Arab homes. In a fast-paced rhythm, the audience has been transported to Doha, Tunis, Alexandria and Beirut, where 100 hopeful applicants, short listed from among 5,600, tried to impress the jury with their innovative projects.

Spying is as familiar in Beirut as it was in post-war Vienna ? there's even a giant "Third Man"-type ferris wheel here ? but the events of the last few days are growing more mysterious by the hour. Over the past two weeks, a special unit of Lebanon's Internal Security Force (ISF) has been arresting a clutch of Lebanese allegedly working as spies for Israel.

Hundreds of people gathered at Beirut's Medina Theater on Saturday for the launching of "Bareed Mista3jil," (or "Mail in a Hurry"), Lebanon's first ever book about the experiences of gay women and transgenders. A collection of 41 true stories written by lesbian, bisexual, questioning, and transgender women.

Situated in the still-barren marches of Jisr al-Wati, the white cube of the Beirut Art Center exhibition hall, still glistening after nearly six months of operation, affords an interesting space to reflect upon the detritus of time in space. Such a thematic narrative could easily be foisted upon the present BAC exhibition, "Exposure."

Producers of organic food in Lebanon are facing challenges exporting their crops to the world market because of the lack of farms and marketing capacities, said Haifa Abbas, marketing manager of Al-Marej organic food store. "Chemical free farms are very rare in Lebanon and we cannot export to the outside world.

The last weekend ahead of Lebanon's pivotal elections saw a frenzy of campaigning in the country, with rival parties holding major rallies in various regions. The final stretch ahead of the vote also saw top political leaders preparing for a national dialogue session on Monday to discuss the country's defense strategy.

Mideast statistics: Yemeni men biggest smokers in region, Lebanese women top female category.

Lebanon security measures on election day take into account risk of violence in each of 26 electoral districts.

In the run-up to Lebanon's June 7 elections, Lebanon: The family business looks at the complexities of the country's sectarian politics through the lens of Lebanon's 'royal' family - the Gemayels.

Lebanon: Lebanon's GDP growth is expected to reach 4% or maybe more at the end of 2009, according to the country's central bank governor. Riad Salameh also said the Lebanese pound is still very stable and the gross foreign currency reserves of the central bank have reached $23bn, the highest in Lebanon's history. [AMEInfo.com]

The famous Lebanese superstar Asi Hilani left Beirut heading to Canada where he?ll be hosting four different live concerts for the Arab immigrants there.

Starting with June 2009, Royal Jordanian, the oneworld member, will add a new daily service to Beirut, a fourth daily flight, bringing the weekly flights between the two cities to 28.

Lebanon's GDP growth is expected to reach 4% or maybe more at the end of 2009, according to the country's central bank governor.

BEIRUT ? Lebanon charged four people with collaborating with Israel on Saturday, raising to 23 the number of suspected spies who have been charged in the last few months, a court official said.

It is difficult to pinpoint exactly when the discourse about Syria and Syrian-Lebanese relations became simplistic to the point of ridicule, giv en that sweeping statements had been the norm even before the assassination of Rafiq al-Hariri, Lebanon's former prime minister, in February 2005.

BEIRUT (AP) -- Lebanon charged four people with collaborating with Israel on Saturday, raising to 23 the number of suspected spies who have been charged in the last few months, a court official said.

DPA/Beirut Lebanese expatriates have started arriving in Beirut to vote in crucial parliamentary elections that could decide the future of the country.

Lebanon charged four people with collaborating with Israel on Saturday, raising to 23 the number of suspected spies who have been charged in the last few months, a court official said.

Hizbollah the heavily armed militant group supported by Iran is poised to lead a coalition to victory in Lebanon's parliamentary elections next week.

Beirut - Lebanese expatriates have started arriving in Beirut to cast their ballots in crucial parliamentary elections that could decide the future of the country. The vote on June 7 is expected to be a tight race between the Western-backed ruling ma...

Medical reports on Saturday confirmed three cases of swine flu in Lebanon. At a secial press conference held by Lebanon's Health Minister Mohammad Khalife, he conveyed two foreigners and one Lebanese were found to suffer from swine flu at Beirut international airport.

As Lebanon's June 7 elections approach, Al Jazeera takes the political pulse of one of the world's most vibrant cities - the Lebanese capital, Beirut.

Lebanon has identified its first confirmed three cases of the new H1N1 flu, the health minister said on Saturday

Beirut - Lebanese army sources said on Saturday that the country's military had been placed on full alert, ahead of large- scale Israeli army maneuvers expected to begin on Sunday. Despite (the fact that) the Lebanese government has received assur...

Source: Reuters (Adds background) BEIRUT, May 30 (Reuters) - Lebanon has identified its first confirmed three cases of the new H1N1 flu, medical sources said on Saturday. "There are three cases and they are ...

Lebanon: Orascom Telecom sponsored the 11th Annual Arab International Telecom Development Summit for Arab States which was held today in Beirut under the theme: Broadband a necessity for Socio Economic development & growth; and Alfa, the Lebanese mobile operator managed by Orascom Telecom since February 1, 2009 participated in this summit as a distinguished exhibitor and speaker. [AMEInfo.com]

Syria's first ambassador to Lebanon Ali Abdel Karim Ali presented his credentials Friday to Lebanese President Michel Suleiman at the presidential palace in Baabda, local Elnashra website reported. The Syrian ambassador arrived in Lebanon Wednesday, and presented his letter of credence Thursday to Lebanese Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh. The first Lebanese ambassador to Syria Michel Khoury ...

Lebanon High School held commencement exercises Friday night for its 2009 graduates.

BEIRUT: While the quality of this year's election campaign has dramatically bettered those of previous years, both major political factions' campaigns failed to meet even basic advertising criteria such as unified graphics, slogans and messages, a number of advertising executives told The Daily Star on Friday.

LEBANON ? Lebanon High School would lose both boys? and girls? golf next year under budget cuts proposed for athletics.

Students in Lebanon and Jonestown will have a safer walk to school next year. The municipalities have received substantial grants from the Federal Highway Administration?s Safe Routes to School

Health professionals say number of smokers in Lebanon among highest in Middle East.

Washington, 29 May (WashingtonTV)?Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah said on Friday that Iran was prepared to supply Lebanon with arms.

BEIRUT, Lebanon, May 29 (UPI) -- The Lebanese military reports Israeli military ships opened fired on a Lebanese fishing boat as forces go on high alert ahead of an Israeli border drill.

Over half of the estimated $3 trillion in sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) are owned by Arab states, speakers at a panel discussion said Thursday. The remarks were made during talks hosted by the American University of Beirut (AUB) on the growing prevalence of sovereign wealth funds in the Arab world.

Want to indulge in a guilt-free tobacco experience? Then head to Lebanon, a smoker's paradise where you can work, dine and have your hair styled in a cloud of smoke. The anti-smoking lobby is barely a blip on the radar and the government cares little about the issue.

BEIRUT (AFP) - Although Lebanon prides itself as a pioneer of women's lib in the Arab world, it lags behind some of its more conservative neighbours as it readies for an election where at best just four out of 128 seats are likely to be won by women.

Although Lebanon prides itself as a pioneer of women's lib in the Arab world, it lags behind some of its more conservative neighbours as it readies for an election where at best just four out of 128 seats are likely to be won by women.

(RTTNews) - Opening a new chapter in diplomatic relations in the Middle East, Syria's first-ever ambassador to the Lebanon assumed office Friday. An official statement said Ali Abdul Karim Ali presented his credentials to Lebanese President Michel Suleiman.

BEIRUT (AFP) - Want to indulge in a guilt-free tobacco experience? Then head to Lebanon, a smoker's paradise where you can work, dine and have your hair styled in a cloud of smoke.

Want to indulge in a guilt-free tobacco experience? Then head to Lebanon, a smoker's paradise where you can work, dine and have your hair styled in a cloud of smoke.

Only four out of 128 seats in parliament are likely to be won by women in liberal Lebanon.

Syria's first ever ambassador to Lebanon took up his post on Friday, seven months after the Arab neighbours agreed to set up diplomatic ties.

Recreational vehicle owners in Lebanon may soon face regulations on where they can park the vehicles.

LEBANON - If the Lebanon Community School District is correctly calculating cost-of-living raises, nothing about its proposed 2009-10 budget will change.

BEIRUT, May 29, 2009 (AFP) - Want to indulge in a guilt-free tobacco experience? Then head to Lebanon, a smoker's paradise where you can work, dine and have your hair styled in a cloud of smoke.

Anne Cherico, co-owner of the bridal boutique Anne Gregory For the Bride in Mt. Lebanon, and a trusted source of fashion advice for a generation of Pittsburgh newlyweds, died Tuesday following an extensive bout with breast cancer. She was 86.

Lebanese President Michel Suleiman Wednesday night called on Lebanese to vote on the upcoming general elections, local Elnashra website reported Thursday. During a dinner marking his first anniversary in office, the president urged people to vote for whoever they believe is most competent, adding that the outcomes of the elections should be accepted regardless of who is the winner. The upcoming ...

A Lebanese man held in Brazil for three weeks for making anti-US comments on the Internet is not a member of Al-Qaeda, as one Brazilian newspaper reported, federal prosecutors said Wednesday. The man, identified only as "K", is a self-employed computer technician with permanent residency in Brazil.

Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun pledged on Thursday to eradicate corruption in Lebanon if the opposition wins the June 7 parliamentary elections. "We cannot build a state without eradicating corruption," Aoun said during an electoral rally organized by the FPM's candidates for Beirut I district in Achrafieh.

Alfa CEO and chairman Samer Salameh said Thursday that Lebanon is going to be among the first countries in the world to launch the HSPA plus technology, which offers over 20 megabits per second data speed over cellular. "By the end of this year, we will be launching HSPA plus in Lebanon.

BEIRUT, Lebanon, May 28 (UPI) -- Hezbollah approached the International Monetary Fund and the European Union to secure funding for Lebanon in the event of an election victory, officials say.

The International Monetary Fund acknowledged Thursday its mission in Lebanon had spoken with Hezbollah, among other political parties, about the need for economic reforms in the country.

LEBANON TWP. The Tigers Cub Scout Pack 92 from Lebanon Township visited with the Viking View student newspaper editors at Voorhees High School on Thursday, May 14. The Cub Scouts were accompanied by their Pack leaders, Meg Pfindst and Chris Walsh.

