BEIRUT (Reuters) - The influential head of the Maronite Christian church urged Lebanon's opposition on Friday to end its boycott of the presidential election and said the repeatedly delayed vote must be held "before it is too late".

Hamra's popular ta-marbouta cafe hosted an event to mark the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People on Thursday, 60 years to the day after the United Nations General Assembly approved the partition of Palestine. Organized by the Tourath Baladna Social Communication Center and ta-marbouta.

A Lebanese man was killed Thursday when he tried to take scrap metal from an unexploded Israeli rocket in the South of the country, police said. Hassan Jaber, 37, was killed instantly when the rocket exploded in his garage where he had been trying to dismantle the ordnance in order to extract the metal for scrap, they said.

Hezbollah supporters wave the party's yellow flag and Lebanese flags in Beirut's southern suburb, August 2007. Hezbollah-led opposition will mark the one-year anniversary of its sit-in in central Beirut, vowing to stay on for years if need be to force the resignation of the Western-backed premier.

Political impasse may be a defining feature of Lebanon in 2007 but, with the year drawing to a close, Beirut's cultural scene continues to vibrate defiantly. Not one but two major film festivals will grace the city's cinema screens in December.

UN Interim Force in Lebanon says noticed ?intensive Israeli overflights? over Lebanon.

BEIRUT - The influential head of the Maronite Christian church urged Lebanon's opposition on Friday to end its boycott of the presidential election and said the repeatedly delayed vote must be held "before it is too late".

Lebanon's parliament has postponed until Dec. 7 a session to select the country's next president, the sixth time the election has been pushed back.

BEIRUT, Nov 30 - The Lebanese stock market soared 5.3 percent on Friday over hopes that a compromise would soon be reached in the country's presidential crisis.

Source: Reuters By Yara Bayoumy BEIRUT, Nov 30 (Reuters) - The influential head of the Maronite Christian church urged Lebanon's opposition on Friday to end its boycott of the presidential election and ...

Lebanon's Hezbollah-led opposition on Saturday marks the one-year anniversary of its sit-in in central Beirut, vowing to stay on for years if need be to force the resignation of the Western-backed premier.

A Lebanese opposition tent city, which began as a powerful outcry to topple the government a year ago, has dwindled to a symbolic presence, but the protest by Hezbollah and its Christian ally still paralyses central Beirut.

Lebanon, 11/30 - Lebanon`s parliament has again postponed a session to elect a new president, allowing rival groups time for more talks on a compromise figure.

(RTTNews) - Lebanon's top Christian opposition leader, Michel Aoun announced Thursday that he would support the army chief backed by the parliamentary majority as a compromise president, a major positive development that could extricate Lebanon from the political vacuum.

Mai Masri during filming in Beirut last year. Behind the headlines on Palestine lie human tales of horror, many untold because of delicate political situations. FARIDUL ANWAR FARINORDIN catches a Mai Masri film and comes away stricken.

Lebanon's top Christian opposition leader said he will back the army chief as a compromise president, increasing the chances for a deal to end Lebanon's political deadlock.

The new agreement over the candidacy of Gen. Michel Suleiman is the first major turning point in two years of political clashes.

Lebanese opposition leader General Michel Aoun gives a press conference in Rabiyeh, northeast of Beirut. Aoun said on Thursday he backed the army chief, General Michel Sleiman, to become Lebanon's new president, a move that could help to fill a week-long political vacuum.

Its been almost a week since the president stepped down, and Lebanon remains without a head of state because the divided political elite has yet to agree on a successor. There are fears that the power vacuum could lead to clashes. But for now, downtown Beirut echoes with the sounds of construction, not violence.

Lebanon's Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri says a parliamentary session to elect a new president has been postponed until December 7. The election was scheduled to take place on Friday.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - A Lebanese presidential election scheduled for Friday was delayed for a sixth time to December 7, the parliament speaker said, giving more time for talks focusing on the army chief's nomination for the vacant post.

PROMINENT opposition leader Michel Aoun said overnight he backed the country's army chief to become Lebanon's new president, a move that could help to end a week-long political vacuum.

Lebanon's parliament postponed for a week a vote that had been set for Friday to elect a new president amid signs fractious politicians might agree on giving the job to the army chief.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - A Lebanese presidential election scheduled for Friday was delayed for a sixth time to December 7, the parliament speaker said, giving more time for talks focusing on the army chief's nomination for the vacant post.

A PARLIAMENTARY session to elect a new president of Lebanon, due to have been held tomorrow, has been postponed until December 7, the office of parliament speaker Nabih Berri said today.

Lebanese Christian opposition leader Michel Aoun said Thursday he could support the candidacy of Lebanon's army chief to become the country's new president.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's presidential election was postponed for a week to December 7 to allow for more talks between rival leaders on a compromise candidate, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said on Thursday.

BEIRUT, Lebanon Lebanon's top Christian opposition leader said Thursday he will back the army chief as a compromise president, increasing the chances for a deal to end Lebanon's political deadlock.

Lebanon's presidential election was postponed for a week to December 7 to allow for more talks between rival leaders on a compromise candidate, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said on Thursday.

Prominent opposition leader Michel Aoun says he will back the country's army chief to become Lebanon's new president, a move that could help to end a week-long political vacuum.

Lebanese opposition leader voices support for presidential candidacy of army chief

BEIRUT: Die libanesische Regierungsmehrheit und die pro-syrische Opposition knnen sich nach monatelangem Tauziehen wahrscheinlich auf einen Kompromisskandidaten fr das Amt des Staatsprsidenten einigen.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanese leaders will put off a presidential election set for Friday for a sixth time to allow for talks focusing on the army chief's nomination for a post now vacant for a week, political sources said on Thursday.

Lebanese leaders will put off a presidential election set for Friday for a sixth time to allow for talks focusing on the army chief's nomination for a post now vacant for a week, political sources said on Thursday.

Christian opposition leader and presidential hopeful Michel Aoun said Thursday he supports the Lebanese army chief as a compromise candidate for president, clearing a major hurdle for a deadlocked parliament to finally elect a new leader for the country.

TROTWOOD ? Opening night of the 2007-08 boys basketball season for the Lebanon Warriors had the feel of a classic Clint Eastwood spaghetti western. Tuesday night's 86-59 loss at Trotwood-Madison started out good, turned bad and then got ugly.

Source: Reuters By Tom Perry BEIRUT, Nov 29 (Reuters) - Lebanese leaders will put off a presidential election set for Friday for a sixth time to allow for talks expected to focus on the army chief's nomination for ...

Roni Nacouzi is a hairdresser by trade, a diplomat by necessity. As tensions in Lebanon soar his discreet little salon, a favourite with Beirut's political class, has turned into a minefield.

A parliamentary vote to fill Lebanon's vacant presidency is set to be postponed again as feuding politicians wrangle over the possibility of choosing the army chief, officials said Thursday.

With holiday shopping coming up and the stock market going down and everyone worried about the economy, I wasn't in the mood for an expensive restaurant meal. But I was craving a change of diet after the long Thanksgiving weekend. Enough turkey, already. Spare me the stuffing, sweet potatoes and too-rich gravy.

BEIRUT: Lebanese taxi drivers staged a demonstration on Wednesday to protest against the steady increase in the prices of petrol, threatening to block roads in the near future if the government refuses to subsidize the prices of fuel oil products.

A U.N. inquiry has made progress in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, closely examining the possibility that two or more teams may have carried out the attack, the chief investigator said Wednesday.

BEIRUT: Lebanon?s divided parliament is unlikely to hold a session this week to vote on a new president but a move by the majority bloc appeared to boost the chances of a deal, politicians said yesterday.

Castlewood looked in midseason form on opening night as it cruised by visiting Lebanon 66-37 in non-district girls basketball on Wednesday night. It had been a long wait for Castlewood junior Katlin Wohlford.

The Lebanese pro-government Future Parliamentary Bloc agreed on Wednesday to amend the country's constitution so that the army commander General Michel Suleiman could run for presidency. MP Ammar Houri of the bloc, led by MP Saad H ...

NAME?Michel Suleiman. AGE-BIRTH DATE?59; Nov. 21, 1948. EDUCATION?Graduated from Lebanon's military academy as second lieutenant, 1970; holds bachelor of arts degree in political and administrative sciences from Lebanese University.

BEIRUT, Lebanon?Gen. Michel Suleiman has seen many crises in his nine years as the chief of Lebanon's military. He fought Islamic militants, calmed sectarian violence and deployed his army in Hezbollah strongholds along the Israeli border for the first time in decades.

BEIRUT, Lebanon Lebanon moved closer Wednesday to a deal for army chief Gen. Michel Suleiman to become the next president in the first signs of a breakthrough between its divided factions, after the Annapolis conference eased tensions between their main backers, the United States and Syria.

Gen. Michel Suleiman has seen many crises in his nine years as the chief of Lebanon's military. He fought Islamic militants, calmed sectarian violence and deployed his army in Hezbollah strongholds along the Israeli border for the first time in decades.

U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill will be in her hometown of Lebanon on Thursday to attend a highway dedication and speak to the local Rotary club. McCaskill will participate in the dedication of the Governor Phil M. Donnelly Memorial Highway. A Lebanon native, Donnelly served two terms as Missouri governor in the 1940s and 1950s. McCaskill will make the dedication address at the ceremony. The ceremony ...

9:01 a.m. Shotgun, two bolt-action rifles, Playstation and games, beer and whiskey taken from a home in the 300 block of W. Maple St. 9:49 a.m. 15-year-old female taken from Lebanon High School to Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital for mental health services.

The move in Parliament brings the nation a step closer to ending a yearlong political crisis over choosing its next leader.

Lebanon High School graduate Dick Shiner is among 12 former standout football players who were chosen as the Atlantic Coast Conference?s 2007 ACC Football Championship Game Legends class.

Lebanon's political vacuum appears headed toward a resolution with the country's army chief emerging as a probable candidate for the presidency, officials said on Wednesday.

Beirut - Hardline Palestinian groups on Wednesday staged protests in southern Lebanon against the US-sponsored Mideast conference in Annapolis saying it had ignored the Palestinian refugees' right of return. More than 150 refugees marched along the m...

RIYADH, November 28 (RIA Novosti) -- Lebanon's pro-government parliamentary bloc said it would accept constitutional changes allowing the country's army chief to become president, the Beirut-based Naharnet online publication said on Wednesday.

BEIRUT, Lebanon The largest bloc in Lebanon's deadlocked parliament dropped its opposition to the army chief becoming the next president, bringing Gen. Michel Suleiman one step closer to being the new head of state, a lawmaker said Wednesday.

General Michel Suleiman step closer to being the new head of state and ending a yearlong political crisis

BEIRUT - Lebanon's divided parliament is unlikely to hold a session this week to vote on a new president but a move by the majority bloc appeared to boost the chances of a deal, politicians said on Wednesday.

