UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 30 (UPI) -- The United Nations said Sunday the tribunal that will try those accused of the assassination of a former prime minister of Lebanon will convene in March 2009.

  

The 'Movenpick' hotel in Beirut had a great celebration held in it that was organized by the famous music production company Rotana. The celebration was held under the title 'We?re Back Together Better?Newer?and Stronger?.

  

The 'Movenpick' hotel in Beirut had a great celebration held in it that was organized by the famous music production company Rotana. The celebration was held under the title 'We?re Back Together Better?Newer?and Stronger?.

  

Only in Lebanon can a single Parliament session see the prime minister harried by MPs over the implementation of a 12-year-old law, challenged by his deputy over the latter's powers, and mocked by the speaker for pleading the poverty of the public purse - and still be regarded as a welcome and refreshing development.

  

Lebanon -- The financial problems of Lebanon Municipal Airport continue to bedevil the city, as the budget outlook makes this the ninth straight year in which the airport has lost money.

  

BEIRUT (AFP) - Lebanese Christian opposition leader Michel Aoun, who spent 15 years in exile after an aborted "war of liberation" against Syria, is set to make an unprecedented visit to his one-time foe.

  

30 November 2008 - Beirut, Lebanon - As good as his word, Alemayehu Shumye of Ethiopia won the BLOM Beirut Marathon on Sunday morning (30), obliterating the course record by over four minutes in the process, with 2:12:47.

  

The prime Minister of Belgium Yevs Letherme said Saturday here in Beirut that his country supports political stability in Lebanon, local Elnashra website reported National dialogue should be re-launched, and the upcoming parliamentary elections (2009) should be taken place in Lebanon, stressed Letherme in a joint press conference with his Lebanese counterpart Fouad Seniora. Letherme said that he ...

  

Heading a military delegation, Lebanese army commander Gen. Jean Qahwaji arrived in Damascus Saturday morning at the invitation of Syrian army commander Gen. Ali Halabi, NBN TV reported. Anahar daily said that the army commander would discuss the issue of border demarkation and missing Lebanese army soldier in the battle which led to the ousting of Gen. Michel Aoun, who is the Christian ...

  

MANILA, Philippines?Ambassador Gilbert Asuque has warned Filipino workers against breaking the deployment ban to Lebanon, saying the security situation in the Middle East state was tense.

  

DUBAI - Lebanese expatriates in the UAE will now have a common platform to communicate, mingle, and share their concerns thanks to endeavours made by the community's Gulf association.

  

Beirut - Lebanese President Michel Suleiman is to visit Berlin on December 3 on a two-day official visit, a source at the Presidential Palace said Saturday. Suleiman is expected to discuss with his German counterpart Horst Koehler and Chancellor Ange...

  

The Lebanese Cabinet has approved the establishment of diplomatic relations with "state of Palestine," local media reported on Friday. Following a marathon meeting late on Thursday, Information Minister Tareq Mitri announced the decision of the cabinet to set up diplomatic relations with the Palestinian state, according to Naharnet website. A Palestinian embassy would be established to replace ...

  

A Metro councilman and a state lawmaker are working with the Tennessee Department of Transportation and the city on establishing guidelines to improve Lebanon Pike through the Donelson business district.

  

BEIRUT: United States President-elect Barack Obama expressed hope that Lebanon would be a stability factor and not an explosive one, adding that Washington will not compromise with Damascus at the expense of Lebanon.

  

BEIRUT: Hundreds of protestors turned out Friday to demonstrate against Thursday's attack on Future TV journalist Omar Harqous by Syrian Social National Party (SSNP) members.

  

Lebanon: Alfa, the mobile operator, announces that it has donated through its subscribers a financial contribution to Acsauvel, an association that takes care of mentally handicapped children. [AMEInfo.com]

  

THE HAGUE - Lebanon on Friday signed legal documents which will see it become the 185th signatory to the 1997 Chemical Weapons Convention within 30 days.

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- Sunni and Shiite clerics from Iraq signed a religious edict at a meeting in Lebanon calling for reconciliation and an end to violence.

  

BEIRUT: Around 200 Lebanese journalists gathered yesterday before the anti-Syrian channel Future Television to protest an attack on one of its reporters who was beaten up by supporters of a rival camp at a rally in Beirut.

  

Lebanon on Friday signed legal documents which will see it become the 185th signatory to the 1997 Chemical Weapons Convention within 30 days.

  

Prime Minister Fouad Siniora said on Friday that consensus among the Lebanese was the key to safeguard the country against all forms of foreign interference. Siniora added that the challenges Lebanon was facing nowadays were not to be compared with bigger and harder challenges of the past.

  

United States President-elect Barack Obama expressed hope that Lebanon would be a stability factor and not an explosive one, adding that Washington will not compromise with Damascus at the expense of Lebanon. The daily An-Nahar on Friday, quoting a Lebanese official who visited Obama advisers recently, said.

  

President-elect Barack Obama has all but named Sen. Hillary Clinton as his Secretary of State. But So what's the world saying about this choice' We look at the response to Obama's choice in three regions. First, NPR's Alex Cohen talks to David Rennie of The Economist magazine, Rami Khouri, editor of The Daily Star in Beirut and Mark Magnier, Beijing correspondent for The Los Angeles Times .

  

THE HAGUE, Netherlands - An international organization that oversees a convention banning chemical weapons says Lebanon has signed the treaty.

  

Germany - Lebanon - Suleiman Lebanese President Michel Suleiman is to visit Germany on Wednesday for political talks following an invitation by his German counterpart Horst Koehler, deputy government spokesman Thomas Steg told the press here Friday.

  

BEIRUT (AFP)--A journalist working for media close to Lebanon's anti-Syrian parliamentary majority said Friday he was beaten up by supporters of a rival camp at a rally in Beirut.

