Lebanese food, dance and music are in the spotlight today at the 33rd annual Lebanese Heritage Day at Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Catholic Church in Easton.

  

Lebanon's press on Saturday appeared unimpressed by the outcome of a historic Syria-Saudi-Lebanon summit, saying it failed to address key issues linked to rising tensions in the country.

  

Lebanon: Quality Construction Company (Qualco), one of the fastest growing construction and general contracting companies in Lebanon, handed over the latest phase of work on the "Beirut Arab University" project in Debbiyeh. This campus is considered to be a major turning point for the company in developing university projects where Qualco completed the new campus' facilities during four stages of work. [AMEInfo.com]

  

Lebanon: According to a new Deloitte report, Bounce Back: 2010 Global Security Survey, 10% of TMT organizations increased their information security budget by more than 10% over the last 12 months, while more than one-third (36%) increased their budgets up to 10%. The question is whether these budget increases will make up for the ground lost during the economic downturn. [AMEInfo.com]

  

(RTTNews) - Syria's President Bashar al-Assad and Saudi King Abdullah on Friday asked rival Lebanese factions to shun violence in the midst of mounting political tensions in the country, according to reports.

  

BEIRUT (AP) - Across four decades, Fairouz's songs of freedom, justice and love transfixed Arab audiences, moved millions to tears and gave hope to the Lebanese during the darkest days of their 15-year civil war. At 75, the Lebanese singer still performed, seemingly impervious to age _ until now, when a ...

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon, July 30 (UPI) -- The visit Friday to Beirut by the Syrian and Saudi heads of state is a historic opportunity to bring stability to Lebanon, the U.N. special envoy said. Lebanon - Syria - Middle East - Saudi Arabia - Beirut

  

Beirut - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Saudi King Abdullah met with Lebanese politicians on Friday in a bid to ensure stability amid concerns that sectarian rifts could widen.

  

Beirut - Lebanese political leaders were holding Friday rapid and successive talks with the visiting King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

  

Assad and Abdullah, meeting in Damascus yesterday, called for reconciliation among Palestinians and stressed their support for Lebanon's national unity government and stability in the country, the state-run Syrian Arab News Agency reported.

  

Beirut - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Saudi King Abdullah arrived in Beirut on Friday for talks with Lebanon's political factions and President Michel Suleiman, in an effort to ease rising tensions.

  

BEIRUT, July 30 (Reuters) - Lebanon's Byblos bank said on Friday its net profit for the first six months of 2010 rose 15 percent to $72.4 million compared with the same period last year.

  

BEIRUT - Lebanon's presidential palace says the leaders of Syria and Saudi Arabia are expected in Beirut.

  

Bashar al-Assad and King Abdullah attend talks aimed at reducing tensions over al-Hariri probe.

  

BEIRUT: Lebanon on Friday hosts a rare summit of regional leaders aimed at defusing tensions over reports of an impending indictment against Hezbollah members for the murder of ex-premier Rafiq Hariri.

  

Across four decades, Fairouz's songs of freedom, justice and love transfixed Arab audiences, moved millions to tears and gave hope to the Lebanese during the darkest days of their 15-year civil ...

  

BEIRUT: Prime Minister Saad Hariri launched on Thursday the Cabinet's initiative to 'Modernize Public Administrations and Fight Corruption,' after Lebanon scored poorly in studies on transparent governance.

  

Syria's president and the Saudi king call on Lebanon's rival factions to avoid turning to violence amid mounting political tensions in the country.

  

LEBANON - Voters in Lebanon City School District will be asked in November to renew a three-year operating levy that school officials say is vital for the district.

  

LEBANON - A new initiative in Lebanon City Schools invites alumni to donate old jerseys, graduation programs, photos and other historic school-related items to preserve and display in the future.

  

CAIRO: Lebanon's Bank Audi said on Wednesday it had acquired 90 percent of online brokerage Arabeya Online from the firm's chairman and majority owner Naeem Holding. "Bank Audi's investment in Arabeya Online comes in line with the bank's strategy to expand in the Middle East and North Africa," the Lebanese bank's chief executive officer, Samir Hanna, said

  

"There will be an

  

NICOSIA - Lebanon has decided to bolster its military presence near the border with Israel. Officials said the Lebanese Army has been ordered to send a brigade, or about 1,500 troops, to the south.

  

LEBANON - Faye Bengal scanned the racks of clothing lining the floors of the Lebanon Goodwill store.

  

NICOSIA [MENL] -- Lebanon has decided to bolster its military presence near the border with Israel. Copyrights 2008, Middle East Newsline. All rights reserved.

  

29 July 2010 Beirut - After completing the training program, Boecker Public Health Boecker Public Health and under the High Patronage of the Ministry of Public Health, presented certificates to the inspectors of the Ministry of Public Health and to the Caza medical practitioners, during a ceremony held at the Lebanese University, Mathaf area.

  

Beirut/Cairo/Damascus - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Saudi King Abdullah will visit Beirut together to hold a summit with the Lebanese president, officials confirmed Thursday.

  

Beirut - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Saudi King Abdullah are expected to visit Beirut together on Friday to hold a summit with the Lebanese president.

  

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad will accompany Saudi King Abdullah to Lebanon on Friday for a summit aimed at easing tensions in Lebanon, the Lebanese presidency confirmed on Thursday.

  

Lebanon: Lebanon's Civil Aviation Authority has announced plans to more than double previous expansion plans for Beirut Airport, in addition to building a second major airport in the north of country, Arabian Aerospace has reported. Work is due to begin early next year to increase its capacity from six million passengers a year to 18 million with the construction of a new terminal and 23 new gates, taking the total to 46, director general of Civil Aviation, Dr Hamdi Chaouk said. Up to seven of these gates would be designed to take the Airbus A380. "We have talked to Emirates and Qatar," he said, "They need to have an alternative airport for their routes from the Gulf to London and we can provide that. It also gives us opportunities to grow," Chaouk said. [AMEInfo.com]

  

Lebanon: Governments around the world are in a unique position to combine the vast amounts of research and data collected over the years with technology, the internet and social media to improve social services and public policy, according to Deloitte report, "Unlocking Government: How Data Transforms Democracy." [AMEInfo.com]

  

A second employee of Lebanon's mobile phone firm has been charged with spying for Israel and has been referred to a military court.

