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• Julia sings for Lebanon at "Lebanon Casino"
  

  Julia sings for Lebanon at "Lebanon Casino"

• Lebanon PM objects rearming Hizbullah
  

  Lebanon PM objects rearming Hizbullah

• Lebanon appoints ambassador to Syria
  

  Lebanon appoints ambassador to Syria

• Assad: North Lebanon becomes real threat to Syria
  

  Assad: North Lebanon becomes real threat to Syria

• Ahmadinejad says Iran will always support Lebanon
  

  Ahmadinejad says Iran will always support Lebanon

• Khamenei: Lebanon unity is key for victory over Israel
  

  Khamenei: Lebanon unity is key for victory over Israel

• Syria looks for Lebanon cooperation in controlling border
  

  Syria looks for Lebanon cooperation in controlling border

• Israel warplanes break sound barrier over Lebanon (AFP)
  

  8 minutes ago TYRE, Lebanon (AFP) - Six Israeli jets flew over south Lebanon and broke the sound barrier twice over the port city of Tyre on Wednesday, a security official said. "Six Israeli warplanes flew all over southern Lebanon and the city of Tyre at low altitude for more than an hour and broke the sound barrier twice over Tyre," the official told AFP.

• Rula Saed glorifies Lebanon in Dubai
  

  Rula Saed glorifies Lebanon in Dubai

• Hariri accuses Syria of terrorizing Lebanon
  

  Lebanon's majority leader Saad al-Hariri said no one should deal with his country as if it were not a viable state, in reaction to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad's comments on the lack of security in northern Lebanon. "What we have heard in the last couple of days is an attempt (by the

• UN deminer killed in south Lebanon (AFP)
  

  25 minutes ago MARJAYOUN, Lebanon (AFP) - A Belgian sapper with the UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon was killed Wednesday while clearing unexploded ordnance from Israel's 2006 war with Shiite militant group Hezbollah, UN and Belgian officials said. "A member of the UNIFIL demining unit was killed by an explosion on Wednesday during an inspection and demining operation in the village of Aitaroun in the Marjayoun region," said Yasmina Bouzayane, spokeswoman for the UN Interim Force in Lebanon.

• Lebanon to remove political posters from streets
  

  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. "They will be removed within three days... first from the Beirut district and then

• Hamas leader wants to resolve situation in the Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon
  

  Hamas leader wants to resolve situation in the Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon

• US warns Syria against Lebanon interference
  

  The United States voiced concern over Syria's military build-up at its northern border and said the recent massive bomb attack in Damascus must not be used as a pretext to get its forces back into Lebanon. State Department spokesman Robert Wood said the United States and others had made very

• Miss Egypt accuses Mr. Lebanon of committing adultery
  

  Miss Egypt accuses Mr. Lebanon of committing adultery

• Lebanon: At least 11 dead in bus blast
  

  Lebanon: At least 11 dead in bus blast

• Yara falls in love with Mr. Lebanon
  

  Yara falls in love with Mr. Lebanon

• Report: Lebanon army wants U.S. heavy weapons
  

  Report: Lebanon army wants U.S. heavy weapons

• Accord signed to end north Lebanon bloodshed
  

  A reconciliation accord was signed Monday between Alawites and Sunnis in northern Lebanon's capital of Tripoli aiming to restore state control in the port city and put an end to bloodshed. At least 23 people have been killed since clashes broke out in May between residents of Jabal Mohsen, who

• Two Americans journalists missing in Lebanon
  

  Two young American journalists on vacation have gone missing in Lebanon for the past week after checking out of their hotel, prompting the U.S. embassy in Beirut to appeal for information on their whereabouts. A Lebanese official said the pair arrived in Lebanon on September 29 and checked out

• Imam killed in Lebanon village shootout
  

  An imam was killed and five people wounded in a gun battle between rival communities in a village in northern Lebanon on Sunday, a security official said. The shooting erupted between Sunni Muslims and Alawites in the village of Sheikhlar in the northern region of Akkar, he said, adding that

• Two wounded in Lebanon camp blast: Palestinian official (AFP)
  

  5 minutes ago SIDON, Lebanon (AFP) - Two people were wounded on Friday in a bomb attack targeting an Islamist militant in a Palestinian refugee camp in southern Lebanon, a Palestinian official said. The bomb in Ain el-Helweh camp targeted Imad Karum, a member of the Islamist Jund al-Sham faction, which has been locked in conflict with the mainstream Palestinian Fatah faction, he said.

