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.

  

A crash near Lebanon killed the driver of a pickup truck and injured four people inside. A Houston teen died when his Corvette swerved off Route B a mile east of Houston shortly before midnight Saturday

  

Lebanon will deploy 50,000 police and soldiers to prevent any outbreak of violence during the June 7 parliamentary election as part of a major security plan, Interior Minister Ziad Baroud has said.

  

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."

  

Weaving around badly parked cars and frequent road works, groups of tourists have begun pounding the pavements of Beirut. A new company, Walk Beirut, is offering walking tours of the city. "Every city I have travelled to, I've been on a walking tour," says Ronnie Chatah, a founding member of Walk Beirut. "It's a great way to get to know a city."

  

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.

  

When Rami Haddad, 25, watches the evening news in his Livonia home, it's not Brian Williams or Katie Couric on the screen. It's a Lebanese station he relies on to find out the latest political developments in his motherland.

  

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]

  

Royal Jordanian boosts service to Beirut

  

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.

  

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.

  

Three cases of swine flu have been diagnosed in Lebanon, the first in the country, Health Minister Mohamed Jawad Khalifeh announced yesterday.

  

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.

  

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.

  

New Delhi, May 30 In a boost to the ongoing merger talks between Bharti Airtel and MTN, the second biggest shareholder in the South African company, Lebanon's Mikati family, on Friday said that it would back a $23-billion cash and share swap deal with Bharti.

  

May 30 (Bloomberg) -- Lebanon will become the first country to receive gas from the Arab Gas Pipeline in August when 30 million cubic feet of Egyptian gas are pumped through the pipeline, Egyptian Oil Minister Sameh Fahmy said today.

  

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

  

Lebanon's health minister has confirmed the country's first three cases of swine flu, found in passengers arriving at the airport.

  

BEIRUT (Reuters) - 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...

  

Get in gear for another communitywide yard sale. This one is set for next Saturday, June 6, in Lebanon. Call 537-8420. ...

  

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

  

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.

  

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]

  

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

  

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.

  

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.

  

Conflicting reports emerged on Friday on the release of Lebanese prisoners jailed in Syria on criminal charges. An informed Syrian source was quoted in An-Nahar on Friday as saying that Syrian judicial authorities had released 20 Lebanese on Thursday, but denied other media reports that 300 Lebanese had been freed.

  

Beirut, 29 mag. - (Adnkronos/Aki) - "Hezbollah non puo' essere disarmato con la forza".

  

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.

  

A Lebanese woman smokes a narghile, or waterpipe, at a restaurant in downtown Beirut. 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.

  

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.

  

BEIRUT (AFP) - 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.

  

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

  

BEIRUT: Central Bank governor Riad Salameh said on Thursday after meeting President Michel Sleiman that Lebanon's GDP growth is expected to reach four percent or maybe more at the end of 2009. Salameh, who briefed the president on the financial and monetary situation in Lebanon, stressed that the measures adopted by the Central Bank would contain the negative effects of the global financial ...

  

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

  

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.

  

Lebanese Sunni majority leader Saad Hariri said Wednesday that he is against Israel because it is the enemy, Future TV reported Thursday. "We are neither against Iran nor against Syria, we are only against Israel because it is our enemy," Hariri told a gathering in West Bekaa during his election campaign. He stressed that his pro-government coalition of March 14 forces wants Lebanon to have good ...

  

Authorities on both sides of the ocean worked Thursday to return a Calgary infant allegedly abducted by his father and taken to Lebanon.

  

Central Bank governor Riad Salameh said on Thursday after meeting President Michel Sleiman that Lebanon's GDP growth is expected to reach four percent or maybe more at the end of 2009. Salameh, who briefed the president on the financial and monetary situation in Lebanon, stressed that the measures adopted.

  

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.

  

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.

  

New hotels, restaurants and boutiques are coming to Beirut, where a tourism revival is restoring the Lebanese city's luster. Here's where to go.

