They were handing out white roses where the bomb went off. On 14 February 2005, ex-prime minister Rafik Hariri was killed there and the 20ft bomb crater has remained a scar on the surface of Beirut history ever since.

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.

Beirut's citizens expressed their fears on Thursday that a further spate of attacks will follow the UN Security Council's approval of an international tribunal to try suspects in the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. "I really don't think the bombings will stop, even though they have passed the international tribunal.

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 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.

BEIRUT (AFP) - The UN vote to set up an international court for the murder of Lebanese ex-premier Rafiq Hariri was hailed by his supporters on Thursday but it stirred up fears of more instability in the deeply-divided country.

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 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.

The U.N. Security Council narrow approval of an assassinations tribunal for Lebanon shows the panel of 15's division.

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 (AP)--Both Syria and the Lebanese opposition it supports criticized the U.N. on Thursday for its decision to establish a tribunal to prosecute the killers of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.

Source: IRIN With no immediate end in sight to the stand-off between the army and Islamist militants in Nahr al-Bared refugee camp in northern Lebanon, and with neighbouring Beddawi camp already full to bursting, aid agencies have delivered relief to several hundred families displaced further to the east and south of the country.

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.

Lebanon's parliament speaker said on Thursday the U.N. Security Council had ignored the country's constitution in voting to set up a tribunal for suspects in the killing of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri.

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.

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.

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

UNITED NATIONS - The UN Security Council on Wednesday voted to set up an international court to try suspects in the murder of Lebanese ex-premier Rafiq Hariri, whose death sent shockwaves through the nation two years ago.

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 (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.

Lebanese Prime minister Lahoud Seniora on Wednesday night hailed the adoption of a UN Security Council draft resolution to establish an international tribunal to try suspects in the murder of former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq Hariri.

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 Rafik Hariri whose supporters celebrated by dancing in the streets of Beirut.

The Daily Star on Wednesday.

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.

The UN Security Council on Wednesday voted to set up an international court to try suspects in the murder of Lebanese ex-premier Rafiq Hariri, whose death rocked his country two years ago.

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 UN Security Council voted Wednesday to set up an international court to try suspects in the murder of Lebanese ex-premier Rafiq Hariri which rocked the country two years ago.

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.

Lebanon on Wednesday clamped down on security as the divided country nervously awaited a UN Security Council vote on setting up an international court to try suspects in ex-premier Rafiq Hariri's murder.

Source: IRIN The heaviest fighting in a week between the Lebanese army and Fatah al-Islam militants in Nahr al-Bared refugee camp in northern Lebanon has raised security concerns for humanitarian workers delivering relief to thousands of Palestinians remaining in the camp.

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.

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.

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, local paper The Daily Star reported on Wednesday.

Crowded into schools with little food and deteriorating sanitary conditions, life is growing more miserable by the day for thousands of Palestinian refugees who fled fighting in northern Lebanon.

BEDDAWI (AFP) - Crowded into schools with little food and deteriorating sanitary conditions, life is growing more miserable by the day for thousands of Palestinian refugees who fled fighting in northern Lebanon.

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.

Turkish parliament on Tuesday approved a motion by Turkish Prime Minister's Office requesting the extension of Turkish troops' mandate under the banner of UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) for another year.

NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon - The Lebanese army launched artillery shells at a Palestinian refugee camp on Tuesday and militants barricaded inside fired mortars in the heaviest fighting there in a week.

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

As the weather becomes increasingly warmer, the vast majority of the Lebanese are preparing themselves for the beach season: bikinis are flying off the shelves, gyms are filling up as sun-worshippers get into shape to have the perfect "beach bod" and tan lines are more and more noticeable.

Sporadic gunfire during the day between Lebanese soldiers and Islamic militants in a Palestinian refugee camp ended in heavy clashes just before sunset near the northern port city of Tripoli. From the Lebanese capital, VOA's Margaret Besheer has more on the day's developments.

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.

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. CBS News Interactive: Mideast Conflict

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.

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

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.

Brooklynite (by way of New Mexico, by way of gypsy fantasy-land) Zach Condon continues to astonish even the most grit-toothed nay-sayers, demonstrating his precocious talent yet again on new Beirut tune "Elephant Gun", awarded a hearty four-star rating by this here website.

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.

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.

ANKARA (AP)--Turkish forces in Lebanon will remain there for another year after Parliament decided Tuesday to extend their mission. Turkey has more around 1,000 troops, most of them sailors, in the force.

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.

NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon (AFP) - A soldier was killed in sporadic fighting in Lebanon on Tuesday on the ninth day of a deadly showdown between the army and an Islamic extremist militia that has trapped thousands of civilans inside a squalid refugee camp.

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.

I have pondered long and hard over that young man?s statements since that time, often quoting them as the alarm that Lebanese Palestinians could no longer be discarded in any potential Middle East solution.

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 ...

A soldier was killed in sporadic fighting in Lebanon on Tuesday on the ninth day of a deadly showdown between the army and an Islamic extremist militia that has trapped thousands of civilans inside a squalid refugee camp.

A woman passenger died in a car chase in eastern Beirut overnight after the vehicle failed to stop at a police checkpoint, police said on Tuesday. The death of the woman brings to four the number of people killed in the capital.

NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon (AFP) - Fatah Al-Islam, the extremist group battling Lebanese troops in a Palestinian refugee camp, said on Tuesday it was refusing to hand over militants but was working with mediators to find an end to the standoff.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Palestinian religious leaders met with the Islamic group holed up in a refugee camp in northern Lebanon in an attempt to find a political solution to end more than a week of fighting between the militants and the Lebanese army.

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 ...

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.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Palestinian leaders on Monday tried to end a bloody standoff between the Lebanese army and Islamist militants holed up in a refugee camp - the battleground for Lebanon's worst fighting since the civil war.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Palestinian leaders on Monday sought to end a bloody standoff between the Lebanese army and Islamist militants holed up in a refugee camp which has been the battleground for Lebanon's worst fighting since the civil war.

A UN team arrived in Lebanon on Monday to check on reports of arms smuggling from across the border with Syria in violation of UN resolutions, a diplomatic source told AFP.

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...

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.

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

Lebanon has given Palestinian mediating groups until the middle of the week to negotiate an end to a standoff between the Lebanese troops and an Islamist militia holed up in a northern refugee camp.

(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.

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.

Bared, Lebanon (ANTARA News) - Fresh fighting broke out on Sunday between the Lebanese army and guerrillas 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 grenade has exploded in Beirut's Sunni Muslim Barbir neighbourhood.

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.

TRIPLOI, Lebanon, May 27 (UPI) -- Clashes between Lebanese soldiers and militants inside a refugee camp near Tripoli have ended a fragile four-day-old truce, it was reported Sunday.

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 was thrown Sunday at a unit of security forces at a major Beirut intersection. The grenade was tossed off a bridge by assailants on a motorbike at the Barbir intersection and fell near a checkpoint for security forces in the Sunni Muslim neighborhood of the Lebanese capital.

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.

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.

"The background is very different from the surface," remarks Claudia Zanfi. "There is a strong first impression of a very open society, but actually what is interesting is, once you go deeper inside, you find a net of intersections." Zanfi is the director of the Italian-based art institution aMAZElab. The place she's talking about is, well, Beirut.

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

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.

NAHR AL-BARED - The US sent more ammunition to Lebanon, whose Army is struggling to defeat a group of heavily armed Islamist militants holed up inside 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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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 has given Palestinian groups until the middle of the week to negotiate an end to a deadly standoff between troops and an Islamist militia holed up in a squalid refugee camp.

Sporadic gunbattles flared overnight between Lebanese troops and militants in the Nahr al-Bared Palestinian refugee camp. Efforts had been under way to reach a negotiated solution to what has become the worst internal strife since Lebanon's civil war.

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.

Sporadic gunbattles flared overnight between Lebanese troops and Islamist fighters holed up in a Palestinian refugee camp amid efforts to reach a negotiated solution to the worst internal strife since Lebanon's civil war.

Lebanon School District Commencement: 7:30 p.m. June 7, Starr Auditorium Senior class: Tiffany Acevedo, Siarah Agosto, Jamie Lee Ahnert, Jessica Ahnert, Eliasib Alvarez, Darryl Anderson, Gina Armolt, Kaley Arnold, Christopher Arroyo, Ronald Artz, Alyssa Aungst, Ashley Barr, Kaitlyn Beachler, Samantha Bechtel, Ruth Bickel, Robert Bilyeu, Eric Blanco, Stephen Blouch, Vincent Bolds, Adam Border, ...

