A fire in Lebanon damaged a home on Scull Street Tuesday afternoon.

  

LEBANON - A 54-year-old Lebanon man said he was robbed while he exited his vehicle as he returned home along the 400 block of Chestnut Street just after midnight Tuesday, police said.

  

The Iraqi Embassy in Lebanon praised the Lebanese Army for its efforts to secure the release of three kidnapped Iraqis abducted on May 20, the embassy said in a statement Tuesday.

  

Nestled among the plethora of performing arts festivals that clutter the Lebanese landscape during the springtime and summer months, the Beirut Spring Festival is unique in being the only one to have sprung up in the wake of a political assassination.

  

While its neighbors are in turmoil, Lebanon has endured with relative calm throughout this Arab Spring. What's Lebanon's secret?

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon, May 31 (UPI) -- Leaders of Estonia's Muslim community say they have issued a joint plea for the release of seven Estonian cyclists missing in Lebanon.

  

Following are summaries of some of the main stories in a selection of Lebanese newspapers Tuesday.

  

Lebanon: Zain, the mobile network operator in the Middle East, is proud to announce that it is the platinum sponsor of the 10th Arab Telecom and Internet Forum (ATIF), due to be held in Beirut from June 2 to 3. Organized by Al Iktissad Wal Aamal Group, the event is a prelude to the forthcoming launch of 3.9G services by Zain's Lebanese affiliate, Mtc touch. [AMEInfo.com]

  

Lebanon's foreign trade deficit in the first four months of 2011 widened to $4.749 billion due to a drop in exports.

  

Security officials say incident designed to embarrass and discredit the Lebanese state, and unlikely to have been an act of domestic groups.

  

President Michel Sleiman issued ordered the Justice Ministry to take legal measures against Internal Security Force Maj. Gen. Ashraf Rifi over the Telecoms Ministry dispute, a statement form the Presidential Palace said.

  

Future Movement MP Ahmad Fatfat warned Monday that there were attempts to overstep the authority of the government and the prime minister.

  

Lebanon: Recognizing that companies worldwide are struggling to focus on post-recession and global growth agendas, Deloitte has prepared a new report which identifies 12 revolutionary and evolutionary trends that will transform and dominate the agenda for business and human capital leaders and professionals in the coming years. [AMEInfo.com]

  

March 8 candidates beat members of March 14 running in the by-election that took place at the Beirut Order of Physicians Sunday.

  

Lebanese industrial exports up 4% in Q1

  

Lebanon: The Lebanese industry ministry has said the country's industrial exports during the first four months of 2011 have jumped by 4% to $1.93bn from $1.51bn in the same period of 2010, The Daily Star has reported. Lebanon's industrial exports have been continuously growing in the past three years reaching $302.4m in April 2011, compared with $259m in April 2010 and $205m in April 2009, the ministry said. [AMEInfo.com]

  

A Beirut-based NGO is training children in Lebanon's 12 Palestinian refugee camps to take photographs of camp life.

  

A World Press Photo exhibit in Beirut is shutting down early after Lebanese authorities ordered the removal of an Israeli photographer's prize-winning work, an organizer of the exhibit said Friday.

  

The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon said Saturday it has launched an investigation into a roadside bomb blast that wounded six Italian peacekeepers, two of them seriously, and two civilians.

  

Lebanon: RAK Ceramics, one of the world's largest ceramic tiles and bathware manufacturing companies, has announced that it will be showcasing a premium collection of products during its participation at Project Lebanon, an international construction and environmental technology trade exhibition for Lebanon and the Middle East that will be held from May 31 to June 03, 2011 at the Beirut International Exhibition and Leisure Centre. [AMEInfo.com]

  

BEIRUT: The Beirut International Film Festival (BIFF) announced Friday that it will feature previously censored films at a 'Forbidden Films Festival' in late June.

  

BEIRUT, May 28 - A bomb blew up a UN jeep near the southern Lebanese port city of Sidon today, wounding six Italian UN peacekeepers, the Italian military chief of staff said, in the first attack of its kind in three years. Lebanese security sources earlier said one peacekeeper had died in the attack on a busy highway leading to the port city, ...

  

A bomb blew up a U.N. jeep near the southern Lebanese port city of Sidon on Friday, wounding six Italian U.N. peacekeepers, the Italian military chief of staff said, in the first attack of its kind in three years.

  

Head of the Beirut Merchants Association Nicolas Chammas said Friday that the commercial sector in Lebanon has been suffering in the past few months due to several factors including the absence of the government, the Arab turmoil and the decrease in the dollar exchange rate.

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon, May 27 (UPI) -- Abdullah Abdullah, Palestine's ambassador to Lebanon, says Palestinians could more frequently march to Israel's borders to emphasize their right to return.

  

Six Italian peacekeepers were wounded -- two of them seriously -- along with two civilians on Friday in a roadside bomb explosion targeting a UN patrol along a highway in south Lebanon, officials said.

  

President Michel Sleiman, caretaker Prime Minister Saad Hariri and Speaker Nabih Berri all condemn bomb attack which left six Italian peacekeepers wounded Friday.

  

At least six Italian peacekeepers and two civilians were wounded on Friday after an explosion targeted a convoy of the U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon, a U.N. spokesman said.