• Syria and Lebanon agree to draw formal border
  

  Syria and Lebanon agreed on Thursday to resume work towards formally demarcating their borders but Damascus said the boundaries of the disputed Shebaa Farms would not be drawn until Israel withdrew from them. Demarcation of the borders between Syria and Lebanon would be a major step towards

• Palestinian president to visit Lebanon (AFP)
  

  26 minutes ago BEIRUT (AFP) - Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas will begin a two-day visit to Lebanon on Thursday, a government official said on Sunday. "The visit has two aspects to it. It will address Lebanese-Palestinian relations and inter-Palestinian relations," the official told AFP of the country's large refugee community.

• UN chief condemns Lebanon car bombing
  

  The United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has condemned the car bombing that left a Lebanese Druze politician dead near Beirut and urged rival parties to show restraint. "I condemn yesterday's car bombing and urge restraint," the U.N. boss told a press conference. "This

• Lebanon chef finds 26 pearls in single oyster
  

  A Lebanese woman working in a restaurant kitchen found 26 pearls in an oyster she was preparing for the table and is to submit the find to the Guinness Book of Records. Amal Salha, 50, said she was helping out her son in his Al Fanar restaurant on the waterfront in the southern port of Tyre,

• All of Lebanon a target if Hezbollah takes over: Israeli minister (AFP)
  

  18 minutes ago JERUSALEM (AFP) - In any new war with the Shiite militant group Hezbollah all of Lebanon will be a target for Israel, including its civilian infrastructure, an Israeli minister said on Wednesday. "The moment the Lebanese government confers legitimacy on Hezbollah, it must understand that the entire Lebanese state will be a target in the same way that all of Israel is a target for Hezbollah," Environment Minister Gideon Ezra told public radio.

• Lebanon camp takes census to keep Islamists out (AFP)
  

  6 minutes ago BADDAWI, Lebanon (AFP) - Palestinian officials are compiling a register of residents in a northern Lebanon refugee camp to crack down on Islamist militants and to prevent unrest, one of them said on Saturday. "Rumours have spread concerning the presence of outlaws in Baddawi camp," the official told AFP on condition of anonymity.

• Lebanon ignores Israeli "ravings" over Hezbollah
  

  Lebanese Foreign Minister Fawzi Salukh dismissed as "ravings" on Thursday Israeli threats to target the country's civilian infrastructure if the government gives greater legitimacy to the Shiite militant group Hezbollah. "Who says the government is giving legitimacy to Hezbollah?

• Maids in Lebanon die every week: HRW
  

  Lebanon must improve working conditions for migrant domestic workers, who often commit suicide or die while trying to escape from their employers, a U.S.-based rights group said on Tuesday. Human Rights Watch said there were an estimated 200,000 such workers in Lebanon, including those with

• Lebanon: Two US journalists missing
  

  Lebanon: Two US journalists missing

• US: 2 American journalists missing in Lebanon (AP)
  

  By ZEINA KARAM, Associated Press Writer 4 minutes ago BEIRUT, Lebanon - Two American journalists vacationing in Lebanon have not been heard from since Oct. 1 and are believed missing, the U. S. Embassy said Wednesday, appealing for information on their possible whereabouts. An embassy statement said Holli Chmela, 27, and Taylor Luck, 23, reportedly left Beirut en route to the northern Lebanese port city of Tripoli.

• Syria says deployment on Lebanon border to fight smuggling
  

  Syria says deployment on Lebanon border to fight smuggling

• Philippines keeps maid bans on Jordan, Lebanon
  

  Philippine labor officials said Sunday they were maintaining bans on sending Filipino workers to Lebanon and Jordan despite calls for them to be lifted. The ban on Lebanon was kept due to continuing concerns over peace and order in that country while that on Jordan was kept in force after

• UN chief calls for improved security in Lebanon (AP)
  

  By CARLEY PETESCH, Associated Press Writer 24 minutes ago UNITED NATIONS - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Thursday praised improving ties between Lebanon and Syria, but called on the two countries to take further steps to bolster security along their border. He also warned that Lebanon will not be a fully sovereign state until Hezbollah, and other militia groups are disarmed.

