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.

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.

SIDON, Lebanon, Oct. 31 (UPI) -- Lebanese troops have arrested a suspect in a rocket attack on northern Israel and dismantled four rockets ready for launch, officials said Saturday.

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 believes the Israeli army has it in its sights, and is preparing a major attack on its soil. Lebanon's ambassador to the United Nations has told the international body Israel is exhibiting signs of an imminent attack on his country.

Lebanese Singer Nancy Ajram was appointed the new goodwill ambassador to the UN Children?s Fund (UNICEF), AFP reported last week.

BEIRUT, Oct 30, 2009 (AFP) - The rising number of security breaches in southern Lebanon increases the risk of renewed conflict in the area, a UN official said on Friday.

Lebanon Mayor Trish Ward and City Council plan to eliminate as many as 18 positions to balance next year's budget. After rumors about the firings surfaced Friday afternoon, Ward acknowledged that the affected employees were notified earlier in the day that their jobs will likely end on Dec. 31.

A Lebanon woman has been indicted on nine counts of furnishing alcohol to a minor related to the death of a 14-year-old who drowned in a ditch last January.

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.

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

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 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.

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.

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

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 ...

WASHINGTON (JTA) -- The Lebanese ambassador to the United Nations said Israel is taking hostile action against his country.

The United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) released its World Tourism Barometer in which Lebanon came first worldwide among countries that witnessed an increase in tourism, the local newspaper Daily Star reported Tuesday. The barometer, which was published by Audi Bank's Weekly Monitor, said that in 2009 so far the number of tourists visiting Lebanon saw a 46.3 percent increase in the ...

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 ...

BEIRUT, Oct 30, 2009 (AFP) - Alarm is spreading among Lebanese over fears of a large-scale swine flu outbreak in schools after the country's first A(H1N1) death this week, but officials say there is no need to panic.

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.

The Mt. Lebanon School Board voted to create an 11-member community advisory committee to help with the design process for the high school renovation project.

Beirut - A group linked to al-Qaeda claimed Thursday to have fired a Katusha rocket from southern Lebanon into northern Israel without causing any damage. The Brigades of Abdullah Azzam, Ziad Jarrah's Battalion, said it was responsible for Tuesday's ...

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.

The United Nations High Representative for the Alliance of Civilizations and former President of Portugal, Jorge Sampaio, concluded his official three-day visit to Beirut with a news conference on Thursday.During his visit, Sampaio met with President Michel Sleiman, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, Information Minister Tarek Mitri and Beirut Mayor Abdel-Monem al-Ariss.

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.

Lebanese President Michel Suleiman charges Tel Aviv with a Katyusha-type rocket attack on the Israeli eastern town of Kiryat Shmona calling it a Zionist attempt to keep tensions high in Middle East.

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.

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.

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.

JERUSALEM, Oct. 29 (UPI) -- Lebanese President Michel Suleiman says Israel was behind Tuesday's Katyusha rocket attack on northern Israel as it sought to violate his country's sovereignty.

Source: IRIN In Lebanon's remote northeastern district of Akkar, teachers and pupils at the Rajam Issa public school are hoping this winter will be the first when the lights stay on. "Electricity is the lifeline of the school," said head teacher Ibrahim Salame, complaining of frequent and prolonged power cuts.

The compost pile in Robb Hollow Park is Mt. Lebanon's "dirty little secret," Pinewood Drive resident Mary D'Angelo said.

by David Harris Israel responded with limited fire towards the source of a rocket launched from southern Lebanon on Tuesday night. It was the ninth reported attack on Israel from Lebanese territory since the end of fighting between Israel and the south-Lebanon-based Hezbollah in 2006. Four additional Katyusha rockets were found on Wednesday close to Tuesday's launch site. The discovery was made ...

BEIRUT: Lebanon must move urgently toward a comprehensive ban on smoking in public places, tobacco advertising and event sponsorship, and add warning labels to tobacco products in order to avoid thousands of preventable tobacco-related deaths annually, health experts said Wednesday.

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 ...

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 ...

With the election of school board members in November and a new teachers' contract looming on the horizon in June, incumbents and wannabe's continue to debate the pros and cons of constructing a new high school in Mt. Lebanon, which to date, comes with a $115 million dollar price tag.

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 vicinity of Kiryat Shmona in northern Israel. The rocket firing occurred at around 6:50 p.m. ...

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.

Lebanon must move urgently toward a comprehensive ban on smoking in public places, tobacco advertising and event sponsorship, and add warning labels to tobacco products in order to avoid thousands of preventable tobacco-related deaths annually, health experts said Wednesday.Speaking at a tobacco control workshop for journalists.

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 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.

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.

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.

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, Oct 28 (Reuters) - Below is a table of the latest Lebanese economic statistics.

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. Read more...

UNITED NATIONS, Oct. 28 (UPI) -- The Israeli ambassador to the United Nations says the world body should investigate a rise in rocket fire coming across Israel's border from Lebanon.

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

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.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - The Lebanese army said on Wednesday it found and deactivated four rockets in the area from where a rocket had been fired towards northern Israel.

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.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanese army soldiers found and deactivated four rockets Wednesday in the area from where a rocket had been fired towards northern Israel, witnesses said.

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

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

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, Lebanon ? A high-ranking Iranian official said Tuesday that even if the country agreed to a United Nations-sponsored plan to ship its enriched uranium abroad for further processing, it would not ship it all at once, Iranian news media reported.

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.

ISRAELI police said Lebanese militants have fired a rocket into northern Israel, hitting a village but causing no casualties. A Lebanese security official confirmed that a ro

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

JERUSALEM (AFP) - 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.

A Katyusha-type rocket fired from Lebanon has hit northern Israel without causing any casualties.

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

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.

Two New York City men have been charged with trying to provide weapons, ammunition and vehicles to the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah.

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...

BEIRUT - At least one rocket was fired late Tuesday from southern Lebanon into northern Israel, Lebanese security sources said.

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

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

An Iranian official said even if the country agreed to ship its enriched uranium abroad, it would not send it all at once, Iranian news media reported.

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.

Sports: Soccer. School: Lebanon High School. Class: Senior. Age: 17. Claim to fame: ?I scored the game-winning goal against Troy my freshman year.?

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

RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA -- The Saudi king on Monday waived a flogging sentence against a female journalist who had been convicted as part of a crackdown on a controversial Lebanese television network.

Lebanon City Council on Monday night unanimously approved the way the city will spend $870,000 in federal entitlement money next year.

Opposition lawmakers in Lebanon said they would consider a new approach if a government is not formed by the end of the week. Lebanon held parliamentary elections in June, giving Saad Hariri and his March 14 coalition a narrow victory over the opposition March 8 slate.

A CARD fraud techniqueknown asthe 'Lebanese loop' has been usedat cash machines across Surrey on at least 70 occasions over the past two months.

State police and the Lebanon fire marshal are investigating a fire that torched a 33-foot mobile home early Saturday on Route 289 in Lebanon.

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.

Lebanon: Deloitte Middle East announced today its results for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2009 with yet another strong performance and an increase in revenues of more than 21%. [AMEInfo.com]

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.

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

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.

Lebanon First Selectman Joyce Okonuk is proud to say her community will never welcome a high-rise building. But soon, this quiet town will boast a 100-foot tall wind turbine that will not only change its skyline, but the direction of energy consumption for its schools.

BEIRUT - 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. Under the watch of a Guinness adjudicator, 250 sous-chefs and their 50 bosses from a private culinary school chopped and sliced over three and a half tonnes (3,5000kg) of the salad, using ...

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.

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 ...

The City of Lebanon is trying to restore phone lines to 911 operators.

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.

How do you balance the burdens of being governor of two of Lebanon?s most important provinces? Each person can do what is expected of him, provided he has the will to do so, and provided that the proper facilities are given to him.

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

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 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.

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 chefs prepare a massive plate of hummus weighing more than two tons, and organizers say it breaks a world record held by Israel.

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 ...

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...