  

LEBANON - The Albany Fitwalkers will lead a Volkssport walk Sunday through Lebanon. Meet at 2 p.m. at Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital, 525 N. Santiam Highway.

  

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)," ...

  

It has been five days since the release of the Spiegel magazine article claiming Hizballah was responsible for the assassination of Rafik Hariri in 2005. So far the streets of Beirut are still quiet, save for the occasional gunshots and fireworks that go off after a speech. But this calm might not necessarily reflect what [...]

  

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). All other ratings assigned to these banks are not affected by this action."The review of the three banks' ratings will look at the extent to which the Lebanese government's ability to provide support to its ...

  

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

  

Lebanon: 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). [AMEInfo.com]

  

Limassol, May 27, 2009 -- 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 Bank Audi , Blom Bank Blom Bank and Byblos Bank Byblos Bank ). All other ratings assigned to these banks are not affected by this action.

  

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 ...

  

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.

  

Lebanon: Despite the global economic gloom, Lebanons tourism industry is achieving record growth thanks to the peace and political stability that the country has enjoyed for the past year. [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]

  

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.

  

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.

  

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.

  

Lebanon and Syria re-opened a border crossing Wednesday at the Qmar Bridge in Al-Bqayaa area along the northern borders between the two states. The crossing was closed by the Syrian authorities in the 1970s. The bridge constitutes the third border crossing in northern Lebanon, in addition to the crossings of Arida and Abboudiyeh.

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon, May 27 (UPI) -- A delegation from the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs arrived in Lebanon Wednesday to express support for democracy ahead of June elections.

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon, May 27 (UPI) -- Israeli military officials claim Hezbollah is better armed than it was in 2006 as Lebanese forces go on high alert ahead of Israeli border exercises.

  

"Who's next?" The question is on everyone's mind in southern Lebanon where dozens of people have been detained in recent weeks on suspicion of spying for neighbouring Israel.

  

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: 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]

  

It is now almost three years since Israel's summer war with the Iranian-backed Hezbollah, a Lebanese Shiite movement. At that time Hezbollah has proved that its power is not just in the gun but that it is a political force to be reckoned with. There is a real chance that Hezbollah and its pro-Syrian allies will win the June general election in Lebanon, ousting the anti-Syrian alliance that ...

  

The largest garden of the metropolis, surprisingly, will be putting down roots in the Beirut Hippodrome for the next few days. The Garden Show and Spring Festival, an eclectic fair that will give a projected 20,000 Beirutis a whiff of the summer to come, opened on Tuesday at the Beirut Hippodrome.

  

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.

  

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.

  

Lebanon: Engr. Fazal Hussain will be speaking at Arabcom Summit on day 2 of the Conference, 29th of May 2009, to discuss the benefits of infrastructure sharing in ICT development with the topic of Building Infrastructure for Convergence. [AMEInfo.com]

  

Hezbollah chief says Tel Aviv behind Der Spiegel report, Israel seeking to divide Lebanese.

  

David Miliband's plea for an end to the dark dualism between the west and Islam must be heeded Krak des Chevaliers is a dead castle in a living war, a stupendous Crusader relic in the green hills of northern Syria whose stone ramparts encapsulate a thousand years of Christian folly. Stand (as I did last week) where the soldiers stood, peer from the battlements towards the Lebanese mountains and ...

  

JOOD is the latest new talent coming from Lebanon. His new album 'Leeman' features 8 smashing tracks that will surely impress within a first listen, some key hits featured will get any party started with a nice mixture of some traditional Lebanese folk dubka style and great A class Arabic pop!

  

Visiting Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said before ending his visit in Lebanon Monday that Moscow would deal with any Lebanese winning side the Lebanese people choose in the upcoming parliamentary elections on June 7, local channel New TV reported. It is up to the Lebanese to decided whom they want to choose during the parliamentary elections, Lavrov said after meeting with Parliament ...

  

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."

  

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.

  

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

  

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

  

Two weeks before crucial June elections, rival camps have refused to react to allegations that Hezbollah was behind the polarizing Hariri assassination in 2005.