  

Lebanese food will be celebrated during the first Lebanese-American Festival from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Dec. 6 and from noon to 5 p.m. Dec. 7 at St. Sharbel Mission of Las Vegas, 10325 Rancho Destino Road. Admission is free. Music, crafts, entertainment, games, a silent auction and activities for children also will be featured. Proceeds will benefit the mission's building fund. For details, call ...

  

?Palestine' to open embassy in Beirut as Lebanon moves to establish ties with occupied territories for first time.

  

Lebanon has decided for the first time to establish diplomatic relations with the "state of Palestine," and has approved the opening of an embassy in Beirut.

  

BEIRUT: Hizbullah's foreign relations officer, Nawwaf al-Moussawi, accused Israel on Thursday of launching "a political and diplomatic campaign to corner Hizbullah in Europe."

  

BEIRUT: Lebanon will definitely be hit by the financial crisis prevailing in the world today, Beirut Merchants Association Nadim Assi chief said Thursday.

  

Lebanon will definitely be hit by the financial crisis prevailing in the world today, Beirut Merchants Association Nadim Assi chief said Thursday. "After the global financial crisis extended its reach into the Gulf states, there is a great possibility that the remittances of Lebanese working in the Gulf, estimated at $5 billion a year.

  

Supporters of the Syrian Social National Party (SSNP) attacked Future News Television reporter Omar Harqous with sticks in Beirut's Hamra Street on Thursday, injuring him in the head, neck and chest, the Future Movement said. Harqous was admitted to the emergency ward of the American University of Beirut Medical Center for treatment.

  

BEIRUT, Nov 27 (Reuters) - Lebanon's largest firm by market value, Solidere, posted a net profit of $83 million for the first half of the year, the company said on Thursday. This represented a 37 percent rise compared with the same period last year, the real estate firm said in a statement. Keywords: LEBANON SOLIDERE/

  

BEIRUT, Nov 27 (Reuters) - Lebanon's largest firm by market value, Solidere , posted a net profit of $83 million for the first half of the year, the company said on Thursday.

  

The Government of Liberia and Lebanon have vowed to further strengthen and cement the cordial ties subsisting between the two countries.

  

Israel inadvertently galvanised an international campaign to ban cluster munitions by hastily raining bomblets over south Lebanon before a U.N.-agreed halt to its 2006 war with Hezbollah fighters could take effect.

  

Israel inadvertently galvanized an international campaign to ban cluster munitions by hastily raining bomblets over south Lebanon before a U.N.-agreed halt to its 2006 war with Hezbollah fighters could take effect.

  

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has said that the International Tribunal on the case of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafic Hariri's assassins will start work on March 1, 2009, a step welcomed by the Lebanese ruling coalition, local An-Naher daily reported Thursday. Hariri was assassinated in a deadly car bomb in Beirut on Feb. 14, 2005. In the third UN report on the case, the UN chief said ...

  

Lebanese immigrants Joe and Jackie Abi-Ad have been fixtures in the Tucson restaurant scene for decades.

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon -- Lebanon's banking sector is weathering the global financial crisis and profits are expected to increase by 10 percent this year, the Central Bank governor said Wednesday, in a reflection of the country's ability to rebound from a legacy of adversity.

  

The 15th European Film Festival hits Beirut on Friday, and will be in residence at Cinema Sofil through December 7. A selection of films from 17 of the 27 member states of the European Union will be presented to Beirut audiences. The festival opens with an invitation-only event featuring French director Arnaud Desplechin's film "Un Conte de Noel."

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon - Lebanon's banking sector is weathering the global financial crisis and profits are expected to increase by 10 per cent this

  

Coach Pat Murphy and the Lebanon Warriors will carry the label of underdog in Year One A.D. - after Derek (Hellemann) - and that's just how they like it.

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Lebanon's banking sector is weathering the global financial crisis and profits are expected to increase by 10 percent this year, the Central Bank governor said Wednesday, in a reflection of the country's ability to rebound from a legacy of adversity.

  

An employee stacks packets of currency in a safe, as he works in the Central Lebanese Bank in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2008. Despite the international economic crisis and the problems banks are facing worldwide, the Lebanese banking sector has shown growth in 2008 as their profits are expected to rise by 10 percent compared to 2007, Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh said Wednesday.

  

Lebanon's banking sector is weathering the global financial crisis and profits are expected to increase by 10 percent this year, the Central Bank governor said Wednesday, in a reflection of the country's ability to rebound from a legacy of adversity.

  

Lebanese artist Rula Saed hosted a huge live celebration that was organized by the company 'Adventure' held at the 'Atlantis-Al Nakhlah' in Dubai. Rula's concert is the first musical celebration after 'Atlantis-Al Nakhlah?s' opening and it was under the title 'Celebrate Lebanon?.

  

Beirut - Lebansese President Michel Suleiman has asked Iran for medium-sized weapons for the army, in a move aimed at shifting Iran's assistance from the country's militant Hezbollah movement to the state, a Lebanese government official said Wednesda...

  

BEIRUT, Nov 26 (Reuters) - Solidere International is pleased with progress at a $60 billion city it is building in the United Arab Emirates, according to a statement issued by the developer and received on Wednesday.

  

BEIRUT, Nov 26 (Reuters) - Solidere International is pleased with progress at a $60 billion city it is building in the United Arab Emirates, according to a statement issued by the developer and received on Wednesday.

  

Beirut, November 26 th 2008: Solidere International Solidere International has highlighted the significant progress made at its US$60bn Al Zorah project in Ajman, UAE, with infrastructure works underway, supported by a strong financial position.

  

BEIRUT: Speaker Nabih Berri urged Arab states on Tuesday to come up with a unified stand to break the blockade imposed by Israel on the Gaza strip. "The atrocious Zionist siege imposed on Gaza will lead to a humanitarian catastrophe," Berri said in a statement.

  

Lebanon: Alfa, the mobile operator, announced that it has won the Best Corporate Social Responsibility Project Award. [AMEInfo.com]

  

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged Israel and Lebanon to seize the moment of relative calm and move closer to a permanent ceasefire.