The largest bloc in Lebanon's deadlocked parliament has dropped its opposition to the army chief becoming president, bringing Gen. Michel Suleiman a step closer to being the new head of state and ending a yearlong political crisis, a lawmaker said Wednesday. The apparent breakthrough, announced by legislator Ammar Houry after weeks of political deadlock, came just one day after the ...

The largest bloc in Lebanon's deadlocked parliament dropped its opposition to the army chief becoming the next president, bringing Gen. Michel Suleiman one step closer to being the new head of state, a lawmaker said Wednesday.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's divided parliament is unlikely to hold a session this week to vote on a new president because rival leaders are still deadlocked over a compromise candidate, political sources said on Wednesday.

If Nahr el-Bared camp is going to serve as a model for other camps in Lebanon, the Lebanese must seize this opportunity to celebrate their similarities, manage their differences, and make sure Lebanese soil does not turn into a battle ground for fighting non-Lebanese wars once again, says Rima Merhi .

Lebanon's divided parliament is unlikely to hold a session this week to vote on a new president but a move by the majority bloc appeared to boost the chances of a deal, politicians said on Wednesday.

Lebanon's divided parliament is unlikely to hold a session this week to vote on a new president because rival leaders are still deadlocked over a compromise candidate, political sources said.

BEIRUT - Lebanon's divided parliament is unlikely to hold a session this week to vote on a new president as rival leaders remained deadlocked over a compromise candidate, political sources said on Wednesday.

S&P: Three Lebanese bank 'B-' L-T ratings on Watch negative

Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said that it placed its 'B-' long-term counterparty credit ratings on three Lebanese banks--Blom Bank sal, Bank Audi Sal - Audi Saradar Group (Banque Audi), and Bankmed, s.a.l.--on CreditWatch with negative implications.

BEIRUT - Lebanon's divided parliament is unlikely to hold a session this week to vote on a new president as rival leaders remained deadlocked over a compromise candidate, political sources said on Wednesday.

Lebanon: Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said that it placed its 'B-' long-term counterparty credit ratings on three Lebanese banks--Blom Bank sal, Bank Audi Sal - Audi Saradar Group (Banque Audi), and Bankmed, s.a.l.--on CreditWatch with negative implications. [AMEInfo.com]

Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Sfeir. (UPI Photo/Eco Clement via Newscom] There may be no celebrations this Christmas at Baabda, the vacant Lebanese presidential palace overlooking Beirut. President Emile Lahoud's term ended on Nov. 23 with no successor.

A Muslim woman is allowed to fight back in self-defense if she is hit by her husband, Lebanon's top Shiite cleric declared Tuesday in a ruling rare for the region's male-dominated Islamic society.

BEIRUT, Lebanon?A Muslim woman is allowed to fight back in self-defense if she is hit by her husband, Lebanon's top Shiite cleric declared Tuesday in a ruling rare for the region's male-dominated Islamic society.

AIN AL HELWEH, Lebanon: Groups of Palestinian refugees protested in Lebanon yesterday against the US-hosted conference that aims to revive peace talks, fearing it would jeopardise their right to return home.

Most schools and universities in Lebanon are continuing to operate on normal schedules, despite widespread anxiety over the ongoing political stalemate and fears that the crisis could escalate further. Prime Minister Fouad Siniora's Cabinet assumed the powers of the head of state on Saturday after the term of former President Emile Lahoud.

US President George W. Bush on Tuesday used a Middle East peace conference to warn Syria's government against interfering in Lebanon's effort to elect a new president. Some 40 nations are attending the conference at the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland.Toward the end of his remarks, Bush turned his attention to Lebanon.

The Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs at American University of Beirut and the Westminster Foundation for Democracy will be holding a panel discussion entitled "The Culture of Power-Sharing in Northern Ireland and Lebanon: Does History Matter?"

Chunky young men face off in the cool autumn sunshine of a mountain town in Lebanon, a country gripped by political instability and fears of violence.

LEBANON ? A 25-year-old Lebanon man who is awaiting sentencing for raping two women pleaded guilty Monday to a third sexual assault. David Ridenour was sentenced to six months in prison for sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl that he met through a relative in 2005.

LEBANON ? A 25-year-old Lebanon man who is awaiting sentencing for raping two women pleaded guilty Monday to a third sexual assault.

Beirut- At least one person was reported killed and seven were wounded Tuesday in a clash between an opposition Islamist group and supporters of anti-Syrian parliamentary majority leader Saad Hariri in northern Lebanon. Followers of the pro-Syrian Is...

Walk into a Lebanon High girls' basketball team practice these days, and the temptation is to look around and say, "Hey, where did everybody go?" That, however, figures to be a temporary condition.

TRIPOLI, Lebanon (Reuters) - One person was killed and eight were wounded on Tuesday in a gunfight sparked by a personal dispute between supporters and opponents of the Lebanese government in northern Lebanon, security sources said.

LEBANON -- Two Lebanon men were arrested Monday in the robbery of a 30-year-old Lebanon man Monday evening on East Cumberland Street, Lebanon police said.

U.S. President George Bush on Tuesday used a Middle East peace conference to warn Syria against interfering in Lebanon's effort to elect a new president.

Lebanon: New protest against Annapolis peace bid (AKI) - Hundreds of Palestinians took to the streets in the Lebanese capital Beirut on Tuesday to protest against the Middle East peace conference taking place in the US city of Annapolis.According to the Iranian TV network, al-Alam, people from all the Palestinian factions participated in the protest held in the refugee camp of ...

Mohamad Bazzi, former Middle East bureau chief for Newsday , says there will be likely be more haggling ahead of a new deadline for Lebanon?s political parties to agree on a compromise candidate to become the country?s next president.

Lebanese citizens reflect on their politicians' failure so far to agree on a new presidential candidate.

Aruba Networks, Inc., a global leader in user-centric networks and secure mobility solutions, today announced that the American University of Beirut Medical Center (AUBMC), a leading not-for-profit teaching center of the Faculty of Medicine, has deployed Aruba Networks' wireless LAN and security solutions throughout the medical center.

Lebanon: Aruba Networks, Inc., a global leader in user-centric networks and secure mobility solutions, today announced that the American University of Beirut Medical Center (AUBMC), a leading not-for-profit teaching center of the Faculty of Medicine, has deployed Aruba Networks' wireless LAN and security solutions throughout the medical center. [AMEInfo.com]

BEIRUT, Nov 27 - Below is a table of the latest Lebanese economic statistics.

These were the sentiments of Ramzi Joreige following his election as the 45th president of the Beirut Bar Association.

Syria's presence at the Annapolis peace conference Tuesday could help ease tensions in Lebanon, which has entered a leadership vacuum after rival factions reached deadlock over the election of a new president, analysts say.

LEBANON ? Tim Brunsman, warden of the Chillicothe Correctional Institution since 2004, has named the new warden of the Lebanon Correctional Institution.

LEBANON ? Tim Brunsman, warden of the Chillicothe Correctional Institution since 2004, has named the new warden of the Lebanon Correctional Institution.

BEIRUT: Lebanon entered a decisive week yesterday during which parliament is due to elect a new president, with many warning that the country risks sliding into chaos if the political vacuum persists.

BHAMDOUN, Lebanon, Nov 27 (Reuters) - Chunky young men face off in the cool autumn sunshine of a mountain town in Lebanon, a country gripped by political instability and fears of violence.

ETIHAD Airways is providing Lebanon-based air travellers greater access to its expanding global network, following the signing of a new code share agreement with Beirut-based carrier, Middle East Airlines (MEA).

LEBANON ? Tim Brunsman, warden of the Chillicothe Correctional Institution since 2004, has named the new warden of the Lebanon Correctional Institution.

Syria's controversial presence at Tuesday's Middle East peace talks in Annapolis may boost stability in Lebanon, which is deadlocked over electing a new president.

"The kids are amazing, they were so happy and they represented Lebanon very well. We are all very proud of them," said Imad Bazzi, project manager of the Sustainable Democracy Center (SDC). Bazzi was referring to eight Lebanese children, all between the ages of 12 and 14, who were selected to attend the International Forum of Cultures in Monterrey.

BEIRUT, Nov 26 - Below is a table of the latest Lebanese economic statistics.

Saturday's announcement that Culture Minister Tarek Mitri would be representing Lebanon at the US-led Annapolis peace summit has been met with a generally positive reaction on the streets of Beirut despite the outspoken opposition of Hizbullah. There appeared to be wide consensus that Lebanon should attend.

LEBANON ? Starting this week, a petition will circulate among downtown Lebanon business owners starting asking for more police patrols.

BEIRUT, Lebanon?Syria's ally Iran said Monday that the U.S.-hosted Mideast peace conference has already failed.

LEBANON ? A Lebanon man five years ago sparked the idea behind a law passed by the 2007 Oregon Legislature that makes it easier for people who use wheelchairs to park in large lots.

LEBANON ? A free open house for the city to show architect?s designs of the new library and justice center will take place from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Dec. 4 at the Lebanon Senior Center, 65 Academy St.

BEIRUT, Lebanon Syria's ally Iran said Monday that the U.S.-hosted Mideast peace conference has already failed.

Lebanon is in a political limbo after parliament failed to elect a successor for President Emile Lahoud. November 26, 2007 - Hours before the end of his term, Lahoud ordered the army to take charge of security, leaving rival factions responsible for naming a president and leading to international calls for calm.

Singer Phil Collins accompanied his daughter to the celeb-studded Paris debutantes ball this weekend, an event that also saw the coming out of Kathleen Kennedy and Maria Abou Nader, niece of former Lebanese presidents Amine and Bachir Gemayel.

Etihad Airways is providing Lebanon-based air travellers with greater access to its expanding global network, following the signing of a new codeshare agreement with Beirut-based carrier, Middle East Airlines (MEA).

Standard & Poor's Ratings Services today said it placed its 'B-' long-term foreign and local currency sovereign ratings on the Republic of Lebanon on CreditWatch with negative implications after the Lebanese parliament failed to select a new president by the constitutional deadline.

Lebanon: Standard & Poor's Ratings Services today said it placed its 'B-' long-term foreign and local currency sovereign ratings on the Republic of Lebanon on CreditWatch with negative implications after the Lebanese parliament failed to select a new president by the constitutional deadline. [AMEInfo.com]

Lebanon is in a political void as presidential palace is left vacant following the departure of President Emile Lahoud after his mandate expired. (50 sec./1.98Mb, shows: 0)

The deal, which comes into effect on 14 January 2008, gives air travellers a choice of 14 weekly services between the Lebanese and United Arab Emirates capitals to supplement Etihad Etihad 's nine weekly flights with the five currently flown by MEA MEA . Seat bookings will be available from the end of November.

