The US will carry out the provisions of an executive order issued by President George W. Bush over the summer to freeze the assets of those who hinder international investigations into the assassination of former Premier Rafik Hariri, starting with four Lebanese political personalities, according to a report in the daily An-Nahar.

UN chief Ban Ki-moon urged Lebanese leaders Wednesday to reach consensus on a new president who would enjoy "the broadest possible acceptance," as Lebanon tries to restore domestic stability and full political independence. Ban made the appeal in his latest report on implementation of Resolution 1701.

Lebanon ? As most high school football teams turn in their pads until next year, marching bands are tuning up for a few encore performances.

Ghassan Maalouf, the Middle East representative of the International Osteoporosis Foundation, told an audience at the Phoenicia InterContinental Hotel in Beirut on Wednesday that one in every three women over the age of 50 will suffer from the bone disease. The audience, mostly women, gathered at the hotel to commemorate.

Fecon announced plans for a $3 million expansion that will more than double the size of its Lebanon facility.

Rival Lebanese leaders General Michel Aoun and Saad Hariri met in Paris on Wednesday amid efforts to resolve the country's deadlock on electing a new president, an official in the general's camp said.

BEIRUT (AFP)--Rival Lebanese leaders General Michel Aoun and Saad Hariri met in Paris Wednesday as part of efforts to resolve the country's deadlock on electing a new president, an official in the general's camp said.

DAMASCUS (AP)--Syria dismissed Wednesday as "false and fabricated" an allegation by the leader of Lebanon's parliamentary majority that Damascus was plotting to assassinate him and the Lebanese Western-backed prime minister.

Iran - Lebanon - Mottaki Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki delayed his visit to Lebanon for mediation efforts between Iraq and Turkey, Iran Ambassador to Beirut Mohammad Reza Sheibani said on Wednesday.

In a recent interview, composer Samir Safir made a feeble attempt to speak Arabic in the Egyptian dialect. Host Wafa Kilani and the audience at Rotana music studios in Beirut were not sure how to interpret the move, according to the London daily Elaph.

Beirut - Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki has cancelled a trip to Lebanon, a Lebanese Foreign Ministry source said on Wednesday. The Iranian official, who met Syrian President Bashar Assad on Monday, was expected to travel to Beirut on Wedn...

BEIRUT - Iran?s Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki has cancelled a trip to Lebanon, a Lebanese Foreign Ministry source said on Wednesday.

CAIRO - The leader of Lebanon's parliamentary majority said yesterday that Syria was behind a plot to assassinate him and the Lebanese prime minister ahead of crucial presidential elections next month.

?Despite Lebanon's value in the Middle East's ongoing Cold War, Syria, like any other regime under threat, should be less concerned about dominating a smaller neighbor than in securing its own survival,? according to Baroud.

The leader of Lebanon's anti-Syrian ruling coalition says he has information about a plot to kill him.

KUANTAN, Oct 31 (Bernama) -- The Malcon I (Group II) from the First Regiment of the Royal Armoured Corps from Kem Batu 10 had demonstrated strict discipline and responsibility in carrying out their peace mission in Lebanon, said Malcon I commander, Col Mohd Dalib Basir.

BEIRUT: Lebanese central bank governor Riad Salameh said he was ready to become president if rival factions agreed to it and warned that continuing political crisis was strangling Lebanon?s economic growth.

Saad Hariri, head of Lebanon's pro-government Al-Mustaqbal (Future) party, cited security information on Tuesday and alleged that there were assassination plots against Lebanese leadership, Egypt's MENA news agency reported. At a pr ...

New York: Indian peacekeepers serving with the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) have helped scores of Lebanese victims of mines and cluster bombs to regain some mobility by holding a clinic, where amputees were fitted with ...

Beirut - Lebanon's parliamentary majority leader Saad Hariri headed to Paris after concluding a visit to Egypt Tuesday, and is to meet with Michel Aoun, Christian opposition leader and head of the Lebanese Free Patriotic Movement, in the French capit...

Former Prime Minister Najib Mikati lauded Tuesday overall Kuwaiti support for Lebanon. Mikati met with Kuwaiti Ambassador to Beirut Abdel-Aaal al-Qinae at his residence in Tripoli. Mikati said talks revolved around the situation in Lebanon and the presidential election.

The leader of Lebanon's anti-Syrian ruling coalition says he has information about a plot to kill him.

Members of the Lebanese Army and the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) carried out a joint maneuver in and around the Shebaa Farms on Tuesday in an effort to promote cooperation between the two forces as envisioned in UN Security Council Resolution 1701.

Evidence is emerging that the Lebanese army deliberately destroyed the homes of Palestinians in the Nahr el-Bared refugee camp in northern Lebanon during a siege this summer.

Anybody have any idea who it is next week? I'm hoping for pretty good things! Animal Colelctive, some typically random folk woman I'd never heard of. I'm very excited about Beirut + Twilight Sad.

Lebanon: Leaders of parliamentary majority and opposition 'to meet in Paris' (AKI) - The leader of the Lebanese parliamentary majority, Saad Hariri and the head of the opposition Free Patriotic Movement, Michel Aoun are expected to meet in Paris later on Tuesday.Adnkronos International (AKI) has learnt that Aoun arrived in the French capital on a surprise visit after traveling to ...

New Delhi, Oct 30 (ANI): Indian today announced its decision to contribute 600,000 dollars for the reconstruction and rehabilitation of Palestinian refugee camps in Northern Lebanon. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh conveyed this decision to Lebanese President Fuad Siniora, who had called for urgent need to undertake the reconstruction work. India's assistance will be primarily used in the ...

The Bush administration's key diplomat on Lebanon will meet his French counterpart this week to discuss Lebanon's presidential deadlock and efforts to stem Syrian involvement, the State Department said on Tuesday.

Hariri: cooperation between Lebanese security, Arab security services to avoid assassinations.

Cairo: Saad Al Hariri, the leader of Lebanon's anti-Syrian coalition said on Tuesday he had information about a plot to kill him and Prime Minister Fouad Siniora, which he said was planned by a senior Syrian official.

The visit of the European foreign ministers About the recent visit made to Beirut during the last weekend by the foreign ministers of France, Italy and Spain, Murr commented that ?the action is favorable?, and wondered: ?What is our basic problem today?

The leader of Lebanon's anti-Syrian coalition said on Tuesday he had information about a plot to kill him and Prime Minister Fouad Siniora, which he said was planned by a senior Syrian official.

German Defence Minister Franz Josef Jung and his Lebanese counterpart, Elias Murr, have reiterated their support for the UN Interim Force in Lebanon, UNIFIL. Jung, on a visit to Beirut, inspected a German naval flotilla stationed off the coast to stop arms smuggling to Hezbollah guerillas.

Lebanese parliamentary majority leader Saad Hariri said on Tuesday that he had evidence of Syrian assassination plots against himself and Prime Minister Fuad Siniora.

Margao, Oct 30 (IANS) Lebanon were held to a 2-2 draw by India in the second leg of the 2010 FIFA World Cup Asian qualifiers here Tuesday afternoon, going through 6-3 on aggregate. India are now out of the qualifying competition for the next World Cup in South Africa.

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Lebanon reached the next round of the 2010 World Cup Asian zone qualifiers on aggregate on Tuesday after a 2-2 draw against hosts India in the return leg of the first round in Goa.

(Adds quote from Hariri, accusation against Syria.) CAIRO (AFP)--Lebanese parliamentary majority leader Saad Hariri said Tuesday that had evidence of Syrian assassination plots against himself and Prime Minister Fuad Siniora.

Father names five sons after famous politicians as their birth coincides with Lebanon incidents.

Lebanese leaders Samir Geagea and Michel Aoun may be at each other's throats politically, but their namesakes in the Okla family get along like a house on fire.

Gupta's lecture comments misinformed While attending Sanjay Gupta's lecture on Friday, Oct. 26, at Kellogg's Jacobs Center, my colleagues and I were shocked to hear that during the 2006 war on Lebanon, he "felt safer in Beirut than in Tel Aviv." To start with, Tel Aviv was not hit.

DUBAI ? The Arab world faces serious institutional, socio-political, cultural, organisational and intellectual challenges that can be resolved only through concerted study and research, said Dr Antoine Zahlan, an international consultant in Science Policy in London, who also worked as a professor of physics at the American University of Beirut, Lebanon, for 20 years.

German Defence Minister Franz Josef Jung says the Bundeswehr will likely be involved in the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon for the long term. Jung was speaking after arriving in the Lebanese capital, Beirut.

Lebanon ensured Friday's mouthwatering final Group 1 World Cup qualifier against Ireland will be a winner-takes-all blockbuster after beating Russia 48-0 in bitterly cold conditions to the north west of Moscow on Sunday. In what were described as "the worst conditions Lebanon have ever played in," according to center Hassan Saleh.

The UN Development Program (UNDP), in cooperation with the Lebanese Civil Defense and the French Civil Security organized a ceremony at the Civil Defense's Tehouita station on Monday to distribute certificates to the civil defense's employees and volunteers who passed a first-aid exam.

Reputed clairvoyant Michel Hayek predicted late on Sunday that "Lebanon will witness the election of a new president despite current problems." He also ruled out the "imminent" threat of civil war. In an interview with George Salibi on New TV, Hayek foresaw "a few skirmishes and problems" in the country.

German Defense Minister Franz Josef Jung reaffirmed on Monday Germany's cooperation with the Lebanese Army after meeting with army head General Michel Suleiman. "Our cooperation with the Lebanese Army and the government is going well and brought about results," Jung told reporters on Monday.

Tony Blair faced down opposition from the Cabinet and his own advisers in refusing to weaken his position on the Israeli bombing of Lebanon in the summer last year.

BEIRUT, Oct 29 - Lebanon's draft budget for 2008 forecasts a deficit equivalent to 6.3 percent of gross domestic product , the finance ministry said on Monday.

German Defence Minister Franz Josef Jung has said that Germany is prepared to see the Middle East peace process to its conclusion. Jung made the comment after arriving in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, on the first leg of a five-day Middle East tour.

BEIRUT: Bundesverteidigungsminister Franz Josef Jung rechnet damit, dass sich Deutschland lngerfristig an der internationalen UNIFIL-Mission vor der libanesischen Kste beteiligt. Deutschland werde den Friedensprozess im Nahen Osten bis zu Ende begleiten, sagte Jung bei einem Besuch in Beirut.

Rumors are circulating in the entertainment world that prominent Lebanese singer Nawal Al Zoughbi has gotten a divorce from her husband, Lebanese businessman Eli Deeb, after a marriage that lasted 15 years.

BEIRUT, Oct 29 - Lebanon's draft budget for 2008 forecasts a deficit equivalent to 6.3 percent of gross domestic product , the finance ministry said on Monday.

Beirut: Young Palestinian men have formed a rap group in Lebanon to rap and sing about the misery of life in refugee camps.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - "Battalion 5" might conjure up images of the next big computer game, but in Lebanon it's a group of musicians who express the misery of life in Palestinian refugee camps through rap.

