Lebanon has lodged a complaint against Israel to the United Nations Security Council to protest the kidnapping of a citizen in South Lebanon by an Israeli patrol Sunday afternoon.Israeli troops abducted a Lebanese boy in South Lebanon on Sunday, the National News Agency (NNA) reported. The 17-year old shepherd, Rabih Zahra, was tending a flock of sheep near Kfar Shouba when he was abducted

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.

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.

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.

Israeli officials said Sunday that a Hamas commander assassinated in Dubai played a central role in smuggling weapons from Iran to Gaza militants. But they refused to say whether Israel was responsible for killing the man it had sought for two decades.

Lebanon: Lebanon's telecommunications minister, Charbel Nahas has said that a decision will be made by the end of the year on how to sell two mobile phone operators, which previous governments had hoped would raise as much as $7bn, Bloomberg has reported. Plans to sell the mobile phone companies were put on hold due to an 18-month political crisis that eased in May 2008 and later by the global credit crisis and parliamentary elections in June of last year. "The process of bringing in investors has different techniques and it can be an IPO or a mix that includes a strategic partner," Nahas said. [AMEInfo.com]

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.

LEBANON ? Margaret Campbell and Kim Ullfers have submittedletters of interest to fill the Ward II position on the citycouncil recently opened by the resignation of Rebecca Grizzle,according to City Clerk Linda Kaser.

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

Lebanese President Michel Suleiman stressed Friday the need to give the Palestinians their "right of return", his office announced in a statement. Suleiman told visiting Palestinian Labor Minister Ahmed Majdalani at the presidential palace in Baabda near Beirut, that Lebanon "has always defended the Palestinian cause in all international forums." He stressed the need to give the Palestinians ...

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.

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.It added that the bank had seen a remarkable surge in housing loans and loans to the private sector in ...

LEIDSCHENDAM, Netherlands, Jan. 29 (UPI) -- A delegation from the Special Tribunal for Lebanon announced Friday they planned to meet with top political and judicial officials in Beirut starting Feb. 1.

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.

LEBANON TWP. ? The all-Republican Township Committee unanimously elected Jay Weeks as mayor and Frank Morrison as deputy mayor when it reorganized Jan. 6.

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.

Lebanon will decide by the end of the year how to sell two mobile phone operators, which previous governments had hoped would raise as much as $7 billion.

Lebanon Cardiology Associates teamed with The Good Samaritan Hospital to implement one of the top 15% performing emergency cardiac catheterization teams treating heart attacks in the United States.

BEIRUT: A report released by the World Bank indicated that real GDP growth in Lebanon in 2010 should be equal to that witnessed in 2009, reaching 7 percent. The report, entitled Global Economic Prospects in 2010, was published by Bank Audi?s Weekly Monitor.

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.

It's all unscientific, of course, but the boys' and girls' programs at Mt. Lebanon -- a public school in the WPIAL -- are keeping company with the best in the country in two national polls.

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 ...

Arab League (AL) announced on Thursday its full solidarity with Lebanon in the face of threats by Israel. Yossi Peled, an Israeli minister without portfolio, said last week "We are heading towards a new confrontation in northern Israel, but no one can predict the timing," referring to a possible war with Lebanon. "Lebanon suffered from the Israeli attacks and violation and is still suffering ...

PARIS - Lebanon's new star couturiers face the typical problems of people working in fashion: snarled deliveries, canceled trips, delayed fittings. Only in their case, such hiccups are caused by war.

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.

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.

Police in Mount Lebanon and state police in a helicopter were unable to find a burglar who was interrupted in the act of robbing a Shady Drive home last night and escaped by jumping off a second-story deck.

Beirut - Spain assumed command of the United Nations Interim Forces in Southern Lebanon (UNIFIL) from Italy on Thursday, UN officials said. In an official ceremony at UNIFIL Headquarters in Naqoura, southern Lebanon, Italy's Major-General Claudio Gra...

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.

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.

BEIRUT, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Lebanon's Byblos Bank said on Thursday its 2009 net profit rose 19.8 percent in 2009 to $146.1 million as customer deposits and total assets jumped more than a fifth.

The ?black box? flight recorders of the Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed off the Lebanese coast on Monday have been found by search teams. Once it has been brought to the surface, the equipment should tell investigators what caused the passenger jet to crash just after takeoff from Beirut.

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

Lebanon's new star couturiers face the typical problems of people working in fashion: snarled deliveries, canceled trips, delayed fittings.

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.

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.

Abused, humiliated and deprived of the most basic rights, foreign maids in Lebanon are starting to fight back against their employers in court and, in rare cases, they are winning.

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 ...

Police are searching for a burglary suspect in the Mt. Lebanon area. Authorities are checking several streets and a State police helicopter is assisting in the search.

BEIRUT - Abused, humiliated and deprived of the most basic rights, foreign maids in Lebanon are starting to fight back against their employers in court and, in rare cases, they are winning.

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.

A search team on Wednesday found the black boxes from an Ethiopian aircraft that crashed off the Lebanese coast with 90 people on board, all presumed dead, a military spokesman told AFP.

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.

Source: Reuters BEIRUT, Jan 27 (Reuters) - A U.S. 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 ...

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.

Rescuers continued their search Wednesday for the victims and black boxes of an Ethiopian airliner that crashed off the Lebanese coast but found nothing on the third day after the deadly accident.

A Nebraska-based energy developer is continuing to explore where it can obtain up to five million gallons of water per day to supply the 950-megawatt gas-fired plant it hopes to build in North Lebanon Twp.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

The Lebanon men?s swim team relied on its depth to get the job done against visiting South Albany on Jan 19.

BEIRUT -- Emergency workers searched deep in the Mediterranean Sea 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. The plane went down in flames early Monday just minutes after takeoff from Beirut in a fierce thunderstorm. All 90 people on board were feared dead. "It ...

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.

The Lebanon Farmers Market will be sold by the middle of March.

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]

Hariri?s visit comes one day after Egyptian prosecutor demands death sentence for 26 alleged Lebanese militants.

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.

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 - 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.

BEIRUT (AP) - 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 ...

LEBANON - Fouls and turnovers combined to ruin Lebanon Catholic's night against Manheim Central in Lancaster-Lebanon League girls' basketball on Tuesday.

THE pilot of an Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed 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 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 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.

BEIRUT - 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.

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, 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.

BEIRUT - The pilot of an Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed into the sea flew in the opposite direction from...

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...

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 today.

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.

By United Press International BEIRUT, Lebanon, Jan. 26 (UPI) -- Officials said the pilot of an Ethiopian jet ignored suggestions from air traffic controllers just before the aircraft flew into a storm and crashed.

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

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.

BEIRUT (AP) -- 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...

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.

Lebanon's transportation minister says the pilot of an Ethiopian Airlines jet did not fly in the direction recommended by the Beirut control tower before the fatal crash.

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]

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

Crews from several countries combed the sea off the coast of Lebanon on Tuesday but all 90 people aboard an Ethiopian Airlines jet were feared dead after the plane went down in flames during a stormy night of lightning and thunderstorms.

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.

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

BEIRUT, LEBANON - Families of passengers on board a doomed Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed in a ball of flame off the Lebanese coast on Monday huddled at Beirut airport hoping for the best but fearing the worst.

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.

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.

Relatives of passengers on an Ethiopian jet which crashed off Lebanon have thronged a Beirut hospital as specialists began identifying the bodies.

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.

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.

All 90 people aboard an Ethiopian Airlines plane were feared dead after it plunged into the Mediterranean, minutes after taking off from Beirut in stormy weather on Monday.

An Ethiopian Airlines passenger plane with 90 people on board has crashed into the Mediterranean Sea shortly after take-off from Beirut airport.

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.

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.