  

BEIRUT: Beirut First Investigative Magistrate Ghassan Oueidat interrogated on Wednesday Ali Ahmad Shuman, suspected of defaming Lebanese President Michel Sleiman on social-networking website Facebook. Shuman was arrested on Tuesday as soon as his Ukrainian International Airlines plane, arriving from Kiev, landed at Rafik Hariri International Airport

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon, July 28 (UPI) -- As many as 50 members of Hezbollah could be indicted by a tribunal investigating the death of a former Lebanese prime minister, the group's leader said. Lebanon - Hezbollah - Hassan Nasrallah - Beirut - Middle East

  

BEIRUT (AFP) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is due to visit Lebanon on Friday along with Saudi King Abdullah amid fears of renewed conflict in the tiny Mediterranean country, a government official told AFP.

  

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad will visit Lebanon together on Friday to ease political tension over a U.N. tribunal set up after the 2005 killing of Lebanese statesman Rafik al-Hariri.

  

A Lebanese national has been arrested for allegedly insulting the republic's president, Michel Sleiman, on Facebook.

  

Lebanese judicial officials say authorities have released a German engineer detained on suspicion of spying for Israel.

  

BEIRUT (AFP) - A hand grenade exploded Wednesday in a parking lot near Beirut's engineering union and damaged several nearby cars but did not cause any injuries, a Lebanese army spokesman said.

  

A percussion bomb has exploded near the Egyptian embassy in Beirut, injuring one person, says a Press TV correspondent in the Lebanese capital.

  

Lebanon: Qatar National Bank (QNB) has announced it has received approval from the Central Bank of Lebanon to open a full service branch in the country. QNB's Lebanon branch will provide a full range of retail and corporate banking services. The new branch extends the lender's international reach to cover 24 countries across Europe, Asia and Africa. [AMEInfo.com]

  

Lebanon has apparently started to increase its standing army in the south of the country after UN French forces' reported incitation of local outrage in the area.

  

BEIRUT - The future of Hezbollah, Lebanon's powerful Shiite political and paramilitary organization, has never looked more uncertain. Indeed, given rising tension with Israel and possible indictments of its operatives by the international tribunal investigating the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafic al-Hariri, Hezbollah appears to be hemmed in on all sides. The most immediate question ...

  

BEIRUT: Lebanon may be used as a regional base for the spread of gender equality, a representative from the Council of Europe (CE), a Europe-wide organization concerned with the promotion of human rights and the rule of law, revealed Tuesday. "We are hoping to use Lebanon as a hub for stretching out legislation against domestic abuse across the region

  

BEIRUT: If last minute contacts bear fruit a Saudi-Syrian-Lebanese summit is expected to be held in Beirut on Friday to tackle rising tensions in Lebanon and other Arab issues, well-informed sources said. The Central News Agency reported on Tuesday that if the tripartite summit takes place at the Baabda Presidential Palace, it will be a chance

  

LEBANON - An unexpected $500,000 to $600,000 income shortfallhas prompted formation of a Budget Oversight Committee, only weeksafter the city council adopted the 2010-2011 budget.

  

WEST LEBANON - After surviving a scare from West Lebanon in the series opener, Indiana got the message loud and clear. With a seemingly newfound sense of urgency, the Blackhawks got back to their style of play Monday in Game 2, and Chris Sobota took care of the rest.

  

BEIRUT - A senior Lebanese security official says authorities have detained a German engineer working in Lebanon on suspicion of spying for Israel. The official says the army raided the "Liban Lait" dairy factory in the eastern Lebanese town of Talia where he worked and detained the man late Monday.

  

RJ plane lands safely in Beirut after bird strike

  

Lebanese authorities have reportedly arrested a German engineer on suspicion of spying for Israel. According to a local media report, Lebanese forces stormed a cheese factory in the early morning hours and arrested Peter Mug, who works at the plant.

  

BEIRUT (AP) - The discovery of large natural gas reserves under the waters of the eastern Mediterranean could potentially mean a huge economic windfall for Israel and Lebanon, both resource-poor nations - if it doesn't spark new war between them.

  

Lebanese Druze leader Walid Jumblat on Monday called for dialogue among political factions in order to defuse rising tensions. Jumblat told Al Anbaa newspaper that dialogue is the only way to preserve "calmness" in Lebanon.

  

LEBANON TWP. -- 'We call it 'Woodlove,' because we love the woods,' said Lainie Beavin, with her eyes twinkling.

  

"I just met [Prime Minister Saad] Hariri and we discussed the UNIFIL issue," Dennis Pietton announced following talks at the Grand

  

BEIRUT: Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmad Abu al-Gheit warned on Monday against undermining Lebanon's stability by resorting to force to resolve regional and international disputes. Abu al-Gheit made his statements ahead of scheduled talks between Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdel-Aziz in Egypt on Wednesday

  

BEIRUT: The Lebanese Journalists Union (LJU) has formed a committee tasked with reconsidering its by-laws, a statement by the body said on Monday. A number of amendments should be introduced to the by-laws to accompany new facts established by consecutive LJU general assemblies over the past three decades, according to the statement

  

BEIRUT - Saudi King Abdullah will visit Lebanon on Friday and will urge rival parties to exercise restraint amid tensions over the possible implication of Hezbollah in the murder of ex-premier Rafiq Hariri, a government official said on Monday.

  

Lebanon is sending about 3,000 additional troops to the country's south after residents clashed with U.N. peacekeepers in the tense region where many view the international force with mistrust, officials said Monday.

  

BEIRUT - The Lebanese army is to deploy additional troops in south Lebanon, France's ambassador to Beirut said on Monday, almost a month after a string of attacks on UN peacekeepers in the region.