Lebanon: Funded by United State Agency for International Development (USAID) and implemented by International Executive Service Corps (IESC), Mr. Marc Yanofsky, IESC's international tourism consultant presented E-tourism Assessment and Recommendations at the Ministry of Tourism. [AMEInfo.com]

BEIRUT (Reuters) - "Battalion 5" might conjure up images of the next big computer game, but in Lebanon it's a group of musicians who express the misery of life in Palestinian refugee camps through rap.

NEW DELHI, Oct 29 (Reuters) - The postponed 2010 World Cup qualifier between India and Lebanon will be played in Goa on Tuesday, India's soccer federation said.

Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al- Muallem discussed on Sunday with visiting French Envoy Jean-Claude Cousseran the upcoming presidential elections in Lebanon. Viewpoints of Syria and France "were identical on a compromise president" agr ...

A father admonishes his rebellious daughter for interrupting his stories with her smart-alecky questions. Another daughter casually mentions a romance to her father, who from then on refuses her phone calls and burns her letters. A third daughter sits begrudgingly at a kitchen table, listening to her relatives repeat their oft-told stories.

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Jad frowns at the headlines, drags long on his cigarette and says he wishes Lebanon's politicians would stop feuding over the future president. This, at least, would spare him and others the nightmare scenario of fellow countrymen taking up arms against each other. "It is like kids fighting, and nobody's budging," said.

Lebanon rugby league coach Darren Maroon will favour players currently involved in the Cedars' World Cup campaign.

Lebanon rugby league coach Darren Maroon will favour players currently involved in the Cedars' World Cup campaign over absent stars like Hazem El Masri when it comes time to pick a team for next year's tournament.

Chennai, Oct 28 (UNI) The only action that could be managed at the rain soaked turf of the Nehru stadium was, when the referees kicked the ball or rather tried to do so near the half line, to ascertain whether the world cup qualifiying home match between India and Lebanon for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, needs to be postponed.

Kuwait's Zain (formerly MTC) expects to bid in the upcoming auction for the two Lebanese mobile phone networks, the Arabic language al-Rai newspaper reported, citing Zain's CEO. However, the company considered the governments expected price of US$6-7 billion to be at least double the realistic valuation of the network operators.

DAMASCUS, Oct 28, 2007 (AFP) - France's Middle East envoy Jean-Claude Cousseran held talks with top Syrian officials Sunday on Lebanon, where deadlock between pro- and anti-Syrian factions has led to a political crisis.

BEIRUT, Oct 28 - Below is a table of the latest Lebanese economic statistics.

Damascus - Syrian Vice-President Farouk al-Sharaa stressed Sunday stability in Lebanon and a presidential election without any foreign interference in talks with French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner's special envoy, Syria's SANA official news a...

CLAYTON ? Lakota West High's boys soccer team wasn't about to let Lebanon pull off another stunning upset. The Firebirds scored a pair of first-half goals and never looked back in a 3-0 triumph over the Warriors in the Division I district finals, Saturday at Northmont's Good Samaritan Stadium.

BEIRUT (AFP) - Jad frowns at the headlines, drags long on his cigarette and wishes Lebanon's politicians would stop feuding over the future president.

BEIRUT (AFP) - Jad frowns at the headlines, drags long on his cigarette and wishes Lebanon's politicians would stop feuding over the future president.

BEIRUT (AFP) - Jad frowns at the headlines, drags long on his cigarette and wishes Lebanon's politicians would stop feuding over the future president.

The 25th anniversary of the murders of three Irish soldiers by a colleague in Lebanon is marked in Dublin.

Shebaa, Lebanon - The disputed Shebaa Farms area looks set to remain a point of contention following Israel's rejection of a suggestion to bring it under UN jurisdiction, according to media reports and well-informed sources. The tiny enclave, located...

LEBANON - Just call them party poopers. Overcoming three turnovers, Blackman ruined Lebanon's homecoming Friday at Nokes-Lasater Field by pinning a 20-14 loss on the Blue Devils.

LEBANON -- Tractor maker CNH Global said it will hire more than 300 Caterpillar Logistics employees at the Lebanon distribution hub. CNH is taking over the 1.1 million-square-foot complex from Caterpillar. Caterpillar opened it in 2003 to distribute CNH's Case New Holland equipment and parts.

Mt. Lebanon High School Principal Ronald P. Davis sent a letter to parents and students, updating them on the Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) that has affected 11 student-athletes since September.

BEIRUT: Figures released by the UN show the inflows of expatriate remittances to Lebanon totaled $5.72 billion in 2006, accounting for 1.9 percent of aggregate remittances to 134 developing countries and for 16.1 percent of such inflows to 11 countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.

MIAMISBURG ? Lebanon saved its best for last.

Cpl. Alec Altamirano (left) and Cpl. Hussein Perez of Marine Corps Security Force Bangor lowered the flag during the Marine Corps memorial ceremony at Legend Harley-Davidson to honor those service members killed in the 1983 Beirut, Lebanon bombing.

CHENNAI: After the hugely successful ?football awareness run? at the Marina, the game is in focus again. This time for the 2010 World Cup qualifier, involving India and Lebanon, a flood-lit match is to be staged at the Nehru ...

Come Monday, Beirut municipal officials hope to help ease the Lebanese capital's nightmarish traffic congestion with the first parking meters installed since the end of the 1975-1990 Civil War. Twenty of the coin- and card-operated machines will be inaugurated in Downtown Beirut, which has for the most part.

New Delhi: Left with a mountain to climb against mighty Lebanon, India were still gladdened by a piece of good news emanating from the Lebanon camp. The visitors arrived in Chennai on Friday without their star midfielder Roda Antar.

Come Monday, Beirut city officials hope to help ease the Lebanese capital's nightmarish traffic congestion with the first parking meters installed since the end of the 1975-1990 civil war.

Every Welsh-to-English translator I've tried on this dad-gummed internet has failed me in my quest to determine just what the "S?n" is in " S?n Festival ". But, with Beirut, Black Lips, Edwyn Collins, Two Gallants, Yeasayer, School of Language, Pony Up!, the Duke Spirit, and Sons and Daughters crammed in among dozens of others at numerous Cardiff, Wales venues November 9-11, I'd posit that "S?n" ...

Chennai, Oct 26: Following the successful hosting of four Pre-Olympic matches, three for men and one for women here, the All India Football Federation (AIFF) has allotted the second leg of tghe Cup qualifies match between India and Lebanon in the Asian Zone preliminary competition for 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, to be held here on October 28, to Tamil Nadu.

Surrounded by ruins, a young Palestinian couple on Friday celebrated their wedding in the refugee camp of Nahr al-Bared in northern Lebanon, devastated by more than three months of fighting between the army and Islamists.

New Delhi, Oct 26 : Indian football captain Bhaichung Bhutia has said the Indian team is capable of beating Lebanon in the World Cup football qualifying match in Chennai Sunday.

Twenty of the coin, card operated machines to be inaugurated in trendy shopping area of Lebanese capital.

The Lebanese Football team traveled on Thursday to India to play against India in the preliminary qualifier of the World Cup, local Terranet reported on Friday. The Lebanese Junior team also headed on the same flight to Saudi Arabia ...

The 30th International Rally of Lebanon would start from Nov. 9 to 11, local Terranet reported on Friday. The rally extending to 957km consists of 17 phases and each phase extends to 283.97 km. The rally was due to take place in June bu ...

Mumbai, Oct 26 (PTI) Despite suffering a 1-4 reversal against Lebanon in the away leg, Indian captain Bhaichung Bhutia is hopeful of a big victory on home turf to advance in the 2010 World Cup qualifiers.

Lebanese companies are taking Jordan by storm, hoping to reap some of the fruits of the country's recent economic growth.

BEIRUT: As politicians from both the ruling coalition and the opposition engage in talks and the country awaits a shortlist of presidential candidates, observers are looking to Bkirki to select suitable candidates - or just one who would be acceptable to both sides.

Ju Ju Hanna has a passion for Lebanese cuisine.

Beirut - The Lebanese alone should be responsible for choosing their future president, Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul-Gheit said after meeting legislative leaders in the Lebanese capital on Thursday. It is up to the Lebanese people to decide t...

The food service director for Lebanon City Schools has been suspended without pay for allegedly falsifying mileage forms. Mary Lynne Bierman's suspension begins today, according to a resolution passed at Wednesday's special school board meeting.

Lebanon: Lebanese troops opened fire yesterday on Israeli warplanes flying low over southern Lebanon, but no hits were reported, Lebanese officials said.

More and more Lebanese are losing patience with increasing amounts of mobile phone spam sent through text messaging. Unlike e-mail spam, which while still an irritant is easily overlooked, "m-spam" is more difficult to disregard as the majority of people instinctively read the text messages they receive.

Scores of Sierra Leonean youths rampaged across the capital, Freetown, ransacking over a dozen shops owned by Lebanese traders from early Thursday, police said. The riots in the war-scarred and desperately impoverished West African country were sparked by the death of a local teenage girl allegedly.

Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmad Abu al-Gheit called on Thursday for an end to foreign interference in Lebanon and urged rival Lebanese politicians to elect a new head of state on time. "I have the impression that there are great efforts to reach something positive," Abu al-Gheit told reporters in a press conference.

The London-based Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) said on Thursday that Lebanon's political and economic future is still at risk due to the deadlock between the government and the opposition over the presidential election. In its annual report on Lebanon, the EIU expects the political situation in Lebanon to remain volatile.

Source: Reuters FREETOWN, Oct 25 (Reuters) - Youths went on the rampage in Sierra Leone's capital Freetown on Thursday, attacking and looting Lebanese-owned shops after reports a Lebanese man had raped and killed a ...

Scores of Sierra Leonean youths rampaged across the capital Freetown ransacking over a dozen shops owned by Lebanese traders from early Thursday, police said.

BEIRUT -- Egyptian foreign minister Ahmed Abul Gheit Thursday urged foreign states not to interfere in the Lebanese presidential vote, while on a visit to Beirut to help end the country's long-running crisis.

Lebanese soldiers opened up with machine guns and light anti-aircraft weapons mounted on armored vehicles at two planes that flew by just east of Marjayoun town near the border at midmorning, a Lebanese security official said.

The food service director for Lebanon City Schools has been suspended without pay for allegedly falsifying mileage forms. Mary Lynne Bierman's suspension begins today, according to a resolution passed at Wednesday's special school board meeting.

The food service director for Lebanon City Schools has been suspended without pay for allegedly falsifying mileage forms.

Lebanese ground troops fired 150 rounds at Israeli fighter aircraft flying low over southern Lebanon Thursday morning, security officials said.

Two jets head back towards Israel after escaping Lebanese anti-aircraft weapons.

Security officials in Lebanon say anti-aircraft guns targeted warplanes over southern Lebanon.

Lebanese troops opened fire on two Israeli jets flying low over the south of the country, the police and army said.

Lebanese soldiers opened up with machine guns and light anti-aircraft weapons mounted on armored vehicles at two planes that flew by just east of Marjayoun town near the border at midmorning, a Lebanese security official said.

Lebanese troops opened fire Thursday on Israeli warplanes flying low over southern Lebanon, but no hits were reported, Lebanese officials said.

BEIRUT, Lebanon - Officials say that Lebanese troops opened fire Thursday on Israeli warplanes flying low over southern Lebanon, but no hits were reported.

Ban calls for presidential polls to go ahead to end Lebanon?s crippling political stalemate.

