Marine Sgt. Kyle Edwards stands at attention, with his wife, Kristin, nearby during a re-enlistment ceremony held Tuesday at the Beirut Memorial near Camp Johnson.

  

Fears grow that Syria may have designs on Lebanon after bus and car attacks kill 24 people

  

BEIRUT: Parliament's majority leader Saad Hariri has lashed out at Syria in the wake of a deadly car bombing targeting the Lebanese army, accusing Damascus of posing 'a clear and direct threat' to Lebanon.

  

Former Lebanon Police Chief Sam Mustard retired in May.

  

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Two men have died from their wounds in a bomb blast in north Lebanon, taking the death toll from the attack to seven, security sources said Tuesday.

  

Today marks the start of the annual three-day Eid al Fitr holiday which follows the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in 9 Arab states across the Middle East. It is a time when the pious pray, doting parents give gifts, and children light firecrackers, as Edward Yeranian reports for VOA from Beirut.

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon - A civilian and a soldier died today of wounds inflicted by this week's explosion in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli, raising the total death toll...

  

The Nation -- Just when you thought that the Middle East couldn't support yet another crisis -- after all, there's Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan-Pakistan, and throw in Georgia, too -- the Syria-Lebanon front is heating up. This is serious stuff.

  

Syrian President Bashar Assad has told the head of Lebanon's Journalists Union Melhem Karam that North Lebanon had become "a real base for extremism and constitutes a danger for Syria."

  

Source: IRIN Life for 300 Palestinian families and their thousands of other kinsmen displaced from Nahr al-Bared Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon - some for the third time in their lives - might very soon be getting a lot worse, in large part due to the neglect of the region's Arab states.

  

BEIRUT - Parliament's majority leader Saad Hariri has lashed out at Syria in the wake of a deadly car bombing targeting the Lebanese army, accusing Damascus of posing "a clear and direct threat" to Lebanon.

  

IS Syria preparing to seize the opportunity provided by the global financial crisis and the US presidential campaign to invade Lebanon' For the last week or so, Syria has been moving heavily armed elite military units to the Lebanese border - with...

  

BEIRUT (AFP)--The Lebanese parliament adopted a new electoral law overnight in a key move aimed at paving the way for legislative polls due early next year.

  

A car explosion in Tripoli in Lebanon claimed the lives of many civilians and military forces. A bomb blast ripped through a bus carrying soldiers in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli today.

  

BEIRUT -- Wasting little time in capitalizing on the continued unwillingness of the U.S. George W. Bush administration to provide the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) with the advanced equipment it says it needs, Hezbollah leader Sayed Hassan Nasrallah suggested late Friday that the government of Fouad Siniora should simply go to the international arms market and procure the desired equipment.

  

BEIRUT- Lebanon's parliament on Monday approved a new election law agreed under a deal that ended a deep political crisis, Lebanese media reported.

  

The United States on Monday condemned a bomb attack in northern Lebanon that killed at least five Lebanese soldiers and wounded 24 others. "We condemn the senseless attack today on a bus carrying Lebanese army troops in Tripoli, Lebanon," State Department deputy spokesman Robert Wood said in a statement. It was reported that the explosion, which took place earlier in the day was the second ...

  

A remote control car bomb packed with ball bearings ripped through a military bus Monday, killing four soldiers and a civilian in a city that has been tormented by sectarian violence, Lebanese officials said.

  

The Baath Party said an unidentified assailant has hurled a grenade at its office in Beirut's Ras Nabaa district and called for speedy investigation into the attack expose the culprits. Baath Party leader in Lebanon Fayez Shukur said "the cowardly attack coincides with the march toward reconciliation, dialogue and stability."

  

The United States condemned Monday what it called the "senseless attack" in northern Lebanon that security officials say killed four Lebanese soldiers.

  

Beirut - Lebanon's Sunni Muslim Community will celebrate Tuesday the end of the fasting month of Ramadan, along with some Shiites who adhere to the tradition of Sheikh Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah. Lebanese Shiites who support Iran, such as the followe...

  

A remote control car bomb packed with ball bearings ripped through a military bus on Monday, killing four soldiers and a civilian in a city rocked by sectarian fighting, Lebanese officials said.

  

Four Lebanese soldiers were killed on Monday in a car bombing targeting an army bus on the outskirts of the restive northern city of Tripoli, security and military officials said.

  

Four Lebanese soldiers were killed and 26 others wounded in a car bomb blast that ripped through a military bus in the northern city of Tripoli on Monday, security and army officials told AFP.

  

Deadly blast hits Lebanese city

  

TRIPOLI, Lebanon, Sept. 29 (UPI) -- At least six people died and more than 30 people were injured Monday in a bombing of a bus boarding Lebanese army troops in northern Lebanon, officials said.

  

TRIPOLI, Lebanon (AFP) - Five Lebanese soldiers were killed and 18 others were wounded in a car bomb blast that ripped through a military van in the northern city of Tripoli on Monday, a security official told AFP.

  

(Reuters) - A car bomb destroyed a bus carrying soldiers in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli on Monday, killing at least five people and wounding 35 in the second attack on the army in seven weeks, security sources said.

  

Four people were killed in a car bomb blast targeting a military bus on the outskirts of Lebanon.

  

A car bomb exploded Monday near a military bus carrying troops on their way to work in northern Lebanon, killing at least five people and injuring 25, Lebanese security officials said.

  

Four people were killed on Monday in a car bomb blast targeting a military bus on the outskirts of the restive northern Lebanese port city of Tripoli, security and military officials said.