  

LEBANON -- Lebanon Borough Elementary School began a special project this past school year incorporating all areas of the curriculum, enhancing students' learning and understanding with real life experiences.

  

Lebanese singer Nancy Ajram just completed filming the music video for the song 'Ayni Alaik' (My eyes on you) under the direction of Layla Kan?an. The song will be released along with Nancy's upcoming album in the near future.

  

Sadly, Lebanese singer Dina Hayed is currently in isolated chamber at the Basture hospital in Paris France due to the fact that she was infected with a deadly virus.

  

Firefighters still don't know what sparked a fire that left nearly two dozen people without homes.

  

Japan rebounded from Saturday's overtime loss to beat Lebanon 79-77 in Game 2 of their men's three-game exhibition series on Sunday. With less than a minute remaining in the last quarter, Hiroyuki Kinoshita made a fastbreak layup that tied the game at 77-all. He then sank two free throws eight seconds before the buzzer, putting Japan ahead for good at Sumida Ward Gymnasium.

  

BEIRUT (Reuters) - The leader of Lebanon's powerful Hezbollah group said Sunday he expected many members of his group would be indicted by a U.N. investigation into the killing of former prime minister Rafik al-Hariri.

  

THE Lebanese military opened fire with anti-aircraft batteries on an Israeli reconnaissance plane that violated the country's airspace today, the army said.

  

Lebanon: Lebanon's National Audiovisual Media Council has warned all local media outlets to stop the illegal advertising of herbal medicine or face a three-day closure, The Daily Star has reported. Earlier this month, the General Directorate of General Security in Lebanon announced that advertisements for herbal medicines were prohibited. Radio and television stations have been given a grace period to stop advertising the products, Abdel-Hadi Mahfouz president of the council said. [AMEInfo.com]

  

Lebanon: Lebanese telecom minister has announced a plan to set up a fibre optics and advanced broadband network across the country within the next 18 months, The Daily Star has reported. The government is also keen to liberalize the sector and expand the use of internet and other related services to all of the country, Charbel Nahhas said. The project will cost $60m and involves the installation of 710-kilometres of phone wires as well as 2,750 kilometres of fibre optics. [AMEInfo.com]

  

JERUSALEM: Israel will intercept any ship taking taking part in a planned Lebanese aid flotilla to the Gaza Strip, Israel's Defence Minister Ehud Barak warned on Friday.

  

BEIRUT: The president of the chamber of commerce, industry and agriculture in Lebanon Mohammad Choucair signed on Friday an agreement with the vice president of the Iranian chamber of commerce Mir Mohammad Sadki aimed at facilitating investment activities between the two countries. The agreement's objective is to create a favorable environment for the cooperation in exchanging skills

  

UNITED NATIONS: Israel is urging Lebanon and the international community to prevent two ships from sailing to Gaza from a Lebanese port to break Israel's blockade of the Palestinian territory. It warned that the vessels will be stopped. Israel's UN Ambassador Gabriela Shalev accused organizers of the aid ships Junia and Julia of seeking "to incite a confrontation

  

BEIRUT: Young Lebanese are avid consumers of new media, but have alarmingly low news and media literacy skills. They're not particularly supportive of inter-sect or inter-faith marriage. But despite their many differences, they claim to share very similar core values, anchored in their family and country. These are some of the findings from three separate

  

The first lady of Nebraska is a part of possibly the largestknown Lebanese family in Nebraska.

  

Lebanese singer Elissa recently revealed that the matter of keeping her away from performing at Lebanese festivals means nothing for her and she has been overly booked at numerous festivals throughout the Arab world.

  

BEIRUT: The Beirut Marathon Association announced at a ceremony held at Dora's City Mall Thursday that the 2010 Marathon would take place on November 7. The Beirut Marathon Association took over the entire bottom floor of the City Mall with viewing stands, advertising and an standard IAAF 60-meter running track. The track was set up to accommodate eight races run by Lebanese junior

  

BEIRUT, July 22 - Like an endangered species, Beirut's elegant old buildings are staring at extinction. In a construction frenzy fuelled by a frothy economy and dollops of cash from Gulf Arab and Lebanese investors, new tower blocks are rising helter-skelter across the capital, many of them over the demolished ruins of its architectural ...

  

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Like an endangered species, Beirut's elegant old buildings are staring at extinction.

  

Lebanese official says ministers agreed to submit a detailed report about alleged Israeli spy network

  

(RTTNews) - Lebanon is reported to be planning to file a complaint about Israeli "espionage" at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), viewing it as a violation to Resolution 1701, according to the country's Information Minister.

  

BEIRUT, July 22, 2010 (AFP) - Lebanon will complain to the United Nations over alleged Israeli spy networks, Information Minister Tarek Mitri said, after several Lebanese telecom workers were charged with spying for the Jewish state.

  

Lebanon: IFP inaugurated Beirut Jewelry Week - Joaillerie Liban 2010 in BIEL at 4:00 pm sharp. The 13th edition of the region's finest show for jewelry, watches and luxury products was held under the patronage of the Minister of Tourism HE Fady Abboud -in association with the Lebanese syndicate of Expert Goldsmiths and Jewelers- and marked by the participation of Lebanon's biggest gem players and key international players from India, Italy, Thailand, UAE & the USA. [AMEInfo.com]

  

21 July 2010 Amman -- A Royal Jordanian Royal Jordanian aircraft landed safely at Beirut Airport yesterday after a bird strike while it was approaching the airport during a normal flight between Amman and Beirut, according to an RJ RJ official.

  

BEIRUT: A Gulf Air Gulf Air plane was forced to make an unexpected landing at the Rafik Hariri International Airport (RHIA) on Tuesday, shortly after a Royal Jordanian Airlines plane suffered a malfunction when a bird hit its tail.

  

Follow Israel news on and . Lebanon's Information Minister Tareq Mitri said on Wednesday that his country will raise accusations of espionage against Israel at the United Nations Security Council.

  

Residents in the Lebanon City Schools district are expected to be asked to renew a three-year emergency tax levy in November.