  

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.

  

The Beirut office of the head of international investigation commission Daniel Bellemare stressed Monday on secrecy and objectivity in the investigation looking into the assassination of former Prime Minster Rafic Hariri in February 2005, local Naharnet website reported. The statement came after a report by the German weekly Der Spiegel Saturday said Hezbollah, not Syria, was behind the ...

  

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.

  

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]

  

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 ...

  

BEIRUT (AFP)--Russia Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met Lebanese President Michel Sleiman on Monday to discuss Moscow's ties with Beirut its plan to host an international conference on the Middle East.

  

LEBANON - Lebanon Police Chief Mike Healy can't wait to live in a gated community.

  

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.

  

In his newly published book, "The Lebanese Army: A National Institution in a Divided Society," Oren Barak sheds new light on the major political and social developments in Lebanon since its independence by focusing on the emergence of the Lebanese Army, its paralysis during the 1975-90 Civil War.

  

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'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: 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]

  

The National Guard armory in Lebanon is one of several being considered for closure as the Oregon Military Department prepares for spending cuts.

  

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.

  

Ken Lathrop had to think for a moment about which part of Saturday's Lebanon Memorial Day Parade was his favorite. 'Riding on the veterans' float,' Lathrop, a Korean War veteran, said. 'Because I?m being honored.?

  

Lebanon: Alfa, the mobile operator, announced that it is keeping on strengthening its network all over Lebanon by installing 12 new radio stations since the 5th of May 2009. [AMEInfo.com]

  

Lebanon: The Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation today announced it organised the first meeting for the Arab incubators network during the Entrepreneurs Forum 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 ...

  

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden arrived in Beirut on Friday on the first such high-level visit to Lebanon in nearly three decades, ahead of the Lebanese parliamentary elections on June 7, state news agency reported. Biden headed to Babbda Palace to meet President Michel Suleiman, and is expected to meet afterwards during the day with Prime Minister Fouad Seniora and Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri. ...

  

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.

  

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 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.

  

BEIRUT (Reuters) -U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said on Friday Washington would assess its aid to Lebanon depending on who won next month's election, but denied taking sides in a vote pitching a Western-backed coalition against Hezbollah.

  

May 22 (Bloomberg) -- Vice President Joe Biden , the highest ranking U.S. official to visit Lebanon in more than 25 years, said aid to the country will be reevaluated after parliamentary elections.

  

NICOSIA [MENL] -- The United States has sought to improve the operations of the Lebanese military. Officials said the Defense Department has launched an effort to enhance the operations of the Lebanese Army. They said the Pentagon has sought to focus on stand-off weapons as well as commando operations.

  

Vice President Joe Biden reinforces U.S. support for Lebanon's government ahead of key parliamentary elections. Hezbollah has accused Washington of trying to influence the June 7 election and says visits by White House officials raised "strong suspicion and amounted to a clear and detailed interference in Lebanon's affairs."

  

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

  

Vice President Biden came to Lebanon on Friday to reinforce U.S. support for the government ahead of key parliamentary elections that could see a pro-Western majority ousted by a coalition led by the Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah.

  

Vice President Joe Biden is in Lebanon to reinforce U.S. support for the government ahead of key parliamentary elections that could see a pro-Western majority ousted by a coalition led by the Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah.

  

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.

  

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

  

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.

  

US Vice President Joe Biden is in Beirut today to meet with government leaders just two weeks before the Lebanese parliamentary elections. Biden will be meeting with the three heads of government: President Michel Sleiman, Prime Minister Fouad Siniora, and Speaker Nabbih Berri. His visit is expected to last for a few hours, just long enough [...]

  

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...

  

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.

  

22 May 2009 ABU DHABI/DUBAI -- Egyptian court's verdict awarding capital punishment to well-known Egyptian tycoon Hisham Talaat Moustafa, along with former police officer Mohsen El Sukkari, found guilty of murdering Lebanese pop singer Susan Tamim, was hailed by UAE-based Lebanese and Egyptian expatriates.

