Beirut, Lebanon News

Happy to be back again in the land of her ancestors, who left the land of the cedars more than 120 years ago to settle in Colombia.

The aviator glasses are a bit rounder. So is the man. But the dry humor that helped ex-marine Terry Anderson overcome near seven years of Hezbollah captivity testifies to stamina and resolve in returning to Lebanon with American journalism students to teach them that not all Lebanese, Arabs and Muslims are terrorists.

The socialite hit downtown Beirut in Lebanon last night for a party - and dominated the dancefloor.

The North American Convention of the Church of God ended Thursday on a conversational and promising note.

BEIRUT: "Turn 100,000 LBP into art!" is the tagline for the Beirut Art Center's first ever fundraising party.

Post election popular support for Hezbollah appears to have increased. While on the surface the pro-US team here did preserve its 'majority', the Hezbollah led opposition actually won the election by nearly ten percent of the popular vote.

BEIRUT a ' Syria's leader sent a July 4 message full of praise to President Barack Obama on Friday and invited him to visit Syria a ' the latest signs Damascus is hedging its bets in Mideast politics, warming up to its rival the United States at a time when its longtime ally Iran is in turmoil.

Beirut Arab University in Lebanon has selected UniversiTools software to manage its full scheduling needs across university campuses in Lebanon and Egypt.

BEIRUT: The Internal Security Forces arrested late on Wednesday and early Thursday two members of a gang who ambushed and robbed, one day earlier a group of six students from the American University of Beirut.

BEIRUT: A delegation of Beirut lawmakers discussed with caretaker Defense Minister Elias Murr means by which security in the capital could be "permanently preserved." Murr received in his office at the Defense Ministry in Yarze MPs Ammar Houri, Mohammad Qabbani, Imad al-Hout, Atef Majdalani, Nuhad al-Mashnouq, Jean Ogassapian, Hani Qobeissy and ...

Israel on Sunday warned the incoming Lebanese government that Beirut would be held to account in the event Hezbollah launches attacks against the north.

BEIRUT: If you could send a message to Beirut, what would it say? Some people are doing just that in letters addressed to a city they both love and lament.

BEIRUT: The brief eruption of violence in Beirut Sunday night underscores the unresolved political tensions and sectarian suspicions facing Lebanon's next government, political and security analysts told The Daily Star Monday.

BEIRUT: Four people suspected of links to Al-Qaeda were charged Monday with planning attacks in Lebanon and Syria, judicial officials said.

Lebanese parliamentarians are appealing to the Lebanese Ministry of Defense for a 'weapons free' Beirut.

Gen. David Petraeus, Commander of US Central Command, arrived in Beirut on a military aircraft Tuesday and went directly to Baabda Republican palace for talks with Lebanese President Michel Suleiman.

French-Jewish stand-up comedian Gad Elmaleh has cancelled his performances in a Lebanon festival, after media in Lebanon reported he had served in the Israel Defense Forces.

BEIRUT: Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Saad al-Hariri began parliamentary consultations on Monday aiming to form a unity government with rivals including the Iranian-backed Hezbollah.

BEIRUT: In its annual assessment of the market accessibility of 75 Developed, Emerging and Frontier equity markets, global portfolio analytics and indices provider MSCI Barra kept Lebanon in its Frontier Markets category.

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