprising) questioned Monday why the Lebanese government was urging the disarming of Palestinian groups which have bases outside the 12 Palestinian camps in Lebanon. Abu Moussa, who is based...

  

Achrafieh, Lebanon - 18 January 2010. Hariri High School II (HHS2) in Beirut, Lebanon has selected Skoolee Tools student information system (SIS) and school management software, as part of its strategy to improve communication between school, parents and students and to boost its technology base.

  

Lebanese Druze leader Walid Jumblatt said at the weekend he was close to reconciling with former arch-foe Syria and dismissed criticism of his latest political about-turn.

  

Jan. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Banque Audi sal - Audi Saradar Group, the largest Lebanese lender by assets, agreed with Commerzbank AG to acquire Dresdner Bank Monaco S.A.M.

  

Lebanon: In order to meet its subscribers needs and to serve them in best ways, Alfa, the mobile operator managed by Orascom Telecom since February 2009, announces the inauguration of its new Point of Sale in Chevrolet. [AMEInfo.com]

  

Lebanon: Hariri High School II (HHS2) in Beirut, Lebanon has selected Skoolee Tools student information system (SIS) and school management software, as part of its strategy to improve communication between school, parents and students and to boost its technology base. [AMEInfo.com]

  

Israel has started bringing equipment to the frontier between both countries, the Syrian newspaper reports.

  

An Israeli army unit on Sunday crossed the borders with Lebanon in the direction of the occupied part of al-Ghajar village, Lebanon's state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported. "An intense Israeli build-up of forces during the past 24 hours has been observed along the eastern sector of the Blue Line, with mobile and fixed patrols," said NNA. It added that "Israeli tank emplacements were ...

  

Hamas loyalists and Egyptian troops opened fire along Gaza's volatile border Wednesday, leaving an Egyptian soldier dead and more than a dozen Gazans hurt in the bloodiest clash between the two sides ...

  

BEIRUT (AP) - Lebanese protesters accused Egypt's president Sunday of acting like an agent of Israel over his country's construction of an underground steel wall along the Gaza border.

  

BEIRUT (AP) - Lebanese protesters accusing Egypt's president Sunday of acting like an agent of Israel over his country's construction of an underground steel wall along the Gaza border.

  

Lebanese protesters accusing Egypt's president Sunday of acting like an agent of Israel over his country's construction of an underground steel wall along the Gaza border.

  

Lebanese President Michel Sleiman discussed in a meeting with President Ahmadinejad's visiting deputy the need for Iran and Lebanon to coordinate their positions at the UN Security Council.

  

Jan. 17 (Bloomberg) -- M1 Group , a Lebanese holding company whose portfolio includes real estate investments in the U.S., Europe and the Middle East, plans to acquire part of EFG-Hermes Holding SAE's stake in Bank Audi-Audi Saradar Group .

  

Lebanon: Today, a new event management company has seen the light. Event Guru is set to become in a flash one of the market leaders in the production of bespoke, creative events. [AMEInfo.com]

  

BEIRUT, January 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, a new event management company has seen the light. Event Guru is set to become in a flash one of the market leaders in the production of bespoke, creative events.

  

The Egyptian artist Shireen Abed Al Wahab will travel to Beirut to film a new video clip for the song 'Ma Thasibneesh' (Don't Judge Me). Shireen said that her pregnancy is going well. Recently Shireen became ill before her performance in Abu Dhabi and was admitted to a hospital.