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

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 ...

Beirut - Working together to concoct the largest bowl of hummus ever recorded, a group of Lebanese chefs earned a Guinness World Record Saturday. The chefs mixed over two tons of the chickpea-based dip in a three-hour event in downtown Lebanon under ...

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.

In the face of growing threats from Israel, Lebanon's Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun says that Hezbollah should remain armed and the Lebanese army should be well-equipped.

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 ...

Mt. Lebanon used a fierce ground game and strong defense Friday to defeat Baldwin, 24-12, and move into second place all alone in the Quad West.

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.

Mt. Lebanon used a fierce ground game and strong defense Friday to defeat Baldwin, 24-12, and move into second place all alone in the Quad West.

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...

St. John's Hospital-Lebanon will be celebrating the 75th anniversary of health care in Lebanon from 1:30 p.m. 6:30p.m. Sunday at the location of the old hospital on Harwood Avenue in Lebanon.

BEIRUT, Lebanon, 23 October 2009 ? UNICEF's Regional Office for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) announced today the appointment of Lebanese star Nancy Ajram as the newest Regional Goodwill Ambassador.

There will be an increased police presence at Mt. Lebanon High School on Monday as a result of graffiti found on a boys' restroom wall this afternoon that threatened a bomb

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- The makeup of the next government in Lebanon should be in line with a power-sharing arrangement reached with top leaders, French officials said.

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.

Anniversary of Attack on U.S. Marine Barracks in Beirut, Lebanon Office of the Spokesman Washington, DC October 23, 2009 Today marks the 26th anniversary of the October 23, 1983 bombing of the United States Marine barracks in Beirut, Lebanon. The United States honors the sacrifices of the 241 American servicemen who lost their lives that day in service of their country while protecting the ...

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.

The International Labour Organisation launches an employment directive in Beirut in a region where 25% of young people are without jobs.

BEIRUT, Oct 23, 2009 (AFP) - France is "worried" by Lebanon's failure toform a cabinet four months after elections and fears the void could undermine security in the country, Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said on Friday.

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.

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

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

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.

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...

When King's and Lebanon Valley meet Saturday, passes will be a rare sight. Lebanon Valley brings in two of the top four rushers in the conference and the No. 1 rushing attack in the MAC. King's boasts the third best back in the league in Claude O'Connor

BEIRUT: Lebanon?s balance of payments in the first nine months of this year recorded a surplus of $4.8 billion, the highest in the country?s history, central bank Governor Riad Salameh said on Thursday.

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 a greater voice in Lebanon's government.

Local events will be held around Jacksonville Friday in observance of the anniversary of the Beirut bombing. The day of remembrance will start at dawn with a 6 a.m. candlelight service at the Beirut Memorial near Camp Johnson.

ANNVILLE, Pa. - Two goals in the opening four and a half minutes of the second half lifted the Wesley College women's soccer team to a 3-0 win at Lebanon Valley.

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

Two girls pick books from the children?s section during the opening of the annual Francophone Book Fair in Beirut yesterday. The 16th edition of the ?Salon du livre francophone de Beyrouth? runs till November 1 and includes several cultural events.

BEIRUT: The global value of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) goods exports has stalled since 2000, after enjoying a brief period of exponential growth. The value of the sector rose from $813 billion to $1.73 trillion between 1998 and 2007. In 2000 ITC goods exports constituted 17.7 percent of all merchandise trade; by 2007 this had fallen to just 13.2 percent.

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 ...

Beirut -The European Commission has granted Lebanon aid worth 43 million euros (64.5 million dollars) on Thursday, its office in Beirut announced. The money will go largely towards the promotion of human rights and democracy (10 million euros), accor...

Lebanese pop star Nancy Ajram has been appointed a goodwill ambassador for the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), a UN official said on Thursday.

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.

BEIRUT: The head of research at Byblos Bank Nassib Ghobril said on Wednesday that ongoing delays in forming the Cabinet have started to have an impact on economic activity in the country, which puts at risk the expected growth of 7 percent for this year.

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 ...

In his two coaching stints, Jim Monos has seen the best of times and worst of times on the gridiron at Lebanon Valley College.These days, he may be witnessing the best of times.For the first time since 1979, a Dutchmen football team is off to a 5-1 start. That year, though, LVC lost the last three g...

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 ...

The U.S. Postal Service said this month that it may shut down Mt. Lebanon's Washington Road Post Office, an announcement that has upset many of the area's residents and business owners.

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).

Carole performed in front of 1,200 people and the crowd loved her. She glowed on the red carpet wearing a short dress designed by the Lebanese fashion designer Antoine Al Qarih. She wore a gold outfit, including the shoes, during her onstage performance.

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 ...

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

Lebanon Raceway employee agrees to plea in theft case

It's been 14 weeks since the new Lebanon Public Library opened at the new location, 55 Academy St., and circulation numbers are still running high.

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

Lawmakers described the latest round of talks on a new government in Lebanon as positive as leaders discuss the next telecommunications minister.

Lebanon president: UNIFIL can only leave if Israel ends occupation of Lebanese territory.

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: A healthy suspicion of the subprime market appears to have paid off, as Lebanese banks flourish in the face of the global economic crisis.

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.

Lebanon wins tourney opener in easy fashion

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.

Beirut or Broadgate? Not content with knocking seven bells out of the national economy City workers have taken to beating an eighth out of traffic wardens after hours.

Relatives give DNA to identify men killed in Lebanon fire

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Oct. 20 (UPI) -- Lawmakers described the latest round of talks on a new government in Lebanon as positive as leaders discuss the next telecommunications minister.

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." Hanna said he spent two or three months, and millions of U.S. dollars every year in China to purchase everything from machinery to textiles, and sell them in Lebanon. "At least 2,000 Lebanese buyers ...

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 ...

Only this truth will protect the lives of Lebanese soldiers, the victims of Nahr al Bared, and the security of Lebanon, stresses Rima Merhi .

LEBANON, Ohio -- Authorities in Ohio are investigating the cause of a house fire that killed three people.

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 ...

Rotana, the leading hotel management company in the Middle East and North Africa, announced yesterday the opening of its third hotel in Lebanon, Raouch Arjaan by Rotana.

BEIRUT: Caretaker Energy and Water Minister Alain Tabourian announced on Monday that Egypt has started delivering natural gas to Deir Ammar power station in the north, stressing that this move will allow Lebanon to save up to $240 million on its energy bill alone each year.

In his spartan hermitage several kilometres up a narrow footpath in northern Lebanon's Qadisha Valley, only one trait remains from Dario Escobar's previous life: a love of football.

Lebanon: Rotana, the hotel management company in the Middle East and North Africa, announced the opening of its third hotel in Lebanon, Raouch Arjaan by Rotana. [AMEInfo.com]

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.

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

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.

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) -- Hezbollah declared a major victory for its resistance movement against Israel following the discovery of Israeli spy devices in south Lebanon.

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

Source ::: The Peninsula . By JOYCE ABANO & MOHAMMED SAEED DOHA: In a heart-wrenching accident, a five-year-old girl , Dana Walid Sakr (pictured), studying in the Lebanese School in West Bay was knocked down by a four-wheeler in front of the school early in the afternoon on Sunday.

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.

National Liberal Party leader MP Dory Chamoun accused certain politicians Monday of "abiding by Syrian opinion" and obstructing the government-formation process. He added that it was "unfortunate" that the Lebanese were all awaiting the Saudi-Syrian summit for the cabinet impasse to be broken. He said the 15-10-5 cabinet formula, which grants the majority 15 seats.

Spying devices destroyed in south Lebanon over the weekend were planted by Israel after the conclusion of the 2006 war, Hizbullah said Monday.Explosions ripped through areas of farmland between the villages of Meis al-Jabal and Houla in the early hours of Sunday morning as the devices were detonated, with a Lebanese Army spokesperson suggesting that at least two explosions were remotely arranged ...

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 ...