BEIRUT, Jan 25 (Bernama) -- Lebanese President Michel Suleiman on Monday ruled out sabotage as the cause for a crash of an Ethiopian jet with at least 90 people on board, China's Xinhua news agency reported, citing Lebanese media as saying.

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.

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 stormy weather early on Monday and the airline's chief executive said there was no word of survivors.

Lebanese President Rules Out Foul Play In Plane Crash

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

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

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.

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.

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.

Lebanon: An Ethiopian Airlines plane crashed into the Mediterranean sea shortly after taking off from Beirut international airport in the early hours of this morning. Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409, a Boeing 737-800, disappeared off the radar about five minutes after taking off, shortly after its scheduled departure time of 2:10am, during a thunderstorm and heavy rain. Witnesses reported seeing a ball of fire as the plane, which was heading for the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa, plunged into the sea. Reuters has reported that there were 82 passengers and eight crew list on the plane's manifest. [AMEInfo.com]

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 ...

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

A Lebanese aviation official says an Ethiopian Airlines plane with 92 people on board that disappeared from the radar shortly after takeoff from Beirut has probably crashed into the sea.

AVIATION staff are looking for an Ethiopian Airlines plane carrying 92 people which dropped off radar screens after take-off from Beirut today.

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.

The plane crashed after takeoff on Monday morning from Beirut. News reports said 85 people were on board.

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 ...

An Ethiopian airliner transporting 90 passengers and crew crashed in stormy weather just after takeoff in Lebanon early Monday, plunging into the Mediterranean sea, Transport Minister Ghazi Aridi said.

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.

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

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

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

BEIRUT (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 sources said.

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 ...

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 Monday, airport sources said.

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 ...

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 ...

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 sources said. The plane disappeared off the radar shortly after takeoff, the sources said. There were no further immediate details.

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

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday sought to calm fears of an imminent conflict with Lebanese Hizbollah guerrillas by saying Israel sought peace with its neighbours. A statement quoted him saying Israel was not planning...

Follow Israel news on and . (IsraelNN.com) Tensions have escalated along the Israeli-Lebanese border and Syria has begun calling up troops from its Fourth Reserve, sources told the pan-Arab daily Asharq Al-Awsat.

Yossi Peled says Israel heading toward new confrontation with Lebanese resistance movement.

As law enforcement officers investigate the deaths of three members of a Lebanon family, relatives began to gather and ponder the loss.

BEIRUT -- Hezbollah has dispersed its long-range-rocket sites deep into northern Lebanon and the Bekaa Valley, a move that analysts say threatens to broaden any future conflict between the Islamist movement and Israel into a war between the two countries.

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.

Trailing by five at halftime, the Mt. Lebanon boys basketball team needed a dominant second half against Lake Clifton (Md.).

Having defeated one of the country's best teams earlier in the season, the Mt. Lebanon boys' team figured it might as well pin a loss on one of the nation's top players.

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

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

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.

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.

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 neighbors.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stressed on Saturday that Israel has no intention to carry out an offensive against Lebanon, hours after a minister in his cabinet said that a military conflict between Israel and Hizbullah was "inevitable."

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

Jerusalem - Yossi Peled, Israeli minister and former general, said Saturday that Israel was on the way to a new armed conflict with the Lebanese militant organization Hezbollah and that it was just a matter of time, Israeli media reported. Yossi Pele...

An Israeli cabinet minister warns of the third Israeli war on Lebanon amid reports that Tel Aviv has mobilized its troops.

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...

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.

BEIRUT (AP) - 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 real estate boom that is transforming Lebanon?s capital.

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).

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).

A Lebanon high school senior found out Wednesday afternoon he will join his two other brothers in theNaval Academy.

A new report said that Hezbollah has tightened security measures along the border with Israel as Tel Aviv beefs up its forces along the northern frontier.

Dubai, UAE - Smart Gilas Pilipinas' hopes of a finals stint in the 21st Dubai International Basketball Championships ended Friday night as the Rajko Toroman-coached squad suffered a 79-76 semis loss to Lebanon's Al-Riyadi at the Al Ahli Sports Club.

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

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 Mediterranean, signs of an unprecedented real estate boom that is transforming Lebanon's capital.

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...

DUBAI ? What they lack in manpower and ceiling, Smart Gilas Pilipinas hopes to make up with its speed and outside shooting as it guns for a finals berth against a fancied Al Riyadi of Lebanon side in the 21st Dubai Invitational at the Al Ahli Indoor Stadium here Friday.

Luxury building boom transforms Beirut as Lebanon becomes a financial draw

The World Bank's private sector arm has bought an 8 percent stake in Lebanon's Byblos Bank for $100 million, the Lebanese bank said Friday.

BEIRUT: An ambitious project aimed at reforming the public health sector was launched Thursday at the Municipality building of the Beirut suburb of Haret Hreik.

From the catwalks of Paris and New York to the red carpets of Cannes and the Oscars, Lebanese designers are taking the couture scene by storm, pitching the glamorous side of a country long associated with violence.

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.

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Jan. 21 (UPI) -- The head of the U.N. peacekeeping force in Lebanon said he felt war was unlikely despite simmering tensions along the southern border with Israel.

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.

Please reserve a space on your "Polaris Music Prize 2010 potentials" list for this one: The New Pornographers will release their fifth studio album, Together , on May 4.

Ski jumper Nick Alexander of Lebanon, N.H., learned Wednesday that he will represent the U.S. in the upcoming Vancouver Olympics. But Nick will also be representing the entire Upper Valley, a region that helped get him where he is today.

Jan. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Lebanon plans to raise at least $250 million from the sale of a stake in national carrier Middle East Airlines later this year, Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh said in an interview.

An accident on Monroe Road and Mt. Lebanon Road with injuries causes delays.

Jan. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Lebanon plans to raise at least $250 million from the sale of a stake in national carrier Middle East Airlines later this year, Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh said in an interview.

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 ...

The Mt. Lebanon boys basketball team has become comfortable on the road, and the Blue Devils will be traveling again the next two weekends.

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.

BEIRUT: Cheap, portable and capable of yielding near-instant gratification for the beginner, photography is a popular art form (and pastime the world over. In this, Beirut is not alone. The streets of Hamra and Gemmayzeh bristle with the protruding lenses of SLR cameras, snapping architectural features, street scenes or friends goofing around.

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

A Palmyra man was talking on his cell phone in the parking lot of the Medicine Shoppe, 1305 Cumberland St., Lebanon, Monday afternoon when a man hit him on the head three times with his cane, causing a cut and swelling, police said.

BEIRUT - The leader of Lebanon's Shiite Muslim Hezbollah and the head of the largest Shiite political party in Iraq are focusing on unity amid what they call threats facing the Mideast.

Beirut - Lebanon ranked 93rd globally and 11th in the Middle East and North Africa Region in terms of its application of electronics in government operations, a survey Wednesday showed. The survey, the United Nations Electronic Government Readiness I...

The Lebanon middle school wrestling team defended its title at the Central Linn Middle School Tournament on Jan. 16.

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

Palestinian refugees - who overwhelmingly wish to return home - will not be naturalisied in Lebanon.

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.

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]

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 ...

U.S. special envoy to the Middle East George Mitchell kicked off Tuesday in Lebanon a regional visit aiming at discussing peace in the region. Mitchell met in Beirut with Lebanese Foreign Minister Ali al- Shami, Lebanese state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported, adding that no relevant statements had been delivered in the wake of the meeting. Mitchell also met with Prime Minister Saad ...

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]

Lebanon: Beirut Baptist School has selected Skoolee Tools student information system (SIS) and school management software, as part of its strategy to upgrade technology and consolidate its operations. [AMEInfo.com]

PANSY HILL - After more than 500 hours of work over five months, Giacomo Amato has opened Bahabaluha, a steak and seafood restaurant with a tropical theme, in North Lebanon Township.

The North Lebanon supervisors Monday night adopted a change in fees for 2010.

