The Lebanon Board of Education voted unanimously Monday evening to place 8.2-mill, five-year operating levy on the May 2 ballot - the first new operating tax asked of residents since 2005.

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- Lebanese leader Saad Hariri blamed "external intervention and internal intimidation" for an opposition walkout that toppled his government.

  

Media reports are wrong: Syria, not Hezbollah, is in control - and it will not let its trial of military-free influence be disrupted The toppling of the pro-western March 14 alliance in Lebanon by its pro-Syrian adversaries - including Hezbollah - has led to a worldwide media scare. Many western news organisations portrayed it as some sort of Islamist takeover. Even the BBC reported that the ...

  

An Israeli court sentenced an Israeli-Arab human rights activist to nine years in prison on Sunday after convicting him last year of spying for the Lebanese guerrilla group Hezbollah.

  

Beirut - Around 200 Lebanese from leftist parties demonstrated Saturday in front of the Egyptian embassy in Beirut in support of anti-government protests taking place in Cairo. '[President Hosny] Mubarak must leave, this is the people's wish,' a banner carried by the protesters read. A group of Egyptian nationals living in Lebanon were among those taking part [...]

  

Six women were detained at Manila airport after being caught trying to sneak into Lebanon dressed as nuns in a bid to get around a travel ban to the country, according to the immigration bureau.

  

Lebanon's prime minister-designate, Najib Mikati, ended two days of consultations on forming a government on Friday amid international concern at the shape and policies of the new administration.

  

BEIRUT: The Lebanese capital market saw slight improvement in the index Friday as Prime Minister-designate Najib Mikati reassured all his visitors that the new cabinet will be fully committed to free market economy, reforms and stable local currency. BLOM stock index closed at 1,500.86 points Friday compared to 1,493.98 Thursday, an increase of 0.46 percent.

  

Lebanon's premier-designate, Najib Mikat has wrapped up consultations on forming a new government.

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Jan. 28 (UPI) -- The party loyal to Lebanese leader Saad Hariri called on the prime minister-designate to stay loyal to a tribunal investigating the 2005 death of Rafik Hariri.

  

(Adds details)

  

BEIRUT, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Lebanon's Byblos Bank said on Friday its 2010 net profit increased 22.5 percent to $178.36 million from $146.1 million in 2009.

  

Lebanese prime minister designate Najib Mikati encouraged Saudi Arabia to keep up its mediation between his country's deeply divided political camps, in an interview broadcast on Friday.

  

Lebanon's Hezbollah-backed premier designate Najib Mikati on Friday wrapped up consultations on forming a new government set to be boycotted by his Sunni rival Saad Hariri.

  

The Lebanese capital's "oldest districts - once home to traditional Lebanese and Ottoman structures, some characterized by their red-tile roofs and colonnaded halls - are increasingly the site of the construction of luxury business and residential blocks."

  

BEIRUT: Profit-taking pulled down most of the stocks traded on the Beirut Stock Exchange Thursday, reflecting once again investors' uncertainty over the absence of a cabinet following the collapse of caretaker Prime Minister Saad Hariri's national unity Cabinet on Jan. 12. Shares in real-estate giant Solidere A and B closed at $19.19 and $19.22 respectively with a decline of 3.85 percent

  

Prince Albert II ended a four-day state visit to Beirut during which he attended the signatures of two cooperation agreements: the first one between Monaco and the UN Development Program (UNDP) in the context of the Art Gold program; and the second between Monaco and the UNRWA.

  

The United States resumed full diplomatic relations with Syria on Thursday just as tensions are growing again over neighboring Lebanon, where Damascus ally Hezbollah has gained the upper hand in a political crisis.

  

Lebanon's former premier Saad al-Hariri and his political allies will not join the government of his successor, Hezbollah-backed Najib Mikati, sources close to Hariri said on Thursday.

  

The billionaire chosen by Hezbollah to become prime minister of Lebanon told the U.S. ambassador Thursday that he is committed to having good ties with Washington.

  

Beirut - Lebanon's Western-backed coalition called on supporters Wednesday to hold daily sit-ins in downtown Beirut to protest the growing power of the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah.

  

Beirut - Lebanon's premier designate Najib Mikati started on Thursday his consultations with the various parliamentary blocs to form a new government.

  

Lebanon's prime minister designate Najib Mikati on Thursday began the difficult task of forming a new government, meeting with political leaders including his Sunni Muslim rival Saad Hariri.

  

Lebanon: The Ministry of Public Health in Lebanon has kept primary health care as a priority by continuing to invest in improving the quality of primary health care in Lebanon. Starting in January 2011, Accreditation Canada International will provide training on quality improvement and the accreditation process, as well as help in the development of the skills of health care professionals in different regions. [AMEInfo.com]

  

New York, Jan 26 : UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expects the newly designated Lebanese Government to abide by its obligation to cooperate with the United Nations-backed tribunal set up to try suspects in the 2005 murder of former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri, his spokesman said on Tuesday.

  

BEIRUT: Lebanese and not foreign powers should decide the country's future, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Wednesday. Speaking at a joint conference with Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh, held in Washington, Clinton reiterated earlier U.S. warnings that bilateral ties would suffer if Hezbollah-backed Prime Minister-designate Najib Mikati

  

Property developers have displaced the mortar shells and rockets of civil war as the primary threat to Beirut's last architectural gems.

  

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Wednesday that Lebanese rather than foreigners should decide the country's future as Hezbollah-backed forces tried to form a government.

  

Beirut - Newly appointed Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati began talks Wednesday on forming a new government he wants to include all rival parties.

  

Najib Mikati, a Hezbollah-backed billionaire, promises good relations with the United States and says he will not interfere with an inquiry into the assassination of a former prime minister.

  

Lebanon's Hezbollah-backed new premier was preparing Wednesday for talks on forming a government in the deeply divided country as calm returned to the streets after protests over his appointment.