Hezbollah contests government's decision to take charge of presidential powers as Lebanon slides into chaos.

BEIRUT, Lebanon - Iran-backed Hezbollah on Sunday blamed U.S. interference for the Lebanese parliament's inability to elect a president and added a new condition for choosing the next head of state: The leader must support the powerful Shiite Muslim group's fight against Israel. Hezbollah's demand is bound to further complicate efforts to elect a new president to replace Emile Lahoud, who ...

MUMBAI (Thomson Financial) - Standard & Poor's Ratings Services has placed the Republic of Lebanon's 'B-' long-term foreign and local currency sovereign ratings on negative watch, after the Parliament failed to select a new president by the constitutional deadline and postponed elections to Nov 30.

BEIRUT: Lebanese opposition group Hezbollah said yesterday that failure to reach agreement on a new president in the week ahead could leave the divided country without a head of state for a long time.

LONDON (Standard & Poor's) Nov. 26, 2007--Standard & Poor's Ratings Services today said it placed its 'B-' long-term foreign and local currency sovereign ratings on the Republic of Lebanon on CreditWatch with negative implications after the Lebanese parliament failed to select a new president by the constitutional deadline.

Lebanese President Emile Lahoud ordered the army to take charge of security on Friday after political rivalry blocked the election of his successor, hours before he was due to step down.

Last week's negative sentiments prevailing on the Beirut Stock Exchange (BSE) spilled over to this week as a result of political bickering over the presidential election. The performance of the BSE continued to deteriorate, as eight of the 11 traded stocks declined, sending the BLOM Stock Index downward by 1.68 percent.

Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warned over the weekend that a civil war in Lebanon is imminent unless the Lebanese reach a consensus over pending political issues. Araghchi was one of many foreign officials around the world who commented on the latest twist in Lebanon's political crisis after rival Lebanese political factions failed.

BEIRUT - Iran-backed Hezbollah on Sunday blamed U.S. interference for the Lebanese parliament's inability to elect a president and added a new condition for choosing the next head of state: The leader must support the powerful Shiite Muslim group's fight against Israel.

The Daily Star.

Lebanon, left without a president after parliament failed to elect President Emile Lahoud's successor, may stay in political limbo for weeks.

With the Annapolis summit scheduled to begin Tuesday, top Israeli government policy officials have expressed to WND concerns Iran is on the brink of destabilizing Lebanon.

BEIRUT, Lebanon, 10:49 a.m. Nov. 25 (AP): Iran-backed Hezbollah on Sunday blamed U.S. interference for the Lebanese parliament's inability to elect a president and added a new condition for choosing the next head of state: The leader must support the powerful Shiite Muslim group's fight against Israel.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanese opposition group Hezbollah said on Sunday that failure to reach agreement on a new president in the week ahead could leave the divided country without a head of state for a long time.

Iran-backed Hezbollah on Sunday blamed U.S. interference for the Lebanese parliament's inability to elect a president and added a new condition for choosing the next head of state: The leader must support the powerful Shiite Muslim group's fight against Israel.

Firefighters stomped out a fire this morning at several row homes in Lebanon city. The fire started shortly after 5 a.m. at the row homes at 1320 to 1324 Brandywine Street.

Lebanese President Emile Lahoud ordered the army to take charge of security on Friday after political rivalry blocked the election of his successor, hours before he was due to step down.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's Hezbollah militant group said on Sunday a U.S.-hosted Middle East peace conference this week was only a "media show" in support of Israel.

LEBANON (AP) -- A high-tech helmet invented by a New Hampshire company is helping football teams and the military learn more about head injuries. ...

LEBANESE Prime Minister Fouad Siniora yesterday called for calm amid fears of a resurgence of violence from Iran and Syria-backed Hezbollah in a growing power vacuum.

By ZEINA KARAM and BASSEM MROUE Prime Minister Fuad Saniora assured his country Saturday that the military was in control of the streets while lawmakers struggled to overcome a political crisis that has left the country without a president. The army made clear it will stay out of politics, emerging as the country's best hope for stability. Beirut remained calm Saturday and shops opened for ...

The head of Lebanon's Maronite Christian church has warned that the situation in the country is "critical" after Emile Lahoud's term as the president expired with no agreement on his successor.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanese opposition group Hezbollah said on Sunday that failure to reach agreement on a new president in the week ahead could leave the divided country without a head of state for a long time.

TRIPOLI, Lebanon (AFP)--Eight Palestinians, four of them children, were wounded in a blast on Sunday in a refugee camp of north Lebanon where the army battled Islamists this summer, a Palestinian official said.

Lebanon, 11/25 - Lebanon is facing a potential power vacuum after its president left office with no elected successor, and rivals argue over who will now take control.

BEIRUT, Lebanon - Prime Minister Fuad Saniora assured his country yesterday that the military was in control of the streets while lawmakers struggled to overcome a political crisis that has left the country without a president.

BEIRUT, Lebanon Prime Minister Fuad Saniora assured his country Saturday that the military was in control of the streets while lawmakers struggled to overcome a political crisis that has left the country without a president.

Lebanon: The nominees and the winners of Bespoke magazine's first annual Ultimate Awards have been announced and an issue dedicated to all the participants. [AMEInfo.com]

Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Seniora stressed Saturday that his government maintains its responsibilities in line with the constitution in the case of the absence of a president, local Naharnet news website reported. The president' ...

BEIRUT (Thomson Financial) - Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora on Saturday stepped into the political vacuum left by parliament's failure to elect a president, but vowed to help find a head of state as quickly as possible.

The Iranian-backed Shia militant group is exploiting the tense political deadlock in Beirut to draw thousands of new fighters from across the sectarian divide.

LEBANESE Prime Minister Fouad Siniora yesterday called for calm amid fears of a resurgence of violence from Iran and Syria-backed Hezbollah in a growing power vacuum.

BEIRUT (AFP) - Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora on Saturday stepped into the political vacuum left by parliament's failure to elect a president, but vowed to help find a head of state as quickly as possible.

Lebanon awoke a republic without a president Saturday amid mounting worries over a power vacuum that has intensified the nation's yearlong political turmoil. The capital was calm and shops opened for business as usual the morning after a tumultuous day that saw President Emile Lahoud depart without a successor after announcing he was handing over security powers to the army. ...

HEADLESS: Shops opened as usual in Beirut yesterday on Lebanon's first day without a leader. Officials sought to quell fears and pledged to find a compromise candidate

Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora has assured his country there is no cause for alarm over a power vacuum; and said his cabinet was assuming executive powers in the absence of a president for the first time in nine years. Emile Lahoud's presidency expired at midnight on Friday.

BEIRUT - A Lebanese government minister said on Saturday he will attend a US-hosted peace conference next week, although the powerful opposition party Hezbollah called for a boycott of the gathering.

BEIRUT, Lebanon -- Lebanon awoke a republic without a president Saturday amid mounting worries over a power vacuum that has intensified the nation's yearlong political turmoil.

BEIRUT (AFP) - Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora vowed on Saturday to help elect a new president in Lebanon, left in limbo after its president stepped down at the end of his term with no elected successor.

BEIRUT: Im Libanon herrscht nach dem Ende der Amtszeit von Prsident mile Lahoud und der gescheiterten Wahl eines Nachfolgers angespannte Ruhe. Die Lden in der Hauptstadt Beirut waren geffnet.

Confusion reigns in Lebanon, where the post of president remains vacant after the departure of Emile Lahoud.

BEIRUT (AFP) - Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora vowed on Saturday to help elect a new president in Lebanon, left in limbo after its president stepped down at the end of his term with no elected successor.

Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora vowed on Saturday to help elect a new president in Lebanon, left in limbo after its president stepped down at the end of his term with no elected successor.

Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora said on Saturday his cabinet was assuming the powers of the presidency in the absence of a successor to Emile Lahoud, whose mandate expired at midnight on Friday.

BEIRUT, Lebanon - Lebanon's political tumult intensified yesterday as President Emile Lahoud said the country is in a "state of emergency" and handed security powers to the army hours before leaving office without a successor. The rival...

BEIRUT (AFP) - Lebanon was left without a head of state Saturday after its president stepped down at the end of his term with no elected successor and a raging feud over who was in charge in the politically divided nation.

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) -- Lebanon's political tumult intensified as President Emile Lahoud said the country is in a "state of emergency" and handed security powers to the army before he left office late Friday without a successor. The rival, pro-Western Cabinet rejected the declaration.

Lebanon is in limbo as the president leaves office and rival factions argue over who now takes control.

Lebanon was left without a head of state Saturday after its president stepped down at the end of his term with no elected successor and a raging feud over who was in charge in the politically divided nation.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon stepped into uncharted territory on Saturday when time ran out on attempts to find a new president before President Emile Lahoud's mandate expired.

BEIRUT, Lebanon - Leb-anon's political tumult intensified Friday as President Emile Lahoud declared a "state of emergency" and handed security powers to the army before he left office without a successor.

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon voiced his regret on Friday over the fifth postponement of the Lebanese presidential election beyond the term of the current incumbent, Emile Lahoud, urging all parties to maintain calm and to further inte ...

President Emile Lahoud said Friday that Lebanon is in a "state of emergency" and ordered the army to take over security powers, hours before he was stepping down without a successor and leaving a political vacuum in the divided country. The pro-Western government of Prime Minister Fuad Saniora rejected the move, raising tensions.

Lebanon's political tumult intensified as President Emile Lahoud said the country is in a "state of emergency" and handed security powers to the army before he left office late Friday without a successor. The rival, pro-Western Cabinet rejected the declaration.

BEIRUT - Lebanon stepped into uncharted territory on Saturday when time ran out on attempts to find a new president before President Emile Lahoud's mandate expired.

Lebanon faced an explosive power vacuum Saturday as President Emile Lahoud stepped down at the end of his term with no elected successor and a raging feud over who was in charge in the politically divided nation.

Witnessing the prevailing political paralyses of Lebanon is a painful experience for someone like me who has a heartfelt love of the country and its cultured, entrepreneurial people. However, I can't imagine how devastating it must be for the Lebanese, who, for decades, have suffered on a rollercoaster of serial crises.

Lebanese President Emile Lahoud ordered the army to take charge of security after political rivalry blocked the election of his successor.

Lebanese non-governmental organization Offre Joie staged a rally on the nation's day of independence Thursday under the slogan of "Our Unity is our Salvation." Hundreds of citizens from all corners of Lebanon took to the streets of the capital to participate in the march, which started in perfect sunshine in the southern suburb of Tayouneh.

The announcement raised further confusion amid Lebanon's political turmoil, which many fear could explode into violence between supporters of the government and the opposition.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's outgoing President Emile Lahoud asked the army to take control of the country's security on Friday, after rival leaders failed to agree on his successor, creating a vacuum in the presidency from midnight.