Secretary General of the Lebanese Communist Party (LCP) Khaled Hadadeh announced on Monday the launching of a three day festival in October 23, in celebration of the party's 85th anniversary. The festival will be held at the Cite Sportive in Beirut and will include arts and sports activities. "The festival is to become annual and should expand each year until it becomes a theatre for progressive ...

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.The Kimberly Process Certification Scheme (KPCS or KP), is a non-legally binding process sanctioned by the UN in 2003 aimed at certifying the origin of rough diamonds from sources free of conflict fueled by diamond production.

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.

Bridezilla's are often difficult to deal with, but this Lebanese newly wed wanted to irritate as many people as possible on her big day.

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...

Staff Report Lebanon police are currently investigating an apparent BB Gun shooting today, Oct.

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.

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

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 ...

HOULA, Lebanon, Oct. 19 (UPI) -- A United Nations peacekeeping force in Lebanon is investigating a series of mysterious explosions near the border with Israel, officials said.

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.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Iranian leaders have blamed foreign foes for a suicide bombing by Sunni militants, masking their shock at an attack that killed 42 people and dented the prestige of the increasingly powerful Revolutionary Guards.

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

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

Firefighters say third victim was found later in rubble of gutted 1900 house on Walnut Street in Lebanon

Lebanon's President Michel Sleiman began Monday a three-day state visit to Spain with a meeting with Spanish King Juan Carlos.

Israel accused of using devices for surveillance of communications of Lebanese resistance.

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...

BEIRUT, October 19 (Itar-Tass) -- Russia ?is ready to make all effort to promote the peace process between the Arabs and Israel, Russian special presidential envoy in the Middle East and Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Saltanov said after the consultations in Damascus.

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.

According to the London daily Elaph, the famous Lebanese host Razan Maghribi has finished filming new episodes of the entertainment game show ?Lobat Al Hayah? (The Game of Life), an adaptation of the American game show ?Deal or No Deal.?

Credit Suisse has agreed to sell one of its Canary Wharf buildings to a consortium of Lebanese investors for more than 150m. The sale and leaseback of 20 Columbus Courtyard in London?s Docklands is part of a strategy by the bank to sell non-core assets in real estate.

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.

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.

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.

According to Hizballah's al Manar television, an Israeli unmanned aircraft blew up a wiretapping device planted between Houla and Mais al-Jabal in South Lebanon. However, Lebanese media have different versions of the nature of the device and the cause of the explosion.

It's the diversity of his roots that Mika says propelled him to a global audience. The Lebanese-born recording artist, who grew up in London and Paris, says his brand of pop music is universal. His first CD, "Life in Cartoon Motion," produced the hit single "Grace Kelly" and the disco-y "Relax (Take It Easy)." Mika, who will play an all-ages show at the Riviera on Tuesday night, covers a lot ...

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. ...

This picture, taken in Tunis, shows Prof. Peter Serracino Inglott and Commander Bertrand Hudault of La Meuse, the French naval ship that is travelling from Malta to Beirut via Tunis, Tripoli and Cyprus with writers, thinkers and artists on board. The initiative was steered by the French embassy.

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 ...

Edward K. Hutchison of Mt. Lebanon died on Oct. 14, 2009, in the Center for Compassionate Care in Mt. Lebanon. He was 90.

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 ...

Last week I wrote about how I was looking forward to driving in Lebanon again. I even mentioned that there were a couple of places in the world that might be more dangerous to drive in. I was wrong, dear reader - so very, very wrong. I'd forgotten just how "out there" driving in Lebanon can be. It's in a league of its own.

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.

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.

Lebanon's Isaacs pulls double duty in victory over Fairborn

Lebanon senior quarterback Dusty Isaacs was 16-for-28 passing for 279 yards and two touchdowns. Isaacs also rushed for 42 yards and a touchdown. Senior running back Trey Bonny had 130 yards rushing, while senior wide receiver Chase Cochran had seven catches for 190 yards and two touchdowns.

It?s hard to find much to criticize in the journalistic work of Robert Fisk of the British Independent, at least as it pertains to the Middle East. Based out of Beirut for more than 30 years, Fisk is hard-wired into the region?s news and events. One of the few journalists to have interviewed Osama bin Laden ? three times, from 1994 to 1997 ? he?s won more British and international journalism ...

A deadly accident is under investigation in Mt. Lebanon. Police say Jon Polcawich, Jr., 34, from Beaver, was performing private contract work in the 200 block of Colonial Drive shortly before 1 p.m. when he was hit by a contractor's truck.

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.

According to the London daily Elaph, the Lebanese superstar Ragheb Alameh was named United Nations Ambassador to the Climate Change Campaign during a ceremony held in Beirut. The ceremony also featured a presentation about Alameh?s career.

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.

On Tuesday, Oct. 20, the Ridgewood Chamber of Commerce is holding a "Grow Your Business Lunch" networking event from 11:15 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Tabboule Lebanese Cuisine, 90 N. Maple Ave. The cost is $20 per person. For more details, call 201-445-2600.

Beirut - Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero arrived in Beirut Friday for talks with Lebanese officials and also to inspect his country's troops in southern Lebanon. Zapatero was to hold talks with President Michel Suleiman, House Spe...

Lebanese President says Beirut will ensure failure of any attempt to annihilate its rights or those of Arabs.

BEIRUT: The head of the Orders of Engineers in Lebanon on Thursday projected a growth in the real-estate sector of 10 to 15 percent each year until 2013. ?We already have a growth of nine percent in the first eight months of 2009 and we expect this growth to continue,? Bilal Abdallah Alayeli told The Daily Star . The real-estate sector in Lebanon has lured Lebanese expatriates and Arab investors ...

Iran is a sensitive subject in Beirut, where politicians are seeking to put together a new government, because of the political weight of the Iranian-backed Shi?ite Hezbollah group, whose militants fought against Israel in 2006.

Lebanon and Bosnia-Herzegovina, states whose political and security problems regularly figure on the agenda of the United Nations Security Council , were on Thursday elected to serve as temporary members of the 15-member world body for the coming two years.

President Michel Sleiman said on Thursday his country will defend Arab interests, after Lebanon was elected to the UN Security Council for the first time since 1954.

Beirut - Lebanon's outgoing Premier Fouad Seniora said late Thursday that the support of 180 countries out of 190 for Lebanon's bid as one of the five two-year non-permanent seats in the UN Security Council proved that the Lebanese democratic state ...

BEIRUT - Lebanon?s outgoing Premier Fouad Seniora said late Thursday that the support of 180 countries out of 190 for Lebanon?s bid as one of the five two-year non-permanent seats in the UN Security Council proved that the ?Lebanese democratic state has the respect of its Arab and international friends.?

It's the music fest that all the hip kids and true indie and indie-ish music fans have been waiting all year for, and it's finally here. The two-day long Treasure Island Music Festival kicks off on Saturday, and the line-up is pretty swell -- with the likes of Passion Pit , The Streets , Girl Talk , Brazilian Girls and MGMT on Saturday; and Grizzly Bear , Beirut , The Decemberists , The Walkmen ...

A man held up the Lebanon Credit Union Thursday morning.

UNITED NATIONS - Nigeria, Brazil, Bosnia, Lebanon and Gabon have won seats on the U.N. Security Council. The five countries faced no opposition in their bid for seats on the U.N.'s most powerful body and were elected on the first ballot by the 192-member General Assembly.

TEL AVIV, Israel, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- A munitions explosion at the home of a Hezbollah leader in south Lebanon has led to Israeli accusations that the Iranian-backed movement is stockpiling weapons in villages across the war-scarred territory, raising tension along the volatile border.

Beirut - The Lebanese shiite movement Hezbollah has aired a video tape Thursday contradicting Israeli claims that the group removed weapons from the scene of a blast near the southern city of Tyre before allowing UN inspectors in. Israel had claimed ...

Cesar Lopez, a 29-year-old Lebanon man, was busted Saturday when he walked up to a police officer with a small bag of marijuana stuck to his forehead, according to Lebanon police.

