A conference on 'New approach for risk management' held in Beirut focused on global financial crisis, the weaknesses of credit rating agencies, and a new approach to anti-money laundering.

  

Lebanese troops have arrested a suspect in a rocket attack on northern Israel and dismantled four rockets ready for launch, officials said Saturday. The suspect, Fadi Ibrahim, allegedly belongs to Fatah al-Islam, a radical Sunni Muslim group linked to al-Qaida, Haaretz reported.

  

Lebanon's ambassador to the United Nations has warned there are signs of an imminent Israeli attack on his country, a Lebanese newspaper has reported.

  

LEBANON - When Darrell Dishon returned to the Silver Grove Baptist Church in Lebanon for the first time in months, the line of parishioners to shake his hand was as long as the one to shake the pastor?s.

  

Lebanon's ambassador to the United Nations has told the international body Israel is preparing an attack on his country.

  

BEIRUT, Oct 30, 2009 (AFP) - Lebanese prime minister-designate Saad Hariri, who has been striving to form a government since late June, said on Friday he was hopeful a cabinet would see the light "soon" despite lingering differences with his political rivals.

  

Lebanon: Alfa, the mobile operator managed by Orascom Telecom since the 1st of February 2009, announced the launch of its all new, free and exclusive service "Ehkineh" starting the 2nd of November, 2009. [AMEInfo.com]

  

A 24-year-old Lebanon man has been sentenced to 20 to 40 years in state prison for a drug-related shooting that wounded a 17-year-old boy nine months ago.

  

Lebanon's envoy to the United Nations has warned of an imminent Israeli attack on his country, condemning the regime's recent artillery attack on the southern village of Houla.

  

Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro travels to Lebanon and Ethiopia next week to spearhead meetings designed at ensuring that the various United Nations departments, agencies and other components work more effectively together in the Middle East and ...

  

14-year-old Quentin Thacker was found dead in January, face down in a drainage ditch in Lebanon.

  

The Institute of International Finance (IIF) forecast economic growth in Lebanon at 6 percent in 2009 and at 7 percent for 2010, and indicated that the global recession has had only a minor impact on the Lebanese economy, as reported by Lebanon This Week, the economic publication of the Byblos Bank group.It said growth has been strong this year.

  

Over half of all Lebanese university graduates entering the labor market emigrate each year in search of better job opportunities.This striking claim is the result of a comprehensive study of alumni trends, entitled "Higher Education and Labor Outcomes in Lebanon."The study, released Wednesday, surveyed over 400 university graduates from the American University of Beirut (AUB), Saint Joseph ...

  

The project to launch an auction for broadband Internet licenses is being prepared, said the executive director of the telecommunication regulatory committee Kamal Shehadeh on Friday. Shehadeh spoke during the Fifth Middle East Network Operators Group meeting (MENOG 5) held at the Movenpick Hotel in Beirut. He said that the committee was dedicated to providing national.

  

The rising number of security breaches in southern Lebanon increases the risk of renewed conflict in the area, a UN official said on Friday.

  

Lebanese prime minister-designate Saad Hariri, who has been striving to form a government since late June, said on Friday he was hopeful a cabinet would see the light "soon" despite lingering differences with his political rivals.

  

BEIRUT, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Lebanon's Blom Bank said on Friday its net profit for the first nine months of the year rose 3.5 percent to $205 million compared with the same period a year ago. It said in a statement customer deposits grew 16.1 percent to $17.5 billion compared with the same period in 2008 while total assets grew 13.8 percent to $20.3 billion. Loans and advances grew 6.8 percent to ...

  

BEIRUT, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Lebanon's Blom Bank said on Friday its net profit for the first nine months of the year rose 3.5 percent to $205 million compared with the same period a year ago.

  

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called on Lebanese leaders to work toward the quick formations of a new government, according to a UN report released Tuesday. The UN Security Council held consultations on Tuesday morning to discuss the secretary-general's most recent report on the latest developments in Lebanon. In the report, Ban hailed the parliamentary elections held in Lebanon on June 7 ...

  

Lebanese Michael Jackson fans cutting a cake with his film's poster design at a movie theatre in Beirut before the premiere of This Is It in the Lebanese capital.

  

We expect total drug spending in Lebanon to increase from under US$500mn in 2008 to US$605mn in 2013, a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 3.9% in US dollar terms, with 1.75% of GDP dedicated to pharmaceutical expenditure by 2013.

  

Washington and Beirut - Iran's response Thursday to a proposed deal to transform its controversial nuclear material into fuel for a medical reactor is "inadequate," a senior Western diplomat said, adding that it failed to address key United States and European concerns about the country's nuclear intentions.

  

Take three young Brazilian film-makers, add the latest in Internet social networking, mix them up in the cultural hot-pot of Beirut and what do you get' Answer: a flying kebab. Allow me to explain -"Flying Kebab," an Internet-based web series, has nothing to do with flying. Or, for that matter, kebabs. But it has everything to do with Matheus Siqueira, Fernando Borges, and Clederson Perez.

  

Italian President Giorgio Napolitano will visit Lebanon on November 2, state-run National News Agency (NNA) said Thursday. Napolitano is to hold a closed door meeting with President Michel Sleiman, before expanding discussions to include Lebanese and Italian delegations. Napolitano will visit south Lebanon to view his country's contingent operating as part of the United Nations Interim Force in ...

  

Lebanese watchdog organization Maharat issued harsh criticism Thursday of the role played by the Lebanese media in this summer's parliamentary elections.The group said that despite laws passed to diminish bias, the country's main news sources failed to give balanced coverage of different party's campaigns.

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Oct. 29 (UPI) -- Israeli claims that it is the victim of Hezbollah aggression and thereby justified to continue its surveillance of Lebanon are unfounded, Hezbollah said.

