BEIRUT, Lebanon, March 31 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. John Kerry arrived Wednesday in Beirut on a regional tour that includes a stop this week in Damascus, his office announced.

  

Lebanon: Royal Philips Electronics has announced the opening of their offices in the heart Beirut's downtown district, designed to become the new hub of Philips' expanding operations in the Levant. The company has been operative in the region for more than 50 years through distributors. [AMEInfo.com]

  

Arab leaders on Sunday renewed their support for Mideast peace efforts, rejecting pressure from Syria and Libya on the Palestinians to abandon talks with Israel and resume armed resistance.

  

During her visit to Lebanon, RA Minister of Diaspora Hranush Hakobyan visited the editorial office of the Armenian newspaper Azdak in Beirut.

  

Beirut - Lebanon, home to a myriad of religious communities that once fought a long and bloody civil war, is working towards encouraging inter-faith dialogue to send a message of tolerance for other Middle Eastern countries which are often torn by ...

  

Lebanon: Travelport, one of the world's leading global distribution system (GDS) providers, recently held its annual distributor's conference in Lebanon, where the company shared its vision and upcoming plans with its distribution partners from across the Middle East. [AMEInfo.com]

  

Lebanon: Canon Middle East, the world leader in digital imaging and business solutions along with Image Systems S.A.L, Canon's Business Solutions Partner in Lebanon hosted its much anticipated Essential Business Builder Program (EBBP) for the capital's print industry. [AMEInfo.com]

  

Lebanon expects $4.4b in tourism revenue this year

  

28 March 2010 Beirut - As the Arab Web industry found its voice at its first gathering last week, there was talk of an entrepreneurial boom in Jordan, Dubai's digital advertising industry and the emergence of Cairo as an online centre.

  

Lebanon: M&C Saatchi announces a partnership with the Quantum agency which is to be re-named M&C Saatchi Mena (Middle East & North Africa). [AMEInfo.com]

  

ANALYSIS | Spat over housing construction exposed the limits of American power to pressure Israelis.

  

New Lebanon Elementary School will be holding its annual Spaghetti Dinner and Prize Night on Saturday, March 27, from 5 to 8. There will be food catered by Planet Pizza and dozens of pick-a-prize drawings, including gift certificates and loads of goodies, all to support New Lebanon's PTA. There will also be a silent auction.

  

Arab states should prepare for the possibility that the Palestinian-Israeli peace process may be a total failure and prepare alternatives, the secretary general of the Arab League said on Saturday.

  

Arab states should prepare for the possibility that the Palestinian-Israeli peace process may be a total failure and prepare alternatives, Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa said on Saturday.

  

27 March 2010 BEIRUT -- A draft cooperation agreement will be signed between the National Lebanese News Agency (NNA) and Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) in Kuwait on Monday, aimed at exchanging news, experiences and training, said NNA Director Lour Suleiman on Saturday.

  

Human Rights Watch has urged Libyan authorities to reveal during an Arab summit it is hosting this weekend the fate of missing people, including a prominent Lebanese Shiite cleric.

  

BEIRUT: Energy and Water Minister Jebran Bassil announced on Friday that the ministry would reduce subscription fees for electricity by 85 percent to allow citizens settle all their pending matters with Electricite du Liban (EDL).

  

Lebanon: Further supporting Lebanon's economic development, Emirates will this week participate in Go Forward Forum for Orientation and Recruitment Beirut 2010 from 25th til 28th March. [AMEInfo.com]

  

Lebanese President Michel Suleiman said Friday that the Israeli violation of the blue line represents new evidence on Israeli continuous violations to UN resolution 1701. In a statement released by his office, Suleiman commented on the reports of an Israeli patrol crossing the barbed wire in the Wazzani area early Thursday, accusing the Jewish state of " ignoring the international community's ...

  

Prime Minister Patrick Manning told the Syrian-Lebanese community yesterday that he wanted to hold a World Business Forum next year in Trinidad and Tobago.

  

The director Hani Ismail nominated the Jordanian actress Mayes Hamadan to star in his new television drama series 'Habibi Al Lathi Lam Ahiboh' (My Love, The One I Did Not Love). The Lebanese actress Noor turned down the same role because of her pregnancy.

  

As lunch-hour shoppers a floor below them kept vendors busy, the new owners of the Lebanon Farmers Market made clear Friday that they plan to keep the market and Niko's Restaurant functioning as they have been.

  

BEIRUT: Prime Minister Saad Hariri will travel to Bulgaria on an official visit this weekend, as the Arab League summit in Libya is scheduled to take up the issue of Israeli violations of Lebanon's sovereignty and the fate of Imam Musa Sadr. Hariri is scheduled to travel on Sunday to Bulgaria, where he will meet with the Bulgarian president and

  

BAALBEK: For three decades Abu Nayef has been digging for treasure from Lebanon's rich archaeological past, but instead of museums his finds end up in the hands of unscrupulous traders around the globe. In the eastern town of Baalbek, home to some of the world's most beautiful Roman temples, scavengers like Abu Nayef have made careers

  

BEIRUT: All United Nations institutions will shut off their lights and electronic devices for 60 minutes on Saturday as a move highlighting action on climate change. The United Nations said that observing "Earth Hour will take place between 8:30 pm and 9:30 pm, in whatever time zone. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has said "The message of Earth

  

BEIRUT: Four Lebanese have received recognition in the first annual Takreem Arab Achievements Awards, which highlight individual efforts and leadership in the region. The award, designed to challenge existing negative stereotypes of Arabs abroad and communicate about Arab leadership, is the brainchild of Ricardo Karam, a prominent Lebanese

  

Lebanon Farmers Market is now in the hands of a new corporation formed by local businessmen, who settled on the property Thursday. Businessman Jonathan Byler, his father John Byler and Henry Yingst bought the building for $1.3 million from M&T Bank, Jonathan Byler said.

  

Lebanon police have identified the man found dead with stab wounds Thursday night in the area of Buttonwood and Van Buren streets. Kenny Echevarria, 26, of North Partridge Street, was found with multiple stab wounds, and his death has been labeled a homicide, police said.

  

Lebanon police are investigating a homicide that left a 26-year-old man dead Thursday night on Van Buren Street.