  

(RTTNews) - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has urged the newly designated Lebanese government to respect the findings of a UN-backed tribunal probing the 2005 assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, the UN chief's spokesman said Tuesday.

  

TRIPOLI, LEBANON - Sunni Arabs took to the streets of Lebanon on Tuesday to protest the country's new prime minister and the growing influence of Hezbollah, the Shiite armed movement.

  

SUNNI PROTESTERS blocked Lebanese roads and burned tyres in a 'day of rage' against the appointment yesterday of a Hizbullah-backed prime minister to replace Saad Al-Hariri.

  

A Hezbollah-controlled government in Lebanon would "clearly have an impact" on ties with the United States, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Tuesday.

  

Grass-roots fury rippled across Lebanon on Tuesday as a Hezbollah-backed politician got the nod as the fractious country's new prime minister.

  

The billionaire businessman chosen by Hezbollah and its allies as Lebanon's prime minister called for a unity government Tuesday, a sign that the Iranian-backed militant group does not want to push its growing power too far and risk isolation abroad and an escalation of sectarian tensions at home.

  

Protests have broken out in Lebanon following the parliament's nomination of a new prime minister backed by Hezbollah. Najib Miqati, a billionaire and former prime minister, will replace Lebanon's U.S.-backed leader Saad Hariri. The rise of a Hezbollah-backed candidate marks the "generation-long ascent of the Shiite Muslim movement from shadowy militant group to the country's pre-eminent ...

  

Hezbollah-backed Najib Mikati was named Lebanon's prime minister-designate on Tuesday, giving the Shiite militant group increased leverage in the deeply divided country to the anger of many Sunnis.

  

Having lost the battle for power in parliament, supporters of ousted Prime Minister Saad Hariri have taken their campaign to the streets

  

Hezbollah-backed Najib Mikati was named Lebanon's prime minister-designate on Tuesday, giving the Shiite militant group powerful leverage in the deeply divided country to the anger of many Sunnis.

  

BEIRUT (AP) - The candidate backed by Iranian-allied Hezbollah was designated Tuesday to form Lebanon's next government, angering Sunnis who protested the rising power of the Shiite militant group by burning tires and torching a van belonging to Al-Jazeera.

  

Hundreds of angry protesters burned tires and blocked roads across Lebanon on Tuesday after Iranian-backed Hezbollah secured the appointment of its candidate to lead the next government.

  

Lebanese President Michel Suleiman asked Najib Mikati, candidate of the Hezbollah movement and its allies, to form a government as supporters of rival parties took to the streets in protest.

  

Iranian-supporting Hezbollah's choice for Lebanon's next prime minister has won parliamentary support, capping the group's steady rise in power and sparking street riots by opponents. Related Stories Pit bull dog hanged and burned after chewing woman's Bible Taliban 'godfather' dies in captivity Bible-biting dog 'hanged and body burned' by auntie Scientists find one-fingered dinosaur in China Ex ...

  

The candidate for prime minister backed by Iranian-allied Hezbollah won support from lawmakers Tuesday to form Lebanon's next government, a choice that set off a "day of rage" by Sunnis who burned tires and a van belonging to Al-Jazeera to protest the Shiite militant group's rising power.

  

BEIRUT - Thousands of Sunnis waved flags, burned tires and torched a van belonging to Al-Jazeera on Tuesday during a "day of rage" to protest gains by the Shiite militant group Hezbollah, which is on the brink of controlling Lebanon's next government.

  

A majority of Lebanese lawmakers have voted to support the candidate for prime minister backed by Iranian ally Hezbollah.

  

Protests come as a Hezbollah-backed candidate sits on the verge of becoming prime minister

  

Thousands of Sunnis waved flags and burned tires Tuesday in a "day of rage" to protest gains by the Shiite militant group Hezbollah, which is on the brink of controlling Lebanon's next government.

  

Street demonstrations across Lebanon continued Tuesday as the country's political future remained uncertain.

  

Security forces are fanning out across Lebanon after Sunni lawmakers called for a nationwide "day of rage" to protest Hezbollah's gains in the government.

  

Do you have anything to say' Attention: If you find mistakes in our website, please select the incorrect data and press "CTRL + ENTER".

  

'Doctor fish' nibble at hands and feet to smooth skin at spa in Beirut.

  

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Hezbollah and its allies won support on Monday to nominate their candidate for Lebanon's prime minister, giving them the upper hand in attempts to form a government and sparking accusations of a pro-Iranian coup.

  

The Obama administration on Monday warned Lebanon's political leaders that continuing U.S. support for their country will be difficult if the militant Hezbollah movement takes a dominant role in government.

  

The victory for the Shiite movement has realigned Lebanon's combustible politics and set off angry protests.

  

Hezbollah and its allies won support on Monday to nominate their candidate for Lebanon's prime minister, giving them the upper hand in attempts to form a government and sparking accusations of a pro-Iranian coup.

  

Billionaire businessman Najib Mikati was poised on Monday to become Lebanon's next prime minister after winning the backing of the powerful Hezbollah, in a move denounced by outgoing premier Saad Hariri.

  

Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri refused to serve in a new coalition led by a nominee of Hezbollah as parties began negotiations on Monday to form a government in which the Shi'ite group now has the upper hand.

  

Lebanon's caretaker prime minister said Monday he won't take part in any government headed by a Hezbollah-backed candidate, raising the stakes in a crisis that many fear could descend into violence.

  

Lebanon's caretaker prime minister says he won't take part in any government headed by a Hezbollah-backed candidate.

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Jan. 24 (UPI) -- Talks on picking a new Lebanese prime minister were to begin Monday amid a report Washington may cut economic ties if a Hezbollah prime minister takes over.

