BEIRUT: Former ministers who figure on a list of Syrian and Lebanese personalities banned from entering the US said yesterday they felt ?honoured? but at the same time angered by the decision.

Inclement weather forced the cancellation of races and fireworks tonight at the Lebanon I-44 Speedway. The program has been rescheduled for July 8 with Late Model, A-Modified, Factory Stock, B-Modified, Bomber, and Rookie all expected to race. The World of Outlaw Late Models, MARS Outlaw Racing Series and NASCAR driver Ken Schrader will all be at the speedway on Tuesday night. A-Modified and ...

BEIRUT, Lebanon About 20 anti-Syrian lawmakers in Lebanon have temporarily left their conflict-ridden country this summer - apparently seeking safety abroad amid mounting security threats and the recent assassination of an outspoken politician.

BEIRUT (AFP) - Former ministers who figure on a list of Syrian and Lebanese personalities banned from entering the United States said on Saturday they felt "honoured" but at the same time angered by the decision.

LEBANON - A Music Festival is being held at the Lebanon Fairgrounds on Mack Road tomorrow, July 1, to raise funds for the completion of new playground that will be installed at Lebanon Elementary School.

The Lebanese army on Saturday stood accused of using "excessive force" to disperse a protest in which two men were shot dead near a besieged camp, as Palestinian mourners buried one of the dead.

PARIS, June 24, 2007 (AFP) - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and her French counterpart Bernard Kouchner on Sunday jointly condemned an attack on UN peacekeepers in southern Lebanon in which five Spanish soldiers died.

Relief workers on Saturday accused the Lebanese army of using "excessive force" to disperse a protest in which dozens of displaced refugees in northern Lebanon were killed or wounded.

Source: Reuters BEIRUT, June 30 (Reuters) - A pro-Syrian Lebanese politician on Saturday shrugged off a U.S. travel ban, referring to it sarcastically as a "precious gift" that showed the Lebanese ...

BEIRUT -- Former ministers who figure on a list of Syrian and Lebanese personalities banned from entering the US said Saturday they felt "honored" but at the same time angered by the decision.

Lebanese Army troops opened fire at Palestinian demonstrators trying to march back to their besieged refugee camp in northern Lebanon, witnesses said.

BEIRUT: Friday saw a flurry of words and meetings concerning Lebanon's almost nine-month-old political impasse Friday as politicians from both camps continued to voice warnings about the negative impact of the formation of a parallel government.

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) -- Government soldiers shot at angry Palestinian demonstrators trying to march home to their besieged camp in northern Lebanon, and two people were reported killed and 29 wounded.

Lebanese Army troops opened fire at Palestinian demonstrators trying to march back to their besieged refugee camp in northern Lebanon, witnesses said.

NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon ? Three demonstrators were shot dead yesterday as Palestinians demanded to return to their shattered homes, even as Lebanese troops and Islamists battled around their refugee camp.

US officials say they will deny individuals accused of undermining the Lebanese government entry into the United States. The list includes politicians, government officials and businessmen from Lebanon and Syria.

The United States Friday banned U.S. travel by Syrian and former Lebanese officials accused of activities undermining the sovereignty of Lebanon and its elected government.

Beddawi: Lebanese troops fired at Palestinian civilians demanding to return to their homes at a besieged refugee camp yesterday, killing three protesters and wounding 50, witnesses and hospital sources said.

An article published on Friday in an Israeli newspaper placed blame squarely on the Lebanese Army for Israel's slow withdrawal from the southern Lebanese town of Ghajar. The article in the Jerusalem Post claimed Lebanon pulled out of an agreement just days before it was due to be concluded between the Lebanese Army.

Government soldiers shot at angry Palestinian demonstrators trying to march home to their besieged camp in northern Lebanon on Friday, and two people were reported killed and 29 wounded.

Lebanese troops have opened fire at angry Palestinian demonstrators trying to march back home to their besieged camp in northern Lebanon, killing two, the state-run National News Agency (NNA) said.

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Lebanese troops fired on Palestinian refugees trying to march home to their besieged camp in northern Lebanon on Friday, and at least two people were killed and 20 wounded, Palestinian officials said.

The United States increased pressure on Syria on Friday by barring U.S. entry to people who are undermining the stability of Lebanon and its fragile Western-backed government.

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) -- Lebanese troops fired on Palestinian refugees trying to march home to their besieged camp in northern Lebanon on Friday, and at least two people were killed and 20 wounded, Palestinian officials said.

At least two people were killed and 20 others were wounded Friday when Lebanese troops opened fire on angry Palestinian refugees trying to march back home to their besieged camp in northern Lebanon.

BEIRUT, Lebanon Lebanese troops fired on Palestinian refugees trying to march home to their besieged camp in northern Lebanon on Friday, and at least two people were killed and 20 wounded, Palestinian officials said.

Lebanese troops fired on Palestinian refugees trying to march home to their besieged camp in northern Lebanon on Friday, and at least two people were killed and 20 wounded, Palestinian officials said.

Source: Reuters BEDDAWI, Lebanon, June 29 (Reuters) - Lebanese troops fired at a protest by Palestinians demanding to return to a besieged refugee camp in north Lebanon on Friday, killing two protesters and wounding ...

Lebanese troops fired at Palestinian civilians demanding to return to their homes at a besieged refugee camp on Friday, killing three protesters and wounding 50, witnesses and hospital sources said.

NAHR AL BARED, Lebanon -- Two demonstrators were shot dead Friday in a Palestinian protest demanding the right to return to their shattered homes even as Lebanese troops and Islamists battled around their refugee camp.

BADDAWI, Lebanon (AFP) - A demonstrator was shot dead and more than 20 others were wounded on Friday during a protest by Palestinians left homeless by fighting between Lebanese troops and Islamists, medics said.

Soldiers fire on Palestinian protesters in Lebanon, killing two and injuring about 20, witnesses say.

Lebanese troops fired into the air to stop hundreds of Palestinian refugees on Friday from returning to their homes in a devastated camp, scene of nearly six weeks of intense fighting, witnesses said.

Lebanese troops and Islamists traded sporadic fire on Friday around the battered Nahr al-Bared camp that has been under siege for almost six weeks, a correspondent at the scene said.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 29 (Bernama) -- The venue for the 17th Asian Track and Field Championships (ATF) has been shifted from Beirut, Lebanon to Amman in Jordan and the dates now will be from July 25-29.

A 24-year-old Burundian woman who has returned from her ordeal in Lebanon tells the BBC her story.

LEBANON - The Lauther Water Complex in Coleman Park will remain closed today while crews work to repair electric pumps knocked out by a lightning strike Wednesday afternoon.

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) ? Lebanese troops raided an Islamic militant hideout in a hillside cave and killed six fighters Thursday as violence spread from a Palestinian refugee camp where the military has been battling an al-Qaida-inspired group.

Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora told Spain on Thursday that he was determined to track down the perpetrators of a car bombing that killed six UN peacekeepers, including three Spaniards.

Lebanese soldiers killed six suspected Islamist militants Thursday in a raid on a cave the men were allegedly using as a hideout. Not far from the scene of the raid, low-level fighting between the army and Fatah al-Islam militants holed up at the Nahr al-Bared refugee camp continued. No casualties had been reported late Thursday.

QALAMOUN, Lebanon, Jun 28 (Reuters) Lebanese troops killed six Islamist militants during a clash in the northern town of Qalamoun early today, security sources said.

Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora told Spain on Thursday that he was determined to track down the perpetrators of a car bombing that killed six UN peacekeepers, including three Spaniards.

QALAMOUN, Lebanon (Reuters) - Lebanese soldiers killed five Islamist militants, most of them foreigners, in a clash on the outskirts of the northern town of Qalamoun on Thursday, military and security sources said.

Five Arab Islamists were killed as the Lebanese army backed by helicopters on Thursday raided their suspected hideout on the 40th day of a showdown fuelling insecurity around Lebanon.

BEIRUT, June 28 (RIA Novosti) - Iraq will need $75 billion to develop its oil sector, three times more than was originally thought, a government expert said Thursday.

BEIRUT (AFP) - The UN force in south Lebanon expects a "summer of peace" for the region despite the menace of more attacks on peacekeepers, their commander said in an interview published on Thursday.

Lebanese troops killed at least six Islamic militants during a gunbattle in northern Lebanon on Thursday, a military official said.

Six Islamists were killed in a clash with the army on Thursday as troops raided a suspected hideout in north Lebanon, the 40th day of a showdown fuelling insecurity around the country.

BEIRUT, June 28 (RIA Novosti) - Saddam's cousin, Ali Hassan al-Majid, also known as "Chemical Ali," who was sentenced to death Sunday for using chemical weapons against the Kurds, will most likely be executed in Kurdistan, an Iraqi paper said Thursday.

Beirut, June 28 : Six militants were killed by Lebanese troops during a firefight in a northern town Thursday, security sources said. The sources said troops launched a raid on militants in Qalamoun town, on the Mediterranean coast, south of Tripoli.

BEIRUT, Lebanon - A car bomb killed six U.N. peacekeepers on patrol in southern Lebanon on Sunday in the first attack on the international force since it was expanded after last summer's war between Israel and Hezbollah guerrillas.

Six Islamists were killed in a clash with the army on Thursday as troops raided a suspected hideout in north Lebanon, the 40th day of a showdown fuelling insecurity around the country.

Lebanese troops have killed six armed fighters during a clash in the northern town of Qalamoun , security sources said. At least two of them were believed to be Lebanese and three Saudi. It was not clear what the nationality of the sixth fighter was.

Lebanese soldiers killed six Islamist militants, most of them foreigners, during a clash on the outskirts of the northern town of Qalamoun early on Thursday, security sources said.

Beirut: Lebanese troops killed six militants in a clash on Thursday in the north Lebanon town of Qalamoun, security sources said. They said at least two of the militants were Lebanese and three were foreigners. It was not clear what the nationality of the sixth militant was.

BEIRUT, Lebanon Lebanese troops killed at least five Islamic militants during a gunbattle in northern Lebanon on Thursday, a military official said. Other militants took refuge in nearby forests, pursued by troops backed by helicopters, the official said.

At least five Islamist militants are killed during renewed fighting with troops in northern Lebanon.

At least five Islamist militants were killed in a clash with the army when troops raided a suspected hideout in northern Lebanon on Thursday, the 40th day of a deadly showdown.

Source: Reuters (Adds details, moves dateline from Tripoli) By Nazih Siddiq QALAMOUN, Lebanon, June 28 (Reuters) - Lebanese troops killed six Islamist militants during a clash in the northern ...

BEIRUT (AP) - Lebanese troops killed at least five Islamic militants during a gunbattle in a northern Lebanon town on Thursday, a military official said.

TRIPOLI, Lebanon (Reuters) - Lebanese troops clashed with gunmen in the northern city of Qalamoun early on Thursday, witnesses and security sources said.

PARIS - Lebanon's prime minister said yesterday that he had asked the United Nations to renew the mandate of international peacekeepers in his country, despite an attack last weekend that killed six members of the force.

Source: Reuters TRIPOLI, June 28 (Reuters) - Lebanese troops clashed with gunmen in the northern city of Qalamoun early on Thursday, witnesses and security sources said. They said the army launched a raid at about ...