A truce between the Lebanese military and Fatah al-Islam at a Palestinian refugee camp entered its 4th day on Saturday, while more Palestinians trickled out of the camp and the United States sent more aid to the Lebanese army.

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.

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 (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.

Three U.S. transport planes carrying military aid to Lebanon's army arrived in Beirut Saturday, part of an international airlift to support troops fighting Islamic militants in a Palestinian refugee camp.

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.

NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon (AFP) - The United Nations pleaded for the welfare of thousands of civilians trapped by the Lebanese army's siege of Islamist militants as the few hundred who managed to get out on Saturday told harrowing tales of their escape.

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 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 head of Hezbollah in Lebanon says the Lebanese army must not enter the refugee camp near Tripoli where soldiers have been battling Islamic militants.

A Jordanian plane carrying equipment for Lebanon's army arrives in Beirut. TRIPOLI, Lebanon - The United States and Arab allies rushed military aid to Lebanon yesterday, boosting its strength before a possible army assault to crush Islamic extremists barricaded in 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.

Bared, Lebanon (ANTARA News) - The Lebanese government said Friday that talks were under way to negotiate an end to deadly clashes with Islamist guerrillas but added it remained ready to use force if the talks fail.

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

Nahr Al Bared: The United States and Arab allies sent military aid to Lebanon yesterday and the Lebanese army deployed extra troops to a Palestinian camp where it has been battling militants all week.

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 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 sent supplies to Lebanon Friday to help government troops fighting al-Qaida-backed militants at a Palestinian refugee camp.

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.

Reports say about 6 transport planes carrying military aid from the U.S. Air Force, the United Arab Emirates' Air force and the Jordanian Air Force arrived at Beirut airport Friday afternoon.

Washington has sent military aid to Lebanon where the army is fighting Islamists holed up in a Palestinian refugee camp, US officials said Friday.

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.

Islamist radicals have whipped up a vociferous Internet campaign in support of militant group Fatah al-Islam as it battles the Lebanese army.

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

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, 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.

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.

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.

Two military transport planes landed at the Beirut airport on Friday, bringing foreign military aid to help the Lebanese army fight Islamic militants, security officials said.

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.

Two military transport planes landed at the Beirut airport on Friday, bringing foreign military aid to help the Lebanese army fight Islamic militants, security officials said.

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.

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.

A two-day truce at a Palestinian refugee camp was broken Thursday, when heavy gunfire was exchanged between the Lebanese military and Islamist militants who are refusing to leave the camp in northern Lebanon. Government officials says it is only a matter of time before it orders its troops to go after the Islamist militants.

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.

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.

The French foreign minister flew to Beirut on Thursday, pledging that Paris would stand by the Lebanese government amid the worsening political crisis and new violence there.

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 forces battling Islamic militants inside Lebanon will be resupplied by a shipment of U.S. military ammunition, which is expected to arrive within two days, senior U.S. officials told CNN's Barbara Starr on Thursday.

Butchery was the word that came to mind. Twenty-three Lebanese soldiers and police, 17 Sunni Muslim gunmen. How long can Lebanon endure this? Just before he died, one of the armed men - Palestinians? Lebanese? - we still don't know - shot a soldier right beside me. He fell down on his back, crying with pain, and I thought he had slipped on the road until I saw the blood pumping out of his leg and ...

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.

"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.

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.

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 ...

Nahr al-Bared (Lebanon), May 24 (DPA) A Lebanese warship Thursday shot and sank two inflatable boats carrying militants of the Fatah al-Islam group who were trying to flee the Nahr al-Bared camp in northern Lebanon, a Lebanese army spokesman said.

Iran's hard-line president warned Israel on Thursday that other nations in the region would "uproot" the Jewish state if it attacked Lebanon in the summer.

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.

As sporadic gunfire erupted again Thursday inside the Nahr el-Bared refugee camp in Lebanon, government officials pledged to uproot insurgents who have barricaded themselves inside. Some of the 10,000 to 15,000 people who left the camp on Wednesday describe a three-day ordeal without water, food or medicine.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Lebanon: Media firm Memac Ogilvy has appointed Lebanese musician Yuri Mrakadi as the new group director of creative services. Mrakadi will oversee the firm's TV production projects in the region from the Lebanon office. Memac Ogilvy is a joint venture of Middle East Marketing and Advertising Company and Ogilvy Worldwide. [AMEInfo.com]

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.

Lebanese authorities say Islamic militants holed up in a Palestinian refugee camp must surrender or face military action. Defense Minister Elias Murr issued the ultimatum Wednesday, adding the army will not negotiate with Fatah al-Islam militants.

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

The Lebanese army prepared to breach the camp, ordering everyone to leave or risk harm in the impending showdown.

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

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

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.

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

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

Lebanon's defense minister issued an ultimatum Wednesday to Islamic militants barricaded in this Palestinian refugee camp to surrender or face a military onslaught.

Source: Reuters BEIRUT, May 23 (Reuters) - An explosion was heard on Wednesday at a Druze town east of the capital Beirut, security sources and witnesses said. There were no immediate reports of casualties ...

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 ...

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.

"All the world's a stage" wrote Shakespeare, and this year at Cannes, India, Lebanon, Poland, Africa, Colombia and Slovenia are spotlighted at the festival event "All The World's Films".

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 entered a Palestinian camp to root out militants allied to al-Qaeda and quell the worst internal fighting since the 1975-1990 civil war.

Commanders of the militant group holed up in a refugee camp in northern Lebanon say they'll respect a truce that is allowing thousands of people to escape the besieged area. One commander says if the Army advances on them, they'll fight to the end.

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.

A Palestine Liberation Organisation official said on Wednesday that it would not object if the Lebanese army decided to send its troops into a refugee camp to crush Islamist extremists entrenched there.

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.

May 23 (Bloomberg) -- The Lebanese army advanced into a Palestinian refugee camp today to finish off al-Qaeda-linked militants who have been fighting them for the past three days in 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.

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.

France on Tuesday condemned the bomb attack which occurred in Beirut on Monday evening and called on all Lebanese people to remain "united behind the government."

Refugees from Lebanon's besieged Nahr al-Bared camp describe the horrors of the last three days of fighting.

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

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.

As conflict again sears Lebanon, several films at the Cannes film festival are exposing the restive country's political crisis, and the scars of its successive wars.

Lebanon has asked the United States for $280 million in military assistance to help put down an uprising by al-Qaida-inspired militants operating from a Palestinian refugee camp, the State Department said Tuesday.

An explosion rocked one of Beirut's Muslim neighborhoods late Monday, injuring five people and starting fires in cars and apartments and wrecking one of the Lebanese capital's posh districts. Among the injured were two boys aged 7 and 11, police said. The others were all men.

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.

A truce declared by the militant group Fatah al-Islam in a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon ended soon after it was announced Tuesday, when a U.N. relief convoy in the camp came under fire.

Gunmen snatch a Lebanese construction worker in Nigeria's oil-rich Niger Delta

PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria (Reuters) -- Four gunmen seized a Lebanese worker in Nigeria's western delta oil city of Warri on Tuesday, the military and security sources said.

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.

Al Qaeda-linked group emerges as new threat An obscure Palestinian group with ties to Al Qaeda and perhaps to Syrian intelligence has emerged virtually overnight as the latest threat to Lebanon's fragile stability.

May 22 (Bloomberg) -- Lebanese army and Islamic gunmen exchanged heavy artillery fire in a third day of fighting after Lebanese officials accused neighboring Syria of sparking the bloodshed.

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.

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.

BEIRUT - Fatah Al Islam, an allegedly Al Qaeda linked Palestinian group which has been locked in three days of fighting with the Lebanese army, claimed on Tuesday it was behind two bomb blasts that rocked Beirut in recent days and warned of more attacks in the capital.

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 ...

NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon (AFP) - Gunbattles raged between Lebanese troops and Islamist militiamen on Tuesday, with both sides vowing to pursue the fighting that has killed 58 people in the last three days.

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.

Source: Reuters BEIRUT, May 22 (Reuters) - 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 ...