Lebanese President Emile Lahoud ordered the army to take charge of security on Friday after political rivalry blocked the election of his successor, hours before he was due to step down.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon plunged closer to chaos on Friday when President Emile Lahoud ordered the army to take charge of security after political rivalries blocked the election of his successor hours before he was due to step down.

Lebanon's political tumult intensified as President Emile Lahoud said the country is in a "state of emergency" and handed security powers to the army before he left office Friday without a successor. The rival, pro-Western Cabinet rejected the declaration.

The United States on Friday urged all sides in Lebanon to maintain calm after the Lebanese parliament failed again to elect a new president, and warned US citizens living there to take precautions.

As the standoff between the the US-supported government and the Syrian-backed opposition continues, residents in Beirut, the Lebanese capital, talk of their hope for an end to the political crisis in the country.

BEIRUT - Lebanese President Emile Lahoud ordered the army to take charge of security on Friday after political rivalry blocked the election of his successor, hours before he was due to step down.

BEIRUT (AFP) - Lebanon faced a dangerous power vacuum and further political chaos after rival politicians failed again on Friday to elect a successor to President Emile Lahoud, whose mandate expires at midnight.

Outgoing President Emile Lahoud handed over Lebanon's security to the army on Friday saying conditions exist that could lead to a state of emergency, his office announced just hours before he was to step down.

Lebanese President Emil Lahoud has called on the Lebanese army Friday to preserve security in Lebanon, only hours before leaving office without a successor being named.

BEIRUT (AFP) - Lebanese people spoke of their anguish and despair on Friday as feuding politicians failed to break the deadlock over a new president, threatening to plunge the country deeper into crisis.

The speaker of the Lebanese Parliament postponed until Nov. 30 the vote to elect a new president.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's parliamentary speaker postponed a vote on Friday that was the last chance to choose a president before the pro-Syrian head of state, Emile Lahoud, leaves office at midnight.

Time is running out for rival factions in Lebanon to agree on a replacement for President Emile Lahoud whose term of office expires at midnight Friday.

BEIRUT (AFP) - Lebanon again postponed an election to choose a new head of state by a midnight Friday deadline amid continuing deadlock between rival political factions and fears of a dangerous power vacuum.

Lebanon again postponed an election to choose a new head of state by a midnight Friday deadline amid continuing deadlock between rival political factions and fears of a dangerous power vacuum.

In Beirut, Lebanese parliamentary speaker Nabih Berri has postponed a vote to elect the country's next president until November 30. The step allows more time for rival leaders to agree on a new head of state after the opposition boycotted the Friday session and prevented a needed quorum from being reached.

BEIRUT (AFP)--Lebanese President Emile Lahoud will step down when his mandate ends at midnight on Friday, but he is studying measures to ensure the country's security before he leaves, his spokesman told AFP.

Beirut, Lebanon - Rival leaders made last-ditch efforts Thursday to find a compromise candidate for Lebanon's presidency with no sign of a solution a day ahead of a constitutional deadline.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's parliamentary speaker postponed a vote on Friday that was the last chance to choose a president before the pro-Syrian head of state, Emile Lahoud, leaves office at midnight.

Lebanon's parliament failed to elect a successor to President Emile Lahoud just hours before he was set to leave office after it was unable to convene due to an opposition boycott Friday.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's turmoil worsened on Friday with rival political camps failing to find a consensus that would allow parliament to choose a new head of state before pro-Syrian President Emile Lahoud's term expires at midnight.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon was plunged deeper into political turmoil after the Syrian-backed opposition said it would boycott a Friday presidential election, hours before the term of pro-Syrian President Emile Lahoud ended at midnight.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's turmoil worsened on Friday with rival political camps failing to find a consensus that would allow parliament to choose a new head of state before pro-Syrian President Emile Lahoud's term expires at midnight.

A deadline for Lebanese lawmakers to elect a new head of state expires Friday with feuding political parties still deadlocked despite intense international pressure. A last-ditch session to elect a successor to incumbent president Emile Lahoud has been postponed.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon was plunged deeper into political turmoil after the Syrian-backed opposition said it would boycott a Friday presidential election, hours before the term of pro-Syrian President Emile Lahoud ended at midnight.

French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner (L) listens to Lebanese deputy Michel Aoun (R) in Rabiyeh, northeast of Beirut. A deadline for Lebanese lawmakers to elect a new head of state was set to expire Friday with feuding political parties still deadlocked despite intense international pressure.

BEIRUT (AFP) - Lebanon's political crisis deepened as the clocked ticked down to a midnight Friday deadline for lawmakers to elect a new president, with no breakthrough in sight despite intense diplomatic pressure.

Lebanon's political crisis looks set to deepen unless MPs can reach a last-minute deal on a new president.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's opposition will boycott a parliament session to elect a new president on Friday in the absence of a deal on who will replace the pro-Syria incumbent, whose term ends the same day, a senior opposition source said.

BEIRUT -- Squalls of rain lashed the offices of Carmen Geha and other young activists. Thunder rolling off the Mediterranean provided a cadence to their work. The weather was a little like politics this week in Lebanon -- turbulent and baleful. And Geha, optimistic against the odds, was determined...

BEIRUT: Frankreich ist mit seinem jngsten Vermittlungsversuch zwischen den pro-westlichen und pro-syrischen Krften im Libanon gescheitert.

Failure to elect a new president on time could lead to a power vacuum, or two rival governments, much like during the last two years of the 1975-90 civil war.

Even if France were tempted to play guardian again for the Christians in Lebanon -- with the approval of the American empire, instead of the Ottoman Empire this time -- the official Arab and international order could not directly imprint itself on Lebanon in a way favourable to the opposition, not even the Christian opposition, which makes up most of the Christian representatives in the Lebanese ...

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon was plunged deeper into political turmoil after the Syrian-backed opposition said it would boycott a Friday presidential election, hours before the term of pro-Syrian President Emile Lahoud ended at midnight.

Lebanon was plunged deeper into political turmoil after the Syrian-backed opposition said it would boycott a Friday presidential election, hours before the term of pro-Syrian President Emile Lahoud ended at midnight.

Visiting French and Italian envoys said the doubted Lebanon's rival factions would agree on a candidate hours before the critical vote was due.

Lebanon's Hezbollah-led opposition will boycott a parliament session on Friday to elect a new head of state in the absence of a deal with the majority on a consensus candidate, a senior opposition source said.

Lebanon's anti-Syrian majority coalition lawmakers will go to parliament on Friday for a scheduled session to elect a new president, a majority MP said on Thursday.

Lebanon's parliament is unlikely to elect a new head of state on Friday in the last few hours of pro-Syrian President Emile Lahoud's term, because rival leaders have failed to clinch a deal despite French-led mediation.

Beirut - French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner expressed pessimism Thursday regarding reaching a settlement to the Lebanese political crisis. The situation in Lebanon is more or less pessimistic, Kouchner said in a joint press conference with hi...

Beirut _ Lebanese streets were tense and brimming with rumours on the eve of a possible parliament vote on a new president to take office.

A last-ditch session by Lebanon's parliament to elect a president Friday -- the deadline to replace head of state Emile Lahoud -- has been postponed, an MP with the ruling majority said Thursday.

Rival leaders made last-ditch efforts Thursday to find a compromise candidate for Lebanon's presidency with no sign of a solution a day ahead of a constitutional deadline

BEIRUT (AFP)--Lebanese opposition leader Michel Aoun proposed Thursday that his camp name an interim president and that the ruling majority appoint a prime minister to end a long-running presidential row.

BEIRUT (AFP)--A vote by the Lebanese parliament to elect a president Friday - the deadline to replace head of state Emile Lahoud - has been postponed again, Solange Gemayel, a lawmaker with the ruling majority, told AFP.

BEIRUT - Lebanon's parliament is unlikely to elect a new head of state on Friday in the last few hours of pro-Syrian President Emile Lahoud's term because rival camps have failed to clinch a deal, despite French-led mediation.

Source: Reuters By Tom Perry BEIRUT, Nov 22 (Reuters) - A crisis surrounding the fate of Lebanon's presidency is a milestone in the decline of Maronite Christian influence in a country once dominated by the sect ...

Lebanon's parliament is unlikely to elect a new president on Friday in the last few hours before the pro-Syrian incumbent's term ends because rival camps have failed to clinch a deal, despite French-led mediation.

Lebanon's parliament session to elect a new president is unlikely to be held on Friday as efforts to end the country's political standoff remained deadlocked, political sources said on Thursday.

BEIRUT (AFP) - Foreign envoys and Lebanese leaders were engaged in make-or-break talks on Thursday on holding a presidential election as the clock ticked down to a Friday deadline with no breakthrough in sight.

Beirut - Lebanon's Independence Day, usually celebrated with a military parade and festivities, was marked Thursday by empty streets and a sombre mood as the country's leaders remained divided on the election of a new president by Friday's deadline. ...

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon marked its independence day on Thursday gripped by anxiety about the failure so far of rival political camps and a slew of foreign mediators to clinch agreement on a new president and avert possible violence.

Dave Roberts LEBANON - The Waynesville High School boys? basketball team will just be getting back its full squad when it begins play in the Lebanon Central Bank Classic next week.

BEIRUT: Agreement on a new president remained elusive on Wednesday as Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa ended his round of talks and left Lebanon, saying only that nothing has changed but that some hope still remains for consensus.

BEIRUT: Lebanon on Thursday is marking 64 years since officially achieving independence, but the country still fails to qualify as a sovereign state by most measures, a number of political analysts told The Daily Star on Wednesday.

Lebanon is President Bush?s last viable project for expanding democracy in the Middle East. We fear if something isn?t done quickly, that too will unravel.

Beirut - Lebanese streets were tense and brimming with rumours on the eve of a possible Parliament vote on a new president to take office. Pro-Syrian President Emile Lahoud's term ends Friday, and rival Lebanese leaders are trying to reach a consensu...

In an undated file picture, former Lebanese government minister Michel Edde sits in his office in Beirut.

Agreement on a new president remained elusive on Wednesday as Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa ended his round of talks and left Lebanon, saying only that nothing has changed but that some hope still remains for consensus. A joint news conference by Moussa and French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - The United States and Lebanon's main anti-Syrian Christian leader on Wednesday accused Damascus of blocking a deal on a new Lebanese president, just two days before the incumbent's term ends.

With Speaker Nabih Berri's fourth postponement of the presidential election on Tuesday, the time to find a consensus candidate is running out. Frustration and concern have become palpable. The ruling March 14 coalition and the March 8 opposition remain at an impasse, the military and security presence has increased.

The United States and Lebanon's main anti-Syrian Christian leader on Wednesday accused Damascus of blocking a deal on a new Lebanese president, just two days before the incumbent's term ends.