  

BEIRUT: The Royal Bank of Scotland expected economic growth in Lebanon to decelerate to around 5 percent this year from the 8 percent average rate the country has achieved in recent years. It said growth has been led by tourism, financial services, construction and housing, but looks set to slow in the wake of current political developments. It anticipated the

  

Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of the militant Shiite group, Hezbollah, called on Sunday for the creation of a national unity government to usher Lebanon out of a political crisis.

  

Hezbollah will announce its pick for a new prime minister Monday and won't be "pressured" by an international tribunal investigating the 2005 killing of a former premier, its leader said Sunday night.

  

Lebanon's Sunni Muslim religious leaders warned Hezbollah on Sunday not to ignore their sect's opinion ahead of key parliamentary talks to pick a new prime minister.

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Jan. 23 (UPI) -- The leader of the Christian Lebanese Forces in Lebanon warned if Hezbollah dominates the next government the country will "turn into Gaza."

  

Lebanon: Lebanese lender Bank Audi has posted a 22% rise in its net profit for 2010 to $352m on higher loans and deposits, Reuters has reported. Net loans grew by $1.8bn in 2010 to $8.5bn, while consolidated deposits rose by $1.9bn in 2010 to $24.8bn. Total assets grew 8.3% to $28.7bn, the lender said. [AMEInfo.com]

  

The political crisis in Lebanon is threatening to derail economic progress after a year of tourism growth.

  

The political crisis in Lebanon is threatening to derail economic progress after a year that saw 7 percent economic growth, a record number of tourists and bank deposits among the highest in the Middle East.

  

Lebanese Armed Forces on Friday deployed its troops in all regions of the country, in a bid to maintain security amid the crisis raised by a UN-backed probing of former Prime Minister Rafic Hariri's murder case.

  

Lebanon's rumour mill is at full throttle, sparking panic and spreading a sense of foreboding, as a seemingly insoluble political deadlock that has left the country without government deepens.

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Jan. 21 (UPI) -- Stability in Lebanon is possible in the post-indictment climate provided all parties move forward cooperatively, the U.N. special envoy to Lebanon said.

  

Lebanese politician Walid Jumblatt indicates he will back Shia militants Hezbollah in efforts to form a new coalition government.

  

A political showdown now looms in Lebanon after a potential kingmaker threw his allegiance Friday behind the opposition Hezbollah.

  

Rival parties on Friday appeared headed for a showdown as each side hardened its position in Lebanon's political crisis after the failure of foreign mediation efforts.

  

BEIRUT: Lebanon's political crisis has escalated as last-ditch negotiations ended in failure and the caretaker Prime Minister struck a defiant note towards Hezbollah and its allies, which brought down his coalition government this month.

  

Lebanon is experiencing one of its worst political crisis since the 1975-1990 civil war.

  

Lebanese special police forces tightened security around the government palace and other official buildings yesterday amid growing fears that the country's political crisis could descend into street battles.

  

BEIRUT: Bankers said Thursday that conversion of accounts from Lebanese pounds to dollars increased after Qatar and Turkey failed to break Lebanon's political deadlock, amid unconfirmed reports that the Central Bank has injected more than $500 million to guard the pound's stability. "People's fears have been translated into conversions from the Lebanese

  

Caretaker Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri said on Thursday he would seek to form a new government next week, defying calls by Hezbollah and its allies for him to stand aside after they brought down his cabinet.

  

Last-ditch negotiations broke down Thursday as the Lebanese prime minister, Saad al-Hariri, struck a defiant note toward Hezbollah and its allies in a speech.

  

Lebanon's caretaker prime minister said Thursday he will seek the post again after the militant group Hezbollah toppled his government, escalating fears the country's political crisis could descend into street battles.

  

Lebanon's embattled caretaker premier Saad Hariri said Thursday he will stand for a new term and vowed not to buckle to Hezbollah, as foreign efforts to mediate the country's political crisis failed.

  

Lebanon's caretaker prime minister said Thursday he will seek the post again, one week after the militant group Hezbollah toppled his government and sparked fears that the country's political crisis could descend into street battles.

  

Lebanon's Christian opposition leader Michael Aoun has accused caretaker Prime Minister Saad Hariri of major corrupt practices.

  

Hezbollah denies any role in Prime Minister Rafik Hariri's killing and forced the collapse of the government last week when Prime Minister Saad Hariri - the son of the slain leader - refused to renounce the tribunal and pull Lebanon's funding for the court.

  

Lebanese troops tightened security around the prime minister's office and other government buildings as a political crisis deepened.

  

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Qatar and Turkey suspended talks on Thursday to resolve Lebanon's political crisis triggered by an indictment into the 2005 killing of Sunni statesman Rafik al-Hariri, saying their proposals had met with "reservations."

  

Lebanese troops tightened security around the prime minister's office and other government buildings Thursday as a political crisis deepened over a U.N.-backed tribunal investigating the 2005 assassination of a former prime minister.

  

BEIRUT - Lebanese troops are tightening security around the prime minister's office and other government buildings as a political crisis deepens over a U.N.-backed tribunal investigating the 2005 assassination of a former prime minister.

  

The foreign ministers of Turkey and Qatar said on Thursday they were suspending efforts to mediate in Lebanon's political crisis after two days of intensive talks with the country's rival parties.

  

Prince Saud al-Faisal, Saudi Arabia's minister of foreign affairs, said Wednesday that his country had abandoned mediation talks to resolve Lebanon's political crisis that caused the government's collapse last week.

  

American diplomacy in the Middle East suffered a setback Wednesday when U.S. ally Saudi Arabia abandoned efforts to mediate the political crisis in Lebanon, where the militant group Hezbollah has toppled the Western-backed government.

  

Saudi Arabia on Wednesday abandoned efforts to mediate in Lebanon's political crisis, warning of a "dangerous" situation as all eyes turned to a Turkish-Qatari bid to defuse tensions.