A Fatah al-Islam spokesman said on Tuesday his militant group had nothing to do with two Beirut bombings for which a statement in the group's name had earlier claimed responsibility.

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.

NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon (AFP) - Gunbattles erupted between Lebanese troops and Islamist militiamen around a Palestinian refugee camp early Tuesday, the third day of fierce fighting that has killed dozens of people.

Lebanese troops blasted a Palestinian refugee camp with artillery and tank fire again Monday, seeking to destroy a militant group with al-Qaida ties. The barrage smashed buildings and sent plumes of black smoke towering over the crowded camp on the Mediterranean.

BEIRUT, May 22 (RIA Novosti) - The Russian Embassy in Beirut said no Russians were hurt or killed in an explosion in the Lebanese capital late Monday night.

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.

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.

BEIRUT -- Lebanon and Syria exchanged charges yesterday, with each blaming the other for an outbreak of fighting that has killed dozens of people in and around a Palestinian refugee camp near the northern city of Tripoli.

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....

BEIRUT ? Lebanese troops bombarded Islamist militiamen with tanks and heavy artillery on Monday, the second day of the bloodiest internal fighting since the civil war that has killed 58 people.

The Lebanese government offered late Monday a truce in its confrontation with Islamists in north Lebanon that cost 58 lives, as a bomb exploded in Beirut for the second straight night.

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.

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.

Islamic militancy has been growing among the Sunni Arabs of Lebanon, and al-Qaida is a new element in the radical mix, security sources say.

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. ...

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.

An explosion was heard in one of Beirut's Muslim neighborhoods late Monday, residents and television stations reported.

Battles have again engulfed a Palestinian refugee camp in north Lebanon in the second day of fighting between the Lebanese army and al Qaeda-inspired militants which has killed 79 people.

Fierce fighting continued for a second day Monday between Lebanese soldiers and militants tied to Al Qaeda in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli, as the army laid siege to a Palestinian refugee camp where the militants are holed up. The militants fought back, leaving the 40,000 residents in the camp caught in the cross-fire.

NAHR AL-BARED REFUGEE CAMP, Lebanon, May 21 -- Lebanese army tanks and artillery pounded this Palestinian refugee camp Monday, sending plumes of orange flame and black smoke into the sky as militants believed linked to al-Qaeda battled back fiercely from inside.

Source: Reuters (Adds details, background) BEIRUT, May 21 (Reuters) - An explosion rocked a parking lot in the mainly Sunni Muslim district of Verdun in Lebanon's capital on Monday, witnesses said. The explosion ...

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.

Questions and answers about the outbreak of fighting in Lebanon:

The Bush administration offered support Monday for the Lebanese government and its troops in battling a militant group inside a Palestinian refugee camp, although the White House expressed concern about civilian casualties.

Nahr al-Bared outside Lebanon's second city of Tripoli, where fighting raged for a second day Monday, is one of a dozen Palestinian refugee camps around the country that have become breeding grounds for extremism.

The State Department defended on Monday the actions of Lebanese troops, declaring they are working in a "legitimate manner" against "provocations by violent extremists" operating out of a Palestinian refugee camp.

Source: Reuters WASHINGTON, May 21 (Reuters) - Lebanese security forces are justified in their attacks on Islamist militants in a Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon, the U.S. State Department said on Monday ...

Lebanon's army opened fire with tanks and artillery on a refugee camp, in its battle with a militia run by a self-professed disciple of Osama bin Laden. Lebanon's police commander scoffs at the al Qaeda link. "This is imitation al Qaeda."

Lebanese tanks shelled Islamist militants in a Palestinian refugee camp on Monday and at least nine civilians were killed, raising the death toll in two days of fighting to 66, security sources said.

Lebanese troops tightened a siege of a Palestinian refugee camp Monday where a shadowy group suspected of ties to al-Qaida was holed up, pounding it with artillery a day after the worst eruption of violence since the end of the 1975-90 civil war.

NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon (AFP) - Lebanese troops pounded Islamist militiamen in a Palestinian refugee camp on Monday, the second day of the bloodiest internal fighting since the civil war that has now killed 55 people and raised deep concerns about Lebanon's fragile security.

At least two people have died after a huge explosion rocked east Beirut, the latest incident in a day of violent clashes in Lebanon. In total fifty people have been killed in running battles between Lebanese troops and a group linked to Al Qaeda.

TRIPOLI, Lebanon, May 21 (UPI) -- Lebanese troops and extremists at a Palestinian refugee camp exchanged gunfire and artillery barrages Monday near Tripoli.

At least eight civilians were killed and 20 wounded on Monday in Lebanese army shelling of a Palestinian refugee camp during fighting with Islamist militants, Palestinian sources inside the camp said.

Lebanese troops are battling Islamist extremists for a second day on Monday after the deadliest internal fighting since the civil war left 46 people dead and renewed fears about Lebanon's stability.

Smoke billowed Monday from a Palestinian refugee camp as Lebanon forces battled Islamic militants linked to al Qaeda for a second day near the northern city of Tripoli.

The clashes left 22 Lebanese soldiers and 17 militants dead in one of the most significant challenges to the army since the end of Lebanon's bloody civil war. Left, a Red Cross worker helped an elderly woman after a bomb exploded next to her house in Beirut.

Lebanese troops fought Islamist militants around a Palestinian refugee camp on Monday, a day after 57 people were killed in battles there and in the nearby northern city of Tripoli, security sources said.

Beirut: A woman was killed when an explosive device detonated near a shopping mall Ashrafieh in the Christian sector of the Lebanese capital, on Sunday, a security source said.

BEIRUT, Lebanon - A new front in Lebanon's simmering conflict erupted yesterday in the northern city of Tripoli, where running battles between the Lebanese army and a radical new Palestinian organization said to have ties to al-Qaeda killed at least 39 people.

TRIPOLI, Lebanon -- 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.

A WOMAN was killed when an explosive device detonated near a shopping mall in eastern Beirut early today, a security source in Lebanon said.

At least two people have died after a huge explosion rocked east Beirut, the latest incident in a day of violent clashes in Lebanon. In total fifty people have been killed in running battles between Lebanese troops and a group linked to Al Qaeda.

Source: Reuters (Adds number of Lebanese soldiers wounded, Beirut blast details) By Nazih Siddiq NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon, May 20 (Reuters) - Lebanese troops battled Sunni Islamist militants based in a Palestinian ...

(RTTNews) - Explosion Near Beirut Shopping Mall Kills Woman.

At least 40 people have died in a battle between troops and Palestinian Islamist militants in north Lebanon.

Source: Reuters BEIRUT, May 20 (Reuters) - An explosion was heard in eastern Beirut late on Sunday, a Reuters witness said. "There was a loud explosion here in east Beirut ... I can see a plume of smoke rising ...

Source: Reuters (Adds detail of explosion) BEIRUT, May 20 (Reuters) - A woman was killed when an explosive device detonated near a shopping mall in eastern Beirut late on Sunday, a security source said. Witnesses ...

BEIRUT (AFP) - An extremely loud explosion shook Beirut at 11:45 pm (2045 GMT), an AFP journalist noted, at the end of a day's fierce fighting in the country.

A woman was killed when an explosive device detonated near a shopping mall in eastern Beirut late on Sunday, a security source said.

An extremely loud explosion shook Beirut at 11:45 pm (2045 GMT), at the end of a day's fierce fighting in Lebanon.

Images from Tripoli, Lebanon, where dozens of soldiers and militants have been killed in clashes.

Lebanese troops battled Islamist militants based in a Palestinian refugee camp on Sunday and 50 people were killed in the clashes, Lebanon's bloodiest internal fighting since the 1975-90 civil war.

WELCOMING THE TROOPS: Residents greet Lebanese army troops after clashes with militants of Fatah Al Islam group in Tripoli, northern Lebanon, May 20. (REUTERS)

Tripoli (Lebanon), May 20 (DPA) Lebanon s army continued Sunday to battle an Al Qaeda-linked Palestinian group which has vowed to open the gates of fire against the Lebanese army after it killed 10 of the militants. The clashes in northern Lebanon so far have killed 31 people, Lebanese security sources said.

Source: Reuters BEIRUT, May 20 (Reuters) - The number of Lebanese soldiers killed on Sunday in clashes with a militant group in north Lebanon rose to 23, security sources said. The army has been battling militants ...

