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  • Muslim, Christian leaders appeal for calm in Lebanon Open this result in new window
    AFP via Yahoo! News - Nov 28 11:12 AM
    Muslim religious leaders appealed on rival factions in Lebanon not to take to the streets as an anti-Syrian Christian party called for a 10-day political truce to ease tensions.
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  • Islamic militant blows himself up at Syria-Lebanon border Open this result in new window
    AFP via Yahoo! News - Nov 28 10:11 AM
    An Islamic militant reportedly blew himself up, wounding two soldiers, at the main Syrian border crossing into Lebanon following a firefight.
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  • Man blows self up at Syria-Lebanon border Open this result in new window
    AP via Yahoo! News - Nov 28 7:49 AM
    A Syrian leader of an Islamic militant group blew himself up at a border post with Lebanon after a gunbattle with Syrian security forces Tuesday, the Syrian government said. Two security forces were wounded.
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  • Blast at Syria-Lebanon border Open this result in new window
    AFP via Yahoo! News - Nov 28 7:32 AM
    An explosion has occurred at the Jadaydet Yabus passageway in southwest Syria on the main border road leading into Lebanon.
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  • Syria accuses Paris, Washington of interference over Lebanon Open this result in new window
    AFP via Yahoo! News - Nov 28 6:27 AM
    Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem has accused the US and France of interference over Lebanon and rejected similar accusations levelled by Paris on Damascus.
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  • Syrian gunman killed on Lebanon-Syria border Open this result in new window
    Reuters via Yahoo! News - Nov 28 6:57 AM
    A Syrian gunman was killed on Tuesday when his own grenade exploded during a clash with Syrian police on the crossing point into Lebanon, a Lebanese security source said.
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  • Lahoud 'to block' Lebanon panel Open this result in new window
    BBC News - Nov 28 11:09 AM
    Lebanon's Syrian-backed president says he will not approve moves by a depleted anti-Syrian cabinet.
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  • Christians In Lebanon Face Crisis Open this result in new window
    CBS News - Nov 28 10:37 AM
    The murder of Pierre Gemayel has cast a pall over a Christian community that once dominated post-independence Lebanon but today feels marginalized and torn apart in a new confrontation defined by a Sunni-Shiite political faultline.
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  • Rebuilding Lebanon: the task ahead Open this result in new window
    BBC News - Nov 28 5:44 AM
    BBC World Service business reporter James Whittington travels through Lebanon to assess how the war impacted on the country's economy.
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  • Standing up to bullies in Lebanon Open this result in new window
    Mankato Free Press - 59 minutes ago
    Think of Lebanon as the neighborhood sandbox for the Middle East. Countries go there to play, but often not by the rules. It can get so crowded and nasty that there's little place or peace for Lebanese themselves. The country and region then suffer for it.
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  • Bolton: Bush to discuss nations, Lebanon Open this result in new window
    AP via Yahoo! News - Nov 27 8:18 PM
    Iranian and Syrian interference in Lebanon is a major U.S. concern and will be a subject of discussion during President Bush's trip to the Middle East later this week, U.S. Ambassador John Bolton said Monday.
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  • Lebanon, Il school tries drug testing using biosensors Open this result in new window
    KMOV St. Louis - 35 minutes ago
    Tuesday, educators in Lebanon, Il allowed a private company to test the lockers and school buses.
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  • Showdown time in Lebanon Open this result in new window
    BBC News - Nov 28 4:53 AM
    Speculation is rife in Lebanon over who killed industry minister Pierre Gemayel, reports Kim Ghattas.
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  • Lebanon Christians seek to end tensions Open this result in new window
    Financial Times - Nov 28 6:26 PM
    Rival political leaders in Lebanon were last night scheduled to meet in an attempt to reduce tensions that have in recent days seen street clashes between opposing Christian groups.
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  • Syria: Islamic militant leader killed in suicide attack at Lebanon-Syria border Open this result in new window
    CP via Yahoo! Canada News - Nov 28 3:27 PM
    JDEIDET YABOUS, Syria (AP) - The Syrian leader of an Islamic militant group blew himself up Tuesday after trying to cross into Lebanon and engaging in a gunbattle with Syrian border forces. Two border guards were wounded.
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  • Grenade Attack at Syria-Lebanon Border Open this result in new window
    Los Angeles Times - Nov 28 7:07 AM
    BEIRUT, Lebanon -- An assailant carried out a gun and grenade attack on the Syrian side of a crossing on the Lebanese border on Tuesday, Lebanese television stations reported.