  

A roadside bomb ripped through a U.N. convoy carrying Italian peacekeepers in southern Lebanon on Friday, wounding six of them in the first such attack since 2008, officials said.

  

An Italian peacekeeper was killed and several people wounded as a roadside bomb targeting a UN patrol exploded along a highway in south Lebanon on Friday, the Italian news agency and security sources said.

  

BEIRUT - A roadside bomb ripped through a convoy of U.N. vehicles carrying Italian peacekeepers in the country's...

  

BEIRUT - A roadside bomb ripped through a convoy of U.N. vehicles carrying Italian peacekeepers in the country's south Friday, killing one of the soldiers and wounding several others, officials said.

  

BEIRUT -- Lebanese police and military officials say a roadside bomb has targeted a convoy of U.N. vehicles in the country's south killing two Italian U.N. peacekeepers and wounding at least three people, the ANSA news agency reported.

  

IN A vacant shop the size of a shipping container in the northern Lebanese village of Buqaya, 12 men, aged 15 to 63, had gathered mattresses, a gas jet to brew coffee and a television set.

  

BEIRUT - Lebanese police and military officials say a roadside bomb has targeted a convoy of U.N. vehicles in the country's south, wounding at least three people. Friday's explosion happened in Sidon. A U.N. peacekeeping force in Lebanon is deployed in southern Lebanon to monitor the border with Israel. The force had no immediate comment. The Lebanese officials spoke on condition of anonymity ...

  

One Italian U.N. peacekeeper is in critical condition Friday after a bomb blew up a U.N. vehicle on a highway leading to the southern Lebanese port city of Sidon, security sources told The Daily Star.

  

Beirut, May 26, IRNA -- Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Najib Mikati said on Thursday that Lebanon needs Iran's economic and technical experiences, expertise and capabilities hailing Iran's constructive role in Lebanon's internal developments.

  

Opposition group says security forces opened fire on a late-night protest in a southern village, killing four people.

  

A delegation from the Syrian authority has informed Syrian refugees in Lebanon that they should return to Syria and are allowed to use the Bkayaa border crossing to do so.

  

Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Najib Mikati said Thursday he will employ all options to expedite the formation of a new cabinet, as the country enters its fifth month under a caretaker government.

  

Follow Israel news on and . A Lebanese businessman has called to throw the Jews 'back to their true countries.?

  

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LEBANON - A familiar foe stands between the Lebanon girls lacrosse team and its first appearance in the state semi-finals.The Warriors face arch-rival Springboro tonight at 5:30 p.m. at Walnut Hills High School in the Ohio Club Division regional finals.

  

A fire erupted at the American Community School in Beirut Thursday in one of the school's classrooms, the Civil Defense told The Daily Star.

  

Grand Mufti Sheikh Mohammad Rashid Qabbani criticizes the FPM leader for alleged remarks against President Michel Sleiman and Sunnis.

  

Lebanon: The political deadlock over cabinet formation in Lebanon and the unrest in the region have weighed in on the country's once booming real estate sector, with total sales of properties falling 21% in the first four months of this year, The Daily Star has reported. Property transactions registered at the finance ministry reached 23,563 in this period, a drop of 21.3% compared to the same period of 2010. The decline was also accompanied by a 16% fall in the value of property sales during the period to $2.449bn, compared with the first four months of last year. [AMEInfo.com]

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon - Defying a state-imposed media blackout, Syria's citizen journalists are keeping protest coverage alive, in a country that until only a few months ago barred access to social media networks.

  

Lebanon: Lebanon-based lender Fransabank has agreed to finance Middle East Airlines' (MEA) deal to buy a new Airbus A320-232 aircraft, worth $32m, The Daily Star has reported. The agreement brings the total number of planes financed by the bank to four, with a value of $157m. [AMEInfo.com]

  

Kudos to Lebanon writer-director Ben Hickernell for making a movie set near Amish country that does not feature a single horse and buggy.

  

West Lebanon Township has become one of the first municipalities in the state to receive the National Weather Service s StormReady certification.

  

BEIRUT - More than 25 children, some of them tortured, are among the victims of the Syrian government's deadly crackdown on an uprising that has killed more than 1,000 people over the past two months, an opposition group said Wednesday. The Local Coordination Committees in Syria, which helps organize the protests against President Bashar Assad, identified the children and the circumstances of ...

  

The Syrian and Lebanese armies have agreed to stop illegal border crossings into Lebanon, days after the number of Syrian refugees entering the country via the north saw a sharp decline, a security source said Wednesday.

  

BEIRUT?More than 25 children, some of them tortured, are among the victims of the Syrian government's deadly crackdown on an uprising that has killed more than 1,000 people over the past two months, an opposition group said Wednesday.

  

The Deutsche Bank Middle East Foundation announced today the launch of its first ever postgraduate scholarship in the Middle East.

  

Following are some summaries of the main stories in a selection of Lebanese newspapers Wednesday.

  

The United Nations envoy for Lebanon today met with a senior official of Hizbollah to discuss the continuing impasse over the formation of a government in the Middle East country.

  

When the 70 seniors of Beirut's American Community School don their caps and gowns next week, they will have extra cause to be excited.

  

Lebanon lacks one of the main features of a modern economy with its inefficient public transportation system, the president of Consumers Lebanon said Tuesday, criticizing the recent subsidy plan for taxi drivers amid rising gasoline prices.