TRIPOLI, Lebanon (AP) - Lebanese forces engaged in deadly fighting with al-Qaida-linked Islamic militants in Tripoli and a nearby Palestinian refugee camp early Sunday, officials said, in the worst violence to hit the northern city in two decades.

BEIRUT - Deadly clashes between Islamic extremists and Lebanese troops on Sunday drew expressions of concern both at home and abroad for the stability of a country already in the grips of a six-month-old political crisis.

Lebanese tanks pounded shells at a militant group's headquarters in a Palestinian refugee camp next to the northern city of Tripoli on Sunday afternoon after hours of clashes that left 13 soldiers and several militants dead, along with dozens of wounded.

Source: IRIN Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in refugee camps across Lebanon could face an economic crisis, warned analysts, after 11 Lebanese Army soldiers were killed in heavy clashes with Islamist militants based in Nahr al-Bared camp near the northern city of Tripoli.

At least 10 people are dead after a militant group with ties to Syria fought Lebanese security forces in northern Lebanon on Sunday.

Source: Reuters BEIRUT, May 20 (Reuters) - The number of Lebanese soldiers killed in clashes with militants in northern Lebanon on Sunday rose to 11, a security source said. The army has been fighting members of ...

Source: Reuters (Adds deaths, arrests, Syria closing two border crossings) By Nazih Siddiq NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon, May 20 (Reuters) - Lebanese troops battled al Qaeda-linked militants in northern Lebanon on ...

Lebanese troops battled al Qaeda-linked militants in northern Lebanon on Sunday and at least 19 people were killed, 11 of them soldiers, security and medical sources said.

Eleven people were killed in fierce fighting on Sunday between Lebanese soldiers and Palestinian Islamic extremists accused of links to Al-Qaeda, the bloodiest such clashes in years.

At least 16 people were killed in fierce gunbattles in northern Lebanon on Sunday pitting soldiers against Palestinian Islamic extremists accused of links to Al-Qaeda.

ON ALERT: A Lebanese soldier runs across a street near the Nahr Al Bared Palestinian refugee camp May 20. Lebanese troops battled militants linked to Al Qaeda in northern Lebanon Sunday and at least seven soldiers were killed, security sources said.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Four Lebanese army soldiers were killed when militants attacked their patrol in northern Lebanon on Sunday, security sources said.

Lebanese security sources say seven soldiers have been killed in fighting with militants believed to have links to Syria. Three soldiers were killed and four wounded at the Nahr al-Bared Palestinian refugee camp near the northern port city of Tripoli.

Lebanese forces fought Islamic militants with alleged links to al-Qaida in the northern city of Tripoli and at an adjacent Palestinian refugee camp early Sunday, causing casualties on both sides, security officials and witnesses said.

Dr. Badr Al Badr, Cisco Saudi Arabia General Manager, recently affirmed Cisco's commitment to the economic growth and development of Lebanon and its commitment to the key role Cisco plays as part of the Partnership for Lebanon Organization.

TRIPOLI, Lebanon (AP) - At least five members of Lebanon's security force have been killed in a battle with Islamic militants in the northern city of Tripoli.

Lebanese troops battled militants linked to al-Qaida in northern Lebanon on Sunday and at least seven soldiers were killed, security sources said.

Security forces fought Islamic militants with alleged links to al-Qaeda in the northern city of Tripoli and an adjacent Palestinian refugee camp early Sunday. At least five members of the security forces were killed and 10 wounded in the fighting, which involved tank and grenade fire, security officials said.

Lebanese troops battled militants linked to al Qaeda in northern Lebanon on Sunday and at least seven soldiers were killed, security sources said.

Security sources say at least three Lebanese soldiers have been killed in a battle with Al Qaeda-linked militants at a Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon.

Source: Reuters BEIRUT, May 20 (Reuters) - Four Lebanese army soldiers were killed when militants attacked their patrol in northern Lebanon on Sunday, security sources said. The sources said the gunmen were members ...

TRIPOLI, Lebanon (Reuters) - Lebanese troops battled militants linked to al Qaeda at a Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon on Sunday, security sources and witnesses said.

Lebanese troops fought Palestinian militants with alleged links to al-Qaida in a Palestinian refugee camp in the northern city of Tripoli early Sunday, causing casualties on both sides, security officials and witnesses said.

Lebanese troops battled militants linked to al-Qaeda at a Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon on Sunday, security sources and witnesses say.

Lebanese security forces battled Islamic militants with automatic rifles and hand grenades in a residential neighborhood of the northern city of Tripoli early Sunday. Early reports indicated there were casualties.

LEBANON - Stefanie Holler has been a nurse for 10 years but sees her job a little differently now that she's working at the Lebanon VA Medical Center.

A UN draft resolution circulated by the United States, France and Britain late Thursday to Security Council members to set up an international court draw mixed reaction in Lebanon, with the country's parliamentary majority rejoicing over the development and the opposition slamming it, local paper the Daily Star reported on Saturday.

Lebanese troops battled militants linked to al Qaeda at a Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon on Sunday, security sources and witnesses said.

With the score tied 1-1 in the seventh with two outs, Megan Hoar (2-for-4, two RBI) hit a bases-loaded single. Three hits later, the Pride was up 6-1 and Lebanon (5-5) was in a hole it couldn't escape.

BEIRUT: Presidential elections cannot be held in Lebanon until a solution is reached to the six-month old political crisis between the Hezbollah-led opposition and the ruling anti-Syrian majority, a senior Hezbollah figure said.

CHIEF OF STAFF OPENS LEBANON CAMP: Qatari Armed Forces Chief of Staff HE Maj Gen Hamad bin Ali al-Attiyah inaugurating the Qatari Duty Force camp in Bint Jubeil, southern Lebanon, yesterday. The Qatari Duty Force is involved in the peacekeeping operations of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (Unifil).

Beirut ? Qatar Armed Forces? Chief of Staff Maj Gen Hamad bin Ali Al Attiyah, currently visiting Lebanon, yesterday launched the Qatari duty force camp, set up in Bint Jubeil city in South Lebanon.

Few Beirut-based artists paint in a style as instantly recognizable as Flavia Codsi. No one who has been traipsing through gallery shows for the past five years or so, or attending the Sursock Museum's autumn salon, could mistake a Codsi canvas for a creation by anyone else. The powerful formal consistency and technical precision.

State Prosecutor Said Mirza referred 10 suspects in the case of money laundering at Al-Madina Bank to Beirut Public Prosecutor Joseph Maamari, a judicial report said on Friday. According to the report, the suspects included a person who had a "strong work relationship with former executive secretary of Al-Madina Rana Qoleilat."

LEBANON ? Carolyn Hanscom thought the staff members at Cascades Elementary School were acting ?a little crazy? all day Thursday.

TOKYO ? Lebanon's Prime Minister Fouad Siniora will make a five-day visit to Japan from May 26 and hold talks with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on enhancing bilateral ties and cooperating over mutual concerns such as the Middle East peace process, the Foreign Ministry said Friday.

A Montreal couple of Lebanese origin have become the first in Canada to be charged under a new human trafficking for allegedly exploiting a 29-year-old Ethiopian woman, federal police said Friday.

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.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Presidential elections cannot be held in Lebanon until a solution is reached to the six-month old political crisis between the Hezbollah-led opposition and the ruling anti-Syrian majority, a senior Hezbollah figure said.

Three key Western members of the UN Security Council on Thursday circulated a draft resolution to set up a proposed international court to try suspects in the murder of Lebanese ex-premier Rafiq Hariri.

The United States, France and Britain circulated a U.N. resolution on Thursday that would unilaterally establish a tribunal to try suspects in the 2005 murder of a former Lebanese premier and 22 others.

Presidential elections cannot be held in Lebanon until a solution is reached to the six-month old political crisis between the Hezbollah-led opposition and the ruling anti-Syrian majority, a senior Hezbollah figure said.

Business leaders and trade union activists have urged the country's various political camps to observe a 100-day truce starting June 1 for the country's economy, Lebanese local Daily Star reported on Friday.

John Battle and Lebanon?s stay in the Hogoheegee District is coming to an end. The two high schools will be joining the newly formed Clinch Mountain District in 2007-08, along with Gate City, Lee High and Virginia High.

France, Britain and the United States proposed late Thursday that the United Nations unilaterally establish an international tribunal to prosecute suspects in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.