  

Saudi Arabia has abandoned efforts to mediate in Lebanon's political crisis, removing a key U.S. ally from talks to ease tensions after Hezbollah toppled the government in Beirut last week.

  

Lebanon: The Arab Forum for Environment and Development (AFED) announced the appointment of five new members to its Board of Trustees, after a board meeting approved the nominations. The new members started a 3-year term, beginning January 1, 2011. [AMEInfo.com]

  

At first sight, Lebanon is a country to be envied. It's one of the most naturally beautiful and diverse in the Middle East. Its people are educated, sophisticated and entrepreneurial as well as being some of the most hospitable I?ve ever encountered.

  

BEIRUT: Hizbullah staged a quiet show of force Tuesday that rattled nerves, hours before senior Qatari and Turkish officials began talks in Beirut in an attempt to contain political tension over a U.N.-backed tribunal probing the 2005 killing of statesman Rafik Hariri. Hizbullah's actions came hours before Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim Bin Jaber al-Thani and Turkish

  

BEIRUT - For residents of Beirut, the scene is all too familiar: panicked parents rushing to collect their children from school as bands of men gather in the streets and army tanks begin to roll in.

  

Lebanese security forces were deployed in Beirut on Tuesday in response to tensions surrounding a draft indictment issued over the 2005 killing of former premier Rafik al-Hariri.

  

Qatar and Turkey held talks in Lebanon on Tuesday to try to contain the political crisis over an indictment in the 2005 killing of statesman Rafik al-Hariri which brought down his son's government last week.

  

Beirut - Qatar's prime minister and the Turkish foreign minister Tuesday began talks in Beirut with Lebanese officials in an effort aimed at solving Lebanon's latest political crisis.

  

BEIRUT - Tensions were high in the Lebanese capital on Tuesday, a day after the prosecutor for the United Nations submitted a sealed indictment against suspects in the 2005 assassination of a former Lebanese prime minister.

  

The foreign ministers of Turkey and Qatar are heading to Lebanon to try to help resolve a political crisis following the collapse of the country's government last week, the presidential palace said Tuesday.

  

Beirut/The Hague - Calm returned to Beirut's streets after a tense Tuesday morning as Lebanon continued to hold its breath in anticipation of revelations about a confidential draft indictment for the assassination of former premier Rafik Hariri.

  

Lebanon: Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC and the American University of Beirut's Suliman S. Olayan School of Business (OSB) announce the Inauguration of the Samih Darwazah Center for Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship, made possible by a grant from the Samih Darwazah Foundation. The center is a collaborative effort between the Samih Darwazah Foundation and AUB, an esteemed academic institute, in the name of entrepreneurship and innovation for the benefit of future generations. [AMEInfo.com]

  

BEIRUT, Jan 18, 2011 (AFP) - Schools closed in several Beirut neighbourhoods Tuesday after dozens of young men appeared on the streets, prompting fears of violence related to Lebanon's latest political crisis, an official said.

  

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanese security forces deployed in central Beirut on Tuesday and several schools closed in response to tensions surrounding a draft indictment issued over the 2005 killing of former premier Rafik al-Hariri.

  

Beirut - Tension was mounting in Beirut on Tuesday, with several streets and schools shut and military checkpoints set up following the issuing of a confidential draft indictment for the assasination of former premier Rafik Hariri.

  

Hezbollah supporters gathered in the streets of Beirut early Tuesday after a U.N. tribunal filed indictments in the assassination of a former prime minister, prompting several schools to close as nervous parents pulled their children from class.

  

BEIRUT: Most stocks traded on the Beirut Stock Exchange witnessed a very slight decrease Monday as investors started to gradually react to the collapse of the Cabinet.

  

The prosecutor of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon has filed his indictment for the 2005 murder of former premier Rafiq Hariri as Beirut's neighbours backed new mediation to calm rising tensions.

  

BEIRUT - A U.N. tribunal filed the first indictment Monday in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, touching off a process many fear could ignite new bloodshed nearly six years after the massive truck bombing along Beirut's waterfront.

  

The decision by President Michel Suleiman appears to signal the difficulties that Lebanon's politicians will face in negotiations to choose a new prime minister.

  

BEIRUT -- The prosecutor of the U.N. tribunal set up to bring to justice the assassins of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri filed the first indictment in the case Monday, the court announced.

  

Lebanon's acting foreign minister said he summoned the US ambassador on Monday for interfering in the country's crisis-hit domestic politics after she met with an MP.

  

The prosecutor of the international Lebanon tribunal issued a draft indictment on Monday over the 2005 killing of former prime minister Rafik al-Hariri.

  

The Special Tribunal for Lebanon denied a Lebanese news agency report that its prosecutor had on Monday submitted his indictment in the 2005 murder of Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri.

  

Lebanese President Michel Suleiman on Monday postponed consultations on the prime minister's nomination to January 24 and 25, the country's state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported.

  

Lebanon postponed talks on a new government on Monday, shortly before regional leaders were due to meet in Syria to discuss the political crisis triggered by imminent indictments over the 2005 killing of Rafik al-Hariri.

  

BEIRUT - Hezbollah supporters gathered in the streets of Beirut early Tuesday after a U.N. tribunal filed indictments in the assassination of a former prime minister, prompting several schools to close as nervous parents pulled their children from class.

  

Beirut - Lebanese caretaker Justice Minister Ibrahim Najjar confirmed Monday morning that an international tribunal examining the 2005 assassination of premier Rafik Hariri was imminent, a matter of only a few hours.

  

Crisis-hit Lebanon on Monday launches arduous consultations on naming a new premier as the prosecutor of a UN court probing the murder of ex-premier Rafiq Hariri is set to submit indictments in the case.

  

Leader of the Lebanese Shiite armed group Hezbollah Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said Sunday that the opposition had agreed not to nominate Saad Hariri for the post of prime minister in mandatory consultations scheduled on Monday, after the government collapsed as 11 ministers resigned last week.