  

An influential Bahraini business group decided Tuesday to freeze ties with Iran, Iraq and Lebanon in response to what it claims is foreign meddling during Shiite-led protests in the Gulf kingdom.

  

Armenian Ambassador to Lebanon briefed those present on the history of Armenia and Armenian nation, economic tendencies and priorities of the country.

  

U.N. envoy Michael Williams described talks with Hezbollah official Ammar Moussawi as very good and stressed Lebanon needed to form a Cabinet as soon as possible.

  

Palestinian refugees working in Lebanon are now eligible to receive indemnity benefits, Lebanon's National Social Security Fund has announced.

  

While some Western banks are thinking about setting up shop in Iraq, Lebanese banks have been on the ground for the past five years - and more are lining up to get in.

  

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanese military intelligence has detained a Shi'ite sheikh in southern Lebanon on suspicion of spying for Israel, a security source said on Tuesday.

  

Victim found outside pharmacy in Beirut neighborhood of Achrafieh.

  

LEBANON - City Councilman Don Thoma was dedicated to community betterment, whether that meant mowing grass before a big event at Cheadle Lake, making decisions at a council meeting, or promoting the annual Strawberry Festival.

  

Iran's ambassador to Lebanon urged the Lebanese Monday to unite and engage in dialogue in order to swiftly form a government that meets their own national interests.

  

A new principal has been appointed for Lebanon Catholic School to replace Michele Ambrosia, who will retire at the end of the school year.

  

Don Thoma set a record of volunteering with the Strawberry Festival that may never be matched. In one way or another he was part of every festival since 1954.

  

Dozens of supporters of Syria's Bashar al-Assad gathered in Beirut on Monday to express support for the embattled president, drowning out a nearby vigil in memory of those killed in two months of unrest.

  

LEBANON, Maine (AP) -- A group of guys with giant trucks are celebrating Maine's mud season by getting dirty.

  

Presidential envoy says France confident Lebanon can determine its own future.

  

Caretaker Prime Minister Saad Hariri called Friday on the Lebanese to break the barrier of fear by flocking to Downtown Beirut Sunday to raise their voices higher against Hezbollah's weapons

  

Three kidnapped Iraqis were freed by the Lebanese army in a raid in the northern border town of Wadi Khaled, said a statement released by the army on Sunday.

  

It was graduation season at Lebanese University but most of the graduates, proudly sporting their caps and gowns, were not confident that their education would lead to a good job in the country.

  

Glen David Weaver, 26, of Plum Lane in Lebanon, died late Saturday at Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, state police at Jonestown said today.

  

Lebanese security forces reopened Sunday a road that had been blocked in Bir Hassan by protesters demonstrating a crackdown on illegal construction on public property.

  

Following are summaries of the main stories in a selection of Lebanese newspapers Saturday. The Daily Star cannot vouch for the accuracy of these reports.

  

BEIRUT - A human rights activist says Syrian security forces have killed two people when they opened fire at thousands of mourners attending a funeral procession for slain protesters.

  

More than 100 relieved Lebanese nationals arrived home Wednesday as part of the first wave of what is hoped will be a full-scale evacuation from the war-torn Ivory Coast.

  

LEBANON - The Lebanon School Board on Thursday narrowly approved a contract for a new artificial turf football field, following a discussion reflecting continuing divisions on district financial involvement in the project.

  

A Lebanon father has been charged in the death of his son.

  

BEIRUT - Lebanon should grant immediate asylum to Syrians fleeing violence in their country instead of detaining them, Human Rights Watch said Friday.

  

LEBANON 'A local family has recently returned from a whirlwind secret vacation and soon their adventure will be shown on national television.Bob and Lisa Pence and their three children, John, 12; Emily, 9; and Avery, 3, of Lebanon , won a dream vacation from the HGTV reality show - House Hunters on Vacation.' The family of five traveled in late April for a 10-day all-expenses paid trip. Their ...

  

BEIRUT (AP) - A World Press Photo exhibit in Beirut is shutting down early after Lebanese authorities ordered the removal of an Israeli photographer's prize-winning work, an organizer of the exhibit said Friday.

  

A bed and breakfast owner in Portrush has said derelict buildings in the seaside town are driving away tourists.

  

TEHRAN, May 20 (MNA) -- The written message of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been submitted to Lebanese President Michel Suleiman.

  

President Michel Sleiman and U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Jeffrey Feltman meet shortly after Sleiman held talks with a senior Iranian envoy.

  

Eyewitness reports have played a key role during the Arab Spring by generating international outrage and fueling further protests across the region in the face of government suppression, a leading international human rights group said during a gathering in Beirut.

  

New York new wave legends Blondie love themselves some Beirut , apparently. In September, Blondie will self-release their new album Panic of Girls , and Beirut frontman Zach Condon will see his name pop up in the liner notes a couple of times. Condon plays trumpet on "Work Off My Sweat", a Spanish-language song that Blondie co-wrote with the Cuban artist Paradise N. Efecto. And Blondie also ...

  

The Lebanese government and the United Nations should provide humanitarian aid to Syrian refugees fleeing into Lebanon and escaping unrest in their home country, caretaker Labor Minister Boutros Harb said Thursday.