The Saudi peace plan first proposed to Israel in 2002 at the Beirut meeting of the Arab League by King Abdallah of Saudi Arabia, then still crown prince, has since become known as the Arab peace initiative. Call it what you may, the Saudi plan, the Arab p

Unusually late spring-time storms in Lebanon have left a trail of low-level destruction across the country, damaging cherry crops in the Chouf and flooding hamlets in the Bekaa Valley, where the government deployed earth-moving equipment Thursday to redirect waters that had trapped residents in their homes.

Generex Biotechnology Corporation (NASDAQ: GNBT), aleader in the area of buccal drug delivery, announced today that Dr. GeraldBernstein, M.D., the Company's Vice-President, Medical Affairs, made twoinvited oral presentations in respect of Generex Oral-lyn(TM), theCompany's proprietary oral insulin spray product, at the 9th ScientificCongress of The Lebanese Society of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and ...

Generex Biotechnology Corp. said Thursday the Lebanese government granted a patent for the company's oral drug delivery technology.

Source: IRIN Testimonies by self-confessed sectarian militants show they are using Lebanese territory for increasing numbers of deadly attacks which are threatening stability in the country and across the region. The wider security breakdown inside Lebanon is creating a fertile breeding ground for extremist groups, and the country is becoming a stop-off point for foreign jihadists, say ...

Generex Biotechnology Corporation, the leader in drug delivery for metabolic diseases through the inner lining of the mouth, announced today that the Ministry of Economy and Trade Intellectual Property Protection Office in Lebanon granted the Company a second Lebanese patent titled, "Orally Absorbed Pharmaceutical Formulation and Method of Administration."

Source: Reuters By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA, May 17 (Reuters) - As a nine-year-old Palestinian girl living in Beirut, Siham Ali witnessed gun battles in 1982 between Palestine Liberation Organisation fighters and an ...

Troops from India, serving as part of the U.N. peacekeeping force in Southern Lebanon, are giving yoga classes in hopes of relieving the stresses of living in the war-torn region.

Asia News LEBANON Welch leaves Beirut confirming US support for Siniora and international tribunal lebanon united nations united states international tribunal david welch emile lahoud nasrallah sfeir ban ki-moon zalmay khalilzad rafik saad hariri nabih berri fouad siniora US envoy met leaders from the majority coalition and the opposition as well as the prime minister and the speaker of the ...

BEIRUT: US envoy David Welch urged Lebanon yesterday to hold an election on time to choose a new president he said must be independent of outside interference.

BEIRUT (AP)--Israel released a Lebanese civilian on Thursday, a day after capturing him near the disputed Chebaa Farms area, U.N. and Lebanese security officials said.

Lebanese Tourism Minister Joseph Sarkis wants to further develop bilateral ties between Lebanon and Malaysia, especially in tourism, after the country recovers from several setbacks last year.

LEBANON ? Lebanon High School pitcher Jessica Tate didn?t have a lot to say after leading the Pioneers to a 2-0 Hogoheegee District softball win over John Battle on Wednesday.

Malaysia Lebanese Tourism Minister Joseph Sarkis wants to further develop bilateral ties between Lebanon and Malaysia, especially in tourism, after the country recovers from several setbacks last year.

Egyptian foreign minister on Wednesday expressed hope that Lebanese political parties can reach an agreement on the establishment of an international tribunal to try suspects in the murder of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.

U.N. Secretary-General Ban-Ki-moon personally plunked during a recent Lebanon visit for an international tribunal to try suspects in a spate of assassinations starting with former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri and 22 others in February 2005, then sent the t

The American University of Beirut (AUB) launched on Wednesday a journalist-training project for the Middle East and North Africa which aims to promote fair, accurate and balanced print, broadcast and online media throughout the region. The Journalism Training Program (JTP), part of AUB's Regional External Programs, will offer training workshops to working journalists.

LEBANON ? Winners in the race for two seats on the Lebanon School Board say they want to move the district away from acrimony and work as a team. Incumbent Sherrie Sprenger prevailed over challenger Kathy Benzo, 2,213 to 1,544, to represent Zone 1.

The US reassures Lebanon's government that rapprochement with Syria would not be at its expense.

BEIRUT - US envoy David Welch urged Lebanon on Wednesday to hold an election on time to choose a new president he said must be independent of outside interference.

An appeals court rejected a request from one of four suspects in a failed German train bombing to move the proceedings closer to the suspects' homes in northern Lebanon.

BEIRUT (AFP) - Lebanon's Syrian-backed opposition on Wednesday warned against plans for a UN resolution to set up an international court over the 2005 killing of billionaire former premier Rafiq Hariri.

The Lebanon Community Hospital (LCH) Foundation recently announced that it will fund $319,355 in projects at the hospital this year. Of that total, $62,355 will go to projects proposed by hospital employees and $257,000 will fund a remodel of the hospital's imaging department.

BEIRUT (AP)--A senior U.S. official pledged Wednesday the U.S. will not use Lebanon as a bargaining tool -an attempt to allay fears that Washington's recent talks with Syria and Iran could weaken U.S. resolve here.

Mika's story is the sort that prodigies often look back on. His early life was a series of dislocations (his family fled war-torn Eighties Beirut, his dad was a Gulf War hostage), and his schoolboy alienation was so extreme that he temporarily lost the power to read, write or speak. Convinced that songwriting would be his salvation at the age of nine, and a Royal Opera House vocal veteran at 11, ...

Acting on a request from Lebanon, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is asking the Security Council to set up a political assassinations tribunal for Beirut.

Not long ago most Lebanese restaurants in London tended to be small, family-run places catering to expat Beirutis, but that has now changed and we have fallen in love with mezze.

Asia News LEBANON Sfeir and the USA strive for a peaceful succession to president Lahoud Lebanon USA Sfeir Maronite Patriarch peace president government elections international tribunal hariri The deputy secretary of state for the Middle East, David Welch, recently at the Vatican, has met with Patriarch Sfeir to speak about elections for the next President of the Republic.

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will host a meeting with Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad al Siniora for bilateral talks next week, a spokesman said Wednesday.

LEBANON - Winners in the race for two seats on the Lebanon School Board said they want to move the district away from acrimony and work as a team. Unofficial results late Tuesday showed incumbent Sherrie Sprenger prevailing over challenger Kathy Benzo, 1,882 to 1,280, to represent Zone 1.

BEIRUT, May 16 (Bernama) -- Lebanese Tourism Minister Joseph Sarkis wants to further develop bilateral ties between Lebanon and Malaysia, especially in tourism, after the country recovers from several setbacks last year.

The UN Security Council should "take necessary action" to ratify the planned special tribunal to try the suspected killers of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri because the country's own efforts to resolve its political impasse on the issue have not succeeded, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today.

The United States and Europeans moved on Tuesday to set up a tribunal that would try suspects in the murder of a former Lebanese prime minister, saying a draft U.N. resolution should be ready this week.

UNITED NATIONS ? A new Lebanese civil war could result from the United Nations's moves to end Syria's hegemony in Lebanon, Damascus and its allies in Beirut are warning. In Gaza, Palestinian Arab factions are threatening to drag Israel into their own civil war. President Assad of Syria has told Secretary-General Ban that the establishment of a U.N.-backed international tribunal to try suspects in ...

The United States and Europeans moved on Tuesday to set up a tribunal that would try suspects in the murder of a former Lebanese prime minister, saying a draft U.N. resolution should be ready this week.

The United States expects the U.N. Security Council to consider a draft resolution that would establish a special tribunal to hear cases arising from the international probe into the bombing that killed former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri and several others. Saying "we cannot let the Lebanese down," U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations Zalmay Khalilzad tells journalists ...

The United States and Europeans moved on Tuesday to set up a tribunal that would try suspects in the murder of a former Lebanese prime minister, saying a draft U.N. resolution should be ready this week.

Lebanese business leaders continued on Tuesday to exert pressure on all politicians to comply with a 100-day truce to spare the country further economic deterioration. Adnan Kassar, the president of the Economic Committee, spearheaded the campaign two weeks ago and most business leaders and trade unions voiced their support for the move.