BEIRUT - The United States and Lebanon's main anti-Syrian Christian leader on Wednesday accused Damascus of blocking a deal on a new Lebanese president, just two days before the incumbent's term ends.

WASHINGTON ? The United States has restricted the movement of its diplomats in Lebanon and European Union states are preparing to pull out from its peace-keeping mission as the Hizbullah threat to the Beirut government increases.

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told Syria on Wednesday to stop interfering in Lebanon's stalled election process and allow its neighbour to chose a new president without intimidation.

Lebanon's feuding political leaders and foreign envoys on Wednesday were engaged in intense last-minute negotiations to secure a compromise deal on a presidential candidate by a Friday deadline.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's main anti-Syrian Christian leader accused Syria and its allies on Wednesday of blocking a deal on a new president, just two days before the incumbent's term ends.

WASHINGTON - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told Syria on Wednesday to stop interfering in Lebanon?s stalled election process and allow its neighbor to chose a new president without intimidation.

Source: Reuters UNITED NATIONS, Nov 21 (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon warned on Wednesday there was "a real possibility of a confrontation" if Lebanon fails to elect a president by the end ...

Source: Reuters By Nadim Ladki BEIRUT, Nov 21 (Reuters) - Lebanon's main anti-Syrian Christian leader accused Syria and its allies on Wednesday of blocking a deal on a new president by threatening chaos if their ...

MOSCOW. Nov 21 (Interfax) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon have discussed the situation in Lebanon by telephone.

MOSCOW, November 21 (Itar-Tass) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov had a telephone conversation with U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday to discuss the situation in Lebanon due to the upcoming presidential elections in the country.

MADRID, Nov 21, 2007 (AFP) - Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos is to leave for Beirut late Wednesday to join diplomatic efforts to end Lebanon's political crisis, a diplomatic source said.

The Mt. Lebanon school board voted Monday to hire Celli Flynn Brennan Architects & Planners for its high school project. ...

Facebook ban marks latest in series of restrictions that have driven dissidents to Lebanon

NEW LEBANON, N.Y. ? Firefighting units from seven communities were called out on Friday night to battle a fire at Smitty's Pizza on Route 20. There were no injuries.

An anticipated tax hike for 2008 is the direct result of what North Lebanon Township officials have called ?the EIT debacle.?

Lebanon's presidential elections have been postponed for the fourth time. Originally scheduled for Wednesday, a successor to the pro-Syrian President Emile Lahoud is now to be decided on Friday, when the current term expires.

BEIRUT: Im Libanon sind die Sicherheitsvorkehrungen nach der vierten Verschiebung der Wahl eines neuen Prsidenten im Parlament verschrft worden. Die Einheiten von Polizei und Armee in der Hauptstadt Beirut wurden verstrkt.

Lebanon's presidential election has been postponed for a fourth time amid last-ditch efforts by the Government and the Opposition to agree on a consensus candidate by a Friday deadline.

"I would ask you to turn off your mobile telephones," grimaces the imperious-looking man with the shaven head, "but we've discovered that these are considered sacred objects around here." He pauses to reach into his jacket pocket, then pulls out his own mobile for the audience. "But if you start SMS-ing, we may start as well."

DAMASCUS (AFP)--French President Nicolas Sarkozy called his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad Tuesday, reopening top-level contacts after a three-year break in a bid to end the political crisis in Lebanon, Syrian media said.

Lebanon's parliament on Tuesday postponed a key session to elect a president until later this week because the deeply divided factions failed to find a compromise candidate.

The season's first hailstorm Tuesday was a blessing in disguise for cluster bomb-infested parts of southern Lebanon, triggering blasts from previously unexploded bomblets. No injuries were reported.

NICOSIA ? The government of Prime Minister Fuad Siniora has poured thousands of troops into the Lebanese capital to protect parliament in any vote for the nation's next president.

The season's first hailstorm Tuesday was a blessing in disguise for cluster bomb-infested parts of southern Lebanon, triggering blasts from previously unexploded bomblets.

The season's first hailstorm Tuesday was a blessing in disguise for cluster bomb-infested parts of southern Lebanon, triggering blasts from previously unexploded bomblets. No injuries were reported.

NOVO-OGARYOVO, November 20 (Itar-Tass) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday had a conversation with Saad Hariri, the leader of the Lebanese Al-Mustaqbal movement. The meeting was held in the Russian president?s Novo-Ogaryovo residence.

The season's first hailstorm Tuesday was a blessing in disguise for cluster bomb-infested parts of southern Lebanon, triggering blasts from previously unexploded bomblets. No injuries were reported.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - A hailstorm has caused hundreds of cluster bombs to explode in south Lebanon, the National News Agency said on Tuesday.

Lebanon's presidential election was postponed for a fourth time on Tuesday amid last-ditch efforts for political rivals to strike a deal by a Friday deadline to replace the current head of state.

Lebanon's parliament Tuesday appeared likely to postpone a key session to elect a president until later this week because as the deeply divided factions have failed to find a compromise candidate.

The Lebanese presidential election will be postponed for two days to November 23 to give rival leaders more time to agree on a successor to President Emile Lahoud, a senior political source told Reuters on Tuesday.

Source: Reuters LEBANESE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION WILL BE POSTPONED FOR TWO DAYS TO NOV. 23 - POLITICAL SOURCE ...

Lebanon's national news agency reports a hailstorm has caused hundreds of cluster bombs to explode in south Lebanon.

Are there any disagreements between Lebanon and Mexico? And are agreements being prepared between the two countries? There are no disagreements between our two countries.

Source: Reuters (Recasts with army statement, adds Syria FM) By Tom Perry BEIRUT, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Lebanon's army tightened security in Beirut on Tuesday as rival leaders remained split over who should replace ...

Lebanon's army tightened security in Beirut on Tuesday as rival leaders remained split over who should replace the pro-Syrian president before his term ends this week.

Lebanon's rival political camps remained at loggerheads on Tuesday over who should replace its pro-Syrian president, who has only four days left in office.

BEIRUT -- More than 40 members of Lebanon's parliament have spent the past month in the gilded luxury of a five-star hotel in Beirut, trying to avoid assassination so they can elect the country's next president.

Visiting French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said here on Monday that his country will continue exerting diplomatic efforts in the following two days in a bid to help Lebanon out of the current political impasse. "There are obs ...

THE final report of an official inquiry into the conduct of last year?s Lebanon war is expected to accuse Ehud Olmert, the Israeli prime minister, of having caused the pointless deaths of 33 Israeli soldiers in the final 60 hours of fighting.

European Union foreign ministers, at a meeting, Monday meant to discuss international hot spots including Kosovo, Iran and Pakistan to name a few, expressed their growing concern over Lebanon's political crisis. They welcomed the spirit of dialogue that "has been observed in recent weeks and [reaffirmed] the desire for successful Lebanese.

MOSCOW, November 19 (RIA Novosti) - Lebanese parliamentary majority leader Saad al-Hariri is set to arrive in Moscow on Monday for talks with President Vladimir Putin, amid a political standoff in the Mideast state.

Beirut- Arab League Secretary General Amr Mussa arrived in Lebanon Monday, joining European efforts to help rival leaders reach a consensus on electing a new president later this week. The Arab world is worried about the situation in Lebanon, he to...

French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner threatened Monday to disclose the names of the parties that are blocking a Paris initiative to facilitate Lebanese Presidential elections, pointing an accusing finger at forces "outside" Lebanon.

BEIRUT (AFP) - Lebanon's rival political factions appeared in total deadlock on Monday on finding a consensus presidential candidate despite intense international pressure and a looming deadline for a vote.

Lebanon's rival political factions on Monday remained deadlocked on finding a consensus presidential candidate despite intense international pressure and a looming deadline for a vote.

France's foreign minister blamed unnamed parties on Monday for blocking a deal between rival Lebanese leaders to agree on a consensus nominee for president, two days before a parliamentary vote.

France's foreign minister, on his second visit to Lebanon in under a week, met Lebanese leaders on Monday to press them to agree a consensus nominee for president, two days before the deadline for a parliamentary vote.

BEIRUT: Developments on the Beirut Stock Exchange were influenced mainly by the negative political tone over the presidential elections, resulting in a downward trend on the bourse that reflected adverse trading sentiment.

BEIRUT, Nov 18, 2007 (AFP) - French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said Sunday he was "less confident" about reaching a solution to Lebanon's political crisis as he returned to the country for his sixth visit in as many months.

PARIS, Nov 12, 2007 (AFP) - French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner was due to arrive in Lebanon late Monday, where he aims to help feuding leaders resolve a crisis over the election of a new president.

French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner arrived here on Sunday night in a last-ditch attempt to nudge the feuding Lebanese parties to agree on a compromise presidential candidate, Lebanon's National News Agency (NNA) reported. This ...

Kathleen Curtin is the food historian at Plimoth Plantation and author of Giving Thanks: Thanksgiving Recipes and History, From Pilgrims to Pumpkin Pie. She knows her way around a Thanksgiving feast, but it might not be quite what you'd expect.

French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner arrived in Beirut on Sunday night for his sixth visit to the country since May, as US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice telephoned political leaders in a bid to push Lebanon's feuding political camps toward a consensus presidential candidate. Parliament is scheduled to meet on Wednesday for the electoral.

Almost 20,000 runners hit the streets of Lebanon for the fifth Beirut Marathon under tight security ahead of a planned presidential election later this week.

Every year from early November until late January, farmers throughout Lebanon engage in the timeless ballet that is the olive harvest. Dating back to the Phoenicians in the 3rd century, the production of olive oil has remained one of Lebanon's oldest industries. With olive oil a key ingredient in most traditional Lebanese foods.

Diplomats intensified their moves on Sunday to get rival Lebanese leaders to agree on a successor for the president whose term ends this week, a step vital to defusing a prolonged crisis.

Beirut - French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner was due to arrive in Beirut late Sunday for meetings with Lebanese leaders as the country enters a crucial week before the presidential elections. Kouchner's visit is part of the ongoing European effo...

The Shiite Muslim militant group Hezbollah has launched a massive project to rebuild south Beirut, devastated in last year's war with Israel ? and it's paying for much of the construction with international donor funds that were meant to strengthen its top rival, the Lebanese government.

Lebanese soldiers search pedestrians at a street that leads to the the parliament building in Beirut, September 2007. Lebanon enters a decisive week as the term of President Emile Lahoud is set to expire with political leaders still unable to agree on his successor despite intense international pressure.

Almost 20,000 runners hit the streets of Lebanon on Sunday for the fifth Beirut Marathon under tight security ahead of a planned presidential election later this week.

BEIRUT, Nov 18, 2007 (AFP) - Lebanon enters a decisive week as President Emile Lahoud's term is set to expire with political leaders still unable to agree on his successor despite intense international pressure.