For Big Change: Songs for FINCA , a $7.99 charity album available through iTunes starting Oct. 30, actress Natalie Portman selected 16 tunes from artists like Norah Jones and Antony & the Johnsons, the Shins...and indie-pop outfit Beirut, the first band Portman approached to appear on the mix.

The U.N. secretary-general called Wednesday for an end to "foreign interference" that has exacerbated Lebanon's political crisis and said he had received more information that Syria was involved in sending weapons and fighters across the border.

Lebanon residents are asked to conserve water the next few days

The political scene in Lebanon was anxious on Wednesday as the country held its breath for a highly anticipated meeting between the leader of the parliamentary majority, MP Saad Hariri, and the head of the opposition Free Patriotic Movement, MP Michel Aoun. The two men were expected to discuss efforts to agree on a consensus.

The American University of Beirut is expected to announce the names of the first 20 recipients of the new Franklin Scholarships, funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) on Tuesday. Franklin Scholars will receive full tuition for their entire study period at AUB.

Banque du Liban Governor Riad Salameh said Tuesday that he expected Lebanon's GDP growth to reach 2 or 3 percent by the end of 2007. Speaking in Washington at a dinner reception rewarding him the highest achievement award by the Arab Bankers Association of North America, Salameh said that Lebanon managed to weather.

UN chief Ban Ki-moon Wednesday warned Lebanese parties against rearming and conducting military training, calling for presidential polls to go ahead to end a crippling political stalemate.

Fires raged across Lebanon only weeks after an earlier forest fire devastated parts of the country.

A local teenager who recently battled MRSA said the infection was ?terribly? painful and said she would never wish it on anyone else. ?It was the worst pain that I had ever felt in my whole life,? said Fiona Forney, a 17-year-old senior at Northern Lebanon High School.

The junior varsity Warriors played tough, but fell to West Albany 28-12 on Oct. 18. Lebanon scored first on their opening drive, thanks to Kraig Trask's 5-yard run. The Warriors tried a fake point-after attempt, but it was unsuccessful.

A teacher at Lebanon High School has filed a complaint with the school district over a blog that has been critical of her and other district officials.

The 60,000-seat stadium sits empty, not due to lack of interest but because the authorities have banned spectators, fearing that the tense peace that exists between rival religious and political factions would be blown apart by rivalries on and off the field.

Fires raged across hectares of woodland in northern and southern Lebanon on Wednesday, civil defence officials said, only weeks after an earlier forest fire devastated parts of the country.

They live quite literally in the dark - 40 deputies from Lebanon's anti-Syrian parliamentary majority, have been sealed off from the outside world.

Oct. 23, 1983 was "truly a day that the heart of this city was broken," Jacksonville Mayor Jan Bean Slagle told families and survivors of the Beirut barracks bombing.

About a third of the Lebanese public (34%) now feels that suicide bombings may at least sometimes be justified in the defense if Islam, a 40-point decline from the 74% who took this view in 2002 and part of a larger trend among most Muslim countries surveyed in the latest Pew Global Attitudes Survey.

Jackie Molinda scored two goals, and Julie Dumbaugh added another to lead Mt. Lebanon (16-1-2) to a Class AAA girls soccer playoff victory against visiting North Allegheny (9-10-3).

JACKSONVILLE, N.C. ? They gently brushed their fingertips across the stone where the names of the men who died on a peacekeeping mission in Lebanon in 1983 are engraved.

The French Parliament is expected to endorse a $500 million soft loan to Lebanon in November to help the government reduce the cost of debt servicing, the Finance Ministry said on Tuesday. According to a statement, French officials informed Finance Minister Jihad Azour, who is attending a World Bank and ...

Hundreds of veterans and families came together in Jacksonville Tuesday for the annual Beirut bombing remembrance ceremony. It was 24 years ago that 241 marines, sailors, and soldiers were killed when a bomb blew up outside their barracks in Beirut.

LEBANON - Residents are being asked to conserve water while the city?s treatment plant recovers from an upset over the weekend. Alarms at Lebanon?s water treatment plant sounded late Friday night when the amount of sediment in the Santiam River and canal overloaded the 60-year-old treatment system.

He said that the company registered operational profits estimated at 39 million dollars and this despite the difficult situation of the country, in particular the war of July-August 2006. He indicated that during this year, profits will be achieved despite the complex security circumstances that Lebanon is going through.

One Lebanese MP yearns to see the sun, another to have his child fall asleep in his arms and a third would love to go to his dentist to treat a painful tooth.

Lebanon's parliament has put off its latest attempt to choose the country's next president as rival factions continue negotiations over a compromise candidate, according to the parliament's Speaker.

Source: IRIN Forest fires were the latest environmental disaster to hit Lebanon, whose mountains, valleys, rivers and coastline - some of the richest natural habitat in the region - are being rapidly damaged beyond repair, due to a lack of protective legislation, financial support and environmental awareness, according to officials and activists.

BEIRUT, Oct 23 - Below is a table of the latest Lebanese economic statistics.

BEIRUT: Lebanon delayed its presidential election by nearly three weeks to November 12 yesterday to allow more time for rival pro- and anti-Syrian groups to agree on a compromise candidate.

Twenty-four years ago today, a bomb exploded in Beirut, Lebanon, destroying the lives of hundreds of service members and their families. The dust has long settled from the attack, but for many in eastern North Carolina, the wounds will never fully heal. Gail Black lost her husband that day.

BEIRUT, Lebanon | Lebanese politics notoriously are cumbersome and convoluted. Monday, squabbling politicians again delayed a decision on choosing a new president, this time putting it off until Nov. 12. The deadline before the country is hurtled into a constitutional crisis is Nov. 24, when President Emile Lahoud is scheduled to step down.

John M. Snyder was a sergeant in the Marine Corps in 1983. He was one of the first 100 members of the Corps? first CH-53E squadron, HMH-464. The following are his memories of his time in Beirut, in his own words.

MICHAEL Saleh is hoping for a trouble-free run in his native Lebanon next month to keep alive his hopes of a podium finish in this year's FIA Middle East Rally Championship.

Locked up and cut off from her family for nine years, without even a penny for the endless scrubbing and washing up, Siriani knew it was time to flee or "die." Like thousands of Filipinas, Sri Lankans, Nepalese or Ethiopians, Siriani came to Beirut at the age of 20 as a house maid - a must-have in the image-conscious country.

About 400 children gathered at schools and Palestinian refugee camps throughout Lebanon on Friday to call on the government to put an immediate end to the daily violence against children, as part of the World Day of Action against Violence. One in four children worldwide is suffering from physical, sexual or psychological abuse, said.

A 30-year-old South Lebanon man who said he shouldn't be charged with felony domestic violence against his live-in girlfriend will be sentenced Nov. 6.

Damascus - Syria's Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Faysal Miqdad described Monday the Lebanese ruling majority as a tyrannical majority. If the Lebanese election took place today, the majority would become a minority, because it is a tyrannical ...

BEIRUT, Oct 22 - Below is a table of the latest Lebanese economic statistics.

The Lebanon City School Board will meet at 4:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 24 in the board offices at 700 Holbrook Ave. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss personnel issues. Action may be taken.

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Lebanon delayed its presidential election by nearly three weeks to November 12 on Monday to allow more time for rival pro- and anti-Syrian groups to agree on a compromise candidate.

The Lebanese parliamentary vote for a new president was postponed Monday until next month by National Assembly Speaker Nabih Berri.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon delayed its presidential election by nearly three weeks to November 12 on Monday to allow more time for rival pro- and anti-Syrian groups to agree on a compromise candidate.

Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri on Monday postponed a parliamentary session to elect a new president until Nov. 12 to give rival factions time to agree on a compromise candidate, a statement said.

BEIRUT (AFP) - Lebanon's parliament speaker on Monday again postponed a special session to elect a president to allow the divided country's feuding political factions time to agree on a consensus candidate.

Lebanon has delayed its presidential election by nearly three weeks to November 12.

Move to allow more time for rival groups to agree on compromise candidate

(RTTNews) - The Lebanese presidential elections, which were meant to take place on Tuesday, were put off until November 12.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon delayed its presidential election by nearly three weeks to November 12 on Monday to allow more time for rival pro- and anti-Syrian groups to agree on a compromise candidate.

Lebanon: Lebanese Director Nadine Labaki has received the New Arab Women Forum Award for the screening of 'Caramel' film. The film is the first to be screened by a female Lebanese director and was previewed during the 2007 Cannes Film Festival. [AMEInfo.com]

Lebanese Shiite militant group Hezbollah has given Israel a letter written by an air force navigator who has been missing for more than 20 years, an Israeli newspaper reported on Monday.

BEIRUT - Lebanon?s presidential election had been postponed from Tuesday to Nov. 12, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said in a statement on Monday.

BEIRUT: Die Prsidentenwahl im Libanon wird von Dienstag auf den 12. November verschoben. Parlamentsprsident Nabih Berry sagte, dadurch solle allen Beteiligten mehr Zeit gegeben werden, sich auf einen Kompromisskandidaten zu einigen.

BEIRUT -- Lebanon's parliament speaker Monday again postponed a special session to choose a president to allow the divided country's feuding political factions time to agree on a consensus candidate.

Lebanon's parliament speaker on Monday again postponed a special session to choose a president to allow the divided country's feuding political factions time to agree on a consensus candidate.

BEIRUT, Lebanon - Hezbollah's deputy leader warned the U.S. on Sunday against setting up a military base in Lebanon, saying the guerrilla group would consider such a move "a hostile act." Sheik Naim Kassem's warning came days after a senior Pentagon official said the U.S. military would like to see a "strategic partnership" with Lebanon's army to strengthen the country's forces so that Hezbollah ...

In 1913, David Saba, a 17-year-old Lebanese immigrant who spoke no English, stepped off a ship in Southern California. Using a horse-drawn wagon, he began peddling goods to gold camps and ranches across the state.

BEIRUT, Lebanon?Hezbollah's deputy leader warned the U.S. on Sunday against setting up a military base in Lebanon, saying the guerrilla group would consider such a move "a hostile act."

BEIRUT, Lebanon?Hezbollah's deputy leader warned the U.S. on Sunday against setting up a military base in Lebanon, saying the guerrilla group would consider such a move "a hostile act."

Beirut: The administration of US President George W. Bush wants the Lebanese to choose between having their country turn into an American military base or face a new strife, Lebanon's top Shiite cleric alleged yesterday.

In a symbolic visit to South Lebanon, the foreign ministers of France, Italy and Spain pledged unequivocal support for UN peacekeepers overseeing a truce along the Lebanese-Israeli border increasingly threatened by Al-Qaeda-inspired militants and political instability in Beirut.

Norway on Friday opened a new Embassy in Beirut, replacing the office administratively managed by the Norwegian Embassy in Damascus. The new Embassy is headed by Aud Lise Norheim, the charge d'affaires, who took up her duties on Friday. Norheim has served as Norway's ambassador to Bangladesh.

The Daily Star went to press.

BEIRUT, Lebanon - Parliamentary deputies say Lebanon's presidential election scheduled for Tuesday will most likely be postponed.

BEIRUT -- A session of parliament due Tuesday to elect Lebanon's next president is expected to be postponed, analysts said Sunday, after an EU diplomatic mission failed to break a political deadlock.