  

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

  

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...

  

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. ...

  

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden will visit Beirut on Friday to show support for an "independent and sovereign Lebanon," the White House announced on Thursday. The U.S. vice president will meet with Lebanon's President Michel Sleiman, Prime Minister Fouad Siniora and Speaker of the Parliament Nabih Berri, said the White House in a statement. Biden's visit, which comes less than a month after a ...

  

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden will visit Beirut on Friday to show support for an "independent and sovereign Lebanon," the White House announced on Thursday.

  

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.

  

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden is to make an announcement on military aid to Lebanon on a visit there on Friday, two weeks before elections that may see a shift in power from a Western-backed coalition.

  

Associated Press - May 21, 2009 4:43 PM ET WASHINGTON (AP) - Vice President Joe Biden will visit Beirut on Friday. The White House says the purpose is to express the administration's...

  

Vice President Joe Biden will visit Beirut on Friday.

  

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.

  

US Vice President Joe Biden will visit Beirut on Friday to bolster US support for an "independent and sovereign Lebanon," the White House said. - AFP

  

"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

  

Lebanon said that it has complained to the United Nations about alleged spying by Israel, accusing its archenemy of violating a 2006 truce and the country's sovereignty.

  

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

  

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 Fouad Seniora said Thursday.

  

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.

  

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.

  

Egyptian billionaire sentenced to death for murder of Lebanese pop star who was his secret lover

  

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.

  

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.

  

An Egyptian property magnate and politician has been sentenced to death by hanging for paying a security guard to murder a Lebanese popstar.In a case that has...

  

Egyptian construction magnate Hesham Talaat Moustafa was sentenced to death for the murder of Lebanese singer Suzanne Tamim in Dubai, court sources said

  

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.

  

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...

  

An Egyptian court convicted and sentenced to death a real estate mogul and lawmaker for the slaying of Lebanese pop star Suzanne Tamim, in a case that sparked a Mideast media frenzy.

  

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's parliamentary election looks tight, but Hezbollah and its allies have a good chance to win a slim edge over their Saudi- and Western-backed rivals.

  

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.

  

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) - Lebanon, facing a parliamentary election on June 7, has been jolted in the past four years by political killings, a war with Israel, a militant Islamist revolt and its worst ...

  

Andrew Solutions, the CommScope, Inc., division that is a global leader in wireless communications products and systems, invites attendees of Arabcom 2009 Summit in Beirut, Lebanon to 'Join The Evolution' in overcoming three critical challenges faced by wireless operators.

  

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: 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. [AMEInfo.com]

  

With the summer season around the corner, the management of Coral Beach Hotel and Resort - Beirut organized a cocktail reception to launch the Hotel's Resort.

  

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.

  

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]

  

BEIRUT: Lebanon's central bank on Wednesday forecast banking sector deposit growth of 12 percent for 2009, increasing its projection from a previous estimate of between 7 and 10 percent growth.Central bank governor Riad Salameh based the forecast on deposit growth of 15 percent in the first quarter of the year compared with the same period of 2008, according to a central bank statement.

  

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.

  

Helen Khal (nee Joseph), a former painting instructor at the American University of Beirut who was a renowned painter, author, and critic, died on May 20, of stroke at a hospital in Ajaltoun. Born in the US state of Pennsylvania in 1923, Khal was an American of Lebanese descent. She started her prolific painting career at the age of 21.

  

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 with Hezbollah in 2006.

  

Voters in the Lebanon School District have decided to make a change in their board.

  

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 former chairperson of Lebanon's Country Applefest committee will be sentenced today, May 21, for

  

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)

  

NICOSIA [MENL] -- Syria has bolstered its military presence along the border with Lebanon. Lebanese sources said the Syrian Army has been constructing facilities along its more than 200-kilometer border with Lebanon.

  

BEIRUT, May 20 (Reuters) - Below is a table of the latest Lebanese economic statistics.

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon | A pair of reports released Tuesday by prominent think tanks downplay the potential dangers presented by Iran.