  

Lebanon has ratified the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT), which bans all nuclear explosions on the Earth, according to a press release Tuesday. Tibor Toth, executive secretary of the Vienna-based Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO), welcomed Lebanon's ratification. Lebanon signed the pact on Sept. 21, 2005, and has shown its ...

  

LEBANON-Mindful of the economy's impact on their residents, South Lebanon Twp. supervisors Tuesday gave first-round approval to a 2009 budget that eliminates the $5 per capita tax and holds the line on real estate taxes.

  

A man accused of beating a Lebanon teen to death was sentenced to life in prison Tuesday. Twenty-seven-year old Jerry Broyles pled guilty to 2nd degree murder in the death of 17-year old Zachary Jones.

  

Agreements, not controversy, dominated a discussion at the American University of Beirut (AUB) on Tuesday between Rami Khouri and Michael Young, the former a regular contributor to The Daily Star's Opinion section and the latter its editor. The debate was sponsored by AUB's Center for American Studies and Research (CASAR), and entitled.

  

President Michel Sleiman wrapped up a two-day visit to Iran on Tuesday after holding talks with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and other officials. In a joint press conference with Ahmadinejad hours before ending his visit, Sleiman reiterated that relations between Tehran and Beirut.

  

Lebanon on Tuesday became the 148th nation to ratify the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, the organization working for the treaty's implementation said. The CTBT has been signed by 180 countries, but to come into effect it still needs ratification by key holdouts including the United States, Israel, China, North Korea, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Iran and Pakistan.

  

LEBANON (Nov 25, 2008): A deer was killed in an accident Monday night, but the driver of the vehicle that hit it was not injured in the collision on Carl Broggi Highway in South Lebanon by Minor's Restaurant.

  

Waltz With Bashir is a film that highlights the horror of war. Director Ari Folman sets out to find his missing memories from the Israeli invasion of Lebanon in 1982.

  

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad officially saw off his Lebanese counterpart Michel Suleiman on Tuesday after his two-day state visit to Iran. Speaking to reporters, Suleiman said that during his two-day stay in Tehran he had very fruitful talks with Iranian officials on expansion of mutual relations and expansion of all-out cooperation.

  

Iran - Lebanon - Reconciliation Lebanese President Michel Suleiman here on Tuesday declared support for Iran's measures and stance towards national reconciliation in Lebanon to help resolve the country's internal issues.

  

Iran - Lebanon - Supreme Leader Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said here Tuesday that unity among different Lebanese ethnic groups is the key to Lebanon's salvation and progress.

  

BEIRUT, Nov 25, 2008 (AFP) - As countries around the globe struggle to ride out the economic crisis, Lebanon's banking sector has not only managed to steer clear of the turmoil but bankers say it has even benefited from it.

  

Egypt is no longer considered to be impartial after taking a stand against Hezbollah in the 2006 war with Israel and because its close alliance with Washington is constraining its own policy toward Lebanon.

  

VIENNA (AFP)--Lebanon Tuesday became the 148th nation to ratify the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, the organization working for the treaty's implementation said.

  

TEHRAN - Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called on Lebanese factions to unite against Israel as he met Lebanon's President Michel Sleiman on Tuesday, state television reported.

  

BEIRUT - Lebanon's pro-Iranian Hezbollah movement dismissed the possibility of any Israeli military incursions into Lebanon or the wider region, but added that the movement is more prepared than before to confront any possible attack.

  

Beirut - Lebanon's pro-Iranian Hezbollah movement dismissed the possibility of any Israeli military incursions into Lebanon or the wider region, but added that the movement is more prepared than before to confront any possible attack. The Israelis, ...

  

Iran - Lebanon - Imam The visiting Lebanese President Michel Suleiman and his entourage Tuesday paid tribute to late Imam Khomeini. President Suleiman, heading a high-ranking delegation arrived in Tehran Monday on an official visit.

  

BEIRUT, Nov 25 (Reuters) - Below is a table of the latest Lebanese economic statistics.

  

BEIRUT, Nov 25 (Reuters) - Below is a table of the latest Lebanese economic statistics.

  

BEIRUT, Nov 25 (Reuters) - Migrant and domestic workers still face beatings, rape and sometimes even murder because laws in Middle Eastern and Asian nations do not protect them from abusive employers, a U.S.-based rights group said.

  

Lebanon has finally found its track after many stormy years and now enjoys tranquillity and security, Ahmadinejad said.

  

COMMENT ON THIS ! Your Views! Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday promised his visiting Lebanese counterpart Michel Suleiman that Iran would always stand by Lebanon.

  

LEBANON--By a 4-1 vote, Lebanon city council adopted a $11 million 2009 budget Monday that holds the line on taxes. With the city's taxing ability strapped by being at the maximum real estate levy of 17 mills under the city charter, the budget is balanced by taking $763,591 from the reserve fund.

  

LEBANON--Starting Tuesday, new Lebanon Mayor Trish Ward will spend the next 13 months trying to ensure the city is in the best shape possible for her successor.

  

Police say a student at Lebanon High School sold cocaine in the school parking lot.

  

A HIGH-flying Lebanese businessman, based outside the Niger-Delta, has been fingered as the baron of a crude oil syndicate, made up of some top security personnel, crude oil thieves and foreigners that are responsible for most of the illegal oil bunkering in the region just as a militant group in Delta State, yesterday, plainly accused top personnel of the Joint Task Force (JTF) on the ...

  

LEBANON--The Lebanon woman who aroused controversy for openly carrying a handgun to her child's soccer game filed a lawsuit in federal court Monday charging her rights were violated and seeking in excess of $1 million in damages.

  

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday praised Lebanese resistance against Israel, in a meeting with Lebanon's President Michel Sleiman, the official Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) reported. Ahmadinejad added that the 34-day summer 2006 war with Israel led to "many achievements for the Lebanese people and the region."