BEIRUT -- A scheduled parliament session this week to elect Lebanon's president is expected to be postponed again, as feuding political parties are unable to agree on a consensus candidate, analysts and politicians say.

Lebanon's parliament will delay electing a president next week, political sources said yesterday, allowing more time for rival pro- and anti-Syrian groups to agree on a compromise candidate.

BEIRUT, Lebanon?Lebanon's presidential election scheduled for Tuesday will most likely be postponed to give room for rival Lebanese factions to agree on a consensus candidate, parliamentary deputies said late Saturday.

BEIRUT (AFP) - A scheduled parliament session this week to elect Lebanon's president is expected to be postponed again as feuding political parties are unable to agree on a consensus candidate, analysts and politicians say.

France, Italy and Spain's foreign ministers met on Saturday with Lebanon's feuding political leaders in a bid to break a long-running deadlock that is preventing the election of a president.

Lebanon's presidential election scheduled for Tuesday will most likely be postponed to give room for rival Lebanese factions to agree on a consensus candidate, parliamentary deputies said late Saturday.

BEIRUT - A scheduled parliament session this week to elect Lebanon?s president is expected to be postponed again as feuding political parties are unable to agree on a consensus candidate, analysts and politicians say.

France, Italy and Spain's foreign ministers met on Saturday with Lebanon's feuding political leaders in a bid to break a long-running deadlock that is preventing the election of a president.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's parliament will delay electing a president next week, political sources said on Saturday, allowing more time for rival pro- and anti-Syrian groups to agree on a compromise candidate.

Hezbollah on Friday denounced a senior Pentagon official's call for a US "strategic partnership" with the Lebanese army, saying US attempts to boost military ties were a ploy for domination and could turn the country into another Iraq.

Lebanon's presidential election scheduled for Tuesday will most likely be postponed to give room for the rival Lebanese factions to agree on a compromise, parliamentary deputies said late Saturday.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's parliament will delay electing a president next week, political sources said on Saturday, allowing more time for rival pro- and anti-Syrian groups to agree on a compromise candidate.

Lebanese election seen delayed

Lebanese election seen delayed

Beirut: Lebanon's parliament is likely to delay electing a president this week because no compromise candidate has been found by rival pro- and anti-Syrian groups, an official said yesterday.

BEIRUT (AFP) - France, Italy and Spain's foreign ministers met on Saturday with Lebanon's feuding political leaders in a bid to break a long-running deadlock that is preventing the election of a president.

BEIRUT (AFP) - France, Italy and Spain's foreign ministers met on Saturday with Lebanon's feuding political leaders in a bid to break a long-running deadlock that is preventing the election of a president.

Lebanon's parliament will delay electing a president next week, political sources said on Saturday, allowing more time for rival pro- and anti-Syrian groups to agree on a compromise candidate.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's parliament will delay electing a president next week, political sources said on Saturday, allowing more time for rival pro- and anti-Syrian groups to try to agree on a compromise candidate.

French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner began his visit to Beirut at the weekend by crashing a wedding party and dancing the dabke, or traditional Lebanese dance, with the bridal couple.

France, Italy and Spain's foreign ministers met on Saturday with Lebanon's feuding political leaders in a bid to break a long-running deadlock that is preventing the election of a president.

The foreign ministers of France, Italy and Spain are in Lebanon Saturday to urge rival factions to agree on the election of a new president as a step toward breaking a lengthy political deadlock.

The foreign ministers of France, Italy and Spain were in Lebanon on Saturday to try to prod rival Lebanese factions to agree on the election of a new president as an essential step toward breaking a months long political deadlock.

BEIRUT, Oct 20, 2007 (AFP) - French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner began his visit to Beirut at the weekend by crashing a wedding party and dancing the dabke, or traditional Lebanese dance, with the bridal couple.

The foreign ministers of France, Italy and Spain have met Lebanon's feuding political leaders in a bid to break a long-running deadlock that is preventing the election of a president.

Funded by USAID, implemented by IESC, in Collaboration with Lebanon's Ministry of Tourism plan to present 'Building Lebanon's Tourism Businesses through Online Channels', a presentation event by international tourism consultant, Mr. Marc Yanofsky, on Thursday October 25, 2007, at the Ministry of Tourism, Beirut.

Lebanon: Funded by USAID, implemented by IESC, in Collaboration with Lebanon's Ministry of Tourism plan to present 'Building Lebanon's Tourism Businesses through Online Channels', a presentation event by international tourism consultant, Mr. Marc Yanofsky, on Thursday October 25, 2007, at the Ministry of Tourism, Beirut. [AMEInfo.com]

The foreign ministers of France, Italy and Spain meet Lebanese leaders on Saturday to discuss the long-running political crisis that threatens to scuttle the country's presidential election.

Beirut - The foreign ministers of France, Italy and Spain began their visit to Lebanon on Saturday by inspecting their country's troops involved in the United Nations Interfim Force in Southern Lebanon (UNIFIL). France's Bernard Kouchner, Massimo D'a...

BEIRUT - The foreign ministers of France, Italy and Spain meet Lebanese leaders on Saturday to discuss the long-running political crisis that threatens to scuttle the country?s presidential election.

BEIRUT: The Lebanese government cannot afford to subsidize the prices of oil and its derivatives if these rates exceed the local official threshold, Acting Energy Minister Mohammad Safadi said on Friday.

Lancaster Mennonite, fresh off winning the L-L League title Thursday, defeated Section Three rival Northern Lebanon 2-0 in Friday's play-in round of the District Three Class AA field hockey tournament.Jackie Gyger and Brianna Lehman scored just over a minute apart early in the second h...

DAMASCUS: Syria says it is ready to open diplomatic ties with neighbouring Lebanon once the current government of Prime Minister Fouad Siniora has been replaced by a more friendly administration.

Mt. Lebanon's turf, locker room and training areas show no signs of the cause of staph infections.

LANCASTER - The Northern Lebanon field hockey team saw its season come to an end Friday when the Vikings dropped a 2-0 decision to Lancaster Mennonite in the play-in round of the District Three Class AA tournament at Lancaster Mennonite.

Donna Davis Norris, President of the Lebanon City Schools Board of Education, announced the cancellation of the special board meeting that had been scheduled for 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 19 at the board offices at 700 Holbrook Ave., Lebanon.

The director general of OGERO announced on Friday that the company plans to reduce its international phone rates at the beginning of next month. "We plan to cut the international phone rates on November 1 and this will be the second cut on international calls in two years," Abdul Munim Youssif told reporters at a news conference in Beirut.

Syria reiterated on Friday that it respects Lebanon's independence and is ready to open diplomatic relations, but only if the government of Prime Minister Fouad Siniora is replaced by a more courteous government. In a letter sent to UN chief Ban Ki-moon and published by the state-run news agency Thursday night, Syria said.

Hezbollah on Friday denounced a senior Pentagon official's call for a U.S. "strategic partnership" with Lebanon's army, saying American attempts to boost military ties were a ploy for domination and could turn the country into another Iraq.

MOUNT LEBANON -- The Pittsburgh Presbytery says a conservative congregation can leave the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A) and take its property, too. On Thursday, the Presbytery voted 174-73 to let Beverly Heights Church in Mount Lebanon leave.

The captors of Israeli Cpl. Gilad Schalit said Hezbollah didn't negotiate with them during a prisoner swap between Israel and the Lebanese militant group.

DAMASCUS -- Syria says it is ready to open diplomatic ties with neighboring Lebanon once the current government of Prime Minister Fuad Siniora has been replaced by a more friendly administration.

Beirut - Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babajan held talks Friday in Beirut with Lebanese leaders focusing on the political crisis that has engulfed the country in a deadlock since November 2006. Turkey attaches great importance to Lebanon's unity and...

Beirut ? Lebanese Energy Minister Mohamed Fenaish, conferred here yesterday with Deputy Premier and Minister of Energy and Industry H E Abdullah bin Hamad Al Attiyah.

All Things Considered , October 18, 2007 Zach Condon is a young singer-songwriter who grew up in Albuquerque, N.M., but whose musical interests have looked abroad. His debut, which drew on Balkan gypsy music, was a surprise hit among Internet indie-rock cognescenti last year.

The U.N. Mine Action Coordination Center expects to have southern Lebanon cleared of cluster bombs by the end of next year, officials said Wednesday. Dalya Farran, a spokeswoman for the agency, blamed Israel for the slow progress, The Lebanon Star reporte...

The U.N. Mine Action Coordination Center expects to have southern Lebanon cleared of cluster bombs by the end of next year, officials said Wednesday.

Lebanon again missed a chance to lure badly needed foreign direct investment (FDI) due to the summer 2006 war with Israel and endless political bickering, a senior Lebanese official said Thursday. According to the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTD) World Investment released at UN House in Beirut.

The Lebanese American University organized a "Stand Up" campaign on the occasion of the "Day for the Eradication of Poverty" at the Beirut campus on Wednesday. Dean of Students Affairs Tarek Nawas explained the goals of the UN Millennium Campaign launched in October 2002, and the Millennium Development Goals (MDG).

In 1999, the five members of Unknown to No One were actually unknown to everyone. Forming a boy band in Baghdad to sing pop songs in English, they were at best a shot in the dark. No one in Iraq was listening to the Backstreet Boys or the Spice Girls then, and the masses weren't likely to be sympathetic to homegrown.

LEBANON (NEWS CENTER) -- There was a small plane crash in southern Maine Thursday afternoon. Authorities say the aircraft went down in a field off the Upper Cross Road in Lebanon.

A 16-year-old Lebanon male was arrested last week and charged with 14 counts of second-degree criminal mischief in relation to the tagging incidents at Green Acres Elementary and Seventh Day Adventist Church.

Authorities in southern Maine are investigating the crash of a small plane in Lebanon.

Almost six months to the day after voting to leave the Presbyterian Church (USA), Beverly Heights Church in Mt. Lebanon was granted its dismissal today by the Pittsburgh Presbytery.

A Lebanese man released by Israel in a prisoner exchange with Hezbollah was never a fighter for the militant group, his wife insists, saying he is mentally ill and was captured by mistake by Israeli forces in the confusion of last year's war.

The Lebanese government must take concrete steps to end all forms of discrimination against Palestinian refugees, Amnesty International said in its new report, Exiled and Suffering: Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon, launched at a press conference in Beirut today.

Source: IRIN The Lebanese government's practises against Palestinian refugees continue to breach the country's obligations under international human rights law and should be repealed immediately, according to a report released here on 17 October by Amnesty International (AI).

An underground cable failure caused a power outage at Mt. Lebanon High School this morning, forcing officials to cancel classes today.

Egyptian singer Shireen was supposed to host a live concert with the Lebanese singer Fadel Shaker on the second day of Eid in Kuwait; however, it was changed because Fadel had scheduled three different concerts on the same day, one in Egypt, the other in Kuwait and the last in Dubai.

With ten cases of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus, or MRSA, confirmed at Mt. Lebanon High School, officials are taking action to try and determine the source of the bacteria that cause the drug-resistant staph infection. VIDEO: KDKA's Bob Allen reports

BEIRUT, Oct 18 - Below is a table of the latest Lebanese economic statistics.