  

A group linked to Al-Qaeda claims it fired the Katyusha rocket attack from Lebanon that hit northern Israel earlier this week, a US-based group that monitors jihadist websites said on Thursday.

  

BEIRUT (Zawya Dow Jones)--Byblos Bank, Lebanon's third-largest lender by assets, Thursday said its net profit for the first nine months of 2009 jumped 21% to 144.64 billion Lebanese pounds ($95.8 million) from LBP119.2 billion a year earlier.

  

BEIRUT, Oct 29 (Reuters) - Lebanon's Byblos Bank expects its 2009 net profit to increase between 10-12 percent compared with 2008, the bank's chief financial officer said on Thursday.

  

BEIRUT, Oct 29 (Reuters) - Lebanon's Byblos Bank said on Thursday its profit for the first nine months of the year rose 21 percent to $95.95 million compared with the same period a year ago.

  

US diplomat says Washington hopes to develop better ties with Damascus, but not at expense of Beirut's sovereignty.

  

Some politicians and their pettiness, belonging to both of the two main political camps, represent nothing more than intransigence; habitually shifting from one ineffective, transient set of conveniences, opportunities, or alliances, to another, says Rannie Amiri .

  

The United States is looking forward to having cooperation with Lebanon's news government, which is expected to be formed in coming days, a senior official of the State Department said on Wednesday. "Expectations are currently high that a cabinet could be announced within the coming days. We certainly hope this is the case," acting U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern affairs ...

  

A Katyusha rocket launched from South Lebanon hit Israel on Tuesday evening, while Israel responded later with artillery shells. The UN Interim Forces in Lebanon confirmed in a statement that the rocket was fired from the general area of Houla in southern Lebanon at around 16:50 GMT and impacted in northern Israel in the vicinity of Kiryat Shemona. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) retaliated with ...

  

Lebanon: UN peacekeeping force probes rocket fired into Israel (AKI) - United Nations peacekeepers have launched an investigation into a recent incident in which a rocket was fired from Houla in southern Lebanon and struck the area of Kiryat Shmona in northern Israel, the UN said on Wednesday.The rocket was fired at around 6:50 p.m. local time on Monday, according to the UN peacekeeping force ...

  

JERUSALEM - A Katyusha rocket fired from Lebanon has hit northern Israel without causing casualties, prompting Israel to retaliate with artillery, sources on both sides said.

  

The man reported to have sexually assaulted a 16-year-old girl in Lebanon Sunday may have been injured during the attack, according to an update by Lebanon police.

  

The Lebanese Army said Wednesday it found and deactivated more rockets in an area from where a similar device had been fired into Israel.The statement said troops found four 107-millimeter rockets in the garden of a partly built house as they searched the area a day after a rocket fired from the southern village of Houla hit the northern Israeli border town of Kiryat Shmona.

  

Something got lost in all the outrage last week over the conviction and lashing sentence of the 22-year-old Saudi woman journalist who worked for the Lebanese Broadcasting Corp. What is the LBC doing to support their journalist?

  

BEIRUT (AFP) - With still no government almost five months after a general election, Lebanon's political stability and security could soon suffer more repercussions, analysts say.

  

The United States hopes that Lebanon's political factions will agree on a cabinet "in the coming days" and looks forward to working with the new government, a top US diplomat said Wednesday.

  

BEIRUT (Reuters) - The Lebanese army said on Wednesday it found and deactivated more rockets in an area from where a similar device had been fired into Israel.

  

The Lebanese army said on Wednesday it found and deactivated more rockets in an area from where a similar device had been fired into Israel.

  

Lebanon: Army dismantles four rockets aimed at Israel (AKI) - The Lebanese army dismantled four rockets aimed at Israel on Wednesday after they were found by the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon and the army in the village of Houla.The rockets were found a day after one rocket launched from Lebanon struck open land, near the northern Israeli town of Kiryat Shmona, which resulted in ...

  

BEIRUT (AFP) - The United States condemned on Wednesday the latest rocket attack from southern Lebanon on Israel and said the incident underscored the need to disarm all Lebanese groups, a reference to Hezbollah.

  

The United States condemned on Wednesday the latest rocket attack from southern Lebanon on Israel and said the incident underscored the need to disarm all Lebanese groups, a reference to Hezbollah.

  

BEIRUT : Four rockets ready to be fired at Israel were discovered by the Lebanese army on Wednesday, a day after one was launched into the Jewish state prompting a barrage of retaliatory fire, the military said.

  

Oct. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Lebanon's caretaker Prime Minister Fouad Siniora condemned both the rocket attack that hit Israel late yesterday and Israel's shelling of Lebanon in response.

  

Lebanon: BMB group, the leading provider of ICT solutions in Lebanon and the region, has been proudly designated "No. 1 Cisco Partner for the commercial sector in North Africa and Levant" for the year 2009 by Cisco, and that during the company's 3rd annual "Customers Get Together and Technology Updates" event. [AMEInfo.com]

  

The Lebanese army said on Wednesday it found and deactivated four rockets in the area from where a rocket had been fired toward northern Israel.

  

Beirut - The Lebanese army and the United Nations interim Force in southern Lebanon (UNIFIL) defused Wednesday four rockets which were set to be launched towards northern Israel. The incident came a day after one Katyusha rocket was fired from the vi...

  

Ghostalkers NW Paranormal, a local ghost hunting group, are investigating the historic Lebanon Hotel in downtown Lebanon.

  

Four rockets ready to be fired at Israel were discovered by the Lebanese army on Wednesday, a day after one was launched into the Jewish state prompting a barrage of retaliatory fire, the military said.