Lebanon: Israel violates airspace, UN force commander says (AKI) - By Giovanni Del Re - Israel is continuing to violate Lebanon's airspace, the head of the United Nations peacekeeping force in Lebanon has told Adnkronos International (AKI). "The Israelis are still violating Lebanese airspace and there is still a small piece of Lebanon in the hands of the Jewish state (in the area of Ghajar)," ...

North Lebanon Township wasn?t Tenaska?s first choice for a natural-gas-powered generating station, but it offers everything the Nebraska-based energy developer needs.

Moody's Investors Service has today placed on review for possible downgrade the global local currency (GLC) deposit ratings of three Lebanese banks (Bank Audi, Blom Bank and Byblos Bank).

A senior Lebanese army officer was arrested on suspicion of spying for Israel, local As-Safier daily reported Wednesday. The Lebanese army intelligence agency detained Col. Mansour Diab, an active service army officer, as part of a crackdown on Israel-linked spying networks which led to the arrest of over 40 suspects since April, the daily added. Col. Diab was a member of the Christian Lebanese ...

Former Beirut hostage Terry Waite is considering whether to run for parliament as an independent.

Oracle Communications announced it's co-sponsorship in the 11th Annual Arab Telecom Development Summit which will open today, 28th of May at Habtoor Grand Hotel in Beirut, Lebanon.

Lebanon: Oracle Communications announced its co-sponsorship in the 11th Annual Arab Telecom Development Summit which will open today, 28th of May at Habtoor Grand Hotel in Beirut, Lebanon. [AMEInfo.com]

A Lebanese army colonel has been detained on suspicion of spying for Israel, security sources said on Tuesday. The sources said the colonel was arrested last week and was being questioned about links to Israeli spy agencies. Lebanon's MTV television identified the colonel as Mansour Diab from Akkar.

BEIRUT: Despite weathering several episodes of political instability from 2005 to mid-2008, the Lebanese banking sector once again remained resilient and did not experience any major shocks following the global financial turmoil, according to a report released this week by Investment bank EFG Hermes on the Lebanese banking sector.

In separate sweeps in Lebanon, authorities detained a Lebanese army colonel and two Palestinians living in the country's south on suspicion of spying for Israel.

The Lebanese Army and the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) were on high alert Wednesday in anticipation of large-scale Israeli military maneuvers expected to begin on Sunday, the state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported on Wednesday. Lebanese troops and international peacekeepers.

A Cairo court sentenced to death on Thursday an Egyptian tycoon and an ex-cop hitman for the murder last year of the businessman's former lover, Lebanese pop diva Suzanne Tamim.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - The memory of assassinated Lebanese leaders lives on in the symbols and slogans of their heirs who are battling for Christian votes crucial to deciding the outcome of a parliamentary election.

Terry Waite, the former Beirut hostage, says he is "seriously" thinking of standing for Parliament.

JERUSALEM (JTA) -- A damaged synagogue in Beirut is set to be renovated.

In its 2009 survey on the financial health of 184 countries, The Banker magazine's World Financial Health Index (WFHI) ranked Lebanon in 122nd place among 184 countries around the world and in 14th place among 18 countries in the Middle East and North Africa region, as reported by Lebanon This Week.

BEIRUT: In its 2009 survey on the financial health of 184 countries, The Banker magazine's World Financial Health Index (WFHI) ranked Lebanon in 122nd place among 184 countries around the world and in 14th place among 18 countries in the Middle East and North Africa region, as reported by Lebanon This Week, the economic publication of the Byblos Bank Group.

Matthew J. Kluck, a former employee who settled a lawsuit with the borough two years ago, has become the Republican nominee for Mt. Lebanon Ward 2 commissioner.

After a highly-successful 25-year tenure as head coach of the Lebanon boys track program, it's come down to one final meet for Ira Price.

Tim and Bridgetta Devlin of Mt. Lebanon traveled by car to watch their son, Andrew, play college football for the University of Virginia every weekend last fall.

Lebanon: MTC Touch, the leading telecom operator in Lebanon and zain affiliate, announced a series of new tariff reductions on selected 'magic' prepaid and 'touch' postpaid services. [AMEInfo.com]

Lebanon: Sedco, a leading provider of specialized IT solutions in the Middle East and North Africa, has recently delivered and installed Infotrix queuing management solution to MTC Touch Lebanon. [AMEInfo.com]

Lebanon: Orascom Telecom Holding (OTH) is announced to be the summit partner of the 11th Annual Arab International Telecom Development Summit, taking place on the 28th and the 29th of May 2009 in Beirut, Lebanon. [AMEInfo.com]

A Lebanese army colonel has been detained on suspicion of spying for Israel, the AP reported on Tuesday. The colonel was not identified. According to the report, the colonel was arrested last week. He was being investigated about links to Israeli espionage networks.

BEIRUT (AFP)--A Lebanese army colonel has been arrested on suspicion of spying for Israel, in the latest in a string of such cases, a security official said Tuesday.

Source: Reuters BEIRUT, May 26 (Reuters) - A Lebanese army colonel has been detained on suspicion of spying for Israel, security sources said on Tuesday. The sources said the colonel was arrested last week and was ...

Austria-based Tyrolean Jet Services and Clear Sky, a privately-held investment and private equity firm, have announced the launch of Clearsky-Tyrolean Jet Services (CST), a Beirut-based joint-venture offering executive air services in the Middle East. CST will offer charter services through its own fleet and third party aircraft and management services in the first phase and maintenance and FBO ...

Lebanon?s Farmers Market begins its third season at 9 a.m. June 6 at Lebanon Town Hall, 579 Exeter Road.It will run through October.

The German embassy in Beirut said Monday that its government has no information about the report of a German weekly on Hezbollah's involvement in the murder of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri in 2005, local Elnashra website reported. The International Tribunal is independent, said the statement of the embassy, denying any information on what was published in German weekly magazine ...

A Hezbollah-affiliated website recently cited the remarks of Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmedinejad on upcoming parliamentary elections in Lebanon. According to the website, Ahmedinejad voiced his opinion that if the Lebanese opposition, in which Hezbollah is a key player, makes significant gains, a ?new front? will emerge to the benefit of the ?resistance.? He is also [...]

A new park is set to open along Cook Road in Lebanon this summer. The city is asking for 15 volunteers to help install $39,000 of playground equipment that will be delivered soon.

BEIRUT, Lebanon: Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah on Monday accused Israel of being behind a report implicating his party in the killing of ex-premier Rafiq Hariri and called the claim "very, very dangerous."

Russia says the international community must recognise the result of Lebanon's general election irrespective of who wins.

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP) - Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah on Monday denounced a report implicating his party in the killing of ex-premier Rafiq Hariri as "very, very dangerous" and accused Israel of being behind it.

26 May 2009 Combined Reports Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Monday that the international community must recognize the result of Lebanon's general election next month irrespective of who wins a majority.

The Der Spiegel headline was dramatic. Even provocative. Some Lebanese were surprised but others said they knew it all along. It offered bold "new information" that the strongly pro-Israel German Weekly Der Speigel claimed came from secret sources based on documents reporters and editors may have seen. -Franklin Lamb, Beirut

Lebanon's Telecoms Minister, Jebran Bassil says that files on the previous operators of the country's two mobile phone networks have been passed to the judicial authorities to consider prosecution. The government is alleging that the two operators cost it over US$1 billion in revenues.

Lebanon: Senior leaders and professional experts from Morgan International, Becker Professional Review and Stalla are scheduled to visit select Middle East cities in between May 27 and June 3, 2009, for an exclusive roadshow on the CPA (Certified Public Accountant) and CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) designations. [AMEInfo.com]

BEIRUT (AFP) - A report that Hezbollah was behind the 2005 assassination of ex-premier Rafiq Hariri is a dangerous claim which could spark civil strife as Lebanon prepares to hold crunch elections, analysts believe.

BEIRUT, May 25 (Itar-Tass) - Lebanese partners are satisfied with the preparatory work on the implementation of the agreement on Russia?s MiGs supplies to Lebanon, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.

BEIRUT -- Lebanon's militant Hezbollah group denied a report by a German magazine linking it to the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, saying Sunday that it was an attempt to tarnish its image before parliamentary elections. The weekly Der Spiegel said Saturday's report in was based on sources close to the international tribunal investigating the assassination and ...

Lebanon: Dilithium, the global leader in high-quality multimedia delivery over mobile and broadband networks, announced today that Dr. Marwan Jabri, its co-founder and CTO, will speak at the Arabcom International Telecom Summit 2009. [AMEInfo.com]

The famous Tunisian artist Saber Al Riba?i held a press conference at the Rotana Caf in the center of Beirut last week to launch his latest album. According to the London daily Elaph, the poet Nizar Francis and director Basem Christo attended the conference.

Marvin ?Bud? Stoudt is a bit of an ?old bird.? And every year he makes a migratory trip west to Nevada. Stoudt, a Lebanon resident, was recently honored by the United States Bowling Congress for 50 years of competing in the organization?s Open Championships.

Sam Maloof, whose simple, practical handmade wooden furniture sits in leading museums and the White House, has died. He was 93. Maloof, the son of Lebanese immigrants, died Thursday at his southern California home, his business manager Boz Bock told the Los Angeles Times.

Lebanon is scheduled next week to receive four helicopters designed to carry out fire-fighting missions, An-Nahar newspaper reported on Sunday. An-Nahar said the four helicopters would be delivered following payment. The paper added that Future Movement leader MP Saad Hariri has donated two helicopters to Lebanon.

Lebanon's militant Hezbollah group denied a report by a German magazine linking it to the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, saying Sunday that it was an attempt to tarnish its image before parliamentary elections.

Lebanon's militant Hezbollah group denied on Sunday a report by a German magazine linking it to the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, saying it was an attempt to tarnish its image ahead of parliamentary elections.

BEIRUT (AFP)--Hezbollah Sunday rejected a German magazine report that a U.N. probe found it was behind the 2005 murder of ex-premier Rafiq Hariri as a ploy to influence Lebanon's election that is just two weeks away.

LEBANON, MO > Picturesque farm will hold family-friendly festival The 10th-annual Art at the Farm, a free event that features art and music, will be held the weekend of June 6-7 at the farm of Bill and Vera Harrill.

Lebanon: A Lebanese property expert has urged Qatari investors to expand their investments in the Lebanese property market, which has proved to be the safest in the region, yielding the highest ROI (return on investment). [AMEInfo.com]

Lebanon artist Pat Walker took her talents across the world last month, putting a new face on a building at the Makindu Children?s Center in Kenya.

