Both Lebanon Midway Speedway and Springfield Raceway will hold practice sessions on Saturday.

President Michel Sleiman returned to Beirut Tuesday afternoon after a two-day visit to Doha, where he took part in the Arab Summit and the Arab-South American Summit. On the sidelines of the Arab-South American Summit, Sleiman held talks with Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Venezuela's Hugo Chavez.

BEIRUT, Lebanon, March 31 (UPI) -- The upcoming June parliamentary elections in Lebanon provide a chance for the country to overcome corruption and external influence, Hezbollah officials said.

Energy and Water Minister Alan Tabourian gave a lecture at Crown Plaza hotel Tuesday on the electricity crisis in Lebanon. The event was organized by the British universities alumni association in Lebanon. Alumni president Abdel-Malak Sukkariyya charged that a mafia in Lebanon controlled the price of fuel oil.

A Canadian-Lebanese man held for allegedly killing four people and injuring 40 in the 1980 bombing of a Paris synagogue was ordered released on bail Tuesday ahead of his extradition hearing.

About a dozen business and education executives from China toured schools in the Lebanon School District yesterday as part of a leadership-training program.

Jason Swearingen has been Rolla High School baseball head coach for 10 years and has never been able to beat the Lebanon Yellow Jackets. Until Monday. Swearingen and the Bulldogs snapped its losing skid against perennial Ozark Conference power Lebanon in a big way on Monday, blowing out to a 10-0 league victory at the First Community National Bank Field at the Bray Sports Complex.

One northbound lane of Mo. 5 at Route YY in Lebanon will be closed today for several weeks, according to the Missouri Department of Transportation.

BEIRUT, March 31 (Reuters) - Below is a table of the latest Lebanese economic statistics.

Domotex Middle East 2009 has announced that it is targeting Lebanon as a major market for carpets and floor coverings and a catalyst for the growing regional wholesale market in view of a massive reconstruction drive being implemented in the country, which according to the Beirut Chamber of Commerce is estimated to be worth $10bn.

BEIRUT: The head of Iran's Labor and Social Affairs parliamentary committee said his country was willing to share its experience on labor and social affairs with the Lebanese government, FARS news agency reported on Monday.

Moreover, they hoped and expected that, in the context of the new approaches and initiatives made recently by the American president, Barack Obama, in his Mideastern policy, and similar moves by European leaders, notably French President Nicolas Sarkozy, progress of substance could be made on the hitherto moribund Arab-Israeli peace process, despite the advent of an Israeli government led by ...

LEBANON ? Alex Machen has played in pain. Her high school career has included a sprained knee, a strained elbow, a broken finger and two stress fractures in vertebrae in her lower back.

The Lebanese artist Najwa Sultan celebrated her birthday with family and friends at ?Fakher Al Deen? restaurant in Dubai. The music artist Amir Yezbik performed for Najwa at her birthday party.

BEIRUT: Prime Minister Fouad Siniora said in comments Monday that diplomatic ties between Syria and Lebanon were "very significant" but stressed that Syria must regard Lebanon as an "independent" country.

Leadership. ABUJA. Police have freed a Lebanese worker kidnapped from a building site on the edge of a lagoon in the commercial hub of Lagos, killing six of the abductors in the process.

Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) leader MP Walid Jumblatt reiterated on Monday his calls for the implementation of the Taif Accord, saying that the Lebanese should seek to abide by the principles of Arabism stipulated in the agreement. Jumblatt has been stressing in recent statements to the media the need to preserve good relations with Syria.

Move over, McDonalds. The ballroom of the exclusive Phoenicia-Intercontinental Hotel, a helicopter, a Hummer limousine or a swanky Beirut bar/club is the preferred birthday-party venue of Lebanon's upper-class prepubescents.But beyond the lavish venues and cakes, such birthday-party celebrations serve a more important.

BEIRUT, Lebanon, March 30 (UPI) -- U.N. peacekeepers working in support of the mission in Lebanon were stopped by armed men outside their area of operations on two occasions, officials said.

Everyone interested in joining a local chapter of the League of Women Voters is invited to an organizing meeting at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, March 31, at the First United Methodist Church of Lebanon.

Beirut - From explicit articles about masturbation and homosexuality to columns about "My First Time", Joumana Haddad is out to lift the veil on Arab cultural taboos with a glossy magazine that is already the focus of controversy.

Speaker Nabih Berri criticized the government Saturday for its procrastination in the reconstruction efforts in South Beirut and Southern Lebanon. Those areas suffered major damage during the 2006 War with Israel. The areas, predominantly Shiite, were the targets of Israeli bombs in that country?s effort to exterminate Hizballah, the resistance group that forced out [...]

A fired Lebanon City police officer returns to work Monday. Officer Kevin Snavely was fired last year.

Abuja ? The police have freed a Lebanese worker kidnapped from a building site on the edge of a lagoon in the commercial hub of Lagos, killing six of the abductors in the process.

BEIRUT: President Michel Sleiman described Lebanese-Syrian ties Sunday as "excellent," adding that Arab reconciliations reflected positively on Lebanon. Sleiman arrived in Doha Sunday afternoon to attend the two-day Arab League summit, which will convene on Monday.

As Arab leaders prepare to meet in Qatar, the BBC's Jim Muir argues that divisions between them will hamper their ability to deal with pressing problems.

Russia will deliver two MiG-29 jetfighters, out of ten promised, to Lebanon on Lebanese independence day (Nov. 22), local An-Nahar daily reported Sunday. Russia has promised to deliver 10 MiG-29 jet fighters to Lebanon during a visit by Lebanese Defense Minister Elias Murr to Moscow last December, to show "new military relationship" between he two countries. However, The Lebanese government was ...

The World Lebanese Cultural Union (WLCU) Union held a two-day conference at the Mariott Hotel in New York on March 21-22, according to a statement issued by (WLCU) on Sunday. The conference was headed by WLCU's president Elie Hakmeh. The conference renewed support to President Michel Sleiman.

Variety and brevity - a lot of acts, none of them lasting long enough to become tedious - were among the virtues of vaudeville. The spirit of that antique form has found a home in Talk20, which attracted a capacity crowd to the American University of Beirut's Hostler Center on Friday evening for two hours of presentations - this despite the driving rain.

Political developments in Lebanon ahead of June's Parliamentary elections are a serious risk to the country's stability, Byblos bank said Friday in its weekly report, citing a study by Standard Chartered. According to the report, the Lebanese government's financial health has been negatively affected by Lebanon's dependence.

Source: Reuters LAGOS, March 29 (Reuters) - Nigerian police freed a Lebanese worker kidnapped from a building site on the edge of a lagoon in the commercial hub of Lagos, killing six of the abductors in the process, ...

Reinforcing and strengthening the airline's commitment to the Middle East, Emirates has today announced increased services to three of its key regional gateways including; Dammam, Beirut and Tehran.

The first I knew of the actress Ri Koran, otherwise known as Yoshiko Yamaguchi, was in 1985, while staying in a grubby hotel in Beirut. An old face-cream advertisement for the cosmetic company Shiseido had been tacked onto the bedroom wall. The image showed a woman with jade earrings dressed in a silk qi pao, holding an armful of chrysanthemums. The very fragrance of an idealized Orient, I took ...

Powerful Interior Minister Prince Nayef bin Abdul Aziz, seen here in Beirut earlier this week, has moved one step closer to the throne of the world's biggest oil producer with his promotion to Saudi deputy premier, analysts have said.

Two wanted suspects were killed and two others wounded Friday by Lebanese security forces in eastern Lebanon city of Baalbek, official National News Agency (NNA) reported. The shootout started between a group of wanted suspects and the Lebanese security forces at dawn, when a car carrying four gunmen refused to stop at an army checkpoint and opened fire at the soldiers, who fired back and killed ...

The transformation of a flattened estate once labelled the ?Beirut of Sandwell? is moving closer, with the land set to be handed over to developers. The transformation of a flattened estate once labelled the ?Beirut of Sandwell? is moving closer, with the land set to be handed over to developers. The sale of derelict land [...]

BEIRUT: A "Hizbullah leader" and nine other prisoners detained in Iraq will be released as part of a deal to free five Britons abducted in Baghdad in 2007, the kidnappers have claimed.

BEIRUT: A judicial source said on Friday the attack on the cars of two senior judges in Beirut's Badaro neighborhood, one day earlier, was a message to the Lebanese judiciary as the international tribunal began operating.

Melanie Welles, from the town of Lebanon, has been named a finalist candidate in the recruitment of Wisconsin's 62nd Alice in Dairyland position.

Lebanese concerned by climate change will join the global community on Saturday in marking Earth Hour, turning off all lights and appliances for one hour in a symbolic stand against global warming. Earth Hour was started in Australia by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) in 2007, with some 2.2 million homes and businesses participating.

The United States donated $1.5 million to The Mines Advisory Group (MAG) to help destroy unexploded munitions left over from the July 2006 war with Israel, the US Embassy in Beirut said in a statement on Thursday. The funds, provided by the State Department's Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement.

LONDON, March 27 (UPI) -- Launching a special tribunal to look into the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri aids national reconciliation, his son wrote.

According to the London daily Elaph, the young artist Ronny Kasar recently launched his first song in Beirut, called ?Rooh Qolha? (Go Tell Her), written and composed by Talal Qantar and distributed by Marcileno.

BEIRUT, Lebanon, March 27 (UPI) -- A 7-year-old boy was critically wounded Friday when a cluster bomb exploded in a southern Lebanese village, security sources say.

Vandals in Lebanon painted the town red this week, spray-painting everything from mailboxes to boats in the small Willamette Valley town.

BEIRUT (AFP) - Lebanese soldiers on Friday killed a drugs baron after he refused to stop at an army checkpoint in the eastern Bekaa Valley, the military said in a statement.

The man sought in the shooting of two people Sunday night at Ninth and Church streets in Lebanon was apprehended in Easton this morning, police said. Maurice Pearson, whose address is not known, was arrested on warrants for attempted homicide and other charges, police said.

The Russian Federation is giving ten of the fighter jets to Lebanon as military aid. The Lebanese army is largely funded by the United States, so the gesture from Russia is a bit of a surprise, especially to Israel, Lebanon?s neighbor to the south. Lebanon also seems to be surprised by the offer. The United States [...]

JAKARTA: The Indonesian warship KRI Diponegoro-365 has left Belawan port for Lebanon to join the UN maritime task force in South Lebanon (Unifil), Antara news agency reported yesterday.

BEIRUT: The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) estimated that the travel and tourism industry would contribute directly $2.59 billion to the Lebanese economy in 2009, equivalent to 9.3 percent of GDP, and direct industry employment will reach 149,800, representing 9.6 percent of total employment in Lebanon this year, as reported by Lebanon This Week, the economic publication of the Byblos ...

Sahara Greek and Lebanese cafes already were long rooted downtown and in the Tallahassee Mall. Then, some 18 months ago, a third member joined the family.

Thank you, Mister Chairman and other distinguished Members of the Committee for inviting me here today and providing the opportunity to discuss recent developments in Lebanon.

The double-take from a waitress as Eslam Jawaad talks in an east London bar is understandable. This hefty, deep-voiced Syrian-Lebanese man is discussing how his life hinged on the day he almost sold a Siberian mammoth tusk. That was the end of his happy times hanging out with the Beirut mafia and the beginning of a harder life as an Arabic rapper in the UK, with a bit of help from Damon Albarn, ...