  

Lebanon: Under the auspices H.E. General Michel Sleiman, President of the Lebanese Republic, represented by the Minister Michel Pharaon, the 7th International Boat and Super Yacht Show, Beirut Boat 2011, opened its door to the public at La Marina Joseph-Khoury, Dbayeh, on Wednesday May 18th. [AMEInfo.com]

  

Lebanon: AutoXpert s.a.l., the exclusive distributor of Brilliance passenger cars and Jinbei commercial vehicles in Lebanon, proudly announced the opening of a new showroom in Ferzoul - Bekaa, in collaboration with Hanna Motors, the sole distributor of the famous and luxurious Chinese vehicles in Bekaa. [AMEInfo.com]

  

Lebanon: According to figures by Lebanon's directorate of real estate, the value of property sales in the country fell 14.5% in the first quarter of 2011 to $1.808bn, compared with the first quarter of last year, The Daily Star has reported. The number of property sales transactions declined by 21.2% in the first quarter of 2011 to 17,373, compared with same period of 2010. [AMEInfo.com]

  

Cardinal Nasrallah Butros Sfeir left Beirut Wednesday on a trip to Amman during which he will visit the Jordan River, the site of the baptism of Jesus Christ.

  

March 14 politicians lashed out at their March 8 rivals Wednesday after a Beirut gathering to express solidarity with the Syrian people was cancelled, as Syria's ambassador to Lebanon condemned misleading media reports about the situation on the northern border.

  

LEBANON - Lebanon High School Principal Samuel Ison is leaving to take a top-level administrative position in the Middletown City Schools district.Ison informed the high school staff of his decision to accept Middletown's offer today, according to Lebanon schools Superintendent Mark North.

  

LEBANON - Lebanon High School Principal Samuel Ison is leaving to take a top-level administrative position in the Middletown City Schools district.Ison informed the high school staff of his decision to accept Middletown's offer today, according to Lebanon schools Superintendent Mark North.

  

Lebanon: Capital Intelligence (CI), the international credit rating agency, announced that it has affirmed BBAC's Long-Term and Short-Term Foreign Currency Ratings of 'B' and 'B' respectively. These ratings continue to be constrained by CI's sovereign ratings for Lebanon. [AMEInfo.com]

  

While the Lebanese port of Beirut saw a return to growth in Q1 11, its trading result was very mixed, with gateway cargo well short of the same period in 2010 and transhipment cargo substantially up. Overall, the port handled 241,012TEU, up an impressive 13.5% on Q1 10.

  

The total tonnage of loaded and unloaded merchandise at the Port of Beirut fell by 0.8 percent in the first four months of 2011 relative to the same period of 2010 to reach 2,060 tons.

  

Lebanese political leaders and officials were divided Tuesday over their interpretation of the incident at the Lebanese-Israel border Sunday.

  

The Lebanese authorities have detained at least two Syrian soldiers and may hand them back to the Syrian regime, rights groups say.

  

When Andrew Ellison was an eighth-grader in 2007, he watched as older brother Anthony, then a senior at Lebanon High, set a Class A record while winning the discus championship at the IHSA state track and field meet,

  

A handful of Syrian soldiers trekked across the border into Lebanon over the last two days, the latest report of refugees trickling to safety across the tense national boundary.

  

Lebanon: Eden Yachting, based in the UAE, and the international yacht charter agency in the Middle East, is announcing new additions to their fleet of yachts available for charter in Lebanon ready to meet the increasingly sophisticated demands of local and non-resident Lebanese visitors to the country as well as GCC nationals. The new yachts joining the fleet for Summer 2011 include a Horizon 110 and an Azimut 80, as well as a Princess 72, all excellent yachts for day cruising. [AMEInfo.com]

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon - A human rights activist says Syrian government agents chased students who were protesting against President Bashar Assad's regime at a northern campus, beating them with batons and injuring dozens. Mustafa Osso says the agents tried to break up a protest of about 2,000 students at the campus in the city of Aleppo early on Tuesday. He says many of the students were chased into ...

  

Lebanon school teachers have agreed to a pay freeze in the 2011-12 school year to help the district close a projected $2.6 million shortfall.

  

The village of Maroun al-Ras became Sunday the sight of the latest in a long series of border clashes as Israeli troops fired on Palestinian protesters, killing 11 and wounding more than 100.

  

We've now heard four songs from the as-yet-untitled upcoming album. Beirut Premieres Two More New Tracks [Video] is a post by Death and Taxes -

  

Syrians crossed a shallow river Monday to reach safety in Lebanon with tales of a "catastrophic" scene back home: sectarian killings, gunmen carrying out execution-style slayings and the stench of decomposing bodies in the streets.

  

Hundreds of Syrians fleeing violence in their country poured into northern Lebanon on Monday, with some saying they had to wade through rivers and find new routes to avoid gunfire.

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon, May 16 (UPI) -- Syrian troops have blockaded a border town to keep their citizens from fleeing into Lebanon, Lebanese security sources said Monday.

  

Thousands of Palestinians in Lebanon have fired their guns in the air and carried coffins through the streets to mourn those killed when protesters marched on Israel's border.