The fourth annual Garden Show and Spring Festival blossomed into being at the capital's Hippodrome on Tuesday afternoon with a ceremonial ribbon-cutting by Beirut Mayor Abdel Monem Aris. Exhibitors include furniture stores such as Citi-Furniture and Koncept, which is using the show to launch a new range of wicker garden furniture.

Late Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri, pictured in 2002, at Beirut airport.

Lebanese President Emile Lahoud warned the United Nations on Tuesday that setting up a tribunal for suspects in the 2005 killing of former Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri could cause instability in Lebanon.

Heeding a request from Beirut, the United States said Tuesday it planned to circulate a draft resolution in the UN Security Council this week to set up an international court to try suspects in the murder of a Lebanese ex-premier.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanese President Emile Lahoud warned the United Nations on Tuesday against setting up a tribunal for suspects in the 2005 killing of former premier Rafik al-Hariri.

Heeding a request from Beirut, the United States said Tuesday it planned to circulate a draft resolution in the UN Security Council this week to set up an international court to try suspects in the murder of a Lebanese ex-premier.

The United States expects a draft U.N. resolution by the end of the week to create an international tribunal that would prosecute suspects in the killing of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri, the U.S. ambassador said on Tuesday.

FREDERICKSBURG - Northern Lebanon made its first appearance in the girls' soccer postseason a memorable one with a 7-1 win over York Catholic in the preliminary round of the District 3-AA playoffs last night.

As the UN Security Council promulgated UN Resolution 1701 on the cessation of all war hostilities in Lebanon two months ago, life returned back to normalcy for the Lebanese people.

US Middle East envoy David Welch arrived in Beirut on Tuesday on the first such visit by a US official since Israel's war on Hezbollah last year, government sources said.

BEIRUT -- Lebanon, riven by disputes between the ruling majority and the Syrian-backed opposition, risks finding itself without a president and even deeper in crisis when the mandate of incumbent Emile Lahoud expires in the autumn.

Lebanon: Various US business leaders such as Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft; Craig Barrett, Chairman, Intel Corporation; John Chambers, Chairman and CEO, Cisco; Yousif B. Ghafari, Chairman, GHAFARI, Inc.; and Dr. Ray Irani, Chairman, President and CEO, Occidental Petroleum Corporation announced recently the various progress in efforts to bring long term economic growth and stability to Lebanon. [AMEInfo.com]

Ass. Secy of State for Near East David Welch is due in Beirut for a surprise visit to underline American backing for Fouad Siniora?s government.

Lebanon: Recently, the CEO and Chairman of Cisco and more than 150 Lebanese American business leaders from Silicon Valley came together in a continued effort to help spur economic growth and stability in Lebanon. [AMEInfo.com]

LONDON, May 15 (IranMania) - Iran, Saudi Arabia and Syria are to help Lebanon resolve the current crisis, Iranian Ambassador to Lebanon Mohammad-Reza Sheibani said, IRNA reported.

FREDERICKSBURG - Northern Lebanon made its first appearance in the girls' soccer postseason a memorable one with a 7-1 win over York Catholic in the preliminary round of the District 3-AA playoffs last night.

A new wave of political crisis looms in Lebanon following Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri's call to convene the legislature to elect a new president on Sept. 25, as politicians trade warning against the failure of the move, while a consensus on a presidential candidate seems anything but near.

Lebanon's prime minister Fouad Siniora yesterday asked the United Nations Security Council to create a special tribunal to try suspected killers of Rafiq Hariri, the former leader, a move that could heighten the confrontation between the government and the opposition.

Summer is about to heat up in Mt. Lebanon this August, as LEBO (Lifestyles Enriched By Opportunity) has announced ULTRAparty, a street fest for civic minded partiers between the ages of 22-35 that will encompass a three-block section of Washington Road.

The American-backed government in Lebanon has been alarmed by the Bush administration's move to have more contact with the governments of Syria and Iran. The American-backed government in Beirut is locked in a six-month-old confrontation with Hezbollah, which is leading an opposition alliance backed by Iran and Syria.

LEBANESE Prime Minister Fouad Siniora wrote to the UN secretary-general overnight asking the world body to set up an international tribunal for suspects in the killing of former Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri.

LEBANESE Prime Minister Fouad Siniora wrote to the UN secretary-general overnight asking the world body to set up an international tribunal for suspects in the killing of former Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri.

Lebanon's prime minister formally asked the U.N. Security Council on Monday to impose an international tribunal to prosecute suspects in the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri ? in a move that is bound

BEIRUT (AFP) - Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora wrote to the United Nations on Monday asking the Security Council to impose an international court to try suspects in the 2005 murder of former premier Rafiq Hariri.

HP Middle East today announced the official opening of the HP Microenterprise Acceleration Program (MAP) centre at the in Beirut, Lebanon. The new centre was opened under the Auspices of Mr. Sami Haddad, Minister of Economy and Trade and in the presence of Mr.

Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora wrote to the United Nations on Monday asking the Security Council to impose an international court to try suspects in the 2005 murder of former premier Rafiq Hariri.

LUMBERTON - Earl Antone loves to play golf and work out at the gym, but the 85-year-old's doctor has advised him not to mix both in the same day. That leaves time for another passion - cooking.

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran arrived in the United Arab Emirates just as Vice President Dick Cheney landed in Cairo, on visits that occurred as officials from both countries announced that the U.S. ambassador to Iraq would meet with his Iranian counterpart in Baghdad in coming weeks to discuss Iraqi security efforts and cooperation between the countries.

Asia News LEBANON Sfeir asks Lahoud to guarantee a regular presidential election lebanon nasrallah sfeir mile lahoud presidential election peace Friday?s meeting between the Maronite Patriarch and the Lebanese president continues to be at the centre of attention.

B ob Geldof , who organized the Live Aid and Live 8 benefit concerts, criticized the Live Earth music events Al Gore is putting together this summer, saying they lack a specific goal, according to a Dutch newspaper report. The Live Earth concerts will be held in cities around the world on July 7, with proceeds funding a yet-to-be-named foundation to combat climate change, under Gore's ...

Israel on Monday began a nationwide war drill aimed at implementing lessons learned from last year's war with the Lebanese Hezbollah militant movement.

Lebanon: Just half way into its activities the Middle East's first orientation and recruitment Forum, Forward 2007, is already fulfilling the needs of its target, comprised mainly of those seeking jobs, employees, training and orientation. [AMEInfo.com]

Israel on Monday began a nationwide war drill aimed at implementing lessons learned from last year's war with the Lebanese Hezbollah militant movement.

HP Middle East has taken the wrapping off a new ?Microenterprise Acceleration Programme? (MAP) centre in Lebanon. The Beirut-based facility is designed to show SMB employees how to understand different solutions that address a range of business challenges.

A Syrian court sentenced four pro-democracy campaigners, including one of Syria's most respected writers, to prison terms Sunday as part of President's Bashar Assad's latest crack down on dissent.

It wasn?t enough for Lebanese singer Carol Samaha to be in a romantic duet song ?Ya Rab? with Marwan Khouri, she also joined him swinging in the air in her video clip. At three meters high the two singers were hanging in the air by ropes on a nice yet cold spring day.

For the excess demand of watching the young and hot Arabic and especially Lebanese female singers; who are chosen mainly for their sexy moves and sexy clothes to be leading stars in Egyptian films, film producers are signing contracts with famous Lebanese female celebrities to sell off their films.

A fire at Amtex Inc. on Kingsview Drive in Lebanon sent one worker to Bethesda Arrow Springs medical center Friday morning.

Jordan's King Abdullah II on Sunday scrapped a scheduled visit to the West Bank where he had been expected to promote a newly revived Arab peace plan.

BYBLOS, 13 May 2007 (IRIN) - Black slime coats beaches and oozes into rock pools in northern Lebanon, nine months after an oil spill led to international pledges to clean that stretch of coast.

A Syrian political writer has been sentenced to three years jail on charges of "weakening national feelings" after criticising the government's policy toward Lebanon .

King Abdullah II of Jordan is due to visit the West Bank on Sunday for the first time in seven years for talks with Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas and to push a revived Arab peace plan.

