Lebanese President Emile Lahoud and Shiite group Hezbollah on Thursday blasted a UN Security Council resolution on setting up a tribunal to try suspects in the murder of ex-Lebanese Premier Rafik Hariri.

  

Visiting Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki on Thursday accused the United States and Israel of being responsible for the tension in Lebanon, which was aimed at preventing political unity among the Lebanese people.

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon -- A Lebanese soldier was killed by sniper fire Thursday from inside a Palestinian refugee camp where the military and Islamic militants have been engaged in a standoff for nearly two weeks, security officials said.

  

A Lebanese soldier was killed by sniper fire Thursday from inside a Palestinian refugee camp where the military and Islamic militants have been engaged in a standoff for nearly two weeks, security officials said.

  

Last summer's fuel-oil spill into the Mediterranean Sea is not the main cause behind the Lebanese coast's pollution, despite what many people think. In fact, the key factor contributing to the pollution of the sea around Lebanon has never changed: sewage, according to an article in this month's issue of Environment and Development magazine.

  

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warned Wednesday that the sharp increase in US military aid to Lebanon could "destabilize" the country. "We have always assumed that it is necessary for international agreements to be adhered to. We also know it is necessary to prevent the shipment of arms which might serve to destabilize the situation," he said.

  

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syria could spark trouble in Lebanon in response to a U.N. Security Council vote to set up a tribunal to try the killers of Rafik al-Hariri, the former prime minister's son said on Thursday.

  

The decision to establish a tribunal over the killing of Rafik Hariri is met with mixed opinion in Lebanon, the BBC's Kim Ghattas reports.

  

The U.N. Security Council resolution establishing an international court to try suspects in the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri was welcomed by supporters of the former prime minister. From the Lebanese capital, VOA's Margaret Besheer reports.

  

Sporadic clashes between Lebanese army troops and the Fatah al-Islam militant group are continuing at a Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon. The Lebanese army says at least one soldier was killed in the latest round of fighting Thursday.

  

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syria could spark trouble in Lebanon in response to a U.N. Security Council vote to set up a tribunal to try the killers of Rafik al-Hariri, the former prime minister's son said on Thursday.

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon A Lebanese soldier was killed by Islamic militants' sniper fire Thursday, the latest casualty of the 12-day standoff between the military and Fatah Islam fighters at a refugee camp in northern Lebanon, security officials said.

  

A Lebanese soldier and at least eight Fatah al-Islam extremists have been killed in a surge of fighting at a Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon, the army said on Thursday.

  

Source: Reuters (Adds soldier killed) NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon, May 31 (Reuters) - A Lebanese soldier was shot dead on Thursday by Islamist militants dug in at a Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon, a ...

  

Both Syria and the Lebanese opposition that it supports criticized the United Nations on Thursday for its decision to establish a tribunal to prosecute the killers of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.

  

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's pro-Syrian president said on Thursday a U.N. tribunal on the killing of a former prime minister could divide Lebanese, echoing broad fears of sectarian strife in a country still haunted by a civil war.

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon - The U.N. Security Council voted Wednesday to unilaterally establish an international tribunal to prosecute suspects in the killing of Lebanon's former prime minister, prompting many Lebanese to celebrate and dance in the streets.

  

Three Lebanese soldiers were wounded on Thursday in skirmishes with Islamist militants dug-in at a Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon, security sources said.

  

UNITED NATIONS -- A sharply divided UN Security Council voted yesterday to establish an international criminal tribunal to prosecute the masterminds of the February 2005 suicide-bomb assassination of a former Lebanese prime minister, Rafik Hariri, and 22 others.

  

Four Hungarian soldiers serving under the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon have received high honors in Beirut, MTI reports.

  

The U.N. Security Council passed a resolution Wednesday to start an international tribunal to prosecute suspects in the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.

  

The U.N. Security Council voted Wednesday to unilaterally establish an international tribunal to prosecute suspects in the assassination of Lebanon's former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, but major powers Russia and China abstained. In Lebanon, Hariri supporters danced in the streets.

  

In Lebanon's clannish politics, Saad Hariri has one of the most important qualifications to become the country's new prime minister: He's from the right family.

  

Beirut - The Lebanese parliamentary group - liberation and development - has thanked donor countries especially Qatar, which has borne responsibility for reconstruction of the war-ravaged and biggest Lebanese villages in south Lebanon.

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon, 6:17 p.m. May 30 (AP): The U.N. Security Council voted Wednesday to unilaterally establish an international tribunal to prosecute suspects in the killing of Lebanon's former prime minister, prompting many Lebanese to celebrate and dance in the streets.

  

It's common currency among Europe's cultural funding agencies these days to encourage cultural dialogue as a means of seeing past entrenched political differences in the Middle East. The Beirut International Center for Art - Production and Distribution (BIAPD) has taken a page from the European book, and is launching Beirut's very own Iranian Film Festival.

  

The third Arab Conference on Geographic Names (ACGN), which endeavors to transliterate Arabic geographic names into Latin letters, opened a two-day session on Wednesday in Beirut. Representatives from Arab geographic and cartographic institutions attended the ACGN, as did geography experts from the United Nations.

  

Lebanon - US - Iranian Diplomats Lebanese foreign minister said he wanted Iranian diplomats, who have been arrested in Erbil, Iraq, to be released by the US through good will in the same way as Iran released British sailors.

  

NEW YORK -- The U.N. Security Council today approved the creation of an international tribunal to try suspects in a series of Lebanese political assassinations, setting up a confrontation with Syria, which has said it will not cooperate with the new court.