It is a fact that in 1976 there was a daring bank robbery staged in Beirut, Lebanon. A huge amount of gold bullion was removed and neither the perpetrators nor the gold has ever been found. Damien Lewis uses this as the backdrop to his fictional account not only of how the heist was performed, but also the aftermath of the events as they unfold years later in his new blockbuster Cobra Gold . ...

Source: Reuters BEIRUT, June 28 (Reuters) - Lebanese troops killed six militants in a clash on Thursday in the north Lebanon town of Qalamoun, security sources said. They said at least two of the militants were ...

TRIPOLI, Lebanon (Reuters) - Lebanese troops killed six militants during a clash in the northern town of Qalamoun early on Thursday, security sources said.

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) ? Some 300 Islamic militants have been killed or wounded in the monthlong battle with Lebanese troops in a Palestinian refugee camp, leaving only a few dozen fighters still hiding in the besieged camp, Defense Minister Elias Murr said Tuesday.

In his new role as envoy to the Middle East, Tony Blair will be charged with shoring up Palestinian institutions but not with trying to nail down a peace deal.

LONDON (AP) - Among the biggest challenges Tony Blair will face in his new role as Middle East envoy is Arab anger over the wars in Iraq and Lebanon, and perceptions that he speaks for U.S. President George W. Bush.

Arab League chief Amr Moussa denied Wednesday that his four-day mission last week to broker an agreement between the country's main political camps had "failed." "The Arab League did not fail ... but a group of the Lebanese politicians failed to make any progress," Moussa told reporters during a trip to Paris.

Hizbullah is busy preparing for another attack by Israel in the knowledge that the Jewish state will not rest easy with the results of last summer's 34-day conflict, military analysts in Beirut believe. Since a UN-brokered cease-fire came into force last August 14, the group has been steadily gearing itself up for the next round.

A safe haven has been set up inside a bombed-out refugee camp in Lebanon for civilians trapped by almost 40 days of fighting between the army and Islamist militiamen, a Palestinian camp official said.

Lebanon's army on Wednesday accused al-Qaida-inspired militants still barricaded in a refugee camp in northern Lebanon of hiding among Palestinian civilians trapped in the settlement and confiscating humanitarian aid sent to them.

Abu Dhabi's leading real estate developer, Sorouh Real Estate, hosted a gala dinner for the Lebanese Business Council in Abu Dhabi.

BEIRUT - Hezbollah is busy preparing for its next war with Israel in the knowledge that the Jewish state will not rest easy with the results of last summer?s 34-day conflict, military analysts in Beirut believe.

PARIS -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice issued a veiled warning to Syria yesterday, saying a Lebanon tribunal must be safe while it handles the murder of a Lebanese leader, a prominent critic of Syrian influence in Lebanon. "One thing we'll be talking about is how to make certain these people can be secure in their work," Rice told reporters ...

BEIRUT: Defense Minister Elias Murr characterized the car-bomb attack that killed six UN peacekeepers Sunday as "extremely dangerous" in an interview with Al-Arabiyya television on Tuesday. Murr blamed the attack on Al-Qaeda-inspired groups, citing intelligence reports.

BEIRUT, Lebanon -- Some 300 Islamic militants have been killed or wounded in the monthlong battle with Lebanese troops in a Palestinian refugee camp, leaving only a few dozen fighters still hiding in...

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Tuesday reiterated American support for Fuad Siniora after meeting the Lebanese prime minister in Paris during two-day European visit.

Security along the Lebanon-Syria border is too lax to prevent arms smuggling and Lebanon should quickly establish a mobile force to intercept any weapons, a U.N.-appointed team said in a report obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press.VIOLENCE:300 militants killed, wounded in Lebanon camp

Security along the Lebanon-Syria border is too lax to prevent arms smuggling and Lebanon should quickly establish a mobile force to intercept any weapons, a U.N.-appointed team said in a report obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press. The team said the four agencies that manage Lebanon's side of the border don't coordinate operations or planning or share intelligence. In addition, most of ...

BEIRUT, Lebanon, 1:30 p.m. June 26 (AP): Some 300 Islamic militants have been killed or wounded in the monthlong battle with Lebanese troops in a Palestinian refugee camp, leaving only a few dozen fighters still hiding in the besieged camp, Defense Minister Elias Murr said Tuesday.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice issued a veiled warning to Syria on Tuesday, saying a Lebanon tribunal must be safe while it handles the murder of a Lebanese leader who was a prominent critic of Syrian influence in his country.

In Paris, the secretary of state "emphasized" the United States' "continued support as the government confronts the threat posed by violent extremism."

BEIRUT/MADRID, 26 (OTR/PRESS) El juez de la Audiencia Nacional Fernando Grande-Marlaska orden hoy abrir de oficio una investigacin sobre el ataque con coche bomba que el pasado domingo destroz un BMR del Ejrcito espaol y se llev la vida de seis soldados de la Fuerza Interina de Naciones Unidas para Lbano (FINUL) en la localidad de Jiyam, en el Sur del pas de los cedros.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice issued a veiled warning to Syria on Tuesday, saying a Lebanon tribunal must be safe while it handles the murder of a Lebanese leader who was a prominent critic of Syrian influence in his country.

Lebanese army officers carry the coffin of their colleague Fadi Abdallah during his funeral procession in the village of Shhim, southeast of Beirut.

FALLEN COMRADES: Spanish UN peacekeepers carry the coffins of fallen comrades during a funeral procession in southern Lebanon June 25. The dead paratroopers were given a full military funeral in a ceremony led by Spanish Crown Prince Felipe and PM Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero.

PARIS, June 26, 2007 (AFP) - Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora on Tuesday said he did not expect much progress from a meeting called by France to bring together all of Lebanon's political and civil society leaders.

Spain on Tuesday held a solemn state funeral for six UN peacekeepers killed in an attack Sunday in Lebanon, while a judge opened a criminal investigation into their deaths.

PARIS (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora on Tuesday and praised him for his resilience in tackling Lebanon's many problems, a State Department official said.

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met with Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora in Paris on Tuesday and underscored Washington's support for his embattled government, a spokesman said.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice sought Tuesday to bolster the fragile government in Lebanon, the country that has fared best in a wave of violence and quasi-civil war that engulfed the three Mideast nations where U.S.-backed elections have been held.

PARIS, June 26, 2007 (AFP) - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met with Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora in Paris on Tuesday and underscored Washington's support for his embattled government, a spokesman said.

PARIS (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora on Tuesday and praised him for his resilience in tackling Lebanon's many problems, a State Department official said.

Australian diplomats in Beirut are seeking consular access to four Australians suspected of having links to radical organisations in Lebanon.

Kuwait-based Jazeera Airlines will open up a third hub in either the Levant or North Africa in the next 18 months, Gulf News reported. Beirut, Damascus, Amman and Alexandria are options, CEO Marwan Boodai is quoted as saying.

Commander of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) and senior Lebanese officials on Monday condemned the attack that killed six UN peacekeepers in souther part of the country.

While condemning the attack in southern Lebanon this weekend, the United Nations is not yet ready to place blame, nor has any group claimed responsibility.

Sniper fire from Fatah al-Islam militants killed two Lebanese soldiers on Monday at the Nahr al-Bared refugee camp, as sporadic fighting continued in the southern part of the camp, where militants have been cornered by the army. Captain Fadi Ibrahim Abdullah, born in 1968, and Corporal Khaled Ahmed Talib, born in 1983.

Grieving U.N. peacekeepers loaded flag-draped coffins into helicopters Monday and bid farewell to six comrades killed by a car bomb as they patrolled southern Lebanon.

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - A bomb apparently targeting a U.N. personnel carrier exploded by the side of a road in southern Lebanon on Sunday, killing five peacekeepers and injuring three, officials said.

The head of the UN peacekeepers in Lebanon said Monday that the mission continue despite a car bombing Sunday in the south of the country which killed six of their troops.

Three Lebanese soldiers were killed and a fourth was critically injured while dismantling a bomb placed by al-Qaida-inspired Islamic militants in a northern Palestinian refugee camp.

U.N. peacekeepers will pursue their mission in south Lebanon despite a car bomb that killed six members of a Spanish battalion, their commander said on Monday.

BEIRUT (AP)--Lebanon's government Monday called Sunday's car bombing of U.N. peacekeepers near the Israeli border "a challenge to the international community" and appealed for outside help to prevent the country and the region from spiraling out of control.

Lebanon on Monday linked a bomb attack that killed six UN peacekeepers in the south of the country to a deadly standoff between Al-Qaeda-inspired militants and the army in the north.

Lebanon: Linux Professional Institution (LPI) and Automation & Computer Technologies (ACT) to provide paramount education services in Lebanon. [AMEInfo.com]

Beirut, Lebanon ? A car bomb killed six U.N. peacekeepers on patrol in southern Lebanon Sunday in the first attack on the international force since it was expanded after last summer's war between Israel and Hezbollah guerrillas.

BEIRUT, Lebanon ? A car bomb killed six U.N. peacekeepers on patrol in southern Lebanon Sunday in the first attack on the international force since it was expanded after last summer?s war between Israel and Hezbollah guerrillas.

BEIRUT, Lebanon ? A car bomb killed six U.N. peacekeepers on patrol in southern Lebanon on Sunday in the first attack on the international force since it was expanded after last summer?s war between Israel and Hezbollah guerrillas.

BEIRUT (AP)--Spain's defense minister arrived in southern Lebanon Monday to collect the bodies of six U.N. peacekeepers slain in a car bombing, as the U.N. commander stressed the force remained committed to keeping the peace between Lebanon and Israel.

Spain's defence minister visits Spanish troops in Lebanon after six died in an attack on UN peacekeepers.

BEIRUT -- A car bomb killed six United Nations peacekeepers patrolling a southern Lebanon road yesterday in an attack that could have serious repercussions beyond Lebanon's borders. Up north, Lebanese troops engaged in another battle with Islamic militants in Tripoli that claimed 10 more lives.

The Lebanese soldiers at the checkpoint peered through the barbed wire.

Spanish Defence Minister Jose Antonio Alonso arrived in Lebanon on Monday to visit his country's troops the day after a bomb attack killed six UN peacekeepers, an AFP correspondent said.

A suspected car bomb struck a United Nations peacekeeping patrol Sunday in southern Lebanon, killing six Spanish peacekeepers and wounding two others, Spain's Defense Ministry said.

Lebanon: PowerMeMobile, the Lebanese mobile solutions provider has signed an agreement with Scanbuy, Inc., a global provider of mobile marketing solutions, to market Scanbuy's two-dimensional (2D) barcode scanning technology in the Middle East and Africa. [AMEInfo.com]

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Officials say five UN peacekeepers have been killed and three injured when a bomb exploded at the side of a road in southern Lebanon.

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - A bomb apparently targeting a U.N. personnel carrier exploded by the side of a road in southern Lebanon on Sunday, killing five peacekeepers and injuring three, officials said.

BEIRUT, Lebanon | A bomb apparently targeting a U.N. personnel carrier exploded by the side of a road Sunday in southern Lebanon, killing at least six peacekeepers, officials said.

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Officials say five UN peacekeepers have been killed and three injured when a bomb exploded at the side of a road in southern Lebanon.

BEIRUT, Lebanon, 2:54 p.m. June 24 (AP): A car bomb killed six U.N. peacekeepers on patrol in southern Lebanon Sunday in the first attack on the international force since it was expanded after last summer's war between Israel and Hezbollah guerrillas.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Spanish U.N. peacekeepers on patrol in south Lebanon on Sunday hit a landmine that killed four of them and wounded six, security sources said.