  

Ahead of Iraq election results due today, the main challenger to Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki - Ayad Allawi - has been criticized for his mother's Lebanese citizenship and his ties to the CIA, with some comparing an Allawi victory to the Nazi gains in 1930s Germany.

  

The death of a 26-year-old man in Lebanon is being investigated as a homicide.

  

Lebanese security forces have arrested a Saudi prince at the Rafiq Hariri International Airport in Beirut after they discovered cocaine in his possession during a routine inspection of passengers.

  

LEBANON - If no volunteers step forward, Lebanon's Fourth of July parade will be canceled this year.

  

KUALA LUMPUR: Beirut-based journalist Dr Robert Fisk will be here to give a series of lectures beginning on April 1 on the state of denial in reporting from the Middle East.

  

Head of the Music Association Union, Monther Al Wasimi, is investigating a suit filed by the Egyptian music distributer Tareq Abed Al Jaber against famous Lebanese artist Elissa. Al Jaber has accused Elissa of stealing his song ideas and then giving them to a Lebanese music distributer.

  

On Valentine's Day 2005, former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri was killed as his motorcade traveled near the Beirut seaside. To date, Hariri's killers have yet to be identified, and like many other high-profile cases in the this part of the world, it might never happen. After Hariri's death, the United Nations Security Council set up [...]

  

LEBANON - If no volunteers step forward, Lebanon 's Fourth of July parade will be canceled this year.Officials with the Lebanon Chamber of Commerce, which has organized the parade for the past four years, will not sponsor the parade this year.

  

LEBANON - If no volunteers step forward, Lebanon's Fourth of July parade will be cancelled this year.

  

LEBANON - Tech. Sgt. Keelye Blackmore is humble about her role in the United States Air Force , but she still appreciates being recognized on the street.?When I?m wearing the uniform, people come up and thank me,' Blackmore said. 'It always feels really good. It's nice to be appreciated.?

  

BEIRUT (Reuters) - An international team investigating the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri has requested to question six Hezbollah members about the crime, a security source said on Thursday.

  

LEBANON - If no volunteers step forward, Lebanon's Fourth of July parade will be canceled this year.

  

Lebanon celebrates for the first time a national Christian-Muslim holiday. Schools, banks and public buildings are closed. Prime Minister Hariri says the day is a spiritual occasion for everyone. For Muslim leader, it is a tangible sign of dialogue between the two religions.

  

The Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) was put on alert early Thursday after an Israeli patrol proceeded toward an area along the border area, the country's state-run National News Agency reported. The report said that the Israeli patrol composed of 17 soldiers crossed the barbed wire at Wazzani area in southeastern Lebanon through the disputed northern part of the Ghajar Village, and stationed ...

  

International investigators have questioned members of the militant Hezbollah group in connection with the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, Lebanese security and judicial officials said Thursday.

  

BEIRUT (AP) - Lebanese security and judicial officials say international investigators have questioned members of the militant Hezbollah group in connection with the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.

  

Beirut, Lebanon - March 25th , 2010 - Game Power 7 is actively participating in the upcoming premier conference for the internet industry, ArabNet 2010, which is held under the title, Trends and Opportunities in Arab Web Business, from 25 - 26 March 2010 in Beirut, Lebanon.

  

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad warned Israel on Wednesday that Syria is prepared for any future war with the Jewish state, though his country still prefers peace, the Lebanese Al-Manar TV channel reported. Al-Assad told the Hezbollah-sponsored TV channel in an exclusive interview that Syria refused "to be part of a gamble that would put its policies and its interests in a foreign scheme. This ...

  

BAALBECK, Mar 25, 2010 (AFP) - For three decades Abu Nayef has been digging for treasure from Lebanon's rich archaeological past, but instead of museums his finds end up in the hands of unscrupulous traders around the globe.

  

Syria will be ready if "war is imposed" by Israel, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad told Lebanese television Wednesday.

  

SIDON: A waste management plant and a reforestation project were inaugurated on Wednesday in South Lebanon in collaboration with the German Embassy in Beirut as part of the embassy's reconstruction program following the 2006 war with Israel.

  

A small air plane flipped over on the runway of the Lebanon State Airport at about 6 p.m. on Wednesday evening.

  

DAMASCUS, March 25 - Syria is committed to seeking peace with Israel but has no faith in the present Israeli government, President Bashar al-Assad said today, after a war of words between the two sides. 'War is the worst solution. We must continue to seek peace. Does this mean that we have hope in the current Israeli government' No,' Assad told the Lebanese television station al-Manar, which is ...

  

BEIRUT: Dour Kfoury, CEO of Product of the Year in the Middle East and Lebanon, on Wednesday urged Lebanese manufacturers and business agents to adopt more innovation-related business methods in producing and marketing their products. "Local agents are not importing anything innovative because there is no competition and no demand.

  

BEIRUT: Speaker Nabih Berri highlighted on Wednesday Turkey's support for developing Lebanese-Turkish bilateral ties, particularly economic relations, as a first step toward the establishment of a strategic higher council between both countries. "Turkish officials stressed that Turkey will always stand by Lebanon's side and accord great importance to

  

SIDON: A waste management plant and a reforestation project were inaugurated on Wednesday in South Lebanon in collaboration with the German Embassy in Beirut as part of the embassy's reconstruction program following the 2006 war with Israel. The Solid Waste Management Plant was opened in Aytaroun while the reforestation project

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon (CNS) -- The feast of the Annunciation, March 25, has been recognized in Lebanon as a national holiday, and one of its most vigorous promoters is a Muslim.

  

LEBANON - Six months ago Tom Nelson never imagined he would bestanding in front of a large group at Goodwill Industries' Portlandoffice to be honored for his hard work.

  

LEBANON - Beginning Monday, March 29, Jennings Street will beclosed to through traffic due to construction of a new sewer lineand laterals. The project will run from Highway 20 to just west ofthe railroad crossing. The project will also include re-surfacingof Jennings Street, according to Ron Whitlach, city engineer.

  

Beirut, 24 March 2010: Lactalis International, owners of Prsident and Galbani brands, in collaboration with its agent in Lebanon Khalil Fattal Fattal & Fils ( KFF KFF ) held today a press conference at the Vendme Intercontinental Hotel.