Source: Reuters Nov 18 (Reuters) - Lebanon's pro-Syrian President Emile Lahoud ends his term of office on Nov. 23 and the country's divided politicians have yet to agree on his successor. France is leading ...

BEIRUT - Rival Lebanese leaders are struggling to agree on a successor for the president whose term ends this week, a step vital to defusing a prolonged crisis, political sources said on Sunday.

18 November 2007 - Beirut, Lebanon - The Ethiopian pair of Tamrat Elanso and Adaneche Beyene Jemilu proved to be easy winners of the BLOM Beirut International Marathon on Sunday.

(Reuters) - Lebanon faces a crucial week with the term of pro-Syrian President Emile Lahoud ending on November 23 and the country's divided politicians yet to agree on his successor.

MARK was probably the only English person in the Rob Roy pub in north London - and he was only there because his girlfriend Abbie is Scottish and he felt it was hisduty to accompany her.

In his 47 years, Chibli Mallat has seen his homeland of Lebanon, a small nation of 4 million on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean, devolve from a once-prosperous center of Middle Eastern finance and culture into a society fractured along ethnic divisions - a land used as a staging area for

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Lebanon's parliament speaker Nabih Berri gestures during a meeting of deputies in October 2007. Italian Foreign Minister Massimo D'Alema is meeting Lebanese leaders in a last-minute push to choose consensus candidates for next week's presidential poll in the divided state.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Rival Lebanese leaders say they can agree on a new president in a step seen as vital to defusing a deep political crisis but "everything could still go wrong," Italy's foreign minister said on Saturday.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned Lebanese leaders on Friday that their country stood on the brink of an "abyss" if they failed to put their differences aside to elect a new president by a Nov. 23 deadline.

Italian Foreign Minister Massimo D'Alema said on Saturday it was possible for Lebanon's feuding political leaders to elect a new president by a deadline just six days away but warned the situation was "difficult."

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Rival Lebanese leaders say they can agree on a new president in a step seen as vital to defusing a deep political crisis but "everything could still go wrong," Italy's foreign minister said on Saturday.

Italian Foreign Minister Massimo D'Alema met Lebanese leaders on Saturday, in a last-minute push to choose consensus candidates for next week's presidential poll in the divided state.

17 November 2007 - Beirut, Lebanon - With less than 24 hours to go before the Blom Beirut Marathon, tension and ongoing violence pervades the air in the Lebanon ahead of presidential elections next Wednesday.

PARIS, Nov 12, 2007 (AFP) - French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner was due to arrive in Lebanon late Monday, where he aims to help feuding leaders resolve a crisis over the election of a new president.

Italian Foreign Minister Massimo D'Alema met Lebanese leaders Saturday in a last-minute push to choose consensus candidates for next week's presidential poll in the divided state.

BEIRUT, Nov 12, 2007 (AFP) - A French peacekeeper with the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon was killed on Monday and another wounded in a shooting accident, a UNIFIL spokeswoman told AFP.

Lebanon -- President Bush has nominated Gregory Kays, a Missouri state judge, to serve as a federal judge on the U.S. District Court in Kansas City.

Cairo: Lebanon, who narrowly missed out on hosting the Pan Arab Games this year, has instead been awarded the event in 2011.

BEIRUT: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Friday said that the government of Prime Minister Fouad Siniora made good progress in economic reforms despite the political troubles in the country.

A 31-year-old Lebanon woman pleads guilty to patient abuse.

BEIRUT - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday warned that Lebanon risked nearing "the brink of the abyss" unless its political crisis was solved and said it was vital a presidential election go ahead on time next week.

Armed bodyguards of Palestinian Fatah leader Khaled Aref secure the area as journalists surround Aref(C) at the entrance of Burj al-Barajneh refugee camp in Beirut.

BEIRUT: Palestinian armed factions clashed yesterday in the Burj Al Barajneh refugee camp south of Beirut wounding three people, a security source said.

United Nations secretary-general Ban Ki-moon has warned that Lebanon risks nearing "the brink of the abyss" unless its political crisis is solved.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday warned that Lebanon risked nearing "the brink of the abyss" unless its political crisis was solved and said it was vital a presidential election go ahead on time next week.

Environmental organizations continue to sound the alarm over leaky bags and drums of oily sand at Beirut's Ramlet al-Baida beach, but the Environment Ministry says the waste does not pose an environmental hazard and the ministry does not have a timetable to take away the polluted material.

BEIRUT - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday warned that Lebanon risked nearing "the brink of the abyss" unless its political crisis was solved and said it was vital a presidential election go ahead on time next week.

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday warned that Lebanon risked nearing "the brink of the abyss" unless its political crisis was solved and said it was vital a presidential election go ahead on time next week.

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is urging Lebanon's top leaders to put aside their differences and hold a free presidential election before November 24. Outgoing president Emile Lahoud's term expires at midnight on November 23. Edward Yeranian reports for the VOA from Beirut.

Like waiting for a firework to explode, there?s something exhilarating about seeing an artist on the brink of worldwide stardom. Given the recent critical acclaim heaped upon Beirut, their wintery London appearance is one steeped in excited expectation.

Hundreds of students, staff and faculty were evacuated in the New Lebanon School District after someone made a bomb threat.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (L) shakes hands with Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora during a meeting in Beirut. Ban held talks with feuding Lebanese leaders to press them on the need to pick a new head of state by a November 23 deadline and avert a full-blown crisis.

Palestinian factions said a clash that erupted in a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon Friday was just an isolated incident involving two feuding families, but it nevertheless highlighted the Palestinian factional tension in a country that is also bogged down by a serious political crisis.

Source: Reuters Nov 16 (Reuters) - Lebanon faces a crucial week with the term of pro-Syrian President Emile Lahoud ending on Nov. 23 and the country's divided politicians yet to agree on his successor. France is ...

BEIRUT (AFP)--The leader of the pro-government bloc in the Lebanese parliament Saad Hariri said Friday he was optimistic a deal could be reached with the opposition on the choice of a new president.

Source: Reuters (Adds Fatah protest in other camp, background) BEIRUT, Nov 16 (Reuters) - Members of two families loyal to rival Palestinian factions exchanged gunfire at the Burj al-Barajneh refugee camp in ...

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Members of two families loyal to rival Palestinian factions exchanged gunfire at the Burj al-Barajneh refugee camp in southern Beirut on Friday, wounding two people, security sources said.

UN chief Ban Ki-moon held talks with feuding Lebanese leaders on Friday to press them on the need to pick a new head of state by a November 23 deadline and avert a full-blown crisis.

UN chief Ban Ki-moon is in Beirut to help broker an end to Lebanon's long impasse over electing a new president.

BEIRUT: Visiting UN chief Ban Ki-moon urged rival Lebanese leaders Thursday to set aside their differences and proceed with the election by next week of a consensus president with the "broadest possible acceptance" by the public.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon paid a visit today to Lebanon, where he has once again stressed that the holding of a free and fair presidential election later this month, without any foreign interference, would constitute a milestone for a country whose political situation he described as "complex and difficult."

BEFORE she escaped, Chandra worked 16 hours a day, seven days a week, cooking, cleaning and running a household for a family of six in Lebanon.

Visiting UN chief Ban Ki-moon urged rival Lebanese leaders Thursday to set aside their differences and proceed with the election by next week of a consensus president with the "broadest possible acceptance" by the public. "A free and fair election of a new president appointed through constitutional rules.

Lebanon's powerful Maronite patriarch Nasrallah Butros Sfeir has been thrust to the forefront of a bitter struggle between rival political camps as a deadline for a presidential election looms. The 87-year-old cardinal, a staunch defender of Lebanon's independence, has been pressured to draw up a list of presidential candidates.

Lebanon?s Parliament has until Nov. 23 to choose a president. The New York Times looks at the eight most likely contenders for the post.

With gold prices reaching all-time highs in the international markets, some bankers and economists are asking whether Lebanon's Central Bank should reconsider their long-held view that the country's precious metals must remain untouched. The Central Bank owns a little over 9.2 million ounces of gold, making Lebanon.

Beirut- United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called Thursday on Lebanese political rivals to put aside their differences and hold a free presidential election before November 24. A free and fair election of a new president appointed through ...

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday called on Lebanese leaders to hold a presidential election on time next week and said the successor to the pro-Syrian incumbent should enjoy broad support.

Beirut- United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Lebanon Thursday for talks to help end the political impasse over the election of a new president. Parliament has postponed three votes as Lebanese rival leaders failed to agree on a com...

One of two new bowling-based entertainment complexes slated for Lebanon won't roll into town as planned.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Lebanon on Thursday to meet feuding political leaders and try to persuade them to end a bitter struggle threatening to derail a presidential election.

The Armenian Foreign Ministry requested Turkey to explain the reasons of blocking the air corridor for Yerevan-Beirut and Yerevan-Aleppo flights.

The militant Hezbollah group in Lebanon is investigating activities of al-Qaida cells in the country, Beirut's As-Safir newspaper said Thursday.

A member of al-Qaida-affiliated group has admitted to planning to assassinate Hizbullah chief Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah, the Lebanese newspaper A-Safir reported on Thursday. The Beirut-based newspaper said this member held a Libyan passport.

The UN chief is due in Beirut to help broker an end to Lebanon's long impasse over a new president.

The Faculty of Engineering and Architecture at the American University of Beirut is launching the Industrial Technology Initiative which aims to establish a framework to support local and regional industry through applied research, consulting services, and training programs.

Lebanon hopes you'll kick off the Christmas season the old-fashioned way by taking part in its 14th annual Victorian Holiday Celebration Friday and Saturday night in the city's picturesque downtown. First, join the Old Lamplighter and violin player as they stroll down St. Louis Street turning on the lights and leaving the buildings in lighted silhouettes. Then, shop the town's two dozen unique ...

Two years away from becoming the district's fourth magnet school, the New Lebanon School community is already working on researching the school's magnet theme while educators attack lagging test scores.

BEIRUT, Lebanon Before she escaped, Chandra worked 16 hours a day, seven days a week - cooking, cleaning and running a household for a Lebanese family. The only time the Sri Lankan maid could leave was to throw out the garbage.

Lebanon: The Faculty of Engineering and Architecture at the American University of Beirut is launching the Industrial Technology Initiative which aims to establish a framework to support local and regional industry through applied research, consulting services, and training programs. The program will harness technologies and deploy knowledge for enhancing the competitiveness of enterprises. [AMEInfo.com]

Samoa beat Lebanon to secure the 10th and final place in next year's World Cup.

A library started in Mt. Lebanon by the Lions Club with a donation of 8,000 books collected by local Boy Scouts is celebrating its 75th birthday this weekend.

Samoa grabbed the last place in next year's World Cup in Australia and never looked like relinquishing it to a brave but ultimately outgunned Lebanon at Featherstone last night.