An action plan is brewing to empower women economically in Lebanon and four other Arab countries, during a five-day workshop that ends on Monday in Hamra. The workshop, managed by the Collective for Research and Training on Development-Action (CRTDA), is producing materials so the 27 participants can train.

A car bomb, "most likely" driven by a suicide bomber, killed six U.N. peacekeepers in south Lebanon on Sunday, a police source said.

Three Lebanese soldiers were killed Saturday, when a hidden explosive detonated at a Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon. The blast occurred as Lebanese forces dismantled bombs, booby traps and land mines left by Islamic militants inside the Nahr al-Bared refugee camp.

Five UN peacekeepers were killed by a car bomb in southern Lebanon on Sunday, further rattling security as another 11 people died in fighting with Islamists in the north.

BEIRUT (AP) - A bomb apparently targeting UN peacekeepers exploded by the side of a road in southern Lebanon on Sunday, killing four Spanish troops and injuring at least four, a senior Lebanese security official said.

BEIRUT, Lebanon, 9:52 a.m. June 24 (AP): A bomb apparently targeting U.N. peacekeepers exploded by the side of a road in southern Lebanon on Sunday, killing four Spanish troops and injuring at least four, a senior Lebanese security official said.

BEIRUT (AP)--Five Spanish U.N. peacekeepers were killed Sunday and three others wounded in an explosion targeting U.N. troops in southern Lebanon, a senior Lebanese military official said.

Five Spanish UN peacekeepers were killed and three wounded by a roadside bomb in southern Lebanon on Sunday, a Lebanese military source said.

A bomb apparently targeting U.N. peacekeepers exploded by the side of a road in southern Lebanon on Sunday, killing five Spanish troops and injuring at least three, a senior Lebanese military official said.

Source: Reuters BEIRUT, June 24 (Reuters) - Lebanon's Hezbollah condemned a blast that hit Spanish U.N. peacekeepers in south Lebanon and said it was an attack designed to destabilise the country, the group's ...

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Spanish U.N. peacekeepers on patrol in south Lebanon on Sunday hit a landmine that killed four of them and wounded six, security sources said.

KHIYAM, Lebanon (Reuters) - Four Spanish United Nations peacekeepers were killed and three wounded by a roadside bomb that hit their patrol in south Lebanon on Sunday, security sources said.

A bomb apparently targeting U.N. peacekeepers exploded by the side of a road in southern Lebanon on Sunday, killing four Spanish troops and injuring at least four, a senior Lebanese security official said.

Source: Reuters BEIRUT, June 24 (Reuters) - An armoured patrol by U.N. Spanish peacekeepers hit a land mine in south Lebanon on Sunday, and the peacekeepers suffered casualties, security sources said. They said two ...

BEIRUT (CNN) -- A suspected roadside bomb hit a United Nations peacekeeping patrol Sunday in southern Lebanon, killing at least two Spanish peackeepers and wounding at least six others -- one critically -- Lebanese security sources told CNN.

Four Spanish U.N. peacekeepers were killed and three wounded in a landmine blast in south Lebanon on Sunday, security sources said.

A Spanish vehicle of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) hit a mine at Marjayoun in the south on Sunday, a Spanish officer said.

At least four Spanish UN peacekeepers were wounded when their vehicle hit a mine or roadside bomb in southern Lebanon on Sunday, an AFP correspondent reported.

A suspected roadside bomb hit a United Nations peacekeeping patrol Sunday in southern Lebanon, killing at least two Spanish peackeepers and wounding at least six others -- one critically -- Lebanese security sources told CNN.

Lebanese troops raided an apartment complex suspected of housing Islamic militants in the northern port city of Tripoli early Sunday, sparking a gunbattle that left 10 people dead, including a soldier and six gunmen, security officials said.

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - There's more fighting between Lebanese soldiers and Islamic militants holed up for more than a month in a Palestinian refugee camp north of Beirut.

TRIPOLI, Lebanon ? Lebanese troops raided an apartment complex suspected of housing Islamic militants in the northern port city of Tripoli early Sunday, sparking a gun battle that left 10 people dead, including a soldier and six gunmen, security officials said.

AN AUSTRALIAN man is believed to be among seven Islamist militants killed in a raid, and three other Australians have been arrested in Lebanon over suspected links to hardline groups, Lebanese officials say.

Lebanese troops killed seven Islamist militants, most of them foreigners, in a raid on their hideout in the northern city of Tripoli on Sunday, while sporadic battles shook a nearby Palestinian refugee camp.

Abu Samra (Lebanon), June 24 (DPA) Eleven people were killed in the clashes between the Lebanese army and members of the Muslim militant group Fatah al-Islam in the northern port city of Tripoli, Lebanese security sources said Sunday.

In Lebanon, ten people have been killed in overnight clashes between the Lebanese army and militants in the northern port city of Tripoli.

TRIPOLI, Lebanon (Reuters) - Lebanese troops stormed an Islamist militant hideout in the northern city of Tripoli on Sunday, killing seven of them, security sources said.

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - At least ten people are dead in fighting today in the northern Lebanon city of Tripoli. The dead include a-half dozen militants, a Lebanese soldier and an off-duty police officer and two members of his family.

A bomb in Beirut Wednesday killed Walid Eido, a member of the Lebanese parliament, and his son, Khaled, one of the smartest, sweetest and most delightful friends I have ever had.

TRIPOLI, Lebanon (AFP) - Ten people were killed in overnight clashes between the Lebanese army and Fatah al-Islam militants in the port city of Tripoli, including six Islamists, an army spokesman said on Sunday.

Lebanese troops stormed an Islamist militant hideout in the northern city of Tripoli on Sunday, killing seven of them, security sources said.

By ZEINA KARAM BEIRUT, Lebanon - Lebanese troops clashed with suspected al-Qaida-inspired militants holed up in a neighborhood of the northern port city of Tripoli early Sunday, and at least four people were killed, security officials said.

Tiny Lebanon is enduring, despite snowballing violence and a persistent political crisis. The army is locked in battle with Islamic militants in the north, rockets were fired into Israel from the south, a car bomb in Beirut has killed a prominent politician and a political impasse threatens to produce two rival governments.

Lebanese troops clashed with suspected al-Qaida-inspired militants holed up in a neighborhood of the northern port city of Tripoli early Sunday, and at least four people were killed, security officials said.

Associated Press - June 24, 2007 2:43 AM ET BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - There's more fighting between Lebanese soldiers and Islamic militants holed up for more than a month in a Palestinian refugee...

BEIRUT -- Tiny Lebanon is enduring, despite snowballing violence and a persistent political crisis. The army is locked in battle with Islamic militants in the north, rockets were fired into Israel from the south a week ago, a car bomb in Beirut killed a prominent politician earlier this month and a political impasse threatens to produce two rival governments.

TRIPOLI, Lebanon (AFP) - Four people were killed overnight in the Lebanese city of Tripoli in a gunbattle with Islamic extremists who have been locked in a deadly standoff with the army for five weeks, the army and police said on Sunday.

Tripoli, Lebanon: Lebanese troops clashed with suspected Islamist militants in the northern city of Tripoli late on Saturday after soldiers came under fire during searches for militant hideouts, security sources said.

A two-mile section of Lebanon Road will open to the public Friday morning, according to the city of THe Colony. The section runs from one mile west of Farm-to-Market Road 423 and continues southwest across Wynnwood Peninsula.

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) -- Three Lebanese soldiers were killed and a fourth was critically injured on Saturday while dismantling a bomb placed by al Qaeda-inspired Islamic militants in a Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon, officials said.

Lebanese troops have shelled a Palestinian refugee camp in north Lebanon after al Qaeda-inspired fighters shot dead a soldier and wounded three others.

NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon ? Three Lebanese soldiers were killed on Saturday when a booby trap set by Fatah al-Islam militants exploded in the Nahr al-Bared Palestinian refugee camp, an army spokesman said.

Troops on the streets of the troubled Lebanese capital are not an unusual sight.

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Tiny Lebanon is enduring, despite snowballing violence and a persistent political crisis.

Smoke from artillery and tank shelling rises from the Palestinian Nahr al-Bared refugee camp in northern Lebanon. Three Lebanese soldiers were killed on Saturday when a booby trap set by Fatah al-Islam militants exploded in the Nahr al-Bared Palestinian refugee camp, an army spokesman said.

Tiny Lebanon is enduring, despite snowballing violence and a persistent political crisis. The army is locked in battle with Islamic militants in the north, rockets were fired into Israel from the south, a car bomb in Beirut has killed a prominent politician and a political impasse threatens to produce two rival governments.

Beirut- Four Lebanese soldiers were killed by sniper fire and a booby-trap blast Saturday at a Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon, a Lebanese army source said. According to latest counts we now have four martyrs, said a source from the ar...

Troops on the streets of the troubled Lebanese capital are not an unusual sight.

A Lebanon family is breathing a sigh of relief after a baby boy was found safe. | | The TBI reports that one and a half year old Reginald "Jamari" Smart was found around 7 pm Friday. | | Just minutes after the amber alert was issued, the infant was found, along with Larry Moore, 39, walking on a road in Hendersonville. | | The Amber Alert was issued Friday. The infant was...

NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon (AFP) - Three Lebanese soldiers were killed on Saturday when a booby trap set by Fatah al-Islam militants exploded in the Nahr al-Bared Palestinian refugee camp, an army spokesman said.

Three Lebanese soldiers have been killed after a booby-trap set by Fatah al-Islam fighters exploded in the Nahr al-Bared refugee camp, according to an army spokesman.

Heavy clashes resumed Saturday between the Lebanese army and Fatah al-Islam militants at the Nahr al-Bared Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon. Four more troops were killed.

Source: Reuters (Adds three more soldiers killed) NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon, June 23 (Reuters) - Islamist militants shot dead a Lebanese soldier and one of their booby traps killed three other soldiers at a ...

A Lebanese soldier was shot dead on Saturday and an Islamist suicide bomber blew himself up and wounded several more, the military and a resident inside a besieged refugee camp said.

Beirut- Lebanese troops shelled a Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon on Saturday after sniper fire by Muslim militants killed a soldier and wounded three others, Lebanese police said. Fatah al-Islam snipers managed to target the four soldie...

NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon (Reuters) - Lebanese troops shelled a Palestinian refugee camp in north Lebanon on Saturday after al Qaeda-inspired fighters shot dead a soldier and wounded three others.

Beirut, 06/23 - Lebanese troops said they had largely defeated Islamist rebels in a northern refugee camp, but continued their siege amid sporadic shelling and gunfire. Officials said the gunfire came from mopping up operations, and explosions were booby traps being destroyed.

NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon : Lebanese troops bombarded Islamist militants with artillery shells on Saturday as they sought to end the sustained siege of a Palestinian refugee camp that has lasted nearly six weeks.

Lebanese artillery bombarded Islamist militants on Saturday as the army sought to end the sustained siege of a Palestinian refugee camp that has lasted nearly five weeks.

Source: Reuters NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon, June 23 (Reuters) - Lebanese troops shelled a Palestinian refugee camp in north Lebanon on Saturday after al Qaeda-inspired fighters shot dead a soldier and wounded three ...