BEIRUT: The Lebanese government must do more to alleviate the miserable conditions of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon who are treated like ?second-class citizens?, Amnesty International said yesterday.

Dubai Properties, a member of Dubai Holding, has unveiled an $11bn mega-project to be located within Dubailand that will house approximately 50,000 residents in five zones built to resemble the Arab cities of Baghdad, Beirut, Damascus, Cairo and Marrakech, reported Gulf News. The 678-hectare Mudon development will include villas, town houses, apartments, and a golf course.

Mt. Lebanon boys' soccer coach Ron Wilcher had seen this scenario play out before. ...

Lebanon Valley College professor Kevin Pry leads Ghost Tours around the campus. Pry, who emphasizes the anthropological basis of his stories, stands in The Leedy Theatre, where, it is said, the ghost of a former stagehand appears occasionally.

A banner won't get hung to recognize the achievement, but Lebanon's junior varsity boys soccer team won the Greater Western Ohio Conference South Division championship last week.

Australia's hopes of qualifying for the next year's Olympic Games in Beijing have suffered a blow, with Lebanon holding them to a scoreless draw in Beirut.

The Olyroos have missed a golden opportunity to skip clear at the top of their Olympic qualifying group after being held to a 0-0 draw against Lebanon in Beirut.

Opening a new cafe/restaurant that emphasises Basque-style tapas could seem a bit risky. Headlines from the semi-autonomous region of northern Spain can occasionally run on a par with those from Beirut.

Beirut: An international human rights group yesterday urged the Lebanese government to take immediate measures to end discrimination against hundreds of thousands of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon and respect their human rights.

US Ambassador to Lebanon Jeffrey Feltman said Wednesday his country would support a Lebanese presidential candidate who is elected freely without foreign interference or pressure. Feltman was speaking following a meeting with Speaker Nabih Berri a few days before Parliament is scheduled to convene to elect a new president.

All human endeavors are subject to the perceptions of both the self and the other, perceptions which are filtered through the prism of one's intellectual, political, economic or religious points of view. Art is no exception. Indeed, as Leo Tolstoy put it: "Art is that human activity which consists in one human consciously conveying to others.

Lebanon is considering changing the electric rates for its largest users ? which could provide an added incentive for companies to move to the city.

Thousands of Hezbollah supporters massed on Wednesday for the funeral of a Lebanese guerrilla whose body was handed over in a rare swap between Israel and the Shiite Muslim militia.

BEIRUT, 17 October 2007 (IRIN) - The Lebanese government?s practises against Palestinian refugees continue to breach the country?s obligations under international human rights law and should be repealed immediately, according to a report released here on 17 October by Amnesty International (AI).

The Warrior volleyball team tried to find redemption in its second season match against Silverton, but the Foxes escaped LHS with a 3-1 win. After improving their record to 5-4 in the Mid-Willamette Conference, Lebanon dropped back to 5-5 and fifth place in the league.

Any North Lebanon Township resident who is unhappy with a decision by the code-enforcement officer now has the right to appeal using a form approved by the township?s Board of Supervisors Monday evening.

Amnesty International says Palestinians are treated like second-class citizens

A rights group condemns Lebanon for what it calls discrimination against Palestinian refugees.

Source: Reuters By Yara Bayoumy BEIRUT, Oct 17 (Reuters) - The Lebanese government must do more to alleviate the miserable conditions of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon who are treated like "second-class ...

BEIRUT (AP)--A leading international human rights group accused Syrian authorities on Wednesday of using harsh measures to limit the freedoms of activists, including arrests, travel bans and refusal to grant them licenses to operate in the country.

Latrobe's Joelle Kissell won her singles match, but Mt. Lebanon proved too strong overall as it knocked Latrobe out of the first round of WPIAL Section AAA team tennis playoffs by a score of 4-1 Tuesday at Latrobe High School.

BEIRUT: The Industry Ministry and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) launched a new program on Monday to restore the capacities of industries partially or completely destroyed during the 2006 war with Israel.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Talks to free two captured Israeli soldiers in a prisoner swap deal are making positive progress, Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said on Tuesday.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Talks to free two captured Israeli soldiers in a prisoner swap deal are making positive progress, Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said on Tuesday.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Talks to free two captured Israeli soldiers in a prisoner swap deal are making positive progress, Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said on Tuesday.

The Industry Ministry and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) launched a new program on Monday to restore the capacities of industries partially or completely destroyed during the 2006 war with Israel. The project focuses on developing the available human resources through training in new technologies.

BEIRUT (AFP) - Ten Palestinian members of an Islamist network have been placed under investigation for plotting an attack on United Nations peacekeepers in Lebanon, a military judge told AFP on Tuesday.

A Palestinian girl was seriously injured on Tuesday when a grenade she was handling exploded at a school in northern Lebanon where Palestinian refugees are being temporarily housed, police said.

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OAK BROOK, Ill. ? October 16, 2007 ? Researchers at the American University of Beirut Medical Center (AUBMC) in Lebanon have found that administering a lidocaine lollipop as a single-agent anesthetic to patients undergoing an upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy procedure eliminated the need for sedation in the majority of patients.

Oslo - Syrian-Lebanese poet Adonis (Ali Ahmad Said Asbar) was Tuesday awarded the Norwegian Bjornson prize for his contributions to renew poetry as a literary genre. The prize, worth 100,000 kroner (18,500 dollars), is awarded by the Bjornson Acade...

BEIRUT -- Lebanon Tuesday said a group of suspects arrested for plotting attacks against UN peacekeepers were Palestinian members of radical Islamist networks.

Two Palestinian children were injured on Tuesday when a grenade they were handling exploded at a school in northern Lebanon where Palestinian refugees are being temporarily housed, police said.

BEIRUT, Oct 16, 2007 (AFP) - The United Nations peacekeeping force in Lebanon said on Tuesday it was boosting security after a gang of Palestinians was arrested for plotting attacks against the troops.

Olyroos coach Graham Arnold is set to go for goals in his side's Olympic Games qualifier against Lebanon in Beirut on Thursday, naming four attackers as he looks to get a goal difference jump on group leaders Iraq.

BEIRUT (AFP) - With less than a week to go before Lebanon's parliament convenes again to elect a president, all indicators are that the session is doomed to fail or will be cancelled for lack of consensus among the country's feuding political factions.

Source: Reuters By Alistair Lyon, Special Correspondent QUSAYA, Lebanon, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Outside powers cast long shadows over Lebanon's struggle for a deal between rival camps before next week's parliamentary ...

Ali plucks a sprig of the cannabis sativa plant and sniffs its distinctive leaves with appreciation. This Lebanese farmer's field of marijuana, a splash of bright green on the sun-baked plains of eastern Lebanon's Bekaa Valley, will yield around 15 kilograms (33 pounds) of cannabis resin, or hashish, which he will sell for about $10,000, many times more than he could hope to earn from ...

Outside powers cast long shadows over Lebanon's struggle for a deal between rival camps before next week's parliamentary session to elect a successor to outgoing President Emile Lahoud, a close Syrian ally.

BEIRUT/NAQOURA: Israel and Hizbullah exchanged the remains of an Israeli civilian for a captive Lebanese fighter and the bodies of two of his comrades on Monday during a swap conducted under tight security at the Naqoura border crossing point.

LEBANON has rebuffed a high level request by Australia to drop its rival extradition bid for crime boss Tony Mokbel.

Associated Press - October 15, 2007 7:43 PM ET NAQOURA, Lebanon (AP) - Israel has exchanged a Hezbollah prisoner and the bodies of 2 Lebanese fighters for the corpse of a drowned Israeli...

Associated Press - October 15, 2007 7:43 PM ET NAQOURA, Lebanon (AP) - Israel has exchanged a Hezbollah prisoner and the bodies of 2 Lebanese fighters for the corpse of a drowned Israeli...

NAQOURA, Lebanon (AP) - Israel has exchanged a Hezbollah prisoner and the bodies of 2 Lebanese fighters for the corpse of a drowned Israeli civilian. The move could pave the way for a trade involving two Israeli soldiers. Their capture triggered last year's war.

Farmers in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley are growing more marijuana now that government forces are once again too busy with conflicts to stop them.

Beirut - Israel and Lebanon's radical Hezbollah movement concluded a swap on Monday, with the Jewish state handing over the bodies of two Hezbollah fighters and a prisoner for the remains of an Israeli man. The exchange took place in Naqoura at 1537...

Lebanon said on Monday it had arrested a gang of foreigners who were plotting attacks on UN peacekeepers, four months after six troops were killed in a bombing against a Spanish contingent.

Beirut just can't seem to get enough live gigs. After wrapping up their fall U.S. tour in Los Angeles last week, appearing on KEXP in Chicago , and performing a series of DVD-worthy live videos for Blogotheque , Zach Condon and crew made one more stop at L.A.'s Amoeba Music for a not-so-secret in-store show.

Tel Aviv - Two bodies of Lebanese fighters and one Lebanese prisoner were exchanged Sunday evening for the body of an Israeli civilian who went missing in 2005, Israeli officials confirmed. The two bodies and the prisoner were captured by Israel duri...

Israel and Hezbollah are set on Monday to exchange the remains of an Israeli civilian for a Lebanese prisoner and the bodies of two guerrillas, a Lebanese security source said on Monday.

NAQOURA, Lebanon - Israeli exchanged a Lebanese prisoner and the bodies of two Hezbollah guerillas Monday for the body of an Israeli who drowned in Lebanon, the Lebanese state news agency reported.

Source: Reuters (Adds details, colour, previous BEIRUT) NAQOURA, Lebanon, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Israel and Hezbollah are set on Monday to exchange the remains of an Israeli civilian for a Lebanese prisoner ...

The bodies could be handed over at the border point of Naqoura on the Mediterranean Sea coast as early as late Monday afternoon.

BEIRUT -- The Lebanese army said Monday it had arrested a gang of foreigners who were plotting attacks on UN peacekeepers patrolling the south of the country.

Lebanon, the country of Man Yatim declared that he is proud to have the nationality of Lebanon, the country of Man, having a message to convey to humanity, that of freedom, democracy, culture and interaction between civilizations.

BEIRUT (AP)--Lebanese military intelligence agents have detained seven people for allegedly being involved in the preparation of attacks against U.N. peacekeepers in southern Lebanon, the army said in a statement Monday.

Israel and Lebanon may carry out a prisoner swap on Monday, with the Jewish state handing over the bodies of two Hezbollah fighters and a prisoner in exchange for the body of a Israeli soldier, a security source told AFP.

The Lebanese army said on Monday it had arrested a group of non-Lebanese planning to attack United Nations forces in south Lebanon.

The World Lebanese Culture Union (WLCU) in Liberia has donated 300 arm chairs to the Louis Arthur Grimes School of Law at the University of Liberia. The President of the Union, Tony Hage, made the presentation on behalf of his organization.

People in Lebanon give their reaction to the murder of anti-Syria MP Antoine Ghanim.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Israel and Hezbollah are set to complete within hours a deal to exchange the remains of an Israeli for a Lebanese prisoner and the bodies of two guerrillas, a Lebanese security source said on Monday.

BEIRUT, Oct 10 - Below is a table of the latest Lebanese economic statistics.