JAN 20 ? Lebanon is unmistakably one of the most beautiful countries I have visited. At the same time, it is achingly painful when I look at the indiscriminate pockmarks on old buildings in downtown Beirut.

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Jan. 19 (UPI) -- Iraqi Shiite leader Ammar al-Hakim arrived in Beirut to meet with Hezbollah officials as part of a broad tour of the Arab region, his office said.

US special envoy for the Middle East George Mitchell arrived yesterday in Beirut for a two-day visit, during which he will hold talks with Lebanese officials on the Middle East peace process.

LEBANON - A local band emerged victorious Saturday, Jan. 16 in a large Cincinnati Battle of the Bands.

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.

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.

Beirut - US special envoy for the Middle East George Mitchell arrived Tuesday in Beirut for a two-day visit, during which he will hold talks with Lebanese officials on the Mideast peace process. Mitchell was scheduled to meet Lebanese Foreign Ministe...

Achrafieh, Lebanon) 14 December 2009. Beirut Baptist School has selected Skoolee Tools student information system (SIS) and school management software, as part of its strategy to upgrade technology and consolidate its operations.

Lebanon receives 1.9m tourists in 2009

BEIRUT - 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.

A major global telecommunications turnkey company is looking to hire a Regional Sales Manager to increase sales across the Middle East region. This will include up-selling to existing candidates and developing new business with other mobile key accounts.

Lebanon: The Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT) practice at Deloitte today announces its 2010 predictions for the technology sector, forecasting that 2010 will be the breakout year for net tablets. The connected portable devices are expected to offer a more appealing balance of form and function, and are anticipated to be purchased by tens of millions of people in the year ahead. [AMEInfo.com]

January 19, 2010: Lebanese media are reporting Israeli troops and aircraft unusually active on the border, with some Israeli vehicles seen crossing the border.

US Middle East envoy George Mitchell was due in Beirut on Tuesday at the beginning of a new regional tour aimed at restarting Middle East peace talks, a Lebanese foreign ministry official said.

Luxury Clothing Company SAL (LCC) is pleased to announce the opening of its Rodeo Drive ladieswear boutique in Lebanon.

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]

The Mt. Lebanon School Board voted last night to cap the cost of the high school renovation at nearly $113.3 million ? just shy of the threshold that would require a voter referendum.

The Lebanon School District has entered into an agreement with the Pennsylvania Department of Education to pursue a federal economic-stimulus grant that could bring millions of dollars to the district.

Children 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.

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...

Beirut - US special envoy for the Middle East George Mitchell is due to arrive in Beirut Tuesday for a two-day visit, the official Lebanese National News Agency (NNA) said Monday. The US envoy is scheduled to meet high-ranking Lebanese officials upon...

Middle East investment bank EFG Hermes said Monday it sold its entire stake in Lebanon's Bank Audi for $913.4 million, significantly boosting its liquidity.

The head of a Syrian-backed Palestinian militia in Lebanon has said Palestinians will never be disarmed inside or outside of refugee camps in Lebanon, newspapers reported on Monday.

Lebanon: Commerzbank and Bank Audi sal - Audi Saradar Group announced that they have entered into an agreement for the sale of Dresdner Bank Monaco S.A.M. [AMEInfo.com]

Jan. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Iran is considering whether to reduce links with the U.K. and is reviewing areas of cooperation, the Iranian foreign minister said.

BEIRUT, Jan 18 (Reuters) - Egypt's EFG-Hermes sold its stake in Lebanon's Bank Audi for $913.4 million, the Lebanese bank said on Monday. In a regulatory statement, Bank Audi said EFG-Hermes, which held 28 percent of the bank, concluded the sale of its 7.5 million common shares and 2.5 million GDRs. In Cairo, head of EFG-Hermes investor relations Dina Sonbati confirmed that the firm had sold its ...

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 ...

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

16 January 2010 Amman -- Minister of Industry and Trade Amer Hadidi on Saturday said that Jordan and Lebanon look forward to promoting economic cooperation and increasing trade exchange.

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.

BEIRUT The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah accused Arab leaders Saturday of caving in to U.S. pressure to bring the Palestinians back to peace talks with Israel.

DUBAI ? Smart Gilas Pilipinas, drawing strength from the return of Jamal Sampson and the sterling efforts of guards Chris Tiu and JV Casio, subdued the Fadi El Khatib-led Champville of Lebanon, 77-71, in the Dubai Invitational at the Al Ahli Club on Saturday.

United Nations blue helmets are helping to green southern Lebanon through a re-forestation project designed to raise environmental awareness and provide long-lasting benefits to local residents in the village of Sh?huur.

Protesters in northern Lebanon blocked a major highway with dirt barriers and burning tyres on Saturday as they upped the stakes in their campaign for an end to electricity rationing.

New York, Jan 16 : United Nations blue helmets are helping to green southern Lebanon through a re-forestation project designed to raise environmental awareness and provide long-lasting benefits to local residents in the village of Sh'huur.

BEIRUT - Iranian Vice President Mohammad Reza Tajeddini said his government fully supports the ?unity and independence? of Lebanon during a visit to Beirut on Saturday, the Lebanese president?s office said.

Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri said here Friday that pressuring Israel into achieving peace in the region is important, the local Now Lebanon news site reported. During a meeting with U.S. ambassador to Lebanon Michele Sison as well as with U.S. National Security Advisor James Jones, Hariri added that the Palestinian cause was of central concern to the other Arab states. According to Hariri ...

Lebanese President Michel Suleiman called on Friday for reconciliation among Palestinian factions, the president's office said in a statement. When meeting with Hamas Chief Khaled Mashaal in the presidential palace near Beirut, Suleiman said that "reconciliation will have a positive influence on the peace process," noted the statement. Hamas, which seized Gaza strip by force in 2007, had ...

LEBANON ? The Volunteer Lebanon Fire Department will hold a carwash fundraiser from noon to 4 p.m. today at Autozone, 2063 S.Santiam Highway, Lebanon .

BEIRUT, Jan 15, 2010 (AFP) - Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah said Friday he was confident that any new conflict with Israel would see his militant group emerge victorious and change the face of the region.

It was like someone cut the electricity inside Lebanon High School's gymnasium Friday night.After a lightning-quick start, the Elizabethtown girls' basketball team suffered through a power outage that cost them their footing in the Lancaster-Lebanon League Section Two race.The visiting Bears...

Lebanon: The "Beyond Boundaries: Online & Mobile Success Stories" Seminar on the 17 February Will be Addressed by Key International and Arab Media Speakers, Including Reiner Mittelbach, CEO of WAN-IFRA , Allan Marshall, Joint Partner, I-Media Advisory, and Niko Ruokosuo, COO, Saudi Research and marketing Group. [AMEInfo.com]

The previous Guinness hummus record set in Lebanon two months ago has been broken.

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Jan. 15 (UPI) -- The strength of the Lebanese people lies in resistance and the solidarity of its army and people, Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah said Friday.

A Lebanese Muslim man said Friday he has filed a complaint against a Christian teacher for trying to snatch a veil from his daughter's head, a sensitive issue in this multi-confessional nation.

Beirut - Lebanon is to send a delegation to Haiti next week with tents and medical supplies for the victims of Tuesday's devastating earthquake, the Lebanese National News Agency said. The mission will also check on Lebanese nationals in the Caribbea...

DUBAI ? Defending champions Al Riyadi of Lebanon overcame hosts UAE 95-81 in their opening match of the 21st Dubai International Basketball Championship which started at the Al Ahli sports hall on Thursday night.

BEIRUT (AFP) - Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal urged Egypt on Friday to stop building an underground wall along its border with Gaza, which the Islamist group has said would further choke the impoverished enclave.

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Jan. 15 (UPI) -- The proximity of Lebanon to the Mediterranean Sea and general apathy make it extremely vulnerable to the effects of global climate change, an activist warns.