  

In 2009, Lebanon Fire District inspectors completed a total of 320 fire and life safety inspections at commercial occupancies.

  

BEIRUT | Osama bin Laden's teenage daughter has left Iran after living under house arrest there since her family fled Afghanistan in 2001, her family said Tuesday. Iman bin Laden, 18, arrived in Syria last week to live with her mother, according to the girl's brother, Omar, and his wife, Zaina Alsabah. "She is fine now, she is really healthy," Mrs. Alsabah, 54, said by telephone from Britain ...

  

Municipal elections planned for Lebanon later this year must be free and fair, a senior United Nations official said today as he urged the country's political leaders to continue to pursue dialogue to ensure that tensions are eased ahead of the polls.

  

The United Nations special coordinator for Lebanon Michael Williams called on Tuesday to " work much harder" to fully implement the UN resolution 1701. Williams met with Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri at the Grand Serial in downtown Beirut. A statement released by the prime minister office said that the UN official discussed with Hariri his briefing on March 12 to the UN Security Council on ...

  

LEBANON - The standard is on the rise for student athletes who want to play sports in the Lebanon School District.

  

LEBANON - The standard is on the rise for student athletes who want to play sports in the Lebanon School District.

  

BEIRUT: Saudi citizen Mohammad Jawad al-Issa returned home after being acquitted on charges of spying for Israel. Saudi Ambassador to Lebanon Ali bin Awad al-Asiri told pan-Arab daily Ash-Sharq al-Awsat in remarks published Tuesday that the embassy ensured Issa's return after he was found "innocent" of espionage. It said Issa was heartbroken after

  

BEIRUT: Upon an invitation by Speaker Nabih Berri, French National Assembly Speaker Bernard Accoyer will visit Lebanon on April 12 on a four-day official visit, the Central News Agency reported Tuesday. According to the agency, Accoyer will meet with President Michel Sleiman and Premier Saad Hariri as well as Berri to discuss Franco-Lebanese

  

LEBANON - Dr. Clinton Adams, dean of the Western University ofHealth Sciences/College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific inPomona, Calif., will be the guest speaker at the Lebanon AreaChamber of Commerce forum on Friday, March 26.

  

LEBANON - A pre-season meeting for the Lebanon Farmers Marketwill be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, March 27, at the Lebanon CoffeeHouse, 661 Main St. The Lebanon Farmers Market will be on Thursdaysfrom May 20 through Sept. 30.

  

BEIRUT -- Osama bin Laden's teenage daughter has left Iran after living under house arrest there since her family fled Afghanistan in 2001, her family said Tuesday. Iman bin Laden, 18, arrived in Syria last week to live with her mother, according to the girl's brother, Omar, and...

  

A UN team investigating the assassination of Lebanese former prime minister Rafiq Hariri on Tuesday began filming the site of the 2005 Beirut murder in three dimensions, a UN spokeswoman said.

  

BEIRUT (AP) - A teenage daughter of Osama bin Laden has been released from Iran after living under house arrest there since her family fled Afghanistan in 2001, her brother says.

  

CAIRO, March 23 (UPI) -- The Libyan government extended a second invitation to Beirut to attend the summit for the Arab League scheduled for next weekend in Tripoli.

  

A UN team investigating the assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq Hariri on Tuesday began filming the site of the 2005 Beirut murder in 3-D, a military official said.

  

LEBANON, Ohio -- Of all fatal accidents in 2007, 11 percent involved drivers over the age of 65. Tri-Health hopes to change those statistics with classes Tuesday morning.

  

A long time ago, a man named O. Henry wrote a small story, utterly simple, that spoke volumes about happiness and sacrifice and the meaning of love. We told it last Christmas' in fact, we?ve been telling it every Christmas ever since 1962. We?d like to tell it again this year. A man and his wife approached Christmas very much in love and very happy because they were together. And just a ...

  

Lebanon: London-style taxis arrived in Lebanon. The world-famous London taxi will be plying its trade on the streets of Lebanon from 1st April 2010. National New Dawn Company- the London Taxi sole agent in Lebanon has announced plans to import the latest model TX4 into the Lebanese Market. [AMEInfo.com]

  

BEIRUT: Tourism Minister Fadi Abboud said on Friday that the tourism activity in Lebanon would improve by 10 to 20 percent in 2010 and assured that there would not be an Israeli war on Lebanon.

  

To comply with a state mandate, Lebanon City Council on Monday night voted on the adoption of a number of construction codes. And while many in the building industry are unhappy with the cost the regulations will add to new construction, one member of council said he would like to see them made tougher.

  

BEIRUT: Tourism Minister Fadi Abboud said on Friday that the tourism activity in Lebanon would improve by 10 to 20 percent in 2010 and assured that there would not be an Israeli war on Lebanon. "During the past two months, the number of tourists increased by 22 percent which is a very good indicator and we expect this number to exceed 2 million

  

BEIRUT: The Friends of Kamal Jumblatt Committee is not a political party, argued its leader Abbas Khalaf on Monday during the committee's launching ceremony. "It was formed out of longing to the leader and out of need to spread his ideas," Khalaf said. The committee launched its agenda during a ceremony held at its head office in Clemenceau.

  

BEIRUT: A UN investigation team will begin filming as of Tuesday a three-dimensional scene of the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri in the Saint George area, media reports said on Monday. A security source told The Daily Star the team will also listen to witnesses, conduct interviews and collect information under the escort of Lebanese

  

BEIRUT: Lebanon has received an official invitation to an Arab summit to be staged in Libya this weekend but is yet to confirm its attendance amid calls for a boycott, a Foreign Ministry official said Monday. "A Libyan envoy extended an invitation to Lebanon's ambassador to Cairo Khaled Ziyadeh in the presence of Arab League chief Amr Moussa.

  

BEIRUT: US Ambassador to Lebanon Michel Sison said Monday that her country's pursuit of its policy objectives in the region, including engaging Syria, would not take place at Lebanon's expense. "The US efforts to either achieve its goals in the Middle East or to engage Syria would not come at Lebanon's expense," Sison said after talks with President

  

A free orientation for those interested in the GED/Adult BasicEducation classes will run from 9 a.m. to 11:50 a.m. Monday andTuesday, March 29 and 30, at the Linn-Benton Community College Lebanon Center, 44 Industrial Way, and the LBCC Sweet Home Center,1661 Long St.