  

BEIRUT (AFP) - Sixty years after her death in a mysterious car crash, a television series about Arab singing diva and spy Asmahan is captivating audiences with details of her short but racy life.

  

Lebanon: Six killed in bus bomb attack in Tripoli (AKI) - At least six people were killed on Monday in a suspected car bomb blast that struck a military bus on the outskirts of the northern Lebanese port city of Tripoli.Initial media reports said that the blast occurred on the outskirts of the city as the bus was travelling towards the country's capital, Beirut, during peak ...

  

Sept. 29 (Bloomberg) -- At least six people were killed and 17 injured in a bomb attack today targeting a military bus on the outskirts of Lebanon's port city of Tripoli, a lawmaker said.

  

BEIRUT (AFP) - Sixty years after her death in a mysterious car crash, a television series about Arab singing diva and spy Asmahan is captivating audiences with details of her short but racy life.

  

Bomb targets military bus on outskirts of Tripoli while heading towards Beirut during morning rush-hour.

  

BEIRUT, September 29 (RIA Novosti) - At least five people were killed and 17 injured on Monday in an explosion that hit a bus carrying troops in Tripoli, northern Lebanon, al-Watania news agency said.

  

TRIPOLI, Lebanon, (AFP) - At least six people were killed on Monday in a blast targeting a military bus on the outskirts of the northern Lebanese port city of Tripoli, a security official told AFP.

  

Beirut - An explosion ripped through a bus carrying Lebanese soldiers in northern Lebanon Monday, killing and wounding at least 10 people, Lebanese security sources said. Ambulances with wailing sirens were heading to the area. dpa wh im...

  

Lebanese security officials say a car bomb has exploded near a bus carrying troops in northern Lebanon and there are fatalities. The officials said people were killed and wounded in the blast in the Bahsas neighborhood in the northern city of Tripoli but did not immediately say how many.

  

TRIPOLI, Lebanon (Reuters) - A suspected car bomb blast ripped through a bus carrying soldiers in northern Lebanon on Monday, killing at least five people and wounding 17, local media reported.

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon?A car bomb exploded near a military bus carrying troops to work in northern Lebanon on Monday, killing and wounding at least 15 people, Lebanese security officials said.

  

A car bomb exploded near a military bus carrying troops to work in northern Lebanon on Monday, killing and wounding at least 15 people, Lebanese security officials said.

  

At least six people were killed on Monday in a blast targeting a military bus on the outskirts of the northern Lebanese port city of Tripoli, a security official told AFP.

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Lebanese security officials say a car bomb has exploded near a bus carrying troops in northern Lebanon and there are fatalities.

  

BEIRUT (AP) - Lebanese security officials say a car bomb has exploded near a bus carrying troops in northern Lebanon and there are fatalities.

  

A blast targeting a bus carrying Lebanese soldiers went off near an entrance to the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli on Monday, causing at least 10 killed or wounded, a high-ranking member of the country's security forces told CNN.

  

An explosion struck a bus carrying soldiers in the city of Tripoli in northern Lebanon on Monday, witnesses and media said.

  

At least five people were killed and 17 wounded on Monday when a bomb blast ripped through a bus carrying Lebanese soldiers, Future News TV reported, quoting preliminary reports from the scene.

  

A car bomb exploded Monday near a military bus carrying troops going to work in northern Lebanon, killing at least five people and injuring 25 others, Lebanese security officials said. The officials said most of the casualties were soldiers. It was the second deadly attack targeting troops in northern Lebanon in less than two months. A senior military official told The Associated Press that ...

  

Associated Press - September 29, 2008 1:33 AM ET BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Lebanese security officials say a car bomb has exploded near a bus carrying troops in northern Lebanon and there are...

  

At least five people are killed as an explosion hits a bus carrying soldiers in the Lebanese city of Tripoli.

  

An explosion struck a bus carrying soldiers in the city of Tripoli in northern Lebanon on Monday, witnesses and media said.

  

Lebanese security officials say a car bomb has exploded near a bus carrying troops in northern Lebanon.

  

An explosion rocked the city of Tripoli in northern Lebanon on Monday, witnesses said.

  

Lebanese artist Vivian Azara has succeeded in becoming the focus of media attention. After the release of her last solo single 'Eeh' (What), Vivian appeared on a number of programs during the holy month of Ramadan.

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - A rare bombing in Damascus over the weekend could be sign that Syria is paying a price for moderating its hard-line policies as it tries to boost its international standing.

  

The weekend bombing that killed at least 17 people was the worst of its kind since Syria's battle with the Muslim Brotherhood in the 1970s and 80s.

  

BEIRUT - Almost undetected, Russia is regaining much of the influence that it lost in the Middle East after the Soviet Union collapsed. Ever since Russia invaded Georgia in August, Arab satellite television and Web sites have been rife with talk about the region's role in an emerging "new Cold War." Is the Arab world's Cold War patron really back and, if so, what will it mean for peace in the ...

  

Efforts to achieve reconciliation among Lebanon's Christian factions geared up on Sunday as a Maronite League delegation visited Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Butros Sfeir at Bkirki to brief him on the results of its recent talks with rival leaders.Maronite League chief Joseph Tarabay told reporters afterward that inter-Christian differences should be contained.

  

Syrian troops were allegedly digging long trenches between the regions of Rachaya and Haqel Ashty in the Kfarkouq area near the northern Lebanese border, according to Al-Mustaqbal newspaper on Sunday. According to the newspaper, Syrian troops have remained in this area despite the Syrian withdrawal from Lebanon in April 2005.