SALT LAKE CITY & BEIRUT----CirTran Corporation has continued to grow distribution of the new line of Playboy-branded energy drinks it manufactures, markets and distributes by entering the Middle East with an agreement in Lebanon.

Expect a "pink-out" when football rivals Mt. Lebanon High School and Upper St. Clair face off at Mt. Lebanon stadium. Students and fans are encouraged to wear pink to the Oct.

BEIRUT (AFP) - Shiite militant group Hezbollah on Thursday denied that Israeli pictures showed rockets being removed from the south Lebanon home of one of its activists, insisting the images merely portrayed metal shutters.

Indonesian troops joining the UN peacekeeping mission in south Lebanon expressed their gratitude to the Chinese counterpart for providing medical service, the Antara news agency reported here on Thursday. The appreciation was extended by the commander of Indonesian military mission joining the United Nations Interim Force In Lebanon (UNIFIL) Lt. Col. R. Haryono through an official statement sent ...

Lebanese Shi'ite guerrilla group Hezbollah released footage which it said showed a garage door being transported after a blast earlier this week, disputing an Israeli military claim that it could be a rocket.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanese Shi'ite guerrilla group Hezbollah released footage which it said showed a garage door being transported after a blast earlier this week, disputing an Israeli military claim that it could be a rocket.

A mysterious recent blast at a Hezbollah member?s home in Lebanon has set off a propaganda war between the militant group and Israel, with the two accusing one another of violating a UN resolution that ended their 2006 summer war.

The New Hampshire Department of Transportation has started work on the reconstruction of the Exit 20 interchange on Interstate 89 in Lebanon.

New York, Oct 14: The United Nations peacekeeping force in Lebanon said it is investigating, together with the national armed forces, a reported explosion that occurred on Monday in the southern town of Tayr Felsay.

The deforestation of the cedars of Lebanon happened much as these elegant trees grow: slowly but surely.

The General Assembly votes Thursday for five new members of the Security Council, and two expected winners - Bosnia and Lebanon - will be in the rare position of being subject to scrutiny by the U.N.'s most powerful body while serving their two-year terms.

PLAYER OF THE WEEK BEN GUILES, Lebanon Valley RB The second part of the Flying Dutchmen's one-two running punch took center stage Saturday at Wilkes. The sophomore from Columbia totaled a career-high 187 yards and a third-quarter touchdown to lead LVC to a 21-18 win.

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Oct. 14 (UPI) -- Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri held talks with members of the opposition Wednesday as lawmakers express cautious optimism about a new government.

BEIRUT, Oct 14 (Reuters) - Lebanon is planning a new Eurobond issue in the coming weeks valued at no more than $500 million, the finance minister in the caretaker government told Reuters on Wednesday.

BEIRUT, Oct 14 (Reuters) - Lebanon is planning a new Eurobond issue in the coming weeks valued at no more than $500 million, the finance minister in the caretaker government told Reuters on Wednesday.

Beirut - The United Nations Interim Force in Southern Lebanon (UNIFIL) said Wednesday the site of a blast that shook part of southern Lebanon late Monday was within UN jurisdiction. The site which we inspected on the night the explosion took place i...

Lebanon: Rising above Beirut's Corniche is a new standard in service and hospitality now being created by Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts. [AMEInfo.com]

Several newspapers and media companies in Lebanon have been forced to cut staff in recent weeks as a result of investor wariness and collapsing advertising income, reported the UK's Financial Times.

UN special coordinator for Lebanon Michael Williams said Tuesday that Lebanon is ahead of a crucial week to resolve outstanding issues and take decisive steps to forma cabinet, the local Now Lebanon news reported. Following a meeting with Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri, Williams said the UN considers it important for a government to be formed as soon as possible, adding that he briefed ...

LEBANON - Sammie Waite had 11 kills and six digs to lead the Crescent Valley High volleyball team to the Mid-Willamette Conference sweep against Lebanon on Tuesday.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - One person was wounded when a shell exploded in a house in the southern Lebanese village of Tayr Filsi on Monday, the Lebanese army and Hezbollah said on Tuesday.

BEIRUT - A blast at a Hezbollah member's home in southern Lebanon was caused by an exploding shell and injured one person, Lebanon's army said Tuesday.

View full size Christine Baker, The Patriot-News Schott North America Inc. in South Lebanon Township will be hiring to meet the expansion needs of its syringe production line. The syringe production room is where the syringes are washed and packaged for distribution.

Talks between President Assad and King Abdallah focused on the brotherly relations and historic ties which connect Syria and Saudi Arabia and the means of consolidating them in all domains, the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reported.

Three Lebanon Valley College students were arrested for pushing over a portable toilet while another student was in it, police said Tuesday. The students were charged with disorderly conduct, police said.

Source: Reuters * Army, Hezbollah say one wounded in explosion in south * UNIFIL says investigating incident * Israel releases surveillance footage after explosion (Updates after Israeli video, army comments ...

BEIRUT (AP) - A blast at a Hezbollah member's home in southern Lebanon was caused by an exploding shell and injured one person, Lebanon's army said Tuesday.

From the depths of an Israeli soldier turned middle-aged filmmaker?s haunted memories, the new award-winning movie ?Lebanon? consists mainly of scenes shot from inside a sweat- and anxiety-soaked tank of Israeli army conscripts trapped behind enemy lines.

JERUSALEM (AFP) - Hezbollah has turned Lebanon into a powderkeg, Israeli President Shimon Peres charged on Tuesday, a day after a Hezbollah official was wounded in a southern Lebanon blast.

Beirut - UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Michael Williams expressed concern Tuesday about the overnight blast which rocked a village east of the southern port city of Tyre, wounding one person. We are very concerned by the reports of the explosio...

Talk about some gigantic spikes to step into.Lebanon sophomore QB Alex Trautman ? all 5-7, 170 pounds of him ? was the lucky duck who was handed the keys to the Cedars' fun-and-gun 'Air Raid' offense after All-State pick and Iowa State University recruit James Capello left Le...

The Lebanese army and UN peacekeepers being investigations into a blast at a Hezbollah member's house near the city of Tyre.

Hezbollah is turning Lebanon into a powderkeg, Israeli President Shimon Peres charged on Tuesday a day after a blast in southern Lebanon.

The Lebanese army said on Tuesday one person was wounded after a shell exploded in a home in the southern Lebanese village of Tayr Filsi on Monday.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - The Lebanese army said on Tuesday one person was wounded after a shell exploded in a home in the southern Lebanese village of Tayr Filsi on Monday.

An ammunition explosion occurred on Monday night at a Hezbollah official's residence in southern Lebanon, injuring one, the local Now Lebanon news reported. The explosion took place at a building owned by Hezbollah official Abd Nasser Issa in Teir-Falsieh near Tyre city, south of Litani River, within area of operations of UN Interim Forces in Lebanon (UNIFIL). The blast led to the full ...

Lebanese security sources say five people were killed in an explosion at the home of a Hezbollah official in southern Lebanon. Military?

Zachary Porter was murdered in Lebanon early Saturday morning

The explosion in the house of a local Hezbollah official in southern Lebanon produced conflicting reports of casualties.

Lebanon's resistance movement has dismissed reports that anyone lost their life in an explosion that ripped through the home of senior Hezbollah member, Abdel Nasser Issa, in the southern village of Tayr Filsi.

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Oct. 12 (UPI) -- Hezbollah and its opposition partners welcomed statements from the Saudi-Syrian summit on the need to form a unity government in Lebanon.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - A munitions explosion in the house of a local Hezbollah official in southern Lebanon on Monday killed five people, including the official and his son, security sources said.

Lebanese guerrilla group Hezbollah denied on Monday that anyone had died in an explosion in southern Lebanon.

A security official says an explosion has occurred inside a building in south Lebanon that might have been used as a weapons depot, apparently causing some casualties.

An explosion went off Monday in a building in southern Lebanon that might have been used as a weapons depot, killing at least one person, security officials said.