  

Nearly three years after agreeing to a deal ending a tense -- at times violent -- stalemate, Hezbollah's leader on Sunday stood by his party's decision this week to withdraw from Lebanon's unity government and refused to back Prime Minister Saad Hariri's bid to stay in power.

  

The leader of Hezbollah on Sunday defended the decision to bring down Lebanon's Western-backed government, saying the Shiite militant group did so without resorting to violence and will not be intimidated by world reaction.

  

Lebanon: Raouch Arjaan by Rotana appointed Maya Sharara as Business Development Manager for its newly opened property in Beirut. With an educational background in Business Administration, Maya brings with her over 10 years of experience being with Rotana since 2002 when she first started her career as a Sales Executive in Sharjah Rotana. [AMEInfo.com]

  

Murder charges for ex-premier Rafiq Hariri's assassination are due on Monday, a day after the head of Hezbollah, members of whose group are expected to be named in the chargesheet, is to address Lebanon.

  

Murder charges in ex-premier Rafiq Hariri's murder are due Monday, a day after the Hezbollah leader, members of whose group are expected to be named in the chargesheet, is to address Lebanon.

  

The United States doesn't want to see Lebanon destabilized but there's little it can do to resolve the political crisis sparked by the collapse of the government in Beirut.

  

Lebanon: The Olayan School of Business (OSB) of the American University of Beirut has announced the inauguration of the Darwazah Centre for the study of innovation and entrepreneurship. The Samih Darwazah Centre for Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship was made possible through the Darwazah Family; a Jordan-based pharmaceutical group. The centre aims to generate reliable information to guide evidence-based decision-making in this key sector that holds strategic importance in a knowledge economy. The centre's scope includes research, field studies, benchmarking, seminars and workshops as well as conferences all focused on the pivotal domain of organizational renewal and wealth creation through creative enterprise. [AMEInfo.com]

  

Lebanese Caretaker Prime Minister Saad Hariri said Friday only dialogue would break the deadlock in Lebanon over a UN-backed court to probe the 2005 assassination of his father.

  

The nomination process for a new prime minister in Lebanon begins Monday, after Hezbollah pulled out of a national unity government this week. The outcome is far from certain, but there is the possibility the militant Shiite group may take a greater role in the new government.

  

Lebanon's caretaker premier, Saad Hariri, vowed on Friday to fully cooperate in forming a new government amid international efforts to contain a political storm sparked by the collapse of his cabinet.

  

Lebanon's caretaker prime minister returned to Beirut on Friday, saying dialogue is the only way out of the country's political crisis after a Hezbollah-led coalition toppled his Western-backed government.

  

Lebanon's caretaker premier, Saad Hariri, returned to his crisis-hit country on Friday amid mounting international efforts to contain a political storm sparked by the collapse of his government.

  

Premier Saad Hariri returned to Lebanon on Friday as rival parties prepared for a showdown over the appointment of a new prime minister, two days after Hezbollah and its allies forced the collapse of his government.

  

Beirut - Caretaker Prime Minister Saad Hariri returned Friday to Beirut after holding talks with his Turkish counterpart as part of an ongoing effort to build support following the dissolution of the unity government he led earlier this week.

  

Lebanon's caretaker prime minister returned home Friday, two days after a Hezbollah-led coalition toppled his Western-backed government.

  

Lebanon's pro-Western prime minister on Friday consulted with regional power Turkey as part of efforts to rally international support after the Shiite militant group Hezbollah brought down the Lebanese government.

  

Since 2005, Lebanon has weathered more months without an effective government than with one.

  

Many of the Middle East's oldest tensions have long run through tiny Lebanon, a nation once again in crisis after the collapse of its government Wednesday. What may be new in this latest crisis is a stronger desire among many Lebanese for democracy and rule of law rather than the use of violence to settle disputes.

  

Hezbollah, already Lebanon's most potent military force, is now making a bid to expand its political power by installing an ally as prime minister now that it has brought down the government.

  

Lebanon's president prepared on Thursday to tackle the politically delicate task of naming a new premier after Hezbollah forced the collapse of the unity government, plunging the country back into crisis.

  

Lebanon's parliament speaker Nabih Berri on Thursday announced that consultations on appointing a new prime minister would begin on Monday, following the collapse of the national unity government.

  

Lebanon's president will launch formal talks on Monday on creating a new government after the resignation of Hezbollah ministers and their allies brought down Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri's cabinet.

  

The collapse of Lebanon's government plunged the country into deep political uncertainty Thursday after a year of relative stability.

  

Saad al-Hariri is asked to stay on as Lebanon's caretaker prime minister as political parties hold talks to form a new governing coalition.

  

Lebanon's president asked Saad al-Hariri to stay on as caretaker prime minister on Thursday after Hezbollah ministers and their allies resigned in a dispute over an investigation into the killing of Hariri's father.

  

Lebanon: Edd Sands Hotel and Wellness Resort is pleased to announce the appointment of Joanne Zarif as its new Marketing Manager. With over 7 years experience in the hospitality industry, Joanne holds a degree in Hotel Management and Tourism and has devoted a large part of her career working in Marketing Communications. [AMEInfo.com]

  

Lebanese President Michel Sleiman has called on the cabinet to stay on in a caretaker capability until the appointment of a new premier.

  

BEIRUT : Lebanese Minister of State Adnan Sayyed Hussein announced his resignation on Wednesday, bringing down Prime Minister Saad Hariri's government, local media reported.

  

As Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri was meeting with President Obama on Wednesday, his year-old unity government was collapsing after Hezbollah ministers resigned from the Cabinet over a U.N.-backed tribunal investigation that will likely indict one of their own members.

  

THE LEBANESE government collapsed yesterday after a number of ministers resigned to protest at prime minister Saad Hariri's refusal to convene the cabinet in urgent session to tackle tensions arising from the international investigation into the 2005 assassination of former premier Rafiq Hariri.