  

A Palestinian religious leader sought support from Nazi Germany.

  

Chandigarh is getting a taste of something other than butter chicken, and simply loving it. Italian, Mexican, Lebanese, Chinese and Continental cuisines are on offer at the International food festival here.

  

Beirutis breathed a sigh of relief this weekend as political party flags, banners and pictures that once festooned the Lebanese capital's streets came down following their prohibition in support of reconciliation efforts between rival factions.

  

Beirut, Lebanon- A powerful car bomb exploded near a Syrian intelligence agency office on Saturday morning in Damascus, the Syrian capital, killing 17 people and wounding at least 14 in the worst attack the country has seen since the 1980s.

  

Leila Shahid: More than 90% of funds pledged towards short-term relief for Nahr el Bared in Lebanon have come from the West. Where are the Arab donors?

  

Source: Reuters BEIRUT, Sept 27 (Reuters) - A car bomb exploded in Damascus on Saturday, killing 17 people in the third significant attack in tightly-controlled Syria this year. Interior Minister General Bassam ...

  

Next month, students and commuters in the Lebanon area will gain direct bus service to Oregon State University and downtown Corvallis.

  

Damascus - Syria and Lebanon were discussing the thorny issues of border demarcation and the fate of missing persons on Thursday, the final day of a landmark visit to Damascus by Lebanese President Michel Sleiman, an official said.

  

BEIRUT: Hizbullah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said on Friday that the recent reconciliations in Lebanon do not necessitate the formation of new political alliances.

  

BEIRUT: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said in comments published Friday that Lebanon was better off today than it was under the previous US administrations.

  

BEIRUT: Telecommunications Minister Jebran Bassil said on Friday his ministry is working on the second phase of high-speed ADSL Internet expansion.

  

Damascus - Syria and Lebanon were discussing the thorny issues of border demarcation and the fate of missing persons on Thursday, the final day of a landmark visit to Damascus by Lebanese President Michel Sleiman, an official said.

  

Associated Press - September 27, 2008 3:03 AM ET BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Syrian state TV says a car bomb explosion has killed 17 and injured 14 passersby on a street in Syria's capital of...

  

Associated Press - September 27, 2008 3:03 AM ET BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Syrian state TV says a car bomb explosion has killed 17 and injured 14 passersby on a street in Syria's capital of...

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Syrian state TV reports a car bomb explosion in Damascus kills 17 people, wounds 14. 2008 Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon?Syrian state TV reports a car bomb explosion in Damascus has killed 17 people and wounded 14. Al-Jazeera TV says the car bomb exploded near near a Syrian intelligence post at Sidi Kadad area on the highway to Damascus airport.

  

26 September 2008 Lebanon's national carrier, Middle East Airlines (MEA), is bucking the international trend and looking to record a sixth straight year of profits, while embarking on an expansion programme aimed at restoring the airline to its glory days.

  

Nate Myers' 98-yard touchdown pass to David Weidler in the third quarter was the difference as host Annville-Cleona edged previously unbeaten Northern Lebanon in a Section 3 game Friday night.Myers was 7-for-8 for 213 yards and two touchdowns for the Little Dutchmen (2-0, 3-2), who handed ...

  

Next month, students and commuters in the Lebanon area will gain direct bus service to Oregon State University and downtown Corvallis.

  

The Corwin House - one of Lebanon's oldest buildings - is for sale.

  

Oil prices have tripled since 2004. Electricity outages have doubled in Lebanon since 2005. Lebanon's electricity utility has been vulnerable to crude oil price shocks than ever. Consumers and businesses are spending two times their electricity purchase in this staggering situation.

  

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said in comments published Friday that Lebanon was better off today than it was under the previous US administrations. "Lebanon today is different. It is much better off since the current US administration came to power," Rice said in remarks published by the pan-Arab Al-Hayat newspaper in Arabic.

  

State police today identified the man found Thursday in a corn field off Horiska Road in Lebanon as a 51-year-old Bozrah man.

  

U.S., Lebanese presidents meet for first time in 12 yearsBEIRUT, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- U.S. and Lebanese presidents on Thursday met for the first time in 12 years, local Naharnet website reported Friday.

  

WASHINGTON [MENL] -- Lebanon has submitted another request for military assistance from the United States. Officials said Lebanese President Michel Suleiman, a former chief of staff, has relayed a request to the Bush administration for hundreds of millions of dollars in weapons and military equipment.

  

If Kickapoo High School football coach Kuper Kreul had been told before his team's game Thursday night against Lebanon that the Chiefs would surrender nearly 600 yards of total offense to the Yellowjackets, Kreul wouldn't have liked his squad's odds.

  

Connecticut state police are investigating the death of an unidentified male found Thursday in a corn field in Lebanon.

  

Central Bank has donated $7,500 to the Lebanon Police Department for a second K-9 unit.

  

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad stressed Thursday that his country supports the Lebanese national dialogue and all that contribute to achieving national unity in the neighboring country. Assad made the remarks while meeting with Secretary General of Lebanese Communist Party Khaled Hadadeh, the official SANA news agency reported. The Syrian president expressed his hope that Lebanon's national ...

  

U.S. President George W. Bush met with his Lebanese counterpart Michel Sleiman here Thursday, pledging to support Lebanon's sovereignty and independence. "We're most impressed by the national dialogue that you're holding in an attempt to seek reconciliation.... Our mission is your mission: A country that is strong, and capable, and a country where people can live in peace," Bush told reporters ...