Source: Reuters BEIRUT, Oct 12 (Reuters) - A munitions explosion in the house of a local Hezbollah official in southern Lebanon on Monday killed five people, including the official and his son, security sources said ...

Source: Reuters BEIRUT, Oct 12 (Reuters) - A munitions explosion the house of a local Hezbollah official injured four people in south Lebanon on Monday, security sources said. Two of them were seriously injured in ...

Mt. Lebanon residents and parents plan to protest the school district's handling of President Obama's Sept. 8 speech to students tonight at the school board meeting

Lebanese parliament speaker Nabih Berri on Monday began a visit to the United Arab Emirates, which has been accused of expelling Lebanese Shiites thought to have links to Hezbollah.

Firefighters are still investigating the cause of a fire that broke out in a Lebanon home early today, Oct.

Firefighters are still investigating the cause of a fire that broke out in a Lebanon home early today, Oct.

Lebanon police report 11 vehicles in the 500 block of North 11th Street had at least one tire slashed overnight Friday. Anyone with information is asked to call police at 717-272-6611.

LEBANON, OH (FOX19) - A woman was injured overnight after a fire in Lebanon. Dispatchers believe she suffered smoke inhalation when the fire broke out at around 1 a.m. Monday morning on East Main St.

A woman was treated for smoke inhalation after escaping a fire in Lebanon early Monday.

BEIRUT, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Below is a table of the latest Lebanese economic statistics.

The first conference entitled 'Is Your Supply Chain Ready for the Economic Recovery' will be held at the Bristol Hotel in Beirut, Lebanon on the 9th of December 2009.

Lebanon: New private equity investment activity is expected to significantly increase in the MENA region in the coming 12 months, according to the latest MENA Private Equity Confidence Survey released by Deloitte. The rise is expected as a result of lower valuations, an increasing number of distressed opportunities, and a long-hoped for improvement in overall economic conditions. [AMEInfo.com]

Beirut - Around 30 women cyclists from Europe, Asia and Arab countries were Monday inside Syria after crossing from Lebanon on a tour aimed at promoting peace in the region, local radios reported. One, 65-year-old German Marta Sara, said: We are doi...

Annual Arab Banking Conference will be held in Beirut next month

Highmark commended the Lebanon hospital as a Blue Distinction Center.

?It?s a period of incredible change,? says the director of ?The Godfather? and ?Apocalypse Now.? ?We used to think of six, seven big film companies. Every one of them is under great stress now.

A Syrian national identified as Abdullah Alawi al-Issa died and Lebanese national Nidaa Neyyef Awwad was severely injured in a car accident that occurred on the Hermel-Dinniyeh highway in northern Lebanon on Sunday, according to a report carried by the state-run National News Agency. The NNA added that the Internal Security Forces arrived.

A member of the Internal Security Forces (ISF) identified only by his initials (H.H.) was stabbed in the neck in the Beirut suburb of Burj al-Barajneh on Saturday, according to a security report. The report added that Hassan Shamseddine stabbed the ISF member in the neck, but the security officer managed to shoot at the assailant and wounded him in the leg.

About 300 women from 30 different countries cycled through the Bekaa and Mount Lebanon Saturday with the message of promoting peace in the Middle East and empowering women in the region.The women were part of the Follow the Women Foundation, an international program that seeks to encourage peace and unity in the Middle East through peaceful actions.

Iran crushed Lebanon and went to the top of Group B of the AFC U-16 Championships on Sunday.

Beirut - Thousands of Armenians in Lebanon have signed a petition condemning the accord signed over the weekend between Armenia and Turkey, accusing Armenian President Serge Sarkisian of dismissing past suffering caused by Turkey. Some 1.5 million Ar...

With a name like Al Carfagno and a Sicilian culinary heritage -- "All my father's side had restaurants in New Jersey" -- it's no surprise the big guy in the leather cap and black goatee opened a pizzeria in downtown Lebanon called Mama Gustos.

New guides to metropolitan attractions include ?Governors Island: The Jewel of New York Harbor? and ?New York?s Unique and Unexpected Places.?.

BEIRUT: Venus Towers project, which was launched by Venus Real Estate Development Company and Plus Properties, evoked overwhelming investor response. It attracted $100 million in off-plan sales booked in just 48 hours. Approximately 25 per cent of investors hail from the Gulf states.

The recent Saudi-Syrian summit in Damascus has brought optimism to the process of forming the long-awaited Lebanese cabinet, a government source said yesterday.

LEBANON - Tickets are going fast for a gourmet dinner to be served to guests traveling the rails on the Cincinnati Dinner Train later this month.

Beirut - The recent Saudi-Syrian summit in Damascus has brought optimism to the process of forming the long-awaited Lebanese cabinet, a Lebanese government source said Saturday. The new cabinet is mainly expected to be formed next week, according t...

Hassan Nasrallah, head of Lebanon's opposition movement Hezbollah, and Walid Jumblatt from the Western-backed majority on Saturday urged the formation of a unity government "as soon as possible."

Beirut, October 10, 2009: Venus Real Estate Development Co., the developer of Venus Towers, in collaboration with Plus Properties Plus Properties , the party in charge of all sales and marketing activities, announced today the overwhelming investor response to the launch of Venus Towers in Beirut, including US$100 million in off-plan sales booked in just 48 hours.

Vietnam?s best table tennis player Doan Kien Quoc won the men?s singles gold medal on Tuesday at the sixth Francophone Games in Beirut, Lebanon.

BEIRUT: The wave of redundancies at Lebanese media outlets continued this week, as television station LBC let go of more than 60 employees on Wednesday and Thursday.

Ryan Daub scored four touchdowns Friday night to lead Northern Lebanon to a 40-26 over Columbia in a Lancaster-Lebanon League Section Threeclash inColumbia.Daub, a sophomore, rushed for 143 yards on 13 carries and scored on touchdown runs of 3, 28 and 8 yards. He also caught a 75-yard pass from Ta...

AFP/Beirut Lebanese politicians from across the spectrum yesterday welcomed the rapprochement between Damascus and Riyadh but warned it was insufficient to guarantee the formation of a government in Lebanon.

Lebanon's preparations for the rugby league European Nations Cup have dealt a blow with the news that Canterbury Bulldogs star and world record points' scorer, Hazem El Masri has decided to retire and will not be part of the Cedars squad for the upcoming tournament.

Yin Xiao ? News editor. Eric Schuck, associate professor of economics, shared his teaching experience in Lebanon during his presentation, ?Kefar, Hello, a Va: Living, Learning and Lecturing in the Levant, ? on Oct. 6. This summer, he spent six weeks teaching waterresource management at the American University of Beirut in Lebanon. ?As you know, it?s not [...]

Authorities said a Lebanon mother and gun-rights advocate was fatally shot by her husband as she video-chatted with a friend.

A Lebanon man, 41, was charged Wednesday with receiving stolen property after police said he was found with a stolen handgun and is suspected of buying guns off the street and shipping them to the Dominican Republic.

BEIRUT (AFP) - Lebanese politicians from across the spectrum on Friday welcomed the rapprochement between Damascus and Riyadh but warned it was insufficient to guarantee the formation of a government in Lebanon.

Lebanese politicians from across the spectrum on Friday welcomed the rapprochement between Damascus and Riyadh but warned it was insufficient to guarantee the formation of a government in Lebanon.

BEIRUT: President of the association of insurance companies in Lebanon Abraham Matossian criticized on Wednesday the Lebanese government?s lack of support offered to the insurance sector. ?The insurance premiums in Lebanon amount to only $800 million while it should be of $2 billion at least.

BEIRUT: Despite some positive indicators in terms of economic growth and resilience to the global financial crisis, Lebanon?s economy faces grave challenges in its efforts to reduce the national debt and reform its financial institutions, the European Commission to Lebanon said on Thursday.

LEBANON -A long defensive battle came down to one play.

The Crescent Valley Raiders and Lebanon Warriors both struggled on offense in Thursday night's game, but the Raiders got the victory, 7-6. Upload directly from your mobile device.