Lebanese troops bombarded Islamist militants with artillery shells on Saturday as they sought to end the sustained siege of a Palestinian refugee camp that has lasted nearly six weeks.

Despite the Lebanese government's assertion that it has "crushed" Fatah al-Islam militants in the north, unease persists amid sporadic violence and concerns that the battle may have deepened rifts between Lebanon's Shiites and Sunnis.

The 17th annual garden tour in Lebanon, Ohio, today and Sunday is an opportunity to stroll through the innovative landscape designs by owners of historic homes in the heart of this charming town. The tour is presented by the Lebanon Council of Garden Clubs and offers five gardens, plus the Lebanon Station grounds (near the railroad tracks on Broadway).

Visiting Arab League (AL) Secretary General Amr Moussa on Friday urged the Lebanese political leaders to revive the national dialogue and to form a national unity government.

Mt. Lebanon school officials deleted portions of a heated exchange between residents and school board members from a videotape of this week's meeting before airing it on cable television.

Lebanon has announced the end of significant army operations against militants holed up in a northern Palestinian refugee camp as the military closes in on the remaining fighters from Fatah al-Islam, pushing them into a sealed off central area.

The Lebanese army says it is continuing military operations aimed at rooting out remaining Fatah Al-Islam fighters in the Nahr al-Bared Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon.

Signals have emerged over the past month indicating that the government's relatively tolerant attitude toward displaced Iraqis in Lebanon may be changing as security and economic conditions continue to deteriorate. This week the regional representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Stephane Jaquemet, said.

NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon (Reuters) - Clashes intensified on Friday between the Lebanese army and Islamist fighters who had retreated into the heart of a Palestinian refugee camp after troops captured all their outlying positions.

NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon (AFP) - Lebanese troops used artillery, tanks and machine guns against Islamists holed up in a Palestinian refugee camp on Friday despite the government saying the offensive had ended.

Lebanese troops say they have largely defeated Islamist rebels in a northern refugee camp, but a siege continues.

BEIRUT, Lebanon (Reuters) -- Lebanese army helicopters and artillery fired on Friday at Islamist fighters who had retreated into the heart of a Palestinian refugee camp after troops captured all their outlying positions.

Nahr al-Bared, Lebanon - The Lebanese army was on Friday continuing military operations aimed at rooting out Islamist militants from the Nahr al-Bared Palestinian refugee camp, despite the country's defence minister having declared a halt to the offe...

Beirut has declared that military action going on in Nahr Al-Bared refugee camp has ended. Minister of Defence of Lebanon Elias Murr said that the Lebanese army had destroyed all positions of Fatah Al Islam in the camp.

An uneasy calm settled over a Palestinian refugee camp in north Lebanon on Friday after the Lebanese army declared victory in 33 days of fighting against al Qaeda-inspired militants.

An uneasy calm settled over a Palestinian refugee camp in north Lebanon on Friday after the Lebanese army and Islamist militants declared an end to 33 days of fighting in which 172 people were killed.

Palestinian negotiators have met with senior Lebanese military officials as the army resumed its bombardment of Islamist militants inside a Palestinian refugee camp near Tripoli.

Lebanon's defense minister declared victory Thursday over the Fatah Islam militant group, saying it had been crushed after a monthlong military assault on its stronghold in a northern refugee camp and only mopping up remained.

Lebanon on Thursday declared victory in its 33-day war against an al Qaeda-inspired militant group at a Palestinian refugee camp and said its military operation there was over.

Lebanon's defense minister said Thursday that Islamic militants holed up in a north Lebanon refugee camp have been defeated and that the month-long "military operation is over," except for mopping up.

Beirut may lack a proper art museum where people can trace the history of Lebanese art, and particularly the tradition of Lebanese painting from the 19th-century through the present, but an exhibition on view at the Villa Audi in Achrafieh through June 29 offers a specific glimpse of what such an institution could be.

BEIRUT (CNN) -- Lebanese army units swept through a Palestinian refugee camp in search of remnants of an Islamic militant group late Thursday as the country's defense minister announced that government troops had prevailed in a month-long siege.

NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon (AFP) - Lebanese soldiers said on the 33rd day of a siege on Thursday that Islamist militants have moved inside the older part of a refugee camp but that they will fight them to the bitter end.

Lebanon's Defense Minister Elias al-Murr said on Thursday the army's military operation against al Qaeda-inspired militants was over after the military destroyed all the militants' positions.

Source: Reuters BEIRUT, June 21 (Reuters) - Lebanon's Defence Minister Elias al-Murr said on Thursday the army's military operation against al Qaeda-inspired militants was over after the military destroyed all the ...

Balkan-aping boy wonder Zach Condon, aka Beirut, hopes to maintain his blogworthy status as indie poster-child with his sophomore album out October 9 on Ba Da Bing! records.

Syrian officials closed a border crossing to Lebanon because of fighting between Lebanese troops and militants at a refugee camp near Tripoli.

Source: Reuters PARIS, June 21 (Reuters) - France said on Thursday it had pushed back to mid-July an informal meeting of Lebanon's main political parties and civil society that aimed to help break the country's ...

France said on Thursday it had pushed back to mid-July an informal meeting of Lebanon's main political parties and civil society that aimed to help break the country's political deadlock.

NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon (AFP) - Lebanese soldiers and Islamist militants on Thursday traded fire on the 33rd day of a refugee camp siege as mediators tried to end a battle the army says will continue to the bitter end.

Beirut will play a special acoustic set on London's South Bank this coming Monday (June 25).

Before we even had a chance to miss them, Beirut are back with their second album, the one Zach Condon discussed at length in a Pitchfork interview last month.

TYRE, Lebanon - Israeli warplanes made low-altitude supersonic passes over southern Lebanon and the Bekaa valley in the east on Thursday, police said, adding that they were the most intense overflights this year.

JERUSALEM - Two Katyusha rockets fell on northern Israel on Sunday, the first fired from Lebanon since last summer's inconclusive war with Hezbollah guerrillas. No one was hurt, but there was some damage, police and the military said.

NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon (AFP) - The Lebanese army and Islamist militants of Fatah al-Islam traded fire on Thursday as the siege of a Palestinian refugee camp north of Tripoli entered its 33rd day.

Beirut Lebanese troops bombed militants in a Palestinian refugee camp Wednesday, as mediators met senior military officials to discuss a cease-fire deal that would disarm the al-Qaida-inspired fighters.

Iran - France - Meet Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said here Wednesday Lebanon's stability and security are of vital importance for Iran. Mottaki made the remark in a meeting with French special envoy for Lebanese affairs Jean Claude Kosran.

NAHR AL BARED, Lebanon: Lebanese troops bombarded Islamists inside a besieged refugee camp yesterday after seizing key militant outposts in part of the camp a month after the showdown erupted.

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) -- Lebanese troops bombed Islamic militants holed up in a Palestinian refugee camp Wednesday, as mediators met senior military officials to discuss a possible cease-fire deal that would disarm the al-Qaida-inspired fighters.

Arab League (AL) Secretary General Amr Moussa on Wednesday continued his talks with Lebanese rival leaders, aiming at resolving the political standoff in the country.

doha ? A third batch of 74 Qatari troops left for Lebanon to replace their fellowmen as peacekeepers serving the United Nations Interim Forces in Lebanon (Unifil). The rotation of peacekeepers takes place every six months.

Lebanese troops have bombarded Islamists inside a besieged refugee camp after seizing key militant outposts in part of the camp, a month after the showdown erupted.

Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa, on his second day of meetings with Lebanese leaders, warned that time is rapidly running out for a political settlement to the ongoing crisis, although the possibility for an agreement still exists. Moussa dismissed debates on whether it was more important to form a unity.

Beirut: The Arab League chief yesterday urged Lebanon's feuding leaders to break a political impasse that has paralysed the country and warned that "time is running out".

Lebanese troops bombarded Islamists inside a besieged refugee camp on Wednesday after seizing key militant outposts in part of the camp a month after the showdown erupted.

BEIRUT (AFP) - Breakfast at an upmarket hotel in the Lebanese capital begins at 6:30 am. Nearly three quarters of an hour later, the tables are still set and pristine, the buffet untouched.

BEIRUT, Lebanon Lebanese troops bombed Islamic militants holed up in a Palestinian refugee camp Wednesday, as mediators met senior military officials to discuss a possible cease-fire deal that would disarm the al-Qaida-inspired fighters.

The Lebanese army on Wednesday said it has seized all the main positions of its Islamist foes in a besieged refugee camp exactly a month after a showdown erupted with Fatah al-Islam.

Palestinian mediators on Wednesday presented the Lebanese army with a plan to end a month of fighting with al Qaeda-inspired militants at a Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Palestinian mediators on Wednesday presented the Lebanese army with a plan to end a month of fighting with al Qaeda-inspired militants at a Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon.

BEIRUT, Lebanon - Lebanese troops resumed bombardment of Islamic militants holed up in a Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon on Wednesday, as mediators met senior military officials to discuss a possible cease-fire deal that would include a disarmament of the Al Qaeda-inspired fighters.

Delegates from four Arab countries were in Lebanon Wednesday to try to mediate tensions between the government and opposition forces.

BADAWI REFUGEE CAMP, NORTH LEBANON, 20 June 2007 (IRIN) - Tens of thousands of Palestinians have fled the Lebanese army?s month-long siege and shelling of the north Lebanon Nahr al-Bared refugee camp, as its battle against Islamist militants continues.

Palestinian mediators on Wednesday presented the Lebanese army with a plan to end a month of fighting with al Qaeda-inspired militants at a Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon.

MEETING: Lebanon's President Emile Lahoud (L) welcomes Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa before a meeting in Baabda near Beirut, June 20. Time is running out for rival Lebanese factions to resolve their worst political dispute since Lebanon's 1975-90 civil war, Moussa said Wednesday.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Time is running out for rival Lebanese factions to resolve their worst political dispute since Lebanon's 1975-1990 civil war, Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa said on Wednesday.

A month to the day since Lebanon decided to rid itself of the al-Qaeda-inspired extremists of Fatah al-Islam, the army said on Wednesday it has seized all militant positions in a part of a besieged refugee camp.

Within minutes and without any discussion the Lebanon City Council approved second readings of the house numbers ordinance and the outdoor dining ordinance at a special called meeting Monday evening.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Palestinian mediators on Wednesday presented the Lebanese army with a plan to end a month of fighting with al Qaeda-inspired militants at a Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Palestinian mediators are hopeful a deal will be reached soon to end a month of fighting between Lebanese troops and al Qaeda-inspired militants entrenched in a refugee camp, political sources said on Tuesday.

BEIRUT (AFP) - Arab League chief Amr Mussa will Wednesday hold a second day of talks with Lebanese leaders on a tough mission aimed at bridging the chasm that has paralysed political life for the past seven months.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 20 (Bernama) -- Recent bombings in Beirut have come as a blow to Lebanon's hopes of hosting the 17th Asian Track and Field Championships scheduled from July 28 to Aug 2.

Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa began a three-day visit to Beirut on Tuesday. During his trip, he will be meeting with rival politicians in an attempt to help find solution to the political crisis in Lebanon.

BEIRUT: Arab League chief Amr Moussa said on his arrival in Beirut yesterday that he hoped rival Lebanese factions will reach an accord despite the problems plaguing the politically divided country.

Craig Coletti is returning to his old stomping grounds. Coletti, a 1985 graduate of Lebanon, was hired on Monday as the boys' basketball coach for the Cedars. The previous head coach, Paul Blackburn, stepped down on June 5.