  

Lebanon has received an official invitation to an Arab summit to be staged in Libya this weekend but is yet to confirm its attendance amid calls for a boycott, a foreign ministry official said Monday.

  

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BEIRUT, March 22 (Reuters) - Below is a table of the latest Lebanese economic statistics.

  

KUALA LUMPUR: The Anoa APS-3 armoured personnel carrier (APC) manufactured by Indonesia's state- owned PT Pindad has reportedly emerged as the front-runner to meet the requirements of the Malaysian Battalion (Malbatt) in the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL).

  

BEIRUT: Barclays Capital projected economic growth in Lebanon at 6 percent in 2010, down from 8 percent in 2009, adding that initial indicators point toward sustained growth this year but at a slower pace than last year, as reported by Lebanon This Week, the economic publication of the Byblos Bank Group.

  

BEIRUT: The profits of Middle East Airlines (MEA), the country's only national carrier, has dwindled over the past five months due to the lack of proper legal controls of the open sky policy and the recent dumping by low budget foreign airlines that flies regularly to Rafik Hariri International Airport, informed sources said Sunday.

  

Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) on Sunday fired at two Israeli jet fighters flying at a low altitude over southeastern Lebanon, the country's state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported. The report said that Lebanese army opened anti-aircraft fire at the jet fighters which were flying over eastern Bekaa valley near the borders with Syria, forcing these planes to leave Lebanese airspace. NNA added ...

  

LEBANON - Soldiers from the Lebanon-based Ohio Army National Guard unit will return Monday, March 22 after a ninth-month deployment in Iraq.

  

BEIRUT: First lady Wafaa Sleiman marked the occasion of Mothers' Day on Sunday with 50 women volunteering at the Lebanese Association of SOS Children's Village's (SOS). The ceremony was held at the presidential palace in Baabda in the presence of MP Bahia Hariri, Austrian Ambassador to Lebanon Eva Maria Ziegler and 50 women volunteering at SOS

  

AMSHEET: Rose Hatem's home overlooks the Mediterranean and is just a short distance from one of Lebanon's longest rivers. But twice a week the 60-year-old has to buy water for her daily needs. "I have been buying water since I moved here 14 years ago," Hatem told AFP in the picturesque village of Amsheet, north of the Lebanese capital Beirut.

  

BEIRUT: Barclays Capital projected economic growth in Lebanon at 6 percent in 2010, down from 8 percent in 2009, adding that initial indicators point toward sustained growth this year but at a slower pace than last year, as reported by Lebanon This Week, the economic publication of the Byblos Bank Group. It expected private consumption to slow

  

BEIRUT: Saint Joseph Church in Haret Hreik in the southern suburbs of Beirut saw the opening Sunday of a new hall commemorating the saint in the presence of Beirut Maronite Archbishop Boulos Matar and head of the Free Patriotic Movement MP Michel Aoun. The hall was opened to honor the patron saint of Aoun's hometown of Haret Hreik, and several political and

  

BEIRUT: A UN-backed tribunal set up to probe the killing of former Premier Rafik Hariri could "instigate trouble" after summoning Hizbullah members, a former minister said Saturday. Wi'am Wahhab, leader of the Druze opposition Tawheed Movement and a close Syria ally, claimed investigators from the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) had in the last

  

BEIRUT, March 21 (Itar-Tass) -- The culture ministers of Syria and Russia signed a cultural cooperation program for the period of 2010-2012 in Damascus on Sunday.

  

BEIRUT - Lebanese anti-aircraft guns opened fire on two Israeli warplanes that were violating its airspace at medium altitude on Sunday, the military said.

  

Lebanon urged to protect its water resources amid climate change, population increase.

  

Rose Hatem's home overlooks the Mediterranean and is just a short distance from one of Lebanon's longest rivers.

  

Gubernatorial candidate and current state Rep. Sam Rohrer made an afternoon stop at the Lebanon Christian Academy on Saturday to speak with members of the 9-12 Project.

  

Skill and finesse were on display in lebanon for a good cause.

  

BEIRUT (AFP) - A Lebanese military judge has charged four people with spying for Israel and providing the Jewish state with details about the army and militant group Hezbollah, a judicial source said on Saturday.

  

BEIRUT (Zawya Dow Jones)--Egyptian property developer Amer Group Amer Group plans to develop a $2.2 billion tourist project on Saudi Arabia's Shuaiba coast close to Makkah, Jeddah-based Okaz daily reports Saturday, citing a company official.

  

BEIRUT: Water and Energy Minister Jibran Bassil criticized on Friday the chaotic electricity network available in Lebanon and said that technical and legislative changes need to take place in order to introduce renewable energy in the country.

  

A Lebanese military judge on Friday filed a law suit against four Lebanese citizens, accusing them of spying for Israel, the state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported. According to the report, the Lebanese Government Commissioner before the Military Court Judge Sakr Sakr "filed a lawsuit against the detained Bassam Jamil Yassin for collaboration with Israel and giving information on civilian ...

  

Jordann Ferguson scored a game-high 16 points Friday night to leadGreenwood over Lebanon Catholic45-30 in a PIAA Class A boys' quarterfinal at East Pennsboro.Zach Fortenbaugh added 13 points for Greenwood (26-3). Senior guard Nick Fortna scored 10 to lead Lebanon Catholic (17-12).Greenwood led...

  

A New Jersey man linked by DNA to a Lebanon bank robbery six years ago was sentenced Friday in Harrisburg to more than 15 years in federal prison.