  

Reuters/Beirut Lebanon will raise accusations of Israeli espionage at the UN, Information Minister Tareq Mitri said yesterday, after two telecom workers were arrested and charged with spying for the Jewish state.

  

Beirut - The Lebanese cabinet unanimously agreed during its late Wednesday session to file a complaint with the UN Security Council against Israel for spy rings uncovered in Lebanon, a government source said.

  

In Beirut the latest developments in South Lebanon were discussed by Defense Minister Elias Murr and Michael Williams, personal representative in Lebanon of the UN secretary-general, and by Murr with the ambassadors of France, Spain, Germany and the United States.

  

Beirut - A Lebanese military court on Wednesday sentenced a former school principal to death on charges of spying for Israel in 2008, a judicial source said.

  

John Eggen, a photographer who chronicled Lebanon in pictures for three decades, died July 15 at the age of 98.

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon, July 21 (UPI) -- A speech criticizing a tribunal probing the 2005 assassination of Rafik Hariri wasn't conducive to national unity, Lebanese leaders said in Beirut. Lebanon - Beirut - Middle East - Rafic Hariri - Rafik Hariri

  

Lebanon's inflation rate fell to 3.5 percent in June from 4.9 percent the month before as health and communication costs declined.

  

Lebanon: Memac Ogilvy and Mather LLC - Dubai and Arab International Women's Forum (AIWF) have announced a strategic partnership to create greater public awareness of women's success and prospects in the Arab world. [AMEInfo.com]

  

BEIRUT: A young man was shot in the hand by unidentified people on Monday, while a child was hit by a car and transported to the hospital by the perpetrator. Hassan Khalil Rabah, 18, was brought into the emergency section of the Sainte Therese Hospital in the Beirut suburb of Hadath, after he was shot in his right hand. According to Rabah's testimony

  

BEIRUT: Gunmen have abducted a Lebanese man identified as Abdel Rida Dhaini in the West African country of Benin asking for a $30,000 ransom. A police source said Dhaini, 33, was kidnapped by four gunmen while he was on his way home. He works in the trade of cars. The kidnappers, who were making calls from Nigerian phone lines, asked for a

  

BEIRUT: Lebanon will be in Group B for the forthcoming 3rd FIBA Asia Stankovic Cup to be played in Beirut from August 7 to 15 while FIBA Asia champions Iran were drawn in Group A. The draw was completed at Ghazir Sporting Club, Beirut the venue for the competition on Monday. Group B will witness stiff competition between hosts Lebanon

  

BEIRUT: Israel threatened on Tuesday to attack highly populated areas of Lebanon as its military chief claimed Hizbullah was using urban infrastructure to conceal weapons. Chief of General Staff for the Israeli Army, Lieutenant General Gabi Ashkenazi, said his force would not hesitate to strike Lebanese towns and villages if forced into any

  

Big, clean, rustic flavours anchor the tantalizing, wafting aromas that will soon pervade the Moody's Bay area throughout the 20th edition of the Ottawa Lebanese Festival.

  

Lebanon police are looking for a shooting suspect right now. Officers responded to the 16-hundred block of timber creek just before one o'clock this morning and found a 23 year old man lying in the road.

  

Lebanon: As quality management is the main pillar of healthcare institutions, the Hospital of Notre Dame Lebanon (HNDL) has commenced the onsite testing of the IDS quality management software. The testing aims at optimizing the solution to integrate efficiently within the workflows and procedures of the quality management process in hospitals in general and the quality system within HNDL in specific. [AMEInfo.com]

  

BEIRUT: The World Bank considered the main challenge facing Lebanon's electricity sector is gaining the trust of consumers as the sector suffers from inadequate supply and a low-quality service, and is dependent on informal private generation that is outside any state supervision, as reported by Lebanon This Week, the economic publication of the Byblos Bank Group.

  

LEBANON - Starting Tuesday, July 20, the Lebanon Municipal Courtwill be open to walk-in customers from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Mondaythrough Friday, a half-hour less than usual.

  

BEIRUT: The command of the German contingent of the United Nations Maritime Taskforce (MTF) was transferred at a handover ceremony on Monday at Beirut port. Around 200 troops from Germany's naval UNIFIL operation were present to witness Commander Martin Kubel hand control over to Commander Johannes Schmidt-Thomee, watched by delegations

  

BEIRUT: Lebanese Premier Saad Hariri and Syrian President Bashar Assad held a third round of talks Monday focusing on further boosting bilateral ties between the two countries. Hariri and a Lebanese ministerial delegation arrived Sunday in Damascus, where the Lebanese premier held three meetings with Assad. Hariri and the accompanying delegation

  

BEIRUT: The United Arab Emirates government should allow hundreds of deported Lebanese citizens and Gazans an opportunity to appeal their expulsions, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a letter on Monday to the UAE interior minister. The UAE has deported at least 120 Lebanese families - all of them Shiite - since June 2009 without due process

  

DAMASCUS, Syria, July 19 (UPI) -- Israel must withdraw from occupied territories according to the terms spelled out in U.N. resolutions, leaders from Syrian and Lebanon said in a statement. Syria - Lebanon - Israel - Middle East - Government

  

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad seems to relish a fight, which may be just as well for a man who has acquired so many enemies at home and abroad.

  

Source: Human Rights Watch (Beirut) - The United Arab Emirates government should allow hundreds of deported Lebanese citizens and Gazans an opportunity to appeal their expulsions, Human Rights Watch said in a

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon, July 19 (UPI) -- The leader of Hezbollah wants an official government investigation into how Lebanese nationals working in a mobile phone company became Israeli spies. Lebanon - Hezbollah - Middle East - Mobile phone - Israel

  

Lebanon: When Software Development companies delve into the realm of quality management, they create tools that can benefit all industries. [AMEInfo.com]

  

Lebanon: McLaren Automotive, the world's newest sports car company, announced that Saad & Trad Sal will serve as its local service partner in Lebanon. Saad & Trad will host a service centre in Beirut to cater for McLaren owners who need assistance in Lebanon. [AMEInfo.com]

  

Lebanon: Lebanon's Saad and Trad has been appointed by McLaren Automotive as its local service partner in the country. The service centre, which will cater for McLaren owners who need assistance in Lebanon, is particularly targeted at Gulf travellers who take their cars to the Levant countries during the summer. The company's first car, the MP4-12C, is expected to enter the regional market in early summer 2011. [AMEInfo.com]

  

Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri's visit to Syria "forms a strong base for the relationships between the two countries," Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al- Moallem told Xinhua on Sunday.