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has contracted Lebanese firm Promar Marine Contracting to resume operations to clean up oil spilled by Israeli attacks on the Jiyyeh power station during the summer 2006 war the US Embassy said WednesdayAccording to a statement issued by the embassy.

French envoy Jean-Claude Cousseran met with senior political leaders in Beirut on Wednesday, continuing his government's efforts to broker a deal on a consensus president to replace the outgoing Emile Lahoud as Lebanese awaited a list of candidates to be released by Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Butros Sfeir.

The Institute of Politcial Science at Universite St. Joseph (USJ) and the European Commission delegation in Lebanon teamed up this week to open "Neighborhood Days," an effort to broaden ties between this country and the European Union and to promote reforms outlined in a national Action Plan launched in January.

Lebanon: Maronite Christian chief fields presidential candidate list (AKI) - Urged by the international community, the spiritual leader of Lebanon's Maronite Christians, Cardinal Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir, has compiled a list of five or six candidates for the presidential election due to be held on 21 November. According to the Lebanese daily newspaper, An Nahar, the issue was discussed ...

Less than a week after winning an election for a seat as a district judge, Maria Meluskey Dissinger on Monday submitted her resignation to the Lebanon school board.

A Lebanese woman, linked to Hezbollah, pleaded guilty in Detroit to changes that included fraudulently getting U.S. citizenship to work for the FBI and CIA.

BEIRUT (AFP) - Lebanon's political leaders were waiting on Wednesday for the powerful Maronite cardinal to name presidential candidates amid a flurry of diplomatic efforts to break a damaging political deadlock.

UNITED NATIONS - The UN chief has appointed a former Canadian prosecutor to head a commission investigating the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese premier Rafik Hariri.

Lebanon: Under the auspices of the Minister of Finance Mr. Jihad Azour, the Rgie Libanaise des Tabacs et Tombacs and British American Tobacco (BAT) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) agreeing to coordinate efforts to combat cigarette smuggling and counterfeiting in Lebanon. [AMEInfo.com]

A Lebanese woman who worked for the CIA and FBI pleaded guilty on Tuesday to using government computers to gain information about the Hezbollah group and fraudulently obtaining U.S. citizenship, the Justice Department said.

A Litchfield-based development company submitted plans yesterday for an industrial and commercial complex on land along Route 120 in Lebanon.

LEBANON, Pa. -- The Lebanon V.A. Medical Center is campaigning to attract workers to help with soldiers needs. They said Tuesday that the hospital is being flooded with soldiers coming home from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The Lebanese government has blasted Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah's recent remarks as having dashed out the Lebanese people's hopes for a consensus on the presidential polls, the Daily Star reported Tuesday. Speaking on be ...

A Lebanese woman who worked for the CIA and FBI pleaded guilty on Tuesday to using government computers to gain information about the Hezbollah militant group and fraudulently obtaining U.S. citizenship, the Justice Department said.

WASHINGTON - A former agent for the FBI and CIA pleaded guilty Tuesday to faking a marriage to win U.S. citizenship, clearing the way to being hired and given security clearances by the two intelligence agencies.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - France's foreign minister on Tuesday cited progress in efforts to nudge feuding Lebanese leaders towards agreeing on a new president, and warned the country would face a "very difficult period" without a deal.

A Lebanese-born woman pleaded guilty Tuesday to having paid an American to marry her so she could get US citizenship and then later obtain jobs at the FBI and CIA, the Justice Department said.

France's foreign minister left Beirut on Tuesday cautiously optimistic about breaking the deadlock over the presidency, as the UN chief joins a host of foreign dignitaries pouring into Lebanon to resolve the crisis.

UNITED NATIONS - The UN chief has appointed a former Canadian prosecutor to head a commission investigating the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri, according to a letter to the Security Council released Tuesday.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will visit Lebanon on Thursday to push the country's feuding leaders to reach a consensus on the upcoming presidential election. The UN chief phoned Prime Minister Fouad Siniora Tuesday to discuss the international court that will try suspects in the assassinations of former Premier Rafik Hariri and others.

French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner tried Tuesday to achieve a breakthrough in Lebanon's political crisis, asking Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Sfeir for a list of presidential candidates and criticizing Hizbullah leader Hassan Nasrallah for opposing the election track.

French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner launched on Tuesday a fresh bid to break a political impasse in Lebanon that is threatening to derail the election of a president by a November 23 deadline.

LEBANON-Robert W. Callahan Jr. was named director of the Lebanon VA Medical Center, effective Nov. 11, announced the secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs today.

Nada had no choice. The Sunni Muslim Lebanese woman decided to become a Shiite because that branch of Islam guarantees that her daughters will one day be her sole heiresses.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner urged feuding Lebanese leaders on Tuesday to agree on a compromise presidential candidate, trying to break a deadlock in a crisis that could plunge the country into turmoil.

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BEIRUT (Reuters) - French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner urged feuding Lebanese leaders on Tuesday to agree on a compromise presidential candidate, trying to break a deadlock in a crisis that could plunge the country into turmoil.

Beirut - French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner met Tuesday feuding Lebanese rivals in attempt to help solve the Lebanese political impasse and reach a consensus on the Lebanese presidential election set for November 24. Kouchner, who arrived in Be...

BEIRUT (Reuters) - French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner met feuding Lebanese leaders on Tuesday to help them resolve a political impasse over a delayed presidential election that is threatening Lebanon's stability.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner met feuding Lebanese leaders on Tuesday to help them resolve a political impasse over a delayed presidential election that is threatening Lebanon's stability.

French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner met feuding Lebanese leaders on Tuesday to help them resolve a political impasse over a delayed presidential election that is threatening Lebanon's stability.

"The Unit" It's been a rough couple of weeks on "The Unit." A mission in Beirut went tragically awry, and now Jonas and company are struggling to cope with the death of one of their own. Naturally, Jonas wants revenge and he goes on a dangerous mission to get it. 8 p.m., CBS and KWCH, Channel 12. Documentary "Nova" "Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial" examines the evolution ...

Lebanon's pro-independence members of parliament are playing a waiting game in Beirut; a sort of Russian roulette.

There's certainly more to this beautiful Lebanese television star than just good looks. The host of one of the region's most successful reality shows, Hilda Khalife, was in the city recently and in an exclusive interview she insists...

Iraqis fleeing violence in their homeland are increasingly detained in Lebanon and jailed alongside ?common criminals,? a U.S. refugee protection group said Monday.

French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, pictured October 2007, was due to arrive in Lebanon late Monday, where he aims to help feuding leaders resolve a crisis over the election of a new president.

Lebanese driver Roger Feghali snatched the Lebanese International Rally Championship title on his Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution 9, as the seventh part of the Middle East Championship for this year, local Terranet reported on Monday. T ...

U.S. President George W. Bush called Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora on Monday and said the United States supports Lebanon's presidential elections free of Syrian influence, White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said. During the ...

Lebanese Hezbollah members lay a wreath on the 'Martyrs' Statue' in the southern village of Dibbin during a celebartion to mark Hezbollah's 'Martyrs' Day', 10 November 2007. Lebanon's Western-backed ruling coalition on Monday accused the pro-Syrian opposition party Hezbollah of obstructing initiatives to resolve a crisis over the looming presidential election.

WASHINGTON (AFP)--U.S. President George W. Bush Monday telephoned Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Saniora to give him his backing for presidential elections free of Syrian interference, the White House said.

Canada's Daniel Bellemare is expected to be appointed as successor to Serge Brammertz to head the international commission of inquiry into the assassination of former Lebanese Premier Rafik Hariri and others, according to a report published in London-based Al-Hayat newspaper Monday.

The United States is planning to donate old training aircraft to the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF), bypassing rules on arms transfers to Lebanon, the US weekly Defense News reported on Monday. An unidentified US diplomat in Beirut and a senior Lebanese military official told the weekly that "about three" TA-3 jets.

BEIRUT, Lebanon?Iraqis fleeing violence in their homeland are increasingly detained in Lebanon and jailed alongside "common criminals," a U.S. refugee protection group said Monday.

Glancing at billboards in many streets of Beirut one can see a variety of images and advertisements, but lately a curious advertising campaign, which includes one poster of a dangerous-looking man carrying as assault rifle, has left Beirutis perplexed as to its message. Written in Arabic, the billboard read: "Before it is repeated."

As Lebanon?s telecommunication industry prepares for future deregulation, mobile phone operators are preparing for increased competition. Lebanon?s government-owned GSM provider, Alfa, will upgrade for operational efficiencies using Intec?s Mobile Business Solution.

Iraqis fleeing violence in their homeland are increasingly detained in Lebanon and jailed alongside "common criminals," a U.S. refugee protection group said Monday.

President George W. Bush on Monday urged Lebanon to hold its already-delayed presidential election in line with its constitution and without allowing Syrian interference.

BEIRUT (AFP) - Lebanon's Western-backed ruling coalition on Monday accused the pro-Syrian opposition party Hezbollah of obstructing initiatives to resolve a crisis over the looming presidential election.

France 's Minister for Foreign Affairs is going to Lebanon as an attempt to urge the rival leaders to agree on the election of a president. Bernard Kouchner who was in Berlin for a joint meeting of the French and German Cabinets will travel to Beirut from the German capital, arriving Monday evening, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Pascale Andreani said.

MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti political commentator Maria Appakova) - Lebanese presidential elections have been rescheduled once again, this time moved from November 12 to the 21, which will give Lebanese politicians time to come to terms.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's Hezbollah on Sunday called on incumbent President Emile Lahoud to take action if rival political leaders are unable to agree on a consensus president in next week's election.

BEIRUT (AFP)--Lebanon's Western-backed ruling coalition Monday accused the pro-Syrian opposition party Hezbollah of obstructing initiatives to resolve a crisis over the looming presidential election.

The Lebanese presidential election has been postponed once again. If no consensual candidate is found, the country risks a new civil war.

The Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) in collaboration with Schema and the Lebanese Corporate Governance Task Force (LCGTF) organized a roundtable last week at the Radisson SAS Hotel to discuss the launch of a Jordanian Corporate Governance Task Force (JCGTF).

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JERUSALEM (AFP)--Israel's field commander during last year's Lebanon war lashed out at the handling of the conflict in comments published on Monday, complaining of a "dangerous politicization" among top brass.

Wests Tigers hooker Robbie Farah has abandoned his dream of helping Lebanon qualify for the World Cup.

Indonesia`s Garuda XXIII-B military Contingent (Konga) left here on Monday for Lebanon to replace Konga XXIII-A that had been assigned there to help maintain peace for one year.

Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, chief of Lebanon's Hezbollah party, pleaded Sunday with President Emile Lahoud to take action if a new head of state was not elected next week, local Naharnet news website reported. Nasrallah made the call i ...

