Visiting Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Seniora on Saturday said that the current Lebanese political crisis could only be solved through dialogue.

  

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.

  

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.

  

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.

  

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.

  

BEIRUT, June 30 (Reuters) A pro-Syrian Lebanese politician today shrugged off a US travel ban, referring to it sarcastically as a ''precious gift'' that showed the Lebanese government was a tool in Washington's hand.

  

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.

  

'EXCESSIVE FORCE': Palestinian demonstrators take cover as Lebanese soldiers (rear) fire into the air during a protest in Beddawi refugee camp, northern Lebanon June 29.

  

BEIRUT - 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.

  

Beirut, 06/30 - Soldiers have fired on Palestinian protesters in Lebanon, killing at least three people and injuring about 40, witnesses and medics say.

  

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.

  

LEBANON - The Lebanon City Council on Wednesday chose Don Thoma, 76, to replace Ron Miller on the council and represent Ward III, which is east of Main and south of Grant and Sherman streets.

  

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.

  

KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine, June 29 -- President Bush ratcheted up pressure on Syria and its allies in Lebanon on Friday, issuing an order barring from entry into the United States anyone who has worked to undermine the fragile pro-Western government in Beirut.

  

Lebanese soldiers have shot dead two Palestinian demonstrators and wounded 20 at the outskirts of Bedawi refugee camp in northern Lebanon. A military spokesman said soldiers fired into the air to prevent the protesters from overrunning an army checkpoint.

  

BEDDAWI, Lebanon: 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.

  

BEIRUT (AP) - 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.

  

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.

  

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

  

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.

  

Two demonstrators have been shot dead and more than 20 wounded during a protest by Palestinians in northern Lebanon. Lebanese troops first fired into the air and then opened fire on the hundreds of refugees, including women and children, protesting to return to their homes in the Nahr al-Bared camp.

  

BEIRUT (AFP) - Ziad and Amal's marriage brought at least a semblance of normality for some of the tens of thousands of Palestinians who fled a once sleepy seaside refugee camp in north Lebanon that turned into a war zone.

  

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.

  

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.

  

BEIRUT, 29 (EP/AP) Varias personas resultaron heridas despus de que tropas libanesas abrieran fuego contra un grupo de refugiados palestinos que intentaban volver al campamento de refugiados de Nahr el Bared, del que huyeron cuando comenzaron los enfrentamientos entre el Ejrcito y la milicia Al Fat al Islam.

  

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

  

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.

  

Source: Reuters BEDDAWI, Lebanon, June 29 (Reuters) - 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 ...

  

BADDAWI, Lebanon (AFP) - Several demonstrators were shot and wounded on Friday during a protest by Palestinian refugees driven out of their homes by fighting between the Lebanese army and Islamists, correspondents 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.

  

BEIRUT -- Lebanese troops raided an Islamic militant hideout in a hillside cave and killed six fighters yesterday as violence spread from a Palestinian refugee camp where the military has been battling a group inspired by Al Qaeda.

  

BEIRUT 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.

  

Almost a year since Israel went to war with Hezbollah guerrillas in southern Lebanon, UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Thursday deplored the failure to arrive at a permanent ceasefire.

  

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.

  

With the one-year anniversary of the start of the summer 2006 war with Israel approaching, academics and diplomats gathered Thursday to assess the war's impact on a perennial trend of Lebanese life: the tendency of talented professionals and ambitious youths to leave the country in pursuit of opportunities abroad.

  

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.

  

I recently had the pleasure of reviewing an advance copy of Cobra Gold , Damien Lewis's latest blockbuster novel. Cobra Gold takes as its subject a factual event, a huge bank robbery in the mid 1970s that occurred in war ravaged Beirut, Lebanon. A robbery that to this day has no suspects and from which the gold is still missing! This is a wild fictional romp about one possible ...

  

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.

  

Lebanese troops have killed six Islamic militants in clashes near the northern city of Tripoli. The fighting erupted outside the village of Qalamoun Thursday.

  

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

  

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.

  

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.

  

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.

  

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 06/28 - Lebanese troops killed at least five Islamic militants during a gunbattle in northern Lebanon on Thursday, a military official said.

  

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.

  

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.

  

A total of six Islamist militants were killed by Lebanese troops during a firefight in a northern town early on Thursday, security sources said.

  

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.

  

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.

  

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

  

BEIRUT (CNN) -- Six militants died in clashes with Lebanese soldiers south of Tripoli early Thursday, a Lebanese army official said.

  

Lebanese troops killed six Islamist militants during a clash in the northern town of Qalamoun early on Thursday, 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.