  

Syria and Lebanon signed economic agreements on Sunday, signaling improving ties, but did not resolve a border demarcation issue the Lebanese government views as central to its sovereignty.

  

Syria and Lebanon signed economic agreements on Sunday signalling further improvement in ties but did not resolve a border demarcation issue the Lebanese government views as central to asserting its sovereignty.

  

Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri called for closer ties with Syria on Sunday, state media said, as he made his third visit since taking office to a country he once accused of being behind his father's assassination.

  

Follow Israel news on and . One of the four alleged "Telecom' spies has escaped to Israel from Lebanon, according to the Beirut An Nahar newspaper. The man, whose identity was not revealed, reportedly fled though the 'Kilo 9' crossing gate in southern Lebanon two days ago.

  

The Lebanese security services are reported to have arrested a third telecoms employee in a wide ranging clamp-down on spying in the country. Two employees of the mobile network, Alfa have been arrested within the past month, accused of spying for Israel.

  

Lebanon: Lebanon-based Benchmark Development has launched a $500m residential project in Beirut, The Daily Star has reported. The Beirut Terraces project will have 130 apartments and is expected to be completed by the end of 2013 or mid-2014, the developer said. Benchmark's partners for this project include Lebanon-based engineering firm, Khatib and Alami, BankMed, and Swiss architecture company Herzog and de Meuron. [AMEInfo.com]

  

Lebanon and Iran are now 2-0 with Taiwan NT and Philippines one step behind at 2-1

  

Lebanon High School fourth quarter honor roll Seventh graders: Noah Abbott, Lucas Adams, John Allen, Tyler Antesberger, Lindsey Arnold, Joshua August, Gino Battaglia, Callie Blackmore, Taylor Bogan, Sydney Bollenbacher, Willa Boothe, Sean Brady, Virginia Brosnahan, David Brown, Scott Brown, Bartosz Bucher, Klaudia Bucher, Mackenzie Burnie, Natalie Childers, Zachary Cleaver, Jose Collazo-Cruz ...

  

Lebanon has captured a third person on suspicion of spying for Israel after it arrested two others in a telecommunications company.

  

Beirut, July 16, 2010 - Beirut Terraces, an urban residential development situated in the heart of the Lebanese capital, was unveiled yesterday, in a ceremony which celebrated the commencement of the project's construction.

  

(RTTNews) - Authorities in Lebanon have detained a senior engineer at the state-owned mobile telecom firm Alfa on suspicion of spying for Israel, said officials and local news reports on Thursday.

  

LEBANON - Two new administrators in Lebanon City Schools will oversee hiring teachers and managing benefits as well as directing special education and gifted programs.

  

LEBANON - The city of Lebanon has spent more than $110,000defending itself in a public records lawsuit filed in December 2008by Councilor Ray Weldon, the city's lawyer says.

  

Lebanon has arrested a suspected accomplice of a telecom technician who stands charged with spying for Israel, a source close to the investigation said on Thursday.

  

Lebanon's parliament on Thursday postponed to next month talks on the controversial issue of granting employment, social security and property rights to hundreds of thousands of Palestinian refugees.

  

Lebanon has arrested a suspected accomplice of a telephone company technician who has been charged with spying for Israel, a senior official and a source close to the investigation said.

  

Lebanon's City Council approved a resolution that will allow - but not guarantee - a 1.5 percent pay raise to the city's non-unionized employees beginning in January.

  

Beirut - Two members of the western-backed Lebanese March 14 alliance, who are known to be outspoken critics of Syria, called Wednesday on Lebanese Interior Minister Ziad Baroud to extend the residency permit of Syrian opposition activist Mamoun al-Homsi.

  

[image#1, align=left, size=medium]After 24 years and numerous rejections, members of the Beirut Veterans Stamp Initiative have decided to move forward with a commemorative stamp design - with or without the approval of the U.S. Postal Service. In...

  

Two Lebanon Junior Baseball Organization teams qualified for the JBO State Tournament, which will begin Thursday in Keizer.

  

Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri started his official visit to Damascus on Wednesday, the Syrian official news agency SANA reported.

  

MAG (Mines Advisory Group) A high level delegation from the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office has visited MAG in Lebanon. Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Minister for the Middle East Alistair Burt ...

  

A Lebanese court sentenced an alleged spy for Israel to death.

  

Lebanese judicial officials say a military court has convicted a man of spying for Israel during the 2006 summer war and sentenced him to death.

  

BEIRUT - Lebanon's top security body has called for a "comprehensive survey" of security measures at Beirut airport after a body was found inside the wheel bay of an airliner that took off from there.

  

The Lebanese capital of Beirut is known for its congested daily traffic but a new water taxi service might just ease the city's traffic woes.

  

LEBANON - The owner of Beyond Words, the new gift and decor shop in downtown Lebanon, is hoping the unique items on sale will leave her customers speechless.

  

BEIRUT, Jul 13, 2010 (AFP) - Dream of commuting into bustling Beirut minus the nightmarish traffic' The Beirut Water Taxi will offer an alternative for tens of thousands of people crowding into the Lebanese capital every day.

  

The head of Beirut's airport security has resigned after a man managed to sneak into a runway and hide in a jet bound for the Saudi capital of Riyadh.

  

13 July 2010 JEDDAH: With tensions brewing between Israel and Lebanon and the possibility of an Israeli attack on the south of the country similar to what took place in 2006, there are reports that the country's tourism industry is being negatively affected.