  

Lebanon: Capital Intelligence (CI), the international credit rating agency, announced that it has affirmed Beirut-based Credit Lebanese (CL)'s Long-Term and Short-Term Foreign Currency Ratings of B and B respectively. These ratings are set at CI's sovereign ratings for Lebanon. CI also affirmed the Bank's Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of BB+ based on the Bank's improved loan quality, capital adequacy and profitability. However, the FSR remains constrained by ongoing asset concentrations, significant interest rate risk exposure and maturity mismatches (in common with other Lebanese banks), coupled with a difficult domestic and regional political environment. [AMEInfo.com]

  

Even without a mighty hammer, filmmaker Ben Hickernell gave "Thor" a run for his money in its debut weekend. His indie film, "Lebanon, Pa.," virtually matched "Thor" on opening day May 6 at the Great Escape Theatres in Lebanon, Pa.; finished third for that weekend; and was No. 1 last Monday there. The comic drama, made for less than $1 million, isn't just playing in its namesake.

  

MAROUN AL-RAS, Beirut, May 16 (Reuters) - The Israeli army fired on a demonstration at a Lebanese border village on Sunday, killing 10 Palestinians marking the "catastrophe" of Israel's founding in 1948, security sources and the Lebanese army said.

  

The presence of tens of thousands ofdispossessed Palestinians standing on the edge of their formerhomeland on the emotional anniversary of the Nakba was more thanenough to ignite tensions

  

MAROUN AL-RAS, Beirut (Reuters) - The Israeli army fired on a demonstration at a Lebanese border village on Sunday, killing 10 Palestinians marking the "catastrophe" of Israel's founding in 1948, security sources and the Lebanese army said.

  

BEIRUT, May 15 (Reuters) - The Lebanese army said on Sunday Israeli soldiers fired in the direction of a gathering at the Lebanese border village of Maroun al-Ras, killing 10 people and wounding 112.

  

Security forces killed three people in the town of Tall Kalakh on Sunday as Syria's unrest entered a third month and spilled over into Lebanon where a woman died at a border crossing.

  

MAROUN EL-RASS, Lebanon - Two Lebanese security officials say four people in Lebanon were killed when Israeli soldiers opened fire at protesters who approached the border with Israel.

  

MAROUN El-RASS, Lebanon - Lebanese security officials: 4 killed when Israeli forces open fire on protesters. Copyright 2011 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

  

The deadly unrest in Syria spilled over into Lebanon where a woman was killed at a border crossing as protests against President Bashar al-Assad's regime entered a third month on Sunday.

  

Lebanese soldier and four others injured by cross-border fire as thousands flee besieged Syrian town of Talkalakh.

  

Gunfire from Syria on Sunday raked a crowd at Al-Boqayah border crossing in Lebanon near the town of Wadi Khaled, killing one person and wounding five including a Lebanese soldier, a security official and an AFP correspondent said.

  

A military official says a Lebanese soldier has been wounded from gunfire coming from the Syrian side of the border.

  

Thousands of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon are set to march towards the borders of occupied Palestinian territories to commemorate the 63rd anniversary of Nakba Day.

  

Lebanon: Kalium Group of Companies, the regional distributor of advanced medical equipment, aesthetic devices and skin care products, announced that it participated at the 6th Lebanese Congress of Dermatology in Beirut. The congress was held under the patronage of His Excellency the Minister of Public Health Pr. Mohamad Jawad Khalife at the Movenpick Hotel in Beirut. [AMEInfo.com]

  

The Lebanon Community Festival will be much like a giant touch-a-truck program, with lots of interesting vehicles for kids to see, touch and interact with.

  

A Lebanon Township man was injured and he now faces drug charges after his pickup truck became airborne Friday night off Route 31 in Washington Township, N.J., police report.

  

Hundreds of Syrians fled to neighboring Lebanon on Saturday to escape a violent crackdown against an anti-government uprising that has claimed the lives of more?

  

Scores seek to escape violent crackdown on protests against Assad government

  

Three people were killed after Syrian troops and gunmen entered the town of Tel Kelakh on Saturday, a rights campaigner said, and hundreds fled what they said was fierce fighting into neighboring Lebanon.

  

Hundreds of Syrians, including four wounded people, crossed into Lebanon on Saturday fleeing violence in their country as an uprising against President Bashar Assad's regime entered its eighth week, Lebanese security officials said.

  

Lebanon lacks vital elements of a true democracy, former Prime Minister Salim al-Hoss has said in response to a speech the president made Friday.

  

Lebanon: As part of its proactive role in shaping the future of the nursing profession in Lebanon, the Order of Nurses in Lebanon organized its first international conference on the theme of Globalization and the Nursing Profession: Challenges and Perspectives, hosted at the Habtoor Hotel under the patronage and in the presence of His Excellency the Minister of Public Health Dr. Mohamad Jawad Khalif and of distinguished guest from the health and medical sectors, as well as academics, and members of civil society. [AMEInfo.com]

  

Lebanon: Stands for local, regional, and multinational companies filled out the area between College Hall and the Green Oval at the American University of Beirut during the annual job fair which offers students the chance to land jobs even before graduation. [AMEInfo.com]

  

The Lebanese Forces resumed Friday discussions over the party's new by-laws after two days of deliberations last week saw the approval of 64 of 330 articles.

  

Iowa State quarterback James Capello has decided to transfer to Tiffin University in Ohio, the school announced Friday. The rising redshirt sophomore from Lebanon saw action in two games last season and carried the ball three times in 2010 for 27 yards and a touchdown . 'James has informed me of his decision to transfer from Iowa State,' Cyclone head coach Paul Rhoads said in a statement. 'I ...