The Lebanon community is challenged by local businessman and philanthropist Francis J. Dixon to match his contribution of $100,000 for Haiti earthquake relief through Mennonite Central Committee.

A powder being marketed as the only energy product in the Middle East that is sniffed is creating a stir in Lebanon, and authorities this week cautioned against its use and had it pulled from stores.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal called on Egypt on Friday to stop building an underground wall along its border with Gaza, which the Islamist group says would put further strain on the isolated enclave.

Source: Reuters BEIRUT, Jan 15 (Reuters) - Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal called on Egypt on Friday to stop building an underground wall along its border with Gaza, which the Islamist group says would put further strain ...

West Lebanon -- Robert Harris, a radiologist at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, was annoyed when his flight into Port-au-Prince was canceled Tuesday.

BEIRUT, Jan 15 (Reuters) - Below is a table of the latest Lebanese economic statistics.

BEIRUT: Finance Minister Raya Haffar Hassan on Thursday ruled out the possibility of any privatization in Lebanon this year but stressed that this process will take place sooner or later. ?I don?t think we will have any privatization in 2010. This might happen next year.

BEIRUT: Speaker Nabih Berri?s call to begin the process of abolishing sectarianism in politics was greeted Thursday with criticism of the lack of national consensus on the issue, along with counter-calls for establishing a federal system.

BEIRUT, Jan 15 (Reuters) - No privatisation will take place in Lebanon this year, a local newspaper on Friday quoted Finance Minister Raya al-Hassan as saying. "I don't think we will have any privatisation in 2010. This might happen next year," al-Hassan said in an interview in the English-language daily, The Daily Star. Keywords: LEBANON PRIVATISATION/

NICOSIA ? Officials said the U.S. military and State Department have been training thousands of Lebanese officers in law enforcement and counter-insurgency skills.

KUALA LUMPUR: A self-proclaimed Lebanese millionaire has been detained for possessing counterfeit notes amounting US$66 million (RM220 million) in a hotel room.

Firefighters quickly doused a fire that started on the first floor of a semidetached apartment building in Lebanon Thursday night.

LEBANON - Noting that Thursday, Jan. 14 was going to be a warm sunny day, Rep. Jean Schmidt, (R-2) told a group of Lebanon Chamber of Commerce members that everyone needs to enjoy the sunshine and thinks 2010 will be a better year for America.

KUALA LUMPUR: Self-proclaimed ?billionaire? Elie Youseef Najem has made many dubious claims before, including a promise to donate RM1bil to the National Cancer Council (Makna) in 2006.

LEBANON ? Lebanon residents who want to own more than two dogswithout violating a city law may soon get their chance.

The famous Lebanese artist Nicole Saba will play the leading role in a new Lebanese television drama series. Nicole has so far declined to reveal any details.

Kingdom Hotel Investments ("KHI"), the leading emerging markets hotel investment company, on Monay announced the opening of the Four Seasons Beirut. The hotel, in which KHI has a controlling 38% equity ownership, is expected to cost $146M.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 14 (Bernama) -- A self-proclaimed Lebanese millionaire has been detained for possessing counterfeit notes amounting USD66 million (RM220 million) in a hotel room.

KUALA LUMPUR: Controversial self-proclaimed billionaire Elie Youssef Najem, who pledged RM1bil to the National Cancer Council (Makna) in 2006, was caught with allegedly US$66mil (RM220mil) in fake money.

TERKINI KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 14 ? Rakyat Lebanon Ellie Youseff Najeem (gambar) yang pernah mengemparkan negara dengan mendakwa dirinya orang ketiga terkaya di dunia dan berhasrat menyumbangkan berbilion ringgit untuk tujuan amal, ditahan Ahad lalu di sebuah hotel empat bintang di Bukit Bintang di sini kerana miliki wang palsu AS$66.2 juta (RM225 juta). Dia diberkas bersama mata wang lama palsu ...

Until a year ago, Dubai was the dream destination of fresh graduates from Lebanon looking for good work and good money. Today, young Lebanese are entering the workforce with trepidation, knowing they face a job market with few good opportunities in the Gulf and even fewer in Lebanon.

Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri renewed Wednesday calling for abolishing political sectarianism, although he said this "national goal" cannot be achieved within 20 years. "The ninth article of the constitution states that the parliament should form a committee to eliminate political sectarianism," said Berri in a press conference in the Parliament House in Beirut. He added that ...

Redknee, a leading provider of business-critical software and solutions for communications service providers, announced the opening of its new office in Beirut, Lebanon.

An explosion took place Wednesday morning in Kfarkila village in south Lebanon, injuring three children waiting for their school bus, the local Naharnet website reported. A security source told Naharnet that the blast took place at the entrance to a three-storey building in Kfarkila, adding that it is believed to be the result of a bomb. The source identified one of the tenants in the building ...

A 50-year-old Lebanon woman who was reported missing and found in Chicago has returned home, and police were investigating Wednesday whether a crime had been committed.

Maintenance workers found the body of a man Tuesday in the Santiam Lebanon Canal near the Odd Fellows Cemetery.

The Four Seasons Hotel Beirut opened earlier this week.

LEBANON ? A year ago, Lebanon parent Tre Kennedy remembers, anygroup discussion on Lebanon schools likely would have ended inangry shouts.

LEBANON ? Emergency crews are responding to a multi-vehicle accident today, Jan. 13, in front of Lebanon High School.

The Pizza Factory in Lebanon will pay a $1,495 fine or serve a nine-day suspension after an Oregon Liquor Control Commission violation.

Those who don?t think Lebanon has gangs need only read the public record.

BEIRUT - A bomb blast in a Hezbollah stronghold in southern Lebanon on Wednesday wounded at least three students who were waiting for their school bus, military and security officials said.

A bomb blast in a Hezbollah stronghold in southern Lebanon on Wednesday wounded at least three students who were waiting for their school bus, military and security officials said.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Tuesday said that he regrets that the registrar of the United Nations-backed tribunal set up to try the perpetrators of political killings in Lebanon is stepping down, but congratulated him on his appointment as the head of an organization focusing on transitional justice. Ban, in a statement issued here by his spokesman, said that the registrar of the Special ...

Eclipsys Corporation, The Outcomes Company, announced today that Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center (Bronx Lebanon), the largest voluntary, not-for-profit healthcare system in south and central Bronx, NY, has quickly expanded its use of integrated clinical components of Eclipsys Sunrise Enterprise? suite of solutions.

Security and military officials say a bomb went off in a Hezbollah stronghold in southern Lebanon, wounding at least three people.

Lebanon: Lebanon's telecoms minister has said that mobile service providers in the country must prevent the deterioration of their services or face actions by the ministry, The Daily Star has reported. 'The companies are responsible for the current status and quality of the mobile lines in Lebanon. We will take proper actions if the services do not improve,' Charbel Nahas told the newspaper. [AMEInfo.com]

Lebanon police have arrested two city men - including one who identified himself as a street-gang member - and a 16-year-old boy on charges stemming from a fight that blocked traffic on a busy street Monday afternoon.

In a somber memorial Tuesday night, the Lebanon Police Department honored a murdered officer nearly one year after his death. The anniversary of Officer David Ford's death isn't until next month, but Lebanon's Police Chief is retiring at the end of January, and holding a memorial for his fallen officer was something Chief Shelton Young couldn't leave without doing. For nearly everyone at the ...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade says it is in contact with a Jordanian New Zealander sentenced to two years' hard labour by Lebanon's Military Tribunal but can say little more.

Casual Indian fare in Fremont: The brothers behind Mountain View's upscale Sakoon and the popular Bombay Garden restaurants in Santa Clara, San Mateo and Newark are premiering a new concept this week.

New details were released Tuesday about the Lebanon Raceway fire that killed two men and 45 horses.