  

BEIRUT: Two unidentified armed men failed in their attempt to rob a pharmacy in Jal al-Dib on Friday when its owner rang the emergency alarm, reported security sources. The two men broke into Saint Michel Pharmacy in Jal al-Dib, Metn and pointed their guns at the owner Marilyn Youssef Khalil. However, Khalil quickly rang the emergency alarm

  

BEIRUT: Four men suspected of collaborating with Israel have been officially charged by the Military Tribunal. The government's representative at the tribunal, Judge Saqr Saqr, filed charges on Friday against Musa Ali Musa, and two individuals believed to be in Israel, Ali Mohammad Said and Hassan Hussein Abdullah. The three men were suspected of collaborating

  

BEIRUT: Linda Matar, one of Lebanon's most influential women, was honored for her career of service in Lebanon and the Arab world, in a ceremony held by the League of Lebanese Women's Rights. Matar has been president of the LLWR since 1953, the year Lebanese women finally obtained the right to vote. She has fought for women's rights in Lebanon

  

BEIRUT: Water and Energy Minister Jibran Bassil criticized on Friday the chaotic electricity network available in Lebanon and said that technical and legislative changes need to take place in order to introduce renewable energy in the country. "We are not ready on the technical and legislative levels but we are committed to deal with these issues and

  

BEIRUT: Lebanese and Jordanian officials signed 16 bilateral agreements and memorandums of understanding on Friday, during a visit by Jordanian Prime Minister Samir Rifai. Prime Minister Saad Hariri received his Jordanian counterpart and a ministerial delegation at Rafik Hariri International Airport, following their arrival for a two-day visit.

  

Lebanon police are looking for two men who robbed an 80-year-old man in his home Thursday night.

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon, March 19 (UPI) -- Frank discussions with the Lebanese and Iraqi governments were important for regional stability, said former Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi in Beirut.

  

A woman who was employed at the Lebanon Walmart is accused of assisting 16 people commit retail thefts on 73 occasions, with $14,937 in merchandise taken from November to February, North Lebanon Twp. police said.

  

Beirut, 19 march 2010 (UN Information Services) -- ESCWA is convening the 11 th session of its transport committee on Monday 22 March 2010 at the UN House, Beirut, to facilitate trade and transport and achieve regional integration.

  

Beirut, March 16 th , 2010: Visa, the leading payment solutions provider, has just launched its latest Financial Literacy initiative, specially tailored for the Middle Eastern region.

  

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Violence could spread across the Middle East with Israel paying a "heavy price" if it launched military action against Iran, the deputy leader of Hezbollah said on Thursday.

  

BEIRUT: Bassam Jalgha, 23, has decided he doesn't want a religious marriage. There's only one problem: civil marriages are not performed in Lebanon.

  

The coast road north of Beirut, the Lebanese capital , is an unlovely example of unremitting strip development. Nondescript blocks of flats set over small-scale shopping malls line a chaotic, badly marked highway that becomes traffic-choked at weekends and through most of the summer.

  

The U.S. embassy in Lebanon Thursday announced the graduation of Lebanese police officers from an American training course amid internal debate over the nature of this program. The embassy said in statement that "the first class of 73 Internal Security Forces (ISF) cadets and officers" graduated on Wednesday "from the newly developed Community Policing training class." The U.S embassy said "the ...

  

The public is invited to purchase 'hometown heroes' banners that the Community of Lebanon Association is planning to hang in downtown Lebanon to honor those who served in the military and their families.

  

BEIRUT: Bassam Jalgha, 23, has decided he doesn't want a religious marriage. There's only one problem: civil marriages are not performed in Lebanon. Jalgha was one of around 200 people who marched on the Lebanese Parliament Thursday to demand politicians amend the law to allow people the option of marrying outside religious establishments.

  

BEIRUT: The huge number of French companies exhibiting at the Beirut International Exhibition and Leisure center (BIEL), for the French week in Lebanon 2010, is nothing less than a great indicator of the country's ability to once again become the commercial hub of the Middle East. "If it weren't for the political clashes that have occurred in Lebanon

  

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Violence could spread across the Middle East with Israel paying a "heavy price" if it launched military action against Iran, the deputy leader of Hezbollah said on Thursday.

  

Lebanese women in white gowns and men in suits staged a mock wedding in central Beirut's main thoroughfare on Thursday, calling on authorities to pass a law that would legalize civil marriage.

  

Lebanon police are investigating a stabbing late Wednesday night outside a community health and fitness center.

  

A heartbroken Saudi student has been arrested in south Lebanon along the border with Israel where he was seeking an "honourable death," Lebanese security officials said on Thursday.

  

The Cornwall-Lebanon school board this week accepted the resignation of boys' basketball head coach Darrin Bossert.

  

BEIRUT (Zawya Dow Jones)-- Dubai Investments Dubai Investments , or DI DI , expects the last phase of its multi-use complex Dubai Investments Dubai Investments Park, or DIP, to attract additional investments of 5 billion U.A.E. dirhams ($1.36 billion) to bring overall investment in the complex to AED75 billion, Sharjah-based Al Khaleej daily reports Thursday citing a DI DI official.

  

The total pharmaceutical market in Lebanon was worth US$519mn in 2009 and took up 1.71% of GDP, with per-capita spending on medicines at US$123.4. Prescription drug spending was US$460mn, or 89.7% of the total market.

  

BEIRUT - Arabs across the Middle East are unconvinced the United States will stand up to Israel despite Washington's rare public outrage over plans to build new Jewish homes in a traditionally Arab part of Jerusalem.

  

BEIRUT: The World's Richest Man, Carlos Slim, told an assembly of government ministers and Lebanese economic leaders on Tuesday that 'peace in Lebanon is essential for future investment.?

  

BEIRUT: The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) released its annual research report for 2010, in which it forecasted Lebanon to rank first worldwide in terms of growth in the travel and tourism industry.

  

The Indigo Pearl announces the recent appointment of Michael Nurbatlian as Sales Manager. Michael, a Lebanese National with French heritage, holds a bachelor degree in Political Sciences from the Amer

  

LEBANON - Five members of the Heritage Baptist Church will undertake a mission of mercy when they travel to Haiti to provide relief to the devastated country.?We are definitely going to work,' said Jamie Brandenburg, one of the five men making the journey. 'We will be working with and for the Haitian people and showing them the love of God.?

  

The Lebanon Symphony Orchestra has suspended the remainder of its 2010 season, a few days after the orchestra's musical director, David Donovan, appeared at a Lebanon City Council work session to request a donation of $12,000 from the city.