The attractive Lebanese capital Beirut has always been to its Arab admirers the "Paris of the Middle East," considering its swinging nightclubs and ever-innovating restaurants with the unbelievable cuisine enriched by continuously creative Lebanese chefs.

BEIRUT, LEBANON--(Marketwire - Oct. 8, 2009) - On behalf of the Government of Canada, three ministers extended their congratulations to Team Canada on its performance at the VI Games of La Francophonie in Beirut, Lebanon. Team Canada came through with flying colours by winning 36 medals in the Games' cultural and sport competitions. This total gave Team Canada a fourth-place ranking overall in ...

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Saudi King Abdullah buried the hatchet over Lebanon on Thursday and urged the formation of a national unity government.

DAMASCUS, Syria, Oct. 8 (UPI) -- The leaders of Saudi Arabia and Syria stressed the importance of forming a unity government in Lebanon following a landmark two-day summit in Damascus.

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Oct. 8 (UPI) -- Lebanon and Israel should move to establish a more durable cease-fire agreement relating to activity in the south of the country, U.N. officials said.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Saudi King Abdullah buried the hatchet over Lebanon on Thursday and urged the formation of a national unity government.

The Saudi king's first visit to Syria that ended Thursday marked a crucial turning point in relations as Damascus is emerging from years of isolation ? a process that could ease tensions between the pro- and anti-American camps in the Middle East.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Saudi King Abdullah buried the hatchet over Lebanon on Thursday and urged the formation of a national unity government.

Assad, King Abdullah: National unity government is the basis for stability, unity and strength in Lebanon.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia on Thursday buried the hatchet over Lebanon and urged the formation of a national unity government.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia stressed on Thursday the importance of forming a national unity government in Lebanon, state news agency SANA reported.

Lebanon?s four-legged citizens have something to wag their tails about. The city of Lebanon was awarded a $24,800 grant from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources?s Nature Work?s program to construct a dog park in the city.

BEIRUT (AFP) - Saudi King Abdullah's landmark visit to Syria this week augurs well for Lebanon, which has been caught in a long-running tug-of-war between the two regional powerhouses, analysts say.

The French channel ?TV5? featured the famous Lebanese superstar Ragheb Alameh after he was invited to participate in the concluding celebrations for the Sixth French Games in Beirut, a culmination of artistic and sporting competitions for 42 French-speaking nations .

Saudi King Abdullah's landmark visit to Syria this week augurs well for Lebanon, which has been caught in a long-running tug-of-war between the two regional powerhouses, analysts say.

Mt. Lebanon Manager Stephen Feller had coffee one morning last month with a handful of that town's residents, part of an outreach program by the local government to hear concerns and get input.

Grenade explosion targets coffee shop in Tripoli, one person stabbed to death in sectarian clashes in Beirut.

Lebanon is on track to achive 7% growth in GDP in 2009, according to the Investment Development Authority of Lebanon. The organization said that foreign direct investments increased by 32% from $2.5bn in 2007 to $3.6bn in 2008, and is poised to grow by up to 20% to reach $4.32bn this year.

BEIRUT: Lebanon?s Order of Physicians, the Association of Lebanese Hospitals and the Order of Nurses in Lebanon called on Wednesday for radical solutions for social security payments.

Beirut, Oct 8 : Clashes erupted Wednesday evening in the northern port city of Tripoli between followers of Lebanon's parliamentary majority and others loyal to the Hezbollah-led opposition, leaving eight people wounded, Lebanese police said.

A mother seen here before on CBS 21 news for taking a gun to a child's soccer game was found dead in Lebanon.

New companies promoted themselves at the Lebanon Valley Chamber of Commerce's annual business expo.

A Lebanese cafe has been the target of a drive-by shooting in Perth's eastern suburbs.

BEIRUT - An unknown assailant fired a grenade at a coffee shop in the northern city of Tripoli on Wednesday, wounding at least eight people, security officials said.

Beirut, Oct 8 (DPA) Clashes erupted Wednesday evening in the northern port city of Tripoli between followers of Lebanon's parliamentary majority and others loyal to the Hezbollah-led opposition, leaving eight people wounded, Lebanese police said.

BEIRUT: Energy and Water Minister Alain Tabourian said on Tuesday that Lebanon is seriously considering buying 300 MW of powerful generators to reduce electricity rationing. Speaking at a conference, the minister said the plan has the initial approval of caretaker Prime Minister Fouad Siniora. "Siniora called me yesterday and asked me to speed up the implementation of the project".

Eight people were wounded, one seriously, in a grenade explosion targeting a coffee shop in the northern Lebanese port city of Tripoli, a security official said on Wednesday.

TRIPOLI, Lebanon (AFP) - Eight people were wounded, one seriously, in a grenade explosion targeting a coffee shop in the northern Lebanese port city of Tripoli, a security official said on Wednesday.

Before the reality TV shows and WTF-worthy music videos that proclaim Beirut the party capital of the world, Snoop Dogg, a.k.a. Calvin Broadus, was but a blunt-rollin' G-Thang from Long Beach, CA, with a flow smoother than an ice cold gin'n'juice. Feelin' nostalgic? Download "Keep It Real Dogg ," a previously unreleased song recorded in 1996, showing Snoopy at his fun-lovin' West Coast best ...

The visit to Syria by Saudi King Abdullah is a shift in bilateral relations that could have broader implications on the region, notably in Lebanon.

BEIRUT: The Finance Ministry said Tuesday that the budget deficit for first eight months of 2009 reached 24.47 percent of spending or LL2.777 trillion ($1.84 billion) compared to 27.35 percent in the same period of 2008 or LL2.550 trillion.

BEIRUT: Energy and Water Minister Alain Tabourian said on Tuesday that Lebanon is seriously considering buying 300 MW of powerful generators to reduce electricity rationing.

Lebanon is on track to achieve a 7 per cent growth in GDP in 2009, highlighting the country's continued economic surge and transformation into one of the region's most attractive investment hubs, revealed the Investment Development Authority of Lebanon Investment Development Authority of Lebanon during a panel discussion held yesterday (October 6, 2009) at Cityscape Dubai 2009. The country's ...

Lebanon is on track to achieve a 7 per cent growth in GDP in 2009, highlighting the country's continued economic surge and transformation into one of the region's most attractive investment hubs, revealed the Investment Development Authority of Lebanon during a panel discussion held yesterday (October 6, 2009) at Cityscape Dubai 2009. The country's improving economic conditions are manifested ...

Lebanon: Lebanon is on track to achieve a 7% growth in GDP in 2009, highlighting the country's continued economic surge and transformation into one of the region's most attractive investment hubs, revealed the Investment Development Authority of Lebanon during a panel discussion held yesterday (October 6, 2009) at Cityscape Dubai 2009. [AMEInfo.com]

Armenian President Serzh Sarkisian was greeted by thousands of angry demonstrators as he arrived in Lebanon yesterday to discuss with the local Armenian community plans to establish ties with Turkey.

Some 15,000 persons filled the terraces of the stadium. In the places reserved for senior figures were a large number of Lebanese and foreign personalities.

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Oct. 6 (UPI) -- The visit to Syria by Saudi King Abdullah is a shift in bilateral relations that could have broader implications on the region, notably in Lebanon.

BEIRUT (AFP) - Armenian President Serzh Sarkisian was greeted by thousands of angry demonstrators as he arrived in Lebanon on Tuesday to discuss with the local Armenian community plans to establish ties with Turkey.

What's Your Reaction? BEIRUT ? Newsweek reporter Maziar Bahari, who has been imprisoned in Iran for more than three months, got troubling news: His wife is having a difficult pregnancy and will be delivering their first child without him.

BEIRUT, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Below is a table of the latest Lebanese economic statistics.

Shahan Kandaharian: Representatives of 3 traditionalist Armenian parties will participate in a sit-down strike in front of a hotel where presidential meeting is due.

Beirut International Film Festival kicks off with legendary US director?s latest movie ?Tetro?.