Lebanon's long-distance runners will compete in a half-marathon in Beirut next month- but they will be running for seeds rather than medals. Ten thousand runners are expected to take part in the HSBC sponsored Earthrace on the 26th April in an event designed to raise awareness of the climate change problem facing the planet.

Devin Baker of the city of Lebanon maintenance department hangs a yellow ribbon on a light pole Wednesday, while members of Boy Scout Troop 315 prepare more ribbons to go up on Main Street.

The famous Syrian actress Solaf Fawakhrji appeared as a guest on the entertainment show ?Sharftoni? (You Are Welcomes), aired on the Lebanese satellite channel ?LBC? with the co-host Toni Baroud.

BEIRUT, Lebanon, March 26 (UPI) -- The Lebanese army said its forces had arrested several individuals in southern Lebanon and uncovered a large weapons cache.

BEIRUT?The Middle East and North Africa, where Internet usage is relatively low compared to Europe and the U.S., could see a large growth in Internet penetration rates in 2010, said members of a Google delegation touring the region Thursday.

A seminar, "Surviving and Thriving in Difficult Times," is planned April 16 in Lebanon by the city chamber of commerce and Ozarks Technical Community College Center for Workforce Development.

A senior member of the Palestinian Fatah faction was killed in southern Lebanon. Kamal Medhat?s death by a roadside bomb Monday was an ?assassination,? a Fatah spokesman in the West Bank told Reuters.

Third grade students at Valley View School in Lebanon Township celebrated Read Across America on Friday, March 6, by inviting grandparents and other family families members into their classrooms to share favorite books and stories. Read Across America is an annual event endorsed by the National Education Association as a way to promote families reading together.

LEBANON Superintendent George Lanning has ordered an independent investigation into cyberbullying at Lebanon High School.

Sa kabila ng positibong rekomendasyon ng Department of Foreign Affairs nananatili pa rin ang Deployment Ban sa mga Overseas Filipino Workers sa Lebanon. Ayon kay Department of Labor and Employment...

BEIRUT: French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Wednesday welcomed the appointment of a Syrian ambassador to Lebanon as a "historical step toward the improvement of relations between the two countries."

BEIRUT: Ministers and civil society leaders painted a grim picture on Wednesday of the "culture of corruption" extending to all sectors in Lebanon but expressed confidence that upcoming legislation and efforts would put the country on a new track toward transparency.

BEIRUT: Telecommunication Minister Jebran Bassil signed Wednesday contracts with five firms that want to set up international call centers in Lebanon.

Despite the recommendation of the Department of Foreign Affairs, the ban on sending Filipino workers to Lebanon stays, Labor Secretary Marianito Roque told INQUIRER.net Thursday.

An overseas Filipino workers? group in the Middle East has called on the Philippine government not to lift the deployment ban to Lebanon just yet, saying the Eastern Mediterranean country was still an unsafe destination for tourists as well as for workers.

Members of rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas turned out in their thousands on Wednesday for the funeral in Beirut of a top Palestine Liberation Organisation official killed in a bombing. Kam

Telecommunication Minister Jebran Bassil signed Wednesday contracts with five firms that want to set up international call centers in Lebanon. The firms which intend to set up call centers are Call Me, ICC, Tele Performance, Professional Call Center and Media Tech. Bassil said the ministry has so far signed 10 call-center contracts and expects to sign 10 more in the near future.

Ministers and civil society leaders painted a grim picture on Wednesday of the "culture of corruption" extending to all sectors in Lebanon but expressed confidence that upcoming legislation and efforts would put the country on a new track toward transparency.The remarks were made during a day-long event.

THE HAGUE, Netherlands, March 25 (UPI) -- A U.N.-backed tribunal examining the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri adopted its rules of order and appointed officials Wednesday.

Members of rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas turned out in their thousands yesterday for the funeral in Beirut of a top Palestine Liberation Organisation official killed in a bombing.

MEMBERS of rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas turned out in their thousands overnight for the funeral in Beirut of a top Palestine Liberation Organisation official killed in a bombing.

At a time when global warming and the growing scarcity of water resources are becoming matters of increasingly urgent concern, what kind of national strategy does Lebanon have in terms of water supplies?

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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said that his country is seeking "strong bilateral relations" with Lebanon which were not based on political interests, Lebanese As-Safier daily reported on Wednesday. Assad was quoted as saying in an interview with the Lebanese newspaper that he is willing to cooperate with most Lebanese leaders and officials, but would not deal with those "who don't believe in ...

Nawaf A. Salam, permanent representative of Lebanon to the United Nations, will speak at Fairleigh Dickinson University, College at Florham, in Madison, at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 1. Mr. Salam's theme will be "Lebanon -- Past, Present and Future."...

Despite a green light from the Department of Foreign Affairs, the Labor department stressed that it will not yet lift the three-year overseas Filipino workers (OFW) deployment ban to Lebanon.

Ali Abdel Karim Ali has been accepted as Syria?s first ambassador to Lebanon. The two counties gained independence from France in the 1940?s, but hadn?t established formal diplomatic relations until just five months ago. Part of what is considered Greater Syria for over 400 years, Lebanon was occupied by Syrian troops up until 2005. That year, [...]

BEIRUT (AP) ? Syria's president says it's still too early to judge the Obama administration's Mideast policies but noted there is a change in the American tone toward Damascus.

Lebanon: Hoffmann-La Roche launched today the first session of its media briefing program entitled Roche Communicate a series of half-day workshops conducted by renowned specialists in the medical field. [AMEInfo.com]

Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) security chief in Lebanon Mounir Makdah said Tuesday that the assassination of a PLO senior official in Lebanon targets the Lebanese security as well, New TV reported. Deputy Palestinian representative in Lebanon Kamal Medhat was killed Monday in a car explosion at the entrance of the Palestinian refugee camp of Miyeh Myieh in south Lebanon along with ...

Lebanon's official news agency has said the country has approved the appointment of Syria's first ever ambassador to Beirut.

An Italian judge will head up a special UN court set up to try suspects in a series of attacks in Lebanon, including the assassination of the former prime minister, officials said Tuesday.

Source: Reuters * Hariri says Obama's Middle East vision shows goodwill * Syrian-Saudi reconciliation good for Lebanon # International tribunal will do justice to his slain father By Samia Nakhoul LONDON, ...

Lebanon says it has approved the first ambassador to Beirut from Syria, the country which occupied Lebanon for decades.

BEIRUT -- Lebanon's economic growth in the first two months of this year slipped to 4 percent, but the tiny Mediterranean nation should escape largely unscathed from the effects of the global economic meltdown if the security and political situation remains stable, the Central Bank governor said Monday.

Syria has appointed its first ambassador to Lebanon and Lebanese President Michel Suleiman on Tuesday accepted his diplomatic accreditation, according to a presidential statement.

Lebanon: For the first time in Lebanon, mtc touch, the leading mobile telecommunication company and Zain affiliate, has given all customers the freedom to select and book the number of their postpaid 'touch' line or prepaid 'magic' line. [AMEInfo.com]

A 31-year-old police dispatcher is out of a job after a police officer told officials that he witnessed the woman giving oral sex to her boyfriend while another man stood nearby during her March 1 shift at the Lebanon Police Department.

The killing of a top Palestine Liberation Organisation official in Lebanon could be a "settling of scores" between rival factions, Lebanese newspapers said on Tuesday.

Lebanon: Indevco manufacturing plants from across Egypt, Lebanon and Saudi Arabia will exhibit together at Gulf Pack 2009 from 6 - 9 April 2009 in Dubai's Airport Expo, Stand W485. [AMEInfo.com]

Lebanon: On behalf of the American University of Beirut (AUB) Board of Trustees, Dr. Thomas Q. Morris has announced that vice chair Philip S. Khoury, PhD will succeed him as chair of the University Board of Trustees. [AMEInfo.com]

BEIRUT: Italian architect Alberto Catalano has won the international competition to design Lebanon's new Arts and Culture House, Culture Minister Tammam Salam announced Monday.

The betrayed wife of a Canadian-Lebanese man arrested for his alleged role in a 1980 Paris synagogue bombing defended him in court Monday, despite his infidelity.

The FORWARD Forum organized by Career Consultancy company CAREERS drew a large crowd of jobseekers of all experience levels, all of whom were hunting for new opportunities during the four-day recruitment fair. The fair is designed to match eager and qualified candidates with companies looking to fill vacancies and expand their resume databases.

BEIRUT, Lebanon, March 23 (UPI) -- The June legislative elections in Lebanon will secure the nation's identity as it struggles to recover from decades of bitter civil war, lawmakers said.

BEIRUT, Lebanon, March 23 (UPI) -- The Lebanese military received a shipment at a Beirut port Monday of U.S.-manufactured reconnaissance vehicles as part of a Washington aid package.

An explosion in southern Lebanon on Monday killed a senior Fatah official and three of his bodyguards as they were leaving a Palestinian refugee camp, Lebanese and Palestinian security officials said.

The official, Kamal Midhat, was the deputy leader in Lebanon of Fatah, the mainstream Palestinian faction led by Mahmoud Abbas.

Salam Hassoun is thrilled by the new flat Hezbollah has built for her to replace the one Israeli bombs destroyed during the 2006 summer war on the Lebanese Shiite movement.

March 23 (Bloomberg) -- A bomb killed at least four people in a convoy of Palestinian officials, including a local Palestine Liberation Organization leader, near the southern Lebanese city of Sidon, the Fatah movement said.

BEIRUT - An explosion in southern Lebanon on Monday killed a senior Fatah official and three of his bodyguards as they were leaving a Palestinian refugee camp, Lebanese and Palestinian security officials said.

Lebanon's economic growth in the first two months of this year slipped to 4 percent, but the tiny Mediterranean nation should escape largely unscathed from the effects of the global economic meltdown if the security and political situation remains stable, the Central Bank governor said Monday.

An explosion in southern Lebanon on Monday killed a senior Fatah official and three of his bodyguards as they were leaving a Palestinian refugee camp, Lebanese and Palestinian security officials said.

A bomb killed a senior official in the Palestinian Fatah faction and four other people in southern Lebanon Monday, security sources said.

A top Palestinian official and four bodyguards were killed in a bombing on Tuesday at Mieh Mieh refugee camp near the southern Lebanese coastal city of Sidon, a Palestinian official told AFP.

Beirut - A Palestine Liberation Organisation official along with three of his bodyguards were killed Monday when a roadside bomb targeted his convoy near a Palestinian refugee camp in southern Lebanon, Lebanese army and Palestinian sources said. Kama...

BEIRUT (Reuters) - An explosion in southern Lebanon killed a senior official in the Palestinian Fatah faction and three other people, security sources said.

Source: Reuters RAMALLAH, West Bank, March 23 (Reuters) - The Palestinian political movement Fatah said one of its officials Kamal Medhat, the deputy head of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) in Lebanon, ...

SIDON, Lebanon (AFP) - A top Palestinian official and four bodyguards were killed in a bombing on Tuesday at Mieh Mieh refugee camp near the southern Lebanese coastal city of Sidon, a Palestinian official told AFP.

March 23 (Bloomberg) -- As many as four people may have been killed in a bombing that targeted a convoy of Palestinian officials including Kamal Medhat, a senior figure in the Palestine Liberation Organization in Lebanon, the Fatah movement said.

An explosion badly damaged a car near a Palestinian camp in south Lebanon Monday, witnesses said.

A roadside bomb killed a senior official in the Palestinian Fatah faction and four other people in southern Lebanon on Monday, security sources said.