  

Lebanese soldiers clashed with Fatah al-Islam gunmen Thursday morning in the town of Qalamoun south of the port city of Tripoli in north Lebanon. Security sources said the main Tripoli highway was closed to traffic as a result of the fighting which broke out shortly before 8 am.

  

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

  

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

  

Source: Reuters (Recasts with six militants dead) TRIPOLI, Lebanon, June 28 (Reuters) - Lebanese troops killed six militants during a clash in the northern town of Qalamoun early on Thursday, security sources said ...

  

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

  

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 ...

  

Beirut, June 28 (Xinhua) Hezbollah has said the formation of a national unity government was the only way out of the current crisis in Lebanon.

  

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.

  

The Lebanese Army resumed bombardment of Nahr al-Bared refugee camp Wednesday evening with shelling targeting Safouri, Safri and the Souk al-Bared neighborhoods in the older part of the camp, as well as the camp's seaward side. The army, which has dug in with sand-bag barricades around the older part of the camp.

  

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 Lebanon teenager seriously injured in a baseball bat attack has moved from intensive care to a rehabilitation unit, a St. John's Hospital spokesperson said today. Matthew Bankston was paralyzed on one side after he and teenager Zachary Jones were beaten June 10 at Atchley Park in Lebanon. Jones was killed in the attack. Jerry Lowell Broyles II, 25, Terry Lynn Dunkin, 32, and Kimberly Dunkin, ...

  

The conclusions of an Israeli commission of inquiry into Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's handling of the Lebanon war could be published in October, two months later than expected, political sources said on Wednesday.

  

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

  

Nordstrom will sell its Faonnable chain of luxury apparel and accessories to a Lebanese private equity firm, according to a report in Wednesday's New York Post. People familiar with the company say news of the impending sale was distributed internally to Faonnable employees yesterday.

  

The funeral was attended by several thousand mourners from various parts of the capital to pay a last tribute to a man well-known for his willingness to speak frankly about the opposition and its supporters within and without.

  

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.

  

According to a report submitted to the Security Council on Tuesday, the smuggling of arms from Syria into Lebanon can not be halted by present border controls.

  

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. 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 ...

  

UNITED NATIONS (AP)--Security along the Lebanon-Syria border is insufficient to prevent arms smuggling and Lebanon should quickly establish a mobile force to intercept the flow of weapons, a U.N.-appointed team said in a report obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press.

  

Source: Reuters By Patrick Worsnip UNITED NATIONS, June 26 (Reuters) - Lebanon's border security is largely incapable of preventing arms smuggling from Syria, experts said in a report for the U.N. Security Council ...

  

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.

  

PARIS 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. "One thing we'll be talking about is how to make certain these people can be secure in their work," Rice told reporters after discussing plans for the tribunal ...

  

That tired old adage about literature in the Arab world - Cairo writes, Beirut publishes and Baghdad reads - may carry more caustic bitterness than sweet nostalgia these days, especially among those who self-critically consider the region's cultural production to be at an all-time low. But a spate of newly published novels and first-time.

  

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.

  

Lebanon' s prime minister has met Nicolas Sarkozy, France 's president, for discussions ahead of a planned meeting of Lebanese political and civil society leaders in France .

  

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.

  

Labib Hajjar, owner of the Beirut Restaurant, was awarded the Ohio Restaurant...

  

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.

  

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 (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.

  

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.

  

KHIAM, Lebanon: Lebanon 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 where two more soldiers were shot dead yesterday.

  

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.

  

Head of the Future Bloc in Parliament MP Saad Hariri called on the opposition to engage in dialogue and expressed readiness for a 'media truce' to pave way for discussions on proposals made by Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa who ended a mission to Beirut aimed at resolving the country's crisis.

  

A Lebanese-Australian and his wife were shot dead in a gun battle in Tripoli on Sunday, News Limited newspapers are reporting. Unnamed sources have told News Ltd the man was Bassem al Sayyed, and he was shot dead by soldiers after he threw a bomb at them.

  

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.

  

A Lebanese-Australian and his wife were shot dead in a gun battle in Tripoli on Sunday, News Limited newspapers are reporting. Unnamed sources have told News Ltd the man was Bassem al Sayyed, and he was shot dead by soldiers after he threw a bomb at them.

  

BEIRUT, June 25 -- 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.

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon - A car bomb killed six U.N. peacekeepers on patrol in southern Lebanon yesterday, in the first attack on the international force since it was expanded after the war between Israel and Hezbollah. In the north, 10 people died in a...

  

Source: Reuters By Yara Bayoumy MARJAYOUN, Lebanon, June 25 (Reuters) - Many South Lebanese pin their hopes for future security on U.N. peacekeepers, but a deadly car bombing on a Spanish patrol has made them fear ...

