U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon expressed 'great concern' over information supplied him by Israel that Hezbollah had rearmed to a level higher than before the 2006 Israeli-Hezbollah war in Lebanon.

  

The Lebanese Army and the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) have carried out a joint maneuver in south Lebanon, local newspaper Daily Star reported on Wednesday. The joint maneuver, first of its kind, was held on Tues ...

  

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.

  

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.

  

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.

  

BEIRUT, Oct 31 - BLOM bank , one of Lebanon's top two banks, said on Wednesday its net profit in the first nine months of this year rose 11.4 percent compared to the same period in 2006.

  

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.

  

Source: Reuters By Alistair Lyon, Special Correspondent ROUMIEH, Lebanon, Oct 31 (Reuters) - Fearing assassination, Lebanon's tourism minister rarely moves from his heavily protected home in the hills near Beirut ...

  

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

  

BEIRUT (AFP)--Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki has postponed a visit to Lebanon during which he was expected to help break the impasse over the choice of a new president, officials said 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.

  

A 2-2 draw in India helped Lebanon to a 6-3 aggregate win and a place in the third stage of Asian qualification for the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa?.

  

Kristin Waddell loves the rural feel of town. She and her family chose Lebanon instead of neighboring towns when they moved about a year ago from the Chicago suburbs to Connecticut.

  

Holy Name will face off against Hanover, Berks Christian and Lebanon Catholic in pool play Thursday.

  

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...

  

A Lebanese family returned from Israel, the National News Agency correspondent in the southern coastal city of Tyre reported on Sunday. Abir Boueiri, 34, and her four children returned to Lebanon through the Naqoura border crossing. The Boueiris, like hundreds of southern families, fled to Israel after its withdrawal from the South in May 2000.

  

Lebanese Christian 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. Mazyad Ibrahim Okla, a farmer in the Bekaa village of Qabb Elias, 50 kilometers, east of Beirut has named his five sons Aoun, Geagea, Chirac, Lahoud and even Bashar.

  

The bachelor's and master's programs at the School of Nursing (SON) at the American University of Beirut received accreditation from one of the most internationally-acclaimed accreditation bodies in the United States, a statement issued by AUB said on Tuesday. The Board of the Commission on Collegiate.

  

The leader of Lebanon's anti-Syrian coalition says he has information about a plot to kill him and Prime Minister Fuad Siniora.

  

New Delhi, Oct 30 (PTI) India today extended financial assistance to Lebanon for reconstruction of its telecommunication sector.

  

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

  

CAIRO -- Lebanese lawmaker Saad Hariri claimed Tuesday that he had evidence of a Syrian plot to assassinate Prime Minister Fuad Siniora and himself, reviving Lebanon's anti-Syrian camp's accusations that Damascus still aimed to eliminate its Beirut critics before they could reach a parliamentary consensus on the next president.

  

The State Department said Tuesday it cannot confirm claims by Lebanon's pro-western parliamentary leader that Syria wants him dead, and U.S. and French diplomats planned a strategy session to help Lebanon's paralyzed democratic government ahead of crucial elections.

  

Local residents watching television this morning may have seen a familiar face on NBC's 'Today Show.' Lebanon School District Superintendent Marianne Bartley was interviewed for a segment on efforts by school districts to encourage parents to get more involved in their children's education.

  

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 ...

  

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

  

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.

  

According to the London daily Elaph Lebanese singer Pascal Mishalani is enjoying the success of her latest album after her song 'Akhd Aqli' (Took My Mind) came in first place in a survey of the most popular songs taken by a local Tunisian radio station during the holy month of Ramadan.

  

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.

  

CAIRO (AFP)--Lebanese parliamentary majority leader Saad Hariri said on Tuesday he had evidence of assassination plots against himself and Prime Minister Fuad Siniora.

  

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

  

BEIRUT, Oct 30 - Below is a table of the latest Lebanese economic statistics.

  

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.

  

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.

  

MANAMA: Leading Leban-ese bank Credit Libanais has announced the commencement of operations in Bahrain - making it the first Lebanese bank to open in the kingdom.

  

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.

  

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.