Lebanon: Lebanon's Byblos Bank has said that holders of common shares will get LP157.9 ($0.11) per share. Priority share holders will get LP48 as a 4% annual interest rate of the shares nominal value plus LP157.9 per share. Class 2003 preferred share holders will get $12 and class 2008 preferred share holders will get $3.35 per share, while global depository shareholders receipts will receive LP157.9 a share. [AMEInfo.com]

The city of Lebanon has a new mayor. According to our partners at the Lebanon Reporter, Huck Lewis has been named mayor of Lebanon. Read more at www.WISHTV.com

Lebanon: The Community Development Authority in Dubai (CDA) participated in a forum on Child Abuse - between social and legal protection", recently held in Beirut. [AMEInfo.com]

Lebanese President Michel Suleiman on Friday informed visiting U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Israeli violations and the Israeli-linked spying networks, LBC TV reported. I have informed U.S. Vice President on the "Israeli violations and spying networks, and hoped that he would work with all available means to help Lebanon confront danger," Suleiman said in a joint press conference after ...

Visiting U.S. Vice President Joe Biden Friday called for "fair, free and transparent" in the upcoming Lebanese general, LBC TV reported. At a joint press conference with Lebanese President Michel Suleiman after their meeting at the presidential palace, Biden said his visit, which came ahead of the Lebanese parliamentary elections on June 7, is not to support one group, but to support the country ...

BEIRUT, May 22 -- Vice President Biden said Friday that future U.S. aid to Lebanon depends on the outcome of upcoming elections, a warning aimed at the Iranian-backed Shiite movement Hezbollah as it tries to oust the pro-Western faction that dominates the government here.

It's a measure of how seriously the White House is taking the Lebanese elections next month that Joe Biden made the rounds in Beirut today.

Vice President Joe Biden is in Beirut just ahead of Lebanese parliamentary elections that may result in a government led by Hezbollah and its allies. Some are accusing Biden of interfering in Lebanon's domestic affairs.

US Vice President Joe Biden said on Friday that Washington will review its aid to Lebanon based on the outcome of a tightly contested legislative election that the Islamist group Hezbollah could win.

Vice President Joe Biden said Friday that future U.S. aid to Lebanon depends on the outcome of upcoming elections, a warning aimed at Iranian-backed Hezbollah as it tries to oust the pro-Western faction that dominates government.

Hezbollah MP Hassan Fadlallah: "It appears that the Biden visit is part of a US bid to supervise the electoral campaign of a Lebanese party, which feels threatened politically, in light of the expected outcome of the legislative vote." -by Franklin Lamb, Beirut

The U.S. vice president visited Beirut on Friday.

US Vice President Joe Biden said on Friday that Washington will determine its aid to Lebanon based on the outcome of a tightly contested legislative election that the Islamist group Hezbollah could win.

Associated Press CAIRO ? Suzanne Tamim shot to fame in an ?American Idol?-style TV show, a green-eyed Lebanese beauty whose pop songs about love?s agony mirrored her troubled life.

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden arrived in Lebanon ahead of a parliamentary election in June, in which the militant group Hezbollah is seeking to strengthen its position.

The Middle East's espionage wars are heating up after Lebanon's arrest of more than a dozen alleged Israeli spies.

Washington will evaluate its assistance to Lebanon based on policies of the new government to be formed after the June 7 parliamentary vote, US Vice President Joe Biden said on Friday.

The United States backs Lebanon's democratic process, but will reconsider its assistance if Lebanon's next government strays from certain "fundamental principles," Vice President Joe Biden said Friday.

Beirut - US Vice President Joe Biden arrived Friday in Beirut for talks with Lebanese officials, which will focus on the June 7 parliamentary elections. Biden is accompanied by Jeffrey Feltman, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near-Eastern Aff...

BEIRUT -- Lebanon's state news agency say Vice President Joe Biden has arrived in the country ahead of key elections that the Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah could win.

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, carrying a message on military aid to Lebanon, arrived in Beirut on Friday, 16 days before a parliamentary election that may see a shift in power from a Western-backed coalition.

Former Mt. Lebanon High School football standout Andrew Devlin is expected to transfer to Pitt soon, according to a source at the university.

CAIRO, May 21 -- Suzanne Tamim shot to fame in an "American Idol"-style TV show, a green-eyed Lebanese beauty whose pop songs about love's agony mirrored her troubled life. Now, the man reported to be her secret lover -- a married, politically powerful Egyptian tycoon -- has been sentenced to hang...

The Middle East's espionage wars are heating up after Lebanon's arrest of more than a dozen alleged Israeli spies, and dire warnings from Jerusalem that Arab groups are trying to use the Internet to infiltrate the Jewish state.

A real estate mogul who ordered the killing of a Lebanese pop star has received the death penalty.

Peter Dorman, chairman of the Near Eastern languages and civilizations department (NELC), was elected president of the American University in Beirut (AUB) by AUB?s Board of Trustees on March 21. ...

US Vice President Joe Biden arrives in Beirut on Friday on the first such high-level US visit in nearly three decades, in a show of support for Lebanese independence just two weeks before a crucial election.

Lebanon filed a complaint to the United Nations yesterday after uncovering what it claimed was an Israeli spy network, leading to the arrest of 18 alleged agents accused of spying on Hizbollah.

Vice-President Joe Biden is to visit Beirut to voice Washington's support for an "independent" Lebanon, the US says.

Lebanon filed a complaint to the United Nations on Thursday after uncovering what it claimed was an Israeli spy network that has led Beirut to arrest 18 alleged agents accused of spying on Hizbollah in recent months.

Vice President Joe Biden will travel to Beirut, Lebanon tomorrow to reinforce the United States? support for an independent and sovereign Lebanon.

Vice President Joe Biden will visit Beirut on Friday. The White House says the purpose is to express the administration's support for an independent, sovereign Lebanon.

Argentina issued an international arrest warrant Wednesday for a Colombian man in connection with the 1994 bombing of a Jewish charities building in Buenos Aires that killed 85 and wounded 300. Samuel Salman El Reda, a Colombian of Lebanese descent who formerly lived in Buenos Aires, was the top local connection in the attack.

Former head of General Security Major General Jamil al-Sayyed traveled to Paris on Thursday morning, the state-run National News Agency reported. The NNA said that Sayyed left Beirut at 9 a.m. on Thursday. Sayyed, who was detained for four years in connection with the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, was released last month.

US Vice President Joe Biden will arrive to Beirut on Friday for an official visit, during which he will met with top Lebanese officials. During his brief visit to Beirut, Biden will meet with President Michel Sleiman to deliver a message from President Barack Obama. According to the Central News Agency (CNA) Thursday.

"Expensive" is perhaps the most appropriate way to describe Lebanon's tourism sector. The focus here has long been on attracting rich Gulf Arabs who don't bat an eyelid at the prospect of forking out hundreds of dollars for an upscale hotel room in the capital. The concepts of rural tourism, eco-lodges, hostels and other.

The Iran-backed Shi'ite movement looks set to lead Lebanon's next government, thanks to support from as much as half the country's Christian voters

Three hotels to be built in Lebanon will create jobs and bring additional sales tax revenue to the city.

The two suspects in the murder of Lebanese pop star SUZANNE TAMIM have been sentenced to death by hanging in an Egyptian court.Tycoon Hisham Talaat Moustafa and...

Beirut - The United Nations peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon (UNIFIL) has informed the Lebanese government that upcoming Israeli military exercises near the country's southern border have no hostile objectives, the office of Prime Minister Fo...

CAIRO - An Egyptian real-estate mogul with ties to President Hosni Mubarak's son was sentenced to death Thursday for ordering the killing of a Lebanese pop star who had been his lover.

BEIRUT (AFP) - Lebanon has filed a complaint to the United Nations over alleged Israeli spy networks operating in Lebanon amid a crackdown on the espionage rings, the premier's office said Thursday.

MOSCOW (AFP)--Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will meet Syrian President Bashar al-Assad during a weekend visit to Damascus and will also visit Lebanon, the foreign ministry said Thursday.

Lebanon has filed a complaint to the United Nations over alleged Israeli spy networks operating in Lebanon amid a crackdown on the espionage rings, the premier's office said Thursday.

May 21 (Reuters) - The economy of Lebanon, which is set to hold a parliamentary election on June 7, has shown what the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has described as "remarkable resilience" in the face of the global credit crisis.

CAIRO - An Egyptian court has convicted and sentenced to death a prominent real-estate mogul and legislator for the slaying of Lebanese pop star Suzanne Tamim.

The former member of Parliament with ties to the president's family hired a security guard to kill his ex-girlfriend. A billionaire developer and former member of the Egyptian Parliament was sentenced to death Thursday for ordering the murder of his former girlfriend, a troubled Lebanese pop singer whose body was found in her high-rise apartment in the Persian Gulf emirate of Dubai.

MOSCOW, May 21 (Itar-Tass) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will visit Syria and Lebanon on May 23-25, Foreign Ministry spokesman Andrei Nesterenko said.

Cairo - A Cairo criminal court on Thursday morning sentenced Egyptian real-estate tycoon and lawmaker Hisham Talaat Mustafa to death by hanging for the July murder of Lebanese pop singer Suzanne Tamim. The court found that Mustafa, who had been strip...

A Cairo court sentenced to death on Thursday an Egyptian tycoon and an ex-cop hitman for the murder last year of the businessman's former lover, Lebanese pop star Suzanne Tamim.

A Cairo court sentenced to death on Thursday an Egyptian tycoon and an ex-cop hitman for the murder last year of the businessman's former lover, Lebanese pop diva Suzanne Tamim.

Israeli spy rings in Lebanon tumbling like house of cards as Beirut steps up investigations.

May 21 (Reuters) - The economy of Lebanon, which is set to hold a parliamentary election on June 7, has shown what the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has described as "remarkable resilience" in the face of the global credit crisis.

Source: Reuters May 21 (Reuters) - Lebanese vote on June 7 in a legislative election contested by two coalitions whose rivalry has dominated national politics since the 2005 assassination of former Prime Minister ...

Lebanon's Central Bank has forecast an improved banking sector deposit growth of 12% in 2009, compared to a previously projected rate of 7-10%. Governor of the Central Bank, Riad Salameh, based the forecast on deposit growth of 15% in the first quarter of the year.

Lebanon: With the summer season around the corner, the management of Coral Beach Hotel and Resort Beirut organized a cocktail reception to launch the Hotels Resort. [AMEInfo.com]

The appointment of five members of the Constitutional Council is urgent, for the simple reason that this body will be responsible for deciding on disputed elections in circumstances in which the regularity of the election process is contested.

An Egyptian businessman and a security guard are sentenced to death for the murder of the Lebanese singer Suzanne Tamim.