  

Lebanon: Cedex Plastics has begun manufacturing co-extruded polyethylene films for the North American market. The joint venture between U.S. based Exopack and multinational manufacturing group, Indevco, culminated from a strategic alliance to source PE-based materials from the Middle East to serve North American markets. [AMEInfo.com]

  

The discovery of the body of the Lebanese man, Firas Haidar, 20, from a Beirut suburb near the airport has raised concerns about security measures at the airport.

  

The head of Beirut's airport security resigned yesterday after the death of a man who managed to break into a runway undetected and hide in the wheel bay of a Saudi-bound jet, a government source said.

  

BEIRUT: While Lebanese authorities identified Monday the body found inside a wheel bay of a passenger plane after it landed in the Saudi capital from Beirut over the weekend, the security chief of the Rafik Hariri International Airport submitted his resignation on Monday. Airport workers in Riyadh found a human body on the landing gear of a flight from Beirut

  

Officials said U.S. embassy staffers remain largely confined to their offices and residential compound near Beirut. They said embassy staffers travel only in armored personnel carriers amid threats of insurgency attack.

  

Beirut - The head of Lebanon's airport security on Monday submitted his resignation- two days after human remains were found on a Saudi plane that left Beirut, the Lebanese state-run National News Agency reported.

  

The head of Beirut's airport security resigned on Monday after the death of a man who managed to break into a runway and hide in the wheel bay of a Saudi-bound jet, a government source said.

  

BEIRUT - The body found inside the wheel bay of an airliner landing in Saudi Arabia belonged to a 20-year-old Lebanese man who appears to have sneaked onto the runway, a senior Lebanese security official said Monday.

  

Beirut - Beirut authorities announced Monday that the remains found on the tyres of a flight from Beirut to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, belonged to a 20-year-old Lebanese man.

  

Lebanon's conflict with Israel is still far from over, Beirut-based dailies warned on Monday, four years to the day since the first bombs fell in the last war between Hezbollah and the Jewish state.

  

Lebanon: Damac Properties has awarded Zetas Apex Foundation Technologies the enabling works contract for its Damac Tower in downtown Beirut, Lebanon. The enabling phase of the construction process is expected to take around nine months due to the rocky nature of the terrain and will involve piling and excavation to a depth of 24 metres. The new high-rise building is scheduled to be completed in 2013. [AMEInfo.com]

  

BEIRUT - A senior official with the militant Hezbollah group said yesterday they have a list of military targets...

  

BEIRUT: Investigations at Rafik Hariri Airport International found wire cutters and two filterless cigarettes next to the hat of a man who had apparently tried Saturday to hitch a ride on the Saudi-owned Nas Air jet, a well-informed security source told The Daily Star Wednesday. Airport workers in Riyadh found a human body on the landing gear of a flight

  

BEIRUT (AP) - A senior official with the militant Hezbollah group says theyhave a list of military targets inside Israel to hit in any future war.

  

West Lebanon -- Big changes may be afoot in the village, but there's a more subtle one brewing -- and it's happening one flowerpot at a time.

  

Lebanon: Luxury lifestyle developer Damac Properties has announced that it has awarded the enabling works contract for its prestigious new real estate project at Solidere -launched last month. [AMEInfo.com]

  

Lebanon: AllWorld has announced that Cleartag is the 7th fastest growing company in Lebanon. Out of 50 companies competing for a spot on the Lebanon 25, Cleartag proved its might based on strenuous international standards ranging from business strategy and operations, along with analysis of detailed audited statements to verify revenues and growth. [AMEInfo.com]

  

Lebanon is sending as many as 5,000 more soldiers to the country's south following clashes between civilians and United Nations troops and a warning from Israel that Hezbollah is preparing for a new war there.

  

The remains of a body were discovered on the rear tires of a plane landing earlier on Saturday in Riyadh from Beirut, Lebanese state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported on Saturday.

  

BEIRUT: Human remains were found on the tyre of a Saudi-owned Nas Air jet when it landed in Riyadh after a flight from Beirut on Saturday, a Lebanon airport official said, adding that a man had apparently tried to hitch a ride on the aircraft's landing gear.

  

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Workers at Riyadh airport found the remains of a body on the tyres of a plane which arrived from Beirut early Saturday, an airport source in Beirut said.

  

BEIRUT (AP) - Britain's ambassador to Beirut says she regrets any offense caused by a controversial blog post in which she praised Lebanon's late leading Shiite cleric.

  

Lebanon: The American University of Beirut and the CFA Institute have announced the signing of a CFA Programme Partnership agreement. The deal makes AUB CFA's second partner in the Middle East and the first in Lebanon and the Levant. The programme aligns the BBA (Bachelor of Business Administration) AUB course with the CFA Programme Candidate Body of Knowledge curriculum, allowing students to complete their studies and prepare for the CFA Programme at the same time. [AMEInfo.com]

  

LEBANON - Lebanon 's Concerts in the Park series continues thisTuesday, July 13, with J.T. and the Tourists playing oldies androck 'n' roll.

  

Lebanon is sending as many as 5,000 more soldiers to the country's south following clashes between civilians and United Nations troops and a warning from Israel that Hezbollah is preparing for a new war there.

  

Police say at least eight-Lebanon businesses have been broken-into between Monday, July 5 and Friday, July 9.

  

LEBANON TWP. - The Lebanon Township Committee is demanding the Lebanon Township First Aid Squad return two ambulances to the fire department by noon on July 15. The Township Committee adopted an ordinance on Wednesday that assigns first aid squad...

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon, July 9 (UPI) -- Dialogue between U.N. peacekeepers and Lebanese residents is the best way to avoid confrontations, the head of the U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon said. Lebanon - United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon - Middle East - Beirut - Hezbollah

  

The UN peacekeeping chief in southern Lebanon appeals for calm, after recent incidents in which villagers attacked soldiers.

  

Britain's ambassador to Lebanon has sparked anger in Israel by praising a man regarded by many as the spiritual mentor of Hezbollah, it emerged today.