  

Lebanese troops find four rockets ready to be fired at Israel, a day after a rocket hit an open area in Kiryat Shmona.

  

Lebanese troops found and dismantled four rockets near the border with Israel on Wednesday, a day after a brief flare-up across the tense boundary, a Lebanese military official said.

  

Source: Reuters * Rockets found in same area as Tuesday's attack * UNIFIL commander inspects site BEIRUT, Oct 28 (Reuters) - Lebanese army soldiers found and deactivated four rockets on Wednesday in the area ...

  

Oct. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Lebanon's caretaker Prime Minister Fouad Siniora condemned both the rocket attack that hit Israel late yesterday and Israel's shelling of Lebanon in response.

  

A rocket fired from a town in southern Lebanon has hit Israel, prompting a retaliatory artillery attack, according to security officials.

  

BEIRUT -- Iran will seek to amend a proposed deal it reached with the United States and other major powers to ship the bulk of its nuclear material overseas, state television reported yesterday.

  

BEIRUT - Iran will seek to amend a proposed deal it reached with the U.S. and other major powers to ship the bulk of its nuclear material overseas, state TV reported Tuesday.

  

Beirut, Oct 28 : A Katyusha rocket launched from southern Lebanon Tuesday hit Israel but no one was hurt, an official said. The Israeli forces retaliated with artillery fire.

  

A Katyusha rocket fired from Lebanon hit northern Israel on Tuesday night without causing any casualties, prompting Israel to retaliate with an artillery barrage, sources on both sides said.The attack, which was not immediately claimed, was the latest incident in growing cross-border tensions, and an Israeli military spokeswoman laid ultimate blame for it at the door of the Beirut government.

  

BEIRUT: A Katyusha rocket launched from South Lebanon hit Israel on Tuesday evening, while Israel responded later with artillery shells.

  

JERUSALEM, Oct. 27 (UPI) -- Israeli military officials told U.N. peacekeepers in Lebanon they would continue monitoring the country as long as Hezbollah poses a threat.

  

A Katyusha-type rocket fired from Lebanon hit northern Israel without causing any casualties, prompting Israel to retaliate with a salvo of missiles.

  

JERUSALEM - Lebanese militants launched a rocket into northern Israel on Tuesday evening, hitting near a village but causing no casualties, Israeli police said.

  

BEIRUT - A senior Lebanese army official says troops have found and dismantled four rockets near the border with Israel, a day after a rocket hit the Jewish state.

  

A rocket fired from Lebanon struck inside northern Israel Tuesday causing no damage or injury, and Israel responded with artillery fire at Lebanon, the Israeli military and a Lebanese security source said.

  

A Katyusha-type rocket fired from Lebanon hit northern Israel on Tuesday night without causing any casualties, prompting Israel to retaliate with a salvo of missiles, sources on both sides said.

  

Beirut/Tel Aviv - A Katyusha rocket fired from Lebanon landed near the Israeli town of Kiryat Shmona on Tuesday evening, a military spokesman in Tel Aviv said. The missile exploded in a field about 300 metres from the town. There were no reports of c...

  

A rocket fired from Lebanon hit northern Israel on Tuesday causing no damage or injury, an Israeli police spokesman said.

  

The United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has announced Lebanon as having the highest tourism growth in 2009.

  

Lebanon town board members finalized a proposed 2010 town budget that will reduce the local tax levy by $406 or less than a tenth of a percent following a budget workshop Monday

  

Source: Reuters BEIRUT, Oct 27 (Reuters) - A rocket was fired from southern Lebanon towards northern Israel on Tuesday, a Lebanese security source told Reuters. He said the rocket was fired from the Lebanese ...

  

An Indian man and an alleged accomplice have been charged with agreeing to sell guns and military equipment in a sting operation to Lebanese Shi'ite guerrilla group Hezbollah, U.S. authorities said on Tuesday.

  

LEBANON, OH (FOX19) - The cause of a triple fatal fire in Lebanon has been ruled arson, according to the Ohio State Fire Marshal. The fire marshal's office says the home was not equipped with working smoke detectors.

  

Beirut - The middle school at a privately-run international school in Lebanon was closed on Tuesday, a week after 19 confirmed cases of the H1N1 virus, known also as swine flu. To date we have had 32 cases of this influenza in the Beirut Middle Scho...

  

BEIRUT, Oct 27 (Reuters) - Below is a table of the latest Lebanese economic statistics.

  

Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Sfeir believes the fact that there is no national unity cabinet in Lebanon is the source of all the country's problems.

  

A 31-year-old Lebanon man was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison followed by 10 years of supervised release today on drug dealing charges, said U.S. Attorney Nora R. Dannehy.

  

LEBANON A 16-year-old Lebanon woman reported being sexually assaulted by a man while working in the 100 block of Spring Street at 8:40 p.m. Sunday, police said.

  

Israel has refused to yield to a UN call for clarifications on planting "listening devices" in southern Lebanon, boasting that intelligence gathering on its northern neighbor will persist.

  

BEIRUT - Lebanon taunted Israel with a gesture of gastronomic one-upmanship yesterday after 300 chefs in Beirut prepared a 2056kg dish of hummus in an attempt to affirm ownership of the Middle Eastern dip.

  

BEIRUT: Iran's nuclear ambitions have started a ''race to confrontation'' with Israel, says the French Foreign Minister, Bernard Kouchner.

  

BEIRUT, Oct 26, 2009 (AFP) - Lebanon confirmed its first swine flu death on Monday, with the health ministry saying the A(H1N1) virus claimed the life of a pregnant 30-year-old woman.

  

Pregnant 30-year-old woman dies from A(H1N1) virus, Beirut private school closes for one week.