  

BEIRUT - Syrian security forces opened fire on thousands of protesters Friday, killing at least six people as soldiers tried to head off demonstrations by occupying mosques and blocking public squares, human rights activists said.

  

LEBANON - More than a half dozen members of a local Lebanon boy scout troop are in line to receive scouting's highest honor.Seven boy scouts from Lebanon Troop 186 are candidates to become Eagle Scouts, the top honor a boy scout can receive. This is an unusually high number for a troop to have in any given year, according to assistant scout master Tim Huitger. Generally, the troop of about 30 ...

  

WADI KHALED, Lebanon - Syrian families fearing fresh violence during anti-regime protests on Friday fled into the area of Wadi Khaled in northern Lebanon, a local official told AFP.

  

Dozens of prominent Lebanese Muslim and Christian religious figures along with other officials have called for the immediate formation of a Lebanonese government.

  

BEIRUT: Nearly two months after the kidnapping of seven Estonian cyclists in Lebanon, the case remains shrouded in mystery with little information gleaned on their whereabouts or those behind the abduction.

  

LEBANON - Monthly bills for city water and wastewater services will go up again in July, the city council agreed Wednesday evening.

  

Beirut , an indie-rock band that blends global folk sounds into its music, played The NorVa in Norfolk on Monday, May 9.

  

BEIRUT, 12 May 2011 ( IRIN ) - For two months now, a project run by volunteers in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, has offered migrant workers free classes to learn skills that could make them more competitive and hopefully improve their livelihoods.

  

Four months after Hezbollah toppled Lebanon's unity government, arduous negotiations on forming a new cabinet that will exclude the pro-Western camp are ongoing, with no clear end to the talks in sight.

  

BEIRUT, May 12, 2011 (AFP) - Four months after Hezbollah toppled Lebanon's unity government, arduous negotiations on forming a new cabinet that will exclude the pro-Western camp are ongoing, with no clear end to the talks in sight.

  

Aoun: "Lebanon is still at the forefront of the region's maritime industry, and this boat show is designed to put wind in the sails and sales of the maritime sector."

  

Lebanon Township Police Report

  

Maroun al-Nashef is perched on a tub of Persil washing powder, in front of a doughnut shop and a bank. In front of him is a hand-painted sign stating, in red and green letters, I want to sing so I can live.

  

Even though filmmaker Ben Hickernell has lived in Philadelphia for a decade and has spent the last couple of months criss-crossing Pennsylvania promoting his debut feature "Lebanon, Pa.," he's never visited the Lehigh Valley.

  

Photo by Jenn Perutka Beirut kicked off their long tour Monday night at Norfolk, Virginia venue the Norva , and videos of the performance are starting to hit the Internet. Below, check out clips of Zach Condon and the band performing two new songs that could appear on their forthcoming LP : "Santa Fe" and an untitled cut. You're not going to find Condon and co. making any speed-metal divergences ...

  

WADI KHALED, Lebanon, May 11 (UPI) -- Lebanese security agents are forcing Syrian refugees back across the border, residents of a northern Lebanese town say.

  

Lebanese leaders have intensified efforts to form a government after nearly four months of stalemate over cabinet positions.

  

Central Bank governor upbeat about Lebanon's economic future and country's free market.

  

Lebanon is one step closer to having a new Cabinet after parties agreed on a candidate for the Interior Ministry portfolio Wednesday, a senior March 8 source told The Daily Star online.

  

Lebanon: The Lebanese chapter of the International Advertising Association (IAA) elected its new board for the years 2011 - 2013. The committee will be headed by Naji Boulos and includes the following members: Naji Irani (Vice President), Georges Slim (Secretary General), Joe Ayache (Treasurer), Ralph Bacha, Ghassan Germanos, Claude Hajjar, George Jabbour, Hana Al Khatib, Kamil Kuran and Paul Sabbagh (members). [AMEInfo.com]

  

With its Francophile tendencies, Beirut may be able to match Paris for designer shops, vibrant culture and great food, but it certainly lacks the Parisians' love affair with the bicycle.

  

Former Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos is due to arrive in Beirut Wednesday on a visit aimed at enlisting Lebanon's support for his candidacy to the post of Food and Agriculture Organization director general.

  

LEBANON BOROUGH - There were no injuries in a Tuesday afternoon two motor vehicle accident.

  

AMMAN/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syria's government said the threat from a seven-week uprising against President Bashar al-Assad was receding as security forces tightened control on Tuesday over protest centers across the country.

  

Western University of Health Sciences will welcome its first class of 100 medical students to Lebanon in August.

  

What's causing food and fuel prices to increase' At the level we have now, it's all anecdotal evidence, said Jad Chaaban, assistant professor of economics at the American University of Beirut.

  

Lebanon: Following its participation at the most endorsed International Scientific Conference on The Basics of Balanced and Sensible Nutrition held at the America University of Beirut, The Coca-Cola Company pledged its strong commitment to the community by organizing a special roundtable providing the latest updates and breakthroughs in the hydration research. The session gathered local medical editors and was conducted by renowned international experts in the hydration science field. [AMEInfo.com]

  

LEBANON - Daniel Aranda wanted to be the guy to take the mound in what amounted to a playoff game.