  

(Lebanon, MO) -- A Lebanon business destroyed by fire earlier this month was hit by thieves on Wednesday night. On September 4, Morgan Music went up in flames after a car crashed through the building. The store temporarily relocated to another building.

  

Lebanese President Michel Sleiman speaks with US President George W. Bush in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington DC. Bush welcomed Sleiman for talks to underline US support for democratic rule in Beirut free from any undue Syrian influence.

  

Hundred of thousand of Chaldean Christians have fled Iraq because of violent threats against their community, and thousands of those refugees have arrived in Lebanon during the last few years, searching for a better life or resettlement in other countries. "The situation of the Chaldean community in Iraq is very difficult.

  

Political posters are to be removed from the streets of Lebanon as part of ongoing reconciliation efforts between rival factions, parliamentary majority leader MP Saad Hariri announced on Thursday. "They will be removed within three days ... first from the Beirut district and then throughout the rest of Lebanon as soon as possible."

  

US President George Bush welcomed Lebanese President Michel Sleiman for talks to underline US support for democratic rule in Beirut free from Syrian influence.

  

LEBANON - The city of Lebanon has partnered with the Lebanon Community School District on a project to share Internet access.

  

U.S. President George Bush says he is impressed by efforts by Lebanese President Michel Suleiman to reconcile the country's rival factions. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns reports, the two men met in the Oval Office Thursday.

  

Lebanese President Michel Suleiman on Thursday pressed his country's claim to territory occupied by Israel and told U.S. President George W. Bush the future of Palestinian refugees was in their homeland, not Lebanon.

  

Pressure is growing on Lebanese authorities to push ahead with the privatisation of the country's two mobile phone networks, sales that could net the heavily indebted Beirut government as much as $7bn.

  

Source: Reuters By David Alexander WASHINGTON, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Lebanese President Michel Suleiman on Thursday pressed his country's claim to territory occupied by Israel and told U.S. President George W. Bush ...

  

Sleiman in Washington to affirm need to liberate all of Lebanese territories from Israel occupation.

  

Ben Hickernell turned 30 yesterday and celebrated his milestone birthday exactly the way he wanted - stressed out and hungry on the set of his new movie, 'Lebanon.

  

WASHINGTON (AP) - While the financial crisis is priority one, the Middle East is also a big topic at the White House today. President Bush is offering continued U.S. support for a democratic Lebanon when he meets with Lebanese President Michel Suleiman.

  

Political posters are to start being removed from the streets of Lebanon as part of ongoing reconciliation efforts between rival factions, parliamentary majority leader Saad Hariri vowed on Thursday.

  

President Bush is offering continued U.S. support for a democratic Lebanon when he meets with Lebanese President Michel Suleiman, a man seen as relatively friendly with Syria. Suleiman was installed as a compromise in May after Hezbollah blocked pro-Western factions from electing a politician who took a harder-line stance against Syria. Suleiman's talks with Bush on Thursday also were likely to ...

  

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao held meetings with Lebanese President Michel Suleiman and Colombian President Alvaro Uribe Velez in New York Wednesday to discuss bilateral relations. In the meeting with Suleiman, Wen said China supports Lebanon's efforts for defending national sovereignty and territory integrity, promoting national reconciliation and developing good-neighborly relations. He said ...

  

WASHINGTON - In separate meetings with Middle East leaders Thursday, President Bush applauded Lebanon's efforts to forge a national reconciliation and told Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas that the administration has not given up hope on an agreement to create a Palestinian state.

  

Beirut - Lebanon has been ranked 102nd in Transparency International's most recent Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) which was released this week, despite stated efforts by the country's government to reduce graft in the public sector. Although Leba...

  

President Bush is offering continued U.S. support for a democratic Lebanon when he meets with Lebanese President Michel Suleiman, a man seen as relatively friendly with Syria.

  

Iran - Lebanon - Presidents President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that the Lebanese government and nation should reinforce their unity.

  

BEIRUT: President Michel Sleiman said Tuesday that Lebanon was fully committed to the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1701 and added that the international community should urge Israel to stop its threats against Lebanon.

  

Source: IRIN Devastating fires caused by climate change are threatening forests in Lebanon, in turn accelerating the pace of global warming, an environmental activist has warned.

  

Thu, Sep 25, 2008 (12:33 a.m.) President Bush is offering continued U.S. support for a democratic Lebanon when he meets with Lebanese President Michel Suleiman, a man seen as relatively friendly with Syria.

  

President Bush is offering continued U.S. support for a democratic Lebanon when he meets with Lebanese President Michel Suleiman, a man seen as relatively friendly with Syria. Suleiman was installed as a compromise in May after Hezbollah blocked pro-Western factions from electing a politician who took a harder-line stance against Syria. Suleiman's talks with Bush on Thursday also were likely to ...

  

Pressure is growing on Lebanese authorities to push ahead with the privatisation of the country's two mobile phone networks, sales that could net the heavily indebted Beirut government as much as $7bn.

  

South Lebanon Elementary's Sharon Hall was recently selected as one of two Ohio finalists for the 2008 Presidential Award of Excellence in Mathematics.

  

The Lebanese artist Rami Ayash announced that he will take the leading role in a new Egyptian film. He is taking acting courses to prepare for this new step in his career.

  

New concerns are being raised by the possibility that Syria may launch troops into Lebanon by using a pretext of concern over assaults on a Lebanese faction sympathetic to the Syrian leadership, according to a report from Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin.