  

A Lebanese woman, carrying a white rose, sits in front of a huge poster of assassinated prime minister Rafiq Hariri at his grave site in the heart of Beirut. The UN Security Council voted Wednesday to set up an international court to try suspects in the murder of Hariri.

  

The U.N. Security Council approved a resolution Wednesday to unilaterally establish an international tribunal to prosecute suspects in the assassination of Lebanon's former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri but major powers Russia and China abstained from voting.

  

A deeply divided U.N. Security Council approved a resolution Wednesday to unilaterally establish an international tribunal to prosecute suspects in the assassination of Lebanon's former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.

  

BEIRUT: Lebanese President Emile Lahoud has suggested the formation of a six-minister ``Cabinet of national salvation'' during a rare meeting with Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Sfeir as a way of resolving the country's ongoing political crisis, ...

  

Lebanese singer Julia Boutros will hold a conference this week to discuss her new project 'Ahiba?i' (My Beloved Ones), according to the British daily Elaph.

  

Lebanon was anxiously awaiting a UN Security Council vote Wednesday on the creation of an international court for the murder of ex-premier Rafiq Hariri, an issue at the core of an acute political crisis that has paralysed the government for months.

  

Jihadists battling the Lebanese army in north Lebanon were either on their way to or from Iraq, Palestinian political sources believe, a sign that the shadow of Sunni militancy there has started to fall over Arab countries nearby.

  

NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon (AFP) - Fighting between the Lebanese army and Islamist militants flared again as their deadly standoff entered its 10th day Wednesday and relief workers tried to get aid to stranded civilians.

  

The Lebanese army clashed with al-Qaeda-linked Islamic fighters in a Palestinian refugee camp Tuesday, breaking a weeklong truce.

  

UNITED NATIONS (AP)--The U.S., the U.K. and France are predicting that the U.N. Security Council will approve a resolution to establish an international tribunal to prosecute suspects in the assassination of Lebanon's former prime minister Rafik Hariri, despite opposition from Russia, China and other council members.

  

The United States Tuesday called for a vote this week to set up an international tribunal to prosecute suspects in the assassination of Lebanon's former prime minister, despite opposition from Russia, China and other Security Council members.

  

The U.S. and its European allies scheduled a vote on a resolution establishing an international court to try those suspected of killing Rafik Hariri, the former Lebanese prime minister.

  

Turkish Prime Minister's Office has submitted a motion to the parliament, asking to extend the mandate of Turkish troops under the banner of UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) for one more year, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported on Tuesday.

  

The army clashed with al-Qaeda-linked Islamic fighters in a Palestinian refugee camp Tuesday, breaking a week-long truce. Lebanon's government said it's determined to defeat the militants but remains willing to give mediation a chance.

  

Beirut's retail and service sectors are bracing for another slow summer, as customers steer clear of the capital's once-bustling district in the face of looming security threats. Consumers trickled back to ABC mall in Achrafieh last weekend following the nearby explosion on May 20, but business is far below expected levels.

  

The Lebanese army launched artillery shells at a Palestinian refugee camp and militants barricaded inside fired mortars in the heaviest fighting there in a week.

  

A US Congressional delegation led by Congressman David Price, Chairman of the House Democracy Assistance Commission, expressed support for Lebanon's parliamentary democracy, following talks with Head of the Future Bloc in Parliament MP Saad Hariri.

  

Israel Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says last year's war in Lebanon dealt a harsh blow to Hezbollah guerrillas.

  

LEBANON - A fire in a garage in Lebanon caused extensive damage to equipment stored in the structure along with damage to a nearby home. The Lebanon Fire Department responded to the fire at N329 Wiley Road in the town of Lebanon at 6:14 p.m. Friday.

  

The renewed fighting before sundown, with the Lebanese army using artillery to silence the militants' source of fire, was the worst outbreak of violence in a week.

  

Heavy clashes erupted Tuesday between Lebanese troops and Fatah Islam militants in a Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon - the sharpest escalation after a weeklong truce.

  

Like a college junior fresh off a semester abroad in Prague, Beirut 's Zach Condon continues to relish his Euro fetish. Not only is the Balkan-inspired tunesmith scheduled to make a trek across the pond for a string of summer dates, but he'll issue the UK-only 7" for the Lon Gisland EP's leadoff track "Elephant Gun" June 25 on 4AD . And it features a take on Frenchy Jacques Brel's "Le Moribond" ...

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - A Lebanese army soldier injured in clashes between the military and Fatah Islam militants in a Palestinian refugee camp in the country's north has died of his wounds, security officials said Tuesday.

  

A Lebanese soldier is killed in fighting overnight with Islamist militants at a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon.

  

Turkey, the first Muslim country to contribute troops to a UN military mission in violence-wracked Lebanon, on Tuesday extended its mandate by a year.

  

LOUISVILLE, Ky., May 18: AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) announced today that AT&T's wireless unit (formerly Cingular) -- the nation's largest wireless carrier -- has expanded its Kentucky wireless service with a new cell site that enhances coverage in Lebanon, Ky. The new cell site is located along Hwy. 62. "The new cell site in Lebanon will allow us to provide that exceptional network for our folks in ...

  

BEIRUT (Reuters) - "Gone fishing" says the notice on the door of a club in a usually bustling Beirut bar district which has been deserted since bomb attacks last week.

  

Life inside Lebanon's Palestinian refugee camps.