BEIRUT, Oct 10 - Below is a table of the latest Lebanese economic statistics.

Israel and Lebanon may carry out a prisoner swap on Monday, with the Jewish state handing over the bodies of two Hezbollah fighters and a prisoner in exchange for the body of a Israeli soldier, a security source told AFP.

BEIRUT: Government and opposition Christian political leaders are expected to launch a joint committee Monday to negotiate on the presidential succession, ahead of Parliament's electoral session slated for October 23. As a result of separate meetings with Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Butros Sfeir last week, Maronite leaders from the rival government and opposition camps agreed on the formation ...

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J.D. Legends and Strike Zone Lanes, an entertainment complex featuring a sit-down restaurant, bowling alley and outdoor music venue, will roll into Lebanon next summer.

Government and opposition Christian political leaders are expected to launch a joint committee Monday to negotiate on the presidential succession, ahead of Parliament's electoral session slated for October 23. As a result of separate meetings with Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Butros Sfeir last week.

Raising awareness about globalization, universities in Lebanon have organized fair-trade week on several campuses around Beirut. The program, which began on Sunday, defines fair trade as a partnership based on dialogue, transparency and respect and seeks greater equity in international trade.

Traders in Tyre's bustling souk say UN peacekeepers have brought a dose of good fortune to South Lebanon, making up at least in part for the ravages of last year's war with Israel. The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) has spent millions of dollars on food and housing, while employing hundreds of locals in the region.

Lebanese singer Mariam Faris is getting ready to record her first Khaliji (Gulf) song called ?Makanah Ween? (Where is his Place). The word are written by Saud Al Sharbtly and composed by Abdullah Al Qaoudin. Mariam is still waiting to find the right ?Story Board? to continue her filming.

WHAT has Sudan ever given us? Nothing, apparently, except trouble and lots of it.

Two Israeli soldiers captured by Lebanon's Shiite movement Hezbollah in 2006 have been handed to Iran and could be freed in a German-brokered swap, an Arabic newspaper reported on Sunday.

Lebanon 4, Kings 1: Lebanon head coach Steve Poitinger earned his 200th career victory in 21 years of coaching, including three years with Franklin and five years with the Lebanon girls' team.

TYRE, Lebanon -- Traders in Tyre's bustling souk say UN peacekeepers have brought baraka and a dose of good fortune to Southern Lebanon, making up at least in part for the ravages of last year's Israel-Hezbollah war.

Traders in Tyre's bustling souk say UN peacekeepers have brought "baraka" and a dose of good fortune to south Lebanon, making up at least in part for the ravages of last year's Israel-Hezbollah war.

Original English-language news coverage of Taiwan.

Spanish, French and Italian foreign ministers will visit Lebanon next week in an effort to diffuse the current political deadlock, Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos announced Saturday.

Dubai: Lebanese singer Nancy Ajram gave a scintillating performance at the Madinat Arena in Dubai on Friday. Over 2,500 people attended the concert which started at 11.30pm.

LEBANON ? Trey Smith called it the biggest touchdown he's scored all season long. For Lebanon, it may have been the most detrimental.

COLUMBIA - Throughout the first six weeks of the regular season, the Northern Lebanon football has about as smooth of a start as one could hope. Yet, buried within that 6-0 start were a smattering of "yeah, buts" or "who have they played."

Blend, boil or mixed, the Lebanese have got their laban, coffee and tea down pat. SU AZIZ savoured their thirst quenchers.

Ba Da Bing! All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review.

The Accelerated Short Term Training program at Linn-Benton Community College is offering a free phlebotomy training orientation at Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital on Oct. 16 and Nov. 7.

The Supreme Court of Brazil denied a Lebanese request to extradite Rana Koleilat, accused of a multimillion-dollar bank fraud and wanted for questioning in the assassination of the former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri.

LEBANON ? Lebanon police on Thursday arrested a 16-year-old boy in connection with a six-month graffiti spree. The vandalism targeted mostly Green Acres Elementary School and a Seventh-Day Adventist church within two blocks of each other on South 10th Street.

Modernity has swept over and changed some of the holiday's rituals - including a last-minute shopping rush - but for many Lebanese, it has not altered the holiday's core

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil Brazil's Supreme Court denied a Lebanese request to extradite a fugitive banker accused of a multimillion-dollar bank fraud and wanted for questioning in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.

Most of the Middle East on Friday marked the start of the feast marking the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, with crisis, violence, fear and isolation all casting a pall over one of the happiest dates on the Islamic calendar. In Baghdad, Beirut and Gaza, the beginning three-day Eid al-Fitr festival was somber and muted. "I can't feel the spirit on this Eid," said Um ...

Families of soldiers who died in fierce battles with Islamists at a refugee camp in northern Lebanon on Friday briefly prevented Palestinian refugees from returning to the camp.

Lebanon: UN unveils panel to advance inquiry into PM's murder (AKI) - The United Nations' secretary-general Ban Ki-moon is spearheading plans for a special tribunal to prosecute the suspected killers of former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq Hariri in 2005.A selection panel has been appointed to recommend to Ban the names of four Lebanese judges and seven international judges who ...

Source: IRIN The first Palestinian families displaced by 15 weeks of intense fighting between the army and Islamist militants that left much of north Lebanon's Nahr al-Bared refugee camp in ruins have begun returning home to start rebuilding their lives.

A Lebanese man on trial for a failed train bombing in Germany last year testified Thursday that he and another suspect planted crude bombs to protest cartoons that ridiculed Islam's prophet Muhammad, but he denied any links to al-Qaida.

BEIRUT, Lebanon A Lebanese man on trial for a failed train bombing in Germany last year testified Thursday that he and another suspect planted crude bombs to protest cartoons that ridiculed Islam's prophet Muhammad, but he denied any links to al-Qaida.

Flora "Jo" Hudson, of Greensboro, N.C., and formerly of Mt. Lebanon, died Saturday, Oct. 6, 2007, in Greensboro. She was 87.

(RTTNews) - Thursday, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced that he plans to appoint two judges and the UN legal chief to the panel that will select the judges and prosecutor for the international tribunal to prosecute suspects in the assassination of Lebanon's former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, as per the UN Security Council resolution that authorized the establishment of the tribunal.

Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Seniora condemned Thursday the Israeli decision to confiscate over103 hectares of Palestinian lands surrounding Jerusalem. In a statement, Seniora denounced that the current Israeli decision alongside the c ...

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LEBANON ? A Lebanon woman will lead efforts toward building a skatepark downtown. Kimberly Clarke says she?ll attend the city council?s next goal-setting session Nov. 14, where the council plans to discuss and prioritize a skatepark for sometime in the next year.

is a blog not unlike a lot of blogs on the internet. Its proprietor Caleb Palma likes music, really likes Beirut, and writes many kind things about both in a public forum.

Some Lebanese export products have not yet met the quality standards set by the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership Agreement which was signed in 2003, an EU official said Thursday."Some agricultural products contain unacceptable pesticide levels, and therefore cannot be exported," Michael Miller, head of the Political.

The main Lebanese suspect accused of plotting to blow up two trains in Germany in July 2006 appeared Thursday in court in Beirut and was questioned by a Lebanese judge, judicial sources said.

A one-play drive late in the fourth quarter propelled South Albany to a 34-27 victory at Lebanon High School Friday night. The Warriors held the lead with less than four minutes remaining in regulation, but a touchdown and an interception by South allowed the Rebels to come out on top.

Lon Gisland EP's "Elephant Gun", the horns pause, and the song lingers on a few of Zach Condon's syrupy syllables before returning to Beirut's strongest melody. It's the sound of Condon and his band shedding its layers of self-packed cultural baggage.

Beirut - The main Lebanese suspect who intended to blow up two trains in Germany in July 2006 appeared Thursday in court in Beirut and was questioned by a Lebanese judge, judicial sources said. During the questioning, Jihad Hamad admitted that he and...

A Lebanese woker dumps a huge bucket of grapes onto the back of a truck at a vinyard in the village of Khirbet Qanafar in Lebanon's Bekaa valley, 04 October 2007. Better known as a fertile ground for drugs and militancy, Lebanon's Bekaa Valley is also gaining a new reputation as a wine-making region increasingly attractive to vintners.

At least one of two men charged with stealing copper from a Mt. Lebanon church and numerous residences is behind iron bars William R. ...

Syrian President says Lebanese who submit themselves to foreign powers endanger peace in Lebanon.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad slammed Lebanese who he said had chosen to side with Israel and submit themselves to foreigners instead of taking the Arab path and that of resistance.

Beschir returns for Lebanon

The biggest mystery in my life as a Middlebury College student is The Administration. I have absolutely no clue what an "administration" really is. When I close my eyes, I imagine a bunch of business people in powdered wigs. They are sitting at a long, wooden table, yelling at each other and pounding the air with gavels.

Better known as a fertile ground for drugs and militancy, Lebanon's Bekaa Valley is also gaining a new reputation as a wine-making region increasingly attractive to vintners.

Beirut - A 36-year-old British de-miner was killed on Thursday by a cluster bomb which was dropped over southern Lebanon by Israel during the 2006 July war. He was the supervisor of the team and he died in the village of Kunin in southern Lebanon, ...

Karlsruhe, Germany - An Iranian and a Lebanese serving life sentences in Germany for the 1992 massacre of Iranian-Kurdish opposition leaders are to be freed early, officials said Thursday. The federal prosecutor's office said Kazem Darabi and Abbas R...

NAHR EL-BARED REFUGEE CAMP, Lebanon - They came in buses, cars, and on foot, clutching plastic bags and boxes of food.

A British member of a demining team was killed on Thursday by a cluster bomb dropped by Israeli forces during last year's war in Lebanon, officials said.

The first 500 Palestinians who returned found their homes shattered by bombs, a month after the Lebanese Army ousted a jihadist splinter group from the camp.

BEIRUT: Economy and Trade Minister Sami Haddad said on Wednesday that salary increases will not help contain the high cost of living and instead proposed more open competition to ease prices.

Like wind-up toys, three members of Beirut - including baby-faced founder Zach Condon - stood in a row on stage, heads bent, intently strumming their ukuleles. Glancing back at the audience gridlocked in the theater's seats and aisles, I saw a whimsical, staring-longingly-out-the-window-during-calculus look on every person's face.

Neighbors of a Venezuelan man who brought his family to Mt. Lebanon four years ago to escape political unrest in their homeland hope to raise money to pay for his cancer treatments.

The Northern Lebanon School District received a grant from Highmark to get mountain bikes to be used as part of the middle school's physical education curriculum.

Police in Lebanon said they have two men in custody in connection with a robbery that happened Wednesday night. Police said the Dollar General Store on Columbus Avenue was robbed at gunpoint and that witnesses said the suspect fled in a silver vehicle northbound on U.S. Route 42.

The commander of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) was upbeat on Wednesday after a meeting with representatives of the Lebanese and Israeli armies."We had a constructive discussion ... I hope we will advance on both the marking of the Blue Line [that serves as a de facto Lebanese-Israeli border] and the temporary.

With sweat trickling down his temples, Hossam Mustafa froze as the metal detector sounded in a banana plantation riddled with unexploded bomblets left over from the summer 2006 war with Israel. The young deminer treads on dangerous ground as he clears fields and residential areas in South Lebanon of the unexploded cluster bombs.