  

Syria plans to occupy the Lebanese city of Tripoli, military sources told the Israeli news Web site DEBKAfile.The news site reported Wednesday that 10,000 Syrian troops allegedly have massed on the Lebanese border ready to follow an advance force.The advance forces occupied seven villages around Tripoli earlier this month, the report said.A Lebanese army spokesman said Beirut had asked Damascus ...

  

A demolition crew was in the process this morning of knocking down the former Park Theater in the 700 block of Park Street in Lebanon. The theater and adjacent office are being demolished on property owned by Les and Sabrina Pullen of Albany. They remain uncertain about whether they will sell or rebuild on the site. The theater was built in the 1940s and used for 30 years. In 1975, it became a ...

  

President Michel Sleiman said Tuesday that Lebanon was fully committed to the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1701 and added that the international community should urge Israel to stop its threats against Lebanon. "Lebanon reiterates its full commitment to Resolution 1701," Sleiman said.

  

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Two of the Arab world's most prominent Muslim theologians have waded into a bitter exchange of barbs, engaging in a debate that is a small-scale rendition of the worsening animosity between the Sunni and Shiite branches of Islam.

  

LEBANON -- Officials in Pennsylvania have revoked a woman's concealed-weapons permit because other parents complained that she was carrying her loaded handgun at her daughter's soccer games.

  

BEIRUT (AFP) - Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah will soon meet with his Sunni rival and parliamentary majority leader Saad Hariri for the first time in more than two years, a Hezbollah lawmaker said on Wednesday.

  

LEBANON, Pa. -- Lebanon Mayor Bob Anspach is leaving his post to take a job with the state. Anspach will serve as the chief of staff for the director of the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency, Maj. Gen. Robert French.

  

Lebanon is off to a quick 4-0 start in Lancaster-Lebanon League football action.In his latest audio Podcast interview, Lancaster Online sports writer Jeffrey Reinhart chatted with Cedars' coach Gerry Yonchiuk about his team's fast start, about his blue-chip quarterback, about Lebano...

  

LEBANON, Pa. (AP) - Lebanon's mayor is resigning to take a position with the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency. Mayor Bob Anspach announced Wednesday that he is leaving with 14 months remaining on his second term to become chief of staff for Maj. Gen. Robert French. French is PEMA's director.

  

LEBANON-Mayor Robert Anspach announced this morning he is resigning Oct. 26 to accept the position of executive assistant to the director of the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency.

  

Lebanon: Plus Properties, an upcoming real estate developer in the Middle East, has announced its foray into the Lebanon Real Estate Market with the launch of two luxury residential properties in Solidere's Downtown Beirut. [AMEInfo.com]

  

Dubai - September 24, 2008: Plus Properties, an upcoming real estate developer in the Middle East, has announced its foray into the Lebanon Real Estate Market with the launch of two luxury residential properties in Solidere's Downtown Beirut.

  

In the hilltop Abi Samra neighborhood of this northern city, black banners inscribed with Koranic verses adorn crowded streets. Young men advertise their religious devotion by wearing white dishdashas, long beards, and short hair.

  

BEIRUT: Lebanon ranks 102nd in Transparency International's new Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) released Tuesday, which ranks 180 nations based on domestic perceptions and expert assessments of public sector corruption.

  

BEIRUT: The Italian ambassador and the Council for Development and Reconstruction (CDR) signed a 5 million-euro ($7.2 million) cooperation agreement on Tuesday for the recovery and reconstruction of the Nahr al-Bared refugee camp and conflict affected areas in North Lebanon.

  

Lebanese superstar Carole Samaha gave a performance at the opening of the Annual 'Mashta Al Hilo Festival' in Syria. According to the London daily Elaph, the 2-hour concert was held on September 11, drawing a great number of fans.

  

The massing of 10,000 Syrian troops on the Lebanese border this week has raised fears among Damascus's opponents in Beirut that Syria is seeking to consolidate its influence over its smaller neighbour.

  

The massing of 10,000 Syrian troops on the Lebanese border this week has raised fears among Damascus's opponents in Beirut that Syria is seeking to consolidate its influence over its smaller neighbour.

  

TEL AVIV, Israel?A trio of young Israeli soldiers emerge naked from a black sea, flares in the night sky illuminating their still-boyish faces as they walk toward a Beirut of palm trees and high-rise buildings smoldering under the orange glow of war. Ari Folman is one of those soldi...

  

Comprehensive peace has never been closer for Israel, and within a year the Jewish state could be conducting peace talks with Lebanon, Israel's U.S. ambassador told JTA in a Rosh Hashanah interview.

  

A director encounter between Hizbullah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah and Future Movement leader Saad Hariri seemed to be in the offing following reports about a possible meeting on Wednesday between a Hizbullah delegation and Hariri at his residence in Beirut. The delegation will be headed by Loyalty to the Resistance MP Mohammad Raad.

  

Lebanon ranks 102nd in Transparency International's new Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) released Tuesday, which ranks 180 nations based on domestic perceptions and expert assessments of public sector corruption. Although Lebanon dropped three slots from 2007, the country reprised its 2007 index score of 3.0.

  

Police said a woman dressed all in white, is on the run after robbing a bank in Lebanon.

  

BEIRUT, Sept 23 (KUNA) -- Italy gifted Lebanon on Monday with a five million euro grant to defray the cost of rebuilding the Nahr el-Bared Palestinian refugee camp situated in north Lebanon.

  

Police in Lebanon are searching for a woman who robbed a bank Tuesday morning. Police say a woman wearing all white clothing robbed the US Bank on US 42 around 11:30 a.m.