  

Students at the American University of Beirut (AUB) seemed all set on Monday for their annual Student Representatives Committees (SRC) elections, scheduled for Wednesday. "AUB is a micro-model of Lebanese society," said both Victor Abboud of the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) and Fadel Hamadeh of Hizbullah.

  

Did you speak any Syriac today' If you had an extended conversation in colloquial Lebanese Arabic, chances are you did. Although most languages are governed by rigid grammatical and orthographic rules, they are actually something very vivid, especially in their spoken forms. Spoken languages or dialects pick up vocabulary from other languages.

  

LEBANON (Nov 16, 2008): Three people were hospitalized Sunday night following a two-car collision on Carl Broggi Highway in Lebanon.

  

Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak told parliament on Monday that the Shiite militant group Hezbollah is three times stronger now than it was during the 2006 Lebanon war.

  

Tehran - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday promised his visiting Lebanese counterpart Michel Suleiman that Iran would always stand by Lebanon. Lebanon has finally found its track after many stormy years and now enjoys tranquillity and ...

  

I'm always up for trying a new Mediterranean joint, even if it is a bit of a drive. Taz Lebanese & Greek Cuisine in Mason is right smack in the middle of the Fields Ertle insanity in a building that used to house Fazoli's.

  

Nearly two dozen people are homeless after fire ravaged an apartment building in Lebanon, N.H.

  

BEIRUT (AFP) - Lebanese Druze leader Walid Jumblatt warned on Monday that a defeat for the anti-Syrian coalition in parliamentary elections slated for next spring would mean a return of Syrian rule to Lebanon.

  

Iran - Lebanon - Ahmadinejad President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said here on Monday that Iran will always stand by the Lebanese government and nation.

  

Lebanese President Michel Suleiman left Monday morning for Tehran where he was received at the airport by Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki, local Naharnet website reported. During the two-day official visit, the Lebanese president will meet top Iranian officials for discussions on bilateral relations in the political, economic and military domains, said the report. The Lebanese ...

  

SEDONA Corporation , a leading provider of Customer and Member Relationship Management solutions for the financial services market, today announced that despite current economic conditions, Lebanon Federal Credit Union has utilized SEDONA's MRM technology Intarsia and CU ink's Marketing Services to achieve a strong ROI that has contributed to solid and consistent earnings.

  

NICOSIA [MENL] -- The United States has been examining a request to export main battle tanks to Lebanon. Lebanese sources said President Michel Suleiman, a former military chief, has proposed the procurement of U.S. MBTs as part of an effort to modernize the army.

  

Lebanese President Michel Suleiman is in Tehran for talks with his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

  

TEHRAN - Lebanese President Michel Sleiman arrived in Tehran on a two-day visit on Monday for economic and political talks with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and other senior officials.

  

Tehran - Lebanese President Michel Suleiman arrived in Tehran Monday for a two-day state visit and talks with his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The two will discuss expanding bilateral ties, the situation in the Middle East and how to appr...

  

(IsraelNN.com) Lebanese President Michel Sleiman and six ministers open a two-day visit to Iran on Monday for political and economic talks. A Lebanese government official who spoke on condition of anonymity told Agence France Presse on Sunday that bilateral relations, the situation in the Middle East and the peace process are on the agenda.

  

With less than 10 days until this year's Beirut Marathon on November 30, runners and organizers are gearing up for both the sporting event and the parallel humanitarian challenge of raising money for cancer treatment, research, and awareness. The marathon, sponsored by BLOM Bank and many other corporations.

  

You awake from a sound sleep to what registers, despite your grogginess, as the repeated report of artillery fire. Your initial reaction is to wonder how Israel's navy got to be off the coast of Beirut, in a belligerent mood, without your having been aware of any prior antics by its air force.

  

BEIRUT (AFP)--Lebanese President Michel Sleiman begins on Monday a two-day visit to Iran for political and economic talks at the invitation of Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, a government official said.

  

Iran - Lebanon - Suleiman Lebanese President Michel Suleiman is due in Tehran on Monday, heading a high-ranking delegation on an official two-day visit.

  

BEIRUT (AFP) - Lebanese President Michel Sleiman begins on Monday a two-day visit to Iran for political and economic talks at the invitation of Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, a government official said.

  

Lebanon Pack 350 on Saturday staged its second annual Thanksgiving food delivery. Scoutmaster Steven Cartwright described the event as a day to teach the boys about giving back to the community. This year the Scouts were able to get enough donations to increase the number of boxes from 12 to 20. Boxes included a Jennie-O turkey, ham, Stove-Top stuffing, canned cranberries, vegetables, a pie and ...

  

Lebanese Christian opposition leader Michel Aoun said that his upcoming visit to Syria is aimed at starting a new era of peace and stability, local An-Nahar daily newspaper reported Saturday. Peace is worth the visit, because it is in the interest of both nations, Aoun said. Those who want to have an improved situation should have the courage to make changes for the sake of life, Aoun told ...

  

BEIRUT: Lebanon marked 65 years of independence yesterday with an official ceremony staged in downtown Beirut amid strict security for the first time in three years.

  

General Jean Kahwaji salutes during a military parade to mark Independence Day in Beirut. Lebanon marked 65 years of independence with an official ceremony staged in downtown Beirut amid strict security for the first time in three years.

  

Associated Press - November 22, 2008 12:13 PM ET BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - The director of Hezbollah's satellite TV station says a German ban on the network violates international laws protecting...

  

Lebanon's Hizbullah conducted secret military maneuvers north and south of the Litani River Saturday morning, coinciding with a military parade by Lebanese armed forces in downtown Beirut marking Independence Day.

  

Lebanon has celebrated 65 years of independence, with a show of force and unity in the capital, Beirut. President Michel Suleiman, Prime Minister Fouad Siniora and the opposition leader Nabih Berri shared the spotlight, to underline the president's appeal for the country to stand together.