  

BEIRUT: Motorists have been told not to park in several Beirut areas Thursday because of traffic measures in place for the visit of Prince Albert II of Monaco. A statement from the Internal Security Forces said it was forbidden to park on either side of the street around the Phoenicia Hotel, Fouad Shehab Avenue, Bourj Ghazal, George Haddad Street, Weygand Street

  

Lebanon's government has collapsed after the resignation of Cabinet members from the militant group Hezbollah. The move was prompted by a dispute over the U.N. probe into the 2005 murder of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. Indictments are expected soon, and Hezbollah militants are expected to be named.

  

The Lebanese government has collapsed after Hezbollah and its allies walked out of the coalition, a step that threatens Middle East's fragile state.

  

An Israeli patrol crossed into Lebanese territory on Wednesday and captured a Lebanese shepherd near the border, the Lebanese army said in a statement.

  

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Lebanon's coalition crisis on Wednesday was a transparent attempt to subvert justice, but vowed that the work of a U.N.-backed tribunal investigating the assassination of former prime minister Rafik al-Hariri would go on.

  

Lebanon's fractious coalition government collapsed Wednesday following the resignation of ministers representing the parliamentary opposition headed by the militant Shiite group, Hezbollah.

  

Lebanon's unity government collapsed on Wednesday after the powerful Hezbollah and its allies resigned from the cabinet over a UN probe into the assassination of former premier Rafiq Hariri.

  

Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri has cut short his visit to the United States to fly home amid a domestic crisis.

  

Lebanon's national unity government collapsed today as Hezbollah and its allies quit over a United Nations probe into the killing of former premier Rafiq Hariri.

  

Lebanon's national unity government collapsed on Wednesday after Hezbollah ministers and their allies resigned over a U.N.-backed tribunal investigating the assassination of Former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.

  

Lebanon's unity government collapsed on Wednesday after the powerful Hezbollah and its allies resigned from the cabinet over a UN probe into the assassination of former premier Rafiq Hariri.

  

Hezbollah and its allies walked out of Lebanon's national unity government today, a step that threatens the survival of U.S.-backed Prime Minister Saad Hariri's coalition.

  

Lebanon's unity government has collapsed after 11 ministers led by Hezbollah and its allies resigned over tensions stemming from a US-backed probe into the assassination of former premier Rafiq Hariri.

  

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Ministers from Hezbollah and its allies will resign and bring down the Lebanese government of Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri on Wednesday ahead of indictments against the Shi'ite group over the killing of Hariri's father.

  

Hezbollah was expected to pull out of Lebanon's government today over the country's involvement in the Hariri tribunal, which is expected to indict Hezbollah members in the prime minister's 2005 assassination.

  

Lebanon's unity government looked set to collapse on Wednesday after the powerful Hezbollah and its allies threatened to walk out over a UN probe into the assassination of former premier Rafiq Hariri.

  

Hezbollah and its allies said they will pull out of Lebanon's Cabinet, a step that may topple the government of U.S.-backed Prime Minister Saad Hariri.

  

Hezbollah threatened to force the dissolution of Lebanon's government, deepening the crisis over the investigation of the assassination of Rafik Hariri.

  

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Ministers from Lebanon's Hezbollah movement and its political allies will resign on Wednesday, forcing the collapse of Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri's government, political sources said.

  

Lebanon's government on Wednesday looked set to fall after Hezbollah and its allies warned they would quit unless their demands over a UN tribunal probing the murder of ex-premier Rafiq Hariri are met.

  

Lebanon: The OSB "Samih Darwazah Center for Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship" was made possible through a generous gift from the Darwazah Family; a pioneering group in the pharmaceutical industry on a global scale. [AMEInfo.com]

  

Ministers from Lebanon's Hezbollah movement and its political allies will resign on Wednesday, forcing the collapse of Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri's government, political sources said.

  

A senior official says Hezbollah and its allies plan to resign from the Lebanese Cabinet, which would topple the unity government.

  

Ministers from Lebanon's Hezbollah movement and its political allies will resign on Wednesday, forcing the collapse of Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri's government, a senior political source said.

  

BEIRUT: Ernst & Young's benchmark survey of the Middle East hotel sector indicated that the average occupancy rate at hotels in Beirut was 69 percent in the first 11 months of 2010, decreasing from 73 percent in the same period last year, as reported by Lebanon This Week, the economic publication of the Byblos Bank Group.

  

LEBANON - The good news for Breese Central on Tuesday night wasthat it easily handled Lebanon 70-51 in a nonconference boysbasketball game at Charles E. Mandley Memorial Gymnasium.

  

BEIRUT - Lebanon's year-old unity government collapsed Wednesday after Hezbollah ministers and their allies resigned over tensions stemming from a U.N.-backed tribunal investigating the 2005 assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.

  

U.S. President Barack Obama will meet with Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri on Wednesday to discuss support for the Middle East state, the White House said on Tuesday.

  

Lebanese opposition figure Michel Aoun says Saudi Arabia and Syria have been unable to resolve the dispute in Lebanon over the US-backed tribunal investigating the assassination of Rafiq Hariri.

  

The White House says President Barack Obama will meet Wednesday with Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri (sahd hah-REER'-ee).

  

Michel Aoun, a key Christian ally of Lebanon's Shiite party Hezbollah, said on Tuesday that Syrian-Saudi efforts had failed to contain a political crisis over a UN probe into the murder of ex-premier Rafiq Hariri.

  

Police have charged two Lebanon males with Burglary and Theft charges.

  

Beirut - A Lebanese opposition leader declared on Tuesday that a Saudi-Syrian initiative to end Lebanon's political impasse over the murder of former prime minister Rafik Hariri has failed.

  

A Lebanese leader says regional powers Syria and Saudi Arabia have failed to reach a deal to help solve Lebanon's political crisis.