  

Beirut - A bomb concealed in a motorcycle exploded Tuesday near a mosque in a southern Lebanon Palestinian refugee camp, killing one person and slightly wounding four, Lebanese and Palestinian security officials said. Sources inside the camp said Ahm...

  

AIN EL-HELWEH, Lebanon (AFP) - One man was killed when a bomb exploded in the Ain el-Helweh Palestinian refugee camp on the outskirts of the Lebanese port city of Sidon on Tuesday, a Palestinian official told AFP.

  

Lebanon's Army Commander Gen. Jean Qahwaji said Syria had informed Lebanon in advance of deploying troops off the northern borders with the aim on fighting smuggling.

  

Syria has deployed troops near Lebanon's northern border in an attempt to crack down on smugglers, a senior Lebanese military official said Tuesday. The official said the deployment has nothing to do with security developments in Lebanon.

  

Syria has deployed troops near Lebanon's northern border in an attempt to crack down on smugglers, a senior Lebanese military official said Tuesday. The official said the deployment has nothing to do with security developments in Lebanon. Syrian President Basher Assay recently warned that "extremist forces" - a reference to Sunni militants - were operating in northern Lebanon and destabilizing ...

  

Beirut - An explosion Tuesday ripped through the Palestinian refugee camp of Ain el Hilweh in southern Lebanon, killing one person and wounding foru others, Palestinian sources said. The sources inside the camp said Ahmad Qassem was killed and four o...

  

LEBANON, Pa. -- The Lebanon City Council has approved an increase in all-day parking fees from 50 cents to $2. The current eight-hour meters will become 10-hour ones.

  

Palestinian and Lebanese security officials say one person was killed and four wounded in an explosion in a Palestinian refugee camp in south Lebanon.

  

BEIRUT , September, 23, 2008 (WAFA) - The United Nations agency tasked with assisting Palestinian refugees warned Monday that a funding shortfall means it may soon have to stop distributing food to more than 3,000 families displaced by deadly violence at a camp in northern Lebanon last year.

  

NICOSIA [MENL] -- Syria has deployed thousands of troops along its border with Lebanon. Lebanese military sources said around 10,000 Syrian troops were stationed along the border with Lebanon.

  

Lebanon: Apliman Technologies once more opens up a new cooperation and wins the trust of Entertainment to Mobile International (E2M) through its Interactive Voice Response (IVR) solution. [AMEInfo.com]

  

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

  

AN estate once known as 'Beirut Corner' due to its problems with drugs, drink and violence has won an award for being one of the best designed in the country.

  

AFP. BEIRUT. - The Lebanese army said yesterday that Syria had boosted troop numbers along the border but that Damascus had stressed the move was linked to a crackdown against smugglers.

  

BEIRUT: Middle East Airline (MEA) chairman Mohammad Hout said Monday that the global financial crisis had a limited effect on the national carrier.

  

Bahraini singer Hind has filmed a new music video clip for her song 'Mawed' (Appointment). Filming took place in Lebanon in the historical city 'Jbail.?

  

A major road expansion project in a busy commercial section of Lebanon, N.H., is set to get underway early next year.

  

BEIRUT: A Hezbollah delegation is due to hold a meeting with Saad Hariri at the latter's home in Beirut to try to mend fences between the two sides, a source close to Hezbollah said.

  

(RTTNews) - Lebanese military officials said Monday that Syria has deployed some 1000 troops along its border with Lebanon to counter smuggling operations and other crimes in the region.

  

Marshfield's girls soccer team dropped a tough 1-0 decision to visiting Lebanon on Saturday.

  

Syria: Damascus deploys 10,000 troops, claims Lebanese army (AKI) - The Lebanese army claims 10,000 Syrian troops have been deployed on the border of Lebanon to prevent cross-border smuggling.The troops are part of a special unit trained to stop smuggling across the border between both countries."We asked the Syrians for clarification and they told us it's an internal situation, ...

  

Damascus stresses that Syrian troops move is linked to crackdown against smugglers, criminals.

  

PRESSTV - Lebanon's Prime Minister Fouad Siniora says there are no plans to disarm Hezbollah, citing continued Israeli occupation as the real problem.

  

BEIRUT (AFP) - The Lebanese army said on Monday that Syria has boosted troop numbers along the border but that Damascus has stressed the move is linked to a crackdown against smugglers.

  

(Updates with press report, background.) BEIRUT (AFP)--The Lebanese army said Monday that Syria had boosted troop numbers along the border but that Damascus had stressed the move was linked to a crackdown against smugglers.

  

The governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, has indicted officials of his government and the Lebanese construction firm handling the Niger - Bridge Harbour industrial layout for abandoning the project.

  

Lebanese Sunni majority leader and member of the parliament (MP) Saad Hariri said Sunday that he was open for reconciliation with the Hezbollah, if it does not weaken his allies, the March 14 forces, An-Nahar daily reported Monday. Hariri's remarks were made during an Iftar banquet at his residence in Beirut. "Reconciliation would not be at the expenses of our alliance with different parties of ...

  

(IsraelNN.com) Christian pro-Lebanese party leader Samir Geagea harshly criticized Hizbullah Sunday for blocking development in the country. "As long as you maintain your arms, the state institutions will never function, said the Lebanese Forces party leader on television.

  

BEIRUT: Prime Minister Fouad Siniora said Saudi Arabia has offered an aid package worth $44 million to cover tuition fees and books for all students registered in public schools for the 2008-09 academic year, following a meeting with Saudi Arabian Ambassador Abdel-Aziz Khoja at the Grand Serail on Saturday.