  

BEIRUT: The credit outlook for the Lebanese banking sector is stable, reflecting the buoyant performance of the local economy in 2009, improvement in Lebanese politics and relative stability in the region, says Moody's Investors Service in its new Banking System Outlook on Lebanon. However, this outlook could weaken rapidly in the event that the recent

  

BEIRUT: The Higher Judicial Council expressed on Wednesday some of the judiciary's concerns during a meeting it held with Lebanon's magistrates for first instance courts and appeals courts. Wednesday's meeting was held at the Cassation Court in Beirut and was presided over by the council's president Judge Ghaleb Ghanem. Ghanem stressed the need to work

  

BEIRUT: Arab League chief Amr Moussa arrived in Beirut on Wednesday hoping to resolve a diplomatic dispute with Libya over the disappearance of an influential Lebanese cleric 32 years ago. Moussa's two-day visit kicked off to a bad start with a press conference in which he and Foreign Minister Ali Shami disagreed over whether Lebanon had formally requested the issue

  

BEIRUT: Gouraud Street was so filled with life on Tuesday for the "France in Gemmayzeh" festival that astonished visitors almost believed the weekend was already here. Approximately 40 pubs and restaurants came together to bring a taste of French culture and gastronomy to Gemmayzeh as visitors were welcome to enjoy wine tasting, refined cheese

  

BEIRUT: Former General Security Chief Jamil al-Sayyed judged the lawsuit filed by a Lebanese man against Syrian officers as a shameful attempt to trade with the one he filed against Lebanese officials, according to Sayyed's media office Wednesday. Former member of the Internal Security Forces (ISF) Elias Tanios filed an unprecedented lawsuit last week

  

BEIRUT (AP) - The world's richest man told a group of university students in Lebanon, his ancestral home, on Wednesday that education and jobs are the best way to fight poverty.

  

Two Lebanon men were charged Monday in a burglary Feb. 17 at Beamies Mini Market, 147 Weidman St., Lebanon, police said.

  

Signature Jewelers Inc., a Lebanon-based jewelry retailer, filed today for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

  

The world's richest man has told a group of university students in Lebanon, the home of his father, that education and jobs are the best way to fight poverty.

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon, March 17 (UPI) -- The secret intelligence war between Iran and its allies, Hezbollah and Hamas, on one side and the United States and Israel on the other is likely to heat up in the months ahead.

  

BEIRUT - The Arab League chief said on Wednesday that a renewal of Palestinian-Israeli peace talks would be 'pointless' in the present climate, following the worst riots to shake Jerusalem in years.

  

Byler Management Company won its bid to purchase Lebanon Farmers Market, Jon Byler said today. He reserved further comment until settlement Monday.

  

BEIRUT (Reuters) - As adversaries go, Benjamin Netanyahu and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad are oddly well-suited.

  

Lebanon: The credit outlook for the Lebanese banking sector is stable, reflecting the buoyant performance of the local economy in 2009, improvement in Lebanese politics and relative stability in the region, says Moody's Investors Service in its new Banking System Outlook on Lebanon. However, this outlook could weaken rapidly in the event that the recent political posturing in the wider region deteriorates into more serious acts of aggression. [AMEInfo.com]

  

Reuters has stopped distributing the full text of Moody's Investors Service press releases on ratings actions, effective April 1, 2009. The text of this Moody's Investor Service rating is available at www.moodys.com.

  

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Joint Jordan-Lebanon Higher Committee starts technical meetings

  

A 2-year-old lion, emaciated and barely breathing, is found in a tiny cage off a Beirut highway. Monkeys are hauled through the dark tunnels of Gaza, bound for private zoos. Rare prize falcons are kept in desert encampments by wealthy Arab sheiks.

  

Before arriving to Beirut, Ashton met Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus, one day after meeting Egyptian officials in Cairo. She will also travel to Jordan, Israel and the Palestinian Territories. Ashton said in a statement before the trip that the visit is a sign of the importance the EU attaches to broad and deep relations with its Mediterranean partners and the Arab world, saying ...

  

Ashton also said the EU recognized that Lebanon have an important role as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council, in particular in promoting the dialogue and reconciliation in the region. When meeting with Ashton, Suleiman asked Ashton to "exert pressure on Israel" for the latter to put an end to its "threats" against Lebanon, and called the EU countries to raise the level of their ...

  

The Lebanese Shiite armed group Hezbollah criticized on Tuesday international complicity and Arab silence over Israeli "crimes" against the Palestinians in Jerusalem. Hezbollah in a statement expressed its solidarity with the Palestinian people in their confrontation with the "Zionist criminal machine," adding "the bravery of the Palestinian youth in defending al-Aqsa Mosque is the only way of ...

  

Pyongyang, March 16 (KCNA) -- The Lebanese Communist Party highly appreciates the achievements made by the Korean people under the leadership of the Workers' Party of Korea, said the general secretary of the Central Committee of the Lebanese Communist Party when meeting the DPRK ambassador to Lebanon on March 10.

  

New Delhi: East Bengal will have a tough task at hand as they take a strong Lebanese side Al Nejmeh without striker Bhaichung Bhutia in an AFC Cup match in Beirut Wednesday.

  

BEIRUT: In the latest blow to diplomatic relations between the two countries, Lebanese President Michel Sleiman has ordered an invitation to this month's Arab League summit be returned to Libya, local media reports said Tuesday.Following talks with Prime Minister Saad Hariri, who is currently in Germany on an official visit, Sleiman told

  

BEIRUT: Timor Walid Jumblatt marked his entry to Lebanese politics on Tuesday by laying a red rose on the memorial site of his grandfather Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) founder Kamal Jumblatt. Jumblatt was assassinated on March 16, 2009. Walid Jumblatt had told Al-Jazeera news channel over the weekend that Timor, with the help

  

BEIRUT: Think of Lebanese trees and there's a good chance the mighty cedar will automatically spring to mind. Mentioned in the Bible, its wood has been used for centuries by some of the world's greatest civilizations. There's even one on the Lebanese flag. But flora in Lebanon goes way beyond the cedar, a point Salma Talhouk wanted to make when she

  

BEIRUT: Lebanon is a "shining beacon" when it comes to freedom of media expression in the Arab world, a top international media expert said Tuesday. Speaking at the launch of the countdown to the 63rd World Newspaper Congress and the 17th World Editors Forum, both to be held in Beirut in June this year, Timothy Balding, director general of the

  

LEBANON - The Lebanon Chamber of Commerce has warned businesspeople of a possible scam.