Lebanese troops inched toward Islamic militant strongholds in a north Lebanon Palestinian refugee camp Tuesday as mediators hinted at a possible cease-fire deal that includes the disarmament of the al-Qaida-inspired militants.

Arab League (AL) Secretary General Amr Moussa said here on Tuesday that he will meet Hassan Nasrallah, the secretary general of the Lebanese resistance group Hezbollah during his visit to Lebanon, Egypt's official MENA news agency reported.

Lebanon High School baseball players Nate Hiebert, Chris Nordstrand and Mike Greene competed in the 5A State/Metro All Star Series in The Dalles on June 16 and 17.

The Security Council has asked the independent commission charged with investigating the assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri and other killings to help the country?s authorities probe last week?s murder of the lawmaker Walid Eido.

Lebanese troops inched toward Islamic militant strongholds in a north Lebanon Palestinian refugee camp as mediators hinted at a possible ceasefire deal that includes the disarmament of the al-Qaeda-inspired militants.

Beirut: Palestinian mediators are hopeful a deal will be reached soon to end a month of fighting between Lebanese troops and Al Qaida-inspired Islamists entrenched in a refugee camp, political sources said yesterday.

Two Israeli jets violated Lebanese skies on Tuesday, flying over South Lebanon's central sector and the border zone, while the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) continued to patrol several Southern regions, the National News Agency (NNA) said.UNIFIL, in collaboration with the Lebanese Army.

An $80,000 settlement was reached between the Lebanon School District and its former auditing firm. The school board voted unanimously Monday night to accept the payment from Plattenburg & Associates.

Russia is ready to assist Lebanon in clearing unexploded ordnance left on its territory after the summer 2006 war with Israel, a senior Emergencies Situations Ministry official said Tuesday. During the 34-day military confrontation last summer, Israel pounded Lebanon with over 4 million cluster bombs and artillery shells.

Beirut- Arab League chief Amr Mussa arrived in Lebanon Tuesday and declared that rival or- and anti-Syrian factions could reach an accord despite thier political division. The Lebanese will eventually come to an agreement, said Mussa, who was headi...

Dave Roberts LEBANON The Waynesville Warriors Senior American Legion Post 331 Team suffered a pair of tough losses at the hands of Lebanon on Wednesday.

A wage freeze for teachers in the Lebanon City School District has been lifted. The school board and the Lebanon Education Association approved a tentative agreement on a "salary reopener" to the collective bargaining agreement.

More Lebanese soldiers were killed in intense fighting on Tuesday as they battled diehard Islamists holed up inside a bombed-out refugee camp for a fifth week despite ceasefire efforts.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Palestinian mediators are hopeful a deal will be reached soon to end a month of fighting between Lebanese troops and al Qaeda-inspired militants entrenched in a refugee camp, political sources said on Tuesday.

Source: Reuters (Recasts with mediation efforts, previous NAHR AL-BARED) By Nadim Ladki BEIRUT, June 19 (Reuters) - Palestinian mediators are hopeful a deal will be reached soon to end a month of fighting between ...

The charismatic Abu Omar lords over this refugee camp with his stash of arms and explosives. Some love him; others say he is a symbol of all that is wrong with Lebanon.

More Lebanese soldiers were killed in intense fighting on Tuesday as they battled diehard Islamists holed up inside a bombed-out refugee camp for a fifth week despite ceasefire efforts.

Lebanon: Expand to America (EtA), a Washington, DC based legal and business consultancy, announced yesterday the launch of a region-wide campaign to educate potential investors in Lebanon and the Arab World about its services that aim to assist entrepreneurs to benefit from a little known and rarely used US immigration program, referred to as EB5 & Multi National Executives. [AMEInfo.com]

Two more Lebanese soldiers were killed in intense fighting on Tuesday as troops pressed their offensive against diehard Islamic extremists in north Lebanon for the fifth week.

BEIRUT, Lebanon A Lebanese soldier was killed Tuesday in clashes with al-Qaida-inspired militants in a Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon, a senior military official said.

LEBANON, Mo. - The staff at the Lebanon'Midway Speedway is preparing for one of the biggest Late Model events ever in the history of the track with the first Annual Larry Phillips Shootout Birthday Blow Bash on Monday, July 2. The winner of the MLRA Sanctioned Super Late Model feature will receive 7500 while just starting the feature pockets the driver 750 for competing in the 75 lap race. Gates ...

Source: Reuters By Nazih Siddiq NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon, June 19 (Reuters) - A Lebanese soldier was killed on Tuesday at a Palestinian refugee camp in north Lebanon where fighting between troops and Islamist ...

BEIRUT, June 19 (RIA Novosti) - Russia is ready to assist Lebanon in clearing unexploded bombs left on its territory after a military conflict with Israel in 2006, a senior emergencies ministry official said Tuesday.

Abu Omar, a militant Islamist fighting the Lebanese Army, is a charismatic leader in a Palestinian refugee camp near Sidon, in southern Lebanon.

BEIRUT, Lebanon - Fierce fighting erupted Monday at a besieged Palestinian refugee camp as Lebanese troops resumed bombardment of al-Qaida-inspired militants barricaded inside. Three Lebanese soldiers were killed, a senior military official said.

World Lebanese continue assault on militants inside camp BEIRUT - Fierce fighting erupted Monday at a besieged Palestinian refugee camp as Lebanese troops resumed bombardment of al-Qaida-inspired militants barricaded inside. Three Lebanese soldiers were killed, a senior military official said. Troops, backed by heavy artillery and tank ...

Eager to attain the rebirth at any charge, Lebanon will be launching AWTTE as the first brick of revival.

The Security Council approved a request from Lebanon?s prime minister to have the United Nations commission investigating the 2005 assassination of the former Lebanese prime minister, Rafik Hariri, help investigate last week?s killing of a legislator, Walid Eido. Mr. Eido died in an attack similar to the one that had killed Mr. Hariri, when a vehicle parked along the same road in Beirut blew up ...

The overwhelming grief at the funeral of Private Omar Haj in a village near the southern Lebanese town of Sidon could not conceal the family's doubts over the battle that he had died in.

The UN security council has approved Lebanon's request for UN help in investigating the murder of an anti-Syrian legislator.

A previously unknown militant group claimed responsibility Monday for a rocket attack a day earlier on northern Israel. A group calling itself the "Jihadi Badr Brigade-Lebanon branch" vowed in a statement faxed to the offices of The Associated Press in Beirut to continue attacks on Israel, saying: "We had promised our people jihad.

A Kuwaiti military plane carrying humanitarian aid arrived in Beirut on Monday as part of Gulf efforts to help Lebanese and Palestinians displaced in ongoing fighting between the army and Fatah al-Islam militants at Nahr al-Bared refugee camp outside Tripoli. Tarek Hamad, the charge d'affaires at the Kuwaiti Embassy in Lebanon, said.

Beirut _ If rising sea levels force the people of the Maldive Islands to seek new homes, who will look after them in a world already turning warier of refugees?

THE UN security council approved Lebanon's request for UN help in investigating the murder of an anti-Syrian legislator killed in a bomb blast last week, according to a letter published overnight.

The Lebanese army lost three more soldiers on Monday as it closed in on diehard Islamist militants in a camp in north Lebanon while a blast killed two Islamists near a southern camp.

BEIRUT, June 18 (RIA Novosti) - Three Lebanese soldiers were killed outside a Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon, in clashes between troops and Islamist militants entrenched in the camp, the country's National News Agency said Monday.

Fierce fighting erupted Monday at a besieged Palestinian refugee camp as Lebanese troops resumed bombardment of al Qaeda-inspired militants barricaded inside.

The overstretched Lebanese Army faced a battle on two fronts today as three more troops died at the hands of Palestinian extremists in the north, while a new Islamist group claimed responsibility for rocket attacks against Israel in the south.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - If rising sea levels force the people of the Maldive Islands to seek new homes, who will look after them in a world already turning warier of refugees?

An explosion killed two people and wounded three, including a leader of an Islamic militant group in Lebanon's largest Palestinian refugee camp on Monday, another militant official and camp residents said.

Fierce fighting erupted Monday at a besieged Palestinian refugee camp as Lebanese troops resumed bombardment of al-Qaida-inspired militants barricaded inside. Three Lebanese soldiers were killed, a senior military official said.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - If rising sea levels force the people of the Maldive Islands to seek new homes, who will look after them in a world already turning warier of refugees?

Finland will withdraw its forces from the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) in October as scheduled, the government said on Monday.

BEIRUT, June 18 (RIA Novosti) - Lebanon's army will crush militants entrenched in a Palestinian refugee camp in the north of the Middle East state in the next two days, radio Sawa said Monday referring to military sources.

PARIS, June 13, 2007 (AFP) - French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner on Wednesday condemned the murder of Lebanese anti-Syrian MP Walid Ido, describing it as an "odious and cowardly crime".

ADAYSSEH, Lebanon (AFP) - Lebanese troops battled militants on two fronts on Monday, hunting gunmen who fired rockets into Israel and tightening the noose on Islamists making a last stand in a refugee camp.

BEIRUT, Lebanon A previously unknown militant Islamic group claimed responsibility Monday for a rocket attack on northern Israel. The self-proclaimed group, "the Jihadi Badr Brigades - Lebanon branch," vowed in a statement faxed to The Associated Press in Beirut to continue attacks on Israel.

Associated Press - June 18, 2007 5:03 AM ET BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - There's heavy fighting again in and around a besieged Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon today.

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - There's heavy fighting again in and around a besieged Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon today. Lebanese troops have resumed bombardment of al-Qaida-inspired militants barricaded inside as the battle to pry them loose enters its fifth week.

JERUSALEM -- Militants in Lebanon fired at least two rockets into Israel yesterday, causing no casualties and little damage, but raising the possibility of a new flare-up on the volatile border less than a year after Israel's bloody monthlong war against Hezbollah.

Lebanese troops battled militants on two fronts on Monday, hunting gunmen who fired rockets into Israel and tightening the noose on Islamists making a last stand in a refugee camp.

Militants in Lebanon fired at least two rockets into Israel, causing no casualties and little damage, but raising the possibility of a new flare-up on the volatile border less than a year after Israel's bloody month-long war against Hezbollah.

The Lebanese army bombarded on Monday Islamic extremists battling its troops for a month in a refugee camp, a day after destroying major militant positions in the area.

United Nations: Lebanon's prime minister has asked the UN Security Council to authorize UN investigators to help probe last week's killing of an anti-Syrian lawmaker in a massive car bombing in Beirut.

Lebanon's prime minister has asked the U.N. Security Council to authorize U.N. investigators to help probe last week's killing of an anti-Syrian lawmaker in a massive car bombing in Beirut.

Girls in bikinis sunbathe on the beach by Tripoli, Lebanon's second and Sunni-dominated city, while barely 15 kilometres (10 miles) further north a battle rages between the army and Islamists linked to Al-Qaeda.

THOPPIGALA: Hundreds of Tiger cadres entrapped in the Thoppigala jungles commenced fleeing the area yesterday amidst major assault by the Security Forces on their Beirut base, cutting off all supply routes, Security Forces said.

Suspected Palestinian fighters in Lebanon hit a northern Israeli town with two Katyusha rockets on Sunday, Lebanese and Israeli officials said. No one was hurt.