  

by David Isenberg Washington (UPI) Sep 19, 2008 The Worldwide Personal Protective Services contract, or WPPS, is the way the State Department hires private security firms to protect its personnel.

  

The prudent policies of Arab banks and financial institutions have allowed these entities to avoid the negative effects of the acute crisis that hit the stock markets in the United States and part of Europe, a leading Arab banker says. Addressing a large group of bankers that gathered at the Phoenicia InterContinetnal Hotel in Beirut.

  

Efforts are under way to take down political posters in Beirut in an attempt to reduce tension between rival factions and stop the occasional outbreaks of violence that have erupted between them. The Cabinet floated the plan earlier this month, and has asked the Internal Security Forces and the Lebanese Armed Forces to help.

  

Lebanese Forces (LF) leader Samir Geagea apologized on Sunday for "mistakes" committed by members of his party during the 1975-1990 Civil War."I fully apologize for all the mistakes that we committed when we were carrying out our national duties during past Civil War years," he said.

  

Prime Minister Fouad Siniora said Saudi Arabia has offered an aid package worth $44 million to cover tuition fees and books for all students registered in public schools for the 2008-09 academic year, following a meeting with Saudi Arabian Ambassador Abdel-Aziz Khoja at the Grand Serail on Saturday.

  

It was here in Arizona, during John McCain's first run for public office in 1982, that the former Vietnam War prisoner came up with the line that assured his career in public office. McCain, then 46 and struggling to capture the Republican primary for a seat...

  

Saudi Arabia extends aid to Lebanese education sector

  

The Lebanese artist Rula Saed revealed that she will sue Lebanese artist Haifa Wahbi for badmouthing her publicly. Rula is trying to recover damages that she claims were caused by Haifa.

  

The Lebanese artist Rula Saed revealed that she will sue Lebanese artist Haifa Wahbi for badmouthing her publicly. Rula is trying to recover damages that she claims were caused by Haifa.

  

No one has formally requested the hijackers' remains, which are in the custody of the F.B.I. and the New York City medical examiner's office.

  

BEIRUT: Lebanon's Prime Minister Fouad Siniora announced yesterday that Saudi Arabia donated $44mn to support public school students. The announcement was made after a meeting between Siniora and Saudi Arabian ambassador to Lebanon Abdulaziz Khoja at the governmental palace.

  

DUBAI - The husband of the slain Lebanese singer Suzan Tamim, Adel Matouq, is planning to sue Egyptian tycoon Hesham Tala?at Mustafa and former police officer Mohsen Muneer Al Sukari for causing financial losses.

  

TEHRAN, Sept. 20 (MNA) -- Iranian Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani, in separate telephone conversations with his Syrian, Lebanese, Bahraini and Azeri counterparts, said the Islamic countries must seek 'serious and practical' steps to resolve the Palestine issue.

  

Lebanon -- Adrenaline: the alternative fuel for the 21st century.

  

Iran - Lebanon - Larijani The Iranian and Lebanese parliament speakers in a phone conversation on Saturday highlighted need for international action to defend the Palestinian people.

  

A Sunni group took responsibilty for attacking the site of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, Iraq's most influential Shiite religious leader.

  

Lebanon: In response to the growing demand in the local market, LG Electronics, the leading worldwide provider of advanced wireless handsets and accessories, announced the arrival of LG new premium mobile models to the Lebanese market and the appointment of 'Digital Technologies' as a strategic distribution partner. [AMEInfo.com]

  

Shiite Lebanese parliament speaker Nabih Berri indirectly hinted after meeting President Michel Suleiman Friday, that Sunni Mustaqbal movement, has been delaying measures to eliminate security tension in the country, local As-Safier daily reported Saturday. Berri told reporters that various political parties have held several meetings to agree to remove pictures of politicians, and banners which ...

  

LEBANON - Trailing 7-0 after one period of play, Lebanon cranked out scores on five consecutive possessions and rolled to a 31-14 victory over La Vergne Friday at Noke-Lasater Field.

  

BEIRUT: Speaker Nabih Berri said Friday that he would call for a parliamentary session to ratify the new electoral law "before the end of September."

  

Today is Saturday, Sept. 20, the 264th day of 2008. There are 102 days left in the year.

  

The group contended that the attack was on behalf of Sunni Muslims and said that it had carried out similar attacks on other Shiite sites.

  

There will always be a feeling of emptiness in Tracy Copeland's life. It's a void that's difficult to explain, especially to someone who's never lost a loved one. Copeland just knows a hole in his heart won't ever be filled.

  

A delegation of the Society For Austro-Arab Relations (SAAR) finishes a trip to Lebanon Saturday, which was intended to promote international understanding and support for Palestinian refugees and Lebanese victims of the 2006 war. The 10-day stay included trips to South Lebanon, a visit to the Nahr al-Bared Palestinian refugee camp.

  

The number of Lebanese Muslims who believe suicide bombings against civilians in defense of Islam are justified has fallen 42 percent since 2002, according to a new survey by the Pew Research Center's Global Attitudes Project. Despite the dramatic decline (from 74 percent in 2002 to 32 percent in 2008), support for the practice remains higher in Lebanon.

  

Lebanon is still in the hunt for the Ozark Conference title, but now they will need help.

  

Police say Larry Haynes walked away from his assignment at the Lebanon Correctional Institution camp Friday morning.

  

Daniel Morad leads A1 Team Lebanon in fourth season of A1GP World Cup of Motorsport.

  

Lebanese singer Nawal Al Zoughbi publically announced her divorce from Eli Deeb, yet failed to disclose the reason for the split. Several press reports claimed that Nawal's husband committed adultery, causing the divorce.