  

Police in Lebanon are investigating four home burglaries in the northeast section of the city.Read the full story here: WGAL.

  

LEBANON TOWNSHIP - After weeks of public dispute and legal wrangling, the Township Committee has voted to designate the fire department - not the First Aid Squad - as first responders for medical emergencies here.

  

BEIRUT: Lebanon is a small and weak state compared to Israeli military capabilities, said Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Butros Sfeir on Thursday. Speaking to members of the media working from the patriarchate's summer residence in the village of Diman, Sfeir called for overcoming recent clashes between the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon

  

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Several burglaries have been reported in the city of Lebanon.

  

Beirut - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki arrived Thursday in Beirut to offer his condolences following the death of Lebanon's top Shiite cleric, Ayatollah Fadlallah.

  

BEIRUT (AP) - Iraq's prime minister is in Beirut to pay his respects for Lebanon's late top Shiite cleric.

  

Lebanon: CFA Institute, the global association for investment professionals that awards the prestigious Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation, is pleased to announce a CFA Program Partnership with the American University of Beirut (AUB). There are currently 122 CFA Program Partners in the world and AUB becomes only the second partner in the Middle East and the first in Lebanon and the Levant. [AMEInfo.com]

  

Lebanon outlines $5b power investment

  

Lebanon: Lebanese energy minister Gebran Bassil has announced a $5bn plan to overhaul the country's decaying power sector and provide it with 24-hour electricity in four years, Reuters has reported. The plan calls for the production of 4,000 megawatts of electricity by 2014 at a total cost of $4.87bn. The government will provide $1.5bn, the private sector $2.32bn and international donors will contribute $1bn, he said. The state-owned Electricite du Liban (EdL) can only meet two-thirds of peak demand of 1,650 megawatts, which means the average supply of electricity per day is 18 hours. [AMEInfo.com]

  

BEIRUT: Energy and Water Minister Jebran Bassil on Wednesday disclosed his ambitious $5 billion plan to restructure the aging electricity sector that would boost production to 4,000 MW from the current 1,600 MW.

  

BEIRUT: Lebanon unveiled an ambitious $5 billion plan yesterday to overhaul its decaying power sector and provide it with 24-hour electricity in four years.

  

Beirut - Recent and repeated attacks against UN peacekeepers by villagers in southern Lebanon have ignited a debate in the country's political arena and spread fears that such incidents may develop into a clash....

  

Lebanon Country Club course cited as sanctuary The Lebanon Country Club golf course has retained its designation as a Certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary.

  

BEIRUT: Hidden behind the mirrored facade of Solidere's new Beirut Exhibition Center lies a sinister secret: The cadavers of hundreds of starfish. Opening with a retrospective exhibition for expatriate artist Nabil Nahas, the Beirut Exhibition Center displays canvases plastered with starfish corpses and splattered with garishly colored acrylic paint

  

BEIRUT: Local and international figures continued Wednesday to pay respects over the death of Grand Ayatollah Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah, a top Shiite cleric. Among figures paying their condolences for Fadlallah's death were former Prime Minister Omar Karami, Grand Mufti Mohammad Rashid Qabbani, Ali al-Adib on behalf of Iraqi Prime Minister

  

BEIRUT: The Lebanese banking sector continued to post a solid performance at the level of its lending activity over the first five months of this year, in line with the healthy economic activity in the country, according to a report releases by Bank Audi's Weekly Monitor. Lending activity continued along the same upward trend witnessed since the beginning of

  

A Lebanese military court on Wednesday sought the death penalty for three Palestinians fugitives over the attempted murder of the police intelligence bureau chief, the National News Agency reported.

  

The Lebanon Division I baseball team didn't even have to play a full game to show how good they are.

  

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

  

BEIRUT: Tourism Minister Fadi Abboud on Tuesday kept up his campaign to improve Beirut's Rafik Hariri International Airport.

  

BEIRUT: Leading global reinsurer Swiss Re said Lebanon ranked the first in the Middle East and North Africa in terms of total insurance premiums to GDP in 2009.

  

Prominent Lebanese singer Ragheb Alamah is scheduled to hold a live performance at the crowing of Miss Lebanon Beauty Pageant on July, 9. Lebanese singer Haifa Wahbi will also participate at the event.

  

Tonight, Oakland-based duo WOOM will be making an appearance at the Music Hall of Williamsburg alongside Beirut.

  

Lebanese red-carpet pleasers are increasingly filling the gaps in the haute couture calendar left by French houses pulling out of fashion's most extravagant manifestation.

  

Lebanon's Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah was buried Tuesday, mourned by hundreds of thousands who paid homage to one of Shi'ite Islam's highest authorities.

  

BEIRUT (AP) - Tens of thousands of people swarmed the coffin of Lebanon's top Shiite cleric as it made its way through the streets of south Beirut to the mosque for burial on Tuesday.

  

Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) commander General Jean Kahwaji discussed Monday with United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) commander General Alberto Asarta Cuevas ways to increase coordination and cooperation between the LAF and UNIFIL.

  

Lebanon: Cedex Plastics will officially launch its polyethylene film manufacturing operations, amidst an opening ceremony with joint venture partners, on Thursday, 8 July 2010 in Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon. [AMEInfo.com]

  

The Leader of the Islamic Revolution has expressed his condolences over the passing of Lebanese Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah.

  

Beirut -- One of the most revered clerics in the Shiite Muslim faith and a spiritual mentor to the Lebanese political organization Hezbollah died Sunday in a southern Beirut hospital, the nation's official news agency reported.

  

Lebanon: Rasamny-Younis Motor Company S.A.L. (Rymco), exclusive distributor of Nissan, Infiniti, GMC and Kawasaki in Lebanon, celebrated today the opening of B-Motors, its exclusive Nissan dealer in the Beqaa. Rymco and B-Motors executives, VIPs, as well as prominent figures from the Beqaa, attended the milestone inauguration. [AMEInfo.com]

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon - One of the most revered clerics in the Shiite Muslim faith and a spiritual mentor to the Lebanese political organization Hezbollah passed away Sunday in a southern Beirut hospital, the nation's official news agency reported. Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah was 74.