  

Even with a couple of newly torn tendons in his foot and numbed by painkillers, the Beirut-born talent turbine known as Mika proved himself one of pop music's most indefatigable showmen Saturday night with a blazing hourlong show at Oakland's Fox Theater....

  

BEIRUT: Caretaker Health Minister Mohammad Jawad Khalifeh on Sunday warned expectant mothers to be wary of the A(H1N1) virus after ordering an investigation to determine whether the death of a young pregnant woman was caused by the infection.

  

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While Lebanon may be far from adept at making governments, food is another matter: Lebanese chefs have come together to break a third Guinness record for food this year this time with tabbouleh.

  

BEIRUT (AFP) - While Lebanon may be far from adept at making governments, food is another matter:

  

While Lebanon may be far from adept at making governments, food is another matter: on Sunday Lebanese chefs came together to break a third Guinness record for food this year -- this time with tabbouleh.

  

Work crews in the City of Lebanon accidently cut through a critical cable carrying fiber, copper, and phone cables that affect 911 calls to emergency personell.

  

What was the message you addressed to the Spanish community in Lebanon and to the Lebanese to mark Spain's national day?

  

Zapatero's visit came some 10 weeks ahead of Spain's assumption of the EU presidency. Reports said that his stay in Lebanon came in the context of his desire to be acquainted with the facts on the ground, Lebanon's official National News Agency (NNA) said.

  

Israel is sharply increasing its military build-up at its bases near the border with Lebanon while putting Israeli troops on alert.

  

Lebanese chefs prepared a massive plate of hummus weighing more than 2 tons Saturday that broke a world record organizers said was previously held by Israel - a bid to reaffirm proprietorship over the popular Middle Eastern dip.

  

BEIRUT - Lebanese chefs prepared a massive plate of hummus weighing over two tons Saturday that broke a world record organizers said was previously held by Israel - a bid to reaffirm proprietorship over the popular Middle Eastern dip. 'Come and figh...

  

BEIRUT - Lebanese chefs prepared a massive plate of hummus weighing over two tonnes Saturday that broke a world record organizers said was previously held by Israel - a bid to reaffirm proprietorship over the popular Middle Eastern dip.

  

Lebanese businessmen accuse Israel of stealing a host of traditional Middle Eastern dishes, particularly hummus, and marketing them worldwide as Israeli.

  

Israel has released aerial surveillance footage of a mysterious blast in southern Lebanon.

  

Lebanese chefs prepared a massive plate of hummus weighing over two tons Saturday that broke a world record organizers said was previously held by Israel - a bid to reaffirm proprietorship over the popular Middle Eastern dip.

  

Lebanese chefs prepared a massive plate of hummus weighing over two tons Saturday that broke a world record organizers said was previously held by Israel _ a bid to reaffirm proprietorship over the popular Middle Eastern dip. "Come and fight for your bite, you know you're right!" was the slogan for the event _ part of a simmering war over regional cuisine between Lebanon and Israel, which have ...

  

MONTREAL, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - 10/24/09) - Today the Honourable Jason Kenney, Canada's Minister for Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism, announced that the Government of Canada has taken action to improve travel options for passengers wishing to fly from Canada to Lebanon. Effective immediately, the change will allow Canadian air carriers to make arrangements to sell seats on flights ...

  

Hundreds of Lebanese, many wearing snorkels, held demonstrations Saturday in key archaeological sites nationwide to mark an international day of protests about global warming.

  

Hundreds of garlic-loving Lebanese came together on Saturday to make the largest hummus serving on the world's biggest plate, claiming ownership of the dish with a new Guinness world record.

  

Berlin - Germany's incoming government plans to phase out German naval deployment off the coast of Lebanon, according to the new coalition agreement unveiled Saturday. No date for the implementation was set out in the document drafted by Chancellor A...

  

BEIRUT, Oct 24 (AFP) Oct 24, 2009 Hundreds of Lebanese, many wearing snorkels, held demonstrations Saturday in key archaeological sites nationwide to mark an international day of protests about global warming.

  

SIDON: A new Geographic Information System that allows businessmen to better locate potential investors and supplies them with marking statistics and data is soon to be put into operation in the south of Lebanon.

  

French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said here on Friday that it was urgent to form a government in Lebanon to confront existing challenges, as regional situation is "not good", Lebanon's state news agency reported. "It is very urgent for the government to be formed because the regional situation is not good" and the peace process is not moving forward, Kouchner said following talks with ...

  

By CHRIS GERBASI Correspondent The Beirut building is coming down -- finally.

  

It wasn't the happiest of Homecomings in Mount Joy for a struggling Donegal football team.The Indians lost their third consecutive game, 27-8, to Northern Lebanon Friday night.Donegal managed 64 yards on offense while giving up 231 to the Vikings."We just got beat up up front," said Donegal coac...

  

WASHINGTON - The United States is using the 26th anniversary of the bombing deaths in Beirut of 241 American servicemen, mainly Marines, to prod Lebanon to end political infighting and seat a government to help bring stability to a still volatile Middle East.

  

Some 26 years after a bombing in Beirut killed 241 American Marines, sailors and soldiers, one community here in the east is still picked up the pieces.

  

President Barack Obama Friday expressed hopes that Lebanon's factions would finally form a new government as he marked the 26th anniversary of the "senseless" Beirut bombing of a US Marine barracks.

  

Aldi will open its Lebanon grocery store on Monday, Nov. 2. Officials at the 10,000-square-foot Aldi store, located at 1280 Columbus Ave., will hold a ribbon cutting ceremony at 9 a.m.

  

CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. - Marines at Camp Lejeune will hold a remembrance ceremony to honor the more than 250 American servicemen killed when two truck bombs struck the Marine barracks in Beirut in 1983.