• Lebanon cabinet wins parliament confidence vote
  

  Lebanon's new national unity government won a vote of confidence in parliament on Tuesday following a stormy debate among lawmakers on the thorny issue of Hezbollah weapons. The vote will allow the 30-member cabinet -- which was formed by Prime Minister Fouad Siniora a month ago under a May

• Suleiman in Syria as Lebanon blast kills 18
  

  Lebanese President Michel Suleiman arrived in Syria on Wednesday for landmark talks with his counterpart Bashar al-Assad hours after a bomb in northern Lebanon left 18 people dead. Lebanese parliament speaker Nabih Berri, a stalwart of the Syrian-backed opposition in Beirut, said the timing of

• One killed in clashes in Lebanon camp after militant targeted (AFP)
  

  24 minutes ago SIDON, Lebanon (AFP) - A gunman was killed in heavy clashes in Ain el-Helweh Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon's southern port city of Sidon on Monday after a militant was shot dead, a Palestinian official said. Munir Maqdah, the Fatah commander in the camp who heads a multi-factional security committee, named the dead man as Ahmed al-Hassan of the Islamist Jund al-Sham group.

• Palestinians should not linger in Lebanon: Abbas (AFP)
  

  13 minutes ago BEIRUT (AFP) - Palestinian refugees in Lebanon should not be permanently resettled in the country, Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas said on Thursday after talks in Beirut with Lebanese President Michel Sleiman. "The Palestinians have the right of return and this is an issue we are discussing with the Israelis," Abbas told a media conference after the meeting.

• Husam Habib films new clip in Lebanon
  

  Husam Habib films new clip in Lebanon

• Lebanon issues arrest warrant for Gaddafi
  

  Lebanon has issued an arrest and is seeking the death sentence for Libyan leader Muamar Gaddafi and six other Libyan officials over the disappearance of a top Lebanese Shiite cleric 30 years ago, judicial officials said Wednesday. Gaddafi was also indicted for allegedly "inciting the

• Lebanon to sue Israel over stolen hummos
  

  The delicious chickpea dip hummos that graces the tables of households throughout the Middle East and is increasingly found in American and European supermarkets is at the heart of a legal battle pitting Lebanese industrialists against Israeli producers. A Lebanese industrial official accused

• Lebanon: Hizbullah likely behind the shooing of army helicopter
  

  Lebanon: Hizbullah likely behind the shooing of army helicopter

• Hezbollah chief defends 'accidental' fire on Lebanon chopper (AFP)
  

  28 minutes ago BEIRUT (AFP) - Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah acknowledged for the first time on Thursday that one of the Shiite group's militants was behind the downing of a Lebanese army helicopter last week. Nasrallah said the downing was an accident that was understandable in the context of the high levels of alert maintained by the group's fighters in south Lebanon in the face of repeated Israeli attack over the years.

• Car bomb hits bus carrying troops in Lebanon, 4 dead
  

  A car bomb blast ripped through a bus carrying soldiers in northern Lebanon on Monday, killing four people, including three soldiers, and wounding 30, an army official said. "Three of those who died were soldiers and among the wounded 24 were soldiers and the rest civilians," the

• Israel attack on Lebanon depends on Iran, Syria: Hezbollah (AFP)
  

  4 minutes ago TEHRAN (AFP) - Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah said any Israeli attack on Lebanon depended on the Iranian nuclear issue and the Israel-Syria talks, in an interview with Iran's state-run television on Monday. "I can not say when Israel is going to attack Lebanon, if it is going to be soon or not.

• Lebanon: Dialogue round held as Aoun backs direct talks with Israel
  

  Lebanon: Dialogue round held as Aoun backs direct talks with Israel

• Egypt urges Israel to stop Lebanon threats: FM
  

  Egypt has urged Israel to stop making threats against Lebanon, Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit said on a visit to Beirut on Wednesday. "We reject any threat to the unity and sovereignty of Lebanon... especially from Israel," he told a news conference after meeting Lebanese

• Hind films new clip in Lebanon
  

  Hind films new clip in Lebanon

• Lebanon PM in Baghdad talks
  

  Lebanon PM in Baghdad talks

• Lebanon: Mourning day after deadly blast as investigations continue
  

  Lebanon: Mourning day after deadly blast as investigations continue

• Yara and summer concerts in Lebanon
  

  Yara and summer concerts in Lebanon

• One injured in grenade blast in northern Lebanon
  

  A grenade blast in an area of the northern city of Tripoli early Thursday has injured one person, , a security official said. The same restive northern Lebanese city has seen bloody clashes between two rival factions. The grenade was thrown in the Jabal Mohsen and Bab al-Tebbaneh region

• Lebanon marks 65th Independence Day
  

  Lebanon marks 65th Independence Day

• Lebanon: Pro-Syrian politician killed as Hariri calls for reconciliation
  

  Lebanon: Pro-Syrian politician killed as Hariri calls for reconciliation

• Bomb kills one in Palestinian camp in Lebanon (AFP)
  

  22 minutes ago 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. "One person was killed and four others were wounded," said Munir Maqdah, the camp's Fatah commander who heads a multi-factional security committee.