  

A LEBANESE-Australian Islamic fighter named Bassem al Sayyed and his wife were shot dead during a fierce battle in Tripoli on Sunday.

  

Nobody has claimed responsibility for the car bombing outside Beirut that killed six peacekeepers in the Spanish contingent, three of them Colombians.

  

Source: Reuters NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon, June 25 (Reuters) - A sniper shot dead a Lebanese soldier on Monday in fighting with Islamist militants at a Palestinian refugee camp in which a civilian was also killed, ...

  

Spanish Defense Minister Jose Antonio Alonso arrived Monday in Lebanon, where Spanish U.N. peacekeepers had been killed by a bomb.

  

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 (AP) - Spain's defence minister arrived in southern Lebanon Monday to collect the bodies of six UN peacekeepers slain in a car bombing, as the UN 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 U.N. peacekeepers in southern Lebanon on Sunday in the first attack on the force since it was expanded after last summer's war between Israel and Hezbollah guerrillas. Also, 10 people died in a fight between Lebanese troops and Sunni militants.

  

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.

  

Security was boosted in south Lebanon on Monday after a bomb attack killed six UN peacekeepers, further rattling security in the country where the army has been battling Islamist militants for weeks.

  

Three Australian men arrested in northern Lebanon at the weekend are allegedly Islamist extremists involved in clashes against the army, Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said Monday.

  

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 - 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, Lebanon (AP) - A senior Lebanese security official says four Spanish UN peacekeepers have been killed and four others wounded in an explosion in southern Lebanon.

  

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 - 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 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.

  

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

  

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

  

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

  

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, Lebanon, 10:47 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 five Spanish troops and injuring at least three, a senior Lebanese military 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.

  

BEIRUT (AP) - A bomb apparently targeting UN 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 security 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.

  

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)--Four Spanish U.N. peacekeepers were killed Sunday and four others wounded in an explosion targeting U.N. troops in southern Lebanon, a senior Lebanese security official 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.

  

Four Spanish U.N. peacekeepers were killed Sunday and four others wounded in an explosion targeting U.N. troops in southern Lebanon, a senior Lebanese security official said.

  

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.

  

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 four, a senior Lebanese security official said.

  

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.

  

Four Spanish UN peacekeepers were killed and four wounded when their vehicle hit a mine or roadside bomb in southern Lebanon on Sunday, a Lebanese military source said.

  

Four Spanish UN peacekeepers are killed by an explosion in southern Lebanon, officials say.

  

Source: Reuters BEIRUT, June 24 (Reuters) - Spanish U.N. peacekeepers on patrol in south Lebanon on Sunday hit a landmine that killed two of them and wounded six, security sources said. They said two U.N. vehicles ...

  

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 ...

  

TRIPOLI, Lebanon (AFP) - Ten people were killed in clashes between Lebanese troops and Islamists in the port city of Tripoli, including six Islamists and a policeman's 10-year-old daughter, the army said on Sunday.

  

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.

  

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.

  

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.

  

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.

  

Lebanese troops have stormed an alleged militant hideout in the northern city of Tripoli, killing seven people, security sources said.

  

Lebanese troops raided a house suspected of containing al-Qaida-inspired 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.

  

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 (AP) - Lebanese troops clashed with suspected al-Qaida-inspired militants who barricaded themselves in a building in the northern port city of Tripoli early Sunday, and 10 people were killed, including a soldier and six gunmen, security officials said.

  

Three Australian men have been arrested in Lebanon.

  

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.

  

Funded by USAID, United States Agency for International Development, IESC, International Executive Service Corps, collaborated with Microsoft in providing the latest software project management methodology training to Lebanon's ICT companies.

  

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.

  

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.

  

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

  

Lebanese troops killed seven Islamist militants after a 10-hour standoff in the northern city of Tripoli, security sources 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 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.

  

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.

  

Source: Reuters (Adds casualties, details) TRIPOLI, Lebanon, June 23 (Reuters) - Lebanese troops clashed with suspected Islamist militants in the northern city of Tripoli late on Saturday after soldiers came under ...

  

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

  

Source: Reuters TRIPOLI, Lebanon, June 23 (Reuters) - Lebanese troops clashed with gunmen in the northern city of Tripoli on Saturday night after the soldiers came under fire during searches for Islamist militants, ...

  

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

  

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 Palestinian refugee camp today, drawing fierce artillery shelling from the army.

  

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.

  

BEIRUT (AFP) - The failure of the latest Arab League mission to get Lebanon's Western-backed government and the Iran- and Syria-supported opposition to talk together shows that outsiders control the country's destiny, analysts said on Saturday.