Lebanese Interior Minister Ziad Baroud Sunday urged at the Arab Interior Ministers Council's conference in Beirut that a bureau should be set up to fight organized crimes, local Elnashra website reported. Addressing 18 Arab interior ministers and on behalf of Lebanese President Michel Suleiman, Baroud said the anti-organized crime bureau would work against drug trafficking, immigrant smuggling ...

Former Lebanese President Amin Gemayel said Sunday that Lebanon should be wary of foreign interventions and domestic armed groups on the road of rehabilitation, local Naharnet website reported. "Sovereignty can not be completed as long as some want to give a part of it to Iran, Syria or the Palestinians," Gemayel said in a conference gathering his Phalange party leaders in the eastern suburb of ...

BEIRUT: Interior Minister Ziyad Baroud on Sunday called on delegates attending a conference of Arab interior ministers in Beirut to set up an anti-organized crime bureau to counter drug trafficking, immigrant smuggling and e-crime.

The Lebanese star Haifa Wahbi announced lately that she?ll be saying goodbye to singe life and will be married on 20 April to the Egyptian businessman Ahmad Abu Hashima. The couple have been in love for the past two years.

BEIRUT: Interior Minister Prince Naif yesterday denounced moves by certain interest groups to undermine the security and stability of Arab countries by creating suspicions about their governments as well as political, social and economic systems.

Interior Minister Ziyad Baroud on Sunday called on delegates attending a conference of Arab interior ministers in Beirut to set up an anti-organized crime bureau to counter drug trafficking, immigrant smuggling and e-crime. Baroud stressed in opening remarks at the 26th conference of the Arab Interior Ministers' Council held at the Phoenicia Hotel.

"Luck is when preparation meets opportunity," Antoine Abou Samra said, invoking the old Senecan adage to describe the objectives of his organization, Bader, a non-profit group that fosters the growth of entrepreneurship in Lebanon. "What we try to do is prepare entrepreneurs to be ready and then give them the opportunities.

Once the language of choice in Lebanon, French is rapidly being overtaken by English in a tiny country considered to be a bastion of Francophonie in the Arab world. "French has taken a back seat to English in terms of communication, spoken or written, even though Lebanon remains Francophone culturally speaking," said Georges Dorlian.

The race for seats in Lebanon's June 7 parliamentary elections gained momentum over the weekend, as rival coalitions held electoral rallies and met for talks aimed at forming alliances ahead of the vote. Democratic Gathering leader MP Walid Jumblatt commented on Sunday on the abundance of candidates in the Chouf region, saying:

Recent coverage in the Belleville News-Democrat has caused some concerns for the Lebanon C.U.S.D. 9 Board of Education. It gave the distinct impression that there has been some tension between the board and our faculty. Quite the contrary is true.

BEIT JAN, Israel - Yamin Zeidan once proudly worked as an Israeli jailer, locking up the country?s most notorious Arab prisoners -until he performed an ideological somersault and became their lawyer.

The media in Lebanon is considered one of the most diverse in the Arab world. The outlets are closely related to its political and religious groups. As such, they have the power to raise or lower the temperature at will.

AFP/Tripoli, Lebanon Palestinian factions in Lebanon yesterday accused the Lebanese army of contaminating Iranian food aid destined for a refugee camp by using sniffer-dogs to search the shipment.

Palestinian factions in Lebanon accused the army on Saturday of contaminating Iranian food aid destined for a refugee camp by using sniffer-dogs to search the shipment.

"He was a fun-loving guy. He spent 20 years in the Marine Corps. He was in Beirut, Lebanon, Gulf War and on the invasion of Grenada. He spent time serving his country as a good citizen," said Chris Larsen, the brother of Paul Larsen.

Those interested in Lebanon?s upcoming parliamentary elections may want to check this link.

BEIRUT: Syria has asked UN chief Ban Ki-moon to prevent his special envoy Terje Roed-Larsen from interfering in Damascus' relations with Lebanon and stick to his mandate, Al-Akhbar newspaper reported Friday.

BEIRUT, Mar 20, 2009 (AFP) - Three hundred Lebanese police officers have undergone training to protect four judges appointed to a UN tribunal to try the accused killers of ex-premier Rafiq Hariri, a security official said on Friday.

When people reminisce about the 2008-09 Mt. Lebanon girls basketball team, one word will come to mind: Perfection.

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) ? Mount Lebanon earned the perfect finish to an unbeaten season. Madison Cable scored 19 points and grabbed 11 rebounds and Emily Miller had a game-high 21 points to lead the Blue Devils to a 67-58 win Friday night over Cardinal O'Hara to take the PIAA Class AAAA title.

Financial reforms in Lebanon take a long time due to the reconciliatory structure and nature of the Lebanese system, the director general of the Finance Ministry said on Friday. "The first problem facing the preparation of the budget is the inability of the [political] composition in Lebanon to take major decisions which impacts directly.

The Orient Institute in Beirut (OIB) issued a press statement on Friday saying numerous speculations were recently made in the media about the reasons why Tunisian author Moncef Marzouki was denied an entry visa to Lebanon. "The OIB, who had invited professor Marzouki to an academic lecture.

BEIRUT (AFP) Three hundred Lebanese police officers have undergone training to protect four judges appointed to a UN tribunal to try the accused killers of ex-premier Rafiq Hariri, a security official said on Friday.

Steve Kelley is ready to take the lead. Kelley, assistant superintendent for Lebanon Community School District, has accepted the position of superintendent of the South Umpqua School District. He will start there on July 1.

Syria has asked UN chief Ban Ki-moon to prevent his special envoy Terje Roed-Larsen from interfering in Damascus' relations with Lebanon and stick to his mandate, Al-Akhbar newspaper reported Friday. The newspaper said that Syria's ambassador to the UN Bashar al-Jaafari delivered an official letter to Ban accusing.

LEBANON Six of the 16 people who applied to become the next superintendent of the Lebanon Community School District will be interviewed for the position, the Lebanon School Board has decided.

STIFLED by heavy-handed censors, a dozen Arab cartoonists have spirited to Lebanon drawings banned in their own countries and have put on them on display in Beirut as their way of fighting back.

Cartoons depict satirical view of Arab world eaten by totalitarianism, corruption, rampant unemployment, chronic violence.

DAMASCUS -- In just a few short months the evolution of relations between Syria and Lebanon has progressed drastically. Now a Syrian flag flies over an embassy in Beirut, something unmentionable just 12 months ago. On March 15 Lebanon opened its own embassy in Damascus.

It's not often a party is held in Lebanon Municipal Court, but Jim Leak's retirement from law enforcement after almost 40 years was a worthy occasion.

The importance of trade ties between Lebanon and China was the top subject of discussion in a conference held Thursday in Beirut Crown Plaza Hotel, local Daily Star reported Friday. "The Chinese council for trade development has the major role of a mediator, working to maintain good commercial ties with China, and facilitate communication obstacles which could be due to the spoken language," the ...

A young chef from Lebanon got to show off her cooking skills on national television.

A gas well fire in the Town of Lebanon rerouted traffic for hours on Thursday. Early reports say the morning fire began as drilling equipment was being removed from the well.

(IsraelNN.com) Wrapping up a three-day visit to France Wednesday night, Lebanese President Michel Suleiman explicitly rejected direct talks with Israel and praised Hizbullah for its military accomplishments.

Have Passport, Will Appropriate: Beirut's new album is under the Mexican influence.

Maintaining good trade ties between Lebanon and China was the subject of discussions at the conference held Thursday at Crown Plaza hotel in Beirut. Beirut traders association member Sabah Ramadan stressed on the importance of deepening commercial ties between Lebanon and China.

LEBANON Six of the 16 people who applied to become the next superintendent of the Lebanon Community School District will be interviewed for the position, the Lebanon School Board has decided.

Work continued on Friday to restore phone service in Mount Lebanon.

Writing from Beirut - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says: "We need to focus on the three Ds-defense, diplomacy and development." No mention of another "D" word: democracy.

LEBANON The Lebanon Public Library will host spring break activities from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. March 24 and 25 at Harden Hall, Second and Ash.

The government of the Philippines may lift a two-year-old deployment ban to Lebanon in the near future, media reports said Wednesday. Philippines Labor Secretary Marianito Roque told the Philippine Star newspaper that Manila was in discussion with Lebanese officials to end the ban on hiring Filipino domestic workers, but that there had hitherto been "no final agreement."

Beirut, Lebanon: Microsoft Microsoft is partnering with Lebanese firms Berytech Berytech and BIAT to reach out to young entrepreneurs, seeking to support their efforts in launching or further developing small-business technology and software startups.

PARIS, March 18 (UPI) -- The June legislative elections in Lebanon were a sign the country was moving in the right direction in a new era of democracy, the Lebanese president said.

ISTANBUL, March 19 (Reuters) - Turkish fertiliser producer Bagfas said on Thursday it received an order worth $24 million for export to Iran. The order for 60,000 tonnes of DAP-type fertiliser is from Beirut-based Unifert, Bagfas said in a statement to the Istanbul Stock Exchange. Half of the order will be sent in May, and the rest in June, it said. Bagfas shares rose 2.4 percent to 64 lira at ...

WASHINGTON, March 18 (UPI) -- London's decision to consider talks with the Lebanese Hezbollah complicates regional efforts at developing a coordinated policy toward Beirut, an analysis said.

Lebanese President Michel Suleiman rejected the French call to hold bilateral talks with Israel, local As-Safier daily reported on Thursday. The Lebanese president returned Wednesday night to Beirut following a three-day official visit to Paris where he held talks with French President Nicolas Sarkozy, and Prime Minister Franois Fillon. "France asked Lebanon to engage in bilateral and direct ...

( Editor's note: This is the second in a series of articles previewing the electoral districts likely to decide the outcome of the June 7 general elections.

PARIS, March 18 (UPI) -- Lebanon's president is accusing Israel of continually violating his nation's territory.

Mt. Lebanon coach Joe David likened it to a hurricane, a strong-winded monsoon of defensive pressure his team had not seen from an opponent all season.

Lebanon High's boys track team enjoyed a lot of success last spring, including sending a pole vaulter (Graham Morgan) and the 400-meter relay team to state.

It is a sad tradition that the Lebanese to blame others for what ails their country; the blame falls on just about everyone. The photo shows Daniel Bellemare, prosecutor, Special Tribunal for Lebanon, at the Rafik al-Hariri tribunal on March 1. (ANP Photo via Newscom)

Once the language of choice in Lebanon, French is rapidly being overtaken by English in a tiny country considered to be a bastion of Francophonie in the Arab world.

Lebanon: On Monday morning, the Lebanese Charge dAffaires Rami Mortada raised the Lebanese flag at the official opening of the countrys new embassy in Syria. [AMEInfo.com]

Lebanon: Its crystal-clear that the best gift to present for a mother on her Day is that which keeps her connected to her beloved family and acquaintances, from this starting point, Alfa, the mobile operator, launched a special promotion in the occasion of the Mothers Day. [AMEInfo.com]

Lebanon: Al Aan TV and LCI Entertainment reaffirmed their commitment to support true talents that arise out of the music scene in the Middle East by announcing their joint sponsorship of Iraqi music group UTN1 on Thursday March 12. [AMEInfo.com]

BEIRUT: The Lebanese Finance Ministry issued a statement Tuesday declaring a 90-percent decrease in the fines imposed on delayed tax payments collected by the ministry's directorate general.