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  • Ericsson setting up new Global Service Delivery Center in Lebanon Open this result in new window
    AME Info - 54 minutes ago
    Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) today announced a new Global Service Delivery Center to be opened next year in Beirut, Lebanon.
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  • Dark cloud hangs over Lebanon Open this result in new window
    Mail and Guardian - 6 minutes ago
    Amid all the destruction that Lebanon has witnessed over the years, the bulletholes in the window of Pierre Gemayels car this week seemed almost insignificant -- but their consequences may be tremendous.
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  • Lebanon Christians seek to end tensions Open this result in new window
    Financial Times - Nov 28 1:52 PM
    Lebanons political and religious leaders on Tuesday struggled to contain the countrys political crises and avert a repeat of recent clashes between rival Christian groups.
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  • Suicide bomber explodes himself at Syria-Lebanon border after fake identity discovered Open this result in new window
    People's Daily - Nov 28 4:24 PM
    A suicide bomber exploded himself Tuesday afternoon after his attempt to pass the customs using forged papers was thwarted by security officials in southwest Syria on a main border crossing leading to Lebanon.
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  • Lebanon Rehab to spice up image Open this result in new window
    Albany Democrat-Herald - Nov 28 1:14 PM
    LEBANON As nursing home patrons change, so do the nursing homes. After a multimillion-dollar remodel, Lebanon Rehab & Specialty Care hopes to replace old nursing home stereotypes with a sunnier, classier image.
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  • Syria confirms suicide bombing at Syria-Lebanon border Open this result in new window
    People's Daily - Nov 28 3:38 PM
    A Syrian Interior Ministry official confirmed that a suicide bombing occurred on Tuesday afternoon in southwest Syria on a main border crossing leading to Lebanon, the state television reported.
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  • Suspected UDF Robber Arrested In Lebanon Open this result in new window
    WHIO-TV 7 Dayton - Nov 28 2:09 PM
    LEBANON, Ohio -- Lebanon police said officers arrested a suspected robber and they did not have to look far for him. Officers arrested Jesse Hoskins, 21, while knocking on doors. There were across the street from the United Dairy Farmers looking for leads.
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  • Islamic Militant Blows Himself Up At Syria-Lebanon Border Open this result in new window
    Nasdaq - Nov 28 8:52 AM
    (RTTNews) - A Syrian Islamic militant blew himself up at the Syria-Lebanon border on Tuesday after trying to escape from Syrian security forces, said the Syrian government.
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  • U.N. says Israel laid anti-personnel mines in Lebanon Open this result in new window
    Reuters via Yahoo! India News - Nov 28 8:15 AM
    GENEVA (Reuters) - The U.N. said on Tuesday Israel used anti-personnel landmines, banned by most countries, as well as cluster bombs during its July-August war in Lebanon.
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  • Syria says Islamic militant leader killed in suicide attack at Lebanon-Syria border Open this result in new window
    Boston Herald - Nov 28 8:09 AM
    BEIRUT, Lebanon - A Syrian leader of an Islamic militant group blew himself up at a border post with Lebanon after a gunbattle with Syrian security forces Tuesday, the Syrian government said. Two security...
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  • Man Blows Self Up at Syria-Lebanon Border Open this result in new window
    AP via Yahoo! Asia News - Nov 28 7:20 AM
    A Syrian leader of an Islamic militant group blew himself up at a border post with Lebanon after a gunbattle with Syrian security forces Tuesday, the Syrian government said.
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  • Lebanon police are armed with Tasers Open this result in new window
    Lebanon Enterprise - Nov 28 10:56 AM
    "It's pain I've never experienced before in my entire life." That was Greg Young's response after being shocked by a Taser during a special training session at the Lebanon Police Department last week.
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  • S. Korea Commits Forces to Lebanon, Promises Iraq Troop Reduction Open this result in new window
    Voice of America - Nov 28 6:01 AM
    South Korea's government will contribute forces to international peacekeeping efforts in Lebanon, as it plans for a drawdown of the country's military contribution to U.S.-led stabilization efforts in Iraq. As VOA's Kurt Achin reports from Seoul, the moves reflect shifting political situations both inside and outside South Korea.
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  • Ericsson setting up new Global Service Delivery Center in Lebanon Open this result in new window
    Mena Report - Nov 28 11:02 AM
    Ericsson on Tuesday announced a new Global Service Delivery Center to be opened next year in Beirut, Lebanon. The new center will initially employ about 100 people and will serve regional and global customers.