Lebanese security officials say police have arrested one of the country's biggest drug dealers with a record number of warrants issued for his arrest.

One day after FBI agents questioned the U.S. ambassador to Lebanon about his unauthorized participation in arms-for- hostages negotiations with Iran, the State Department recalled the highest-ranking ...

Lebanon and Syria criticized Tuesday the tight security screening recently introduced by the United States against travelers from the two Arab nations, branding the measures a form of discrimination and warning they might...

When the beaming smiles of the doormen at Four Seasons Hotel Beirut dazzle their very first guests, the city will take another quantum step forward in its renaissance as a 21st century metropolis. There are few in Beirut who won?t share the uniformed front men?s sense of pride; ten years in the planning and five years under construction, the Hotel opens as a gleaming statement of intent for the ...

Lebanese Minister of Information Tarek Mitri Tuesday requested the U.S. authority to cancel it from the recent airport security measures list. Mitri told a news briefing on Tuesday that Lebanese government understood any measure that any country chooses to take to enhance security in airports, however, what is under question is that citizens of Lebanon are singled out. The U.S. government ...

Four Seasons opens its first Beirut hotel

Lebanon: Created as the first advertising festival for the Middle Eastern and North African region, the Mena Cristal Festival announces the President of the 5th edition of the Festival, to be held from 1 to 5 February in Mzaar Kfardebiane, Lebanon. [AMEInfo.com]

KUANTAN, Jan 12 (Bernama) -- The Malaysian Contingent (Malcon) East 5 (ME 5) comprising 300 officers and men of the three services of the Malaysian Defence Forces (ATM) will be leaving for peacekeeping duties in Lebanon in two groups on Jan 21 and Jan 27.

When the beaming smiles of the doormen at Four Seasons Hotel Beirut dazzle their very first guests, the city will take another quantum step forward in its renaissance as a 21st century metropolis.

Building on its continuously evolving Corporate Social Responsibility program to support environmentally friendly solutions, Wild Discovery, the network of travel agencies in Lebanon, Dubai and Syria, affiliated to Johnny R. Saade Holdings, is the first Lebanese travel agency to offset its greenhouse gas emissions and thus, becomes carbon Neutral

BEIRUT: The National Media Council held a large-scale meeting on Monday to discuss creating a guidebook for audiovisual media outlets in Lebanon that would define pornography and other offenses to public morals.

Lebanese President Michel Suleiman visited on Monday the Spanish contingent working with the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) and some Lebanese army posts near the borders with Israel, the country's state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported. Suleiman, accompanied by Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander General Jean Qahwaji, arrived in Marjayoun in southern Lebanon. Suleiman laid a ...

U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs David Johnson, discussed on Monday in Beirut a U.S.-funded capacity building program for the Lebanese Internal Security Forces (ISF). Johnson and U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon Michele Sison met with the command staff of the ISF, led by Director General Achraf Rifi, the U.S. embassy in Beirut said in a ...

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Lebanon School District unveiled a preliminary budget that raises rate 6.1 percent.

The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Lebanon has strongly protested to Israel over the significant number of over-flights in Lebanese airspace during the last few days in violation of a Security Council resolution ending the 34-day war between ...

U.S. Assistant Secretary of State David Johnson visits Beirut Meets with the ISF Command Office of the Spokesman Washington, DC January 11, 2010 U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs arrived in Beirut Sunday, January 10, 2010, to observe the U.S.-funded capacity building program for the Internal Security Forces (ISF). While in Beirut ...

WEST LEBANON, Ind. ? West Lebanon, Ind., personnel will work on a water leak Tuesday. It is anticipated town residents will be without water for several hours starting at 10 a.m. EST If the town does experience a period without water, a boil order will be issued when the service is restored.

So you can totally afford that Metro fare increase now.

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Monday his country has reached a total of six deals with Lebanon in a variety of diplomatic areas. The Anatolia News Agency said Erdogan confirmed the deals during a news conference with Lebanese Prime Minister Sa'ad al-Din al-Hariri.

LEBANON, Ind. - The Noblesville wrestlers went 3-2 Saturday in a six-way meet at Lebanon. The Millers fell to Harrison 37-30 before routing Elwood 60-12 and Faith Christian 74-0. Noblesville then lost to Pike 43-15 and downed Lebanon 46-22. Justin Wilding (103 pounds), Tyler Carlotto (112), Jordan Edwards (125), Alex Wormuth (135), Alex Bowers (145) and Derrick Holpuch (189) all went 4-1 for the ...

BEIRUT, LEBANON--(Marketwire - 01/11/10) - Editor's Note: A photo is also available with this release. When the beaming smiles of the doormen at Four Seasons Hotel Beirut dazzle their very first guests, the city will take another quantum step forward in its renaissance as a 21st century metropolis. There are few in Beirut who won't share the uniformed front men's sense of pride; ten years in the ...

The Belleville Police are investigating a shooting early Monday at a home on Lebanon Avenue.

The prime ministers of Turkey and Lebanon on Monday lashed out at Israeli violations of Lebanese airspace and air strikes in Gaza, warning they were undermining prospects for peace in the region.

BEIRUT - 11 January, 2010 - Middle East Airlines today announced the implementation of the first ever integrated baggage management system in Lebanon.

Beirut, Lebanon, 11 January 2010 - Consumer confidence in Lebanon has shown a marked increase, according to the latest Consumer Confidence Index (CCI). The Consumer Confidence Index, a quarterly survey conducted by the Middle East's number one job site Bayt.com in conjunction with research specialists YouGov Siraj, found that Lebanon moved up the index by 4.7 points.Around the Middle East and ...

Lebanon's unusually warm weather puts dampener on country's lucrative ski season.

Lebanese anti-aircraft guns opened fire on four Israeli fighter planes which were violating its air space and flying at low altitude on Monday, the military said.

Building on its continuously evolving Corporate Social Responsibility program to support environmentally friendly solutions, Wild Discovery, the network of travel agencies in Lebanon, Dubai and Syria, affiliated to Johnny R.

Kingdom Hotel Investments (KHI) has announced the opening of the Four Seasons Beirut.

Kingdom Hotel Investments (KHI), the leading emerging markets hotel investment company, announced the opening of the Four Seasons Beirut. The hotel, in which KHI has a controlling 38% equity ownership, is expected to cost $146m.

Lebanon: Kingdom Hotel Investments (KHI), the leading emerging markets hotel investment company, announced the opening of the Four Seasons Beirut. The hotel, in which KHI has a controlling 38% equity ownership, is expected to cost $146m. [AMEInfo.com]

BEIRUT -- The victory by a pro-U.S. faction in last June's parliamentary election has given way to a situation in which Hezbollah will keep its large arms stockpile and a veto over major government decisions, while efforts are underway to repair relations with neighboring Syria.

Listen Now! Follow Israel Radio on and . From the US Embassy in Beirut 1983 to Detroit Airport 2009 the US has been getting wake up calls to remind it that Israel and America are on the same side in the battle against Muslim radicalism.

The total trading volume of shares on the Beirut Stock Exchange reached 102.6 million shares in 2009, a decrease of 3 percent from the previous year, while aggregate turnover amounted to $1 billion, down 39 percent from a turnover of $1.7 billion in 2008, as reported by Lebanon This Week, the economic publication of the Byblos Bank Group.

Taxi drivers and restaurants that charge tourists above the odds were in the firing line Friday as Tourism Minister Fadi Abboud vowed to reform Lebanon's tourism sector.Abboud, who has been in post for almost two moths, said he aimed to ensure that "tourists feel at ease the minute they come to the country.""I [want to] sort out the problem with the cab drivers.

BEIRUT (AFP) - Hezbollah finalised a reconciliation agreement on Sunday with Druze leader Walid Jumblatt that has diffused tensions between the two Lebanese parties after deadly clashes in May 2008.