BEIRUT, March 18 (Itar-Tass) ? Russian authorities support the Special Tribunal for Lebanon but they speak against the politicizing of its activity, Mikhail Margelov, the chairman of foreign policy committee in the upper house of Russian parliament said here Tuesday.

BEIRUT ? On Feb. 24, violent confrontations between Shiite pilgrims and the Saudi religious police and security forces occurred at the entrance to the prophet Muhammad's mosque in Medina. The timing and location of the clashes may have serious repercussions for domestic security, if not for the regime itself. Some 2,000 Shiite pilgrims gathered near the mosque that houses the prophet's tomb for ...

Israel deliberately flooded Lebanese farmlands with excess rainwater from an Israeli orchard, located off the southern town of Mais al-Jabal early Tuesday, ruining crops and properties, the state-run national news agency said.The Lebanese Army and the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) dispatched teams to look into the incident.

If this is the first time you've ever heard of thyme water or mwarraqa - a tasty pastry filled with crushed walnuts and almonds and flavored with rosewater and orange blossom - do not fret, for help has arrived. A new weekly street market in Beirut is now bringing Lebanon's less celebrated gastronomical treats.

A Tunisian dissident who was barred from entering Lebanon earlier this month claimed on Tuesday that his government had pressured Lebanese immigration authorities into refusing him a visa. Moncef Marzouki was due to give a lecture on Arab democracy at the Orient Institute in Beirut, but was denied permission to enter the country.

Lebanon police are looking for the car that struck two children Monday night.

Sport: Track. School: Lebanon High School. Class: Senior. Age: 18. Claim to fame: "I was a member of the 400 relay team that placed at state last year."

Lebanon Midway Speedway will hold practice sessions April 4, 11 and 18 for all divisions of race cars scheduled to compete at the facility this season.

Diab Diab lost an eye and part of a leg trying to clear unexploded bombs from the fields of southern Lebanon. But now he is going to lose his job, too.

BEIRUT, March 17 (Reuters) - Lebanon's BLOM Bank said on Tuesday it had proposed a dividend of 5,500 Lebanese pounds ($3.65) a share on 2008 profits, unchanged from the previous year's level.

NICOSIA [MENL] -- The United Nations has conducted a military exercise meant to counter insurgency strikes near the Israeli-Lebanese border. The UN Interim Force in Lebanon staged an exercise meant to demonstration the ability of peace-keeping units to respond to Hizbullah or Al Qaida attacks on patrols in southern Lebanon.

Beirut - A newly-established Lebanese foundation has offered a 5-million-dollar reward to anyone, including citizens of Israel, who can provide information on Arab militants missing or buried in Israel. The Horiah Foundation was set up to help famili...

The Lebanon license office will be among the latest to go up for competitive bids, according to the Missouri Department of Revenue.

BEIRUT, March 17 (Reuters) - Lebanon's BLOM Bank said on Tuesday it had proposed a dividend of 5,500 Lebanese pounds ($3.65) a share on 2008 profits, unchanged from the previous year's level.

HEZBOLLAH HALTS MISSILE ATTACKS -- Hezbollah has not fired a single rocket from southern Lebanon or any other place into Israel since the summer 2006 war came to a halt. The photo shows people returning to their business office in southern Beirut after the ceasefire.

The leading Shiite cleric in Lebanon has issued an order that no bribes should be offered during the June parliamentary elections.

EDMONDS -- Fadl Khalil unfastened the legs of a folding table and set it upright on the kitchen floor. Minutes later, his 18-year-old daughter, Amera Khalil, covered it with a sheath of yellow fabric and colorful Lebanese prayer beads.

BEIRUT: About 25 young activists belonging to the Union of Lebanese Democratic Youth (ULDY) demonstrated outside a Beirut Starbucks Monday evening to protest the Seattle-based coffee shop's ties to Israel.

BEIRUT: Interior Minister Ziyad Baroud said on Monday that he had abstained from commenting on the investigation into the abduction of Middle East Airlines (MEA) employee Joseph Sader to protect the integrity of the case.

Arab Telecom Ministers meet in ARABCOM Telecom Summit in Lebanon

Lebanon: In compliance with the comprehensive strategy that it has recently started to implement aiming at providing its subscribers with state of the art services and attractive offers, Alfa, the mobile operator, announces new offers and privileges. [AMEInfo.com]

Lebanon: Indevco Paper Making, a division of the multinational Indevco Group, will exhibit at Tissue World 2009 from 24 - 26 March 2009 at Acropolis Palais des Expositions in Nice, France: Stand # D175. [AMEInfo.com]

Damascus/Beirut, March 16 : Lebanon Monday opened an embassy in neighbouring Syria for the first time in a step toward normalising relations.

Lebanon opened its embassy in the Syrian capital, the latest step in establishing diplomatic relations between the countries for the first time since they gained independence.

The Horiah Foundation launched a campaign to retrieve the bodies and remains of resistance fighters captured or killed in Israel. The campaign was launched during a press conference Monday in Beirut, where the group said it was offering a $5 million reward for useful information that could lead to the retrieval of the dead and missing.

Italian NGO "Centro Informazione Terzo Mondo" (CTM Lecce) inaugurated over the weekend the Social Center of Masghara, a project funded by the government of Italy through the Embassy of Italy in Beirut, and co-financed by the Municipality of the Bekaa village of Masghara, a statement by the embassy said on Monday.

Lebanon opened its first embassy in Syria on Monday, five months after the neighbors established diplomatic ties after decades of turbulent relations. Charge d'Affaires Rami Mortada raised the Lebanese flag over the embassy's building located in the Damascus residential neighborhood of Abu Remmaneh, which is also home to the US Embassy.

BEIRUT, Lebanon, March 16 (UPI) -- Talking with the political wing of Hezbollah is part of the wider engagement with the Lebanese government, said British government spokesman John Wilks.

DAMASCUS, Syria, March 16 (UPI) -- Lebanon opened its first embassy in Damascus on Monday following agreements to establish formal ties in October. Syria had opened its embassy in Beirut in December, though it has not named an ambassador.

BEIRUT, Lebanon, March 16 (UPI) -- Lebanon's relations with its neighbors should be the foundation for rebuilding national independence, the platform for the March 14 coalition said.

Lebanon Schools has reversed its policy barring female students from wearing tuxedos if they attend prom after a lawsuit by a senior girl was filed last week.

DAMASCUS (Reuters) - A Lebanese embassy opened in Damascus on Monday after international pressure on the Syrian government to establish diplomatic ties and treat its smaller neighbor as a fully sovereign country.

LEBANON, Ind. (AP) - The Lebanon school district has reversed its policy that barred a female student from wearing a tuxedo to her school's prom. More: Education News The unidentified 17-year-old Lebanon High School senior filed a lawsuit last week. Court filings said she is a lesbian and does not wear dresses because she believes they represent a sexual identity she rejects. ...

The Philippines has proposed a labor agreement with Lebanon on the deployment of household service workers in a bid to open up new jobs in the Middle East country.

Lebanon on Monday opened an embassy in Syria, sealing the establishment of full diplomatic relations between the long-feuding rivals for the first time since they gained independence from France in the 1940s.

A Lebanese embassy opened in Damascus on Monday after international pressure on the Syrian government to establish diplomatic ties and treat its smaller neighbor as a fully sovereign country.

A South Lebanon Twp. man died Friday night after his vehicle struck a tree and utility pole guide wire at 11:40 p.m. in the 1800 block of South Fifth Avenue, police said.

Lebanon's charge d'affaires Rami Murtada raised Monday the national flag for the first time over the embassy headquarters in Damascus' Abu Rummaneh Street, local Naharnet website reported. With the flag hoisting, the first-ever Lebanese embassy has been inaugurated in Syria five months after the two neighbors established diplomatic ties following decades of turbulent relations. However, local ...

BEIRUT, Mar 16, 2009 (AFP) - Lebanon hopes to have wooed two million tourists by the end of 2009 after record arrivals in February, the director general of the tourism ministry told AFP on Monday.

Lebanon has opened its first ever embassy in Syria in another sign of improving ties between the long-feuding neighboring countries.

A United Nations investigation into the killing implicated Syrian officials. Syria denied any involvement in Hariri?s death and other political killings in Lebanon.

DIFC, March 16, 2009: Moody's Investors Service says that the government of Lebanon's recent voluntary debt exchange is supportive of its B3 ratings.

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) ? Lebanon has opened its first ever embassy in Syria in another sign of improving ties between the long-feuding neighboring countries.

Lebanon on Monday opened its first-ever embassy in Syria in another sign of improving ties between the long-feuding neighbors.

DAMASCUS (Reuters) - A Lebanese embassy opened in Damascus on Monday after Western pressure on the Syrian government to establish diplomatic ties with its smaller neighbour.

BEIRUT -- The news this past week was a sign of the times, and of the days ahead: The British government said it was resuming contacts with the civilian wing of Hezbollah, and the American government said it was interested in exploring contacts with "moderates" among the Taliban in Afghanistan who might be separated from the more extremist faction allied with Al-Qaida.

BEIRUT: The 2009 survey of the world's most expensive office locations in 57 cities around the world by property consultants Cushman & Wakefield ranked Beirut as the 33rd most-expensive city worldwide and the third-most expensive among six cities in the Middle East & Africa region included in the rankings, as reported by Lebanon This Week, the economic publication of the Byblos Bank Group.

What will Lebanon Hills Regional Park and Coney Island soon have in common? The answer: boardwalks.

Moody's Investors Service says that the government of Lebanon's recent voluntary debt exchange is supportive of its B3 ratings.

Visiting British government spokesman John Wilks on Sunday defended the country's decision to open contacts with Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah, the official Petra news agency reported. "We support the Lebanese government and the Lebanese regime. Therefore, how can we play this role without holding contacts with the various parties represented in the government?" Wilks said at a press ...

Lebanese artist Jahida Wahbe participated in a poetry night that was dedicated to the late Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish. The celebration was held at the Dubai Poetry Festival.

Lebanese President Michel Sleiman visits France on Monday as his country prepares to open its first ever embassy in former powerbroker Syria and gears for legislative elections in June. A Lebanese government official told AFP that Sleiman's three-day state visit will focus on French military and economic assistance to Lebanon as well as the thaw in diplomatic.

The Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar (VCUQatar) Gallery will present an exhibition ?Rubble? by Lebanese artist Nada Sehnaoui from March 18 to April 15.

Senior US diplomats are planning to persuade the Israeli government to pull troops out of Lebanese territory in the border village of Ghajar before parliamentary elections in June, media reports have said.Jeffrey Feltman, a state department official and former US ambassador to Lebanon, will try to convince the new Israeli government.

The 2009 survey of the world's most expensive office locations in 57 cities around the world by property consultants Cushman & Wakefield ranked Beirut as the 33rd most-expensive city worldwide and the third-most expensive among six cities in the Middle East & Africa region included in the rankings, as reported by Lebanon This Week.

Prime Minister Fouad Siniora welcomed on Sunday recent efforts toward Arab rapprochement, saying that Lebanese-Syrian reconciliation would benefit Lebanon. Speaking during an interview with Al-Jazeera news channel, Siniora said Lebanon would "benefit the most from Arab reconciliation."

The Middle East press has questioned President Obama's authority over Arab-Israeli issues since Charles W. Freeman Jr.'s withdrawal from his appointment to a senior intelligence position.

BEIRUT, March 15, 2009 (AFP) - Lebanese President Michel Sleiman visitsFrance on Monday as his country prepares to open its first ever embassy informer powerbroker Syria and gears for legislative elections in June.