They came in buses, cars and even on foot, clutching plastic bags and boxes of food.

Lebanon may be adding some new land. City council approved a pre-annexation agreement Tuesday for the 49.3 acre Spurling farm property on Columbia Road just south of the Columbia Business Park.

Source: International Crisis Group Amid Lebanon?s political deadlock, all parties and their external allies need to put aside maximalist demands and agree a deal that accepts for now Hizbollah?s armed status while constraining how its weapons can be used.

Being the global sport that it is, soccer has the power to bring people together. Apparently it possesses the ability to keep them together as well. What?s gone on with the Lebanon boys? soccer team this season has illustrated that point perfectly.

The first 500 Palestinian who returned found their homes shattered by bombs, a month after the Lebanese Army ousted a jihadist splinter group from the camp.

NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon (Reuters) - The first 100 Palestinian families returned on Wednesday to Nahr al-Bared refugee camp, which was largely destroyed in a 15-week battle between Lebanese troops and Islamist militants, witnesses said.

NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon (AFP) - Dozens of Palestinian families began returning on Wednesday to a devastated refugee camp in Lebanon that was the scene of 15 weeks of fierce battles between the army and Islamic militants.

Beirut, 10/10 -- The first families have returned to the Nahr al-Bared refugee camp in Lebanon, the scene of months of fighting between soldiers and Islamic militants.

Nahr al-Bared, Lebanon - The first group of 100 Palestinian families returned on Wednesday to the Nahr al-Bared refugee camp, which suffered heavy damage as a result of a 15-week battle between Lebanese troops and Islamic militants. A convoy of buses...

BEIRUT: The final auction for Lebanon's two mobile networks has been scheduled for February 2008 after the regulatory authorities and concerned parties agree to technical requirements for the process, senior officials said on Tuesday.

There is only so much a man can take before he must defend himself and his property. Wednesday afternoon, while picking tomatoes with his 6-year-old granddaughter in the backyard of his Campbellsville Highway home, David McCarty, 59, of Lebanon reached his breaking point.

BEIRUT, Oct 10 - Below is a table of the latest Lebanese economic statistics.

(TP) The sale of Lebanon's two mobile network operations is set for February 2008. The presidents of the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority and the Higher Privatization Council told The Daily Star they have prepared the invitation for applications to tender. Interested companies will be allowed to buy two-thirds stakes in each of the mobile networks, while the government will retain a third ...

NEW YORK, October 10 (RIA Novosti) - The leader of the Lebanese parliamentary majority has asked Russia and China to help mend a domestic political rift that could derail upcoming presidential elections.

Source: Reuters By Nazih Siddiq NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon, Oct 10 (Reuters) - The first 100 Palestinian families returned on Wednesday to Nahr al-Bared refugee camp, which was largely destroyed in a 15-week battle ...

Lebanon rallied from a goal down to crush India 4-1 at the Saida International Stadium in South Lebanon, in the first leg of the opening round of Asian football qualifiers for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, local Yalibnan news website reported yesterday.

Dozens of Palestinian families began returning on Wednesday to a devastated refugee camp in Lebanon that was the scene of 15 weeks of fierce battles between the army and Islamic militants.

NAHR AL BARED, Lebanon - Dozens of Palestinian families began returning on Wednesday to a devastated refugee camp in Lebanon that was the scene of 15 weeks of fierce battles between the army and Islamic militants.

A German citizen of Lebanese descent claims he was abducted by United States agents and then tortured by them while imprisoned in Afghanistan.

Jennifer Blackburn, 28, of Terre Haute, has been found alive in Lebanon, according to Bill Bergherm, chief of investigations with the Terre Haute Police Department.

The leader of Lebanon's majority party on Tuesday urged the United Nations to step up its condemnation of political violence in Lebanon, as the country struggles to elect a president.

DOHA ? As part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programme, RasGas Company Limited (RasGas) has joined forces with the Qatar Red Crescent to provide much needed assistance to families living in Lebanese refugee camps.

This is not an easy time to be the musical voice of Lebanon. Marcel Khalife, who was born in a small seaside village about 25 miles from Beirut, has been singing and playing Lebanese popular and classical music for some 40 years and is the country's most respected singer and composer.

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The leader of Lebanon's majority party on Tuesday urged the United Nations to step up its condemnation of political violence in Lebanon, as the country struggles to elect a president.

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The leader of Lebanon's majority party on Tuesday urged the United Nations to step up its condemnation of political violence in Lebanon, as the country struggles to elect a president.

One year after the death of two boys in an altercation involving security forces and residents of the Raml al-Aali neighborhood near Beirut's airport road last year, their families are no closer to seeing the shooters behind bars. Mohammad Ali Naji, 11, and Hassan Lutfi Suweid, 17, suffered gunshot wounds to their heads.

On October 3 Germany celebrated National Unification Day. What does this anniversary mean for you? Three things. First of all of course, the reunification of Germany. On October 3, 1990 we were undoubtedly the happiest nation on the planet.

UNITED NATIONS (AP)--The leader of the anti-Syrian majority in Lebanon's parliament on Tuesday called on Russia and China to use their influence to stop disruptive elements from interfering in his country's upcoming presidential election.

The military chief of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) today met with senior officials from both the Lebanese and the Israeli armies to discuss recent violations of the Blue Line between the two countries, the marking of the line and the temporary security arrangements for a key border village.

Columbia had little trouble shrugging aside the challenge of Lebanon, winning 3-0 on Oct. 1 at home.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday spurned an appeal from a German man of Lebanese descent who says he was abducted by CIA agents and flown to Afghanistan to be tortured.

SUPREME COURT (AP) - The Supreme Court has stopped a lawsuit by a man who claims he was abducted and tortured by the CIA. Khaled el-Masri, a German citizen of Lebanese descent, alleged that he was kidnapped four years ago in Europe in a case of mistaken identity.

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday threw out a lawsuit from a Lebanese-born German national who claimed he was tortured after being kidnapped and detained for several months by the CIA.

Iran: Journalist jailed for three years (AKI) - Ethnic Arab Iranian journalist Mohammad Hossein Fallahieh has been sentenced to three years in prison and fined around 35,000 dollars for working with "foreign powers" and exposing "secret information".Fallahieh works for the Lebanese newspaper, Al Mustaghbel, and for a TV broadcaster based in Dubai.Until the protests of ethnic Arabs in ...

Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri remained optimistic that a solution to the presidential election dispute will soon be reached, despite the deep political divisions among the Lebanese leaders, local Naharnet news website reported on ...

After the success in the Nehru Cup on homeground, Bob Houghton's boys suffered a setback in Beirut on Monday night. Hosts Lebanon thrashed India 4-1 in the away leg of the 1st round of the 2010 World Cup qualifiers.

Beirut-based BankMed has selected SunGard's BancWare technology for profitability analysis, asset/liability management (ALM) and funds transfer ...

Israeli government commission will not recommend dismissal of PM for Lebanon war failure.

Iran - Lebanon - Geneva Majlis speaker of Iran, Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel stressed Tehran's support for the unity and sovereignty of Lebanon in a meeting in Geneva, Monday with his Lebanese counterpart Nabih Berri.

New Delhi, Oct 9: Lebanon rallied from a goal down to crush India 4-1 at the Saida International Stadium in Sidon in the first leg of the opening round of Asian football qualifiers for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, according to information reaching here.

BEIRUT: US congressmen are waging a campaign against Lebanese businessman Wadih Abssi to thwart his project to build US embassies in Riyadh and Baghdad "because he is one of the main financers of the head of the Reform and Change parliamentary bloc, MP Michel Aoun," a Kuwaiti newspaper said Monday.

BEIRUT: Despite Lebanon?s long-running political and economic crises on top of the Israel-Hezbollah war of 2006, new buildings are shooting up on the capital?s skyline even if sale volumes have fallen.

Mohamad Ghaddar scored a brace as Lebanon trounced India 4-1 in the first round of Asia's 2010 Football World Cup qualifying tournament.

Everybody loves a boy wonder. Zach Condon, the 21-year-old singer and composer who leads the group he calls Beirut, established himself as just that with the 2006 release of "Gulag Orkestar" (Ba Da Bing), which emerged from the blogosphere and knocked the indie pop world sideways. Basically a one-man band with a lot of side musicians, Mr. Condon channeled his teenage enthusiasm for Balkan brass ...

08 October 2007 Liban post and government officials signed an agreement at the end of September that is expected simplify the business registration process in Lebanon.

Lebanese President Emile Lahoud on Monday called on all political parties to reach consensus on the new presidential candidate before the parliamentary presidential vote on Oct.23. In a statement released by the president's press office ...

Lebanon High School may need major renovations soon, Superintendent Marianne Bartley told the school board Monday night. As part of her initial discussion of the 2008-09 budget, Bartley urged the board to consider setting aside money beginning next year to renovate the 38-year-old building.

LEBANON - By the end of the year, a renovated Jaycee Park at Fourth and C Streets will have new facilities and a new name. Work started in March to remove an eroding baseball field and shelter put in two decades ago when the Lebanon Jaycees opened the one-acre park.

The Cabinet on Monday kicked off its latest attempt to involve Lebanon's youth in the government's economic policy, with the launching at the Grand Serail of the Youth Economic Forum. The forum, sponsored by Finance Minister Jihad Azour, is a partnership of youth student groups and NGOs engaging in debate on economic.

LEBANON-AES Ironwood?s natural gas-fired generating plant in South Lebanon Twp. was touted by U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter yesterday as a model for clean energy production, which is the goal of the energy bill he is co-sponsoring to help curb environmental damage.

NICOSIA ? Lebanon and the United States signed an accord on Oct. 5 that would provide $60 million in U.S. aid to Lebanon's Internal Security Forces. They said the U.S. assistance program would last for three years and improve the skills of ISF.

In posts over the past week, contributing envoys have written about being "mesmerized by the images of brave Burmese monks and their supporters" as the Myanmar junta launched a bloody crackdown on protesters, and the heartbreak of hearing news of another bomb explosion in Beirut.

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U.S. diplomats are revealing their personal sides on the new State Department blog. In posts over the past week, contributing envoys have written about being "mesmerized by the images of brave Burmese monks and their supporters" as the Myanmar junta launched a bloody crackdown on protesters, and the heartbreak of hearing news of another bomb explosion in Beirut.

U.S. diplomats are revealing their personal sides on the new State Department blog. In posts over the past week, contributing envoys have written about being "mesmerized by the images of brave Burmese monks and their supporters" as the Myanmar junta launched a bloody crackdown on protesters, and the heartbreak of hearing news of another bomb explosion in Beirut.

U.S. diplomats are revealing their personal sides on the new State Department blog. In posts over the past week, contributing envoys have written about being "mesmerized by the images of brave Burmese monks and their supporters" as the Myanmar junta launched a bloody crackdown on protesters, and the heartbreak of hearing news of another bomb explosion in Beirut. Although the blog, launched Sept. ...

Marcel Khalife in S.F. On his latest release, Lebanese oudist Marcel Khalife pays tribute to Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish - a connection that Khalife universalizes by incorporating the sounds of bassist Peter Herbert. On Wednesday at San Francisco's...