  

Clashes between Lebanese troops and Islamist militants were reported Tuesday, the ninth consecutive day of the fighting in and around Beirut.

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon -- Sporadic clashes erupted Monday between Lebanese troops and Islamic militants at a Palestinian refugee camp, injuring one soldier, security officials said.

  

Source: Reuters By Nazih Siddiq NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon, May 29 (Reuters) - Sporadic fighting erupted on Tuesday between the Lebanese army and Sunni Islamist militants holed up in a battered Palestinian camp, with ...

  

NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon (Reuters) - Sporadic fighting erupted on Tuesday between the Lebanese army and Sunni Islamist militants holed up in a battered Palestinian camp, with no sign of progress in efforts to mediate an end to the 10-day standoff.

  

Acer has scored a deal to supply 30 units of its G540 Acer Altos servers to Lebanese bank Credit Libanais.

  

A woman passenger was killed in a car chase in eastern Beirut overnight after the vehicle failed to stop at a police checkpoint, police said on Tuesday.

  

The Lebanese army and Fatah Islam militants have resumed fighting inside the Palestinian refugee camp of Nahr el-Bared in northern Lebanon. The Lebanese army fired mortars into the camp and a flare bomb was also seen across the skyline.

  

NAHR EL-BARED, Lebanon -- Heavily armed foreign jihadists have been entering Lebanon from Syria from around the time Western authorities noticed a drop in the infiltration of foreign fighters from Syria to Iraq, Lebanese officials say.

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon -- Sporadic clashes erupted Monday between Lebanese troops and Islamic militants at a Palestinian refugee camp, injuring one soldier, security officials said.

  

Palestinian religious leaders have been holding talks with leaders of Fatah al-Islam, the Islamic group holed up in a refugee camp in northern Lebanon, in a bid to find a political solution to end more than a week of fighting between the militants and the Lebanese army.

  

Lebanese troops at a checkpoint near Beirut Airport opened fire at a speeding taxi driving through their post on Monday afternoon, killing a passenger and the Syrian driver, local Naharnet news website reported.

  

One person was killed and another injured on Monday when Lebanese troops fired at a speeding car at a checkpoint outside Beirut international airport, the Qatar-based al-Jazeera TV channel reported.

  

TRIPOLI, Lebanon, May 28 (UPI) -- A new gun battle erupted Monday between Lebanese government troops and al-Qaida-inspired militants inside a refugee camp near the port city of Tripoli.

  

The standoff between the Lebanese Army and Islamic militants in a Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon entered its second week Monday. In Tripoli, VOA's Margaret Besheer reports residents are worried about how the situation will end.

  

TWO men were killed overnight as their car sped away from a Lebanese army checkpoint outside Beirut international airport at a time of heightened tension in Lebanon, an army spokesman said.

  

NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon (AFP) - Sporadic gunbattles and sniper fire erupted on Monday as Lebanese troops backed by tanks kept up a siege of Islamist fighters holed up in a Palestinian refugee camp.

  

BEIRUT - Two men were killed on Monday as their car sped away from a Lebanese army checkpoint outside Beirut international airport at a time of heightened tension in Lebanon, an army spokesman said.

  

An Israeli soldier reports on the withdrawal of troops from Lebanon as officers close the border-fence gate behind him Oct. 1. Israel?'s war with Hezbollah ended much like the way it was waged '' unpredictably, and with a good deal of self-doubt.

  

Source: Reuters BEIRUT, May 28 (Reuters) - Lebanese soldiers fired at a car that tried to drive through a checkpoint on a highway leading to Beirut's international airport on Monday, killing two occupants and ...

  

PARIS, May 28, 2007 (AFP) - Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner told the leader of Lebanon's Christian opposition Monday that France supports the independence and stability of Lebanon.

  

Source: IRIN Thousands of elderly and sick refugees in Nahr al-Bared refugee camp and neighbouring Badawi camp in northern Lebanon are in urgent need of chronic disease medication currently unavailable to aid agencies, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) told IRIN.

  

Ali Said Mearbani mopped his brow and gratefully accepted a cool glass of water offered to him by a worker in the cafe. Mearbani had more reasons to be thankful, though; he had just escaped Lebanon's latest war zone. Mearbani, 64, lives in the village...

  

NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon - Lebanese troops and Islamist militants holed up in a refugee camp in northern Lebanon engaged in a short but violent firefight, an AFP correspondent witnessed.

  

Palestinian mediators pressed for a negotiated solution to a week-long siege of a Palestinian refugee camp Sunday, with the Lebanese government demanding the surrender of Islamic militants inside but reluctant to rush into an all-out assault.

  

(RTTNews) - The Lebanese government of Prime Minister Fouad Siniora has given Palestinian factions until the middle of the week to negotiate a peaceful end to a standoff between its security forces and Islamic militants barricaded inside a Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon.

  

DUBAI - Michel Saleh, whose latest rally outing was halted by Lebanon's internal fighting, has quickly switched his attention to Syria as he chases his best finish for 14 years in the FIA Middle East Rally Championship.

  

Two civilians and two policemen were injured when unknown attackers threw a grenade from a bridge in Beirut`s Sunni Muslim Barbir neighbourhood late Sunday, a senior security official said.

  

A hand grenade was tossed off on Sunday evening at a unit of security forces at a major intersection in west Beirut, injuring five, which is the third attack upon the Lebanese capital in a week.

  

Kuwait will send five million U. S. dollars worth of humanitarian aid for the relief of the refugees in a Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon, the official KUNA news agency reported Sunday.