  

Beirut - The pro-Iranian Hezbollah movement said Saturday it was not surprised by Germany's decision to ban its al-Manar satellite television, the Lebanese Shiite movement's mouthpiece. We were not surprised because it seems Germany is following the...

  

Daniel Morad was delighted to score Team Lebanon's best ever qualifying result in A1GP at Sepang today and is confident that the team can make a permanent move up the grid

  

Lebanon: The Faculty of Engineering and Architecture at AUB inaugurated on November 19 the new Information Research Laboratory lab, which is equipped with the latest database and GIS software. [AMEInfo.com]

  

BEIRUT: Hizbullah urged Iraqi Parliament members on Thursday to reject the military pact with the United States. The pact harms "Iraq's future, sovereignty and population unity. It legitimizes US presence in Iraq," Hizbullah said in a statement.

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon - One of Lebanon's sole remaining synagogues was set to get a restoration that has the rare blessing of all the factions in this divided country - even that of the anti-Israeli Hezbollah.

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon -- One of Lebanon's sole remaining synagogues was set to get a restoration that has the rare blessing of all the factions in this divided country -- even that of the anti-Israeli Hezbollah.

  

France has promised to keep its assistance commitment to Lebanon by offering 125 million euros to support Lebanese companies that suffered during 2006 war with Israel, local Daily Star reported in Beirut Friday. French Prime Minister Francois Fillon, who was in Lebanon for a two-day visit, made the pledge during a joint press conference with his Lebanese counterpart Fouad Seniora on Thursday, ...

  

John Adams is a longtime admirer of the Gate City football program. The Lebanon coach respects the Blue Devils' aggressiveness, efficiency and tradition.

  

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, seen here on November 11, 2008, urged Lebanon and Israel to seize the chance to move ahead on a permanent ceasefire and settlement, according to a report released this week.

  

Computers will be used at the American University of Beirut's new information research laboratory

  

France stands ready to assist Lebanon with key legislative elections planned next year, visiting French Prime Minister Francois Fillon said on Friday. "France is ready, if Lebanon so wishes, to provide technical support during the elections," Fillon said as he spoke with French and Lebanese business leaders on the second day of his official visit to Beirut.

  

Lebanon was represented at the Arab-Swedish Arbitration Conference which was held on November 17-22 at the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce. Magistrates, lawyers and law professors from Arab countries and Sweden participated. Law Professor Abdel-Hamid al-Ahdab represented Lebanon.

  

France stands ready to send people to Lebanon to observe or to help with key legislative elections planned next year, visiting French Prime Minister Francois Fillon said on Friday.

  

Beirut - France is ready to send people to Lebanon to observe or to assist with the upcoming legislative elections planned for May 2009, said visiting French Prime Minister Francois Fillon said on Friday. France is ready, if Lebanon wishes, to provi...

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Lebanese soldiers clashed with gunmen in a northern port city on Friday, killing one and wounding others, the army said.

  

Lebanese soldiers clashed with gunmen in a northern port city on Friday, killing one and wounding others, the army said.

  

BEIRUT (AFP)--France stands ready to send people to Lebanon to observe or to help with key legislative elections planned next year, visiting French Prime Minister Francois Fillon said Friday.

  

Clashes between the Lebanese army and Sunni militants in northern Lebanon city of Tripoli killed two people and wounded 11 others on Friday morning, local OTV reported. Three Lebanese soldiers were among the wounded, while one militant wanted by police was killed, the report said. A statement of the Lebanese army command said that the clashes erupted on Friday morning when a car carrying a ...

  

TRIPOLI, Lebanon (AFP)--One person was killed Friday in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli following a clash between the army and occupants of a vehicle that failed to stop at a checkpoint, an army spokesman told AFP.

  

Lebanon: Police clash with protesters in northern port city (AKI) - Armed clashes took place early on Friday in the northern Lebanese port city of Tripoli, killing one person and wounding 11, Arabic satellite TV channel Al-Arabiya reported. The clashes occurred in the heavily policed Bab al-Tabbana district. They reportedly broke out after a car with three passengers inside failed to ...

  

Beirut - One person was killed and nine others, including three soldiers, were wounded in an incident Friday that began when a car failed to stop at a military checkpoint in the northern city of Tripoli, Lebanese army sources said. Lebanese troops o...

  

Lebanese soldiers clashed with gunmen in a northern port city on Friday, killing one and wounding others, the army said. The latest violence to hit the city of Tripoli began when three gunmen in a car sped through a military checkpoint in the Bab el-Tabaneh neighborhood, an army statement said. Soldiers arrested the three gunmen, one of whom was wounded, the army said, without explaining how the ...

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - A security official says a shootout between Lebanese soldiers and a group of gunmen in the northern port city of Tripoli has left one of the gunmen dead and two wounded.

  

It wasn't easy for Lebanon's Christmas in the Park Committee to spend $24,000 on one item for its new light display at Horner Park.

  

Saleem's is a Lebanese restaurant on The Loop serving everthing from salads and soups to poultry, beef, lamb and vegetarian fare.

  

BEIRUT: Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh said on Thursday that he expected higher GDP, lower inflation and a stable local currency in Lebanon in 2008 and 2009. "I expect inflation to drop by six percentage points to about 8 percent in 2008 and 6 percent in 2009. Lebanon's GDP is also expected to grow to $29 billion," Salameh told participants in the Friends of Lebanon for Investment and ...

  

BEIRUT: Violations of UN Security Council Resolution 1701 continue to take place and additional progress toward fulfilling obligations is overdue, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said in his eighth report on the resolution's implementation.

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon -- One of Lebanon's sole remaining synagogues was set to get a restoration that has the rare blessing of all the factions in this divided country -- even that of the anti-Israeli Hezbollah.

  

Enjoy some Holiday festivities in Lebanon, Ohio.