  

BEIRUT: The Institute of International Finance (IIF) indicated that Lebanese authorities missed an opportunity to implement significant fiscal measures during the current favorable economic conditions, as the 2010 budget does not aim for a significant primary surplus through the implementation of long-delayed reforms, as reported by Lebanon This Week, the Byblos Bank Group's economic publication.

  

Lebanese prominent Shiite cleric Sayyed Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah died Sunday at the age of 75. Medical sources confirmed that Fadlallah died from internal bleeding at Beirut's Bahman Hospital in Beirut's Shiite-inhabited southern suburb Dahiya.

  

BEIRUT - Restoration of Beirut's only synagogue will be completed in October, and religious services will be held there in 2011 for the first time in more than three decades, the leader of Lebanon's Jewish community said.

  

Lebanon's top Shi'ite Muslim cleric, whose influence reached beyond Lebanon, has died at the age of 75 after a long illness. He was known in Shi'ite religious circles for moderate social views, especially on women. -VOA

  

The leading Shiite cleric in Lebanon and one of the sect's most revered religious authorities, Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah, died Sunday after a long illness. He was 75.

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon, July 4 (UPI) -- Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah, the top Shiite Islam religious figure in Lebanon, died Sunday, his spokesman said. He was 74. Lebanon - Middle East - Islam - Ayatollah - Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah

  

Beirut, July 4 : Lebanese Shia cleric Sayyed Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah died Sunday at the age of 75.

  

Beirut - Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah, the leading Shiite cleric in Lebanon and a figure seen as being a spiritual mentor to Hezbollah, died Sunday aged 75 ....

  

Follow Israel news on and . The only synagogue in Beirut is expected to be clean and shining by October, according to 67-year-old Isaac Arazi, after decades of disuse.

  

Lebanon's top Shia cleric and influential sheikh has died aged 75 after an illness, a hospital official said. A spokesman at Behnam hospital south of Beirut, where Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah was being treated, confirmed his death.

  

Lebanon's top Shiite cleric and influential sheik has died after an illness. He was 75.

  

Lebanon's Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah, one of Shiite Islam's highest religious authorities, died on Sunday at the age of 74, a medical source at a Beirut hospital said.

  

BEIRUT - Lebanon's top Shiite cleric and influential sheik has died after an illness. He was 75. An official at Behnam hospital south of Beirut, where Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah was being treated, confirmed his death on Sunday.

  

One thing Lebanon High baseball coach Todd Harpstrite never had to worry about this season was the intensity of junior Tyler Sonsoucie.

  

BEIRUT, Jul 02, 2010 (AFP) - The United Nations has warned of renewed violence between Lebanese group Hezbollah and its archfoe Israel following accusations the Shiite militant party had received sophisticated missiles.

  

Villagers threw stones at UN peacekeepers in southern Lebanon yesterday, seizing their weapons and wounding their patrol leader, a UN spokesman said, in the latest confrontation near the Israeli border.

  

Source: Reuters BEIRUT, July 3 (Reuters) - Villagers in southern Lebanon seized weapons from U.N. peacekeepers and hurled stones and eggs at their patrol on Saturday, security sources said, the latest in a series of ...

  

Beirut - Visiting Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa dismissed Saturday speculation about an imminent war on Lebanon by Israel....

  

British band THE THE broadcast their latest radio show from Beirut, Lebanon and announce TONY their new album. (PRWeb Jul 3, 2010) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2010/07/prweb4220324.htm

  

Lebanon: Beirut bustled with Social Security specialists from all around the world on June 22nd and 23rd as The International Social Security Association (ISSA) together with The Lebanese National Social Security (NSSF) co-hosted the Technical Seminar on Information and Communication Technology in Social Security. [AMEInfo.com]

  

Lebanese singers (from left) Najwa Karam, Wadih al-Safi and Wael Kfoury perform during the opening night of Byblos International Festival on Thursday. The annual festival in Byblos, north of Beirut, runs up to July 30.

  

Lebanon's leading Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah has been hospitalized for internal bleeding in the capital city of Beirut.

  

A 33-year-old Lebanon man told police that a woman approached him in the 700 block of Mifflin Street at 10:23 p.m., and reached into his front pants pocket and took his wallet. While running away she removed his ID, cash and a Hersheypark ticket from the wallet then discarded it, police said.

  

BEIRUT - Lebanon's top Shia cleric, Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah, 75, was hospitalised in Beirut for internal bleeding on Friday, hospital officials said.

  

Lebanon's top Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah, 75, was hospitalised in Beirut for internal bleeding on Friday, hospital officials said.

  

BEIRUT - An official close to Lebanon's top Shiite cleric says the influential sheik has been hospitalized. The official says Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah has been in hospital for 12 days but his conditions deteriorated on Friday after suffering complications from a liver problem.

  

BEIRUT: The head of Lebanon's consumers' protection association Zuhair Berro said on Thursday that Kellogg's cereals coming from the US have been confiscated in Beirut, although he added that he doesn't know whether the products were seized in other parts of the country. "We sent people from the association to follow up on this issue and we found out

  

Lebanon has disputed Israeli claims to natural gas discoveries in the Mediterranean. The government of Lebanese Prime Minister Said Hariri said Israel's new Leviatan and Tamar fields were in Lebanese territorial waters.

  

Lebanese President Michel Suleiman hailed Thursday cooperation between United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) and Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) as peacekeepers ended patrols that had drawn protests from residents of several southern villages.

  

BEIRUT (Zawya Dow Jones)--Lebanon's tourism sector has $3 billion of investment underway but there is scope for even more, Lebanon's official National News Agency, or NNA, reports Wednesday citing a tourism ministry official.

  

A new restaurant will soon grace the streets of uptown Oxford, adding a splice of ethnic flavor to the city's dining options. Looking to open in September, Arabian Nights Authentic Lebanese Cuisine will occupy 19 W. High St, the former spot of Mexican eatery Fiesta Charra.