AUSTRALIA'S Olympic football team, the Olyroos, have lost three key players for their qualifier against Lebanon in Beirut next week, including the A-League's leading scorer Bruce Djite.

Two firefighters were taken to St. Clair Hospital for treatment of heat exhaustion Sunday night after a three-alarm house fire in the 400 block of Longridge Drive in Mt. Lebanon.

The Lebanese government commissioner at the Military Court on Saturday released two activists from MP Michel Aoun's opposition Free Patriotic Movement (FPM), the state-run National News Agency said. It said Judge Jean Fahd decided to free Dario Qdeih and Elie Abu Youness, pending trial.

The head of the Lebanese Palestinian Dialogue Committee, Ambassador Khalil Makkawi, said on Sunday that the first group of Palestinian refugees will be allowed to return to the Nahr al-Bared camp as of Tuesday. Makkawi said that up to 200 families will be allowed to return on Tuesday and Wednesday.

The Daily Star said.

The American University of Beirut has inaugurated a new addition to its medical facilities, the Abu Haidar Neuroscience Institute (AHNI). Among the speakers addressing the opening ceremony at Issam Fares Hall were AUB president John Waterbury, vice president for medical affairs Raja N. Khuri, Faculty of Medicine dean Nadim Cortas.

Leading international investment bank Merrill Lynch maintained its recommendation on Lebanon's external debt at "underweight" in its model portfolio of emerging- markets debt for October, as reported in Lebanon This Week, the economic publication of the Byblos Bank Group.

Beirut, Oct 7 : Riding high on confidence after the Nehru Cup triumph in August, the Indian football team is ready to take on Lebanon in the first round of the Asian qualifiers for the 2010 FIFA World Cup here Monday.

Riding high on confidence after the Nehru Cup triumph in August, the Indian football team is ready to take on Lebanon in the first round of the Asian qualifiers for the 2010 FIFA World Cup on Monday.

Beirut, Oct 7 - Riding high on confidence after the Nehru Cup triumph in August, the Indian football team is ready to take on Lebanon in the first round of the Asian qualifiers for the 2010 FIFA World Cup here Monday.

The negative outlook for the rated Lebanese banks reflects the country's fragile political environment combined with their high sovereign exposure, limiting the evolution of the banks' ratings, says Moody's Investors Service in its new Banking System Outlook for Lebanon.

Lebanon evened its conference record Thursday by defeating Crescent Valley in four games, 22-25, 25-16, 25-18 and 25-22. Alexis Nissen had 15 kills, nine aces. Tayler Burrows had 13 kills and four aces and Nikki Miller contributed 12 kills, with 13 digs and seven aces.

Israeli fighter jets breached Lebanese airspace yesterday and flew over southern Lebanese areas and the Bekaa Valley, the official National News Agency(NNA)reported.

Elie Saab is understandably popular with the red-carpet crowd because the Lebanese designer celebrates a woman's curves with dresses which flatter and accentuate the figure.

A new play has opened in Lebanon that challenges audience members to face the issues that divide their country. In Lebanon, art can be as dangerous as politics. But it can also be revealing.

Beirut 'The Flying Cup Club' (Ba Da Bing) Nobody was expecting Beirut to become famous. The nom de rock of a 21-year-old Santa Fe, N.M., native (and home recording veteran) named Zach Condon, Beirut blended high-toned melodicism with Eastern European fol

BEIRUT (AFP) - Lebanon's army commander, General Michel Suleiman, led a tribute on Saturday to the 167 soldiers who died in this summer's siege of Islamist militants holed up in a Palestinian refugee camp.

A poster of Jesus hangs in the streets of a predominantly Christian neighborhood of Beirut, Lebanon. The country's once-dominant Christian community feels under siege and has begun re-establishing militias, training in the hills and stockpiling weapons.

Lebanon: Oman Air Station in Lebanon held recently its annual awards ceremony to honor travel and tourism agencies in Beirut. [AMEInfo.com]

BEIRUT: Lebanon?s next president must find a way to integrate Hezbollah guerrillas into the army and set ties with Syria on a new footing after the ?black decades? of the past, presidential hopeful Boutros Harb said yesterday.

Many Lebanese worry that another civil war is imminent and some in its divided Christian community have begun re-establishing militias.

Israeli fighter jets breached Lebanese airspace on Friday and flew over southern Lebanese areas and the Bekaa Valley, the official National News Agency(NNA) reported. The report quoted security sources as saying that Israel's fighter je ...

Israeli jets breach Lebanese airspace BEIRUT, Lebanon, Oct. 5 -- Israeli fighter jets temporarily entered Lebanese airspace Friday, flying at high altitudes before exiting the restricted area, security sources said. Security sources said that the je...

Mt. Lebanon defense came up with a game-ending fumble recovery, as the No. 10 Blue Devils edged No. 7 Baldwin, 14-7, in a Quad West nail-biter at Mt. Lebanon Stadium on Friday.

Israeli fighter jets temporarily entered Lebanese airspace Friday, flying at high altitudes before exiting the restricted area, security sources said. Security sources said that the jets flew at high altitudes above the country's southern region before fl...

In a country of political assassinations, Palestinian battles and constant political crisis, it seemed a romantic idea to send a sprig of lavender-coloured bougainvillea from my Beirut balcony to a friend abroad. The bush was covered in purple, so I snipped off a small bloom and swept it off to DHL for shipment. Nothing so simple, you may say. But that reckons without The State.

BEIRUT, Lebanon The leader of Hezbollah accused Israel on Friday of being behind a string of killings of anti-Syria figures in Lebanon, saying the Jewish state was trying to foment strife between his Islamic militant movement and other Lebanese communities.

BEIRUT (AFP) - Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah claimed on Friday that Israel was behind the assassination of Lebanese politicians and urged feuding parties to agree on who should become president in order to end the country's crisis.

BEIRUT -- The political crisis in Lebanon could take a turn for the worse as security authorities focus on a resurging and disturbing trend that is capable of dragging the country back into another civil war: armed militias.

Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah claimed on Friday that Israel was behind the assassination of Lebanese politicians and urged feuding parties to agree on who should become president in order to end the country's crisis.

The scarcity of rain over most of the state in the past five weeks has prompted the Department of Environmental Protection to expand its drought watch to 53 counties, including Lebanon, Perry and York.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's next president must find a way to integrate Hezbollah guerrillas into the army and set ties with Syria on a new footing after the "black decades" of the past, presidential hopeful Boutros Harb said on Friday.

Saad Hariri, son of slain Lebanese prime minister Rafiq Hariri, charges that Syria is using assassination to prevent political stability in Lebanon.

BEIRUT - Lebanon said on Friday it has issued an arrest warrant for the leader of an Al Qaeda inspired Islamist militia whose fighters were involved in a deadly 15-week battle with government troops.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's next president must find a way to integrate Hezbollah guerrillas into the army and set ties with Syria on a new footing after the "black decades" of the past, presidential hopeful Boutros Harb said on Friday.

BEIRUT -- Lebanon said Friday it has issued an arrest warrant for the leader of an Al Qaeda-inspired Islamist militia, whose fighters were involved in a deadly 15-week battle with government troops.

BEIRUT - A Lebanese president elected unilaterally by the anti-Syrian majority in parliament will split Lebanon further and could bring chaos and even war, two presidential hopefuls warn.

BEIRUT (AFP) - Lebanon's Christian opposition party denied on Friday that some of its members were undergoing paramilitary training, saying that several of them who were detained with weapons were just having fun.

Lebanon's Christian opposition party denied on Friday that some of its members were undergoing paramilitary training, saying that several of them who were detained with weapons were just having fun.

US President sends message to Syria not to interfere in Lebanon's upcoming presidential election.

US President George W. Bush expressed on Thursday his deep concern "about foreign interference" by countries like Syria in Lebanon's upcoming presidential election as he promised to send one of his top commanders to assist Lebanon in its security.

WHITE HOUSE (AP) - President Bush is warning Syria against interfering in Lebanon's presidential election. The president says he's sending a top military commander to Beirut to find more ways to help Lebanon fight extremists.

When the Ballou Marching Knights, a high-stepping band from Washington, D.C., comes back to Lebanon for the Nov. 17 holiday parade, Becky Gacono of Annville hopes to greet them with some new instruments.

Deputy Premier and Minister of Energy and Industry H E Abdullah bin Hamad Al Attiyah with Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Al Siniora yesterday. 2001 The Peninsula.

WHITE HOUSE (AP) - President Bush is warning Syria against interfering in Lebanon's presidential election. The president says he's sending a top military commander to Beirut to find more ways to help Lebanon fight extremists.

Associated Press - October 4, 2007 8:13 PM ET WHITE HOUSE (AP) - President Bush is warning Syria against interfering in Lebanon's presidential election.

President Bush warned Syria on Thursday against interfering in Lebanon's presidential election and said he is sending a top military commander to Beirut to find more ways to help Lebanon fight extremists

Officials said the militants included Palestinians who had not been claimed by their families, as well as nationals from Syria, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Yemen, Tunis and Algeria ? reflecting the international makeup of Fatah Islam, the al-Qaida-inspired group that made its stronghold in the Nahr el-Bared camp outside Tripoli.

Nearly 100 suspected militants who died in a three-month battle with Lebanese troops at a Palestinian refugee camp were buried Thursday in a mass grave in the northern city of Tripoli.

Dozens of bodies of Fatah al-Islam fighters have been buried in a mass grave in Lebanon, but only numbers identify them.

US President George W. Bush has met with Lebanese parliament leader Saad Hariri, the son of slain former prime minister Rafiq Hariri. Bush said he is concerned Syria may be trying to influence Lebanon's upcoming presidential election.

President Bush says Syria should stay out of presidential elections in neighboring Lebanon. VOA White House correspondent Scott Stearns reports, Mr. Bush met at the White House with the leader of the anti-Syrian majority in Lebanon's parliament, Saad Hariri.

Oct. 4 (Bloomberg) -- President George W. Bush again warned Syria not to interfere in Lebanon or try to influence the election of a new president scheduled for later this month.

U.S. President George Bush said he was concerned about foreign influence in Lebanese elections during a meeting with Lebanese leader Saad Hariri.

Old Fashion Days will kick off this weekend in downtown Lebanon Junction. The annual festival will be held from 6 to 11 p.m. tomorrow, 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday and 1 to 6 p.m. Sunday. It will feature rides, booths and live music.

A car smashed into the front of Lebanon Junior-Senior High School Thursday morning, but no injuries were reported, emergency personnel told CBS 6. CBS 6 is on the scene and will have more information for you as it comes in.

US President George W. Bush said Thursday that he was "deeply concerned about foreign interference" by countries like Syria in Lebanon's upcoming presidential election.

BEIRUT -- Human rights activists Wednesday called for an international probe of hundreds of Lebanese whose disappearance they blame on Syria, whose forces were dominant in Lebanon between 1976 and 2005.

The stakes are higher, but the attitude of the Hanover and Lebanon golf teams heading into today's New Hampshire Class I team final is largely routine.

MIYEH MIYEH, Lebanon -- Two people were wounded in a nighttime gunfight between militants from the Palestinian movement Fatah and their Hamas rivals in a refugee camp in Lebanon Thursday.