  

A hand grenade was thrown late Sunday at a unit of security forces at a major Beirut intersection, injuring two policemen, an army soldier and two civilians, police said.

  

NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon - Lebanon is set for the long haul in a bid to peacefully end a standoff with Islamist militants holed up at a battered refugee camp, a government source said Sunday, as the two sides again traded gunfire after dark.

  

NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon (Reuters) - Fresh fighting broke out on Sunday between the Lebanese army and militants in a Palestinian refugee camp, but a senior member of the governing coalition said there were no plans to end the standoff by military means.

  

A hand grenade has been thrown at a unit of security forces at a major Beirut crossroads, injuring two policemen, an army soldier and two civilians.

  

The Lebanese government deferred to Palestinians factions on Sunday in brokering a "political" solution to the standoff here between the army and Fatah al-Islam militants, although it was unclear to what extent Palestinian leaders had accepted the role. "We are waiting for the Palestinians factions.

  

Unknown assailants hurled a hand grenade near a Lebanese police patrol in Beirut on Sunday night, wounding two police officers and two civilians, a police spokesman said.

  

Source: Reuters (Updates with Red Cross comment, paragraphs 13-15) By Tom Perry BEIRUT, May 26 (Reuters) - A senior member of Lebanon's governing coalition said on Sunday military action was not on the table for ...

  

BEIRUT: A senior member of Lebanon's governing coalition said military action was not on the table for ending a standoff between the Lebanese army and militants holed up in a Palestinian refugee camp.

  

Lebanon is set for the long haul in a bid to end a standoff with Islamist militants holed up at a squalid refugee camp without further bloodshed, a senior government source said Sunday.

  

"The authorities have given Palestinian organisations until the middle of the week" to try to reach a settlement, a Lebanese government source told AFP on condition of anonymity.

  

BEIRUT -- Lebanon has given Palestinian factions until the middle of the week to negotiate a peaceful end to deadly fighting between the army and Islamist militants, a government source said Sunday.

  

The Islamist militant group barricaded in a Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon pledges to fight on.

  

Clashes between Lebanese soldiers and militants inside a refugee camp near Tripoli have ended a fragile four-day-old truce, it was reported Sunday.

  

BEIRUT (Reuters) - A senior member of Lebanon's governing coalition said on Sunday military action was not on the table for ending a standoff between the Lebanese army and militants holed up in a Palestinian refugee camp.

  

As a teenager in the 1950s, Evelyn Shakir dreamed of being a writer. But the idea of writing "Remember Me to Lebanon," her new book of short stories about Lebanese women in Boston, would come far in the future.

  

NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon (AFP) - Fears for thousands of civilians caught in the Lebanese army's siege of Islamist militants grew Sunday as those brave enough to escape told harrowing tales of survival.

  

Lebanon: MEMAC Ogilvy appoints Lebanese international star and acclaimed musician Yuri Mrakadi as their new Group Director Creative Services. [AMEInfo.com]

  

TRIPOLI, Lebanon - Lebanon's pro-Western prime minister yesterday rejected opposition criticism over planeloads of U.S. military aid pouring in to shore up the country's army in its battle with Islamic militants in a Palestinian refugee camp.

  

TRIPOLI, Lebanon - Leba-non's pro-Western prime minister on Saturday rejected opposition criticism over planeloads of U.S. military aid pouring in to shore up the country's army in its battle with Islamic militants in a Palestinian refugee camp.

  

Published May 22, 2007 - 15:11:22 CDT. TRIPOLI, Lebanon - Thousands of people fled a crowded refugee camp tonight during a lull in three straight days of clashes between Lebanese troops and Islamic militants holed up inside, Associated Press reporters at the scene said.

  

Nahr al-Bared (Lebanon), May 27 (DPA) A fragile ceasefire between the Lebanese army and Al Qaeda-linked Muslim militants was broken late Saturday as machinegun fire and rocket exchanges could be heard across the Palestinian refugee camp at the centre of the struggle.

  

NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon (AFP) - Fears for thousands of civilians caught in the Lebanese army's siege of Islamist militants grew Sunday as those brave enough to escape told harrowing tales of survival.

  

Islamic fighters in the siege at Lebanon's Nahr al Bared refugee camp claim to have spent months digging underground bunkers ahead of a battle they promise will last "two years or more".

  

TRIPOLI, Lebanon (AP) - Lebanon's pro-western prime minister rejected opposition criticism Saturday over planeloads of U.S. military aid pouring in to shore up the country's army in its battle with Islamic militants in a Palestinian refugee camp.

  

Lebanon's pro-Western prime minister on Saturday rejected opposition criticism over planeloads of U.S. military aid pouring in to shore up the country's army in its battle with Islamic militants in a Palestinian refugee camp.

  

As a lull in fighting between the Lebanese Army and Islamic militants in a Palestinian refugee camp entered a second day, more camp residents fled, as fears remain high that their situation will worsen. VOA's Margaret Besheer has more from the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli.

  

US planes bring fresh military supplies to Lebanon, as a stand-off between the army and militants continues.

  

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Saturday warned arch-foe Israel against any plot to launch a fresh attack on Lebanon this summer, the ISNA news agency reported.

  

The United States has sent more ammunition to the Lebanese army, as government troops continue to battle against a group of heavily armed militants inside a Palestinian refugee camp.

  

TRIPOLI, Lebanon -- The United States and Arab allies rushed military aid to Lebanon on Friday, boosting its strength ahead of a possible army assault to crush Islamic militants barricaded in a Palestinian refugee camp.