Militants in Lebanon fired at least two rockets into Israel on Sunday, causing no casualties and little damage, but raising the possibility of a new flare-up on the volatile border less than a year after Israel's bloody monthlong war against Hezbollah.

Israeli troops fired five shells at south Lebanon where the army was searching for the guerrillas who fired rockets earlier Sunday on northern Israel, security forces said.

BEIRUT, 17 (EP/AP) La cadena de televisin Al Manar niega la responsabilidad de Hezbol en el ataque hoy con cohetes contra Israel. Dos cohetes "katyusha" disparados desde el sur de Lbano impactaron en el norte de Israel sin causar heridos, segn la Polica israel.

Source: Reuters BEIRUT, June 17 (Reuters) - Lebanon's Hezbollah denied it had any part in the firing of Katyusha rockets into northern Israel on Sunday. "We had nothing to do with this," a ...

Israel is hit in a twin rocket attack from Lebanon, in the first such strike since the 2006 conflict with Hezbollah.

Two rockets slammed into northern Israel from Lebanon on Sunday without causing any casualties, the first such fire since last summer's conflict with Hezbollah, army radio reported.

Two Katyusha rockets hit the northern Israeli town of Kiryat Shmona near the border with Lebanon on Sunday, the Israeli army and police said.

Two Katyusha rockets fired from Lebanon fell on northern Israel Sunday afternoon, police and the military said. No one was hurt, but there was some damage, they said.

Source: Reuters BEIRUT, June 17 (Reuters) - Suspected Palestinian militants fired rockets into northern Israel from southern Lebanon on Sunday, a Lebanese security source said. "There were four or five rockets ...

Cairo - Amid a spiral of violence destabilizing Lebanon, Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa is due in Beirut Tuesday heading a high-profile delegation, Arab League souirces said Sunday. They said the delegation would include representatives of ...

Nahr Al Bared, Lebanon: Lebanese troops and Al Qaida-inspired militants fought sporadically on Sunday at a Palestinian refugee camp in north Lebanon, the scene of often ferocious battles that have entered their fifth week.

Source: Reuters By Nazih Siddiq NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon, June 17 (Reuters) - Lebanese troops and al Qaeda-inspired militants fought sporadically on Sunday at a Palestinian refugee camp in north Lebanon, the scene of ...

Lebanon: The World Exhibitions Club (WEC) has expanded its exhibition membership with the arrival of the Middle Eastern event, Arab World Travel & Tourism Exhibition (AWTTE). [AMEInfo.com]

LEBANON ? Used by lumber mills for 45 years to store logs, and tested several times in the last decade for pollution, Cheadle Lake is safe enough to someday be part of a public park, city officials say.

NICOSIA [MENL] -- Lebanon has been examining the procurement of Russian weapons in the effort to quell an Al Qaida-aligned insurrection in the north. Officials said the Lebanese government of Prime Minister Fuad Siniora has approved talks with Moscow for surplus platforms from the Russian Army.

Lebanese forces fired four guided air-to-ground missiles at suspected militant positions Saturday inside the Nahr el-Bared Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon, Lebanese security forces said.

(RTTNews) - In a meeting held on Saturday, the Lebanese government has decided to conduct by-elections on August 5 to elect successors to the two assassinated MPs. However, the country's pro-Syrian president has opposed the move.

BEIRUT, Lebanon (CNN) -- Lebanese forces in two French-made Gazelle helicopters fired four guided air-to-ground missiles at suspected militant positions Saturday inside the Nahr el-Bared Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon, Lebanese security forces said.

Lebanese troops continued their raid on an Islamic militant position inside a besieged Palestinian refugee camp in Northern Lebanon on Saturday, in renewed fighting in the four-week-old siege of the camp.

Vice-President Noli de Castro is recommending a total ban on the deployment of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs), ABS-CBN News reported Saturday. In a statement, de Castro said this was the consensus of Task Force Lebanon following the political unrest the Middle Eastern country is experiencing.

The Lebanese government has announced that it will hold by-elections on August 5, to fill the parliamentary seats of two assassinated anti-Syrian legislators.

After yet another assassination, Lebanon's anti-Syrian politicians accuse Damascus of trying to end their rule by killing members of the parliamentary majority one by one.

Lebanese troops unleashed an intense artillery bombardment on Saturday against positions of Islamist fighters who have been holed up inside a refugee camp for almost a month.

NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon: Lebanese troops unleashed an intense artillery bombardment on Saturday against positions of Islamist fighters who have been holed up inside a refugee camp for almost a month.

LAKE OF THE OZARKS - A 47-year old Lebanon man was taken to the hospital with serious injuries after he ran the motorcycle he was driving off the road.

NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon, June 9, 2007 (AFP) - Lebanese troops again pounded Islamist militants holed up in a Palestinian refugee camp Saturday as mediators announced a setback to efforts to broker a peaceful end to the 21-day siege.

Hilweh, Lebanon (ANTARA News) - A local Hamas official escaped a grenade attack at a Palestinian refugee camp in south Lebanon on Friday night, security sources said.

NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon: Lebanon?s army lost four more soldiers yesterday as it sought to crush Al Qaeda-inspired militants battling its troops for nearly a month in a northern Palestinian refugee camp.

| A nursing home in Lebanon is not allowed to admit any more patients. | | A recent investigation at Mitchell manor found basic care that did not meet standards, including failure to provide medications as ordered and resident neglect. | | Health inspectors say the facility has not met state standards for the past three years. | | It must pay thousands of dollars a day in fines until the...

Hezbollah gunmen kidnapped three Lebanese policemen in south Beirut on Friday, stripped them of their weapons, interrogated them and then set them free, local Naharnet news website reported.

JEDDAH, 16 June 2007 ? Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah has donated $10 million for distribution to Palestinian families living in Lebanon?s Nahr Al-Bared and Beddawi refugee camps, Saudi Ambassador to Lebanon Abdul Aziz Khoja said yesterday.

Associated Press - June 15, 2007 4:55 PM ET NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A Lebanon nursing home can no longer admit new patients and will be fined $3,000 for failing to meet state standards for...

Acting Foreign minister Tarek Mitri joined his counterparts from Arab League member countries in Cairo on Friday for emergency talks on Lebanon's worsening political crisis. The meeting was prompted by the explosion in Ras Beirut on Wednesday that killed Future Movement MP Walid Eido, his son and six others.

More than two years after the Hariri assassination, Syria's opponents in Lebanon continue to be targets for death.

A Lebanon based nursing home has been suspended from taking new admissions. | | Tenn. Department of Health Commissioner Susan R. Cooper has suspended new admissions of patients to Mitchell Manor, Inc. and imposed a state civil monetary penalty of $3,000. | | This comes as a result of the facility having been cited with harm level deficiencies for three years in a row since July 2004. | | The...

In an incident described as the first of its kind, Hezbollah gunmen surrounded a Lebanese police patrol Friday and held them for "entering a Hezbollah security zone."

BEIRUT, Lebanon At least four Lebanese soldiers were killed and six others were wounded in renewed fighting Friday with Islamic militants holed up in a Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon, security officials said.

Lebanese troops raided an Islamic militant position inside a besieged Palestinian refugee camp, sparking a battle that killed at least four soldiers Friday in renewed fighting.

As Lebanon mourns the assassination in Beirut Wednesday of yet another anti-Syrian lawmaker, Walid Eido, the conflict between the Lebanese army and al-Qaida-inspired militants at the Nahr al-Barad refugee camp near Tripoli continues into its fourth week.

At least four Lebanese soldiers were killed and six others were wounded in renewed fighting Friday with Islamic militants holed up in a Palestinian refuge...

Source: Reuters (Adds details) LAGOS, June 15 (Reuters) - Gunmen kidnapped two Lebanese construction workers in Nigeria's oil-producing Niger Delta on Friday, a military spokesman said. The two men, who work for ...

Source: Reuters (Adds circumstances of deaths) By Nazih Siqqid NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon, June 15 (Reuters) - Four Lebanese soldiers were killed on Friday by an explosion in a building booby ...

Four Lebanese soldiers were killed on Friday by an explosion in a building booby trapped by Islamist militants at a Palestinian camp in north Lebanon, security sources said.

NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon: Four Lebanese soldiers were killed as fresh fighting flared on Friday with Al-Qaeda inspired Islamic extremists holed up in a Palestinian refugee camp in the north of the country.

Four Lebanese soldiers were killed as fresh fighting flared on Friday with Al-Qaeda inspired Islamic extremists holed up in a Palestinian refugee camp in the north of the country.

BEIRUT -- The funeral for an anti-Syrian lawmaker killed by a car bomb swelled yesterday to tens of thousands of mourners, who angrily blamed the Damascus government and its ally Hezbollah for the latest political killing in Lebanon.

Source: Reuters NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon, June 15 (Reuters) - Four Lebanese soldiers were killed on Friday in fighting with Islamist militants at a Palestinian refugee camp in north Lebanon, security sources said. ...

Four Lebanese soldiers were killed on Friday in fighting with Islamist militants at a Palestinian refugee camp in north Lebanon, security sources said.

BEIRUT, Lebanon - A bomb ripped through a vocal anti-Syrian lawmaker's car near the popular waterfront in the Lebanese capital Wednesday, killing him and nine other people in the latest assassination of a Lebanese opponent of Damascus.

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) -- The funeral for an anti-Syrian lawmaker killed by a car bomb swelled Thursday to tens of thousands of mourners, who angrily blamed the Damascus government and its ally Hezbollah for the latest political killing in Lebanon.

BEIRUT About 2,500 mourners chanted anti-Syrian slogans at the funeral of a Lebanese politician killed in a car bomb attack.

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Tens of thousands of people in Beirut today escorted the body of a prominent anti-Syrian legislator killed in a powerful car bombing.

By SCHEHEREZADE FARAMARZI Tens of thousands of mourners marched in a funeral procession Thursday for a prominent anti-Syrian legislator killed by a car bomb in a new blow to the stability of Lebanon. Lawmaker Walid Eido was killed Wednesday as the government began putting together a U.N.-ordered international tribunal to try suspects in the killing of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri in Beirut ...

The Lebanese army on Thursday said it has made advances against besieged Islamists at a Palestinian refugee camp, seizing an ammunition cache and detaining one of the fighters' medics.

A CAR bombing near Beirut's seaside Corniche that killed an anti-Syrian Lebanese MP and nine others is the latest in a series of brazen political assassinations that plunged Lebanon into crisis two years ago.

Update: Tens of thousands of mourners marched in a funeral procession Thursday for a prominent anti-Syrian legislator killed by a car bomb in a new blow to the stability of Lebanon.

Tens of thousands of Lebanese gathered in Beirut to bid farewell to the ten victims of a massive car bombing a day earlier, including an anti-Syrian lawmaker who was killed in his vehicle along with his son and bodyguards.

Some 2,500 mourners chanted anti-Syrian slogans on Thursday at the funeral of a Lebanese legislator killed in a car bomb attack that increased tension with Damascus and deepened Lebanon's political crisis.

Businesses, schools and government offices shut their doors Thursday in Lebanon after the country declared a day of national mourning for a slain anti-Syrian politician.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Some 2,500 mourners chanted anti-Syrian slogans on Thursday at the funeral of a Lebanese legislator killed in a car bomb attack that increased tension with Damascus and deepened Lebanon's political crisis.