  

Lebanon: 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. [AMEInfo.com]

  

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.

  

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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.

  

Shin Beth claims Israelis being recruited to spy for Beirut as Lebanon charges five more Israeli spies.

  

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.

  

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

  

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]

  

Lebanon: 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. [AMEInfo.com]

  

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

  

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.

  

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

  

Lebanese police chief Gen. Ashraf Rifi said on Monday that the infrastructure of the Israeli spy networks in Lebanon was being hit hard amid new arrests involved in the espionage case. The police have arrested a man identified as Nasser N. from the southern town of Ghandouriyeh on suspicion of spying for Israel, local media said, adding that sophisticated equipment designed to take photographs ...

  

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.

  

In an article provocatively titled "Will Sleiman complete his term?" published in the United Arab Emirates English-language daily Gulf News on March 14, Lebanese writer Joseph A. Kechichcian warns President Michel Sleiman of attempts by his opponents, namely Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun, to shorten his term.

  

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

  

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.

  

Two Lebanese men suspected of spying for Israel have fled to the neighbouring country with their families, a security official said on Monday.

  

Lebanon: Shia leader issues fatwa to prevent election bribery (AKI) - A senior Lebanese Shia leader has issued a fatwa or religious edict, aimed at preventing foreign countries from engaging in bribery and financing electoral campaigns, ahead of the country's parliamentary elections in June."Certain countries finance with their millions, the electoral campaigns of political parties and also ...

  

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.

  

Lebanese national Elie Toufiq al-Hayek escaped across the southern border into Israel at dawn Monday, a security source told AFP . The source conveyed Hayek is a mathematics professor who lived in the border town of Qleiaa.

  

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.

  

17 May 2009 ARBIL: The Lebanese minister of economy and trade, who arrived earlier today in Arbil, said that his visit to the province aims to investigate investment opportunities in Iraq's Kurdistan region.

  

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]

  

Saudi Arabian Airlines has announced plans to increase its number of flights to Beirut for the coming summer season with five flights to be added to the scheduled ten. Seven weekly flights will depart from Jeddah, six from Riyadh and two from Dammam.

  

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 ...

  

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

  

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.

  

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.

  

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. The trio, among 587 candidates standing in the June 7 vote, realize that theirs is a David and Goliath struggle but insist that they will see the fight through right to the end.

  

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.

  

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.

  

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.

  

Saudi tourists have been the biggest spenders Lebanon during the first four months of the year, accounting for 19% of total tourist spending.

  

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.

  

Aleksandar Hemon, whose novel The Lazarus Project was a finalist for the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award in 2008, first gained recognition as a writer of semi-autobiographical short stories. Fittingly, Hemon's latest book is a collection of eight intertwined tales related by a narrator who bears a striking resemblance to him. Of the two previously unpublished ...

  

"Exit polls often go wrong," I said. "In fact, I have a magic machine that produces equally reliable figures." "Show," he demanded.

  

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]

  

Lebanese businessmen have expressed frustration over the lengthy labor talks between their country and the Philippines that is putting a stopper on the lifting of the deployment ban on Lebanon.

  

Lebanese Shiite armed group Hezbollah claimed that the opposition will win the majority in the upcoming general elections on June 7, local Elnashra website reported Friday. "The opposition will win the elections, all statistics show it," head of Hezbollah parliamentary block MP Mohammad Raad made the claim at a doctors' gathering in south Lebanon town of Nabatieh. But he did not mention the ...

  

LEBANON - Next year's budget for Lebanon schools already includes $2,049,230 worth of reductions. But just in case, Superintendent George Lanning is asking the budget committee for more cuts to consider.

  

What started as a Sunday picnic more than two decades ago at St. Anthony Maronite Catholic Church has turned into a community event that still offers a taste of traditional Lebanese flavors. The 25th Annual Lebanese Food Festival , organized by the Glen Allen congregation, gives visitors exposure to a different culture, food and musical performances. The event started yesterday and runs through ...