  

At 6:20 on the morning of Oct. 23, 1983, a massive truck bomb plowed through the gates of the barracks of a U.S. Marines Corps peacekeeping force stationed in Beirut, Lebanon.

  

CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (AP) - Marines at Camp Lejeune will hold a remembrance ceremony to mark the 26th anniversary of Beirut bombing.

  

Mysterious explosions in South Lebanon, reportedly involving covert Israeli operations to eavesdrop on Hezbollah's secret communications network, have heightened tension after two alleged guerrilla arms dumps were blown up in recent weeks.

  

Marines at Camp Lejeune will hold a remembrance ceremony to honor the more than 250 American servicemen killed when two truck bombs struck the Marine barracks in Beirut in 1983.

  

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad demands Lebanese officials speed up concerted efforts to form a national unity cabinet in Lebanon and restore order in the country.

  

A special ceremony to honor fallen service members and survivors of the 1983 Beirut Bombing will be held Friday.

  

Earlier this month, Lebanese politician Rifaat Ali Eid, secretary-general of the Arab Democratic Party, a political party that represents the Alawite minority in Tripoli, accused "Egyptian intelligence elements" of plotting to incite sectarian tension between impoverished Sunnis residents of Bab Al-Tebana and their fellow Alawite citizens in the equally poor neighbouring Jebel Mohsen community.

  

BEIRUT -- The sprawling Shiite suburb of south Beirut has made a comeback after the destruction wreaked by Israel during 2006 fighting, a symbol of the community's resilience at a time when its polit...

  

BEIRUT, Oct 23 (Reuters) - Lebanon's balance of payments registered a record surplus in the first nine months of this year and inflation should remain low, central bank governor Riad Salameh said on Friday.

  

The sprawling Shiite suburb of south Beirut has made a comeback after the destruction wreaked by Israel during 2006 fighting, a symbol of the community's resilience at a time when its political patron, Hezbollah, is seeking...

  

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

  

BEIRUT: President of the association of industrialists Fadi Abboud said Thursday that the quickest solution for providing energy-intensive factories with natural gas from Egypt is to convince the latter and Syria to pump additional volume of gas.

  

The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) announced on Thursday the appointment of Lebanese singer Nancy Ajram as its Regional Goodwill Ambassador, according to a press release from the agency. Sigrid Kaag, UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa, welcomed Ajram to UNICEF, and said that goodwill ambassadors "help focus the world's attention on the needs of children and can act as ...

  

The community remembers the 24th Marine Amphibious Unit of 1983 as brave troops who suffered great losses in Beirut in one of the most devastating non-nuclear bombings of all time.

  

A 55-year-old Lebanon woman was sentenced to state prison last week for selling drugs to an undercover police officer.

  

HE the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy and Industry Abdullah bin Hamad al-Attiyah holding talks with the visiting Lebanese Minister of Information Tariq Metri. Talks covered bilateral relations and ways of enhancing them.

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Oct. 22 (UPI) -- Demands by top party leaders in Beirut for more ministerial positions in the next Lebanese government threaten to derail the latest momentum, analysts say.

  

The European Commission is giving Lebanon aid worth '43m, its office in Beirut has announced.

  

Beirut - Top Lebanese pop star Nancy Ajram was named a goodwill ambassador for the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), it was announced Thursday. We are delighted to welcome Nancy Ajram to UNICEF, Sigrid Kaag, UNICEF regional director for the Middle East ...

  

Friday, October 23, is a big football night as the Lebanon Yellowjackets host the Camdenton Lakers. Tim Pezzetti, Lebanon R-3 Activities Director, expects a large crowd and has made the following plans to help make the evening fun and safe for all fans

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Oct. 22 (UPI) -- Mysterious explosions in South Lebanon, reportedly involving covert Israeli operations to eavesdrop on Hezbollah's secret communications network, have heightened tension after two alleged guerrilla arms dumps were blown up in recent weeks.

  

Tunis - The Morrocan city Tangiers hosted from October 12th till 17th the 7th edition of the Mediterranean Short Film Festival. Tunisian, Palestinian, Moroccan, Jordanian, Lebanese, Egyptian, French, Italian, Turkish, Albanian, Greek and Portuguese films were among the films nominated.

  

BEIRUT: About 900 people are killed, 12,000 injured and 2,000 permanently disabled each year in Lebanon in road accidents, said head of the Youth Association for Social Awareness (YASA) Tuesday at a conference held in the town of Aley.

  

Storyteller Ariane Smith, of Califon, entertained children with a story based on the characters of her book 'Enchanted Thyme.' Smith told her stories on Saturday at the 30th anniversary celebration of the Bunnvale Library in Lebanon Township. Also on hand at the event were Art Gerlich, chairman of the township Library Committee; local Boy and Girl Scouts; Rep. Leonard Lance, R-7; and local ...

  

United Nations Interim Forces in Lebanon (UNIFIL) spokesperson Yasmina Bouziane said Wednesday that South Lebanon is currently passing through the calmest period since the passage of UN Resolution 1701. Saying in an interview on the local NBN television, Bouziane said that the calm is due to the strong partnership and cooperation between UNIFIL and the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF). UN Resolution ...

  

BEIRUT - Deft diplomacy and regional security woes are driving Iran and the United States toward a deal on Iran's nuclear program, experts say, illustrated by movement Wednesday in talks to transfer most of the Islamic Republic's fissile material abroad to be processed for medical uses.

  

For decades, Lebanese journalism has been applauded as the freest, most outspoken and most literate in the heavily censored Arab world.

  

According to the London daily Elaph, the Lebanese artist Layal Aboud appears as a bride wearing a white wedding dress, holding bouquet of red flowers in her hands in her new video clip for the song 'Ahla Zafah' (Best Wedding Shouts).