10 January 2010 Kingdom Hotel Investments ("KHI"), the leading emerging markets hotel investment company, today announces the opening of the Four Seasons Beirut. The hotel, in which KHI has a controlling 38% equity ownership, is expected to cost $146M.

Lebanese President calls on Washington not to ban Middle East television networks in US.

Lebanon: Lebanese President Michel Sleiman has asked Washington to backtrack on its decision to ban certain television channels, including Al-Manar, AFP has reported. Sleiman's concerns come after the US House of Representatives passed a bill in December calling for punitive measures against Middle East television networks seen as fuelling anti-American hatred. "For years, media outlets in the Middle East have repeatedly published or broadcast incitements to violence against the United States and Americans," the bill read. Arab information ministers are due to meet on January 24, at the Cairo headquarters of the 22-member Arab League to discuss the US bill. [AMEInfo.com]

USL, which distributes the Nike brand in Lebanon, has opened a women's store in the Beirut Souks. Based in the Lebanese capital, the store is 172 sq metres in size and will give women access to Nike's latest sport and lifestyle products.

A bit of Middle Eastern culture came to Charlottetown Saturday night during the annual news years levee hosted by the Canadian Lebanese Association of Prince Edward Island.

Australians, Germans, Norwegians, Lebanese, Ukrainians and even Libyans are among the nationalities coveting British commercial property.

Beirut: Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Al Hariri yesterday thanked the Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani for the care and attention given by him, the government and people of Qatar to undertake generous projects in the country.

The second spill of sewage sludge from Lebanon's sewage treatment plant in one month resulted in thousands of gallons of sludge flowing into a nearby creek, according to the Missouri Department of Natural Resources indicated.

BEIRUT: Israel said late Thursday that 300 kilograms of buried explosives recently discovered by UN forces in southern Lebanon were likely planted by Hizbullah operatives.

Local resident Kenneth Phelps has joined the team at the Lebanon Campus of HACC, Central Pennsylvania's Community College (PRWeb Jan 9, 2010) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2010/01/prweb3425554.htm

Beirut - Lebanon's President Michel Suleiman has urged the United States to reverse a decision to ban the Hezbollah-run television channel, al-Manar, Lebanese media reported Saturday. Suleiman made the request during his talks with visiting US Senato...

BEIRUT (AFP) - Lebanese President Michel Sleiman has urged the United States to reverse a decision to ban the Hezbollah television channel, Al-Manar, during talks with US Senator John MCain.

BEIRUT, Jan 09, 2010 (AFP) - Lebanese President Michel Sleiman has urged the United States to reverse a decision to ban the Hezbollah television channel, Al-Manar, during talks with US Senator John MCain.

The former U.S. presidential candidate, Republican senator John McCain began on Friday a visit to Lebanon for talks with top Lebanese officials on the current regional issues. McCain, who is accompanied by a delegation from the U.S. congress consisting of Senators John Barrasso and John Thune, met with Lebanese President Michel Suleiman at the Presidential Palace, local news site Naharnet ...

Lebanese MP Qassem Hashem denied on Friday that the explosives found in South Lebanon town of Khiam were planted by Hezbollah fighters, the state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported. Israel said Thursday that 300 kilograms of buried explosives, recently discovered by UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) in Khiam, were likely planted by the Shiite armed group. But Hashem said in the South ...

EARLVILLE ? The Town of Lebanon Town Clerk and Tax Collector hours are as follows:

Crews are battling a blaze Friday afternoon at Tucker's Sausage plant in Lebanon.

Firefighters in Lebanon have been fighting a fire at Tucker's Sausage northeast of the city's public square for the past three and a half hours.

Lebanon may go back to the voters this spring to shore up its road maintenance fund. A backlog of road projects has been left undone since voters rejected a 1.5-mill street levy in 2008.

LEBANON - Federal officials with the Office of Civil Rights saythey will close a discrimination complaint against the Lebanon Community School District as soon as the district has fullysatisfied its resolution agreement.

The former Lebanon Valley Mall general manager has been named the development officer of the Lebanon HACC campus. Kenneth Phelps of Lebanon began work in his new post Jan. 4.

A grease fire on a stove displaced 15 people from an apartment building at Sixth and Lehman streets in Lebanon Thursday evening.

Home is... A flat near Gloucester Road. I was born in Beirut , but we were evacuated because of the civil war, then I lived in Paris and, eventually, London .

A visiting US congressman met with top Lebanese officials on Friday for talks on a range of issues, including how to deal with the influx of Iraqi refugees.

UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) on Thursday called on Israel to end its daily violations of Lebanese airspace, Lebanon's state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported. "Israel ought to halt the flights which constitute a violation of Lebanese sovereignty," said UNIFIL spokesman Andrea Tenenti, who added that these violations are "a matter of continued discussion with Israel." Tenenti ...

Starting February 23, 2010, flights to Larnaca will be available via Yerevan-Beirut-Larnaca route.

Washington, 8 January (WashingtonTV)?Israel said on Thursday that United Nations peacekeepers in Lebanon recently discovered hundreds of pounds of explosives in southern Lebanon, which Israel said had been planted by Hezbollah militants.

Lebanese authorities have arrested a man suspected of being a key operative in an al-Qaeda-inspired militant group, an army spokesman said on Friday.

BEIRUT, Jan 8, 2010 (AFP) - Lebanese authorities have arrested a man suspected of being a key operative in an Al-Qaeda-inspired militant group, an army spokesman said on Friday.

BEIRUT - LEBANESE authorities have arrested a man suspected of being a key operative in an Al-Qaeda-inspired militant group, an army spokesman said on Friday. 'We arrested a big fish in a raid in Beirut late on Thursday, and that's all I can say,' the spokesman told AFP asking not to be identified.

iloubnan.info (web media portal and e-marketing specialist) and Origami (video communication specialist) are joining their expertise in order to offer Lebanese companies a package deal allowing them to showcase their companies, products and services online in a highly cost effective manner.

A 49-year-old mother has been convicted of making her two young children live in a filthy, unheated mobile home in North Lebanon Township.

Israel said Thursday that 300 kilograms (660 pounds) of buried explosives recently discovered by U.N. forces in southern Lebanon were likely planted by Hezbollah operatives.

A cache of bombs was discovered buried in southern Lebanon near the border with Israel. The 10 bombs were discovered Dec. 26 by troops from the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, Haaretz reported Thursday.

Beirut accuses Washington of providing substandard weapons.

Long-time death row inmate Ahmad lives in such constant fear of execution, he's almost rotting away alive. "I'm suffering depression, sorrow and remorse. I can't hear or see anymore, I've lost my strength and my teeth have fallen out."Ahmad, which is not his real name, says he has learned from his actions and hopes the Lebanese authorities.

The body of a 47-year-old Lebanese, who was killed in Ukraine, arrived in Beirut Wednesday overnight as his family urged Beirut authorities to ask officials in Kiev to follow up the investigation into the murder of Mounir Abdo Mansour. The state-run National News Agency (NNA) quoted Mansour's family members as saying Thursday that they were planning.

The GTZ fuel price survey of 174 countries ranked Lebanon as having the 33rd lowest retail gasoline prices worldwide and 14th lowest among 19 countries in the Middle East and North Africa region. It also ranked Lebanon as having the 38th lowest retail diesel prices globally and 14th lowest in the MENA region, as reported by Lebanon This Week.

Lebanon is the most improved democracy in the Middle East and the second in the world, a study has found.The annual assessment was made by The Global Democracy Ranking, an independent initiative based in Austria that analyzes the quality of democracy in 97 countries across the world.

LEIDSCHENDAM, Netherlands, Jan. 7 (UPI) -- The chief investigator at the tribunal investigating the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri announced he is leaving his post.