Source: Reuters By Alistair Lyon, Special Correspondent BEIRUT, March 15 (Reuters) - A curious consensus has emerged in the Middle East to support Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir, seen as a victim of Western ...

Evan Pierce ? held scoreless in the first half ? scored 15 points in the final nine minutes to lead Mt. Lebanon to victory over Erie Cathedral Prep, 51-41, in the quarterfinals of the PIAA Class AAAA playoffs

Beirut - Lebanon's President Michel Suleiman will head a government delegation on a three-day visit to France next week, a Lebanese government source said Saturday. Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh, Interior Minister Ziad Baroud and Economy and Trade ...

BEIRUT: Hizbullah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said Friday any form of Arab rapprochement should be "strongly endorsed," and stressed that his party will not recognize the state of Israel, "not now and not in a thousand years."

Hezbollah chief Hasan Nasrallah on Friday rejected the U.S. condition to start talks with Hezbollah if it acknowledges the state of Israel, the party's TV station Al-Manar reported. "The U.S. condition of acknowledging Israel to open dialogue with us is rejected," Nasrallah told crowds of Shiite Moslems gathered in the southern suburbs of Beirut this evening to mark the birthday of Prophet ...

BEIRUT: The head of the Future Movement MP Saad Hariri visited several areas in North Lebanon on Friday, to launch several development projects. Hariri was accompanied by MPs Samir Jisr, Mustafa Alloush and Badr Wannous.

A SF attorney is trying to find all of Iran's assets in America to get justice for Beirut.

Junior Scott Eastment earned his first win of the season as he hurled seven innings of a combined 12-0 shutout of Lebanon Valley, Thursday afternoon.

Mt. Lebanon's players felt a sense of urgency, but coach Dori Oldaker wasn't getting rattled.

Police are investigating following a car crash that killed one person in the City of Lebanon.

Hizbullah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said Friday any form of Arab rapprochement should be "strongly endorsed," and stressed that his party will not recognize the state of Israel, "not now and not in a thousand years." Speaking during a rally at the Sayyed Ash-Shudada complex in Beirut's southern suburbs.

The newly activated Technology Transfer Unit at the American University of Beirut's (AUB) Office of Grants and Contracts recently held a workshop on intellectual property rights to help protect inventions and designs created at AUB, a university statement said Friday. The stated goal of the new unit, which was established at the end of 2006.

A deal involving the sale of 40 German Leapard-1 tanks and 32 YPR armored infantry fighting vehicles from Belgium to Lebanon will most likely not be authorized by the German Security Council, German chargee d'affaires in Beirut, Irene Plank, said on Friday. Plank was speaking on German-Lebanese relations as a guest lecturer at the American University of Beirut.

The head of the Future Movement MP Saad Hariri visited several areas in North Lebanon on Friday, to launch several development projects. Hariri was accompanied by MPs Samir Jisr, Mustafa Alloush and Badr Wannous. In brief comments to reporters during his visit to Qalamoun, Hariri said.

The Lebanon mother accused of injecting saline into her chronically ill son's IV appeared in a Nashville courtroom Friday.

BEIRUT, Lebanon, March 13 (UPI) -- Clashes between Shiite pilgrims and the Saudi religious police may be a sign of a growing frustration with the dogged policies in Riyadh, an analysis said.

Two North Carolina men are convicted in connection with an armed robbery two years ago at a Lebanon pharmacy.

BEIRUT - A 20-year-old man was wounded in southern Lebanon Friday by the explosion of a cluster bomb left over from the July 2006 war between Israel and the Hezbollah organization, Lebanese police said.

This year, the Festival International de Jazz de Montral celebrates its 30th birthday with a lineup set to include Beirut, Chris Botti, Jackson Browne, Pink Martini, Ornette Coleman Quartet, Maria Schneider, King Sunny Ade and Femi Kuti & The Positive Force, Wayne Shorter Quartet, the Lost Fingers, Gary Burton Quartet Revisited with Pat Metheny, Steve Swallow and Antonio Sanchez, George Wein ...

Beirut - A 20-year-old man was wounded in southern Lebanon Friday by the explosion of a cluster bomb left over from the July 2006 war between Israel and the Hezbollah organization, Lebanese police said. Hussein Hamiyeh was seriously wounded as he was...

Norwich - Housing sales are down, but with a steady rental housing market still in place in Norwich, Lebanon developer Darwin Gebbie has plans

The 1983 bombing of the U.S. Marine Barracks in Beirut killed more than two hundred service members. Twenty- five years later, the victims and their families including one in Central California, are getting closer to a small piece of justice.

BEIRUT: The consolidated balance sheet of Lebanese commercial banks fell slightly by 0.50 percent in the month of January to LL141.382 trillion, or $93.8 billion. Banks' assets at the end of 2008 stood at LL140.090 trillion, or $94.3 billion.

BEIRUT: The Lebanese Cabinet approved on Thursday a plan to protect Lebanese judges who take part in the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. Another top item on the agenda of the Cabinet meeting, which was held at the Grand Serail, was the national health insurance plan.

DOHA: The International Wedding Exhibition and Fashion Show (IWED) 2009, the biggest bridal show in the GCC region, has pulled off a major coup by attracting award-winning Lebanese film company Studio Logic, Beirut?s leading wedding film producer, to exhibit at the four-day IWED at the Doha Exhibition Center from March 18 to 21.

LEBANON ? Lebanon residents will see a decrease in their electric rates beginning in April, but will see them increase in 2010.

CEDAR RAPIDS and#8212; Pita'z, a Lebanese restaurant that operated eight months before being destroyed in the June 2008 floods, has reopened at the Armstrong Centre food court.Co-owners Chris Shaheen and Elias Elias said they owe their recovery to the Jobs and Small Business Recovery Fund created by the Cedar Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce, and a few supporters. They received a grant of about ...

Around 30 member of the Union of Lebanese Democratic Youth (ULDY) demonstrated outside the Iraqi Embassy Thursday afternoon carrying shoes and chanting slogans in solidarity with jailed Iraqi journalist Muntazer al-Zaidi. "Mr. Obama, remember the shoe that Bush got, and we have another one ready for you."

The last time Danny Abu Haidar participated in Lebanon's democratic process, the experience left him feeling unable to vote independently. However, it was not political bribery or sectarian pressures that affected Haidar on the day of the 2007 Beirut by-election, but the simple, practical matter of physical access.

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) ? Prosecutors have charged a Lebanon man with first-degree murder in the slaying of a substitute teacher and assistant track coach at Ferndale High School who reportedly was involved in a ?swinger? lifestyle that included the defendant?s wife.

The Lebanon School District 9 school board will vote on closing Summerfield Grade School at its April 7 meeting, Superintendent Harry Cavanaugh said Wednesday.

Beirut - Wednesday's summit in Riyadh paved the way for reconciliation and unification of the Arab position, Lebanon's Grand Sunni Mufti Sheikh Mohammad Rashid Qabbani said Thursday. The results of the four-way meeting will positively reflect on the...

With some local assistance, Ozarks Food Harvest will now be able to supply those in need near Lebanon six more chances to stock their pantries.

FREDERICKSBURG ? The Northern Lebanon school board is facing a massive deficit in the coming school year, and district officials are considering a variety of ways to offset it.

Source: Reuters By Tom Perry CHBANIYA, Lebanon, March 12 (Reuters) - Lebanese leader Walid Jumblatt is forced to raise his voice to calm followers demanding revenge for the killing of a member of their Druze ...

Part of Mt. Lebanon's plans to increase revenues at the municipal golf course includes an upgrade in refreshment services.

11 March 2009 Beirut - Lebanon's Prime Minister Fouad Siniora here Wednesday appreciated Iran's beneficial activities in Lebanon, stressing importance of deepening, and strengthening bilateral economic ties.

BEIRUT: A recess courtyard inside the American Community School at Beirut (ASC) briefly took the form of a raging dance club Wednesday afternoon when two ambitious students brought renowned DJ "maDJam" (Ahmad Ajam) to promote the launch of a new radio station at the century-old institution.

BEIRUT: Public Works and Transport Minister Ghazi Aridi said on Wednesday that the government would launch a tender on April 30 to expand Beirut Port at a cost of $120 million. Aridi has previously announced plans to expand Tripoli and Batroun ports.

BEIRUT: Lebanon's three top officials met on Wednesday in a bid to solve controversies surrounding the country's state budget which has yet to be ratified.

Lebanon: InterContinental Mzaar commemorates Mother's Day period with an exclusive package guarantying pure relaxation and authentic experiences in the heart of Lebanons snowy peaks. [AMEInfo.com]

t. Lebanon's Deion Turman hit a basket and a free throw with 17.7 seconds left Wednesday night to conclude a thrilling 51-49 victory over District 6 champion State College (15-8) in a PIAA Class AAAA second-round game at Central Cambria High School.

A man was found dead in his car by emergency crews after it veered off Kercher Avenue and into a field in North Lebanon Township Wednesday afternoon, police said.

TEHRAN, Mar. 11 (MNA) ? Iran?s Housing and Urban Development Minister Mohammad Saiedikia, heading an economic delegation, arrived in Beirut on Wednesday to hold talks with Lebanese economic officials.

BEIRUT (AFP) - A taxi firm in Lebanon has unveiled a new concept geared toward women, complete with a fleet of pink cars and pink-attired female drivers ready to keep the sexes apart.

The Faculty of Arts and Sciences at the American University of Beirut (AUB) issued a new volume of its annual publication, Al-Abhath, a refereed journal which publishes articles and reviews in the fields of Arab and Middle Eastern studies, a university statement said on Wednesday.

BEIRUT (AFP) A taxi firm in Lebanon has unveiled a new concept geared toward women, complete with a fleet of pink cars and pink-attired female drivers ready to keep the sexes apart.

Public Works and Transport Minister Ghazi Aridi said on Wednesday that the government would launch a tender on April 30 to expand Beirut Port at a cost of $120 million. Aridi has previously announced plans to expand Tripoli and Batroun ports. The expansion of Beirut Port should be completed in 30 months, according to the terms of the contract.

The US government has demonstrated "intense opposition" to Lebanon joining the International Criminal Court (ICC) because the move could leave Israel liable to face war crimes accusations dating from the summer 2006 war, justice campaigners said on Wednesday.

Lebanon's three top officials met on Wednesday in a bid to solve controversies surrounding the country's state budget which has yet to be ratified. President Michel Sleiman, Speaker Nabih Berri and Prime Minister Fouad Siniora held talks at Baabda Palace Wednesday evening and managed to broker a deal on the state budget.

With some local assistance, Ozarks Food Harvest will now be able to supply those in need near Lebanon six more chances to stock their pantries.

Spring is in the air. The sounds of bouncing basketballs in the Lebanon High School gymnasium have been replaced with the thud of baseballs as pitchers and catchers have spent the last two weeks getting ready for the upcoming season.

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

Lebanon residents will see a decrease in their electric rates beginning in April, but will see them increase in 2010.

The famous Lebanese artist Nancy Ajram refused to reveal the name that she has chosen for her unborn daughter, but she did say that it is an eclectic Arabic name.

Emily Mae Smith, 2o, of Lebanon, died early March 5 following a four-wheel ATV accident near Toledo.

LONDON, March 11 (Reuters) - Lebanon has set minimum yields of 7.0-9.0 percent on its offer to exchange around $2.3 billion in Eurobonds for new bonds denominated in dollars and euros and maturing in 2012 and/or 2017, a lead manager said on Wednesday.