  

For decades, Lebanese journalism has been applauded as the freest, most outspoken and most literate in the heavily censored Arab world. Alas, no more. Beirut's best-read daily has just shed more than 50 staff and LBC, one of the country's best-known television stations, has just fired three of its most prominent presenters. The Lebanese media are being hit - like the rest of the world - by the ...

  

MADRID, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- Lebanese President Michel Suleiman accused Israel of spying on his country in violation of U.N. Security Council Resolution 1701.

  

Lebanon Raceway employee agrees to plea in theft case

  

The odds were stacked against Lebanon from the get-go.

  

Thirty years ago, my husband and I spent a week in Beirut. In September 2009, we returned to find that many of the city's old scars remained.

  

BEIRUT, Oct 21 (Reuters) - Below is a table of the latest Lebanese economic statistics.

  

George Azar, a Lebanese-American documentary filmmaker, and his wife Mariam Shahin, comprise the award-winning director/producer team which has produced several films about Iraq and Palestine since 2006.

  

Lebanon: Huawei, a leader in providing next generation telecommunications network solutions for operators around the world, has successfully completed its 2009 Annual Service Conference in the Middle East and Africa region. This conference aims at exhibiting the latest global managed service solutions evolution, service transformation trends, and quality of service optimization and has attracted more than 50 executives from 22 key operators. [AMEInfo.com]

  

BEIRUT: Lebanon ranks 32 places ahead of Israel and second in the Arab world in a world press freedom index, its publishers said Tuesday.

  

BEIRUT: The first Beirut Law Institute was inaugurated on Monday by the head of the Beirut Bar Association Ramzi Jreij, whose mandate expires on November 15. The opening ceremony was held on Monday at the association's lecture hall at the Palace of Justice in Beirut and was attended by Justice Minister Ibrahim Najjar, Interior Minister Ziyad Baroud and an array of judicial figures.

  

Lebanese businessman George E. Hanna could not remember how many times he had visited the Canton Fair, China's largest biannual trade fair. "You will not regret taking 14-hour flights to be here."

  

The famous Lebanese superstar Carole Samaha agreed to star in the second part of the Syrian television drama series 'Rijal Al Hasem' (The Terminating Men).

  

GENEVA: The Iraqi journalist who hurled his shoes at President George W. Bush leaned back in his chair and soaked in the round of applause. This was not Baghdad or Damascus or Beirut.

  

Relatives give DNA to identify men killed in Lebanon fire

  

WNBA President Donna Orender to Visit Lebanon Office of the Spokesman Washington, DC October 20, 2009 The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) SportsUnited Office, in partnership with the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA), is sending the President of the WNBA, Donna Orender, to Lebanon as a Sports ...

  

Lebanon wins tourney opener in easy fashion

  

Police say a Lebanon, N.H., woman was killed in a crash on Interstate 89 Monday.

  

20 October 2009 Beirut: Alfa Alfa , the mobile operator, managed by Orascom Telecom announced that it is keeping on strengthening its network all over Lebanon by installing 10 new Radio Stations since the 23rd of September 2009. 157 Stations have been installed progressively in the different regions and several update operations have been implemented in addition to the expansion of 378 existing ...

  

United Nations Interim Forces in Lebanon (UNIFIL) Commander Claudio Graziano said Monday that UNIFIL has achieved notable progress in implementing essential aspects of UN Security Council Resolution 1701, Lebanon's state news agency reported. Graziano said during an awarding ceremony for UNIFIL's Turkish contingent that UNIFIL will preserve its mission, working side by side with the Lebanese ...

  

BEIRUT, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Lebanon's inflation rate rose to 2 percent year-on-year in September from 1.5 percent in August, central bank statistics released to Reuters on Tuesday showed. Inflation, which peaked at a high of 14 percent last year, has remained between 1.5 and 4 percent this year. The International Monetary Fund said in September that inflation in Lebanon was "likely to remain ...

  

Madrid - Spain and Lebanon on Tuesday reiterated their commitment to achieving peace in the Middle East, saying the solution needed to include the fate of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon. The definitive solution to the situation in the Middle East ha...

  

October 20, 2009: On October 17th, some Lebanese found an Israeli electronic sensor on their side of the border. The Israelis soon became aware of this, and destroyed the device from the air with a missile, or internal explosives. There are conflicting reports.

  

BEIRUT: Lebanon and a number of other countries are failing to comply with international measures governing the diamond trade, a tersely worded report said last week.

  

LEBANON, Ohio (AP) -- Authorities are investigating the cause of an overnight house fire yesterday that killed three people.

  

A United Nations peacekeeping force in Lebanon is investigating a series of mysterious explosions near the border with Israel, officials said. An explosion early Sunday was the latest in a series of unexplained blasts in the region during the past six months, the Voice of America reported Monday.

  

The young Lebanese artist Dareen Hadshiti has been nominated for an 'MTV Europe' music award. The award ceremony will be held soon in Germany. Dareen is the only Arab female artist nominated for the award, competing with four male artists from the Middle East.

  

, Brian Keenan's harrowing account of being held hostage for 4 years in the suburbs of Beirut.Little did she know then that, months later she would be drawing inspiration from Keenan...

  

Former Cornwall-Lebanon School District Superintendent Tom Sherk and two outgoing school board members were recognized by the school board Monday night.

  

A United Nations probe into mysterious blasts in southern Lebanon has indicated they were caused by the detonation of underground sensor devices.

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Oct. 19 (UPI) -- Despite an overall positive sentiment on the next government in Lebanon, Cabinet deliberations are on hiatus while President Michel Suleiman visits Spain.

  

New York, Oct 19 2009 4:10PM The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) has launched an investigation into explosions that occurred during the weekend in the southern part of the country, the second incident of its kind in less than a week.