The lethal attack on the CIA raises doubts about the reliability of America's allies in the war in Afghanistan

A Danville man accused of a Tuesday robbery at a Danville pharmacy and his associate were found today in Lebanon after both attempted to commit suicide.

BEIRUT, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Below is a table of the latest Lebanese economic statistics.

Al-Qaeda hailed the suicide bombing that killed seven CIA agents in Afghanistan as "revenge" for the deaths of top militants in US drone strikes in Pakistan, Islamist websites said on Thursday.

JERUSALEM (JTA) -- A cache of bombs was discovered buried in southern Lebanon near the border with Israel. The ten bombs were discovered last week by troops from the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, Haaretz reported Thursday.

The lethal attack on the CIA raises doubts about the reliability of America's allies in the war in Afghanistan

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Mahmoud Tamimi's friends call it the "Dubai syndrome" ? the insatiable longing for a city he loves but was forced to leave. Back in Dubai, the 31-year-old had a good job, nice apartment and a $3,700 monthly salary, dozens of times what he'd ever made before.

Jordan King, Lebanon's Hariri stress strength of bilateral ties

In the wake of the suicide bombing at Forward Operating Base Chapman, new security guidance has gone out to U.S. bases across Afghanistan, U.S. military officials said.

Al-Qaeda hailed the suicide bombing at a CIA base in Afghanistan that killed seven agents as "revenge" for the deaths of top militants in US drone strikes, the monitoring group SITE said Thursday.

LEBANON ? Obie Slater's memories could add to the archives of the Rock and Roll Hall of

Israel has completed tests on its Iron Dome anti-missile system, designed to provide a response to the thousands of rockets fired at Israel by Hamas and Hezbollah, the defence ministry said.

Mr. Tuohy was a foreign correspondent who was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of the Vietnam War for The Los Angeles Times.

Nhan Dan Online - Thanh Luong?s goal in the 39th minute helped Vietnam draw with Lebanon in their fifth match of Group D at Saida empty stadium today.

The Lebanon Police Department has two new officers on the force.

LEBANON - City Council is mulling the option of placing a property tax levy on the May ballot to try and shore up its budget and provide a cash influx to Lebanon?s ailing road system.

Lebanon mounted its patented second-half comeback against North Eugene on Dec. 30, but fell just short.

At the risk of whipping up discord with Lebanon, an Arab-Israeli village is planning to make the world's biggest hummus, a humble chickpea dip that stirs passions across the Middle East.

After drawing a first-round bye for being the tournament?s third-seeded team, the Buffalo Lady Bison lost 58-36 to Pleasant Hope on Tuesday, Dec. 29 at the Lebanon Tournament but came back a few days later to claim seventh place by downing Bolivar by a score of 53-42 on New Year?s Eve.

HA NOI ? The Viet Nam football team will play Lebanon in the second-leg game of Group D at Saida Municipal Stadium in Lebanon today.

BEAVERCREEK - The change in the calendar year would bring a change of fortune to either the Lebanon or Beavercreek high school boys basketball teams Tuesday night, Jan.

BEIRUT: Thousand of Alfa subscribers in many parts of the country suddenly and without any prior notice lost network service and were unable to call or receive calls. The breakdown in communications affected a large number of Alfa subscribers in North Mten, parts of Beirut and Mount Lebanon.

Lebanon: Peppers & Rogers Group, a recognized customer-based business strategy is pleased to announce the opening of its Beirut, Lebanon office. [AMEInfo.com]

Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri warned against discussion over the disarmament of Hezbollah during the National Dialogue sessions, daily As Safir reported on Tuesday. "Those who believe that the defense strategy is for disarmament are wrong," Berri told the local newspaper. He expressed openness to any defensive strategy that calls for "cooperation and integration among the army, the ...

The former U.S. presidential candidate, republican senator John McCain will visit Lebanon by the end of this week for talks with top Lebanese officials on the current regional issues, the local Central News Agency reported Tuesday. The report said that McCain will meet with Lebanese President Michel Suleiman, Speaker Nabih Berri, Prime Minister Saad Hariri and a number of political leaders "in ...

LEBANON ? Linn Benton Food Share will host a three-day fooddrive from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, Jan. 7-9,at the Lebanon Walmart , 3290 South Santiam Highway.

Jason Bay formally buried speculation that he was not keen to play in New York when he put on Mets uniform number 44 Tuesday in his welcome to Citi Field.

LEBANON? A boil alert issued for parts of northeast Lebanon has been lifted today, Jan. 5. Residents no longer need to boil their water prior to drinking it.The boil alert was originally issued as a result of a water main break on Monroe Road, and included the areas along Columbus Avenue, Monroe Road, Summit Street, Ridge Road, Highland Avenue, and adjacent streets.

By Tricia Childress I've lived in Charlotte long enough to remember when the city had not one, but two Middle Eastern bakeries popping out unbelievably good pita throughout the day. Nothing beats the taste of pita straight from the oven, since this bread loses flavor as quickly as a mahi-mahi fades its bright turquoise, green and yellow color patterns to grey after being pulled from the ocean ...

A suicide bomber who killed eight people at a CIA base in Afghanistan was an Al-Qaeda triple agent who duped Western intelligence services for months before turning on his handlers, jihadist websites boasted on Tuesday.

A suicide bomber who killed eight people at a CIA base in Afghanistan was an Al-Qaeda triple agent who duped Western intelligence services for months before turning on his handlers, jihadist websites boasted on Tuesday.

Follow Israel news on and . (IsraelNN.com) Arab Israelis have moved to the front lines in the ?humus? war and are planning to prepare as ammunition a four-ton dish of the chick pea dip in a battle to wrest from Lebanon the title of the World's Largest Serving of Humus.

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

Former Lebanon High and Illinois State University left-hander Neal Cotts has signed a minor-league contract with the Pittsburgh Pirates .

Unidentified assailants threw a hand grenade at the office of Fatah movement in a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon, the state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported Monday. Fatah commander in Lebanon Sultan Abul Aynein said that the grenade was found next to the headquarters of the Fatah movement in the Rashdiyeh refugee camp, near southern Lebanese city of Tyre. He added the assailants ...

During his first song at a recent concert at Philadelphia's Theater of the Living Arts, Owen Pallett began playing a soft progression on his violin. After a minute, he dropped the instrument to his side, but the violin arrangement continued to play, revealing the segment as a loop. "Yeah, it's going to be that kind of show," Pallett told the dazzled audience.

The U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon Michele Sison expressed Monday Washington's willingness to train and equip the Lebanese Internal Security Forces (ISF), the U.S. embassy in Beirut announced in a statement. Sison and Lebanese Minister of Interior Ziyad Baroud discussed current and planned U.S.-funded programs to train and equip the ISF, said the statement. These programs aim to "strengthen the ...

The suicide bomber who killed seven CIA officers at a U.S. base in Afghanistan last week was an al Qaeda double-agent from Jordan, NBC News reported on Monday, citing unnamed Western intelligence officials.

The German government said on Monday it knew nothing about a magazine report that the CIA had planned a secret operation to kill a German-Syrian in Hamburg linked to the September 11 attacks on U.S. targets.

The success of Korean acts like Wonder Girls and 2NE1 has inspired Viva Entertainment big boss Vic del Rosario to create the new record label Pinoy Pop (P-Pop), with the hope that its five-member group, Pop Girls, will also make it big in the international market.

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Jan. 4 (UPI) -- Resetting ties between opposition leaders in Lebanon and the Damascus government will take place when conditions are ripe, fiery leader Walid Jumblatt said.

State police and emergency crews were called to Carl Broggi Highway in Lebanon just before 6:30 a.m. Monday for a three-car accident involving a Berwick town plow truck.