  

A flurry of regional and local diplomatic activity, focused on ensuring presidential elections take place on time, continued Monday with Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki's visit to Syria, where he met President Bashar Assad and Foreign Minister Walid Moallem. Moallem, addressing a news conference after the meeting, said.

  

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.

  

Defense Minister Jung said in Beirut on Monday, Oct 29, that Germany would maintain its long-term commitment to Middle East peace as part of a UN maritime force patrolling the Lebanese coast.

  

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.

  

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.

  

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.

  

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

  

LEBANON, Ind. -- Mayor Jim Acton is leaving office after 16 years, but he's departing amid a dispute with a fellow Democrat who is one of three people vying to be the city's new leader.

  

Akkar (Lebanon), Oct 29 (DPA) The people of the Akkar region in north Lebanon have been busy discussing the veracity of local news indicating that the US may be planning to build a military base in their area.

  

"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.

  

Panaji/Margao, Oct 28 The India-Lebanon World Cup 2010 qualifying football match has been shifted to Nehru stadium, Fatorda (Goa) on October 30 after inclement weather due to deep depression forced the postponement of the home match scheduled to be held in Chennai today.

  

New Delhi: The India-Lebanon World Cup qualifier, which got postponed in Chennai on Sunday because of rain, will now be held in Margao on Tuesday according to All India Football Federation (AIFF) sources.

  

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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.

  

A veritable cornucopia of ecclesiastical beliefs, Lebanon is home to one of the most diverse religious landscapes in the world. The Lebanese Constitution officially recognizes 18 different religious groups, accounting for 98.7 percent of the total Lebanese population. Among the many unrecognized religious groups in Lebanon.

  

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.

  

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

  

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...

  

BEDDAWI, 28 October 2007 (IRIN) - Souad al-Sayyed still camps with her children in a classroom strung with washing lines, two months after the battle for Nahr al-Bared Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon ended.

  

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.

  

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

  

Lebanon: Luxury Swiss watch manufacturer, IWC Schaffhausen, is increasing its presence within the Middle East through the release of its latest collection of timepieces in Lebanon. [AMEInfo.com]

  

On the heels of its stunning upset of Centerville, the Lebanon High boys' soccer team was hoping to bag another win over one of the state's top programs.

  

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.

  

Chennai, Oct 27 (UNI) Weather holds the key in terms of the turf being declared fit for play following heavy downpours even as India will be under pressure again in the home match against Lebanon in the first round of Asian zone qualifiers for the 2010 World Cup, here tomorrow.

  

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: 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]

  

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.

  

MIAMISBURG - Lebanon saved its best for last. The Warriors played their most complete game to close out 2007, beating Miamisburg 34-20 at Harmon Field to finish with a 4-6 record.

  

BEIRUT: A new draft law submitted by the Economy and Trade Ministry aimed at regulating Lebanon's insurance industry came under heavy criticism Friday for the stringent conditions proposed in the bill.

  

MIAMISBURG - Lebanon saved its best for last.

  

A Lebanon man has already started decorating his property with thousands of Christmas lights. For 25 years, thousands of spectators have driven by to admire the 1.5 million lights.

  

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.

  

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.

  

The suspended food service director for Lebanon City Schools has requested a formal hearing to defend her actions, according to her attorney, and that hearing must take place within 30 days.

  

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.

  

BEIRUT (AFP) - 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.

  

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.

  

Iran - Lebanon - National Agreement Iranian Ambassador to Lebanon Mohammad Reza Sheibani said on Friday that the Islamic Republic of Iran supports consensus among Lebanese people to solve their political crisis.

  

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.

  

BEIRUT -- 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 to 1990 civil war.

  

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 ...

  

A Lebanese tourist on Monday drowned at the Gurara Water Falls located near Bonu village in Gurara local government area of Niger State.

  

When "Caramel" made its world premiere at Cannes earlier this year, the romantic comedy set in a Beirut beauty salon received praise for its frothy tone, honey-drenched palette and light touch with issues of religious hypocrisy.

  

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.

  

NEW LEBANON, N.Y. -- The little strip of Route 20 and 22 that makes up this town's commercial center has been home to a wide range of eateries. Some notables, like Lenny's, Shuji's and Xanadu, have come and gone.

  

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.