  

BEIRUT, Sept 19 (Reuters) - Below is a table of the latest Lebanese economic statistics.

  

BEIRUT, Sept 19 (Reuters) - Below is a table of the latest Lebanese economic statistics.

  

Former Canadian A1GP rookie Daniel Morad will take advantage of his dual nationality to race for Team Lebanon in this year's championship

  

BEIRUT: Figures released by the Order of Engineers of Beirut and Tripoli showed that construction permits totaled 6,074,843 million square meters in the first seven months of 2008, up by 26.5 percent relative to the same period of the previous year, according to Bank Audi's Weekly Monitor.

  

BEIRUT: Security issues were high on the Cabinet's agenda on Thursday after a shootout in the Northern town of Bsarma earlier this week killed two people and wounded three others.

  

The Waynesville High School girls' golf team finished third in a triangular meet Tuesday at the Lebanon Country Club. Camdenton won the meet with 204 followed by Lebanon with 208 and Waynesville 243.

  

LEBANON- As City Council prepares to give final passage Monday night to a hike in parking meter rates, Councilwoman Patrice Royer is asking council to also consider a permit parking system for city residents.

  

Developers of the Bible Park USA have announce plans to build the $175 million park in Lebanon.

  

LEBANON - The FBI is offering a $5,000 reward for anyone with information leading to the arrest of those responsible for the fire that burned the Pregnancy Alternatives Center in downtown Lebanon on Sept. 10.

  

Figures released by the Order of Engineers of Beirut and Tripoli showed that construction permits totaled 6,074,843 million square meters in the first seven months of 2008, up by 26.5 percent relative to the same period of the previous year, according to Bank Audi's Weekly Monitor.

  

Prime Minister Fouad Siniora said on Thursday that relations between Lebanon and Syria should be based on mutual respect for the sovereignty of both countries, especially in the wake of the decision to establish diplomatic relations. President Michel Sleiman had said Wednesday that Beirut and Damascus would exchange ambassadors by the end of 2008.

  

The FBI is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction in the arson at the Pregnancy Alternatives Center in Lebanon.

  

As metal theft has emerged as a major crime across the state, a new metal-related crime seems to be gaining popularity in Lebanon.

  

"Who is trying to assassinate the dialogue?" asked the headline of French-language Beirut newspaper Orient le Jour after Sheikh Saleh Al-Aridi, a Druze politician close to Syria, was killed by a car bomb a week before Lebanon's divided leaders were slated to sit around the discussion table.

  

When Lebanon schools' new treasurer begins Oct. 1, school board members hope he will stick around for awhile.

  

MOSCOW. Sept 18 (Interfax) - Russia welcomes resumption of the Lebanese national dialog, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Thursday.

  

BEIRUT: President Michel Sleiman said Wednesday that Lebanese-Syrian relations were on the right track, adding that Beirut and Damascus were likely to exchange ambassadors by the end of 2008. Sleiman's remarks came during a meeting with a delegation from the French-Lebanese Friendship Committee at the Presidential Palace.

  

After taking the oath of allegiance, Salman Samir Tarraf looked back at his wife and son with a big smile on his face. Soon after, he collected the document he'd been waiting for: his certificate of naturalization.

  

(Lebanon, MO) -- From Wall Street to Main Street, money problems are putting a stop to projects already in the works. A prime example of just how bad the economy is getting can be found in Lebanon, Missouri. Last year, people there voted to expand both the city hall and the civic center.

  

President Michel Sleiman said Wednesday that Lebanese-Syrian relations were on the right track, adding that Beirut and Damascus were likely to exchange ambassadors by the end of 2008. Sleiman's remarks came during a meeting with a delegation from the French-Lebanese Friendship Committee at the Presidential Palace.

  

New bunker-buster bombs, which the United States Defense Department plans to sell to Israel, may be of little use in attacking heavily fortified Iranian nuclear sites but could be used effectively against underground arsenals in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip, according to military analysts.

  

Zena Khalil, a Lebanese recycling artist and environmental activist, wanted to create a sacred memento for her brother's wedding. She joined an ongoing native tree planting project initiated by the American University of Beirut's (AUB) Nature Conservation Center for Sustainable Futures, (IBSAR) - aimed at raising the guests' interest in Lebanon's environment.

  

The German parliament have voted to extend a German peacekeeping mission to Lebanon until December 2009. The vote was passed by a margin of 451 in favour to 107 against. The German warships were tasked in 2006 with halting speedboats moving weapons and fighters along the coast.

  

Bsrama, Lebanon - Tension returned to the streets of Lebanon on Wednesday, with a village in the country's north turned into yet another battleground. A day after 14 leaders representing Lebanon's sectarian rivalries began a national dialogue in whic...

  

An estimated 1,000 New Lebanon residents remained without electricity Wednesday, Sept. 17, and village officials have learned that it could be Sept. 26. before all power is restored to that community.

  

Security officials said a gunfight between two rival Christian groups has left two people dead and three injured in northern Lebanon. According to the AP , they said the clash between the anti-Syrian Lebanese Forces and pro-Syrian Marada group took place early Wednesday in the village of Bsarma in the northern district of Koura.

  

Overnight clashes between rival Christian clans in a northern Lebanese village left two people killed and three other wounded, local OTV channel reported Wednesday. The armed clashes broke out between members of the Lebanese Forces party and those from Marada movement in the town of Bsarma in Koura province in north Lebanon. One of the killed is Marada official Pierre Ishaq, and the other is a ...