A Cairo court sentenced an Egyptian tycoon and a former policeman to death for the murder in Dubai last year of the businessman's former lover, Lebanese pop diva Suzanne Tamim.

Nearly three years after the Israeli- Hezbollah war ended, Israel has given the U.N. force in Lebanon maps revealing where cluster bombs that could hurt innocents were dropped or fired, the U.N. peacekeeping chief said Wednesday. The United Nations has estimated that Israel dropped as many as 4 million of the bomblets in southern Lebanon, with perhaps 40 percent failing to explode.

Have you heard the one about how Lebanon's aspiring politicians get around these days? They take the school bus. The joke, which is doing the rounds in Beirut as Lebanon prepares for parliamentary elections, reflects the slew of fresh young faces that will contest the June 7 ballot.

The head of the elections monitoring team in Lebanon Jose Salavranka said Wednesday that the UN Interim Forces in Lebanon (UNIFIL) is carrying its task with high standard professionalism, official National News agency (NNA) reported. "UNIFIL is carrying out its mission with high professionalism and discipline," Salavranka said during a tour to UNIFIL contingents in southern Lebanon where he met ...

BEIRUT, Lebanon, May 20 (UPI) -- The June 7 parliamentary election in Lebanon will bring a new government to power in a close race where the emergence of independents may be telling.

Hizbullah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said on Wednesday that the resistance was proud of its alliance with Syria and Iran and called for "awarenesss" among Lebanese to thwart a US-Zionist plot to stir strife between Sunnis and Shiites. In a televised speech delivered during the "Permanent Conference for Resistance" held at the UNESCO center in Beirut.

France will not halt dialogue with the next Lebanon government whatever the results of the parliamentary polls were and said it favors President Michel Sleiman to remain in the "middle" after the formation of the new administration, pan-Arab daily Al-Hayat reported in its Wednesday issue.

It is highly unlikely that Lebanese Hezbollah militants have more weapons now in southern Lebanon than they did at the time of their 2006 war with Israel, the head of U.N. peacekeeping said Wednesday.

Associated Press - May 20, 2009 3:53 PM ET UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. peacekeeping chief says Israel has given the U.N. force in Lebanon maps of where it launched cluster bombs in the war...

This is a guy from Arcade Fire and Beirut so you know they're already slated for a jizztacular 9.2 from the 'Fork. Or, if they're brave (and honest) they'll get a 3.2 because the "B" stands for boring.

BEIRUT, May 20 (Reuters) - Deposits in Lebanon's banking sector climbed by 15 percent in the first quarter compared with the same period of 2008, the central bank said in a statement on Wednesday, projecting overall growth of 12 percent for the year. During a meeting with the Association of Lebanese Banks, central bank governor Riad Salameh said a transfer of dollars into Lebanese pounds was ...

Lebanese Sunni majority leader Saad Hariri said Wednesday that the unity among the Lebanese is the best weapon against Israel, local Elnashra website reported. "We will not give up coexistence and civil peace," Hariri said during a popular gathering in Beirut, hinting to the May 7 clashes last year. On May 7 last year, Lebanese Shiite armed group Hezbollah took control over western Beirut Sunni ...

BEIRUT, May 20 (Reuters) - Deposits in Lebanon's banking sector climbed by 15 percent in the first quarter compared to the same period of 2008, the central bank said in a statement on Wednesday, projecting overall growth of 12 percent for the year. Keywords: LEBANON DEPOSITS/ (thomas.perry@reuters.com; +961 1 983 885; Reuters Messaging: thomas.perry.reuters.com@reuters.net)

NexCen Brands Inc has opened the first franchised store in Lebanon under its TAF banner, previously known as The Athlete's Foot, as part of plans to extend its franchised brands into new international markets.

Mobision will be participating in the 11th Arab International Telecom Development Summit for Arab States which is being held in Beirut in order to demonstrate its ground breaking innovative business model dedicated to the multicasting of live video over connected and unconnected hand held devices.

BEIRUT: The Italian Development Cooperation will assist Lebanon in developing clean energy to combat climate change, a statement by the Italian Embassy in Beirut said on Tuesday.

The successful acquisition by Emirates Lebanon Bank s.a.l., a subsidiary of Bank of Sharjah (BOS), of the operations of BNPI Lebanon has been selected by The Banker Magazine - FT Business as the 'Mergers & Acquisitions Deal of the Year' for the Middle East in 2009.

Pat South?s legacy can be heard every December when the clatter of hooves rumbles through Lebanon. South,

The city of Lebanon is gearing up for the largest Memorial Day parade in years. Jan Kauffman,

BEIRUT, Lebanon, May 19 (UPI) -- A top U.S. Special Operations Command officer arrived in Beirut to meet with Lebanese defense officials to discuss military assistance for Beirut.

The American University of Beirut's (AUB) faculty of engineering and architecture (FEA) dedicated its dean's wing in the name of Fahmi Karagulla, a pioneer in the construction industry and an active AUB donor, a university statement said on Tuesday.In the presence of AUB president Peter F. Dorman, FEA dean Ibrahim Hajj.

Associated Press and D-H The Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Administration has opened an investigation into a stunt that left a Lebanon movie actor in critical condition with third-degree burns.

The Italian Development Cooperation will assist Lebanon in developing clean energy to combat climate change, a statement by the Italian Embassy in Beirut said on Tuesday. "It is possible to combat climate change in the Middle East and Northern Africa through clean Energy," it said.

The Tin Duck Tavern, a local sports bar and restaurant on Ohio 42 in Lebanon, closed with little notice

Lebanon police are still looking for a man following a sexual assault reported Sunday afternoon.

BEIRUT (AFP)--Five more Lebanese were charged Tuesday with spying for Israel, bringing to 18 the total number charged with espionage since January, a judicial source said.

NexCen Brands, has announced the opening of the first TAF, previously known as The Athlete's Foot, franchised store in the Lebanese capital, Beirut. Khalid Al-Mutawa is the master developer for TAF Lebanon and owns the rights to develop TAF in Kuwait, Jordan and Egypt.

Lebanon: NexCen Brands, has announced the opening of the first TAF, previously known as The Athlete's Foot, franchised store in the Lebanese capital, Beirut. Khalid Al-Mutawa is the master developer for TAF Lebanon and owns the rights to develop TAF in Kuwait, Jordan and Egypt. [AMEInfo.com]

TE Data participates as a co-sponsor in Arabcom 2009, The 11th annual Arab International Telecom Development Summit to be held on the 28th and 29th of May, 2009 in the Lebanese Capital 'Beirut' under the patronage of the Minister of Telecom In Lebanon, H.E. Eng. Jebrane Bassile.

Dubai-based Emitac will supply products to Distinet, which in turn will act as its sales arm to the Lebanese reseller channel

BEIRUT: The Dammam-based Al-Muhaidib and Sons Group, said it has invested $320 million in the Badia Cement Co, a joint project with Italcementi, a global cement firm, and a group of Syrian and Arab investors.

The Lebanon school board last night approved borrowing almost $22.5 million through two bond issues. The first bond, for $9.

A Mt. Lebanon High School teacher and tennis coach pleaded guilty yesterday to sexually soliciting an undercover cop posing online as a 14-year-old girl.

It was the second such escape since Lebanon stepped up a campaign of arrests against those thought to be spying, officials said.

A disabled Lebanese citizen and his family fled to Israel at dawn yesterday along with another suspected spy amid a crackdown on espionage networks throughout Lebanon , a security official said.

"This is the story of a person and a place," says painter Helen Karam on the morning prior to the opening of her show "Places' Memories" at Zico House. "I am inviting you into my home." Karam has taken over all three floors of the Zico House cultural center in Sanayeh with her latest show.

The Canadian government supports transparent and democratic parliamentary elections in Lebanon, Canada's Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Jason Kenney said on Monday. Ottawa will be sending observers to Lebanon's June 7 election. They will join approximately 50 short-term and 30 long-term observers to oversee voting.

Two Lebanese men suspected of spying for Israel fled across the heavily fortified border to the Jewish state, Lebanese officials said, marking the second border escape since Lebanon stepped up a campaign against those suspected of working for its enemy.

Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah on Monday vowed his Lebanese militant party stands ready to fight a new war with Israel, as the Jewish state readies large-scale military exercises later this month.

BEIRUT, Lebanon, May 18 (UPI) -- Lebanese opposition lawmakers congratulated security officials for recent arrests related to an Israeli-backed spy ring, saying it spoke of Lebanese resilience.

The Lebanon High School student arrested last week after allegedly threatening to shoot students will

(IsraelNN.com) Two Lebanese men suspected of spying on behalf of Israel have fled to Israel, Lebanese officials said Monday. Both reportedly brought their families as well. Another suspect reportedly fled last week.

A Mt. Lebanon teenager accused of attacking his ex-girlfriend with a hammer will remain on home detention pending a juvenile hearing that might have to wait until August

Kano State Chairman of the Nigeria Lebanese Community, Mr Tahir Fadallah, has refuted reports that his members are planning to embark on a peaceful demonstration to protest preferential treatment meted against them by the Nigeria Immigrations Service.

A 78-year-old Lebanon man was injured Sunday afternoon when he failed to stop at a red light on state Route 72 and struck another vehicle.

Source: IRIN For the last 30 years Ali Mohammed Hindawi, aged 84, has lived alone in a rusty tin shack in south Lebanon, without water, electricity or a toilet, sleeping among chickens, flies and litter, and separated from his family by displacement and poverty.

NEW YORK----NexCen Brands, Inc. today announced the opening of the first TAFTM, previously known as The Athlete's Foot, franchised store in Lebanon. The store opened in Beirut, Lebanon, the capital and largest city of the country.

Justifying his dramatic reversal of the decision to release photos showing abuse of detainees by U.S. soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan, President Obama argued publication would "further inflame anti-American opinion and put our troops in greater danger."

Generex Biotechnology Corporation, the leader in drug delivery for metabolic diseases through the inner lining of the mouth, together with Benta s.a.l., the company's importation, marketing, distribution and sales sub-licensee in Lebanon, launched the commercial retail sales of Generex Oral-lyn in Lebanon.

18 May 2009 JEDDAH - Saudi Arabian Airlines Saudi Arabian Airlines is to increase its number of flights to Beirut for the coming summer season with five flights to be added to the scheduled ten.

Lebanon: Orascom Telecom will participate in the 11th Annual Arab International Telecom Development Summit for Arab States which will be held in Beirut from May 28 to 29. [AMEInfo.com]

Orascom Telecom will participate in the 11th Annual Arab International Telecom Development Summit for Arab States which will be held in Beirut from May 28 to 29.