LEBANON ? Residents in northeast Lebanon are being advised to boil their water before using it today, Jan. 4, following an early morning water main break.The boil alert has been issued for homes and businesses along Columbus Avenue between Summit Street and Miller Road and along Monroe Road. Affected subdivisions include Country Creek, Shaker Trace, Hunters Run, Cedar Lane and the Southline ...

The famous Egyptian superstar Amr Diab was the artist to be singing in the new concert hall constructed specifically for international artists in the center of Beirut.

The famous Lebanese artist Haifa Wahbe revealed that she had written her will for all her personal belongings.

The famous Egyptian superstar Amr Diab was the artist to be singing in the new concert hall constructed specifically for international artists in the center of Beirut.

A water main break closed part of Castle Shannon Boulevard in Mt. Lebanon Monday morning.

Lebanon's Foreign Minister Ali al-Shami says that the country will not surrender to ?threats against Hezbollah's arms.?

BEIRUT, Lebanon - Yemeni officials on Sunday dismissed the threat posed by al-Qaida in their country as "exaggerated" and downplayed the possibility of cooperating...

Former Summit resident killed in Afghanistan has relatives in Falls, Stow. Baby due next month Falls sister planning memorial for Saturday

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). TODAY'S EVENTS

HARRISONBURG - Nathan Moran has heard stories both gruesome and glorious from his father, who served as a Navy officer in war-torn Beirut, Lebanon, during the early 1980s. The Turner Ashby High School senior swimmer has decided that he, too, would like to serve in America's military.

EAST Albany, N.Y. 89, Yale 68 Alvernia 74, DeSales 68 Bloomsburg 65, Edinboro 59 Caldwell 73, Mercy, N.Y. 50 Carthage 69, King's, N.Y. 46 Catholic 88, Regis 77 Franklin & Marshall 63, Manhattanville 57 Keene St. 90, Hunter 84 Lafayette 77, Penn 62 NYU 65, Lebanon Valley 63 Nazareth, N.Y. 71, Stevens Tech 69 Providence 74, St. John's 59 Queens, N.Y. 65, Dominican, N.Y. 64 Scranton 86, Penn Tech ...

JAN 4 ? He picks up the Sony Z1 video camera and it fits nicely in one hand. He pretends to put in on his shoulders as if it?s a big shoulder mount camera, then laughs.

COLUMBUS, Ohio - A former Navy Seal and an Ohio native whose wife is expecting the couple's first child were among seven people killed in a suicide bombing attack targeting a CIA base in southeastern ...

The Hamas political representative in Lebanon says the Palestinian resistance group will fight alongside Hezbollah should Israel launch a new offensive against Lebanon.

Four years after a devastating stroke, former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon remains in a coma. Sharon, 81, led Israel from 2001 until the January 2006 stroke that left him comatose. ...

Ariel Sharon is still lying unconscious in a hospital bed after four years.

A former Navy Seal and an Ohio native whose wife is expecting the couple's first child were among seven people killed in a

A former Navy Seal and an Ohio native whose wife is expecting the couple's first child were among seven people killed in a suicide bombing attack targeting a CIA base in southeastern Afghanistan last week.

In One Of The Worst Blows Ever To America's Intelligence Service, A Suicide Bomber Killed Seven CIA Officers In Afghanistan. Now U.S. Enemies Seem To Be Competing For Credit For The Attack.

A former Navy Seal and an Ohio native whose wife is expecting the couple's first child were among seven CIA employees killed in a suicide bombing attack on an agency base in southeastern Afghanistan last week.

Ariel Sharon, the tough army general turned premier who shocked his hawkish supporters by pulling Israel out of Gaza in 2005, is still lying unconscious in a hospital bed, friends say.

Ariel Sharon, the tough army general turned premier who shocked his hawkish supporters by pulling Israel out of Gaza in 2005, is still lying unconscious in a hospital bed, friends said Sunday on the fourth anniversary of the...

The Top 10 hots spots from the just-published "Best in Travel" guidebook for 2010, based on the opinions of the well-traveled Lonely Planet staff.

The 36-year-old computer expert from Lincoln spent his first night in the back in the UK with his family, including step-parents Fran and Pauline Sweeney.

The first big scholastic clash of the new year turned into a defensive struggle, as the Mt. Lebanon Blue Devils needed OT to top Hampton.

The brazen attack that killed seven CIA employees at a remote outpost in Afghanistan is likely to raise questions about whether the agency could do more to protect its operatives on dangerous assignments.

FILE - Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki speaks during a press conference at a hotel in Beirut, Lebanon, in this Dec. 21, 2009 file photo. Mottaki told state TV on Saturday the West must "ma...

As Peter Moore savours his first days reunited with his family in Britain, his Iraqi captors are cynically stringing out the final act of his grim kidnap drama. It has endured for 31 months and seen the hopes of relatives raised and dashed.

Lebanese President Michel Suleiman says he and his French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy have discussed Lebanon's internal problems, their bilateral relations and Mideast peace efforts in a meeting in Paris this weekend.

PARIS - Lebanese President Michel Suleiman says he and his French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy have discussed Lebanon's internal problems, their bilateral relations and Mideast peace efforts in a meeting in Paris this weekend.

LEBANON, Maine (NEWS CENTER) - Fire investigators in Lebanon are looking into the cause of a fire at an outbuilding at Schoolhouse Ice Cream.

Danish police shot and arrested an axe-wielding Somali who attacked a cartoonist reviled by Muslims for a controversial drawing of their prophet Mohammed, authorities said Saturday.

During signing the agreement.

IT was a peaceful Sunday evening in September, and the sun was casting a reddish glow on the nearby ramparts and ruins perched above the Mediterranean. Below, a yacht filled with bikini-clad women sped into Byblos's famed harbor while the skipper, outfitted in gold aviator shades, squawked the horn for no apparent reason.

BEIRUT, Lebanon -- Defying demands for his execution, Iran's leading opposition figure yesterday issued a scathing denunciation of the government's violent crackdown against his supporters, calling for a restoration of civil liberties as a way of ending what he described as a "serious crisis" that has destabilized the nation.

Seven people were forced from their homes after a fire severely damaged a Lebanon apartment building on New Year's Day.

Danish police late Friday shot and wounded a man trying to enter the Aarhus home of Kurt Westergaard, who drew controversial cartoons of Islam's prophet Mohammed, Danish media reported.

In a devastating blow, a suicide bomber takes out eight operatives in Khost, one of the most fatal days in the Agency's history

Afghan authorities were distancing themselves from investigations into a suicide bomb attack that killed seven CIA agents, the US spy agency's biggest single loss of life in almost 30 years.

The brazen attack that killed seven CIA employees at a remote outpost in Afghanistan is likely to raise questions about whether the agency could do more to protect its operatives on dangerous assignments.

LEBANON ? A free medical clinic is offered at 6 p.m. Tuesdays atthe East Linn Community Center, 1600 S. Main St.

The CIA base attacked by a suicide bomber in Afghanistan this week was at the heart of a covert program overseeing strikes by the agency's remote-controlled aircraft along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, officials familiar with the installation said Thursday.

The suicide bomber who killed seven CIA employees at a remote outpost in southeastern Afghanistan had been invited onto the base and had not been searched, two former U.S. officials told The Associated Press on Thursday.

A suicide attack in Afghanistan that killed seven agents marks one of the deadliest blows ever for the CIA, dealing a painful setback to an agency increasingly on the frontline of US wars.

The deaths of seven C.I.A. operatives in Afghanistan has highlighted the agency?s transformation into a paramilitary organization at the vanguard of America?s wars.

The suicide bomber who killed seven CIA employees at a remote outpost in southeastern Afghanistan had been invited onto the base and had not been searched, two former U.S. officials told The Associated Press on Thursday

As a federal air marshal, Robert MacLean typically spent five days a week crisscrossing the country on commercial flights, reading a lot of newspapers and John Grisham novels while keeping an eye out and trying to appear inconspicuous.