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BEIRUT, : Shiite religious figures hit back on Friday to accusations made by Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Sfeir that Hizbullah was serving Iran's interests over Lebanon's, saying their weapons helped liberate the south from Israeli occupation.

BEIRUT: A Lebanese group with links to Al-Qaeda on Thursday claimed responsibility for Tuesday's rocket attack on Israel, saying it was to avenge Tel Aviv's crackdown on Palestinians protesting at a religious site earlier this month.

BEIRUT a " A Lebanon-based al-Qaida-linked group claimed responsibility Thursday for a rocket attack against Israel this week, saying it was in retaliation for the Jewish state's crackdown on protesters at a Jerusalem shrine.The claim from a group calling itself the Battalions of Ziad Jarrah came two days after a rocket was fired from Lebanon into ...

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.

BEIRUT: Lebanese women are fighting a silent revolution on the soccer field through the popular club program of Danish NGO Cross Cultures Project Association .

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

As many as 300 Lebanese chefs gathered yesterday in Beirut to make the largest ever plate of hummus in an attempt to claim the reigns in ownership of the popular chick pea dip.

Opposition lawmakers in Lebanon said they would consider a new approach if a government is not formed by the end of the week.

As many as 300 Lebanese chefs gathered yesterday in Beirut to make the largest ever plate of hummus in an attempt to claim the reigns in ownership of the popular chick pea dip.

Cracker of a dish: Lebanese chefs celebrate around the world-beating plate of tasty hummus.

Lebanese chefs react Saturday in Beirut after breaking a Guinness World Record previously held by Israel by preparing a bowl of hummus weighing 4,532 pounds in a bid to reaffirm ownership over the popular Middle Eastern dish.

RIYADH // A young Saudi woman who worked for a Lebanese satellite television channel was yesterday sentenced to 60 lashes after a court found she helped prepare a programme in which a Saudi man talked openly of his sexual exploits.

Kicking off with thousands gathering on the steps of Sydney's iconic Opera House, global warming protests took place around the world on Saturday to mark 50 days before the UN climate summit.

Today marks the 26th anniversary of the October 23, 1983 bombing of the United States Marine barracks in Beirut, Lebanon.

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

Despite the diplomatic grandstanding over Iran's nuclear programme, the latest round of the P5+1 talks in Vienna has proven anticlimactic.

BEIRUT: A leading school in Lebanon was forced to remove pages from a history book said to describe Hizbullah as a terrorist organization after a Cabinet minister from the group complained, the state-run National News Agency reported Tuesday.

WW interviews PFLP leaders 'Right of return ' still key demand after 61 years in Lebanon By Joyce Chediac Published Oct 16, 2009 11:24 PM When cameras are running, Washington officials sometimes express "concern" for the plight of the Palestinian people.

BEIRUT: A UN investigation into explosions in south Lebanon indicated on Sunday that Israel had planted spy devices on Lebanese land in what a senior UN official said would be a violation of a ceasefire agreement.

A United Nations peacekeeping force in Lebanon is investigating a series of mysterious explosions near the border with Israel, officials said.

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 ...

They had come from opposite sides of a border between longtime enemies. But Elie Wakim and Nada Ghamloush from Lebanon, and Dimitri Stafeev and Olga Zaytseva from Israel , had a problem in common: Belonging to different religions, neither couple could get married in their home country, and had to fly to the Mediterranean island of Cyprus to tie the ...

Italian U.N peacekeeping soldiers, patrol the area following an explosion in the southern Lebanese villag of Tayr Filsay late on Monday, Oct.

BEIRUT: United States Ambassador Michel Sison denied on Friday that her country was interfering in the cabinet formation in Lebanon or encouraging the March 14 coalition to form a majority government.

BEIRUT: A press conference was held Thursday to promote the "Hummus and Tabbouleh are Lebanese" world-record-breaking attempt which is set to take place on October 24-25 in Saifi Market.

BEIRUT: 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: Lebanese youth should take an active role in their local communities and join the global fight against climate change, president of the major international organization Junior Chamber International said Wednesday.

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.

Sunday, October 11, 2009 BEIRUT: Hassan Nasrallah, head of Lebanon's opposition movement Hizbullah, and Walid Jumblatt from the Western-backed majority on Saturday urged the formation of a unity government 'as soon as possible.' 'Both sides agreed on the need to overcome as soon as possible the obstacles hindering the formation of a new ...

Hezbollah gunmen battled supporters of the government on Sunday on the fifth day of a campaign by the Iranian-backed group that has dealt a severe blow to Washington's allies in Lebanon.

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.

BEIRUT: The Asian Society of Transplantation concluded over the weekend its 11th Congress at the Habtoor Grand Hotel in Sin al-Fil. The Congress opened Thursday under the patronage of President Michel Sleiman.

BEIRUT: Lebanese Armenian community leaders have drawn up a petition condemning the accord to be signed Saturday between Armenia and Turkey, accusing Armenian President Serge Sarkisian of dismissing past suffering caused by the long-standing foe.

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 ' a process that could ease tensions between the pro- and anti-American camps in the Middle East.

BEIRUT // Lebanon's security forces remained on alert yesterday after a dispute over a card game turned into a sectarian clash that left one man dead and six wounded, in a tense intersection between Christian East Beirut and the southern suburbs dominated by Shiite Muslims.

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.

Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah welcomes Syria's President Bashar al-Assad. Photograph: Hassan Ammar/AFP/Getty Images Syria is rolling out the red carpet today for an unusually important visitor, King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia , whose arrival in Damascus represents a long-awaited public rapprochement between the Arab world's two bitterest rivals.

BEIRUT: Thousands of Lebanese of Armenian descent held a peaceful protest in Beirut Tuesday at the start of a visit by Armenia's president who has announced plans to establish relations with Turkey.

ABU DHABI: A Syrian former spy who was a prosecution witness in the inquiry into the assassination of Lebanon's former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri was on Monday given six months in jail and deportation for entering the UAE on a forged Czech passport.

JAPANESE archaeologists discovered a cave containing frescoed Roman tombs in southern Lebanon's ancient coastal city of Tyre on Monday, an official overseeing the excavation said.

The Syrian president Bashar Assad, right, unexpectedly met Saudi King Abdullah in Riyadh last week.

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BEIRUT: Lebanon's economic growth could exceed the 7 percent forecast by the International Monetary Fund providing the country maintains the relative political and security stability it has enjoyed this year, the central bank governor told Reuters on Friday.

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.

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.

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

BEIRUT: The International Monetary Fund proposed in a working paper to add the remittances flowing into Lebanon each year to the country's GDP and this could lead to further drop of public debt to GDP ratio.