• Tamer Husni sings in Lebanon for the first time
  

  Tamer Husni sings in Lebanon for the first time

• Lebanon's Hezbollah chief, majority leader to meet: MP (AFP)
  

  22 minutes ago 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. "Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah and Saad Hariri will meet soon," Mohamed Raad, who leads the Shiite militant movement's parliamentary bloc, said after talks with with Hariri.

• Wael Jasar concluded 2008 concerts in Lebanon
  

  Wael Jasar concluded 2008 concerts in Lebanon

• Lebanon: Nasrallah, Hariri hold rare meeting
  

  Lebanon: Nasrallah, Hariri hold rare meeting

• Syria intensifies troop deployment along Lebanon border
  

  Syria intensifies troop deployment along Lebanon border

• Lebanon deminers hang up their detectors as funds dry up (AFP)
  

  by Rima Abushakra 15 minutes ago TYRE, Lebanon (AFP) - Mohamed Balhas was on his tractor clearing a patch of land near his home in southern Lebanon last week when a cluster bomb exploded, shooting shrapnel into his chest and left leg. "I didn't know what hit me. Suddenly blood was pouring from my chest," said the 36-year-old Balhas.

• Israel seizes heroin, cash near Lebanon border (AFP)
  

  30 minutes ago JERUSALEM (AFP) - Israeli security forces seized a large shipment of heroin and cash near the Lebanese border in an overnight raid, police said on Saturday. In a joint operation targeting a local smuggling network, army and police forces seized around 55 kilos (120 pounds) of heroin and 650,000 dollars (450,000 euros) in cash, police spokesman Eran Shaked told AFP.

• Lebanon's cabinet passes new govt manifesto
  

  Lebanon's President Michel Sleiman said on Tuesday he would visit Damascus next week for talks with Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad, a day after the national unity government adopted a manifesto that affirms the authority of the state over all matters, including the weaponry held by

• Rival Lebanese factions begin talks underway in Lebanon
  

  Lebanon's rival factions launched national reconciliation talks on Tuesday to resolve lingering disputes after a crisis that brought the nation to the brink of civil war, with the thorny issue of Hezbollah's weapons topping the agenda. The talks at the presidential palace bring together 14

• 'Invincible' Palestinians rap from Lebanon refugee camps (AFP)
  

  by Rima Abushakra 9 minutes ago BEIRUT (AFP) - Teenage rappers Yassim Kassem and Mohammed Turek have no qualms about upsetting politicians or clerics when they sing of inter-Palestinian violence and the daily hardship of life in the refugee camps. They call themselves I-Voice -- Invincible Voice -- and are among a number of rap groups to have emerged from impoverished Palestinian camps in Lebanon and from the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories.

• Lebanon: "Terrorist" ell planned further attacks on army
  

  Lebanon: "Terrorist" ell planned further attacks on army

• Lebanon Hezbollah leader urges talks with Hariri
  

  The leader of Shiite militant group Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, called on the parliamentary leader of the pro-Western bloc that leads the Lebanese government to meet him for reconciliation talks, in comments published on Monday. Nasrallah said no objection in principle had been raised to the

• U.N. troops calm Lebanon, but tensions remain (Reuters)
  

  By Alistair Lyon, Special Correspondent 13 minutes ago SHAQRA, Lebanon (Reuters) - French soldiers take off their body armor but keep their FAMAS rifles slung over their backs before moving off on a leisurely foot patrol through this pro-Hezbollah Shi'ite Muslim village in south Lebanon. The troops, wearing the blue berets of U.

• Report: Lebanon uncovers Israeli spying network
  

  Report: Lebanon uncovers Israeli spying network

• Kantar in Lebanon demo for jailed 'Cuban Five' in US (AFP)
  

  32 minutes ago BEIRUT (AFP) - About 100 Lebanese, including militant Samir Kantar, who was freed by Israel this summer in a prisoner swap, marched on Friday near the US embassy outside Beirut to demand the release of five Cubans held prisoner in the United States. "Free the five Cuban heroes," read placards brandished by the protesters who also waved Cuban flags as they demonstrated near barricades and barbed wire set up about a kilometre (less than a mile) from the embassy.