  

BEIRUT - A Lebanese leader says regional powers Syria and Saudi Arabia have failed to reach a deal to help solve Lebanon's political crisis. The regional initiative had been touted by Lebanese and Arab leaders as one of the brightest hopes to defuse the crisis.

  

Saudi Arabia and Syria have failed to reach a deal aimed at curbing political tension in Lebanon over the 2005 killing of Rafik al-Hariri, Lebanese Christian politician Michel Aoun said on Tuesday.

  

BEIRUT, Jan 11 (Reuters) - Below is a table of the latest Lebanese economic statistics.

  

BEIRUT: Batroun M.P. Antoine Zahra said Monday Lebanese-Syrian ties were at a delicate stage but were not deteriorating. "The international efforts to reach a settlement in Lebanon focus on stability and justice in the country," Zahra said in reference to Prime Minister Saad Hariri's latest visit to New York. Zahra also dismissed reports that an agreement had been

  

BEIRUT: Prime Minister Saad Hariri was set to meet French President Nicolas Sarkozy in New York early Tuesday Beirut time, a day after he met Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdel-Aziz in separate talks that focused on Lebanon's months-long political crisis. Back in Beirut, a senior March 8 source voiced concern that U.S. pressure would derail a Syrian-Saudi initiative to defuse

  

Jacksonville - JACKSONVILLE, NC (January 10, 2011)?The USO of North Carolina will dedicate the newly-renovated Beirut Memorial Room at the USO of NC Jacksonville center on Friday, Jan. 14 at 2 PM. The room will be made available to the public on Saturday, Jan. 15 from 4-6 PM.

  

French President Nicolas Sarkozy will meet Saudi Arabia's recuperating King Abdullah and Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri in New York, a French official said Monday.

  

A United Nations official says the international body is willing to assist Lebanon demarcate its naval border with Israel to protect the country's gas reserves.

  

NEW LEBANON -- The New Lebanon Town Board met Monday night to discuss several organizational issues for 2011, including making town appointments, deciding on council members and liaisons to various committees and setting the various salaries for town employees.

  

NEW YORK, Jan 10 - Lebanon's prime minister urged the UN chief yesterday to increase pressure on Israel to end all violations of Lebanese borders, and to help prevent it from exploiting Lebanese oil and gas, a Lebanese official said. In a one-hour meeting with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at a New York hotel, Lebanese Prime Minister Saad ...

  

Lebanon's prime minister urged the U.N. chief on Sunday to increase pressure on Israel to end all violations of Lebanese borders, and to help prevent it from exploiting Lebanese oil and gas, a Lebanese official said.

  

The recently opened crypt museum at the St. George Greek Orthodox Cathedral in downtown Beirut is relatively small but packs a powerful punch by revealing...

  

LEBANON, Ind. -- With eight consecutive wins to start the season and a shiny No. 2 ranking in the Class 3A high school boys basketball poll, Lebanon came into Saturday's game against Fishers off to its best start in nine years.

  

Build Lebanon Trails hosts annual bus tour to share vision, gainsupport

  

FREEBURG' The Freeburg boys basketball teammay have a 1-15 record, but Lebanon coach Chad Cruthis knows betterthan to underestimate the Midgets.

  

BEIRUT, Jan 8 - Beirut's iconic Glass Cafe, which dates back to Ottoman times, shuts its doors this week, taking with it a slice of the Lebanese capital's cultural and political heritage. 'The history of this cafe is closely intertwined with the history of Beirut,' said Angele Abi Haidar, 50, whose family has operated the Glass Cafe - which first ...

  

The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) has reportedly held 'a joint live-fire exercise' with Lebanese military forces in the southern border city of Naqoura.

  

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton discussed growing tensions in Lebanon with the country's Prime Minister Saad Hariri and Saudi King Abdullah at separate meetings in New York, officials said.

  

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton voiced support for a U.N.-backed tribunal probing the killing of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri when she met his son, who is Lebanon's current premier, on Friday.

  

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is set to meet late Friday in New York with Saudi King Abdullah and tentatively with Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri. A senior State Department official tol

  

BEIRUT: Preoccupation with the court probing the death of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri is costing Lebanon sorely needed economic and social reform, according to the head of a pan-Arab civil society group. Ziad Abdel-Samad, executive director of the Arab NGO Network for Development (A.N.N.D.), speaking on the sidelines of a major regional NGO summit Friday

  

The Israeli military has once again breached Lebanon's airspace by sending a reconnaissance aircraft into the Lebanese territory to scan the area for two hours.

  

The tribunal created to try the killers of Lebanese premier Rafiq Hariri said Friday it would hear an ex-general's bid for access to his docket on January 14 after he was jailed for four years without charge.

  

The upcoming indictment of the UN- backed tribunal probing the assassination of Lebanese former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri will not in any way affect the UN peacekeepers in Lebanon, UN Interim Forces in Lebanon (UNIFIL) spokesperson said on Friday.

  

Some cities like Lebanon are running low on their salt supply following three winter blasts that left snow and ice on the ground.

  

BEIRUT - Prime Minister Saad Hariri headed to New York on Friday to meet with Saudi King Abdullah and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on the political crisis in Lebanon, a government official said.

  

Refinancing would free up $4 million, officials say

  

Ron Milkowski is sworn in by attorney Dick Cushing as the newest Lebanon Township Committeeman with the help of Milkowski's granddaughter, Elizabeth Grace, age 3. LEBANON TWP. - The township has a new committeeman, a new attorney and soon may...

  

A draft law calling for a 15-year ban on property sales between Lebanese Christians and Muslims has sparked controversy, with many saying it is aimed at stemming the sale of Christian land to Hezbollah supporters.