LEBANON, Ore. (AP) -- A toxicology report indicates that a 14-year-old boy had alcohol and marijuana in his system when he drowned in a vacant lot almost two months ago.

Beirut hotels achieve the fastest revPAR growth in the world last year - up 102.2% to $95, according to a new report by Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu. The city saw strong growth over the past year as it recovered from security clashes of 2006 and 2007, the report said.

Lebanon: Beirut hotels achieve the fastest revPAR growth in the world last year - up 102.2% to $95, according to a new report by Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu. The city saw strong growth over the past year as it recovered from security clashes of 2006 and 2007, the report said. [AMEInfo.com]

Lebanese President Michel Suleiman vowed to hold the general elections on time, saying that elections are "democratic means of competition," An-Nahar daily reported Wednesday. When delivering a speech at a conference on national accord and sectarianism, Suleiman reassured the Lebanese that the upcoming general elections in June will take place and can only be obstructed if there is a political ...

JERUSALEM -- Israeli police say air-raid sirens have sounded in a northern Israeli town warning of incoming rockets from Lebanon. But it's not clear whether any rockets have landed.

Rebuilding Gaza isn't the only effort under way to improve the Palestinians' plight. Eighteen months after it was wrecked in fighting between the Lebanese Army and Islamist militants, this impoverished refugee camp is just beginning to be put back together again in a project hampered by a political crisis, slowed by donor apathy, and overshadowed by the war between Hamas and Israel.

BEIRUT: The annual survey of the advertising market in the Arab world by ArabAd magazine and research firm IPSOS-STAT shows real advertising expenditures in Lebanon totaled $131.7 million in 2008, constituting a 21.9 percent rise from $108 million in 2007 and up by 58.7 percent from $83 million in 2006, as reported by Lebanon This Week, Byblos Bank Group's economic publication.

The Mt Lebanon girls basketball team knew it had to limit Erie McDowell standout Allison Braun to continue its march.

Southern Lebanon and northern Israel have experienced their longest period of stability in many years despite the violations of a 2006 cease-fire during the recent war in Gaza, the U.N.'s special coordinator for Lebanon said Tuesday.

Eight taken to hospitals; police restore order quickly

A Lebanese Army soldier opened fire toward the car of MP Hashem Alameddine's wife in the northern town of Dinniyeh after her driver sped away, refusing to allow the soldier to inspect the vehicle in which he allegedly found a weapon, the state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported Tuesday.

Arab women's rights activists and Lebanese parliamentarians on Tuesday breathed new life into a campaign seeking to amend the country's nationality law. Interior Minister Ziyad Baroud joined a throng of international ambassadors in welcoming the United Nations Development Program's new project, "Toward reforming the nationality law in Lebanon."

Inmates at Lebanon's largest prison rioted briefly Tuesday, setting their clothes and mattresses on fire and causing injuries to 18 prisoners, security officials said.

Armed assailants have kidnapped a Lebanese woman for ransom from the Venezuelan island of Margarita, the World Lebanese Cultural Union (WLCU) said Monday.The gunmen snatched 31-year-old Feryal Darwish Issa, a mother of two, only meters away from her residence and later contacted her husband, Adnan Issa, for ransom, WLCU director Ahmad Nasser said in the statement.

Representatives from several human-rights think tanks gathered in Beirut Tuesday where they blasted Arab governments accusing them of adopting increasingly repressive measures as part of a targeted campaign to silence civil-society groups, journalists and activists who expose human-rights abuses in their respective countries.

The American University of Beirut (AUB), the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, and the Department of Arabic Language and Literature announced Tuesday the passing of Mohammad Yusuf Najm, Professor Emeritus of Arabic at AUB. "Known for his grace, elegance and sharp sense of humor, Najm was a professor for over 50 years.

The annual survey of the advertising market in the Arab world by ArabAd magazine and research firm IPSOS-STAT shows real advertising expenditures in Lebanon totaled $131.7 million in 2008, constituting a 21.9 percent rise from $108 million in 2007 and up by 58.7 percent from $83 million in 2006, as reported by Lebanon This Week.

BEIRUT (AP) ? Inmates at Lebanon's largest prison rioted briefly Tuesday, setting their clothes and mattresses on fire and causing injuries to 18 prisoners, security officials said.

Lebanese officials worry that Gaza has overshadowed efforts to help Palestinian refugees there rebuild from a 2007 battle between the Army and militants.

Around 100 inmates rioted in one wing of Lebanon's largest prison on Tuesday to demanded reduced sentences, a security official told AFP.

Planning next year?s budget has been a roller-coaster ride for Lebanon School District administrators.

In Lebanon, N.H., two school issues will dominate the ballot.

Mideast: New report highlights tensions on Israel-Lebanon border (AKI) - The recent hostilities in the Gaza Strip have posed the most serious challenge to peace between Israel and Hezbollah since the adoption of a United Nations resolution which helped end the so-called July war in 2006, United Nations secretary-general Ban Ki-moon said in a new report.Rockets fired into Israel from ...

Source: IRIN The last time Danny Abu Haidar participated in Lebanon's democratic process, the experience left him feeling unable to vote independently. But it was not political bribery or sectarian pressures that affected Haidar on the day of the 2007 Beirut by-election, but the simple, practical matter of physical access.

Jeffrey Feldman: President Obama is in contact with the new Lebanese government and all Middle East countries.

ISRAEL has shelled southern Lebanon during a tit-for-tat exchange of fire across their border.

BEIRUT: A senior International Monetary Fund official said on Thursday that the Lebanese government has one of two choices to contain the budget deficit: either cut spending or raise taxes.

BEIRUT: Judicial appointments, which were finally ratified following a vacancy in the posts for three years, drew controversy over the weekend after the opposition expressed reservations over the names of certain judges and said the appointments were "politicized."

TEHRAN, Mar. 9 (MNA) -- Expediency Council chairman Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani said on Monday that Israel has become very weak after wars against Palestinian and Lebanese resistance fighters.

Sports: Softball and basketball. School: Lebanon High School. Class: Senior. Age: 18. Claim to fame: "I have been selected first team all-GWOC South each of the past three years in softball."

By DANIEL GRAEBER UPI Correspondent 12,000 U.S. troops set to leave Iraq; Iraqi Kurdish officials visit Beirut; Iraqi women face security issues; Afghan security forces prep for elections; Food aid short 30 percent in Afghanistan; 'We are not winning' in Afghanistan; Iran invited to Afghanistan conference

NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon (Reuters) - Rebuilding of a Palestinian refugee camp in north Lebanon formally began on Monday, 18 months after an army onslaught on Islamist militants reduced the homes of its 30,000 residents to ruins.

Source: Reuters By Nazih Siddiq NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon, March 9 (Reuters) - Rebuilding of a a Palestinian refugee camp in north Lebanon formally began on Monday, 18 months after an army onslaught on ...

Mississauga's Marc Niab, a Lebanese immigrant who never hesitated to serve his adopted country of Canada, has become the 112th Canadian soldier to die in Afghanistan. The 22-year-old was killed yesterday, the victim of a roadside bomb planted north of Kandahar City.

TWISTS AND TURNS OF FATE AND GEOPOLITICS -- It used to be said that Lebanon would be the second Arab country to sign a peace treaty with Israel, after Egypt. Today, it will very likely be the last.

09 March 2009 Alhurra Television yesterday launched a new live Arabic television show originating simultaneously from five cities in three continents including Dubai, Beirut, Cairo, occupied Jerusalem and Alhurra's headquarters in Springfield, Virginia, US.

Lebanese artist Pascal Mishalani just filmed a new music video clip for the song ?Habibi Ghair? (My Love Is Different), her first project with the Lebanese director Laila Rajaha.

The Falcons (8-10-1) fought back to tie the game twice against the Raiders, but Lebanon collected the go-ahead goal with 4:44 left in the game to advance to Wednesday's semifinals, where they'll take on No. 3 Oyster River (a 3-2 winner over No. 6 Spaulding) at JFK Coliseum.

According to the London daily Elaph, the daring Lebanese artist Dolly Shaheen revealed in an interview with the music channel ?Mazika? that she is happy when she is attacked by critics, especially when they criticize her clothing.

Lebanese feminists hold a sit-in on the occasion of the International Women?s Day in Beirut yesterday. Nearly 100 years old, International Women?s Day on March 8 marks an ongoing worldwide battle to ensure equal rights for half the globe?s population on issues such as work, voting and abortion

Washington has not yet taken a decision about returning its ambassador to Syria, a senior US envoy said in Lebanon on Sunday a day after visiting Damascus to mend ties.

The Lebanese Army command denied on Saturday reports that an army officer was arrested at Sao Paolo airport while trying to smuggle money intended to urge Lebanese expatriates to vote for his relative during the upcoming parliamentary elections. "A television channel and a website quoted an MP as saying.

US Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Jeffrey Feltman said Sunday that US and European observers will monitor upcoming parliamentary elections scheduled for June 7, only after receiving a request from Lebanon. Feltman said after a meeting with Elias Aude, Archbishop of the Greek Orthodox Church in Beirut.

Mr. Ershad Mahmud's article "Kashmir: conflict in a peaceful valley" in The Daily Star dated March 2,2009, gives an unbalanced, distorted and misleading view of the Jammu & Kashmir 'conflict'. Your readership has a right to know the background, omissions and motivations behind such an article.

BEIRUT (AFP)--Washington has not yet taken a decision about returning its ambassador to Syria, a senior U.S. envoy said in Lebanon on Sunday a day after visiting Damascus to mend ties.

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Mattar will be moving from his current role as Director of Marketing IHG MEA IHG MEA based in Dubai to Beirut where he will oversee the commercial function for IHG IHG 's hotels in Lebanon, Libya, Egypt, Jordan and Syria.

Lebanon: Celebrating the accreditation of Clemenceau Medical Center by the Joint Commission International (JCI), CMC on Wednesday invited all staff, community health care leaders and physicians to a reception honoring CMC achievement. [AMEInfo.com]

On Sunday, March 8, 2009, Alhurra Television will launch Al Youm (Arabic for 'Today') a ground-breaking live new television show originating simultaneously from five countries in three continents including Dubai, Beirut, Cairo, Jerusalem and Alhurra's headquarters in Springfield, Va.

A senior American envoy visited Syria on Saturday as part of the Obama administration?s effort to ease the rivalry between the countries.

WASHINGTON [MENL] -- Lebanon, despite an unprecedented offer from the Kremlin, would be unable to maintain a fleet of Russian-origin MiG-29 fighter-jets, a report said.

Alhurra Television will launch Al Youm (Arabic for 'Today') a ground-breaking live new television show originating simultaneously from five countries in three continents including Dubai, Beirut, Cairo, Jerusalem and Alhurra's headquarters in Springfield, Va.

Lebanon: Antonine Sisters School in Ghazir, Lebanon has implemented Skoolee Tools School Management and Student Information Software. [AMEInfo.com]

BEIRUT - Hezbollah officials said on Friday they would welcome talks with Britain but that they had rejected what they said were British demands for the contacts to take place secretly.

Bar, restaurant and club owners in the popular Beirut nightspot of Gemmayzeh said on Friday that new legislation governing the closing hours of Lebanon's establishments ignored the real problem of adequate parking facilities. Interior Minister Ziyad Baroud and Tourism Minister Elie Marouni issued a memorandum on February 26 requiring restaurants.

Some 23 students from Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries graduated from a special 16-week advanced financial management program held at the American University of Beirut (AUB) and considered a great success by students and teachers alike, a university statement said on Friday.