  

New York, Oct 19 2009 12:10PM High-level delegates from 22 countries are taking part in a United Nations-backed three-day Arab Employment Forum in Beirut to consider ways of sustaining jobs and extending social protection in the face of the global economic crisis.

  

Lebanon Police Detectives are investigating the death of a two-month-old boy who died on Oct. 18.

  

LEBANON, Ohio -- Lebanon Police Detectives are investigating the death of a two-month-old boy who died on Oct. 18. Police say they received a 911 call requesting assistance for a child who wasn't breathing.

  

Orthodox Catholicos Patriarch Aram I Kishishian quoted on Monday Syrian President Bashar Assad as saying that his country would help Lebanon "overcome its crisis." Kishishian held talks with Assad in Damascus on Monday. The two discussed Lebanese-Syrian ties, and current developments on the regional scene in addition to issues related to the Syria's Armenian community.

  

Italian Ambassador Gabriel Checchia confirmed Monday from Bkirki that the Cabinet formation was a purely Lebanese issue adding that nothing was clear yet in that regard. "Italy and the EU hope all parties endeavor to remove obstacles so to have the Cabinet formed at the return of President Michel Sleiman from Spain," he said. Checchia discussed with Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Butros Sfeir.

  

A Middle East Airlines employee kidnapped earlier this year is alive and being held by an "unofficial military" group in Lebanon that is not Hizbullah, media reports said Monday.Joseph Sader, 56, was abducted on February 12 as he walked into work at Beirut's Rafik Hariri International Airport, allegedly by three unidentified assailants who forced him into a sport utility vehicle.

  

A municipal space created in memory of the late poet Jawdat Haydar was opened in Baalbek on Sunday.Jawdat Haydar Square and public garden was inaugurated at the Southern entrance of Baalbek by The Friends of Jawdat R. Haydar in partnership with the Culture and Tourism Ministry as part of its Beirut World Book Capital 2009 activities and in association with the Tourism Ministry and the ...

  

Large fires broke out in the north and south of Lebanon on Monday due to the recent heat wave that assailed the country while Civil Defense forces struggled to put out the flames.In the north a large fire broke out Sunday night in the town of Tikrit, ravaging fields of olive and fruit trees and threatening to burn down homes in the village.

  

What's Your Reaction' PRESS RELEASE : As part of Beirut 'World Capital of the Book' festivities, Hay Festival announces the complete list of the 'Beirut39' Project at the 2009 Frankfurt Book Fair. 'Beirut39' will celebrate the best 39 Arab writers under 40 in Beirut in a festival on 15-18 April 2010. An anthology featuring the authors will be published simultaneously in English and Arabic by ...

  

GENEVA -- The Iraqi journalist who hurled his shoes at President George W. Bush leaned back in his chair and soaked in the round of applause.This was not Baghdad or Damascus or Beirut. This was Genev...

  

GENEVA (AP) - The Iraqi journalist who hurled his shoes at President George W. Bush leaned back in his chair and soaked in the round of applause. This was not Baghdad or Damascus or Beirut.

  

This past weekend, 25-plus bands gathered on Treasure Island, an artificial landfill in the San Francisco Bay, for the third annual Treasure Island Music Festival. While Long John Silver and his stash of gold and jewels was nowhere to be found, the fest's musical booty was plenty: Flaming Lips, Grizzly Bear, Murs, Brazilian Girls, Beirut, MSTRKRFT, the Streets, Passion Pit and more all performed ...

  

This past weekend, 25-plus bands gathered on Treasure Island, an artificial landfill in the San Francisco Bay, for the third annual Treasure Island Music Festival. While Long John Silver and his stash of gold and jewels was nowhere to be found, the fest's musical booty was plenty: Flaming Lips, Grizzly Bear, Murs, Brazilian Girls, Beirut, MSTRKRFT, the Streets, Passion Pit and more all performed ...

  

BEIRUT - Hezbollah on Monday accused Israel of having installed spying devices, destroyed at the weekend in southern Lebanon, after the 2006 war between the Jewish state and the Shiite movement.

  

Three bodies were found inside the 110-year-old home on Lebanon's east side this morning.

  

Three people were killed in a house fire early this morning at a century-old Lebanon home, according to the Lebanon fire chief.

  

3 killed in Lebanon morning fire

  

Three people are now confirmed dead, after a fire guts a house on Walnut Street in Lebanon early Monday morning.

  

New Info: Home, owned by former Lebanon fire chief, was recently condemned and scheduled for demolition

  

Lebanon firefighters say flames were so intense, they had to fight fire from outside of home at 215 Walnut Street.

  

Madrid - Lebanon's President Michel Suleiman on Monday began a state visit to Spain, during which he was to discuss the Middle East peace process and bilateral relations with Spanish leaders. King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia welcomed Suleiman and his...

  

Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) confirmed on Sunday that Israel remotely detonated two wire-tapping devices it had implanted in the border area of the two countries, Lebanese state news agency reported. The Lebanese Army Command issued a communique, saying that the first detonation happened on Saturday night in Wadi al-Onq area in South Lebanon between Houla and Maiss al-Jabal villages. It added ...

  

A UN investigation into explosions in southern Lebanon says that Israel denoted spy devices it planted on Lebanese after their discovery by Hezbollah resistance movement.

  

BEIRUT: Merrill Lynch maintained its recommendation on Lebanon's external debt to 'Market Weight' in its model portfolio of emerging markets debt and maintained Lebanon's market weight at 5.5 percent in October after reducing it by 0.3 basis points in September from 5.8 percent in August, as reported by Lebanon This Week, the economic publication of the Byblos Bank Group.