Lebanon: Lebanon is looking to build up its tourist industry as the summer approaches, reported the Khaleej Times. The country was hit badly by the war with Israel last summer and its target of 1.6m tourists and growth across the sector of 20% failed to materialise. Lebanon is targeting 1.3m visitors this summer and flag carrier Middle East Airlines is offering extra flights on its Dubai-Beirut route throughout the holiday season. [AMEInfo.com]

Lebanon is facing a shortage in its number of skilled construction industry employees, reported the Daily Star. Last summer's conflict with Israel exacerbated the drift of professionals to more lucrative positions in the Gulf where the construction boom has been ongoing for several years; it is estimated 14,000 Lebanese engineers and architects currently work in GCC countries.

Lebanese Hezbollah has threatened to boycott a scheduled Sept. 25 parliamentary session to elect a new president if rival camps failed to reach a consensus on a presidential candidate, local media Naharnet reported on Saturday. "It is our democratic right not to attend if they don't agree with us on the candidate," Hezbollah legislator Hussein Hajj Hassan was quoted as saying.

(BEIRUT/PARIS: 13 May 2007) As Lebanon heads down the fast track to trade liberalisation, some commentators, including UK-based charity Oxfam, are predicting a devastating impact on small-holder farmers.

Palestinian foreign minister Ziad Abu Amr said on Saturday that a decision to resume peace negotiations with Israel was now up to the leaders of the Jewish state, Jordan's official Petra news agency said.

Israel has investigated complaints against its army regarding two incidents involving U.N. peacekeepers off the coast of Lebanon, an Israeli security source said on Saturday.

The head of Lebanon's influential Maronite Catholic Church stepped in on Friday to try to head off what could be the next crisis to strike this conflict-torn country ? the increasing likelihood that divided lawmakers will be unable to elect a ...

Lebanon: In a gesture to highlight their faith in the Lebanese human resources and to point job opportunities in Lebanon, Careers and COD (Center for Orientation and Documentation) launched the 7th edition of the Middle East First Orientation and Recruitment Forum, 'Forward 2007'. [AMEInfo.com]

WASHINGTON: Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora yesterday urged the US to take the lead in getting Israel to accept an Arab League initiative that he said was the region?s only chance for a lasting peace.

Milford (6-2) scored the winning run in the top of the seventh inning to get the win over Lebanon, 9-8. After getting off to an early lead, Lebanon scored four runs in the bottom of the sixth inning before Milford scored the eventual winning run. ...

BEIRUT, Lebanon, May 11: Saad Hariri, son of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, says an international court should try his father's assassins.

Saad Hariri, son of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, says an international court should try his father's assassins.

The head of Lebanon's influential Maronite Catholic Church stepped in on Friday to try to head off what could be the next crisis to strike this conflict-torn country ? the increasing likelihood that divided lawmakers will be unable to elect a president.

During the 1975-90 civil war, a clammy joke regularly made the rounds on both sides of the Beirut front line. God, the old saw went, created Lebanon as the most beautiful country on earth. But it looked so like Paradise that God became jealous - so He put the Lebanese there.

Tunisian singer Latifa finally broke her silence after recent rumors began circulating regarding the nature of the relationship between her and Lebanese artist Ziad Rahbani. The singer stated that she truly loves and respects Ziad but not in an intimate way.

INTERNATIONAL GATEWAY Distribution (IGD), a reputable value-added Information and Communications Technology Master Distributor with a regional hub in Beirut, Lebanon, has entered the Ghanaian and West Africa ICT market with an introduction of its corporate entity, products and services as well as supply partners at an ICT workshop for local ICT industry stakeholders and key players at Golden ...

The president of the American University of Beirut (AUB) said on Friday that "high-quality" healthcare services offered by the university's medical center "communicated a strong message of kindness and care." "I salute the efforts of AUB's Medical School, for it is the only department at the university which holds wide and direct interaction with Lebanese society.

LEBANON ? When Lowe?s Regional General Manager Andy Johnson presented an oversized cardboard check for $35,000 to the Lebanon Fire District Board on Tuesday, the gift capped a series of recent donations from the community that will provide new equipment and facilities for Lebanon firefighters.

LEBANON ? School programs and staff stay about the same in Lebanon under a suggested budget for the coming school year, but they could expand if the state moves forward with a school improvement fund.

A fire at Amtex Inc. on Kingsview Drive in Lebanon sent one worker to Bethesda Arrow Springs medical center Friday morning.

BEIRUT, Lebanon, May 11 : Israel's war with Lebanon shows the value of the Arab Peace Initiative, Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora wrote in an opinion piece published Friday.

Fazlallah - Arab World - Iran Prominent Lebanese Shi'a source of jurisprudence Allameh Mohammad-Hussain Fazlallah here Friday warned Arab countries not to harmonize with US anti-Iranian efforts.

Source: Reuters WASHINGTON, May 11 (Reuters) - Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora on Friday urged the United States to take the lead in getting Israel to accept an Arab League initiative that he said was the ...

JERUSALEM (AP) - Prime Minister Ehud Olmert wants to appear again before the Lebanon war commission, after testimony released by the body showed he blamed the army for shortcomings but acknowledged he ignored warnings that Israeli forces were unprepared for the conflict last summer.

INTERNATIONAL GATEWAY Distribution (IGD), a reputable value-added Information and Communications Technology Master Distributor with a regional hub in Beirut, Lebanon, has entered the Ghanaian and West Africa ICT market with an introduction of its corporate entity, products and services as well as supply partners at an ICT workshop for local ICT industry stakeholders and key players at Golden ...

Lebanese Premier Fouad Saniora in an op-ed piece published Friday in The New York Times urged Israel to work for a Middle East settlement based on an Arab peace initiative, and said the U.S. can help the parties compromise.

JERUSALEM: Israeli leader Ehud Olmert has cast blame on the military for failings in the Lebanon war, in testimony released yeserday, to an inquiry whose criticism of his own conduct has him battling for political survival.

THE Lebanese-born head of the Australian Capital Territory's key multicultural body has blamed "Saddamists" for stirring up trouble at Canberra's main mosque.

DAMASCUS -- President Bashar Assad said yesterday that his country would not recognize a UN-mandated international tribunal on the assassination of a former Lebanese prime minister if it infringes on Syrian sovereignty.

CHICAGO -- He became known as the face and voice of aldermen who spent years battling the city's first black mayor -- a fight so bitter some began referring to Chicago as "Beirut on the lake."

YOU seem to stick up for the tenants on the ghetto estates. Sheffield Homes don't care about the tenants. If you saw the people they place among decent people it is disgraceful. The decent people on estates have no support from Sheffield Homes' staff; they don't want to know and, what's more, they don't know how to deal with the rabble.

THE Lebanese-born head of the Australian Capital Territory's key multicultural body has blamed "Saddamists" for stirring up trouble at Canberra's main mosque.

Lebanon's MPs will assemble on Sept. 25 to elect a new president, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said on Thursday.

Source ::: QNA beirut ? The Secretary-General of Qatar National Olympic Committee, H E Sheikh Saud bin Abdurrahman Al Thani, and the delegation accompanying him, yesterday visited two sites in north Lebanon on which a Qatari-Lebanese sports centre would be established .

On a diligent quest to marry the contemporary classical and indie rock worlds-- or at least let them mingle for a few magical nights a season-- the New York City-based Wordless Music Series returns this fall with another generous helping of eclectic aural delights, sure to enchant folks from the highbrow to the underground.

The seventh annual Forward job-recruitment and training fair opened on Thursday in Beirut with a message that employers in Lebanon remain determined to keep working and have plenty of jobs open in the wake of the flood of professionals leaving the country. About 75 percent of the approximately 1,000 jobs available.

Lebanese singer Pascal Mashaalani is preparing to appear in a completely new look and has traveled to Italy and France to choose from the latest fashions.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says he may not cooperate with a U.N.-backed court to try suspects in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. VOA Correspondent Challiss McDonough has more from our Middle East bureau in Cairo.

Italian conductor Riccardo Muti is to launch a season of summer festivals in Lebanon that were scrapped last year because of the Israel-Hezbollah war, organisers announced on Thursday.

The testimony of Israel's embattled Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to an official inquiry investigating last year's Lebanon War has been released for publication. As Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau, his comments have brought further calls for his resignation.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad signalled on Thursday that Damascus might not cooperate with a U.N.-backed court to try suspects in the killing of a former Lebanese premier if it indicted Syrian officials.

The Jeddah-based company, which participated recently in the Arab Economic Forum held in Beirut as a Gold Sponsor, said that CPC has already begun legal proceedings for the setting up of Bahra Cables on an area of 200,000 square meters at a cost of SR 200 million.