The Lebanese Cabinet has delayed talks on the memorandum of understanding and its take on the pursuit of Prime Minister Rafik Hariri's killers, sources say.Cabinet members, unidentified ministerial sources said, decided this week to delay talks with the Special Tribunal of Lebanon regarding the memorandum, which focuses on the former prime minister's 2005 assassination, The Daily Star said ...

BEIRUT (AP) ? Hezbollah says it rejected nearly a year of efforts by Britain to establish secret contacts with the Lebanese militant group, insisting instead that any talks be held in public.

(RTTNews) - Lebanon's Hezbollah movement on Friday welcomed the British government's decision to re-establish contacts with the group, describing it as a "move in the right direction."

BEIRUT - The Lebanese Shiite militant group Hezbollah is adopting a ?wait and see? position towards the British government decision to establish contacts with the movement?s parliamentarians, a Hezbollah source said Friday.

BEIRUT, Lebanon, March 6 (UPI) -- The Lebanese Cabinet has delayed talks on the memorandum of understanding and its take on the pursuit of Prime Minister Rafik Hariri's killers, sources say.

Prosecutors have filed criminal charges against a Mt. Lebanon attorney accused of taking $2,500 in fees from a client and then failing to show up to represent him.

The LA Times had a piece yesterday on Lebanon?s thriving banking system. Riad Toufic Salame, the central bank?s governor, imposed very tight regulations on Lebanese banks during his tenure, and made it illegal for the banks to invest in mortgage-backed securities. Staying away from those investments has made Lebanon a safe investment - a pleasant [...]

BEIRUT : Two senior US diplomatic envoys sought to reassure Lebanese leaders on Friday of Washington's continued support despite its recent rapprochement with former powerbroker Syria.

Beirut - US Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Jeffrey Feltman and top Middle East officer at the US National Security Council Daniel Shapiro, held Friday talks with Lebanese officials stressing on their country's backing fo...

BEIRUT, March 6 ? Hezbollah says it rejected nearly a year of efforts by Britain to establish secret contacts with the Lebanese militant group, insisting instead that any talks be held in public. Britain?s Foreign Office announced yesterday that it has re-established contact with the group?s political wing after it joined a unity government in Lebanon last year. That?s after Britain ceased ...

BEIRUT - US Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Jeffrey Feltman and top Middle East officer at the US National Security Council Daniel Shapiro, held Friday talks with Lebanese officials stressing on their country?s backing for Lebanon?s sovereignty.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Britain has taken a "step in the right direction" by signalling willingness to talk to Hezbollah, a spokesman for the Lebanese Shi'ite group said on Friday.

March 6 (Bloomberg) -- Lebanon offered to exchange dollar and euro notes maturing this year for longer-dated debt, saying the voluntary swap will increase the nation?s ?financial flexibility.?

BEIRUT - Britain has taken a ?step in the right direction? by signalling willingness to talk to Hezbollah, a spokesman for the Lebanese Shi?ite group said on Friday.

The British government is open to talks with the political wing of Lebanon?s Iranian-backed Hezbollah, a minister said on Wednesday.

(By SAM F. GHATTAS, Associated Press Writer) The United States sought Friday to reassure Lebanon that its efforts to repair relations with that country's long-dominant neighbor, Syria, do not pose a threat. President Barack Obama is sending a senior U.S. diplomat and a White House official to Syria to evaluate the chances of opening a dialogue with the country, which former President George W. ...

The United States sought Friday to reassure Lebanon that its efforts to repair relations with that country's long-dominant neighbor, Syria, do not pose a threat.

(Adds quotes, some background.) BEIRUT (AFP)--Two senior U.S. diplomatic envoys were meeting Lebanese leaders Friday in a bid to reassure them of Washington's continued support despite its recent rapprochement with former powerbroker Syria.

Two senior US diplomats insists rapprochement with Syria will not be at the expense of Lebanon.

BEIRUT (AFP) - Two senior US diplomatic envoys were meeting Lebanese leaders on Friday in a bid to reassure them of Washington's continued support despite its recent rapprochement with former powerbroker Syria.

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Man fatally struck by train in Lebanon, Pa.

OBERHOFEN, Switzerland (AP)?Lebanese ski racer Georges Salameh is facing a ban from the sport after testing positive for cocaine at the world championships last month.

In the wake of the bans on Geert Wilders and the Westboro Baptist Church, the government is now facing calls to apply the same rules to Ibrahim Moussawi, a Lebanese journalist with links to Hezbollah who has been invited to speak at a course on political Islam at London's School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS). Moussawi is due here on 25 March, but the Conservative Party have urged ...

Armed militants have abducted a Lebanese man working on a road construction project in Nigeria's southwestern oil-producing state of Bayelsa, the military said on Thursday. The military spokesman for a special patrol unit in the restive oil Niger Delta, Colonel Rabe Abubakar, said in a statement.

Mohammad Sarji, head of the Lebanese Union of Professional Divers and member of environmental NGO Bahr Loubnan, accused Greek company Environmental Protection Engineering (EPE) of burying a number of large bags containing remnants of oil near a sandy beach in Jiyyeh, located 23 kilometers south of Beirut.

Police in the south-central Pennsylvania city of Lebanon say a man was struck and killed by a train.

BEIRUT, Lebanon, MARCH 5, 2009 ( Zenit.org ).- Father Samir Khalil Samir, a native of Egypt and longtime resident of the Middle East, says he does not fear Muslims.

LAGOS (AFP)--Armed militants have kidnapped a Lebanese man working on a road construction project in Nigeria's southwestern oil-producing state of Bayelsa, the military said Thursday.

Police have arrested a teenager for allegedly torching a building at the Lebanon Airport last week.

The Lady Highlanders will play Mt. Lebanon for the fourth time this season on Friday at 6 p.m. at North Hills High School in the first round of the PIAA Class AAAA playoffs. readmore

BEIRUT, March 5 (Reuters) - An IMF mission to Lebanon urged a "cautious approach" to interest rates to support deposit inflows and de-dollarisation, according to a press release issued on Thursday at the end of a visit to Lebanon. "Risks over how the global crisis will unfold, combined with domestic political uncertainty ahead of the June parliamentary elections, calls for a continuation of the ...

Collecting songs from a spectrum of plays and times, the Lebanon Theatre Company's new musical review "And the World Goes 'Round" encompasses one theme throughout: high energy.

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Lebanon: Babies need open-heart surgery too, with this years strong awareness campaign slogan, the Brave Heart Fund wanted to strike tough. [AMEInfo.com]

LONDON (Reuters) - The government is open to talks with the political wing of Lebanon's Iranian-backed Hezbollah, a minister said on Wednesday.

I can't put my finger on exactly what it is about Anita's Kitchen in Ferndale that makes me feel so good, but every time I'm there, I pick up the same positive vibe.

LEBANON ? Developers of the proposed Bible Park USA were scrambling Wednesday to determine where the project stands after Tuesday's surprise action by the Lebanon City Council to withdraw its support.

BEIRUT: Earlier this week, the United States government delivered to the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) over 1,300 rounds of ammunition for the 105 millimeter main guns of the LAF's M-48 and M-60 tanks earlier this week, according to a statement issued by the US Embassy in Lebanon on Wednesday.

Snow wasn't the only white powder circulating last month at the Alpine skiing world championships in France, where low-ranked Lebanese ski racer Georges Salameh tested positive for cocaine.

The class 4 state sectionals were in Lebanon Wednesday night. The Rogersville girls led 2nd ranked St. James in the first half, but the Lady Tigers took over in the 2nd half winning 62-45. St. James advances to the state quarterfinals Saturday at Missouri State where they'll meet Webb City.

BEIRUT: Alfa, one of the two cellular operators in Lebanon, said Wednesday that it had solved the technical problems which caused the lines to stop operating for a few hours.

BEIRUT: The first annual Nation Brand Perception Index (NBPI) ranked Lebanon in 177th place among 200 countries around the world and in 15th place among 20 countries in the Middle East and North Africa region for 2008, as reported by Lebanon This Week, the economic publication of the Byblos Bank Group.

A dozen Wausau East High School students last week saw a mix of fashion styles, languages and cultural beliefs during a trip to Lebanon.

LONDON (Reuters) - The government is open to talks with the political wing of Lebanon's Iranian-backed Hezbollah, a minister said on Wednesday.

BEIRUT, March 4 (Reuters) - Below is a table of the latest Lebanese economic statistics.

LONDON (Reuters) - The British government is open to talks with the political wing of Lebanon's Iranian-backed Hezbollah , a minister said on Wednesday.

Six Lebanese projects were among the 30 top projects that qualified for the MIT Arab Business Plan Competition, which is organized by the MIT Enterprise Forum for the Arab region. In a statement to the press, the organizers of the event said the first round of the competition closed on January 22 of this year.

Earlier this week, the United States government delivered to the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) over 1,300 rounds of ammunition for the 105 millimeter main guns of the LAF's M-48 and M-60 tanks earlier this week, according to a statement issued by the US Embassy in Lebanon on Wednesday.

Representatives from an alliance of development organizations gathered at a Beirut Holiday Inn Wednesday to present what speakers described as a "manual" designed for civil society and media groups in the Middle East to achieve the United Nations' Millenium Development Goals (MDGs) with a focus on the Arab region.

Opening night (March 6) is sold out, but there are tickets remaining for the rest of the run of Lebanon Theatre Company's staging of "And the World Goes 'Round."

LONDON (Reuters) - The British government is open to talks with the political wing of Lebanon's Iranian-backed Hezbollah , a minister said on Wednesday.

TEL AVIV [MENL] -- Israel's military has detected an increase in the Iranian presence in Lebanon. Military sources said Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has expanded its presence in Lebanon, particularly south of the Litani River.

BEIRUT, March 4 (Reuters) - Below is a table of the latest Lebanese economic statistics.

The Lebanon Community School District is holding its annual Title 1-A meeting at 4 p.m. on Monday, March 9 in the board room at the school district office.

BEIRUT, March 4 (Reuters) - Below is a table of the latest Lebanese economic statistics.

Lebanon City Council apparently got cold feet about the financial plan that would enable Bible Park USA to build there.

(IsraelNN.com) The United Nations accused Israel of violating agreements Tuesday morning after the IDF ?accidentally? fired into Lebanon.

BEIRUT: Recent rocket attacks on northern Israel from Lebanon were not the work of Hizbullah, the United Nations has said.

Bank of Beirut in Sohar soon

Lebanon- High hopes for growth and stability

His Excellency Sultan Al Mansouri, the UAE Minister of Economy, stressed on joint cooperation with Lebanon in all economic sectors, particularly in agricultural industries.

BEIRUT: Telecommunication Minister Jebran Bassil announced Tuesday that Lebanon would start laying fiber-optic cables at a cost of $64 million as of June of 2009. "The fiber-optic cables will cover an area of 4,700 kilometers and will be completed by the end of 2011," Bassil said at a news conference in Beirut.

Lebanon: Cedarcom, the Lebanese telecommunications operator, announced that its major expansion in Mobi, the first true mobile broadband wireless access network in Lebanon, has started and will be concluded within 3 months. [AMEInfo.com]

DOHA: The Children?s Cancer Center of Lebanon (CCCL) is to hold gala dinner at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel on March 23 to raise funds for the treatment of children suffering from cancer.

NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon (Reuters) - Sadeq Sadeq gazed at bulldozers clearing rubble from the Palestinian refugee camp of Nahr al-Bared, pulverised in battles between the Lebanese army and Islamist militants in 2007.