  

In the video to the song "Nantes," Zach Condon slowly drifts down a staircase while singing in a youthful but sad baritone, "It's been a long time/ Since I've seen you smile."

  

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.

  

This year marks the 125th anniversary of Gibran Kahlil Gibran, a Lebanese-American poet and visual artist, and the 130th anniversary of Hermann Hesse, a German and Swiss novelist and thinker. The universal appeal of both Gibran and Hesse is very clear in their work, and more particularly in Hesse's novel "Siddhartha" and in Gibran's "The Prophet."

  

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.

  

The director of Lebanon schools' food services has been suspended for submitting fake mileage reimbursement forms, school officials said.

  

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

  

Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit on Thursday urged foreign states not to interfere in the Lebanese presidential vote, during a visit to Beirut to help end a long-running crisis.

  

By SAM F. GHATTAS Lebanese troops opened fire Thursday on Israeli warplanes flying low over southern Lebanon, but no hits were reported, Lebanese officials said. Israeli warplanes frequently fly over Lebanese airspace in what Israel says are reconnaissance missions, but this was the first time the Lebanese army has fired on the aircraft since an Aug. 14, 2006, cease-fire ended a monthlong war ...

  

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.

  

Lebanese ground troops fired 150 rounds at Israeli fighter aircraft flying low over southern Lebanon Thursday morning, security officials said. There was no formal military announcement of the incident, but two officials who asked not to be identified told Alalam Satellite TV about the incident that occurred near the border near the town of Marjayoun. Soldiers opened fire on the two jets with ...

  

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

  

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

  

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

  

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

  

MARJAYOUN (Thomson Financial) - The Lebanese army on has opened fire on Israeli jets overflying the south of the country, police 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 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.

  

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

  

Lebanon: The 7th International Hospitality Forum will take place at Amman Exhibitions Park from 30 October to 1 November. [AMEInfo.com]

  

(RTTNews) - The United Nations on Wednesday called for an end to "foreign interference" in Lebanon's internal affairs that has deepened the political crisis in the country.

  

NEW YORK, Oct. 24 -- U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon issued a report Wednesday strongly suggesting that Syria has helped smuggle weapons to the Shiite movement Hezbollah and other armed groups, and that it sponsored Islamic militants involved in a military confrontation with the Lebanese army ...

  

Evangelist Doug Lowery and his wife, Donna, will offer a week of evangelistic meetings tomorrow through Friday at First Baptist Church, 20 Linden Road, South Lebanon Township.

  

UN chief Ban Ki-moon Wednesday warned all Lebanese groups against rearming and conducting military training, calling for the presidential election to go ahead to put an end to the almost one-year-old political standoff. In a report issued to the United Nations Security Council, the sixth of its kind.

  

Unless a new president is elected before November 24, Lebanon and the region will enter a period of chaos with incalculable consequences. Parliament has been prevented by continued intimidation since 2004 from electing a president as mandated by our democratic Constitution. It is the duty of the international community.

  

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.

  

Beirut frontman Zach Condon, 21, is too young to have any stories of his own, so he imagines other folks' - usually folks living on other continents in other centuries. On "The Penalty," he speaks from the perspective of a worker caught in a time of plague: "Yesterday fever, tomorrow St. Peter ...

  

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.

  

Ehden, Lebanon - Wild fires raged across vast areas of forest in north Lebanon as choppers from nearby Cyprus helped combat the flames threatening population centres. Civil defence rescuers said no casualties have been reported in the fires that brok...

  

The Lebanon High School women's soccer team dropped two conference games last week. The Warriors lost to Silverton 5-0 on Oct. 16. 'We were really off,' said head coach Rusty Gorham. 'We couldn't get a break. Nothing went our way.?

  

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.

  

Lebanon: AACO's Annual General Meeting was held between 23-25 October 2007 in Damascus, under the esteemed Patronage of H.E. Eng. Mohammed Naji El-Otari, the Prime Minister of the Syrian Arab Republic and by kind invitation of Eng. Nachaat Numir, AACO President and Chairman/Managing Director of Syrian Arab Airlines, whereby the AGM was held under his presidency. [AMEInfo.com]

  

BEIRUT (AFP) - 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.