• Sleiman kicks off Lebanon's dialogue Sept. 16
  

  Lebanon's political leaders will begin a national dialogue on September 16 in a bid to resolve their political differences, President Michel Sleiman announced on Tuesday. "I invite those who signed the Doha Agreement ... to come meet here in Baabda (the presidential palace) on September 16,

• Lebanon: Hizbullah, Salafi group sign MoU
  

  Lebanon: Hizbullah, Salafi group sign MoU

• Ragheb Alameh will not run in elections
  

  Ragheb Alameh will not run in elections

• Rita Botros between London and Paris
  

  Rita Botros between London and Paris

• Lebanon cabinet wins vote of confidence
  

  Lebanon cabinet wins vote of confidence

• Lebanese president holds rare meeting in White House
  

  Lebanese president holds rare meeting in White House

• Ayman Al Qaisouni at the Le Particulier Restaurant
  

  Click here to enlarge the full photo of Ayman Ayman Al Qaisouni at the opening of Le Particulier Restaurant in Beirut, Lebanon....

• Elissa glowed during "Eid Al Fiter"
  

  Elissa glowed during "Eid Al Fiter"

• Julia Botros, concerts in Beirut and Damascus
  

  Julia Botros, concerts in Beirut and Damascus

• Majida Al Roumi makes a Lebanese immigrants dream come true
  

  Majida Al Roumi makes a Lebanese immigrants dream come true

• Al Alameh social charity awards Ragheb Alameh
  

  Al Alameh social charity awards Ragheb Alameh

• Hariri: No talks with Israel
  

  Hariri: No talks with Israel

• Nasrallah: I dont expect too much from Obama
  

  Nasrallah: I dont expect too much from Obama

• Two killed, 3 injured in Christian factions clashes
  

  Two people were killed and three others were injured early Wednesday in clashes between supporters of rival Christian factions over a banner in north Lebanon overnight, security sources. The violence, the latest in a series of deadly clashes in several areas of Lebanon in recent days, came

• Raja forced to leave Beirut
  

  Raja forced to leave Beirut

• Lebanese PM protests against Israeli threats
  

  Lebanese PM protests against Israeli threats

• Nasrallah vows decisive victory against Israel
  

  Nasrallah vows decisive victory against Israel

• Assad issues decree to open embassy in Beirut
  

  Assad issues decree to open embassy in Beirut

• Carole Samaha breaks all records
  

  Carole Samaha breaks all records

• Moody celebrated "Nina" with the press in Lebanon
  

  Moody celebrated "Nina" with the press in Lebanon

• Jood, a Lebanese star on the rise
  

  Jood, a Lebanese star on the rise

• Lebanese Druze politician killed in blast
  

  Saleh Aridi, a member of Lebanon's opposition Democratic party, was killed Wednesday in a car bomb explosion in the vicinity of Aley town, southeast of Beirut, officials said. "Aridi was killed in the explosion in Baysur, near Aley," a security official told AFP on condition of

• Walid Tawfiqs latest clip
  

  Walid Tawfiqs latest clip

• Moodys new project
  

  Moodys new project

• Islamists protest in downtown Beirut (AP)
  

  22 minutes ago BEIRUT, Lebanon - Relatives of imprisoned Sunni Islamic militants in Lebanon have staged a protest in the capital Beirut demanding the release of their kin. Around 200 protesters were shouting Islamic slogans and waved black flags and banners near the parliament, which was in session.

• Kathem sings for Baghdad and Beirut at "Beit Al Deen"
  

  Kathem sings for Baghdad and Beirut at "Beit Al Deen"

• Toni Kattan returns with a solo single "I swear to God"
  

  Toni Kattan returns with a solo single "I swear to God"

• Israel army buys self-destruct cluster bombs: radio (AFP)
  

  1 hour, 33 minutes ago JERUSALEM (AFP) - The Israeli army is equipping itself with self-destruct cluster bombs in order to lower the number of civilian victims of this type of weapon, used in the 2006 war in Lebanon, military radio said. The army has reduced its purchases of US made cluster bombs, instead buying Israel-made M-85 cluster bombs, which contain a mechanism to destroy themselves if they fail to explode immediately on impact, according to the report.

• Syrian-Lebanese summit overshadowed by deadly Tripoli bomb
  

  Syrian-Lebanese summit overshadowed by deadly Tripoli bomb

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