The Egyptian actress Somayah Al Khashab has launched her first musical album which includes eight songs. She hs finished filming her first music video clip for the song ?Ayzak Kidah? (I Want You Like That) with the Lebanese director Yehya Sa?deh.

The production company ?Platinum Records?, part of MBC group, decided to host a press conference in Beirut for the young Iraqi artist Bashar Al-Qaisi for the release of his first music album called ?Bahoonak?.

Lebanese Shiite top spiritual leader Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah said on Sunday that Lebanon has become the center of regional and international intelligence services, local Elnashra website reported. Fadlallah, who is also the spiritual inspirer of the Shiite armed group Hezbollah, stressed that "foreign interventions in Lebanon through ambassadors or intelligence services have turned the ...

A 22-year-old tells Lebanon police a man sexually assaulted her Sunday afternoon.

Lebanon Police are looking for the suspect of a possible sexual assault.

The Samir Kassir Center for Media and Cultural Freedom (Skeyes) urged politicians in statement issued on Saturday to avoid implicating the media in their bickering. "Tensions on the Lebanese political scene reflect negatively on the safety of Lebanese journalists in general and of field reporters in particular," Skeyes said.

With just three weeks left ahead of the pivotal June 7 polls, Lebanese political parties on Sunday announced tickets for the Beirut III and Zahle districts, and stepped up their campaigning in a bid to draw more votes. Premier Fouad Siniora, who is a candidate for one of the Sunni seats in the coastal city of Sidon.

Lebanon has become a center for regional and international intelligence gathering, the country's foremost Shiite spiritual figure said on Sunday. "This small country has been transformed into a center for international and regional intelligence," the Elnashra news website quoted Sayyed Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah.

Gays and lesbians raised a global rallying cry Sunday to end discrimination in a world where some countries punish homosexual acts with death, as they marked an international day against homophobia.

BEIRUT (AFP) - A rock star, a fisherman and an unemployed bachelor have thrown their hats in the ring for Lebanon's legislative election hoping to make a change in a country run by political dynasties.

Life is harsh for Palestinians in Lebanese refugee camps. But even after more than 60 years many still dream of returning to their homeland in Beirut.

BEIRUT (AFP) - A rock star, a fisherman and an unemployed bachelor have thrown their hats in the ring for Lebanon's legislative election hoping to make a change in a country run by political dynasties.

A rock star, a fisherman and an unemployed bachelor have thrown their hats in the ring for Lebanon's legislative election hoping to make a change in a country run by political dynasties.

Perry Deane Young landed in Vietnam in early 1968 and was quickly embraced by a band of writers and photographers who became a journalism legend. His acclaimed but nearly forgotten 1975 book about those friends has just been re-issued.

Ryan Crocker's storied 37-year diplomatic career took him to hot spots throughout the Middle East, before a final posting as ambassador to Iraq. Now he's returning home to his native Spokane.

Paul A. D'Andries of Mt. Lebanon died on Friday, May 15, 2009, in Kane Hospital, Scott. He was 89.

BEIRUT - Lebanese troops detained a suspected Israeli spy in the eastern Bekaa valley on Saturday, bringing to 13 the number picked up since April, an army spokesman said.

Lebanon: More than 500 positions will be filled as a result of the 2009 AUB Job Fair which attracted close to 200 companies this year, despite the paralyzing global economic crisis. [AMEInfo.com]

Hezbollah chief Hasan Nasrallah vowed Friday to work on building a "strong and just state" in Lebanon, local Al-Manar TV reported. "Our responsibility is to build a strong and just state, strength without justice is tyranny, and justice without strength is incapable," Nasrallah said in a graduation ceremony of 2883 Hezbollah students in the southern suburbs of Beirut. Addressing Lebanese groups ...

LEBANON The Lebanon Garden Club flower show and art and quilt show will be from 1 to 4 p.m. June 5 and noon to 4:30 p.m. June 6 at the Evangelical Church Annex at Park and Ash streets.

BEIRUT: The Spanish Embassy in Lebanon inaugurated Thursday a health center it helped to refurbish in Beirut's Shatila Palestinian refugee camp.

BEIRUT, May 16 (Bernama) -- The International Council of News Agencies held its 2nd meeting in Beirut Friday at an invitation of Secretariat General of Federation of Arab News Agencies, Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported.

DANBURY -- The Ladies Auxiliary of the Lebanon American Club will have a kibbee dinner meeting Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. at the club, 22 West St.The agenda includes a discussion of the upcoming scholarship dinner planned for June 17 at 6:30 p.m. at the Amber Room.

Part of Lebanon High School is 55 years old, and some people say the school is showing its age.

WASHINGTON, May 15 (UPI) -- Lebanon has improved its electoral system substantially as it prepares for June parliamentary elections, though security issues remain, observers said.

The Spanish Embassy in Lebanon inaugurated Thursday a health center it helped to refurbish in Beirut's Shatila Palestinian refugee camp. Spanish Ambassador to Lebanon Juan Carlos Gafo and UNRWA's Lebanon director Salvatore Lombardo attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Shatila Health Center.

BEIRUT, Lebanon, May 15 (UPI) -- Lebanese leaders issued calls for calm as sporadic violence erupts throughout the country ahead of the June 7 parliamentary elections.

Bank Audi's first quarter economic report on Lebanon said the country could experience a slowdown in 2009 but not a recession. The comprehensive report, which was released on Friday, touched on several key elements that may affect economic growth next year. "The expected economic slowdown in the near term is particularly related.

Almost 500 Palestinians in south Lebanon on Friday marked the 61st anniversary of the Naqba, the "catastrophe" that sparked an exodus of hundreds of thousands of refugees after Israel was created in 1948.

JAKARTA ? A hurting American import CJ Giles provided the heart and Mark Barroca the firepower for Smart Gilas Pilipinas as it overcame Al Riyadi of Lebanon, 91-86, yesterday and barged into the quarterfinal round in the 20th FIBA-Asia Champions Cup at the Britama Arena here.

Lebanon police have arrested a Lebanon High School student for allegedly threatening another student. According

KFAR KILA, Lebanon (AFP)--Almost 500 Palestinians in south Lebanon Friday marked the 61st anniversary of the Naqba, the "catastrophe" that sparked an exodus of hundreds of thousands of refugees after Israel was created in 1948.

LEBANON - Hold the calendar, kids. In Lebanon, you won't have to stay in school quite as long as you thought.

The Lancaster-Lebanon League baseball title game was suspended due to rain in the top of the fourth inning Thursday night at Clipper Magazine Stadium with Penn Manor leading Donegal, 7-0.The game is scheduled to resume at 1 p.m. Saturday at Ephrata's War Memorial Field....

BEIRUT, Lebanon, May 14 (UPI) -- Hezbollah officials said their opposition against Israel had extended beyond the Lebanese border to include support for Palestinian militants.

Highly educated Lebanese are being forced to leave their country as a result of low wages, Middle East Airlines (MEA) chairman Mohammad Hout told a conference at the American University of Beirut (AUB) on Wednesday. "Students spend $50,000 for their Bachelor's degree and sometimes $100,000 for their Master's.

Lebanon's Premier Fouad Siniora stressed on Thursday the importance of establishing firm relations with Syria. During a ceremony to lay the foundation stone for the Medayrej-Taanayel highway, Siniora said: "We are laying the cornerstone for the Beirut-Damascus road which we always wanted to be free from obstacles."

RAMALLAH, May 14, 2009 (WAFA)- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said, today, that ending the Israeli occupation of Arab and Palestinian territories, the establishment of an independent state of Palestine with Jerusalem as its capital, solving the refugee's issue according to the Arab Peace Initiative adopted in Beirut in 2002, will be the minimum required to lift the historical injustice ...

The Sexual Assault Resource and Counseling Center (SARCC) and Lebanon Valley Rails to Trails will host the first annual "Steps to Survival" walk May 30 to raise money for both organizations.

The famous Lebanese artist Elissa will film a new video clip for her duet with the Lebanese artist Fadel Shaker called ?Jowah AL Rooh? (Inside the Soul).

ANKARA [MENL] -- Turkey has been preparing to implement what officials termed a major weapons sale to Lebanon. Officials said Turkey has approved the export of U.S.-origin systems and weapons to the Lebanese military.

Source: IRIN Deminers in south Lebanon clearing hundreds of thousands of unexploded Israeli-dropped cluster bomb sub-munitions will lose two thirds of their teams this year unless a drastic funding shortfall is addressed.

Tess Pecina, an eighth grade student from Woodglen School in Lebanon Township, has been presented with a trophy from The American Scholastic Achievement League, which conducts a Scholastic Challenge each year. For 2009, Tess scored highest out of the 1,700 New Jersey students who participated. About 18,000 students in total entered the contest. Other Woodglen School students who scored above the ...

BEIRUT | U.S. relations with Lebanon could hinge on whether a Hezbollah-led coalition wins June 7 parliamentary elections. When Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton visited Beirut last month and expressed support for "voices of moderation," many here took it as a sign that the United States is worried about a victory for the so-called March 8 alliance of Hezbollah, another Shi'ite party ...

Lebanon: Alfa, the mobile operator, announced that it is keeping on strengthening its network all over Lebanon by installing 26 new radio stations since the 23rd of April 2009. [AMEInfo.com]

LEBANON Riverview School will hold its annual kindergarten orientation starting at 2:30 p.m. May 27 in the school cafeteria.

LEBANON - Downtown Lebanon will deck its halls with new lighted Christmas displays this year, the Lebanon Area Chamber of Commerce has decided.

The Mt. Lebanon High School baseball season had been all about redemption. Redemption for the previous two seasons, when the Blue Devils narrowly missed out on the playoffs on tiebreakers.

Volunteers are invited to take part in cleanup efforts in downtown Lebanon and at Foster Lake this Saturday, both sponsored in part by SOLV and Oregon 150.

Six Lebanese nationals were formally charged yesterday with spying for Israel, including four suspects in custody, a judicial source said. Those charged include a police officer and his wife and sister, the source told AFP on condition of anonymity.

BEIRUT, Lebanon, May 13 (UPI) -- Syrian intelligence officers are visiting with Lebanese nationals in an effort to interfere with the June parliamentary elections, leaders said.

Lebanon May 10 A fight was reported at Kings Bar. May 9 A 38-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of driving

The Lebanon women?s tennis team fell to Dallas and Corvallis last week in its final two regular season matches of the year.