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  • Lebanon woman injured in morning accident Open this result in new window
    The Springfield News-Leader - Nov 28 8:24 AM
    A Lebanon woman was injured this morning after her 2001 Cadillac struck a utility pole in Laclede County, the Missouri Highway Patrol reported. An ambulance took Carolyn R. Legore, 48, to St. John's Hospital in Lebanon with moderate injuries, a patrol report said. The wreck was reported about 8:15 a.m. on Green Hills Road just east of Park Drive and one mile from Lebanon. Legore reportedly ran
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  • Hezbollah has trained Iraqi Shia militia in Lebanon: report Open this result in new window
    Khaleej Times - Nov 28 9:31 AM
    WASHINGTON - The Iranian-backed group Hezbollah has trained between 1,000 and 2,000 Iraqi Shia militia fighters in Lebanon, including followers of radical cleric Moqtada Al Sadr, a US intelligence official confirmed Tuesday.
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  • Lebanon Farmers Suffer from $280 Million Estimated Losses Due to Political Conflict Open this result in new window
    Grainnet.com - Nov 28 7:06 AM
    Washington, DC and Rome, Italy -- Damage and losses to agriculture, fisheries and forestry in Lebanon as a result of last summer's hostilities are estimated at around $280 million, according to a Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) damage assessment report issued Nov. 27.
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  • Blast heard on Lebanon-Syria border crossing Open this result in new window
    AlertNet - Nov 28 6:41 AM
    Source: Reuters BEIRUT, Nov 28 (Reuters) - An explosion was heard at the main crossing point between Lebanon and Syria on Tuesday, a Lebanese security source said. The source said there were no further details from ...
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  • Lebanon's farm business is suffering Open this result in new window
    AP via Yahoo! News - Nov 27 5:11 AM
    Lebanon's agriculture sector suffered about $280 million in damage during this summer's conflict between Israel and Hezbollah, a U.N. food agency said Monday.
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  • Lebanon man builds little boat that could Open this result in new window
    Albany Democrat-Herald - Nov 28 8:44 AM
    It doesnt take a lot of money or expertise to construct your dream boat, says Lebanon resident Richard Mitsch, just a little elbow grease. Mitsch should know.
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  • Thousands of Pinoys slip into Lebanon amid ban Open this result in new window
    The Daily Tribune - Nov 28 5:51 AM
    The chief of the Labor and Employment department yesterday reported that thousands of Filipino workers have slipped into Lebanon illegally despite an existing government ban on their deployment in the Middle Eastern country that was recently wracked by war with Israel.
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  • SYRIA ACCUSES PARIS, WASHINGTON OF INTERFERENCE OVER LEBANON Open this result in new window
    The Tocqueville Connection - Nov 28 3:18 AM
    TAMPERE, Finland, Nov 28, 2006 (AFP) - Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem on Tuesday accused the US and France of interference over Lebanon and rejected similar accusations levelled by Paris on Damascus.
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  • UN Envoy: Foreign Interference In Lebanon On Bush Agenda Open this result in new window
    Nasdaq - Nov 27 8:23 PM
    UNITED NATIONS (AP)--Iranian and Syrian interference in Lebanon is a major U.S. concern and will be a subject of discussion during U.S. President George W. Bush's trip to the Middle East later this week, U.S. Ambassador John Bolton said.
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  • Mt. Lebanon residents debate culling deer herd Open this result in new window
    Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Nov 27 9:10 PM
    On a day when thousands of hunters donned orange and hoped to blast a buck in the woods, dozens of Mt. Lebanon residents fired comments at the municipal commission last night from both sides of the deer-culling issue.
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  • Syrian militant blows himself up at Lebanon border Open this result in new window
    Reuters via Yahoo! News - Nov 28 9:26 AM
    The military leader of a militant Islamist group blew himself up near a Syrian-Lebanese border crossing on Tuesday, wounding two Syrian police officers, officials said.
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  • UN Facing Disaster in Lebanon Open this result in new window
    Strategy Page - Nov 28 2:46 AM
    November 28, 2006: The UN peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon may find itself in the middle of a civil war that has nothing to do with Israel. Politics, and conflict, in Lebanon have much more to do with Syria and Iran. Lebanon has traditionally been part of Syria.
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  • Reuters Says Freelancer Manipulated Lebanon Photos Open this result in new window
    PDNonline - Nov 28 3:07 AM
    Reuters has fired Lebanese freelance photographer Adnan Hajj after he transmitted at least two photographs from Lebanon that were doctored to make Israeli attacks seem more dramatic.
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  • Lebanon's Cabinet sends Hariri tribunal accord to president for endorsement Open this result in new window
    San Diego Union-Tribune - Nov 27 5:39 PM
    BEIRUT, Lebanon, 2:50 p.m. Nov. 27 (AP): The Cabinet sent a draft accord Monday to President Emile Lahoud, seeking to create a tribunal to try suspects in the killing of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, further ratcheting up the power struggle between the country's pro-Western and pro-Syrian forces.