Sadeq Sadeq gazed at bulldozers clearing rubble from the Palestinian refugee camp of Nahr al-Bared, pulverized in battles between the Lebanese army and Islamist militants in 2007.

New York, Mar 3 2009 5:10PM Shots were fired today into Lebanese territory from the Israeli side of the Line of Withdrawal in contravention of the United Nations resolution that helped end fighting between the countries two years ago, the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) reports.

A senior Boeing executive said on Tuesday that while global air traffic is currently experiencing a downturn, demand in the Middle East bucks the trend showing double digit increases in flights from the region to Europe and Asia. Speaking to reporters in Beirut, Boeing's vice president of Marketing, Randy Tinseth said.

Bo Yates is succeeding Mark Finch LEBANON ? Bo Yates, assistant principal at Seven Oak Middle School, will replace Mark Finch as principal of Lebanon High School effective immediately, Superintendent George Lanning has announced.

(The Associated Press) Israel fired rifle shots into Lebanon on Tuesday morning but there were no injuries, the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Lebanon reported. The shots hit a wall with an anti-Israeli slogan painted on it - a blue Star of David, the symbol of Israel's flag, with a clenched fist bursting from it. Above the star is the slogan "Divine Victory," a reference to Hezbollah militants' ...

Israel fired rifle shots into Lebanon on Tuesday morning but there were no injuries, the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Lebanon reported.

President Michel Sleiman reassured Lebanese emigrants on Tuesday that the financial and security situations in the country were secure, and urged them to make investments in their homeland. Speaking Tuesday during a meeting with members of the Sao Paolo Municipality council headed by Gilberto Kassab, of Lebanese descent, Sleiman said.

Telecommunication Minister Jebran Bassil announced Tuesday that Lebanon would start laying fiber-optic cables at a cost of $64 million as of June of 2009. "The fiber-optic cables will cover an area of 4,700 kilometers and will be completed by the end of 2011," Bassil said at a news conference in Beirut.

BEIRUT, March 3 (Reuters) - Below is a table of the latest Lebanese economic statistics.

An Australian cinema chain has drafted extra security in order to resume screenings of a film about 2005 race riots between ethnic Lebanese-Australians and white youths after fighting broke out at two theater sessions.

An Israeli soldier patrolling the border with Lebanon opened fire on Tuesday at a pro-Hezbollah mural painted on a wall at the entrance to a Lebanese village, the Lebanese army said.

Homes marooned by giant ditches Frustrated residents today listed a catalogue of misery which has turned their road into ?Beirut.?

UN chief prosecutor of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) Daniel Bellemare met Hezbollah officials in Beirut before heading to the Hague for launching the tribunal, local As-Safier daily reported Tuesday. The STL was launched Sunday in Hague to try suspects in the murder of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, who was killed in a car bomb along with 22 others on Feb. 14, 2005 in Beirut. ...

Albany Democrat-Herald LEBANON - Bo Yates, assistant principal at Seven Oak Middle School, will replace Mark Finch as principal of Lebanon High School, effective immediately, Interim Superintendent George Lanning has announced.

BEIRUT: Israeli police arrested an Arab-Israeli from Galilee accused of spying for Hizbullah at the beginning of February, it emerged this week. The swoop on Ismail Muhammad Suleiman came at around the same time that Lebanese security forces captured an Israeli spy in Nabatiyeh.

Lebanon: Lebanese American University (LAU) celebrated the North American launch of the first comprehensive public fundraising campaign in its history at a gala dinner at the Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles last Thursday night. [AMEInfo.com]

BEIRUT: Participants in a fifth round of national dialogue agreed Monday to allow more time for military experts to reach a common understanding on a defense strategy and pledged to refrain from provocations in the buildup for the elections. They also agreed to meet for a sixth round on April 28.

The American Lebanese Chamber of Commerce, NYSE Euronext, Auerbach Grayson, The Bank of New York Mellon are delighted to host an inaugural Lebanon Capital Market Day today at The Palace Hotel in New York City.

Lebanon: Samena Telecommunications Council, the multi-continent telecom association announced the successful closure of its Broadband Wireless Summit 2009 which was held at The Phoenicia Hotel, Beirut on March 02, 2009 under the patronage of HE Eng Gebran Bassile, Minister of Telecommunication of Lebanon. [AMEInfo.com]

BEIRUT (AFP) - Lebanon's rival political factions on Monday pledged to refrain from violence in the run-up to a crucial legislative election in June, the president's office announced after all the parties met.

Lebanon's rival political factions on Monday pledged to refrain from violence in the run-up to a crucial legislative election in June, the president's office announced after all the parties met.

Grand Mufti Mohammad Rashid Qabbani urged on Monday Lebanese leaders and religious figures to cooperate and avoid dragging the Lebanese people into the streets to fight out political tension. After meeting with the head of the Journalists Union, Melhem Karam, in Dar al-Fatwa.

Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal warned Israel on Monday that an Arab initiative for Middle East peace could not remain on the table forever. "The peace initiative was launched at the Beirut summit in 2002 but it did not meet with any Israeli response," the Saudi prince told an international aid conference in Egypt.

The Basement opened its doors at 6 p.m. Sunday night for the 96.2 FM Modern Music Contest, and by 6:15 the floor was packed, as audience members ranging from teens to 30-somethings waited in anticipation for the first band to begin their set at 6:30. With the last of 11 bands due to finish at midnight.

Lebanese American University (LAU) celebrated the North American launch of the first comprehensive public fundraising campaign in its history at a gala dinner at the Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles last Thursday night. The campaign, which is known as The Legacy and the Promise, seeks to raise $65 million for the university over the next five years.

Sport: Bowling. School: Lebanon High School. Class: Senior. Age: 17. Claim to fame: "I was part of the group that worked to get bowling as a varsity sport at Lebanon."

THE billboard at the intersection of Beirut's 35th and 21st streets in the crowded Kantari neighbourhood reminds passersby that it is 1474 days since the assassination of the former prime minister Rafiq Hariri, the man known as Mr Lebanon.

LONDON, March 2 (Reuters) - Lebanon said on Monday it had appointed Byblos Bank, Credit Libanais and Credit Suisse to advise for the exchange of its Eurobonds maturing this year. The exchange would be for some or all of its Eurobonds maturing this year, according to a Lebanese government statement emailed by Credit Suisse . The country, which has one of the heaviest public debt burdens in the ...

Get showtimes for Oscar-nominated movies. SYDNEY - A major Australian cinema chain said Monday that it would resume screenings in Sydney of a gritty movie about Lebanese-Australian gangs with increased security because of audiences' initial violent reactions.

Telecoms equipment provider Huawei Technologies has told delegates at the Broadband Wireless Summit in Beirut that falling average revenue per user will stimulate the need for creative telco products and that the companies which adapt fastest to customers' changing demands will emerge strongest from the global economic downturn.

Wataniya Airways announces daily flights between Kuwait and Beirut from 1st March

Beirut, March 1 : Lebanon's pro-Syrian opposition led by Hezbollah said Sunday the chief prosecutor of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, Judge Daniel Bellemare, should ensure that the court does not become politicised and remains within a legal framework.

BEIRUT: It was a relatively slow week on the Beirut Stock Exchange (BSE) as investors maintained their weary positions in the wake of further adverse economic data originating from global markets.

AN international tribunal to prosecute suspects in the assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri was officially opened yesterday at a ceremony in a village outside The Hague.

An international tribunal to prosecute suspects in the killing of the former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri opened yesterday with a moment's silence and a pledge to impartially investigate the politicallycharged case. Speaking at the opening ceremony of the Special Court for Lebanon, prosecutor Daniel Bellemare said he will continue his investigations without political interference and ...

Today?s opening of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon represents an important step toward justice in the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri. His death ?along with the deaths of other Lebanese patriots ? was an ...

A cinema chain in Australia has said it will no longer show an acclaimed film about Lebanese gang violence in Sydney after brawls erupted during screenings. The independent movie "The Combination" is a gritty portrayal of racism and ethnic discord between white and Middle Eastern Australians.

The Guinness World Records' "Largest Book in the World" was unveilled on Friday night at the UNESCO Palace in a ceremony sponsored by Culture Minister Tammam Salam. The book is an enlarged replica of Ayman Trawi's national bestselling photography book "Beirut's Memory," which depicts the changing face of the capital between 1991.

A new international criminal court convened Sunday in The Hague with a mandate of identifying and prosecuting those responsible for the murder of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri of Lebanon and 22 others in an explosion in Beirut in 2005.

It was a relatively slow week on the Beirut Stock Exchange (BSE) as investors maintained their weary positions in the wake of further adverse economic data originating from global markets. Total traded value dropped more than 80 percent to $1.4 million reflecting a 50 percent decline in volume to 660,000.

The mandate of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon at The Hague is to try those deemed responsible for the attack that killed Rafik Hariri and 22 others, a politically inflammable issue because of the perception that Syria ordered the assassination.

Beirut- Lebanon's pro-Syrian opposition, which is led by Hezbollah, said Sunday the chief prosecutor of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, Judge Daniel Bellemare, should ensure that the court does not become politicized and remains within a legal fram...

THE violence of a few "hooligans" has resulted in a critically-acclaimed film about Lebanese gangs being pulled from cinemas across the state.

Beirut - Dozens of followers of Lebanon's late former premier Rafik Hariri gathered Sunday to lay white flowers at his grave, as an international tribunal is launched in The Hague to try suspects in his murder. Justice for all Lebanon, read a placa...

A special UN court set up to investigate the killing of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik al-Hariri has begun work today in the Hague. Lebanon is holding seven suspects, including four generals, and prosecutors are expected to call for their transfer to the court.

REUTERS - A special United Nations tribunal set up to try suspects in the 2005 killing of Lebanon's former Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri began work in The Hague on Sunday.

Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Seniora on Saturday highlighted the importance of launching the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) over the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, National News Agency (NNA) reported. This step would start putting an end to the unpunished series of killings in Lebanon, Seniora was quoted as saying. The STL is expected to start functioning on Sunday in ...

The tribunal created to try the suspected killers of former Lebanese premier Rafiq Hariri was inaugurated Sunday at a special ceremony in The Hague.

(By MIKE CORDER, Associated Press Writer) An international tribunal to prosecute suspects in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri was officially opened Sunday at a ceremony in a village outside The Hague. The court's registrar Robin Vincent asked for a moment of silence to commemorate Hariri and the 22 others killed in a Feb. 14, 2005, suicide bombing in Beirut. "We ...

The Special Tribunal for Lebanon's mandate is to try those deemed responsible for the attack that killed Rafik Hariri and 22 others, a politically inflammable issue because it is widely believed that Syria ordered the assassination.

On the eve of the inauguration of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, Amnesty International is calling on the Lebanese authorities to go beyond the Tribunal?s narrow mandate of investigating the killing of former Prime Minister Rafiq al-Hariri and related attacks.

A potentially explosive murder investigation which has gripped the Middle East for four years moves from Lebanon to the Netherlands with the launch of a landmark international tribunal

Fox Chapel knew it couldn't afford a slow start against unbeaten Mt. Lebanon. But that's what happened Saturday.

A potentially explosive murder investigation which has gripped the Middle East for four years moves from Lebanon to the Netherlands with the launch of a landmark international tribunal

Mt. Lebanon got off to a fast start and coasted to its first WPIAL girls basketball championship.

An inquiry in The Hague will examine the assassination in 2005 of a former Lebanese prime minister, who was a leading opponent of Syrian political control over his country.