  

LEBANON--City council will vote Monday to name Trish Ward, current acting mayor, to serve as mayor through Jan. 4, 2010. Ward was recommended by a council steering committee from a field of six applicants because she is experienced with city operations and personnel.

  

Lebanese soldiers secure an army checkpoint at the entrance to the Palestinian refugee camp of Ain el-Helweh, on the outskirts of the southern Lebanese city of Sidon in July 2008. The army is pressing officials in Lebanon's largest Palestinian refugee camp to hand over Islamist suspects wanted in a spate of deadly attacks against its soldiers, a spokesman said on Thursday.

  

Young members of Lebanon's Mahdi Scouts enjoy typical scouting activities, like swimming and building campfires. They also receive religious training, and many end up fighting with Hezbollah guerrillas against Israel in the hills of southern Lebanon.

  

BEIRUT - Somali pirates preying on shipping in the Gulf of Aden have recentlu asked for a reward of 25 million USD for the release of the ship they have captured.

  

Violations of UN Security Council Resolution 1701 continue to take place and additional progress toward fulfilling obligations is overdue, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said in his eighth report on the resolution's implementation. "I am pleased to report that all parties continue to express their support for.

  

It is hard not to be encouraged by two decisions taken recently by Lebanon's Cabinet, both of which demonstrated the ability of at least some Lebanese leaders to rise above partisan politics on issues of national import. The issues involved were very different except for two things: a) They both had to do with (thus far unsubstantiated).

  

Lebanon City Council members remain undecided about proposed rate increases for water and sanitary sewer services less than a week before they must vote on the issues.

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon -- One of Lebanon's sole remaining synagogues was set to get a restoration that has the rare blessing of all the factions in this divided country -- even that of the anti-Israeli Hezbollah.

  

A Lebanon man was sentenced to 12 to 40 years in state prison Wednesday for raping a girl starting when she was 6 years old and continuing over two years.

  

BEIRUT (AFP) - French Prime Minister Francois Fillon urged Lebanon on Thursday to press ahead with the process of national reconciliation, saying a deal reached among squabbling political factions in May had put the country on a "promising path."

  

DUBAI - Dubai hosted, at least for one night only, the most exclusive event in the world. Celebrities from Hollywood to Beirut appeared at the grand opening of the Atlantis Hotel, in what has been dubbed the biggest party the city has ever seen.

  

BEIRUT, Nov 20, 2008 (AFP) - French Prime Minister Francois Fillon urged Lebanon on Thursday to press ahead with the process of national reconciliation, saying a deal reached among squabbling political factions in May had put the country on a "promising path."

  

BEIRUT, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Lebanese real estate developer Solidere said on Thursday a drop in its share price was temporary and maintained its 2008 profit outlook at the 2007 level of about $130 million.

  

French Prime Minister Francois Fillon has said that Paris is keeping "a close watch" on the resumption of normal ties between Beirut and Damascus, Lebanon's An-Nahar daily reported Thursday. The French prime minister made the remarks as he is expected to arrive here for a visit to Lebanon Thursday afternoon. Under French sponsorship, Lebanon and Syria have agreed last summer to establish ...

  

Beirut - Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Seniora stressed at a conference in Beirut Thursday that security and stability are the key to healthy financial growth in the country. The Friends of Lebanon for Investment and Finance conference, which was att...

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon - One of Lebanon's sole remaining synagogues was set to get a restoration that has the rare blessing of all the factions in this divided country - even that of the anti-Israeli Hezbollah.

  

BEIRUT, Nov 20, 2008 (AFP) - The Lebanese army is demanding the handover of several wanted Islamist extremists said to be hiding in Lebanon's largest Palestinian refugee camp of Ain el-Helweh, an army spokesman told AFP Thursday.

  

Lebanon: Embracing one of the world's fastest growing economic and mobile technology areas, DeFi Mobile and DoubleU have forged a new partnership, positioning DoubleU as the premier marketing and service provider for DeFi Mobile's offerings in the Middle East and North African (MENA) region. [AMEInfo.com]

  

19 November 2008 The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved an amount equivalent to SDR 25.375 million (about US$ 37.6 million) in Emergency Post-Conflict Assistance (EPCA) to Lebanon in support of the authorities' economic program for 2008-09.

  

Editor's note: Following is a report on Lebanon's economy through the third quarter of 2008, with special emphasis on the implications of the global financial crisis, prepared by Bank Audi.

  

Lebanon resident Joyce Fanning hopes her experience will prevent others from being scammed.

  

DAYTON - The quality of Lebanon Youth Football continues to rise, and the proof was on the field last weekend at Welcome Stadium in Dayton.

  

First responders in the Upper Valley gathered in Lebanon Wednesday-- preparing for a pandemic.

  

Before leaving Beirut, David Miliband told suspicious Lebanese politicians yesterday that they had no cause for alarm over Britain's apparent rapprochement with Damascus.

  

Lebanon's economic activity over the first nine months of the year was buoyant. The evolution of real sector indicators of the first three quarters clearly supports the new Banque du Liban and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) output forecasts for 2008 and that put real growth at 6 percent this year.

  

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Tuesday that her country would maintain what she called described as its support for a sovereign, free and democratic Lebanon. Following a meeting with Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblatt in Washington, Rice also said that the US administration was looking forward to Lebanon's 2009 parliamentary elections.

  

Former US President, Nobel Laureate and renowned peace activist Jimmy Carter, will be visiting Beirut next month to meet with Lebanese leaders, the Central News Agency (CNA) has reported. According to the CNA report, Carter is to arrive in Beirut on December 9 for a three-day visit, and is expected to meet with President Michel Sleiman, Premier Fouad Siniora and Speaker Nabih Berri.

  

The Lebanon (red) Warriors hosted a state playoff game Sunday against the Corvallis Raiders, with the winner advancing to the championship.