  

The United States sent more ammunition on Saturday to Lebanon, whose army is struggling to defeat a group of heavily armed Islamist militants holed up inside a Palestinian refugee camp.

  

The United States has sent more ammunition to the Lebanese army, as the fight against a group of heavily armed Islamist militants inside a Palestinian refugee camp continues. Three U.S. Air Force cargo planes landed at Beirut's airport and unloaded ammunition and other equipment bound for the army.

  

The United States sent more ammunition on Saturday to Lebanon whose army is struggling to defeat a group of heavily armed Islamist militants holed up inside a Palestinian refugee camp.

  

TRIPOLI, Lebanon The United States and two Arab nations rushed military aid to Lebanon on Friday, boosting its strength ahead of a possible army assault to crush al-Qaida-inspired Islamic militants barricaded in a Palestinian refugee camp.

  

NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon, May 25 -- U.S. military aid began arriving in Lebanon on Friday, Lebanese officials said, in order to resupply government troops battling a militant group in northern Lebanon whose leader claims links to al-Qaeda.

  

The leader of Hezbollah in Lebanon, Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah, has warned the Lebanese army not to enter the Palestinian refugee camp north of Tripoli where it has been confronting Islamic militants.

  

The US has sent planeloads of arms and ammunition for the Lebanese army, as tension grows in the north of the country.

  

TRIPOLI, Lebanon - Heavy exchanges of gunfire erupted Thursday night between Lebanese troops besieging a Palestinian refugee camp and Islamic militants holed up inside, breaking a two-day-old truce.

  

The Lebanese government said Friday that talks are under way to negotiate an end to deadly clashes with Islamist militants but added it remains ready to use force if the talks fail.

  

The United States and Arab allies rushed military aid to Lebanon Friday, boosting its strength ahead of a possible army assault to crush Islamic militants barricaded in a Palestinian refugee camp.

  

The United States delivered plane loads of ammunition to Beirut on Friday as the U.S. Congress agreed on $770 million in new funds for Lebanon, of which more than a third is for military aid.

  

An eerie calm hovered over the Northern refugee camp of Nahr al-Bared and nearby Tripoli on Friday after roads around the camp reopened and the Lebanese Army carried out new raids in the port city. On Friday morning, the Lebanese government received additional equipment for the army when three US military.

  

A group claiming to be the Levant wing of Al-Qaeda threatened to target tourists in Lebanon if an army siege is not lifted on militants in a refugee camp in the north of the country, according to an Internet statement posted on Friday.

  

The United States sent military aid to Lebanon on Friday and the Lebanese army deployed extra troops to a Palestinian camp where it has been battling Islamist militants this week.

  

Lebanon's army warned on Friday it will hit back "forcefully" if attacked by Islamists holed up in a refugee camp in northern Lebanon, after a fierce firefight broke out overnight.

  

TRIPOLI, 05/25 - Two transport planes said to be carrying American military aid for the Lebanese army are reported to have arrived at Beirut airport. The move follows an appeal for such aid by the Lebanese government.

  

Military aid began arriving Friday after the United States said it will rush supplies to the Lebanese army

  

TRIPOLI, Lebanon (AP) - Military aid began arriving Friday after the United States said it will rush supplies to the Lebanese army battling al-Qaida-inspired Islamic militants barricaded inside a Palestinian refugee camp in the country's north.

  

Lebanon's army warned Friday it will "respond forcefully" should Islamists holed up in a refugee camp in northern Lebanon launch attacks, after a fierce firefight broke out overnight.

  

The United States and Arab allies sent military aid to Lebanon on Friday and the Lebanese army deployed extra troops to a Palestinian camp where it has been battling Islamist militants this week.

  

Military aid began arriving Friday after the United States said it will rush supplies to the Lebanese army fighting al-Qaida-inspired Islamic militants barricaded inside a Palestinian refugee camp in the country's north.

  

TRIPOLI, Lebanon - Heavy exchanges of gunfire erupted last night between Lebanese troops besieging a Palestinian refugee camp and Islamic extremists holed up inside, breaking a two-day-old truce.

  

TRIPOLI, Lebanon - Heavy exchanges of gunfire erupted Thursday night between Lebanese troops besieging a Palestinian refugee camp and Islamic militants holed up inside, breaking a two-day-old truce.

  

Lebanon's army warned Friday it will "respond forcefully" should Islamists entrenched in a refugee camp in northern Lebanon launch another attack, after a fierce firefight erupted during the night.

  

BEIRUT -- For 38-year-old businesswoman Susan Hakim, the concussive slap and roar of the bomb exploding beneath her windows in Beirut's luxury shopping district came with the predictability of an item scrawled in her datebook.

  

Lebanese army tanks pounded a shadowy group suspected of ties to al-Qaida on Sunday, targeting its hideouts inside a Palestinian refugee camp after hours of clashes killed at least 22 soldiers and 17 militants.

  

Lebanon's prime minister vowed Thursday to wipe out an Islamic militant group barricaded in a Palestinian refugee camp, raising the prospect that the army will either storm the camp, in what would likely be a bloody battle, or dig in for a long siege to force its surrender.

  

TRIPOLI, Lebanon (AP) - Heavy exchanges of gunfire erupted Thursday night between Lebanese troops besieging a Palestinian refugee camp and Islamic militants holed up inside, breaking a two-day-old truce.

  

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Thursday the US continues to pay close attention to the situation in Lebanon, where fighting has raged between government forces and Islamic guerillas for four days.