Six Lebanese nationals were formally charged on Wednesday with spying for Israel, including four suspects in custody, a judicial source said.

Lebanon: Rasamny-Younis Motor Company S.A.L. (Rymco), exclusive dealer of Nissan Motors (Nissan, Infiniti), GM vehicles (GMC), Renault trucks, Nissan Diesel (UD), FAW trucks, and Kawasaki in Lebanon, has signed an agreement with UK-listed EcoSecurities to audit and offset the Company's direct and indirect emissions of greenhouse gases. [AMEInfo.com]

Family, friends and colleagues will gather Wednesdaytobid farewellto a Lebanon police officer killed in a motorcycle wreck Saturday.

Israel has given a UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon details of where it dropped cluster bombs during its 34-day war with Hezbollah in 2006, Lebanon's prime minister said.

When: Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m.-10 p.m., Sunday, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Where: St. Anthony?s Maronite Catholic Church, 4611 Sadler Road, Glen Allen. Menu: Includes stuffed squash, baked kibbi, meat or spinach pies, loubiyeh and rice, falafel, bubbaghanooge, tabbouleh and assorted desserts. For a complete menu, visit http://www.stanthonymaronitechurch.org.

ENGLEWOOD -- The empty, four-story shell on Gottfried Creek known infamously as the "Beirut Building" could be demolished in 60 days -- or not -- depending on what a judge, newly assigned to the case, decides.

(RTTNews) - Tuesday, Israel handed over to the U.N. peacekeeping force in Lebanon maps of where it dropped cluster bombs during the 2006 war with Hezbollah guerrillas, reports say.

The precociously talented Zach Condon and his band, Beirut, aren't ones to tout their wares on the touring circuit. Their last outing, at the Roundhouse in November 2007, was hailed one of the highlights of the year in music, so it's not surprising that, with a huge cult following, tonight's gig sold out within 90 minutes with tickets on Ebay for 70.

The U.N. peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon says the Israeli army has handed over data on cluster bombs fired during the 2006 war with the militant Hezbollah.

Korina Sanchez is set to meet with Beirut-based designer Cary Santiago in Cebu to discuss details of (Sanchez?s) wedding dress, said a close friend of the broadcaster?s who requested anonymity.

LEBANON The Lebanon Public Library is seeking art proposals and design concepts for its new library, scheduled to open this summer. Artwork and designs are needed in the entrance and above the fireplace.

LEBANON Lebanon schools would lose 11 full-time teaching positions, nine of them through layoffs, and 23 classified positions under Superintendent George Lanning?s proposal to balance next year?s budget.

Israel handed over to U.N. peacekeepers Tuesday maps of where it dropped cluster bombs in Lebanon during the 2006 war with Hezbollah guerrillas, the UNIFIL peacekeeping force said.

Lebanon's Finance Ministry has reported to the Cabinet that the government's outstanding treasury bills and Eurobonds that will mature in 2009 are worth $14 billion. In a detailed statement to the press, the ministry said that out of this $14 billion in bonds, $8.8 billion were in Lebanese denominated T-bills and the remaining $4.7 billion in foreign currencies.

Judging by the bright yellow billboards blazing across southern Beirut, one could be forgiven for thinking that there is only one party running in Lebanon?s June 7 elections: the ?Party of God?, Hizbollah.

BEIRUT - Syria?s army chief sought Tuesday to improve military ties with Lebanon as part of efforts to bridge the gulf between the two nations, lingering after Syria?s almost 30-year-long military domination of its smaller neighbour.

Anna Fifield of the Financial Times interviewed Sheikh Naim Qassem, deputy secretary-general of Hizbollah, after being taken to Hizbollah offices at an undisclosed location in Beirut on May 11 2009. The armed anti-Israeli movement leads the ?March 8? opposition coalition in Lebanon and could win the balance of power at the parliamentary elections next month.

BEIRUT, May 12 (Reuters) - Below is a table of the latest Lebanese economic statistics.

Beirut - Syrian Army Chief of Staff General Ali Habib arrived in Beirut on Tuesday in the first such visit by a senior military official since the Syrian withdrawal from Lebanon in 2005. Habib, heading a military delegation, will hold broad military ...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 12 (Bernama) -- Malaysia will send 150 additional troops to Lebanon to join the Malcon West contingent serving under the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (Unifil), possibly by end of the month.

BEIRUT (AP) ? Lebanese police displayed sophisticated devices Monday that they said Israel used to spy on Hezbollah, including a water cooler fitted with sensors to survey the landscape.

Architects for the Mt. Lebanon School District last night presented drawings of a significantly renovated high school that carried a price tag of about $120 million.

(IsraelNN.com) Lebanese Internal Security Force officers displayed on Monday advanced surveillance equipment that they suspect was used in spying for Israel.

LEBANON - Lebanon schools will lose 11 full-time teaching positions, nine of them through layoffs, and 23 classified positions under Superintendent George Lanning's proposal to balance next year's budget.

Lebanon taxpayers will cast ballots today on a combined proposed school and town budget of about $22.46 million for the fiscal year that begins July 1.

NICOSIA [MENL] -- Lebanon has claimed the capture of an Israeli spy ring that contained former senior officers. Officials said at least 16 Lebanese were arrested as members of the purported Israeli spy network.

BEIRUT, Lebanon, May 11 (UPI) -- Lebanese security officials said the arrest of spies working for the Israeli intelligence agency was a major victory as claims of Hezbollah involvement surface.

Lebanon yesterday put on public display equipment an official said was used by alleged Israeli spy networks inside the country, including a water cooler equipped with a mapping device.

Other devices shown to reporters and photographers included a car battery charger that the police said was used to store and transmit data and USB flash drives containing detailed maps of Lebanon.

Almost half of Lebanese believe that US President Barack Obama will have a positive impact on the Middle East and have a favorable opinion of him, a poll has found. The IPSOS poll asked residents of six Arab countries what they thought of the new president, who completed his first 100 days in office earlier this month.

Lebanon's Internal Security Forces (ISF) displayed on Monday sophisticated equipment seized from suspects accused of spying for Israel. Computers, a water cooler equipped with a mapping device and a stereo concealing USB storage capabilities were shown to reporters at the ISF barracks in Beirut's Achrafieh area by officers sporting black balaclavas.

The city of Lebanon will offer free downtown walking tours on Saturday, May 23 and May 30. John Zimkus,

LEBANON, Tenn. (AP) ? Lebanon police say an off-duty officer there was killed when a car turned in front of his motorcycle.

Lebanon on Monday put on public display equipment an official said was used by alleged Israeli spy networks inside the country, including a water cooler equipped with a mapping device.

Propelled by tootling brass or Los Lobos-esque accordion but underpinned by Zach Condon?s ethereal, other-worldly vocals, Beirut are beyond time and fashion.

The most important annual telecom summit since 1998 in the Middle East, Arabcom, will spotlight issues that are key to the development of the telecom sector and discuss the latest technologies, business models, network deployment and case studies.

As Lebanon's election approaches, the country's roadsides and rooftops are awash with colour-coded billboards vying to attract voters with puns, catchphrases and even what some say are sexist ads.

Gazette-Times Lauren Wickwire doubled, tripled and drove in three runs to help lead the Crescent Valley High softball team to a 13-3 Mid-Willamette Conference win over Lebanon on Saturday.

BEIRUT: It was a jubilant week on the Beirut Stock Exchange (BSE) as the buoyant trading activity in Gulf as well as global equity markets bolstered investors appetite toward the Lebanese market.

Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri on Sunday announced his bloc's electoral lists for the upcoming general elections and voiced commitment to the rights of the Palestinian people, LBC TV reported. At a press conference, Berri said his bloc remains fully "committed to the national duties towards Syria and the Palestinian people, especially in the face of Israel's efforts to judaize ...

Two children were in an area hospital Sunday night after rescue officials said they crashed their all-terrain vehicle on Blaisdell Corner Road in South Lebanon.

Gay men and women in Lebanon have taken to the streets in a brave effort to show the rainbow flag.

In the Arab world, where several nations have seen killings of gay men in recent months, it can be startling to see a rainbow flag unfurled in public. But the region's only overt gay rights organization, based in Lebanon, says it is slowly making progress in preventing discrimination and violence.

Lebanese and Arab officials are engaged in "calm" dialogue with Egypt to prevent Hizbullah's leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah from being prosecuted along with several other members for plotting attacks in the North African country. "There is clearly an atmosphere of calm.

The Summer Institute for Intensive Arabic Language and Culture (SINARC) program at the Lebanese American University Beirut campus, scheduled to be held from June 22 to July 31, is already approaching capacity. "This year we had an influx of applications," said Professor Mimi Jeha, director of SINARC.

It was a jubilant week on the Beirut Stock Exchange (BSE) as the buoyant trading activity in Gulf as well as global equity markets bolstered investors appetite toward the Lebanese market. The Lebanese benchmark outperformed the MSCI Arab market index that advanced 4.68 percent, putting Lebanon in the 2nd rank among.

An American diplomat has told Lebanese officials that US Special Envoy to the Middle East George Mitchell will visit Lebanon during his next tour of the region, media reports said on Saturday. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State David Hale, who arrived in Beirut on Friday for a two-day visit, told President Michel Sleiman.

BEIRUT ?Inthe Arab world, whereseveralnations have seen killings of gaymen in recent months, it can be startlingtosee arainbowflag unfurled in public. Butthe region?sonlyovert gayrights organization, based in Lebanon,saysitisslowly making progress in preventing discrimination and violence.

More than half the world's population lives in cities. Now what?

Lebanon's upcoming national elections, due on 7 June, present a unique opportunity for the country's political leaders to commit themselves and their parties to introducing long-needed human rights reforms, Amnesty International said today as it published a five-point human rights agenda for Lebanon.

Dr. George Andrew Liebler of Mt. Lebanon, a cardiothoracic surgeon at Allegheny General Hospital in the North Side, died of cancer on Thursday, May 7, 2009, in his home. He was 72.

They were allegedly sleeper cells of spies set up by Israel to build up a "database" on the secretive Hezbollah until Lebanon unmasked them with the arrest of a retired security officer.

An 18-year-old South Lebanon Township man was killed Friday evening when a car hit the bicycle he was riding, Lebanon City Police said.

BEIRUT - In the Arab world, where several nations have seen killings of gay men in recent months, it can be startling to see a rainbow flag unfurled in public. But the...