  

Lebanon: Zain's affiliate in Lebanon, MTC touch, the country's mobile operator, held a live demonstration of the forthcoming hi-speed internet 3.9G HSPA+ mobile services during a press conference held in Beirut. Held under the auspices and presence of Lebanon's Minister of Telecommunications, Dr Charbel Nahas, also in attendance at the event was Mr Nabeel Bin Salamah, CEO of Zain Group, in addition to Lebanese Ministry officials, representatives of leading global telecom solutions provider Huawei, who is working hand in hand with MTC touch in the implementation of the new technology, and media who were able to test the technology both on laptops/ipads and through their mobile phones. [AMEInfo.com]

  

Lebanon: Lebanese lender, Bank Audi has said the country's banking sector grew by 2.8% in the first quarter of 2011 despite the prolonged political stalemate, The Daily Star has reported. Measured by the aggregate domestic assets of banks, banking activity moved from $128.9bn at end-December 2010 to $132.5bn at end-March 2011, the bank said. Bank credits grew by $1.5bn, 80% of which was driven by a rise in foreign currency denominated loans, which kept the loan dollarisation ratio hovering around the 80% mark, Bank Audi said in its Lebanon Weekly Monitor report. [AMEInfo.com]

  

The devastation in Japan has had a great effect on a local first-grader whose relatives live fewer than 100 miles from the earthquake's epicenter.

  

A string of recent arrests have successfully calmed a wave of car break-ins and thefts that have plagued the Gemmayzeh area over the last two months, Internal Security Forces officials said Monday.

  

The Finance Ministry Monday projected GDP growth in Lebanon at 2.5 percent in 2011 and 4 percent the following year.

  

A senior Lebanese diplomat has reportedly fled Australia after receiving a warning that he would be arrested on bankruptcy charges if he failed to attend a court hearing.

  

The second edition of Beirut Animated film festival wrapped up over the weekend with the short film Hawwaz taking the $2000.00 BLC Audience Award for Best Lebanese Animated Film.

  

LEBANON - For the owners of the Heritage House shop in downtown, moving down the block is a sign of moving up in the retail business world.?We love where we?re at, but we?ve just been so successful, we have to move to a bigger space,' said Heritage House co-owner Paula Jackson.

  

The obstacles to doing business in Lebanon affect foreigners, who often hesitate to invest due to lack of knowledge on the country, and Lebanese who are often deterred by what they do know about the business environment.

  

Lebanon: Under the auspices and in the presence of the President of the Union of Chambers of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture for the Arab Countries, Minister of State Adnan Kassar, a ceremony was held at the headquarters of the General Federation of Chambers of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture for Arab Countries, where a commercial agreement was signed between Total Liban and IPT appointing IPT an official distributor of Elf lubricants in Lebanon. [AMEInfo.com]

  

LEBANON - The second annual Lebanon Economic Summit will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, May 10, at the River Center, 3000 S. Santiam Highway.

  

One of the Middle East's leading medical assemblies, which attracted over 100 regional health experts, concluded in Beirut Sunday.

  

We live in an information age. At the click of a mouse, Internet users can watch Yehudi Mehuhin playing Niccolo Paganini's Concerto No. 1 or, if you prefer, several hundred Filipino prisoners dancing to Michael Jackson's Thriller.

  

Lebanon: Cristal Hotels & Resorts, the most dynamic hotel brand in the region, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Bliss 3000 SAL to operate the latter's property in Beirut, Lebanon. The agreement was sealed during the 2011 Arabian Travel Market, the Middle East's leading travel show held recently in Dubai, and marks Cristal Hotels' first venture in Lebanon. [AMEInfo.com]

  

Lebanon: Scanmark Beirut is launching the first QR code system in the Middle East. This technology consist of integrating QR codes in different media means such as Billboards, Magazines, Newspapers, Flyers, T-Shirts, Emails, Catalogues and on almost any physical or printed material; by scanning this code (via our application) with any smartphone consumers can get direct contents over the internet. Many brands around the world are already using this technology. [AMEInfo.com]

  

BEIRUT -- The toppling of the presidents in Tunisia and Egypt precipitated a tumult of revolutionary fervor that promises to transform the Middle East, but the potential collapse of the Syrian regime could wreak havoc of a very different kind.

  

LEBANON - A deficit projected in the near future and vigorous anti-tax sentiments in the community could be signs of a looming fiscal crisis for Lebanon City Schools.It's the same recipe that led to the demise of neighboring Little Miami schools, which went into state receivership last summer and saw its eighth consecutive tax request get defeated Tuesday. After renewing a three-year, $4.2 ...

  

With sizeable oil and gas reserves coming to light in the Eastern Mediterranean, a Swiss association is working to help Lebanon assert its exploitation rights.

  

The lawyer for a New Brunswick potato farmer said he has been improperly imprisoned in Lebanon on an Interpol warrant.

  

Not many people can say that they once accidentally found themselves in the company of a 19-piece Mexican marching band. But if you're talking about Zach Condon, it's not that outlandish a claim. The man behind Beirut was in Oaxaca, Mexico to score a film soundtrack, but the project fell through.