  

The victim of a crash on Quentin Road at Colebrook Road in Lebanon Monday night has been identified as 47-year-old Wandell Raymond-Bryant of Harrisburg.

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon, March 16 (UPI) -- Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah told socialist leader Walid Jumblatt to prepare for a trip to Damascus to discuss bilateral relations.

  

Beirut - Catherine Ashton, the European Union's top diplomat, arrived Tuesday in Beirut for talks with Lebanese officials which will focus on the Middle East peace process. Ashton arrived at Beirut International Airport and headed directly for talks ...

  

Risks And Opportunities For 2010 And Beyond A gainst the backdrop of a global economic recovery, the macroeconomic prospects for Jordan, Lebanon and Syria are improving, although the Dubai World '?default' has dented the outlook for the Gulf somewhat, and could hit confidence more locally too.

  

Beirut- Lebanon has refused Libya's invitation to an Arab summit later this month, blaming administrative reasons , Lebanese radio reported Tuesday. Lebanese-Libyan relations have not recovered since a high-ranking Shiite cleric went missing in Trip...

  

Syrian President ready to receive Lebanese Druze chief in Damascus amid improvement in ties.

  

BEIRUT: Forbes magazine's annual survey of the world's billionaires for 2010 included on its list six persons from Lebanon, unchanged from 2009, four members from the family of the late Prime Minister Rafik Hariri and two members of the Mikati family, as reported by Lebanon This Week, the economic publication of the Byblos Bank Group.

  

Cedar Crest High School students will pay $1 more for classroom driver ed instruction and $5 more for behind-the-wheel training next year, Cornwall-Lebanon School Board voted Monday.

  

It's been less than a week since voters in Lebanon, New Hampshire approved a new $24 millionmiddle school. And teachers are already making plans for the new facility.

  

Lebanon has rejected "for administrative reasons" Libya's invitation to the upcoming Arab summit, the Lebanese foreign ministry said on Monday.

  

BEIRUT: Beirut MPs held a meeting in Parliament on Monday at noon during which they discussed the developmental situation in the capital, the state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported. The meeting was attended by MPs Mohammad Qabbani, Nabil de Freij, Sebouh Kalbakian, Bassem al-Shab, Atef Majdalani, Ghazi Youssef and Ammar Houri.

  

BEIRUT: Beirut First Investigative Magistrate Ghassan Oweidat questioned Monday those involved in a shooting at the White House restaurant in late February. He interrogated Tarek Yateem, Majid Jillo, Elias Al-Awabeda and Fouad Al-Sabbah. Oweidat issued arrest warrants against them on charges of firing weapons and destroying private property

  

BEIRUT: Lebanon will not send a representative to the March Arab League summit to be held in Libya, a well-informed ministerial source told The Daily Star on Monday. The source said the Lebanese government has found it "shameful" the way that Libya has dealt with the issue of the summit. Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa is due to arrive

  

Shaykh Asseyed Muhammad Adnan Kabbani from Lebanon will visit Sri Lanka today. He is a renowned religious scholar and author who has devoted his life to the promotion of traditional Islamic principles.

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon, March 15 (UPI) -- Lebanon's fiery socialist leader Walid Jumblatt apologized to Syrian President Bashar Assad for derogatory comments he made in 2007.

  

BEIRUT (AFP) - Lebanon has rejected "for administrative reasons" Libya's invitation to an Arab summit later this month, the foreign ministry said on Monday.

  

German Chancellor Angela Merkel says new sanctions are needed against Iran to pressure the country into settling the dispute over its nuclear program. Speaking to reporters Monday after talks with Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri, Merkel said Iran had... Prime minister - Angela Merkel - Chancellor of Germany - Middle East - Lebanon

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon, March 15 (UPI) -- The Western-backed March 14 alliance in Lebanon called for action on a national dialogue strategy to prevent a regional war.

  

BEIRUT (March 15, 2010): Iraq's Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki may get first go at forming a government, early election results show, but Sunnis will fume if he cuts out his secular rival Iyad Allawi, the man most of them voted for.

  

Lebanon's March 14 alliance has proposed a plan urging Lebanese and other Arab nations to defend the country at a time of regional and international turbulence.

  

Lebanon: Lebanon-based Azadea Group Holding has signed a multi-year franchise agreement with US-based fashion designer, The Gymboree Corp, to launch the Gymboree retail brand in the Middle East. The first stores are scheduled to open in Dubai during the third fiscal quarter of 2010, with plans to open more stores across the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, Bahrain, Jordan and Lebanon. [AMEInfo.com]

  

BEIRUT: The Lebanese government is planning on buying an additional 45 gigabytes of international internet bandwidth for $45 million in the coming few months said an IT expert on Sunday.

  

There are worse threats than five more years of Gordon Brown. In the Middle East, tension is growing. In Amman, Beirut, Damascus and Jerusalem, anxious voices are prophesying war while the West seems powerless. The UK has no clear position. Neither does the US. There is a general gabbling burble: "These are dangerous times... time for all men of goodwill...important that all sides show restraint ...

  

BEIRUT: Hussein Mohammad A.A., 26, was arrested for a number of crimes at dawn Saturday in Beirut's Bourj al-Barajneh neighborhood, a security official said. The man was arrested by patrols operating under the Beirut Southern Suburbs Judiciary Section and detained on charges of pick pocketing, drug trafficking, firing a weapon and breaking pharmaceutical laws.

  

BEIRUT: Christian Lebanese figures concluded activities on Saturday expressing solidarity with Iraqi Christians by holding a religious ceremony. The ceremony at Harissa's Lady of Lebanon church was held to mark the end of a day of events entitled "Iraq's Cross is Bleeding, When is the Resurrection?" The day's activities were attended by Bishop Bshara al-Raii on behalf of Maronite

  

BEIRUT: The Lebanese government is planning on buying an additional 45 gigabytes of international internet bandwidth for $45 million in the coming few months said an IT expert on Sunday. "The Ministry of Telecommunications announced that the additional bandwidth is expected to reach Lebanon in the month of May but I think that this will

  

BEIRUT: Prime Minister Saad Hariri said over the weekend that any future war in the region would be the direct result of the international community's inaction and failure to solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. "War in the region has never been due to a decision taken by Lebanon. Any war is a direct result of inaction on the part of the international community and the failure

  

BEIRUT: Strident threats of war are continuing to risk a fresh conflict between Lebanon and Israel, the United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon said on Friday. Speaking after briefing UN Security Council members in New York on the implementation of Resolution 1701, Michael Williams said that bellicose warnings coming from Beirut and Tel Aviv were "utterly unhelpful.