BEIRUT -- A Lebanese lawmaker who had long been critical of the Syrian regime was killed yesterday along with his son and eight people when a bomb exploded near a popular waterfront promenade in Beirut.

A powerful car bomb tore through a stretch of Beirut's popular seafront Wednesday, killing an outspoken anti-Syrian lawmaker, his son and eight other people in the third assassination of a parliament member in less than two years. "By the grace of God,"...

NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon (AFP) - Sporadic gunfire echoed around the northern Lebanese refugee camp of Naher al-Bared on Thursday where the army claimed advances in its weeks-long siege of Islamists.

Lebanon will bury on Thursday a high-profile anti-Syrian legislator, killed in a bomb attack which exacerbated the country's deep political crisis.

Lebanon prepares to bury anti-Syrian MP Walid Eido, killed along with nine others, during a bombing in Beirut.

BEIRUT, Lebanon ? A bomb ripped through a vocal anti-Syrian lawmaker's car near the popular waterfront in the Lebanese capital Wednesday, killing him and nine other people in the latest assassination of a Lebanese opponent of Damascus.

President Bush has condemned Wednesday's assassination of an anti-Syrian member of the Lebanese parliament in Beirut. Mr. Bush said the killing of Walid Eido is the latest assassination of people trying to end Syria's interference in Lebanon.

BEIRUT, Lebanon - A bomb ripped through a vocal anti-Syrian lawmaker's car near the popular waterfront in the Lebanese capital Wednesday, killing him and nine other people in the latest assassination of a Lebanese opponent of Damascus.

Lebanon prepared to bury anti-Syrian legislator Walid Eido on Thursday, a day after he was killed in a car bomb attack his allies blamed on Damascus.

Lebanon prepared to bury anti-Syrian parliament member Walid Eido on Thursday, a day after a bomb killed him and nine others in Beirut.

(RTTNews) - The United Nations Security Council on Wednesday led international condemnation of the killing of Walid Eido, an anti-Syrian Lebanese parliamentarian.

Source: Reuters By Nadim Ladki BEIRUT, June 14 (Reuters) - Lebanon prepared to bury anti-Syrian legislator Walid Eido on Thursday, a day after he was killed in a car bomb attack his allies blamed on Damascus. ...

BEIRUT, June 13 -- A powerful car bomb tore through a stretch of Beirut's popular seafront Wednesday, killing an outspoken anti-Syrian lawmaker, his son and eight other people in the third assassination of a parliament member in less than two years.

Two Lebanese soldiers were killed on Wednesday in fighting with Fatah al-Islam militants at a Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon, security sources said.

The U.N. Security Council and U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned on Wednesday the latest political killing in Lebanon, of anti-Syrian legislator Walid Eido and nine other people nearby.

US President George W. Bush on Wednesday indirectly accused Syria of involvement in the Beirut blast that killed a Lebanese anti-Syrian MP and nine others.

Source: Reuters By Evelyn Leopold UNITED NATIONS, June 13 (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council and U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned on Wednesday the latest political killing in Lebanon, of anti-Syrian ...

Anti-Syrian parliamentarian, Walid Eido has been killed by a bomb explosion in Beirut. The bomb targeted the Lebanese MP's car outside a Beirut beach resort.

A powerful car bomb killed anti-Syrian Lebanese politician Walid Eido and nine other people in the sixth blast to strike the Beirut area in less than four weeks, security sources said.

Anti-Syrian MP Walid Eido, his eldest son Khaled and eight other people were killed on Wednesday in a bomb blast near his Beirut beach club that the ruling majority in parliament blamed on Damascus.

Lebanon is a destination country for the trafficking of Asians and Africans for the purpose of domestic servitude and for Eastern European and Syrian women trafficked for the purpose of commercial sexual exploitation. Lebanese children are trafficked within the country for the purpose of commercial sexual exploitation and forced labor.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - A powerful car bomb killed anti-Syrian Lebanese politician Walid Eido and nine other people on Wednesday in the sixth blast to strike the Beirut area in less than four weeks, security sources said.

The White House on Wednesday condemned a seafront blast in Beirut that killed anti-Syrian MP Walid Eido, his eldest son and four other people.

Source: Reuters June 13 (Reuters) - Lebanese anti-Syrian member of parliament Walid Eido was killed on Wednesday after a bomb targeted his car near Beirut's popular seafront in the Sunni Muslim western part of the ...

A powerful car bomb killed anti-Syrian Lebanese politician Walid Eido and nine other people on Wednesday in the sixth blast to strike the Beirut area in less than four weeks, security sources said.

Prominent anti-Syrian MP Walid Ido, his eldest son and two bodyguards were killed along with six other people in a seafront blast in Beirut on Wednesday, his party's television station said.

A Lebanese member of parliament belonging to the anti-Syrian governing coalition was killed on Wednesday in a powerful explosion on Beirut?s waterfront along with at least eight others. The blast took place during rush hour near two popular beaches in the mainly Muslim Manara section of the city.

Lebanese anti-Syrian parliamentarian Walid Eido was killed on Wednesday, with at least nine other people, when a bomb ripped through his car in western Beirut, security sources said.

Lebanon has won the backing of the UN Security council over its battle against Palestinian militants struggling for control of many of the country's refugee camps.

Source: Reuters LEBANESE ANTI-SYRIAN MP WALID EIDO BADLY WOUNDED IN BEIRUT BLAST -- REUTERS WITNESS ...

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanese anti-Syrian parliamentarian Walid Eido was killed with at least seven other people on Wednesday by a blast on Beirut's seafont, security sources said.

Anti-Syrian Lebanese MP among at least four people killed in Beirut explosion, according to reports.

A member of the Lebanese parliament was killed in an explosion Wednesday outside a Beirut military sports club in what hospital sources said was an assassination.

An anti-Syrian MP is among at least six people killed in a blast in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, reports say.

An explosion rocked Beirut's seafront corniche on Wednesday, killing at least four people near a military beach club, security sources said.

An explosion, apparently from a bomb-rigged car, rocked Beirut's seafront Wednesday, killing an anti-Syrian lawmaker and three others, local media reported. The lawmaker, Walid Eido, was the seventh opponent of Damascus to be killed in two years in this conflict-ridden country.

An explosion rocked Beirut's waterfront Wednesday, causing casualties, damage and fires, police and witnesses said.

Source: Reuters BEIRUT, June 13 (Reuters) - An explosion was heard in Beirut on Wednesday, a Reuters witness said. Lebanese Future Television said the blast was in the western part of the city ...

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Four people were killed in an explosion that rocked Beirut's seafront strip on Wednesday, security sources said.

Source: Reuters BEIRUT, June 13 (Reuters) - Four people were killed and six wounded by a blast in Beirut on Wednesday by the seafront near an amusement park and a military sporting club, security sources said ...

An explosion rocked Beirut's waterfront on Wednesday, and a security source said at least four people were killed.

NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon (Reuters) - Two Lebanese soldiers were killed in fresh battles on Wednesday between army units and Islamist militants at a Palestinian refugee camp, security sources said.

Fighting between Islamist militants and the Lebanese army at a Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon is in its fourth week, with a death toll of more than 130 people. The battle has revived questions about other armed factions operating in Lebanon.

BEIRUT, 10 June 2007 (IRIN) - Researchers warn that economic instability and persistent security threats are driving ever more young, educated Lebanese abroad, creating a brain drain that threatens the country?s economic and social future.

NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon (Reuters) - Two Lebanese soldiers were killed in fresh battles on Wednesday between army units and Islamist militants at a Palestinian refugee camp, security sources said.

Sporadic gunfire echoed Wednesday across a refugee camp in north Lebanon where the army has been besieging Islamists in a deadly standoff which shows no sign of ending.

Source: Reuters NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon, June 13 (Reuters) - Two Lebanese soldiers were killed in fresh battles on Wednesday between army units and Islamist militants at a Palestinian refugee camp, security sources ...

The Lebanese army has been battling the pro-Syrian Palestinian uprising in the camp near Tripoli for more than four weeks.

Visiting French envoy Jean-Claude Cousseran said Tuesday the lack of confidence among leaders across the Lebanese political divide was behind the invitation by the French Foreign Ministry for them to attend informal talks later this month.

Syria rejected on Tuesday allegations on arms smuggling into Lebanon through its borders, the official SANA news agency reported.

HEAVY fighting raged yesterday between Lebanese troops and al-Qaeda-inspired militants at a Palestinian refugee camp, the battleground for Lebanon's bloodiest internal violence since the civil war.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's army might be shackled by fear of civilian casualties as it battles Islamist militants at a Palestinian refugee camp, but its failure to defeat them quickly has exposed its lack of equipment and combat experience.

HEAVY fighting raged on today between Lebanese troops and al-Qaeda-inspired militants at a Palestinian refugee camp, the battleground for Lebanon's bloodiest internal violence since the civil war.

Lebanese troops killed 16 Fatah al- Islam militants who tried to break out of their besieged enclave in the northern Nahr al-Bared camp Tuesday as the fighting raged into a 24th day.

Amnesty International has written to Lebanon's Defence Minister to express its continuing concern over the plight of several thousand Palestinian civilians who remain trapped in Nahr al-Bared refugee camp near Tripoli due to fighting between the Lebanese army and members of Fatah al-Islam, an Islamist armed group.

Source: Reuters By Nadim Ladki BEIRUT, June 12 (Reuters) - Lebanon's army might be shackled by fear of civilian casualties as it battles Islamist militants at a Palestinian refugee camp, but its failure to ...

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The U.N. envoy monitoring a resolution aimed at reducing arms and militia in Lebanon cites "alarming" reports of arms and militia infiltrating from Syria.

The Lebanese army fired heavy artillery into the Nahr el-Bared Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon on Tuesday, in what it says could be the final push to force Islamist militants from the camp, military sources said.

The UN Security Council says it is deeply concerned at evidence of arms crossing the Syria-Lebanon border.

BEIRUT, Lebanon Lebanon's army launched heavy artillery barrages into a besieged Palestinian refugee camp in north Lebanon on Tuesday in its continued struggle to overtake Islamic militants holed up inside.

Lebanon's army launched heavy artillery barrages into a besieged Palestinian refugee camp in north Lebanon on Tuesday in its continued struggle to overtake Islamic militants holed up inside.

A Syrian al-Qaida-inspired group on Tuesday warned of attacks on Lebanese interests and citizens if the country does not lift its siege of militants barricaded inside a Palestinian refugee camp.

LEBANON - A Lebanon man already facing two rape charges - with one of the accusations coming while he was free on bond from the first case - now faces a third sex-crime charge.

Heavy fighting erupted on Tuesday between the Lebanese army and Islamist militants at a Palestinian camp which has been the battleground for Lebanon's bloodiest internal violence since the civil war.

BEIRUT -- A mortar shell fired from inside a besieged Palestinian refugee camp struck a Red Cross vehicle Monday, killing two of the aid agency's workers and critically injuring a third, Lebanon's state-run news agency and security officials said.

The Security Council on Monday reiterated "deep concern" at mounting reports of "illegal movements of arms" across the Lebanese Syrian-border, amid fears of escalating strife.

Fighting between the Lebanese army and militants from the Fatah al-Islam group claimed the lives of two Lebanese Red Cross workers at the Palestinian refugee camp Nahr el-Bared yesterday.

The U.N. Security Council backed the Lebanese government on Monday in its battle against Palestinian militants and expressed deep concern at "mounting information" of illegal arms crossing from Syria.