A burial cave housing six tombs from a Roman family dating back to the Roman and Byzantine eras has been discovered in western Lebanon.

Armenia's President Serzh Sarkisian was to face a largely hostile reception later on Tuesday from members of Lebanon's Armenian community up in arms over Yerevan's plans to establish ties with Ankara.

BEIRUT, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Below is a table of the latest Lebanese economic statistics.

BEIRUT: The Press Federation said Monday it cannot ?interfere? in the financial situations of newspapers in Lebanon, since these are considered part of the private sector.

BEIRUT: The Press Federation said Monday it cannot "interfere" in the financial situations of newspapers in Lebanon, since these are considered part of the private sector.During its monthly meeting, the federation tackled the case of laid-off employees at prominent newspaper An-Nahar, adding that the job cuts were due "to two main reasons.

BEIRUT: Several heads of Lebanon?s leading universities said on Monday that they had yet to receive any requests to divulge private information about their students.

BEIRUT: Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) leader MP Michel Aoun stressed on Monday that he would refrain from optimistic rhetoric regarding the ongoing deliberations before the conclusion of a comprehensive agreement over the cabinet make-up.Aoun spoke to reporters following talks on Monday with Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri.

UN Secretary General's special coordinator in Lebanon Michael Williams met with Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri here on Monday, during which Williams said the latest round of negotiations of the cabinet formation would bear fruit, Lebanese national news agency reported. Williams commended Hariri's dauntless efforts in forming a national unity cabinet. He also voiced support to the ...

WEST LEBANON - The final phase in a township-wide water-main replacement project is under way.

Sixty two couples gather during a mass wedding ceremony in the port city of Sidon, Lebanon, Monday, Oct. 5, 2009. Lebanese and Palestinians gather in a mass wedding ceremony organized by the Lebanese-Palestinian committee for dialogue and development founded by Education Minister Bahia Hariri.

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- Lawmakers with the Lebanese Hezbollah expressed confidence a new government would emerge in Beirut based on a previous power-sharing arrangement.

Ancuta Bobocel and the Cristina Hirici/Alexandru Cazacu pair have won Gold medals in the Francophone Games in Beirut. On Sunday the Romanian athletes won two Silver medals and one Bronze medal.

By Lada Yevgrashina

An Azerbaijani court imprisons two Lebanese men for plotting to attack the Israeli embassy in the capital Baku.

(JTA) -- Two Lebanese men were sentenced to 15 years in prison for plotting to attack the Israeli and U.S. embassies in Baku. An Azerbaijani court found the pair guilty and handed out the sentences Monday, the French news agency AFP reported.

An Azerbaijani court on Monday found two Lebanese citizens guilty of plotting attacks on the Israeli embassy in the capital Baku, sentencing them for 15 years each in jail, a court spokesman said, according to AFP . "Lebanese citizens Ali Karaki and Ali Najmeddine were sentenced to 15 years each," a court spokesman was quoted as saying.

An Azerbaijani court on Monday found two Lebanese men guilty of plotting attacks on the Israeli and US embassies in the capital Baku, jailing them for 15 years each, a court spokesman said.

An Azerbaijani court on Monday found two Lebanese men guilty of plotting attacks on the Israeli embassy in the capital Baku, jailing them for 15 years each, a court spokesman said.

Lebanon: Beirut Arab University (BAU) has successfully allocated 90% of its classroom space for the Fall 2009 semester, after implementing UniversiTools scheduling solutions. [AMEInfo.com]

The Lebanese Editors' Union announced on Saturday that the reasons behind recent layoffs at daily An-Nahar were financial. The union said that Lebanese media were facing a true financial crisis due to the world economic crisis and the lack of advertising. It added that it had called on the Lebanese government to take a series of measures in order to help press and media institutions but had ...

5 October 2009 - Beirut, Lebanon- Manula Montebrun smashed the Francophone Games record in the women?s Hammer Throw with a 70.26m heave on the 4th day of the athletics competition at the sixth edition of the Games which are being held in Beirut, Lebanon (4).

Global investment bank Merrill Lynch projected economic growth in Lebanon at 5.8 percent for 2009, down from 8.5 percent in 2008, and forecast growth at 4.5 percent for 2010, as reported by Lebanon This Week, the economic publication of the Byblos Bank Group.Merrill Lynch said that as a small economy, Lebanon's outstanding performance has helped.

Martyrs Square in Downtown Beirut has through the years witnessed gatherings where millions of Lebanese protested, rallied or simply came together in bids to change their country for the better.Chants were replaced by barks on Sunday as a different breed of campaigner descended on the square: more than 100 dogs from Lebanon's largest animal shelter.

A Syrian former spy who was a prosecution witness in the inquiry into the assassination of Lebanon's ex-premier Rafiq Hariri was on Monday given six months in jail and deportation for entering the UAE on a forged Czech passport.

France seems intent on becoming the dominant external power in Syria and Lebanon - commercially, politically and culturally, says Patrick Seale .

Lebanon: Eskadenia Software, represented by its Executive Director Doha Abdelkhaleq, participated in a visit of women professionals from the information technology sector in Jordan and the Arab world that took place in Lebanon on the 4th and 5th of September 2009. [AMEInfo.com]

BEIRUT: Global investment bank Merrill Lynch projected economic growth in Lebanon at 5.8 percent for 2009, down from 8.5 percent in 2008, and forecast growth at 4.5 percent for 2010, as reported by Lebanon This Week, the economic publication of the Byblos Bank Group.

Lebanon Valley College will test its campus emergency alert system at 11:05 a.m. Monday. The test will include activating the college's siren system and e-mail communication, and a test text message will be sent to all of those enrolled in the e2campus alert system.

Oct. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Mohamed ElBaradei , head of the United Nations nuclear agency, said inspectors would visit Iran?s newly disclosed uranium processing plant on Oct. 25, as he called on Tehran to assure the world it wasn?t building a bomb.

Lebanon: Trade data for August 2009 released by the Ministry of Finance, Customs Directorate, indicate a trade deficit of $8,583m in the first eight months of 2009, as compared to a lower deficit of $8,037m during the same period of the previous year. [AMEInfo.com]

Lebanon city officials will meet Monday to discuss ways to eliminate a projected $3 million deficit in the 2010 budget, Mayor Trish Ward said Friday. Much of the increase is tied to wage increases for union workers, Ward said, with salaries making up about 85 percent of the city's budget.

After seven consecutive years with the top state academic rating, Lebanon school officials now find themselves hustling to rebound from the steepest ranking drop ever recorded for a Greater Cincinnati school system.

Beirut - Top advisor to French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Henry Guaino, held talks in Beirut Saturday, handing a message of friendship and support in Lebanese efforts to form a government. Presidential palace sources said that in his talks with Presi...

The controversial issues concerning network neutrality will be discussed in Beirut, Lebanon next month, The National has reported.

Official: Lebanon's GDP growth to exceed 7% this year

Lebanon: Alfa, the mobile operator, managed by Orascom Telecom, announced that it is keeping on strengthening its network all over Lebanon by installing 7 new radio stations since the 23rd of September 2009. [AMEInfo.com]

Lebanon holds on to beat Springboro

The last time Garden Spot and Lebanon met was in the District Three playoffs last season.A lot has changed since then.Both teams headed into Friday night's contest looking to establish an identity.With a 40-14 win, and 482 yards of offense, Lebanon appeared to have figured it out while the Spart...

The superintendent of the Lebanon School District is stepping down.

Having endured centuries of occupation, invasion, natural disaster and siege, Beirut knows a thing or two about reinventing itself. It was therefore fitting on Friday that the city hosted the start of a two-day, pan-Arab summit on urban sustainability.Organized by Yale University's Arab Alumni Association, "Transnational Tides and the Future of the Arab City" saw environmentalists.

An Argentine judge has asked Lebanon and Colombia to help arrest a man suspected of orchestrating the 1994 bombing of a Jewish charities building in Buenos Aires that killed 85, while former Argentine President Carlos Menem was charged Thursday with leading a cover-up in the bombing.The bombing of the Argentine Jewish Mutual Association.