  

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

  

Troops on the streets of the troubled Lebanese capital are not an unusual sight. But it is not often that civilians make a point of saluting them.

  

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.

  

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...

  

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.

  

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 today 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.

  

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.

  

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 ...

  

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.

  

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.

  

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Arab League Chief Amr Moussa said on Saturday he had not reached a deal to end Lebanon's political crisis but efforts would continue to try and find a solution.

  

The Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa, who is currently visiting Beirut with a delegation compirsing representatives of several Arab member states, asserted that all Lebanese parties, both pro-governemnt and opposition, have supported the idea of forming a national unity government.

  

The Lebanese army vowed on Friday to continue offensive aimed at wiping out Fatah al-Islam militant group in a northern Lebanon's refugee camp.

  

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.

  

The Lebanese army said Friday it will keep fighting militants in northern Lebanon.

  

Rejoice, fans of the Gulag! Beirut and his Orkestar will be back in October with a new album.

  

An uneasy calm settles at a Lebanon refugee camp after a minister declares victory against Islamist fighters.

  

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.

  

Sporadic shooting echoed around the Nahr al-Bared Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon on Friday despite a decision by Beirut to play a waiting game with Islamists militants still holed up inside.

  

An uneasy calm settled over a Palestinian refugee camp in north Lebanon on Friday after the Lebanese army and Islamist militants declared a truce in 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 said Thursday that the Fatah Islam militant group has been crushed, but combat will continue until the remnants of the group are flushed out.

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) -- The defense minister said Thursday the Fatah Islam militant group holed up in a northern refugee camp has been defeated after a month-long military operation, and that only mopping up remained.

  

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.

  

Lebanon says a military operation against Islamist fighters at a Palestinian refugee camp has ended.

  

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.

  

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.

  

Lebanese soldiers traded fire with Islamic militants at a Palestinian refugee camp Thursday as fighting there entered its 33rd day. The army, using heavy artillery, bombarded militants based around the perimeter of the Nahr al-Bared refugee camp near the northern city of Tripoli.

  

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 ...

  

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is to discuss the humanitarian crisis in Darfur and stability in Lebanon when she meets world leaders on Sunday and Monday in Paris, her spokesman said.

  

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

  

NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon : 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.

  

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.

  

The Lebanese army's insistence on the surrender of the leaders of a militant group holed up at a Palestinian camp is complicating efforts to mediate an end to fighting there, a Palestinian political source said on Thursday.

  

Beirut's Balkan-accented indie pop and Grizzly Bear's atmospheric psych-folk keep drawing closer and closer. Earlier this month, Grizzly Bear called Beirut on-stage to help out with a performance of "On a Neck, on a Spit" at Barcelona's Primavera Sound Festival.

  

Syria has closed a border post with Lebanon because of the month-long battle between the Lebanese army and the Fatah al-Islam group, the Sana state news agency said.

  

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.

  

NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon - The militants may have fallen back from their original bastion in the Palestinian refugee camp of Nahr al-Bared in Lebanon, but those remaining are putting up a fierce fight.

  

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.

  

Syria has decided to close its Jussa-Al-Qaa border post with Lebanon because of the month-long battle between the Lebanese army and Islamists, the state news agency SANA announced.

  

Despite conflicts and tensions in Lebanon the Arab Baptist Theological Seminary and the Beirut Baptist School have continued to hold normal activities the Baptist World Alliance has reported

  

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.

  

Lebanon: Lebanese businessmen are being encouraged to apply for immigration to the US under a 'million dollar visa' programme, the Daily Star reported. Expand to America, a Washington-based consultancy, is assisting wealthy locals to apply for EB-5 Multi National Executive visas, which grant foreigners temporary residency in exchange for an investment of between $0.5m and $1m in a US business that generates a minimum of ten jobs. An ETA official told the daily that interest was 'high'. [AMEInfo.com]

  

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.

  

Breakfast at an upmarket hotel in the Lebanese capital begins at 6:30 a.m. Nearly 45 minutes later, the tables are still set and pristine, the buffet untouched. "There is no one," the restaurant manager says, shaking his head. Beirut should be buzzing, if only with expatriates returning for a summer holiday in their homeland.

  

The Lebanese Army said it had taken control Wednesday of all positions formerly held by Fatah al-Islam, as the intermittent fighting shifted to the southern area of the camp. "Fatah al-Islam has nowhere to hide now, because we have completely destroyed their hiding places in the northern part of the camp.

  

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.

  

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.

  

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.

  

Syrian authorities on Wednesday closed a border crossing with northeastern Lebanon without giving a reason, Lebanese security officials said.

  

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.