Lebanon: The Suliman S. Olayan School of Business (OSB) at the American University of Beirut is organizing the Second AUB/OSB Middle East HR Conference‟ at the AUB campus on May 12 & 13, 2009 in Bathish Auditorium West Hall. [AMEInfo.com]

Parliamentary elections will take place in Lebanon on 7 June

Lebanon's upcoming national elections, due on June 7, present a unique opportunity for the country's political leaders to commit themselves and their parties to introducing long-needed human rights reforms, Amnesty International said today as it published a five-point human rights agenda for Lebanon.

Beirut, May 9 : Lebanese security authorities have arrested three members of the same family on suspicion of spying for Israel, a Lebanese security source said Friday.

Kathleen McCarthy Neumont of Mt. Lebanon died on Tuesday, April 28, 2009, in Mankato, Minn. She was 96.

At least seven other people have been arrested on charges of spying in recent weeks in what appears to be a stepped-up campaign against those suspected of gathering information for Israel.

BEIRUT ? Lebanese Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh said the economy may grow as much as 6 per cent this year should elections in June lead to a stable government.

LEBANON Rick Alexander, an incumbent on the Lebanon School Board who is running for re-election, was convicted in 2003 of misdemeanor criminal trespass, and the issue has come up in the current campaign.

(RTTNews) - U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs David Hale stressed Friday that Washington will not make any deals with Syria at the expense of Lebanon.

Investments in traditional sectors in the Arab world are not likely to be the way out of the global financial crisis, chief of the Economic and Trade Branch at the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) in Geneva Hussein Abaza said on Friday. "We don't think that investing in traditional sectors is the way out of the crisis.

Security forces in Lebanon deatined five suspected Israeli agents, including two , a security official conveyed. The two brothers "are being questioned and their houses are being searched," the official told AFP . According to him, they were taken into custody in Ghaziye town, near the south Lebanon port city of Sidon.

Authorities arrested five people in southern Lebanon on Friday for allegedly spying for Israel as part of the two countries' long-running espionage battle, security officials said.

A US official reassured Lebanese on Friday that any rapprochement between Washington and Damascus would not come at Beirut's expense, a day after a senior US envoy held "constructive" talks in Syria.

BEIRUT (AFP)--A U.S. official reassured Lebanon Friday that any rapprochement between Washington and Damascus would not come at Beirut's expense, a day after a senior U.S. envoy held "constructive" talks in Syria.

Earlier this month the Carnegie Middle East Centre in Beirut organised a workshop with Islamist leaders and Arab parliamentary members on what has been learned so far from their participation in peaceful political processes.

BEIRUT (AFP) - Lebanese authorities arrested three people, including two brothers, on suspicion of spying for Israel on Friday, bringing the count of those detained for spying in 2009 to 16, a security official said.

BEIRUT, May 8 (Reuters) - Below is a table of the latest Lebanese economic statistics.

(Adds new toll for detained suspects.) BEIRUT (AFP)--Lebanese authorities arrested two brothers on suspicion of spying for Israel on Friday, bringing the number of those in detention for spying since January to 15, a security official said.

BEIRUT: The Commission for Monitoring the Elections issued its first report on Thursday, saying that 293 electoral violations were committed between April 14 and 28. The report said that based on a quantitative analysis, the opposition received 50 percent of live television broadcast, while the pro-government forces received 24 percent and independent candidates 7 percent.

Roundup Gazette-Times LEBANON ? Crescent Valley High used tough and timely defense to take a 5-1 Mid-Willamette Conference win over Lebanon on Thursday.

May 8 (Bloomberg) -- Lebanese central bank Governor Riad Salameh said the economy may grow as much as 6 percent this year should elections in June lead to a stable government.

DOHA: The Virgin Megastore at the Villaggio mall will exhibit the works of Lebanese photographer Maher Attar starting today.

LEBANON City officials met with downtown merchants Wednesday in Lebanon, stressing their willingness to work out concerns about sign and merchandise codes as long as displays are done safely.

Lebanon's Future Movement leader MP Saad Hariri announced on Thursday the movement's list in Beirut's third district during a massive rally held in the capital. The list includes Hariri, MPs Ammar Houri, Atef Majdalani, Nabil De Freij, Bassem Chab, Mohammad Qabbani and Ghazi Youssef, Culture Minister Tammam Salam.

LEBANON A volunteer ivy removal event is planned at Gill?s Landing Park in Lebanon starting at 9 a.m. Saturday. The park is at 1400 E. Grant St.

BEIRUT, Lebanon, May 7 (UPI) -- Human Rights Watch said Thursday only one indictment has taken place regarding the deaths of civilians during fighting in Lebanon last year.

BEIRUT (AFP) - Parliamentary elections next month offer Lebanon a chance to improve its human rights record and reform its judicial system, Amnesty International said on Thursday.

Parliamentary elections next month offer Lebanon a chance to improve its human rights record and reform its judicial system, Amnesty International said on Thursday.

Israel's deputy foreign minister indicated Thursday that his government is considering withdrawing from part of a contentious village under Israeli control though a U.N. border puts part of it in Lebanon.

Canadian observers will join a mission to observe the parliamentary elections in Lebanon on June 7, 2009. They will join approximately 50 short-term and 30 long-term observers to oversee voting, as well as the counting and the tabulation of results.

Jerusalem - The issue of an Israeli withdrawal from the northern part of the divided Lebanese village of Ghajjar was close to a solution, Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon said Thursday. Speaking after meeting UN peacekeeping operations head Ala...

LEBANON - A Lebanon Borough Mayor?s Open House will be held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, May 16, at 84 Brunswick Ave.

(IsraelNN.com) Hizbullah activities in Egypt were cover to distract media attention from their efforts to take control of the Lebanese government in the upcoming elections, says a new study entitled: ?Hizbullah?s Struggle to Change the Lebanese Regime.?

If you enjoy informal dining, the Beirut Restaurant in Troy is for you. Formerly known and loved as Al-Baraki, the place recently changed hands and its name.

The Ansara family of Farmington Hills, which operate 21 Red Robin restaurants across Michigan and Ohio, has opened a colorful Mediterranean spot called 2Booli: Fresh Mediterranean Eats in Farmington Hills. Spokesman Lew Ansara calls 2Booli the realization of a dream. "We have longed to share the recipes and traditions of our homeland," he says.

Lebanese and Israeli representatives met Wednesday in the presence of UN under secretary-general for peacekeeping operations Alain Le Roy in Lebanese southern border town of Naqoura, official National News Agency (NNA) reported. The two countries which are in a state of animosity, allowed their representatives to meet at the headquarters of the United Nations Interim Forces in Lebanon (UNIFIL), ...

New York, May 6 2009 6:10PM The United Nations peacekeeping chief today voiced hope that ongoing talks will lead to a quick end to the dispute over Ghajar, a village that straddles the so-called Blue Line separating Lebanon and Israel, as he met with officials from the two countries.

Oakland ended its baseball season today at Riverdale, losing to Lebanon 5-1.

WASHINGTON, May 6 (UPI) -- A visit by top U.S. officials to Damascus is expected to couple the Lebanese parliamentary elections with Syrian efforts at engagement, analysts said.

The city council voted Tuesday night in favor of a new law that would ban the sales within Lebanon city limits.

Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital (SLCH) is accepting applications for its 2009-10 Social Accountability Budget (SAB) program.

The Bolivar tennis Liberators waited out the rain to take first place in the Lebanon Tournament Wednesday. Coach Chuck Martin?s Liberators earned 22 points to win the meet. Lebanon A took second, Lebanon B third and Richland fourth.

Fifty-seven domestic helpers arrived home Tuesday night from Lebanon with nothing to bring for their families but only sad stories to share about the ordeal and trauma that they suffered from their abusive Lebanese employers.

BEIRUT, May 6 (Reuters) - Below is a table of the latest Lebanese economic statistics.

Many Lebanese remain fearful of renewed violence should government repeat its mistake of May 7.

The ebb and flow of Syrian influence in Lebanon is again on the flow, according to a report issued by Stratfor, an Austin, Texas-based geopolitical intelligence consulting firm. Here is the article in its entirety: A Syrian Comeback in Lebanon A U.N.-backed tribunal on Wednesday ordered the release of four Lebanese generals, who had been accused of [...]

Almost exactly four years after Syrian troops were forced to leave this country following massive street protests sparked by the assassination of former premier Rafik Hariri, Lebanon's "Cedar Revolution" seems to be nearing the end of the road.

BEIRUT: Lebanese Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh is confident that the year 2009 will witness more lending in the Lebanese denominated currencies than in the US dollars, a remark he repeated over and over again during an open debate held at the Lebanese German University Monday to discuss the financial situation in Lebanon after the eruption of the global financial crisis.

Lebanon: Cytaglobals 8th participation at Arabcom is within its strategy to develop and maintain itself as an important telecommunications hub in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East region. [AMEInfo.com]

Oakland defeated Lebanon 3-2 in the opening round of the District 7-AAA boys soccer tournament quarterfinals.

Gene Peck, a volunteer firefighter in the Mt. Lebanon Fire Department, is charged with arson for allegedly setting a fire near an apartment building.

Lebanese Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh is confident that the year 2009 will witness more lending in the Lebanese denominated currencies than in the US dollars, a remark he repeated over and over again during an open debate held at the Lebanese German University Monday to discuss the financial situation in Lebanon.

Former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright arrived in Beirut Tuesday with an international observation delegation ahead of Lebanon's June 7 parliamentary elections. Albright, a board director of the Council on Foreign Relations and Secretary of State under President Bill Clinton.

Lebanon's mtc touch has released details of the major elements of its network coverage enhancement and upgrade plan, expanding its network capacity to service up to 1.2 million customers.

A Mt. Lebanon volunteer firefighter is free on bond on charges that he intentionally set a small fire last month so that he could watch it burn

May 5 (Bloomberg) -- Lebanon will probably continue with its current economic policies, even if a coalition led by the Shiite Muslim Hezbollah movement wins elections in June, Finance Minister Mohamad Chatah said.

Lebanon: KnowledgeView announced its co-sponsorship of the 11th annual Arab International Telecom Development Summit, one of the largest telecommunication summits in the Arab World, which will take place on 28-29 May in Habtoor Grand Hotel, Beirut, Lebanon. [AMEInfo.com]

KnowledgeView announced its co-sponsorship of the 11th annual Arab International Telecom Development Summit, one of the largest telecommunication summits in the Arab World, which will take place on 28-29 May in Habtoor Grand Hotel, Beirut, Lebanon.

BEIRUT, May 5 (Reuters) - Below is a table of the latest Lebanese economic statistics.

On the final day of the Fifth Arabian Hotel Investment Conference (AHIC), awards were presented to regional hotels judged to have achieved excellence in the fields of design, innovation and staff accommodation.

Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Seniora said on Monday that the Israeli-linked spying cells uncovered in Lebanon represent an Israeli violation of Lebanon's sovereignty and UN resolution 1701, local Elnashra website reported. "The Israeli announcement that it could pull out of occupied Lebanese village of Al-Ghajjar is due to Israel's confusion and anger following the uncovering of Israeli-linked ...

THE festivities of Beirut World Book Capital 2009 were launched on April 23 to mark the start of a series of cultural and intellectual events that will take place in Lebanon until March 23 next year.

A senior UN official said on Monday that he will meet this week with members of the Lebanese and Israeli armies to discuss Israeli plans to withdraw troops from part of a divided border village.

UNITED NATIONS, May 4 (UPI) -- Lebanon can continue along the path of recovery through democratic elections, but armed militias jeopardize significant development, the United Nations warned.

LEBANON The Lebanon Elkettes will hold a spring flea market from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday and Saturday at the Elks Lodge, 633 Park St.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - A senior United Nations official said Monday he would travel to Israel soon to seek an early Israeli withdrawal from parts of a village on the border with Lebanon in line with a Security Council resolution.

BEIRUT (AFP) - Lebanese authorities have arrested six more people on suspicion of spying for Israel, taking to 16 the number of suspected spies arrested since January, an army spokesman told AFP on Monday.

Beirut - The Chief Observer of the European Union's Election Observation Mission to Lebanon, Jose Ignacio Salafranca Sanchez-Neyra, said Monday that he hopes the forthcoming elections will be held in a peaceful and constructive atmosphere. I am keen...

According to the Associated Press, Lebanese alpine skier Georges Salameh has been banned for two years after testing positive for cocaine at the world championships by the International Ski Federation (FIS) which reported the action Friday.

BEIRUT (AFP)--The main suspect in last month's killing of four Lebanese soldiers is in Syrian custody after having entered the neighboring country with forged papers, a high-ranking Lebanese official said Monday.

Beirut - Lebanon's former president and current head of the Christian Phalange Party, Amin Gemayel, was admitted to the hospital Monday after falling ill. Local radio said Gemayel, 67, was rushed to the hospital suffering from chest pains. ...

LEBANON, Ind. (AP) - The mayor of Lebanon has died of cancer after only about a year in office. Mayor John Lasley, a Republican who was elected in 2007, died Sunday at age 62.

Siniora: Israel seeks to divide Lebanese people following exposure of Israeli spy networks in Lebanon.

Lebanon: Under the patronage of the Minister of Information Dr. Tarek Mitri, the inaugural Beirut Public Relations Forum (BPRF) will be held on the 28th of May 2009 at the Phoenicia Intercontinental Hotel in Beirut under the theme Creating the Strategic Value. [AMEInfo.com]

Asmara ? In an interview with the Beirut-based Al-Menar Television today, President Isaias Afwerki underscored that Eritrea does not allow any foreign base in its territory, and that the rumors being disseminated are totally unfounded and defamatory.

Since the famous Lebanese artist Haifa Wahbe came into the spotlight every move that she makes became an interest to those who love and to those that dislike her. People want to know every detail about her recent wedding ceremony.

BEIRUT: Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said on Friday a decision by a UN-backed court to free Lebanese officers held over the murder of ex-premier Rafik Hariri does not mean the tribunal is "honest."

Kuv Capital, a growth consultant and early-stage investment firm based in Beirut, has begun holding meetings to gather support for the proposed Beirut Media City, where software developers and others in the creative sector may be based.

Lebanon: Kuv Capital, a growth consultant and early-stage investment firm based in Beirut, has begun holding meetings to gather support for the proposed Beirut Media City, where software developers and others in the creative sector may be based. The company is prepared to invest $1m with the hopes of attracting between $10m and $20m to launch the project, with September as the deadline to decide whether Beirut Media City is feasible. [AMEInfo.com]

Lebanon Mayor John Lasley has died of cancer.

Silatech, the Arab initiative chaired by HH Sheikha Mozah Nasser al-Misnad to promote youth employment, convened a special meeting of its Knowledge Consortium in Beirut last week to review programmes to be unveiled at the 2009 Doha Summit in June.

Syria could give Lebanese authorities information about those who went missing on October 13, 1990; judicial sources told the Central News Agency (CNA) on Saturday. The sources from the Lebanese-Syrian committee tasked with following up the issue of missing told CNA that Lebanese members asked the Syrian side.

Unknown assailants snatched 140,000 euros from a Lebanese businessman who was on his way from Beirut airport to his home in the western Bekaa town of Jeb-Jenine, the National News Agency (NNA) reported Saturday. NNA said Issam Sharaneq arrived at the Rafik Hariri international airport at 12:30 a.m.

BEIRUT: A sovereign bond issue planned by Dubai this year to raise funds to help state-linked firms has drawn a lot of international investor interest, a member of a Dubai committee formed to tackle the fallout of the global financial crisis said on Saturday.

Parliamentary majority leader MP Saad Hariri accused Syria on Saturday of working to restore its hegemony over Lebanon."The proof is that we have seen a lot of faces [of notable figures loyal to Syria] on the day of the release of the four generals that we haven't seen for a long time, and they started to make threats," he told France 24 television in an interview.

Cairo - As the war of words between Egypt and Lebanese Islamist group Hezbollah continued, Egypt on Sunday insisted that its dispute was with Hezbollah, not with the state of Lebanon. I want to emphasize that there is no problem between the Egyptian...

Ericsson to take part in Arabcom Int'l Telecom Summit in Lebanon

LEBANON (NEWS CENTER) -- Police are looking for witnesses who can help them better understand an accident that killed one Massachusetts man and injured five others on Friday.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu favours an Israeli withdrawal from a village on the Lebanese border and will discuss the issue with cabinet ministers this week, a government source said on Sunday.

Beirut - The first batch of the European Union election observation team has arrived in Lebanon ahead of polls on June 7, a Lebanese security source said Sunday. Around 100 members of the EU observers arrived in Beirut overnight Sunday, the source ...

360 Mall announced today another significant milestone in its development by introducing for the first time in Kuwait renowned South African and Lebanese reataraunts, The Meat Company and Zahr El Laimoun to its unique offer.

03 May 2009 A digital-investment company is looking to add Beirut to the Middle East's growing list of media cities.

Lebanon: More than 200 alumni converged on campus this weekend to attend the Worldwide Alumni Association of the American University of Beirut (WAAAUB) 2nd International Convention on May 1-3, which also coincided with the launch of Inauguration Month at AUB. [AMEInfo.com]

Lebanon: Ericsson Communications will be participating at the 11th annual Arab International Telecom Development Summit, one of the largest telecommunication summit in the Arab World, which will take place on 28-29 May in Habtoor Grand Hotel, Beirut, Lebanon. [AMEInfo.com]

Ericsson Communications will be participating at the 11th annual Arab International Telecom Development Summit, one of the largest telecommunication summit in the Arab World, which will take place on 28-29 May in Habtoor Grand Hotel, Beirut, Lebanon.

He sings. He attends school. He even walks. Karim Ahmad, the 11-year-old boy from Lebanon whose fingers have been eaten away by a rare skin disease, has made major strides since returning to live with a Muskegon family this year.

BEIRUT: A sovereign bond issue planned by Dubai this year to raise funds to help state-linked firms has drawn a lot of international investor interest.

FOR five years she fought for her boyfriend John McCarthy to be released from captivity in Beirut.

'Our entry into Lebanon represents a major new phase in the global call center market,' was how the Chairman of Call Center International, Jay Hanna Ajaltouni described the level of operations made possible by an agreement reached with inContact, Inc.

Alastair Crooke, who worked for the British secret intelligence service, has been organizing confidential meetings between Western diplomats and Islamists for several years.

Seatbelts save lives, but they also help tuckered out guests catch some shuteye at the Lebanon Hills Visitor Center. "Seatbelts are incredibly durable," said Katie Pata, parks operations coordinator at Lebanon Hills in Eagan.

LEBANON (NEWS CENTER) -- Friday,a fatal accident shut down Route202, or theCarl Broggi Highway,in Lebanon.

Gazette-Times LEBANON ? The Corvallis High baseball team turned three double plays to help secure a Mid-Willamette Conference win at Lebanon on Thursday.

The powerful Lebanese group Hezbollah on Friday attacked an international investigation into the 2005 assassination of former prime minister Rafik al-Hariri, describing its work as politicized and dishonest.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - The powerful Lebanese group Hezbollah on Friday attacked an international investigation into the 2005 assassination of former prime minister Rafik al-Hariri, describing its work as politicized and dishonest.

LEBANON The Lebanon Fire Department will hold its annual ?Fireman?s Day Open House? from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at Station 31, 1050 W. Oak St.

OBERHOFEN, Switzerland - Lebanese alpine skier Georges Salameh has been banned for two years after testing positive for cocaine at the world championships, the International Ski Federation said Friday.

BEIRUT, Lebanon, May 1 (UPI) -- U.N. officials in Lebanon said their peacekeeping mission there could change dramatically in the aftermath of the June parliamentary elections.

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The Pitchfork Music Festival has added some new action. The lineup for Saturday, July 18 now includes the cerebral indie folk of Beirut , the nice guy Norwegian future-disco of Lindstrm , DOOM's masked insanity, and hyperactive Baltimore indie rockers Ponytail . The Sunday show, meanwhile, gets Frightened Rabbit (who remind us of a Glaswegian version of the National, which is awesome), The Mae ...

BEIRUT: The Higher Judicial Council will meet next week to discuss mounting criticism against Lebanon's judiciary in the wake of the controversial 44-month detention and surprise release of four generals in the Hariri assassination case.

Weather is believed to be the cause of a car accident that sent a Lebanon police officer to the hospital. Patrol

Source: Reuters By Alistair Lyon, Special Correspondent BEIRUT, May 1 (Reuters) - The U.N.-backed tribunal set up to try the assassins of Lebanese statesman Rafik al-Hariri showed its impartiality by freeing the ...

Political dynasties are set for strong show in June's parliamentary election in Lebanon.

BEIRUT (AFP) - Lebanon released four generals Wednesday who had been held for nearly four years without charge over the assassination of ex-premier Rafiq Hariri following a ruling by a UN-backed court.

LEBANON - Lebanon School Board candidate Chris Fisher has announced his withdrawal from the race to represent Zone 3.

A two-alarm fire destroyed two homes and heavily damaged a third near Cedar Haven in South Lebanon Township early today.