  

Lebanese leaders have promised to crush the Islamist fighters holed up in the Nahr al-Bared Palestinian refugee camp, as fighting ended a tenuous truce.

  

Exchanges of gunfire Thursday marred a two-day truce with an Islamic militant group as the Lebanese Army moved troops around a Palestinian refugee camp but did not attempt to advance.

  

There is something obscene about watching the siege of Nahr el-Bared. The old Palestinian camp - home to 30,000 lost souls who will never go "home" - basks in the Mediterranean sunlight beyond a cluster of orange orchards. Soldiers of the Lebanese army, having retaken their positions on the main road north, idle their time aboard their old personnel carriers. And we - we representatives of the ...

  

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Thursday blamed the apparent collapse of a truce in Lebanon on extremists trying to "sow discord" as she renewed the Bush administration's strong support of the Beirut government.

  

Heavy gunfire erupts at a refugee camp in Lebanon where Islamist militants are defying Lebanese troops.

  

"We are cursed, we live from bloodshed to bloodshed. One war ends, another starts. We live in constant fear of the unknown," says Lebanese graphic designer Sarah Salameh, 34.

  

Source: Reuters By Khaled Yacoub Oweis BEIRUT, May 24 (Reuters) - The Lebanese fear the spread of Iraq-style Jihadist violence in a country known as the liberal heart of the Arab world after Islamist militants ...

  

The Lebanese government isn't backing down from its ultimatum given to Islamic militants holed up in a Palestinian refugee camp - surrender or die. The militants are defiant, and thousands of refugees are caught in the middle.

  

A truce between Lebanon's army and Islamist militants seems to be holding around a Palestinian refugee camp outside Tripoli, Lebanon. The militants are still holed up in the camp, and Lebanese troops continue to surround it. Steve Inskeep,

  

ALEY, Lebanon -- Sixteen people were wounded when a bomb exploded in a popular mountain resort outside Beirut, the third such attack in just four days, further rattling the nerves of ordinary Lebanese.

  

Lebanese troops have sunk two small boats carrying Islamic militants who were trying to flee a besieged Palestinian refugee camp via the Mediterranean sea, a senior military official said today

  

This past week, Lebanon witnessed its most intense internal violence since its 1975 civil war. Fighting between the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and the al-Qaeda affiliate Fatah Islam, as well as three bomb attacks in Beirut, have taken a heavy toll, raising concerns about Lebanon's stability.

  

Fears for trapped refugees grow as fighting between army troops and Islamist militants resumes in Lebanon.

  

Sporadic gunfire erupted Thursday inside the Nahr el-Bared refugee camp where Islamic militants are holed up after refusing an ultimatum by Lebanon's defense minister to surrender or face a military onslaught. Lebanon's leader vowed to uproot the fighters.

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) -- Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Saniora vowed in an address to the nation on Thursday his government would uproot Islamic militants battling the army in a Palestinian refugee camp.

  

NAHR EL-BARED REFUGEE CAMP, Lebanon -- Lebanon's defense minister issued an ultimatum yesterday to Islamic militants barricaded in this Palestinian refugee camp to surrender or face a military onslaught.

  

Sporadic gunfire erupted Thursday inside the Nahr el-Bared refugee camp where Islamic militants are holed up after refusing an ultimatum by Lebanon's defense minister to surrender or face a military onslaught.

  

Neither the Fatah al-Islam fighters nor the Lebanese army seem willing to back down

  

Beirut: The Lebanese defence minister has warned militants battling army forces in the north of the country that they will face further military action if they do not surrender.

  

A bomb rocked a mountain town on the outskirts of Beirut last night, the third blast to hit the capital since the Lebanese army and Islamic militants began fighting in northern Lebanon.

  

A bomb blast hit on Wednesday evening the Lebanese resort city of Aley, about 20 km away from Beirut, injuring six people, the Al-Arabiya satellite TV reported.

  

Lebanese armed forces Wednesday found the body of Abu Madyan, number two figure of Fatah al-Islam's leadership, the Al-Arabiya television channel reported.

  

Canada's top diplomat said Wednesday he is "very concerned" about recent violence in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip.

  

An explosion at a Druze town east of the Lebanese capital Beirut on Wednesday wounded five people, security sources said.

  

Renewed fighting broke out between the Lebanese Army and Islamic militants at the Nahr al-Bared refugee camp late Wednesday, witnesses said, ending a day-long cease-fire during which thousands of civilians fled the camp. The Fatah al-Islam militant group had vowed earlier in the day to carry on the fight.

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) -- Lebanon's defense minister issued an ultimatum Wednesday to Islamic militants barricaded in a Palestinian refugee camp to surrender or face a military onslaught, as the army reinforced its positions, raising fears of what could be a bloody showdown.

  

An explosion hit one of Lebanon's most important mountain resorts late Wednesday, wounding at least five people, police said.

  

Lebanon's defence minister told Islamic militants holed up in a Palestinian refugee camp on Wednesday to surrender or else, as an explosion wounded one person just outside the capital.

  

At least two people are wounded by a bomb in a town east of the Lebanese capital, Beirut, security sources say.

  

An explosion was heard in the Lebanese capital late Wednesday and local television stations said the blast rocked a mountain resort overlooking Beirut.

  

Lebanon's defence minister told Islamic militants holed up in a Palestinian refugee camp on Wednesday after three days of fierce fighting with the army that they must surrender or else.