?NO CHOICE?: Israel's PM Ehud Olmert (pictured here) defended his decision to go to war against Hezbollah in last year?s Lebanon war, but blamed military commanders for failing to secure a convincing victory, censored testimony, made public May 10, showed.

Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told the inquiry into last summer's war in Lebanon that he had no choice but to act quickly against the Hezbollah guerillas, and the Army told him it was ready. The military "seriously let itself down," he said.

Damascus, May 10 (Xinhua) Syria Thursday said it would offer any help to an international tribunal in the case of assassination of former Lebanese premier Rafik Hariri.

Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told the government commission that probed last summer's Lebanon war he didn't think there was "any option" but to strike Lebanese Hezbollah guerrillas immediately after they attacked Israel, according to minutes of his testimony to the panel released on Thursday.

Syria will not cooperate with a U.N. tribunal to try suspects in the killing of former Lebanese premier Rafik al-Hariri if the court takes actions that undermine Syrian sovereignty, President Bashar al-Assad said on Thursday.

Syria will not cooperate with a U.N.-backed tribunal to try suspects in the killing of a former Lebanese premier if the court takes actions that undermine Syrian sovereignty, President Bashar al-Assad said on Thursday.

Beirut- The trial of four Lebanese accused of attempting to bomb trains in Germany in July of last year was adjourned Wednesday until May 22, after a 20-minute court session. The trial was adjourned until May 22. The judge has refused to move the tr...

Source: Reuters By Jeffrey Heller JERUSALEM, May 10 (Reuters) - Israeli leader Ehud Olmert cast blame on the military for failings in the Lebanon war in testimony released on Thursday to an inquiry whose criticism ...

JERUSALEM (AP) - Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told the government commission that probed last summer's Lebanon war he didn't think there was "any option" but to strike Lebanese Hezbollah guerrillas immediately after they attacked Israel, according to censored minutes of his testimony released on Thursday.

The testimonies of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Defense Minister Amir Peretz and former army chief of staff Dan Halutz on last summer's war with Lebanese Hezbollah were released Thursday to the public, local media reported.

PowerMe Mobile, the Lebanese mobile solution and content provider, is proud to announce the signature of a Content Supply Agreement with Universal Music Group International - the world's biggest global music label.

FIT FOR A BRIDE: A model presents a Spring/Summer 2007 wedding dress created by Lebanese designer Toni Yaacoub, in Beirut late Tuesday.

A memorable run had a memorable finish Wednesday as Blackman's season came to an end with a 2-1 loss to Lebanon in the loser's bracket final of the District 7-AAA tournament at Oakland's Nelson Smotherman Field.

He also testified to fully cooperating with defense minister Amir Peretz. Their testimonies together with that of ex-chief of staff Dan Halutz were released by the Winograd Lebanon War panel Thursday, May 10. The transcripts were heavily censored.

Lebanon: PowerMe Mobile, the Lebanese mobile solution and content provider, is proud to announce the signature of a Content Supply Agreement with Universal Music Group International - the world's biggest global music label. [AMEInfo.com]

(JTA) ? Hezbollah said it conducted its own commission of inquiry into last year?s war with Israel. After claiming last week?s report by Israel?s Winograd Commission as ?proof? of its victory in the July-August war, the Lebanese militia said it had done similar stocktaking.

Mt. Lebanon High School sophomore Emily Sholder knows how pollution can affect water systems.

Lebanese singer/actress Maya Nasri is trying hard to divide her time between the recording and filming studios. She is currently filming the scenes for her new television drama series ?Sultan Al Gharam? (Sultan of Love) and recording the songs for her upcoming album.

Almost three months after twin bus bombings in Ain Alaq and multiple discoveries of explosive devices set off a wave of anxiety in Lebanon, a small explosion at a vacant lot in Beirut and a subsequent bomb scare sparked panic among residents of two capital neighborhoods. No one was hurt in the explosion.

LEBANON ? Anyone who wants to help run an off-leash dog park in Lebanon is invited to attend a community meeting Tuesday, May 22.

Lebanon City Council voted to proceed with fees that city officials say will force new development to do a better job of paying its own way, Tuesday.

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - A small explosion Wednesday followed by a bomb scare in two Christian neighborhoods of the Lebanese capital caused no injuries or damage but created huge traffic jams and panic among some residents in this capital city.

Lebanese carried a man killed by an Israeli attack on Kfar Shima, near Beirut. Israel said it had also thwarted a missile launching. PHPCow News Publishing Create your Online Magazine.

Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah said that the ruling bloc headed by Fouad Saniora is punishing the people for their political choice. Sayyed Nasrallah was speaking Sunday during an interview with the Al-Alam television.

Beirut - The sound of an explosion Wednesday in a Christian neighborhood of the Lebanese capital Beirut, caused panic but no injuries or damage, police said. According to an initial police report, a small stick of dynamite or a concussion bomb was tos...

LEBANON n Big hits did in Crescent Valley High as the Raiders dropped a 10-3 decision to Lebanon on Tuesday in a Mid-Willamette Conference baseball game.

LEBANON -- Two local volunteer firefighters received the Good Samaritan Award Monday from the Lebanon Volunteer Fire Department.

Lebanon: Lebanon's Cedarcom will offer ADSL services in the country within weeks, the company said. The wireless data provider has contracted Nokia Siemens Networks to roll out the service. It will cover 36 exchanges. Cedarcom already offers business class fixed broadband wireless access and mobile broadband wireless access services. [AMEInfo.com]

Try this simple, creamy Mediterranean salad with Moroccan or Lebanese staples, such as falafel or smoked eggplant. The author, chef and food writer Sophie Braimbridge, likes to add a few toasted walnuts for extra crunch.

UNITED NATIONS ? Secretary-General Ban is said to be weighing a plan to travel to Lebanon, where he will try to diplomatically untangle a political impasse that many in the country, as well as in key world capitals, believe can be solved only with increased international pressure. Mr. Ban sees both the carnage in Darfur, Sudan, and the political knot in Beirut as two diplomatic priorities he can ...

To look at them, you wouldn't imagine Rima Khcheich and Tony Overwater have much in common. The diminutive Lebanese vocalist, whose local performances are as anticipated as they are rare, is steeped in classical Arabic music. With seven CDs to his credit, the lanky Dutch double-bassist has a distinguished career as a jazz composer and improv musician.

After canceling two shows at the Bowery last November due to a spell of ?extreme exhaustion??which is totally believable in the case of newly 21-year-old Zach Condon? Beirut has finally arrived . Tonight is the last of its three-show run with former Arcade Fire violinist Owen Pallett of Final Fantasy.

BEIRUT, Lebanon - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice asked Lebanon on Tuesday to support the establishment of an international criminal tribunal to try those suspected of killing former Prime Minister...

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BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice asked Lebanon on Tuesday to support the establishment of an international criminal tribunal to try those suspected of killing former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.

BEIRUT (AP)--U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has urged the establishment of an international criminal tribunal to bring to trial those responsible for the killing of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.

EIN EL-HELWEH, Lebanon: Two Palestinians were killed and four wounded during clashes between rival factions in Lebanon?s main refugee camp of Ein el-Helweh yesterday, a Palestinian security source said.

NexTone, a leader in session border controllers and scalable solutions for VoIP, multimedia, and IMS network interconnects, today announced that Xplorium, an international VoIP service provider headquartered in Lebanon, has based its next-generation network (NGN) on NexTone's IntelliConnect? System.

Lebanese singer Amal Hijazi was held guest at a special event that was organized by the Healthy Diet Association to support cancer patients and spread awareness about uterine cancer.

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Illegal arms traffic into Lebanon across the Syrian border, mainly to Hezbollah fighters, is reported to be taking place on a regular basis, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Monday.

The German navy will likely continue to lead an international mission tasked with preventing weapons smuggling off the Lebanese coast.

At least one Palestinian shot dead on Monday in a clash between rival factions at a Palestinian refugee camp in southern Lebanon, security sources said.

Illegal arms traffic into Lebanon across the Syrian border, mainly to Hezbollah fighters, is reported to be taking place on a regular basis, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Monday.

Alleged arms smuggling into Lebanon and the possible arming of various groups there may deepen the country's political crisis, UN chief Ban Ki-moon said in a report released here Monday.