  

BEIRUT (Reuters) - A U.N. investigation into explosions in south Lebanon indicated on Sunday that Israel had planted spy devices on Lebanese land in what a senior U.N. official said would be a violation of a ceasefire agreement.

  

The Lebanese artist Marwa said that she has postponed her wedding date until she finishes preparing the couple's new villa, employing a special interior decorator.

  

An explosion on Sunday in southern Lebanon prompted the Lebanese Army to fire anti-aircraft guns into the air.

  

Sadly, I arrived in Lebanon just too late to attend the "2009 Jeux de la Francophonie"' the sporting highlight of the French-Speaking World, and this year taking place in Beirut. The posters and signs were still all over the Lebanese capital. I have to admit to being a little ignorant of this French-speaking Olympics and so, aware that you would be keen to know more as well, I've done some ...

  

BEIRUT (Reuters) - A U.N. investigation into explosions in south Lebanon indicated on Sunday that Israel had planted spy devices on Lebanese land in what a senior U.N. official said would be a violation of a ceasefire agreement.

  

Source: Reuters * Senior U.N. official says incident "very worrying" * Peacekeepers say devices apparently planted in '06 war BEIRUT, Oct 18 (Reuters) - A U.N. investigation into explosions in south ...

  

Three suspected Israeli spy devices have been blown up in south Lebanon, two detonated remotely by the Israeli army and one destroyed by the Lebanese army.

  

Three suspected Israeli spy devices have exploded in south Lebanon, two detonated remotely by the Israeli army and one destroyed by the Lebanese army, a military official said on Sunday.

  

BEIRUT - Three suspected Israeli spy devices have been blown up in south Lebanon, two detonated remotely by the Israeli army and one destroyed by the Lebanese army, a military official said on Sunday.

  

The Lebanese army is investigating the cause of a blast that rocked the outskirts of the southern town of Houla overnight.

  

Beirut - The Lebanese army was on Sunday investigating the cause of a blast that rocked the outskirts of the town of Houla in the south Lebanon overnight, radio reports said Sunday. United Nations peacekeepers were also called out to the scene. ...

  

Beirut - Lebanese President Michel Suleiman left Beirut Sunday for a three-day visit to Madrid during which he would meet with King Juan Carlos and top Spanish officials. Suleiman, who is accompanied by a political and economic delegation, is to disc...

  

Lebanon: FFA Private Bank is pleased to announce the successful completion of a private equity placement of an approximate 86% equity stake in NAAS Bekfaya Mineral Water Company Sal. [AMEInfo.com]

  

Lebanese caretaker finance minister Mohammad Shatah has said that the country is planning a new Eurobond issue in the coming weeks valued at up to $500m to help service existing debt and subsidize a state-owned power company, the Daily Star has reported.

  

Russian Vice Foreign Minister and Middle East envoy Alexander Sultanov arrived here on Saturday in an attempt to shore up support for his country's plan to host the Middle East peace talks, Lebanon's state news agency reported. Sultanov said that talks he held with Lebanese President Michel Suleiman and Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh covered regional issues and the future of the Middle East ...

  

Though the economy may be down, business in Lebanon, or at least participation in the Lebanon Business and Service Expo, is up. The third annual event included displays from 42 local businesses, an increase from the 30 businesses that participated last year, said event co-organizer Kelly Whipple. The event is sponsored by the Lebanon Connecticut Business Association and the Lebanon Economic ...

  

DEARBORN -- ADC Michigan, in coordination with the U.S. Department of Commerce and the Congress of Arab American Organizations (CAAO), hosted a meeting and discussion with U.S. Secretary of Commerce, Gary Locke, on Tuesday at the Lebanese American Heritage Club in Dearborn.

  

Beirut - Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri said Saturday he expected a breakthrough in a few days in the bid to form the long-awaited national unity cabinet. After meeting Lebanese President Michel Suleiman, Hariri said: A breakthrough...

  

BEIRUT, October 17 (Itar-Tass) -- The Russian president's envoy on the Middle East, Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Saltanov called on Saturday for soonest resumption of the peace talks with the aim to achieve durable, comprehensive and just settlement.

  

Hezbollah accused Israel of spreading lies with its claim the Shiite organization was linked to an explosion in the southern Lebanese town of Tayr Felsay.

  

Visiting Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero on Friday stressed here Spain's commitment to Lebanon's future and stability, adding that his country is constantly working for regional peace, the local Now Lebanon news reported on its website. When meeting with Lebanese President Michel Suleiman, Zapatero said that even before Spain takes on the EU presidency in January next year ...

  

BEIRUT, October 17 (Itar-Tass) --The Russian president's special representative for the Middle East, Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Saltanov will have talks with the Lebanese leadership on Saturday and then travel to Damascus in the afternoon.

  

Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Saltanov starts on Saturday a tree-day Middle East tour, which will take him to Syria and Lebanon.

  

When political unrest erupted in Iran earlier this year in the wake of a disputed presidential election, Borzou Daraghi had a front-row seat. Born in Iran, the former Pulitzer Prize finalist is now the Beirut-based bureau chief for the Los Angeles Times . Daraghi reported directly from Iran on the post-election protests, and since leaving the country in June due to security concerns has ...

  

The Lebanese artist Madline Matar just finished the video clip for her latest song 'Ama Ajayeb' (How Strange), written by Ehab Abdoh, composed by Muhammad Rajeh and distributed by Fahed.

  

A KEY witness who fled to Beirut instead of testifying at the Lacey brothers' trial earlier this year has appeared in court claiming he feared retribution from father Ken Lacey if he gave evidence.

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Oct. 16 (UPI) -- The political sentiment among lawmakers in Beirut suggests a national unity government is forthcoming, the U.N. special envoy to Lebanon said.