  

Lebanon: The Bank of Beirut and the Arab Countries (BBAC) has announced the launch of a new website to assist teenagers and young adults gain knowledge and complete understanding of banking products and services along with a comprehensive and up-to-date source of news and feature stories. [AMEInfo.com]

  

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.

  

Geich won the Lebanese Handball Championship after defeating Mechaal 30-26, local Terranet news website reported on Monday. The game, held at Emile Lahoud's Military Sports Complexe in Mar Roukoz, was decided in the last few minutes, s ...

  

To watch video online please click here to download the latest version of the Flash plugin. On October 23, 1983 American marines, sailors and soldiers came under attack. A truck loaded with explosives crashed into the barracks of the 1st Battalion, 8th Marines.

  

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.

  

Japanese film has made an indelible mark on the cinematic consciousness. It's a reputation that's been cultivated rather exclusively, though, since movies from Japan are rarely screened in Lebanon. The nostalgic and the curious can now sample a brief retrospective of that industry's wares, as the Japanese Embassy in Beirut hosts a festival of Japanese film.

  

Ramzi Msharrafyeh stepped carefully between the burned bushes and trees in the village of Ayn Trez, 34 kilometers southwest of Beirut, where the air is still heavy with the smell of smoke. "This oak tree is among a few that survived the fires," he said. "It's almost 500 years old, and nearly all of Lebanon's princes.

  

Head of the Future Bloc in the Lebanese Parliament MP Saad Hariri and Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri discussed a preliminary list of presidential candidates in light of the Maronite Church's initiative to reach accord over a candidate to hold elections within their constitutional deadline.

  

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.

  

BEIRUT -- 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.

  

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

  

BEIRUT: Lebanese lawmaker Hadi Hbeich has barely seen daylight in a month, sheltered in a Beirut hotel with other MPs behind tight security designed to stop them joining a list of assassinated anti-Syrian politicians.

  

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.

  

Prime Minister Ehud Olmert confirmed that the Lebanese group Hezbollah had handed Israel a letter written by the long-missing Israeli airman Ron Arad as part of a prisoner-exchange deal last week.

  

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.

  

Lebanon's presidential election has been postponed until next month to give rival factions time to agree on a compromise candidate, officials said Monday.

  

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 (AP)--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.

  

We all know one or two of those nondescript, out of the way places that serve up some of the best food around and one of them can be found on the northeast side of Minneapolis. Video: Jeanette Trompeter Reports More Finding Minnesota Videos More Finding Minnesota Stories

  

BEIRUT, October 22 (RIA Novosti) - Hezbollah would regard the possible building of a U.S. military base in Lebanon a "hostile act" against the country, a Lebanese newspaper reported Monday.

  

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

  

Israel said on Monday it has received a poignant letter written by an airman who has been missing for more than 20 years, following a rare prisoner swap with Lebanese militant group Hezbollah.

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon?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.

  

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

  

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

  

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

  

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.

  

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 (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'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's presidential election had been postponed from Tuesday to Nov. 12, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said in a statement on Monday.

  

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's presidential election had been postponed from Tuesday to November 12, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said in a statement on Monday.

  

Lebanon's parliament speaker was set on Monday to postpone a special session for lawmakers to elect a president to allow rival factions more time to agree on a consensus candidate, officials told AFP.

  

Army Chief of Staff General Djoko Santoso on Monday inspected preparations being made by the 23rd-B Garuda Contingent for its departure for Lebanon in November 2007.

  

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.

  

Lebanon's parliamentary session set for Tuesday to elect a new president of the nation may probably be postponed again till November, local Naharnet news website reported on Sunday. The postponement was in light of a tacit agreement ...

  

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."

  

US Vice President Dick Cheney on Sunday accused Syria of using "bribery and intimidation" to undermine a free vote in Lebanon's upcoming presidential election. "We are of course hopeful and a great deal concerned about the future of Lebanon, which will elect a president in the coming weeks," he said in a speech to the Washington.

  

Patience is wearing very thin among Lebanese whose children are unable to attend schools now being used to accommodate Palestinians after last summer's deadly clashes at the Nahr al-Bared refugee camp in the North. Hundreds of Palestinians from Nahr al-Bared were relocated to schools in the nearby.

  

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.