Two Lebanese Red Cross rescuers were killed and a Palestinian mediator wounded in fire exchange between Lebanese army and Fatah al-Islam militants at Nahr al- Bared Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon on Monday, said an official of the International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC).

BEIRUT, Lebanon, 12:59 p.m. June 11 (AP): Last summer it was Israeli airstrikes and Hezbollah rockets. This year, it's al-Qaeda-inspired militants and explosions keeping tourists away. This small, trouble-plagued country is once again set to lose millions of much-needed tourism dollars because of unrest.

A hand grenade was found near the Zahrat al-Ihsan school in Beirut's Achrafieh district on Mond ay morning, just hours after another grenade incident near the Tripoli home of Internal Security Forces (ISF) head General Ashraf Rifi. Around 8 a.m., a man found a grenade lying on the road near Zahrat al-Ihsan and facing the building.

BEIRUT, Lebanon -- Two local Red Cross workers helping coordinate negotiations between the Lebanese army and Islamic militants in a besieged Palestinian refugee camp were shot to death on Monday, hospital officials said.

ASIAN Athletics Association (AAA) chief Suresh Kalmadi said a decision on the new venue to conduct the Asian Athletics Championships will be taken in a day or two. The meet was originally to be held from July 28 in Beirut, but the unrest in Lebanon forced the organisers to pull out. The Asian Championship was the last opportunity for several athletes to make the grade for the Osaka World ...

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Violence in a Palestinian refugee camp has now claimed the lives of two local Red Cross workers who were helping coordinate negotiations between the Lebanese army and Islamic militants.

The Egyptian Embassy issued a statement on Monday saying Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak decided, in cooperation with the Lebanese government, to keep the Egyptian military hospital in Beirut operational. "The hospital has treated some 160 patients and conducted 3,200 surgeries since it started to offer its services.

A mortar shell fired from inside a besieged Palestinian refugee camp struck a Red Cross vehicle on Monday, killing two of the aid agency's workers and critically injuring a third, Lebanon's state-run news agency and security officials said.

BEIRUT, Lebanon - A mortar shell fired from inside a besieged Palestinian refugee camp struck a Red Cross vehicle on Monday, killing two of the aid agency's workers and critically injuring a third, Lebanon's state-run news agency and security officials said.

BEIRUT, Lebanon A mortar shell fired from inside a besieged Palestinian refugee camp struck a Red Cross vehicle on Monday, killing two of the aid agency's workers and critically injuring a third, Lebanon's state-run news agency and security officials said.

A pair of Red Cross workers was killed in northern Lebanon Monday as they left a Palestinian refugee camp with several Muslim clerics, officials said.

Two Red Cross workers and three soldiers were killed on Monday around a besieged camp in north Lebanon where the army has struggled to crush Islamist militiamen for the past three weeks.

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) ? Two local Red Cross workers helping coordinate negotiations between the Lebanese army and Islamic militants in a besieged Palestinian refugee camp were shot to death on Monday, hospital officials said.

BEIRUT (AP) - Two local Red Cross workers were killed Monday when their vehicle came under fire from inside a Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon, hospital officials said.

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) -- Two local Red Cross workers helping coordinate negotiations between the Lebanese army and Islamic militants in a besieged Palestinian refugee camp were shot to death on Monday, hospital officials said.

Two Lebanese Red Cross workers have been killed by bullets fired from inside a refugee camp in northern Lebanon where the army is besieging Islamist militiamen, Red Cross officials say.

NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon (Reuters) - Two relief workers were killed and a Palestinian mediator was wounded in fierce fighting on Monday between Lebanese troops and al Qaeda-inspired militants at a Palestinian refugee camp.

Two Red Cross relief workers were killed on Monday at the entrance to a refugee camp in north Lebanon as the Lebanese army kept up its bombardment of positions held by Islamist militiamen.

A mortar shell fired from inside a besieged Palestinian refugee camp struck a Red Cross vehicle on Monday, killing two of the aid agency's workers and critically injuring a third, Lebanon's state-run news agency and security officials said.

Two Lebanese Red Cross workers were killed on Monday by bullets fired from inside a refugee camp in northern Lebanon where the army is besieging Islamist militiamen, Red Cross officials told AFP.

NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon (Reuters) - Lebanese troops bombarded a Palestinian refugee camp with artillery and tank fire on Monday, pressing ahead with an assault to crush al Qaeda-inspired militants dug in there.

Nahr Al Bared, Lebanon: Lebanese troops rained down artillery and tank fire on a Palestinian refugee camp on Monday, pressing ahead with an assault to crush Al Qaida-inspired militants dug in there.

Source: Reuters NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon, June 11 (Reuters) - Lebanese troops rained down artillery and tank fire on a Palestinian refugee camp on Monday, pressing ahead with an assault to crush al Qaeda-inspired ...

Lebanese troops exchanged sporadic gunfire with Islamic militants holed up in a Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon on Monday as the war against al-Qaida-inspired fighters entered its fourth week.

NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon (AFP) - Sporadic firefights continued on Monday between Lebanese troops and diehard Islamist militiamen at an impoverished refugee camp where a deadly showdown is now in its fourth week.

BEIRUT: A controversial international court to try suspects in the murder of Lebanese ex-premier Rafik al-Hariri came into force automatically yesterday, Justice Minister Charles Rizk said.

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) ? Heavy fighting raged for a second straight day Sunday as the Lebanese army bombarded suspected hideouts of al-Qaida-inspired militants holed up in a Palestinian refugee camp.

NAHR AL BARED, Lebanon: Lebanese soldiers and diehard Islamist militants entrenched in a refugee camp fought gun battles yesterday after at least 17 people were killed in an operation to storm rebel positions.

BEIRUT, Lebanon -- Heavy fighting shattered a brief lull as the Lebanese army continued bombarding suspected hideouts of Al Qaeda-inspired militants holed up in a Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon.

nahr al-bared ? Lebanese soldiers and diehard militants entrenched in a refugee camp fought gun battles yesterday after at least 17 people were killed in an operation to storm rebel positions.

beirut ? A controversial international court to try suspects in the murder of Lebanese ex-premier Rafiq Al Hariri came into force automatically yesterday, Justice Minister Charles Rizk said.

Sunday the Lebanese army continued bombarding suspected hideouts of al-Qaida -inspired militants holed up in a Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon.

A weekend of intense fighting left 11 Lebanese Army soldiers dead, as the battle between the army and the remaining militants from Fatah al-Islam entered its fourth week on Sunday. The army continued to tighten the noose around the militants on Sunday by pounding away at Fatah al-Islam strongholds and confining the militants.

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The Special Tribunal for Lebanon to try suspects in the slaying of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri entered into force on Sunday in accordance with UN Security Council Resolution 1757. Much work remains before the tribunal begins to function, including finding a country to host the tribunal and another nation willing.

NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon : Lebanese soldiers and militants entrenched in a refugee camp fought gunbattles on Sunday after at least 17 people were killed in an operation to storm rebel positions.

Nahr Al-Bared, June 10: Fighting between the Lebanese army and al Qaeda-inspired militants in north Lebanon entered its fourth week on Sunday and three soldiers died from wounds sustained in the conflict.

The Lebanese army and insurgents exchanged gunfire Sunday in the 22nd day of a standoff at the Nahr al-Bared refugee camp, while a rally was held in nearby Tripoli to show support for the soldiers.

BEIRUT, Lebanon, June 10 (UPI) -- Hezbollah has stockpiled as many as 20,000 rockets in underground bunkers in southern Lebanon near Israel's border, the Sunday Times of London reported.

Sunday marks the deadline set by the United Nations for Lebanon to act on the proposed international tribunal in the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. After that date, the U.N. will proceed with setting up the tribunal; Syria and its allies have voiced strong reservations.

Five Lebanese soldiers died in fighting at a Palestinian refugee camp near Tripoli Sunday, raising the three week death toll to 114, including 53 troops.

Source: Reuters (Adds quote, 50 evacuated, two bodies removed from camp) By Nazih Siddiq NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon, June 10 (Reuters) - Fighting between the Lebanese army and al Qaeda-inspired ...

Fighting between the Lebanese army and al Qaeda-inspired militants in north Lebanon entered its fourth week on Sunday and three soldiers died taking the army's total death toll to 55.

BEIRUT, Lebanon (CNN) -- At least six Lebanese Army soldiers died Sunday in the effort to defeat Fatah Islam militants holed up inside the Nahr el-Bared Palestinian refugee camp just north of the port city of Tripoli, Lebanese Army sources told CNN.

Source: IRIN Researchers warn that economic instability and persistent security threats are driving ever more young, educated Lebanese abroad, creating a brain drain that threatens the country's economic and social future.

Gunbattles broke out on Sunday between Lebanese soldiers and diehard Islamist militants entrenched in a refugee camp after a day of heavy fighting in which four soldiers were killed.

TRIPOLI, Lebanon - Lebanon's army stepped up its assault on Islamic militants hiding inside a Palestinian refugee settlement yesterday, launching artillery barrages and sending in armor and special forces.

Fighting between the Lebanese army and al Qaeda-inspired militants in north Lebanon entered its fourth week on Sunday and three soldiers died from wounds sustained in the conflict.

NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon: Five Lebanese soldiers were killed yesterday in heavy fighting against Al Qaeda-inspired militants entrenched in a Palestinian refugee camp, a military source said.

JERUSALEM ? Forty years after it defeated three Arab armies in six days, Israel's army is still trying to figure out how a war with a small guerrilla group in Lebanon last summer dragged on for five weeks and ended in a painful stalemate.

Militants have kidnapped a Lebanese man in Port Harcourt, capital of Nigeria's southeastern Rivers State, police have said.

Five Lebanese soldiers have been killed in fresh clashes with al-Qaeda-inspired militants who are holed up in a Palestinian refugee camp. Security sources said 21 more Lebanese troops were wounded in the gun battles in and around the Nahr al-Bared refugee camp near the northern city of Tripoli.

NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon (Reuters) - Lebanese troops shelled al Qaeda-inspired militants entrenched in the Nahr al-Bared Palestinian refugee camp on Saturday and three soldiers died in the heavy battles, security sources said.

Five Lebanese soldiers were killed on Saturday in the latest bout of heavy fighting against al Qaeda-inspired militants entrenched in a Palestinian refugee camp, a military source said.

Lebanese singer/actress Nicole Saba is preparing for a trip to Morocco. She will be the guest of honor at the cinema festival for her role in the film ?AL Tajrobah AL Dinmakeyh? (The Dutch Experience), in which she starred in along with Egyptian comedian actor Adel Imam.

NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon (Reuters) - Five Lebanese soldiers were killed on Saturday in heavy fighting against al Qaeda-inspired militants entrenched in a Palestinian refugee camp, a military source said.

Five Lebanese soldiers were killed on Saturday in heavy fighting against al Qaeda-inspired militants entrenched in a Palestinian refugee camp, a military source said.

HEAVY FIRE: Smoke from artillery and tank shelling rise from the Palestinian Nahr Al Bared refugee camp in northern Lebanon June 9. Artillery and tanks blasted several areas of the squalid camp, where Fatah Al Islam fighters have shown stiff resistance in three weeks of often ferocious battles.

Three Lebanese soldiers have been killed in new clashes with al-Qaeda-inspired militants holed up in a Palestinian refugee camp. Sec