  

BEIRUT (AFP) - Visiting Foreign Secretary David Miliband said Wednesday he hopes 2009 will usher in changes around the globe that will bring about a comprehensive Middle East peace settlement.

  

BEIRUT (AFP)--U.K. Foreign Secretary David Miliband said Wednesday he hopes 2009 will usher in changes around the globe that will bring about a comprehensive Middle East peace settlement.

  

People staff writer Elizabeth Davies interviewed Susan Azar Porterfield about her life as a poet. Davies wrote the following story from Porterfield's point of view.

  

Beirut - Former US President Jimmy Carter is scheduled to visit Lebanon in December, the Lebanese Central News Agency (CNA) said on Wednesday. CNA reported hat Carter was scheduled to meet with Lebanese President Michel Suleiman, House Speaker Nabih ...

  

British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said in Beirut that he was satisfied with the stability in Lebanon, local Naharnet website reported Wednesday. Miliband met in Beirut with Lebanese Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh, and majority leader Saad Hariri, during which Miliband praised the establishment of diplomatic relations between Syria and Lebanon. He expressed contentment to be visiting ...

  

Collaboration, Management and Control Solutions (CMCS), a leading provider of Project, Portfolio and Risk Management Information System solutions and the exclusive authorized representative of Primavera Solution in the Middle East (excluding Saudi Arabia and Egypt), recently established its presence in Lebanon through the launch of its sister company, PMAG.

  

BEIRUT (AFP)--Visiting U.K. Foreign Secretary David Miliband said Wednesday he hoped 2009 would see a comprehensive Middle East peace settlement given changes in the U.S. and Israeli administrations and elections in the region.

  

BEIRUT, Nov 19, 2008 (AFP) - Visiting British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said Wednesday he hoped 2009 would see a comprehensive Middle East peace settlement given changes in the US and Israeli administrations and elections in the region.

  

Lebanon: Deloitte, the business advisory firm, announces the transfer of Alex Kyriakidis, the Deloitte Global leader for the tourism, hospitality and leisure industry, from London to the Middle East. [AMEInfo.com]

  

Lebanon: Alfa, the mobile operator, announced that on Tuesday, November 11, 2008 the end of the Rollout phase of the BTS Swap project during a presentation followed by a cocktail at Monroe Hotel. [AMEInfo.com]

  

Beirut - Visiting British Foreign Secretary David Miliband started official talks with Lebanese leaders Wednesday, saying he hoped that stability would prevail in Lebanon until the upcoming parliamentary election due in May 2009. The entire world is...

  

Iran - Lebanon - Visit Lebanon's Ambassador to Russia, Jaber Asem said on Tuesday that Lebanese President Michel Suleiman's upcoming visit to Iran has strategic importance for his country.

  

Lebanese artist Josef Atyeh came out to support the Beirut Marathon. The slogan for the marathon is 'Orkid Ded Al Saratan' (Run Against Cancer).

  

BEIRUT: Telecommunications Minister Jebran Bassil on Tuesday accused his opponents of trying to torpedo his efforts to rehabilitate the cellular networks.

  

Lebanon: At least 100,000 teachers in public and private schools in Lebanon are staging a one-day protest to demand better pay, forcing about 1 million students to stay home, reported Reuters. The teachers' unions say a recent government-decreed pay raise of 200,000 Lebanese pounds ($133) a month for all employees was not enough. [AMEInfo.com]

  

The long hostile Lebanese-Syrian relations appeared officially to be improving, but complications persist over mutual accusations by Syria and the Lebanese ruling coalition over the guardianship of Fatah al-Islam fundamentalist militants, local analysts have said. Lebanese Information Minister Tarik Mitri, who is from the government coalition, was received in Damascus on Sunday for a joint ...

  

Beirut does not feel like a conservative place. The girls wear shorts up to here and hair down to there. Cocktails are consumed by the gallon, and there is a rumbustious, if incestuous, arts scene.

  

Tens of thousands of teachers in Lebanon staged a one-day strike Tuesday, closing schools throughout the country and preventing as many as 1 million students from attending their classes. The teachers were demanding higher pay, arguing that a government-decreed wage increase, in effect since September, was inadequate.

  

A survey of the Middle East hotel sector by Ernst & Young indicated that occupancy at hotels in Beirut was 50 percent in the first nine months of 2008, up 13 percent from 37 percent in the same period last year, as reported by Lebanon This Week, the economic publication of the Byblos Bank Group.

  

"Our research reveals that vitamin D, at doses equivalent to 2,000 IUs a day, is not only safe for adolescents, but it is actually necessary for achieving desirable vitamin D levels," said lead researcher Ghada El-Haff Fuleihan from the American University of Beirut-Medical Center, Lebanon.

  

Meleanie Hain, the Lebanon woman who openly carried a gun at her 5-year-old daughter's soccer game, plans to sue the sheriff who tried to take away her concealed weapons permit, according to her lawyer.

  

Some foreign businessmen, especially these wonna-be Whites (the Lebanese, Indians, Koreans, Chinese, etc), in Nigeria are arrogant, rude and obnoxious. Financially comfortable and in addition, having a false sense of racial superiority, they feel they can ride roughshod over Nigerians.

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - About 100,000 teachers in public and private schools are staging a 1-day strike to demand better pay, forcing about 1 million students to stay home.

  

KUWAIT, Nov 18 (KUNA) -- His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received on Tuesday at Seif Palace Speaker of the National Assembly Jassem Al-Kharafi, accompanied by the visiting Speaker of the Lebanese Parliament Nabih Berri, along with the accompanying delegation.

  

LONDON (AP) - Israeli President Shimon Peres said Tuesday that making peace with Syria depends on whether Damascus is prepared to rein in Iranian-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon.

  

About 100,000 teachers in public and private schools are staging a one-day strike to demand better pay, forcing about 1 million students to stay home.

  

(IsraelNN.com) President Shimon Peres said on Tuesday that making peace with Syria depends on whether the Damascus government is prepared to give up its bases in Lebanon.