  

Source: Reuters (Adds quote, updates toll) BEIRUT, May 23 (Reuters) - An explosion at a Druze town east of the Lebanese capital Beirut on Wednesday wounded five people, security sources said. "A bomb went ...

  

Leaning against a pillow, his assault rifle at his side, a militant leader warned Wednesday that Lebanon's army faced a hard, bloody battle if it tried to enter this Palestinian refugee camp where the fighters are holed up.

  

Hoda Elturk, a United Nations Relief and Works Agency worker in Lebanon, was in a U.N. convoy that was attacked Tuesday while delivering aid to a Palestinian refugee camp in Tripoli. Thousands of Palestinians have fled the camp where the Lebanese army and Islamic militants have been fighting for days. Elturk talks about the violence at the Nahr el-Bared camp with Alex Cohen.

  

Thousands of Palestinians are taking advantage of a lull in fighting between the Lebanese army and Islamist militants to flee a refugee camp in northern Lebanon.

  

But the embattled government of Prime Minister Fuad Siniora said its goal was still to "eliminate the Fatah al-Islam phenomenon" after the bloodiest internal fighting in Lebanon since the 1975-1990 war.

  

May 23 (Bloomberg) -- Lebanese soldiers entered a Palestinian camp to root out militants allied to al-Qaeda and quell the worst internal fighting since the 1975-1990 civil war.

  

May 23 (Bloomberg) -- Lebanese soldiers advanced into a Palestinian camp to root out militants allied to al-Qaeda and quell the worst internal fighting since the 1975-1990 civil war.

  

The scene inside Nahr el-Bared refugee camp is grim. As intense combat between Lebanese troops and the Islamic militant group Fatah Islam entered its third day, bodies of fighters and civilians are piling up, according to several residents who managed to...

  

May 23 (Bloomberg) -- Lebanese soldiers advanced into a Palestinian camp to root out militants allied to al-Qaeda and quell the worst internal fighting since the 1975-1990 civil war.

  

In cars and pickup trucks, thousands of Palestinians on Wednesday continued to flee a refugee camp in northern Lebanon where a fragile truce was holding after three days of intense fighting.

  

Bodies lie unattended on the street, the injured are bleeding to death for want of medical care, and water and food are dangerously short in the besieged Nahr el-Bared Palestinian refugee camp after three days of fierce battles between the Lebanese army and Islamic extremists holed up inside the camp, residents and relief workers said Tuesday.

  

May 23 (Bloomberg) -- Civilians fled from a refugee camp in northern Lebanon to escape fighting between the army and al- Qaeda-linked militants, as the United Nations demanded aid workers be given safe passage to evacuate the dead and wounded.

  

The United States expressed full support Tuesday to Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora, as it considered providing him extra military aid to counter fresh violence threatening Lebanon's stability.

  

The scene inside Nahr el-Bared refugee camp is grim. As fighting between Lebanese troops and the radical group Fatah al-Islam entered its third day, the bodies are dead and dying civilians and fighters are piling up. A United Nations convoy delivering...

  

The government should easily sell out a roughly $400-million Eurobond issue by the end of the week despite the ongoing armed conflict near Tripoli and bombings in Beirut, said the two investment banks placing the debt. The Cabinet should formally release details of the issue when the bonds have been fully subscribed.

  

Thousands of Palestinians fled a battered refugee camp in north Lebanon on Tuesday when a fragile truce eased three days of fierce battles between Lebanese army troops and Islamist militants.

  

Thousands of people were fleeing late Tuesday during a lull in the fighting in the third straight day of clashes between Lebanese troops and Islamic militants holed up in a north Lebanon refugee camp, Associated Press reporters at the scene said.

  

Thousands of people fled a crowded refugee camp Tuesday night during a lull in three straight days of clashes between Lebanese troops and Islamic militants holed up inside, Associated Press reporters at the scene said.

  

TRIPOLI, Lebanon (AP) - There are reports of an explosion in a Sunni Muslim neighborhood of Beirut. The private Future TV station says at least four people were injured. The blast follows a second straight day of shelling by Lebanese forces of a suspected Islamic militant hideout in Tripoli.

  

The Shiite Muslim militant group Hezbollah has so far backed Lebanon's army in its confrontation with a Sunni militant group - despite the fact that Hezbollah has been pushing to topple the Lebanese government.

  

May 22 (Bloomberg) -- Lebanese army and Islamic gunmen exchanged heavy artillery fire for a third day in the worst scenes of internal fighting since the 1975-1990 civil war and Lebanese officials accused neighboring Syria of sparking the bloodshed.

  

A fragile truce allowed aid trucks to enter a battered Palestinian refugee camp in north Lebanon on Tuesday after three days of fierce battles between Lebanese army troops and Islamist militants.

  

The ceasefire at the Palestinian refugee camp fell apart when Lebanese troops and Islamic militants resumed barrages after a pause that lasted nearly an hour.

  

As fighting continues between the Lebanese army and Fatah al-Islam militants, papers worry about where the conflict is heading.

  

Amid the tension over battles in a refugee camp in northern Lebanon, a second explosion in as many days has rocked a suburb of Beirut.

  

EU foreign affairs chief Javier Solana arrived on Tuesday to meet leaders of the two sides locked in Lebanon's political crisis, Prime Minister Fuad Siniora and parliament speaker Nabih Berri.

  

The Lebanese army is pounding a Palestinian refugee camp for the third day in a row, with orders to finish off militants of the Fatah Islam group allegedly taking refuge there. Scores have died, and the violence is rattling Lebanon's government.