BEIRUT - Lebanon's Hezbollah on Sunday called on incumbent President Emile Lahoud to take action if rival political leaders are unable to agree on a consensus president in next week's election.

BEIRUT: Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah said yesterday no power could disarm his pro-Syrian Shia militant group and that it was ready for a new conflict with Israel after last year?s war.

Nasser al-Attiyah (R) of Qatar and his co-driver raise their trophies after winning the second place at the 30th Rally of Lebanon part of the FIA Middle-East Rally Championship in Jounieh, north of Beirut yesterday.

Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday described Lebanon's upcoming presidential elections as "crucial" to the nation's survival and called on feuding Lebanese leaders to unite behind a common presidential candidate who could represent all the people in the divided country, as Parliament's electoral session was postponed for a third time.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's Hezbollah on Sunday called on incumbent President Emile Lahoud to take action if rival political leaders are unable to agree on a consensus president in next week's election.

Pope Benedict urged Lebanon's rival leaders to unite behind a common presidential candidate who can represent all people in the divided country.

DOWN TO THE WIRE: The postponement to Nov. 21 was made to allow time to draw up a list of consensus candidates. President Emile Lahoud's term expires on Nov. 24.

Pope Benedict XVI has expressed his concern about Lebanon's presidential election planned for November 21, underscoring that it was "crucial" for the future of the violence-torn nation.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's Hezbollah on Sunday called on incumbent President Emile Lahoud to take action if rival political leaders are unable to agree on a consensus president in next week's election.

VATICAN CITY, Nov 11 (Reuters) Pope Benedict urged Lebanon's rival leaders to unite behind a common presidential candidate who can represent all people in the divided country.

Lebanon's Hezbollah on Sunday called on incumbent President Emile Lahoud to take action if rival political leaders are unable to agree on a consensus president in next week's election.

BEIRUT, Lebanon - The leader of the militant Hezbollah group said Sunday Israel?s recent military exercises near the Lebanese border were intended to prepare for a new war on Lebanon.

Pope Benedict XVI Sunday expressed his concern about Lebanon's presidential election planned for November 21, underscoring that it was "crucial" for the future of the violence-torn nation.

BEIRUT -- Lebanon has pushed back its presidential election by nine days, from Monday to Nov. 21.

11 November 2007 BEIRUT -- Parliament speaker Nabih Berri yesterday postponed Lebanon's presidential election for a third time to allow political leaders a final chance to resolve a deadlock.

The 2nd Arab Press Freedom Forum, to be held in Beirut, Lebanon, next month, will provide an overview of press developments in the Arab world, from the latest government policies to case studies of newspapers that combine editorial independence with commercial success.

BEIRUT, Nov. 10 -- With just two weeks left before the president has to step down, Lebanon's parliament speaker on Saturday postponed presidential elections for the third time to give deadlocked rival factions more time to find a compromise candidate.

The American University of Beirut (AUB) and National Instruments have joined forces through the establishment of the new virtual instrumentation centre of excellence at the AUB. The centre includes 14 teaching and research labs in the fields of electrical, mechanical and civil engineering.

Lebanon's presidential election will be further delayed from Nov. 12 to Nov. 21, Lebanese parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said in a statement on Saturday. Berri decided to postpone the election on Nov. 12 to Nov. 21 to give time for ...

Lebanon High School marching band members walk to Dover High School to compete in the Tournament of Bands Atlantic Coast Championships in Delaware on Saturday.

Lebanon: The American University of Beirut (AUB) and National Instruments have joined forces through the establishment of the new virtual instrumentation centre of excellence at the AUB. The centre includes 14 teaching and research labs in the fields of electrical, mechanical and civil engineering. Virtual instrumentation allows users to create multifunctional and customisable test and measurement devices using a combination of modular hardware and software. [AMEInfo.com]

Lebanon's presidential election is postponed for a third time, the speaker of parliament, Nabih Berri, announces.

Brent Hostetter, 14, of Lebanon High School plays the chimes during group 1 competition of the Tournament of Bands Atlantic Coast Championships at Dover High School in Delaware Saturday morning.

Beirut ? Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri yesterday postponed Lebanon?s presidential election for a third time to allow rival political leaders a final chance to resolve a months-old deadlock.

Soldiers from 13 wars were honored Saturday at Fisher Memorial Park, the triangular wedge of land at the southern edge of Lebanon filled with war mouments.

Lebanon has pushed back its presidential election by nine days, from Monday to Nov. 21, marking the third time the parliamentary balloting has been postponed.

BEIRUT: Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri yesterday postponed Lebanon?s presidential election for a third time to allow rival political leaders a final chance to resolve a months-old deadlock.

BEIRUT - The Lebanese cabinet called for vigilance on Saturday in the face of reports of new attempts by Islamist militants to infiltrate the country's dozen Palestinian refugee camps.

PARLIAMENT speaker Nabih Berri today postponed Lebanon's presidential election for a third time to allow rival political leaders a final chance to resolve a months-old deadlock.

BEIRUT, Lebanon - With just two weeks left before the president has to step down, Lebanon's parliament speaker postponed presidential elections for the third time Saturday to give the deadlocked rival factions more time to come up with a compromise candidate.

BEIRUT (AFP) - Lebanon's parliament speaker Nabih Berri on Saturday postponed to November 21 the election of the country's next president, his office announced.

Lebanon's presidential election has been postponed from November 12 to November 21, said Nabih Berri, the speaker of parliament.

With just two weeks left before the president has to step down, Lebanon's parliament speaker on Saturday delayed presidential elections for the third time to give rival factions more time to find a compromise candidate.

With just two weeks left before the president has to step down, Lebanon's parliament speaker on Saturday postponed presidential elections for the third time to give deadlocked rival factions more time to find a compromise candidate.

Decision to postpone Lebanon election aims to allow rival politicians final chance to resolve deadlock.

PARLIAMENT speaker Nabih Berri today postponed Lebanon's presidential election for a third time to allow rival political leaders a final chance to resolve a months-old deadlock.

Lebanon: The American University of Beirut and National Instruments have joined forces to provide students and faculty of engineering programs with the technology to design, test and deploy projects, through the establishment of the new Virtual Instrumentation Center of Excellence at AUB. [AMEInfo.com]

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - With just two weeks left before the president has to step down, Lebanon's parliament speaker on Saturday postponed presidential elections for the third time to give deadlocked rival factions more time to reach a compromise candidate.

BEIRUT: Im Libanon sind die Prsidentschaftswahlen vom 12. auf den 21. November verschoben worden. Dies teilte Parlamentsprsident Nabih Berri mit.

BEIRUT (AFP)-Lebanon's parliament speaker Nabih Berri on Saturday postponed to Nov. 21 the election of the country's next president, his office announced.

Jack Giffin of Lebanon is the recipient of the first Veteran of the Year award to be given by the Oregon Coalition for Combat Veteran Recognition.

Lebanon: Lebanon is to build a privately owned electricity plant in Zahle and its first wind-powered plant in the Bekaa Valley, reported the Daily Star. The 50 megawatt electricity plant will be developed by the Zahle Electricity Company, while Lebanon Wind Power will build the wind-powered facility. Zahle, a privately run firm, is not beset by many of the problems affecting Electricite du Liban such as poor management and low bill collection. [AMEInfo.com]

BEIRUT: Acting Energy and Water Minister Energy and Water Minister Mohammad Safadi signed two memorandums of understanding Friday to build a privately owned electricity plant in Zahle and another wind-powered plant in the Bekaa Valley, the first of its kind in Lebanon.

Lebanese Champville basketball team is getting geared up at Deek El-Mehde court to engage in Damascus International Tournament between the 14th and the 24th of November, local Terranet news website reported on Friday. The team playe ...

Lebanon's banking sector has enjoyed solid growth in the first nine months of the year despite the ongoing political uncertainty in the country, reported the Daily Star citing figures from the central bank.

Police plan to charge a Mt. Lebanon teenager with attacking his ex-girlfriend with a hammer as soon as he recovers from severe head injuries.

North Lebanon Twp. residents might face a 14 percent increase in municipal real estate taxes under a budget being drafted. For homeowners, this would be an average increase of $20 each annually.

Lebanese Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Butros Sfeir has voiced concern over the worsen security situation in Lebanon, The Daily Star reported on Friday. "The situation we are going through now is worse than what it was 30 years ago," ...

DOHA ? Qatar has funded the rebuilding of almost half the number of houses which were destroyed in South Lebanon during the recent conflict with Israel.

Palestinian factions in Lebanon's volatile Ain al-Hilweh refugee camp are determined to prevent Al-Qaeda Islamist militants from infiltrating their ranks. Fears of an Islamist takeover of the impoverished shantytown south of Beirut were heightened by 15 weeks of bloody clashes earlier this year between the army and militants in another camp in the north.

AIN AL HELWEH, Lebanon: Palestinian factions in Lebanon?s volatile Ain Al Helweh refugee camp are determined to prevent Al Qaeda Islamist militants from infiltrating their ranks.

The Cabinet is expected to discuss 96 items on its agenda during a session to be held at the temporary headquarters in downtown Beirut on Saturday. The international court to try suspects into the February 2005 assassination of former Premier Rafik Hariri, in addition to the conditions of Lebanese prisons will be among

Greater Beirut will be under the highest security alert yet from Saturday onward, or until the political crisis in the country is resolved and security threats diminish. A security zone extending from Nijmeh Square and opposition sit-in to the Phoenicia Intercontinental Hotel, where majority MPs reside, will witness especially strict measures, a security source said.

LEBANON - The Lebanon School Board voted unanimously Monday to appoint three people to serve on the school district?s budget committee. Bill Barish and Ginger Allen each will serve a three-year term. Gary Curran will serve a two-year term.

Foreign delegates visited Beirut for talks on Lebanon's presidential elections in an effort to avoid a power vacuum that would damage the country's stability.

AIN AL-HELWEH, Lebanon - Palestinian factions in Lebanon?s volatile Ain al-Helweh refugee camp are determined to prevent Al-Qaeda Islamist militants from infiltrating their ranks.

Two weeks after the conclusion of the 2007 football season, Lebanon coach Shawn Lamb is able to find the positive in a 4-6 campaign. \

Morning Edition , November 9, 2007 Christians fled Lebanon during years of war in the 1970s and 1980s, so some Christians no longer deserve 50 percent of political power. That includes a presidency always held by a Maronite Christian.

France's foreign minister will travel to Lebanon next week to meet with the country's feuding political leaders on breaking a deadlock threatening a presidential election, a French envoy said on Friday.

BEIRUT: Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Butros Sfeir voiced concern Thursday over the current situation in Lebanon, a day before the arrival of French President Nicolas Sarkozy's top aide in Beirut.

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