Lebanon cannot be saved if its people cannot reach agreement, said the prominent Shiite religious figure Sheikh Abdul Amir Qabalan on Friday during a sermon at the Imam al-Hussein Ben Ali Mosque in Burj al-Barajneh. Qabalan expressed his hope during the sermon that Premier-designate Saad Hariri would be able to form a government soon.

Lebanon has become the hostage of unexpected Arab coordination after being the hostage of escalating inter-Arab dispute, senior Shiite cleric Ayatollah Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah said on Friday during a sermon he gave at the Imamayn al-Hassanayn Mosque in Haret Hreik. Fadlallah said that Lebanon had arrived at the point where it was ready to receive any news from across the ocean saying.

Beirut - Hundreds of Lebanese Shiite Muslims expelled from the United Arab Emirates in recent months stepped up a campaign on Friday, accusing the Gulf state of illegal deportation for political reasons. The UAE authorities summoned most of the depo...

The Department of State continues to warn U.S. citizens to avoid all travel to Lebanon. While Lebanon enjoys periods of relative calm, the potential for a spontaneous upsurge in violence is real. Lebanese government authorities cannot guarantee protection for U.S. citizens visiting should violence erupt suddenly. Details at travel.state.gov.

Three Israeli planes violated Lebanese airspace on Wednesday over the towns of Kfar Kala and Naqoura, said a statement from the military. Two Israeli military planes flew over the southern town of Kfar Kala at 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday and headed toward the north before leaving Lebanese airspace at 11:40 a.m., the statement said.

The Lebanese Forces (LF) on Thursday launched an international conference called Border Crossing as an attempt to bring conservative and liberal views closer together.The foreign and public relations wing of the party's student committee is organizing the four-day conference - their first such international effort - at the San Hills Hotel in Adma.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Iran appeared flexible enough at talks with six major powers to mute immediate calls for tougher sanctions, but signalled no retreat from nuclear goals it says are only to produce energy, not atom bombs as the West suspects.

Social-development experts from across the Arab world descended on Beirut on Thursday for a landmark cultural conference.The Role of the State in Social Development, organized bythe UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and Qatar's Doha International Institute, brought together the region's top academics.

Solidere organized on Thursday a media tour around the newly opened Beirut Souks project, which has been rebuilt in its same original location.The tour, which was intended to introduce the project to the media, introduced journalists to the the traditional souks which have been built with a contemporary new design, while keeping the site's main landmarks intact.

Alfa, the Lebanese mobile operator, managed by Orascom Telecom says that it has commissioned seven new Base Stations since the 23rd of September 2009.

1 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 7 new Radio Stations since the 23rd of September 2009. 154 Stations have been installed progressively in the different regions and several update operations have been implemented in addition to the expansion of 378 existing ...

When Syria's vice president recently boasted that his country is now stronger than ever in Lebanon, many Lebanese dismissed his words as wishful thinking.

When Syria's vice president recently boasted that his country is now stronger than ever in Lebanon, many Lebanese dismissed his words as wishful thinking. Months of political stalemate in Beirut may show how right he was.

A Lebanese businessman alleged Thursday that he and several hundred other Lebanese were expelled from the United Arab Emirates country because they refused to spy on the Shiite militant group Hezbollah and other fellow...

Beirut: Hundreds of Lebanese Shias have been expelled from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the past three months after refusing to spy on their compatriots and the militant group Hezbollah, some of those deported said yesterday.

Hundreds of Lebanese Shias have been expelled from the United Arab Emirates in the past three months after refusing to spy on their compatriots and militant group Hezbollah, some of those deported said yesterday.

According to the London daily Elaph, the Jordanian artist Diana Karazon visited the Lebanese capital Beirut to accomplish a number of her art works there.

Under the patronage of His Excellency Mr. Ziad Baroud, the Lebanese Minister of Interior and Municipalities, the Yale Arab Alumni Association will stage the largest Yale alumni event ever to take place in the Arab Middle East, an international conference titled Transnational Tides and the Future of the Arab City.

One hundred Lebanon High School juniors got a lot closer to their classmates Wednesday, Sept. 23, during the school?s second Re-Do Day ? Respect Everyone Despite Odds.

Hundreds of Lebanese Shiites have been expelled from the United Arab Emirates in the past three months after refusing to spy on their compatriots and militant group Hezbollah, some of those deported said on Thursday.

A Lebanese businessman alleged Thursday that he and several hundred other Lebanese were expelled from the United Arab Emirates country because they refused to spy on the Shiite militant group Hezbollah and other fellow citizens.

BEIRUT (AP) ? A Lebanese businessman alleged Thursday that he and several hundred other Lebanese were expelled from the United Arab Emirates country because they refused to spy on the Shiite militant group Hezbollah and other fellow citizens.

A Lebanon man was been charged with sexually assaulting an 11-year-old girl over the past two or three years, Lebanon police said. Jesus M. Morales-Vazquez was charged Sept. 30 with rape of a child, Involuntary deviate sexual intercourse and aggravated and indecent assault, police said.

They shelved long-awaited plans for a TV network after only a month, and made nice with International Olympic Committee members who think they're hogging the piggy bank. They even smoothed things over with the disgruntled staffers in their own organization. U.S. Olympic Committee leaders are on their best behavior as the host city vote for the 2016 Summer Games approaches Friday.

TYRE, Lebanon (AFP) - A group of Lebanese Muslim scholars on Thursday called for a Brazilian samba troupe to be banned from performing in the southern coastal city of Tyre on moral and religious grounds.

BEIRUT, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Below is a table of the latest Lebanese economic statistics.

A group of Lebanese Muslim scholars on Thursday forced the cancellation of a planned performance by a Brazilian samba troupe in the southern coastal city of Tyre on moral and religious grounds.

Solidere organized today a media tour around the newly opened Beirut Souks project, which has been rebuilt in its same original location.

01 October 2009 Amman - Revenues of Jordan's exports to Lebanon rose by 12 percent in the first seven months of this year, according to Central Bank of Jordan (CBJ) figures.

Beirut - Lebanon's Premier-designate Saad Hariri said Thursday he was still attempting to form a national coalition cabinet, but warned all possibilities were still open if such a bid failed. Many observers fear that if Hariri fails in his second r...

Lebanon: Solidere organized today a media tour around the newly opened Beirut Souks project, which has been rebuilt in its same original location. [AMEInfo.com]

A group of Lebanese Muslim scholars on Thursday called for a Brazilian samba troupe to be banned from performing in the southern coastal city of Tyre on moral and religious grounds.

Beirut, Lebanon, 01 October 2009 - Thrifty Car Rental Thrifty Car Rental , Lebanon, today announced an impressive growth in revenue for the summer period, achieving more than a 30% increase in revenue compared to the same period last year.

LEBANON TWP. ? Police responded to Musconetcong River Road at 3:39 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 13, for an unresponsive boy bicyclist in the roadway who was discovered by a township resident, police said.

Lebanon: Thrifty Car Rental, Lebanon, today announced an impressive growth in revenue for the summer period, achieving more than a 30% increase in revenue compared to the same period last year. [AMEInfo.com]

BEIRUT, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Below is a table of the latest Lebanese economic statistics.

Officers and soldiers of Chinese Contingent in the UN Interim Forces in Lebanon (UNIFIL)were awarded UN peace medals here on Wednesday, in recognition of there achievements for peacekeeping missions in South Lebanon. UNIFIL's commander Amj. Gen. Claudio Graziano, Chinese ambassador to Lebanon Liu Zhiming, representative of Lebanese Armed Forces and representatives of contingents from other ...

Caitlyn Eckenrode is on a roll and it couldn't come at a better time for the Lebanon Valley field hockey team.

The Canadian men?s soccer qualified for the semifinals at the 2009 Francphone Games with a 2-0 win over Cameroon in Beirut, Lebanon.