  

Lebanon's President Michel Suleiman will visit Tehran, Iran, on November 24, Foreign Ministry spokesman Hassan Qashqavi said on Monday.

  

Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) representative in Lebanon Abbas Zaki vowed to press ahead with efforts to resume inter-Palestinian dialogue aimed at unifying Palestinian ranks, regardless of the "refusal" of Hamas.

  

BEIRUT, Nov 18 (Reuters) - Below is a table of the latest Lebanese economic statistics.

  

LEBANON - Some students at Lebanon High School are still failing math, but an after-hours tutoring program is helping improve their scores.

  

The Indonesian government sent another 1,136 personnel of the Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI) to Lebanon to join the United Nations Interim Force (UNIFIL) there to help maintain security in the region, the national Antaranews agency quoted a military officer on Tuesday. "The role of TNI in the UN mission to keep peace always gets a positive appraisal, including the assignment of TNI in ...

  

Great Syrian singer George Al Wasoof was welcomed by a great number of loyal fans at the Beirut airport after the misery he faced in Sweden. Al Wasoof was arrested while staying at the Sheraton hotel before hosting a live concert for the opening of large Arabic restaurant there.

  

?I think generally these groups welcome Obama over John McCain for many obvious reasons?, said Paul Salem, director of the Beirut-based Carnegie Middle East Center.

  

A problem at the Glosser Road substation on the west end of Lebanon, this afternoon, Monday, Nov. 17, caused an electrical failure throughout the city.

  

NEW CD: Tunisian singer Latifa holds a copy of her new CD while posing for photographers in front of her poster to promote her new album in Beirut on Sunday.

  

A problem at the Glosser substation on the west end of Lebanon, today, Nov. 17, caused a power outage throughout parts of the city. Power went out around 3:45 p.m. and extends through Broadway Avenue.

  

Lebanon's teachers in public and private schools will observe a one-day strike Tuesday to protest against the "unfair" increase in minimum wages approved by the Cabinet in September. Teachers say the increase in wages was insufficient and are staging a sit-in front of the Parliament headquarters in downtown Beirut's Nijmeh Square at 11 a.m. Tuesday.

  

Scores of residents of South Lebanon flocked into their agricultural fields on Monday to gather this year's harvest of green beans, a crop that is considered an alternative for the South's well-known citrus fruits. "We planted our fields with green beans about three months ago. It is time we pick it and sell it to the market," Khadijah.

  

Syria has an "essential role" to play in encouraging stability in the Middle East, Foreign Secretary David Miliband said on arrival in Syria on Monday, state news agency SANA reported.

  

The trial of a politically connected businessman and member of parliament charged with ordering the killing of Lebanese singer has riveted public attention in the Arab world.

  

Vatican: Pope urges unity in Lebanon (AKI) - Pope Benedict on Monday urged national unity in conflict-scarred Lebanon. During an audience with Lebanon's new ambassador to the Holy See, Georges Chakib El-Khoury, Benedict said he hoped the Lebanese people "may courageously continue their efforts to build a united and solidary society.""The millennial history of the country, and the ...

  

Beirut - A new Lebanese magazine that focuses on body art, science and literature and aims to tackle subjects such as eroticism and fetishism, is due to hit the stands in the Arab world next month. Joumana Haddad, editor-in-chief of Jasad (the Arabic...

  

Iran - Lebanon - Week Cultural week of Iran-Lebanon Children Friendship Week was observed in Beirut on Monday. Announcing this, Iranian cultural attache to Beirut Mohammad-Hossein Rais-Zadeh said that some programs including paintings and book exhibitions, scientific workshops, handicrafts exhibit and so on also are underway during the November 17-21 event.

  

Lebanon: Mr. Nassib Nasr, International Director of the Children's Cancer Center of Lebanon (CCCL) at AUB Medical Center, held a press conference at the Beach Rotana Hotel, Abu Dhabi yesterday, speaking about the various medical and administrative achievements of the CCCL which became after seven years of inauguration one of the top medical centers in the Middle East for treating children stricken with cancer. [AMEInfo.com]

  

(The Associated Press) A judge has banned media in Egypt from reporting on the trial of an Egyptian tycoon accused of ordering the slaying of a Lebanese pop star. Judge al-Muhammadi Qunsuwa on Sunday banned publication of all trial details except the court's procedural decisions and the final verdict. Television cameras were kept outside the Cairo courtroom during Monday's hearing, while ...

  

Sleiman will head to Islamic republic next week as visit's details remain undisclosed.

  

Iran - Lebanon - President President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Sunday that Lebanon was a source of honor and respect for regional states for its victory over the Zionist regime forces during their 33-day war against Lebanon in 2006.

  

BEIRUT: Lebanon's Cabinet decided over the weekend to endorse the establishment of a joint Lebanese-Syrian follow-up committee to improve security cooperation, the latest chapter in arguments surrounding the recent visit to Damascus by Interior Minister Ziyad Baroud that initiated the process.

  

Two men were killed early Sunday morning in Lebanon in a wreck that may have been caused by a drunk driver, state troopers said.

  

Lebanon's official Tourism Office in Paris is the last one left abroad after a series of closures, but it shows no signs of slowing down.The office's mission is not only to promote tourism, but also to promote Lebanese culture and to project a positive image of the country, and its area of influence covers not just France.

  

Lebanon's Cabinet decided over the weekend to endorse the establishment of a joint Lebanese-Syrian follow-up committee to improve security cooperation, the latest chapter in arguments surrounding the recent visit to Damascus by Interior Minister Ziyad Baroud that initiated the process.

  

The March 14 Forces appeared to emerge victorious in Beirut Bar Association elections on Sunday, gaining three out of four seats, although a candidate from Michel Aoun's Free Patriotic Movement actually received the most overall votes. George Nakhle took the first post with 1,945 votes in the elections for four new members.