  

Artillery and machine gun fire echoed around a crowded Palestinian refugee camp for a third straight day Tuesday, as the Lebanese government ordered the army to finish off the Fatah Islam militants holed up inside the camp in the country's north.

  

Sixty-five people have been killed in three days of fighting between the army and Islamic extremists in northern Lebanon, Lebanese army and Palestinian sources said on Tuesday.

  

The Lebanese army shelled a Palestinian refugee camp to try to flush out Islamist militants for a third day on Tuesday, amid growing concern for the plight of 40,000 civilians trapped there.

  

Lebanese firefighters try to extinguish a burning building Monday after an explosion hit the Verdun shopping area in the Muslim sector of Beirut.

  

Artillery and machine gun fire echoed around a crowded Palestinian refugee camp Tuesday as the Lebanese government ordered the army to finish off the Fatah Islam militants holed up inside the camp in the country's north.

  

TRIPOLI, Lebanon -- Lebanese tanks and artillery pounded a Palestinian refugee camp in this northern Lebanese city for the second straight day yesterday, trying to trap members of a radical Islamist group and raising concerns for thousands trapped inside.

  

Source: Reuters (Adds Fatah al-Islam spokesman denying claim) BEIRUT, May 22 (Reuters) - A Fatah al-Islam spokesman said on Tuesday his militant group had nothing to do with two Beirut bombings for which a ...

  

Lebanese tanks and artillery battered a Palestinian refugee camp where Islamist militants are holed up for a third day on Tuesday, amid growing concern for the plight of 40,000 civilians trapped there.

  

TRIPOLI, Lebanon -- Troops blasted a Palestinian refugee camp with artillery and tank fire again Monday, seeking to destroy a militant group that responded with gunfire and mortar rounds.

  

Al Qaeda-inspired Fatah al-Islam militants claimed responsibility on Tuesday for two bombs that rocked Christian and Sunni Muslim districts of Beirut in the last two days and threatened to set Beirut "ablaze" again.

  

Lebanese tanks and artillery battered a Palestinian refugee camp where Islamist militants are holed up for a third day on Tuesday, amid growing concern for the plight of 40,000 civilians trapped there.

  

TRIPOLI, Lebanon (AP) - Artillery and machine-gun fire echoed around a crowded Palestinian refugee camp Tuesday, as fighting resumed between besieging Lebanese troops and Islamic militants holed up inside, ending a nighttime lull.

  

Beirut: A bomb rocked a parking lot in the mainly Sunni Muslim district of Verdun in Lebanon's capital on Monday wounding at least seven people, security sources and witnesses said.

  

Lebanese troops pounded al Qaeda-inspired militants for the third day on Tuesday in a Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon, witnesses said.

  

A bomb believed secreted under or near a car exploded in Beirut, Lebanon Monday, wounded at least seven people and damaging nearby cars and buildings.

  

Lebanon's economy minister on Monday asked for money and resources to help Lebanese forces battling members of an Islamic militant group in a Palestinian refugee camp near Tripoli.

  

There has been a large explosion in a Sunni Muslim area of Beirut with ten people reportedly wounded in the attack. Initial police reports said the explosion was caused by a car bomb.

  

Lebanon's economy minister on Monday asked for money and resources to help Lebanese forces battling members of an Islamic militant group in a Palestinian refugee camp near Tripoli.

  

Shells rain down on a sprawling Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon.

  

At least seven people were wounded when a large bomb exploded in a parking lot of a mainly Sunni Muslim district of Beirut, according to Ya Libnan, a news site created after the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafic Hariri....

  

As Lebanese forces battled Islamic militants for a second day near the northern city of Tripoli, a blast rocked Beirut late Monday, setting vehicles and buildings afire.

  

In Lebanon, an explosion filled the Beirut sky with plumes of black smoke as fighting also continued in the north of the country between Lebanese soldiers and militants at a Palestinian refugee camp.

  

President George W. Bush said on Monday that extremists trying to topple Lebanon's government "need to be reined in."

  

A huge blast ripped through Beirut's Verdun district at 10:50 p.m. Monday, damaging several apartments and storefronts. TV footage showed at least one wounded elderly man and two injured children carried away by rescuers and placed in ambulances.

  

Associated Press - May 21, 2007 5:03 PM ET TRIPOLI, Lebanon (AP) - There are reports of an explosion in a Sunni Muslim neighborhood of Beirut.

  

Beirut - A huge explosion rocked the Verdun area of Beirut late Monday, causing panic and injuring at least eight people, Lebanese police said. Initial police reports said the explosion was caused by a car bomb. ...

  

PARIS : UN chief Ban Ki-Moon on Monday led global condemnation of a resurgence in fighting in Lebanon which has killed at least 55 people in two days and fuelled fears of a fresh humanitarian crisis.

  

Beirut - A huge explosion rocked the Verdun area of Beirut late Monday, causing panic and injuries, Lebanese police said. Ambulances with wailing sirens could be heard across the city, as police and fire engines rushed to the scene, police said. ...

  

Q: Who is fighting' A: Lebanon's army is battling a small, al-Qaida linked militant group called Fatah Islam. The group set up its headquarters last fall in a Palestinian refugee camp near the northern Lebanese port city of Tripoli, after Syria released its leader from jail.

  

A ceasefire to end battles between Lebanese troops and al Qaeda-inspired militants in northern Lebanon has been agreed, the representative of a Palestinian faction in Lebanon told Reuters.