Jabal Lubnan, Lebanon News

BEIRUT: As the nations of the world are being measured these days by the degree in which they are suffering from the impact of the global economic crisis, Lebanon has been described as a country that has weathered the global recession rather well.

In a Saturday, July 4, 2009 file photo, heiress Paris Hilton, center, dances as she arrives to host a party in Beirut, Lebanon.

BEIRUT: An object seen burning on Monday in the sky above south Lebanon turned out to be a firework and not an Israeli spy device as originally believed, the Lebanese media reported on Tuesday.

BEIRUT: Four students abducted Wednesday by a group of gunmen in the mountainous region of Aqoura were released 90 minutes later by their captors in the nearby Homsya town after being stripped of their possessions, according to a security report.

Snakes and the number 13 are not usually considered good luck charms, but Condi and her 12 serpent siblings have brought happiness to a couple in Lebanon.

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.

Beirut- Hezbollah's Shura Council held a meeting recently and decided not to participate in the new government according to informed sources of Lebanese news Agency al Markaziyah.

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.

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

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.

Date : Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:42:24 +0500 HARIRI SAYS MPS SHOWED OPENNESS, LEBANON'S 2 VOICES SHOULD BE UNITED Naharnet Beirut, 29 Jun 09, 21:38 Premier-designate Saad Hariri said after day-long consultations with parliamentary blocs on the future cabinet that MPs showed openness and stressed the "two voices" of Lebanese should be united in the ...

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

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.

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.

'They Were Broken . . . Lebanon Wins,' was the headline of Saudi Arabia's influential newspaper, Asharq Alawsat, a day after the June 7 parliamentary elections in Lebanon.

At least one woman was killed and three wounded Sunday when clashes erupted in Beirut between followers of the Western-backed ruling majority and those of the Hezbollah-led opposition, Lebanese police said.

The Lebanese Armed Forces told the Lebanese public Saturday they should not respond to any telephone calls from Israel made in recent days.

BEIRUT: A large fire broke out in the woods near the northern city of Batroun and came close to spreading into the city's residential area, according to a report on the National News Agency .