  

CAIRO - BEIRUT - Lebanon, March 14 -- Azadea Group Holding SAL announced it has entered into a multi-year franchise agreement with The Gymboree Corporation, to launch the Gymboree retail brand in the Middle East. The first stores are scheduled to open in Dubai during the third fiscal quarter of 2010. To date, The Gymboree Corporation operates a total of 629 Gymboree stores in the USA, Canada ...

  

BEIRUT (AP) - One of Syria's harshest critics in Lebanon has now said his earlier statements were "improper" and called for a new page in relations between the two countries.

  

Druze leader admits he has made unreasonable remarks about Assad at time of internal tensions within Lebanon.

  

A Lebanon man was killed just after midnight Saturday when the car he was driving was struck by a car traveling the wrong way on Interstate 81 in East Hanover Township.

  

BEIRUT (Reuters) -Lebanese Druze leader Walid Jumblatt said a televised interview Saturday comments he made about Syria's president Bashar al-Assad in 2007 had been "inappropriate" and "came at a moment of anger."

  

Beirut - Lebanese Druze leader Walid Jumblat, who is also a member of Parliament, admitted Saturday that he had insulted Syrian President Bashar Assad in the last five years and said he was not sure that the Syrian leader could tolerate the verbal of...

  

BEIRUT (AFP) - Lebanon's Druze leader Walid Jumblatt on Saturday called on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to turn the page on the past, admitting that he had in a moment of anger said inappropriate things.

  

Beirut - Two French peacekeepers were killed and three others wounded Saturday when their vehicle veered off a road in southern Lebanon, Lebanese radio broadcasters reported. The accident took place in Rashya al Fakhar, the broadcasters reported. ...

  

Manchester -- The Ferrari finally ran out of gas. As good as the Lebanon High girls basketball team has been this winter -- 24 consecutive victories' worth of good -- an automobile pilot can step on the accelerator only so many times.

  

A Lebanon businessman has pleaded guilty in federal court to theft and tax evasion charges.

  

BEIRUT: International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, is providing training and expertise to help the Lebanese banking sector increase its capacity to finance sustainable energy and clean technology projects.

  

The UN Interim Forces in Lebanon ( UNIFIL) deputy spokesperson Andrea Tenenti denied Friday that Israeli tanks crossed the blue line and entered the Lebanese territories in the south. Earlier in the day, local MTV TV channel reported that two Israeli tanks crossed into Lebanese territories and stationed at Talet al-Wazzani, while al-Mustaqbal news site said six Israeli tanks were deployed around ...

  

Lebanon: In order to promote the economic exchange between Lebanon and Brazil, the Embassy of the Republic of Brazil have the honor to inform that the Brazilian Minister of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade, Miguel Jorge, will be heading the largest trade commission ever to visit Lebanon on Friday April 16th 2010, post its Egypt trip. [AMEInfo.com]

  

Zach Arnold connected for a game-high 17 points Friday night as Lebanon Catholic slammed Homer-Center 57-35 in a PIAA Class A first-round game.The Beavers (16-11), playing as the third seed out of District Three, broke away in the fourth quarter, outscoring Homer-Center 21-6.Arnold dropped eight fie...

  

A Syrian Kurd girl, left, reacts, during a sit-in to mark the fifth anniversary of the 2004 riots in north east Syria which killed 25 Syrian Kurds, in front the European Union offices, in Beirut, Lebanon.

  

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A recent wave of bellicose rhetoric between Israel and Lebanon has fuelled fears the two hostile neighbours could be headed for another conflict, the U.N. special coordinator for Lebanon said on Friday.

  

Source: Reuters * Bellicose rhetoric is "utterly unhelpful" - UN envoy * UN urges Israel, Lebanon to comply with cease-fire terms By Louis Charbonneau UNITED NATIONS, March 12 (Reuters) - A recent ...

  

BEIRUT: The Permanent Military Tribunal questioned on Friday Internal Security Forces Adjutant Michel Mikhael in the case of killing Marada Movement official Youssef Franjieh and it sentenced a Palestinian national to hard labor for planning to kill the American ambassador in Lebanon in 1999. Mikhael claimed during investigations that he didn't know who

  

BEIRUT: Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) leader Walid Jumblatt will tackle his relations with the Syrian leadership during a televised interview on Saturday that is expected to outline Jumblatt's new alliances in domestic and foreign politics, cementing his exit from the March 14 alliance. Jumblatt's interview on Al-Jazeera television is to be followed

  

BEIRUT: Carlos Slim, the world's richest man and a Mexican tycoon of Lebanese origin, met on Friday with the country's three top leaders and received an honorary medal for his achievements. Slim met with President Michel Sleiman at the Presidential Palace in Baabda and received Lebanon's honorary golden medal. Slim, who is being accompanied

  

BEIRUT: International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, is providing training and expertise to help the Lebanese banking sector increase its capacity to finance sustainable energy and clean technology projects. IFC, in cooperation with Banque du Liban, hosted a day workshop on March 12 in Beirut for bankers, project

  

A Lebanese man has been arrested in northern Lebanon for killing his sister earlier this week in what authorities described as an honour killing, a security official said yesterday. 'The 24-year-old victim was single and apparently had a boyfriend,' the security official said.

  

Beirut - The failure of the international community to solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is...

  

Two Israeli tanks have crossed their technical fence near the border with Lebanon two kilometers south of the disputed Ghajar village.

  

BEIRUT (AFP) - Lebanon's president will not attend an Arab League summit in Libya because of a dispute between both countries over the 1978 disappearance of a leading Shiite cleric, a top official said on Friday.

  

March 12 (Bloomberg) -- Mexico's Carlos Slim , who beat Bill Gates and Warren Buffett for the top spot on Forbes magazine's annual list of billionaires, arrived in Lebanon late yesterday.