  

Lebanon: Landmark Group, one of the retail and hospitality conglomerates in the Middle East and India, announced its entry in the Lebanese markets, with the official launch of the first Centrepoint store in Beirut, Lebanon. [AMEInfo.com]

  

The United Nations has declined Lebanon's request to protect the country's natural gas reserves along its maritime border with Israel.

  

BEIRUT, Jan 06, 2011 (AFP) - Beirut's iconic Glass Cafe, which dates back to Ottoman times, shuts its doors this week, taking with it a slice of the Lebanese capital's cultural and political heritage.

  

BEIRUT: A kidnapping in the south and a second kidnapping-turned-false alarm in the Beirut neighborhood of Ain al-Mreisseh topped Wednesday's police report, amid a rash of car theft and breaking and entering. The mother of a minor in Beirut reported her teenage daughter missing in Ain al-Mreisseh after she was kidnapped shortly before midnight

  

BEIRUT: A lack of proper reforms, low liquidity, a volatile political situation and the government's failure to appoint a new chairman for the Beirut Stock Exchange (B.S.E.) have discouraged investors and firms from making new investments in the Lebanese capital market, economists and brokers said Wednesday. B.S.E.'s market capitalization

  

Lebanese Foreign Minister Ali Shami has sent a letter to the UN secretary general, protesting Israel's exploitation of Lebanon's energy resources.

  

BEIRUT, Jan. 5 (MNA) - The 3rd annual hand-woven Iranian carpets exhibition opened in Beirut International Exhibition and Leisure Center on Tuesday.

  

NICOSIA [MENL] -- Lebanon's army has been undergoing counter-insurgency training. Copyrights 2008, Middle East Newsline. All rights reserved.

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Jan. 5 (UPI) -- Lebanon is keen to tap into its domestic gas reserves by reviewing Mediterranean pipeline plans possibly with Russia's help, the country's energy minister said.

  

Lebanon has asked the United Nations to protect the country's natural gas reserves along the maritime border with Israel.

  

Lebanese exports rise 30

  

Meital Dohan, recently seen in the Tribeca Film Festival winner "Monogamy," stars in Alan Bowne's apocalyptic love story Beirut , which plays a limited engagement at The Lion at Theatre Row beginning Jan. 5.

  

Lebanon has asked U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to ensure that Israel's plans to drill for gas in the Mediterranean do not encroach on its own offshore reserves the National News Agency said on Tuesday.

  

The radical Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine says one of its founders, Ahmed Yamani, has died in Beirut after a stroke. He was 86. Yamani, also known as Abu Maher Yamani, died Monday in a Beirut hospital.

  

Lebanon: Samsung Electronics, a company in electronics and digital media, announced the launch of Smart TV. This new product offers features and applications that allow viewers to enjoy their favourite channels. [AMEInfo.com]

  

Philippine Ambassador to Lebanon Gilberto G.B. Asuque led Embassy officers and staff and the overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in the Filipino Workers Resource Center (FWRC) in commemorating the 114th martyrdom anniversary of Philippine national hero, Dr. Jose Rizal last 30 December 2010. The simple ceremony began with a flag-raising ceremony at the Embassy entrance where Dr. Rizal's portrait was ...

  

LEBANON 'A downtown store closed the last week of 2010, leaving a city block in the heart of Lebanon 's downtown nearly deserted.Tienda La Mexicana, located at 21 E. Main St., closed its doors for the final time Dec. 29. On Thursday afternoon, owner Fernando Garcia stood outside the ethnic grocery store he ran for six years, overseeing the removal of the final pieces of merchandise from the ...

  

BEIRUT: Lebanon's ambassador to the Ivory Coast Ali Ajami repeated his denial Monday of reports circulated in the Lebanese media over the mass departure of the Lebanese community from Abidjan. "In light of reports by some media outlets - we stress in the name of the Lebanese Embassy in Abidjan and on behalf of all Lebanese institutions that such reports are

  

BEIRUT: A flurry of political activity is expected to be launched by Lebanon's rival parties this week in an attempt to end the two-month-long Cabinet paralysis, ministerial sources said Monday. With the continued dearth of information about the Saudi-Syrian peace bid, public attention was set to be shifted to the U.N.-backed court's looming indictment

  

BEIRUT: Legislation prohibiting all kinds of human trafficking in Lebanon is expected to be passed very soon, Justice Minister Ibrahim Najjar said Monday. Speaking at an international conference on combating trafficking held at Beirut Arab University and supported by John Hopkins University, Najjar promised to push for the swift ratification of the draft law addressing the issue

  

A Lebanese military judge has issued an indictment, urging the death penalty for a retired Lebanese army general for allegedly spying on his country.

  

LEBANON - The man accused of robbing the Lebanon Dollar General last week and leading police on a high-speed chase through two counties has been arrested, police said.James A. Holland, 41, was arrested in a Springfield hotel around 11 a.m. Sunday, said Detective Mark Allen of the Lebanon Police Department.

  

BEIRUT - A former Lebanese president says Christians in Egypt and Iraq are being subjected to genocide at the hands of extremist groups. Amin Gemayel made the remarks Monday, two days after a suicide bombing of a church in northern Egypt killed 21 people.

  

BEIRUT, Jan. 2 -- A hand grenade was tossed late Saturday night at the residence of the son of former Lebanese Prime Minister Omar Karami, an ally of Shiite armed group Hezbollah.

  

Kentucky State Police say four people were injured in a six-car pileup on New Year's Day in southeastern Kentucky.

  

Beirut - Lebanese leaders sent cables of condolences Sunday to Egyptian President Hosny Mubarak over the deadly bombing that targeted a Coptic church in Egypt.

  

Contrary to its beginning, which witnessed a number of political and civil initiatives towards national reconciliation, 2010 was largely marked by events that put at risk the country's fragile stability, threatening a renewal of the political polarisation and communal rifts that gripped the country since 2005.

  

Lebanese industrial exports increase 35% by Oct 2010