  

UNITED NATIONS, May 6 (Reuters) - The prosecutor for a U.N.-backed tribunal investigating the 2005 killing of Lebanese statesmen Rafik al-Hariri has amended his indictment to include "substantive new elements," the tribunal said on Friday.

  

Radical cleric Omar Bakri, on bail in Lebanon on charges including incitement to murder, has called for prayers to mourn Osama bin Laden in Lebanon and outside US embassies around the world.

  

BEIRUT?A leading human rights activist says Syrian security forces have killed 30 people during widespread protests.

  

LEBANON - It's still in the dream phase, but Rob Allen is working to make a new eight-lane track a reality at Lebanon High School.

  

When the Lebanese Press Federation adopted May 6 as a day to commemorate the martyrs of the Arab press, it was no haphazard or spontaneous choice.

  

"Syria is of very important strategic significance to Iran, whether in exerting pressure on Israel and making any Israeli move against Iran a significant retaliation impact, or whether the Iranian-Syrian alliance has been impacting the political map in Iraq and in Lebanon...," Salamey states. -VOA

  

HUBER HEIGHTS - Lebanon High School's girls track and field team has some ground to make up if it wants to be the best in southwest Ohio.The Warriors finished a distant second to Mason last Friday at the Wayne Invitational. The Comets won the meet with 146 points while Lebanon scored 98.5. Wayne finished third with 61 points.

  

LEBANON - A regional speed stacking tournament this weekend in Lebanon is the brainchild of a local man.When 10-year old Liam Davis couldn't find a sports stacking club in Lebanon this school year, his father Chris Davis sought out how to start one.

  

Lebanon's big summer music festivals seem designed to lure people out of Beirut.

  

Lebanon: Lebanon-based Azadea Group has announced it has entered into a multi-year franchise agreement with The Calzedonia Group to launch the three brands owned by the group Intimissimi, Calzedonia and Tezenis in the Middle East and North Africa. To date, Calzedonia Group boasts 2750 stores throughout Europe. [AMEInfo.com]

  

As the violence persists, refugees head toward a reluctant neighbor.

  

In the Syrian border town of Talkalakh, violence heated up last week after a small group of men demanded security forces release a Sunni leader. In the days that followed, residents claim that the army gave the Alawite villagers guns and told them to shoot at Sunnis - prompting women and children to cross the border.

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon, May 4 (UPI) -- Lebanon's incoming prime minister called Wednesday for Arab media to report truthfully about the region's current upheavals.

  

The Lebanon girls golf team returned to its home course at Mallard Creek on May 2 to complete the 5A Mid-Willamette Conference regular season, and the familiar landscape helped many Warriors achieve s

  

A 22-year-old Lebanese woman has been repatriated from Israel to Lebanon, the International Committee of the Red Cross said in a statement.

  

Lebanon: Azadea Group announced it has entered into a multi-year franchise agreement with The Calzedonia Group to launch the 3 brands owned by the group Intimissimi, Calzedonia and Tezenis in the Middle East and North Africa. To date, Calzedonia Group boasts 2750 stores spread in the heart of the world's main cities such as Milan, Rome, London, Moscow, Barcelona, Prague and Lisbon. [AMEInfo.com]

  

A speeding taxi van ran into a number of cars parked on the side of a road in Beirut's Furn El-Shubbak district Wednesday, injuring three people, security sources said.

  

Lebanese President Michel Suleiman said Tuesday he hoped that al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden's death would help pave the way for comprehensive peace in the Middle East, the local An Nahar newspaper reported.

  

Lebanon: Lebanon's minister of tourism has announced plans to collect a $3 exit tax from travellers to raise $15m in a bid to boost tourism revenues, Gulf News has reported. Lebanon suffered a 14% decline in tourism in the first quarter of this year compared to 2009, Fadi Aboud said. [AMEInfo.com]

  

LEBANON - City Council rejected a proposed contract with its full-time firefighters Tuesday in which the union asked for a 4 percent raise.The city is in contract negotiations with the six full-time firefighters with IAFF Local 4796. The rest of Lebanon 's firefighters are part time and not unionized.

  

Lebanon's prime minister-designate Najib Mikati describes the powerful Hezbollah, whose backing was key to his nomination, as a "tumour," in a 2008 US diplomatic cable revealed by a Lebanese daily on Tuesday.

  

BEIRUT - A leading human rights activist says Syrian authorities have arrested more than 1,000 people in their latest security sweep.

  

The Lebanese intelligence servicemen on Saturday arrested a Lebanese man on suspicion of spying for Israel, the local Daily Star newspaper reported on Monday.

  

BEIRUT - The toppling of the presidents in Tunisia and Egypt precipitated a tumult of revolutionary fervor that promises to transform the Middle East, but the potential collapse of the Syrian regime could wreak havoc of a very different kind.

  

Amid the towering building projects dotting the cityscape of Beirut, that ancient city where Poseidon was worshiped millennia ago, a battle rages between the guardians of the past and the developers for the future.

  

Lebanese reactions to the killing of Osama Bin Laden ranged from apathy to regret, with many questioning the validity of U.S. claims that the Al-Qaeda leader was dead.

  

When Switzerland's Large Hadron Collider first cranked into operation in September 2008, there were fears that the world would end.

  

Beirut, May 2 (ANI): The potential collapse of the Syrian regime could wreak havoc of a very different kind in the Middle East.