  

Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan has offered his country's mediation to improve relations between Lebanon and Syria, London's Al-Hayat newspaper reported Saturday. According to the Saudi-owned daily, Babacan made the offer to Prime Minister Fouad Siniora during a dinner meeting hosted by the former at the Grand Serail on Friday.

  

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.

  

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 said.

  

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.

  

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.

  

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.

  

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.

  

Beirut, Oct 21 (DPA) European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana will hold talks with Iran's new nuclear negotiator Saeid Jalili next week in Rome, Italian Foreign Minister Massimo D'Alema confirmed.

  

The visiting foreign ministers of France, Italy and Spain called here for ending current political crisis in Lebanon, local Naharnet news website reported on Saturday. During their visit to United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon ( UNIF ...

  

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.

  

Lebanese election seen delayed

  

Lebanon's parliament will delay electing a president next week allowing more time for rival pro- and anti-Syrian groups to agree on a compromise candidate. It marks the second postponement in electing a president.

  

BEIRUT : 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.

  

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.

  

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.

  

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.

  

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.

  

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.

  

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.

  

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.

  

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.

  

BEIRUT - Lebanon's parliament is likely to delay electing a president next week because no compromise candidate has been found by rival pro- and anti-Syrian groups, a political source said on Saturday.

  

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.

  

BEIRUT - The foreign ministers of France, Italy and Spain 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.

  

PATERSON -- Lebanese-American politician and businessman Sami Merhi, who is attempting to amass a group of doctors and other potential investors to bid on the bankrupt Barnert Hospital, hosted a lunchtime meeting Friday to outline his plan and encourage investors to sign on.

  

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 (AFP) - 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 meet Lebanese leaders on Saturday to discuss the long-running political crisis that threatens to scuttle the country's presidential election.

  

BEIRUT: The director general of OGERO announced on Friday that the company plans to reduce its international phone rates at the beginning of next month.

  

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...

  

BEDDAWI, Lebanon: Patience is wearing very thin among Lebanese whose children are unable to attend schools now being used to accommodate Palestinians after deadly clashes in a refugee camp in the north.

  

Visiting Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan stressed here Friday the importance of settling Lebanon's political crisis through dialogue, local Naharnet news website reported. "We would like to see a solution to the problem or the ...

  

Legend Harley-Davidson will host a Marine Corps memorial ceremony Tuesday, Oct. 23 in honor of those who died during the Marine Corps peace keeping mission in Beirut, Lebanon in 1983. This year marks the 24th anniversary of the fatal day.

  

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.

  

Patience is wearing very thin among Lebanese whose children are unable to attend schools now being used to accommodate Palestinians after deadly clashes in a refugee camp in the north.

  

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.

  

The U.S. bias for one side against the other in Lebanon 's internal politics brings instability to the country, Syria said Friday. In a letter sent to U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and published by the state-run news agency Thursday night, Syria said it respected Lebanese sovereignty and independence and was not interfering in Lebanon's presidential elections.

  

The U.S. bias for one side against the other in Lebanon 's internal politics brings instability to the country, Syria said Friday. In a letter sent to U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and published by the state-run news agency Thursday night, Syria said it respected Lebanese sovereignty and independence and was not interfering in Lebanon's presidential elections.

  

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...

  

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.

  

New Delhi: National coach Bob Houghton is confident that India still have a chance to make a comeback against Lebanon, despite the 1-4 defeat in Beirut.

  

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.

  

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.

  

Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Butros Sfeir on Thursday called on Lebanese politicians to assume their responsibilities and solve their country's problems on their own. "We have given our specifications for a president," Sfeir told Voice of Lebanon radio. "He has to unite the Lebanese not divide them and be responsible and do his duty."

  

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).

  

While 17 years have passed since the end of the bloody Civil War in Lebanon that gave rise to the infamous "Green Line" that divided the capital into East and West Beirut, the line appears to have survived in people's minds, with fears emerging that new divisions are being formed in the fragile country. Hiba Tabbara, a student, said she recently flagged.

  

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.

  

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.

  

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).

  

Broadcaster Abed Al Ghani Telis held Lebanese singer Dominique Horani as guest on his television show 'Youman Lak Youman Aleek' (A day for you a day against you) which is aired on Lebanon Television.