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  • Solving Lebanon's problems possible by Lebanese, in Lebanon -- IRI Envoy Open this result in new window
    Islamic Republic News Agency - Nov 27 9:18 PM
    Iran - Lebanon - Envoy Iran's Ambassador to Beirut here Monday emphasized that Lebanon's prevailing problems need to be solved merely by the Lebanese, and inside Lebanon.
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  • Mt. Lebanon Officials Try To Control Deer Herd Open this result in new window
    KDKA Pittsburgh - Nov 27 8:49 PM
    Officials in Mt. Lebanon are trying to figure out what to do to keep their deer population in check.
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  • Lebanon incurred USD 280 mn losses in hostilities with Israel Open this result in new window
    New Kerala - Nov 27 11:47 PM
    New York, Nov 28: Damage and losses to agriculture, fisheries and forestry in Lebanon as a result of last summer's hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah are estimated at around 280 million dollars.
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  • Chilling Echo for Lebanon, Mirror of Regional Tension Open this result in new window
    New York Times - Nov 26 6:33 PM
    Lebanon?s seeming slide toward civil conflict is a flashpoint for tensions in the Middle East.
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  • Standing up to bullies in Lebanon Open this result in new window
    The Christian Science Monitor - Nov 28 3:05 PM
    The troubled country can resist outsiders by backing a UN tribunal to try assassination suspects.
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  • South Korea Sending Troops to Southern Lebanon Open this result in new window
    Israel National News - Nov 28 1:30 AM
    (IsraelNN.com) South Korea is the latest nation to decide to send troops to patrol the area north of Israel's border with Lebanon. The decision was made by the South Korean Cabinet, under the leadership of South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun.
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  • In Lebanon, a crisis for Christians Open this result in new window
    The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News - Nov 28 12:00 AM
    As this mountain town in the Christian heartland north of Beirut mourns the murder of one of its most revered leaders, Pierre Gemayel, its residents ponder a future that many fear is slipping toward civil conflict.
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  • Bolton: Future of Lebanon 'may well be decided' in days Open this result in new window
    World Tribune - Nov 27 10:43 AM
    WASHINGTON The Bush administration is facing a foreign policy crisis in Lebanon where the Iran-backed Hizbullah and Syria threaten to topple the weakened democratic government in Beirut.
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  • Hezbollah vows Lebanon street protests Open this result in new window
    AP via Yahoo! News - Nov 26 2:31 PM
    A top Hezbollah official said Sunday that the militant Shiite Muslim group will press ahead with threatened street protests and other peaceful means seeking to topple Lebanon's Western-backed government and will stage its actions without warning.
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  • Lebanon's Cabinet Sends Hariri Tribunal Accord To President Open this result in new window
    Nasdaq - Nov 27 9:09 AM
    BEIRUT (AP)--The Lebanese Cabinet sent to the president Monday a draft accord on a tribunal to try the alleged killers of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, taking another step in the struggle between pro-Western and pro-Syrian forces in Lebanon.
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  • Syria: Islamic militant suicide attacker hits Lebanese border Open this result in new window
    CNN.com - Nov 28 2:15 PM
    JDEIDET YABOUS, Syria (AP) -- A Syrian Islamic militant leader trying to cross into Lebanon engaged Syrian border forces in a gunbattle before blowing himself up Tuesday.
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  • Lebanon plunged into crisis Open this result in new window
    BBC News - Nov 28 4:53 AM
    BBC Middle East editor Jeremy Bowen explores the theories swirling around the murder of Lebanese politician Pierre Gemayel.
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  • Peacekeepers bring calm to south Lebanon Open this result in new window
    AP via Yahoo! News - Nov 26 11:17 AM
    Three months into their mission of enforcing a cease-fire, U.N. peacekeepers have succeeded so far in keeping the peace at an Israeli-Lebanon border that previously had been a Mideast flashpoint for decades.
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  • Bolton Briefing on Burma, Lebanon & Other Matters Open this result in new window
    Scoop.co.nz - 1 hour, 28 minutes ago
    Ambassador Bolton: Let me just say we've had an important debate in the Security Council on the question of Burma, having listened to a report by Undersecretary-General Gambari of his recent visit, his second this year.
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  • Militant blows himself up at Syria-Lebanon border Open this result in new window
    AFP via Yahoo! News - Nov 28 8:13 AM
    An Islamic militant has blown himself up, wounding two military officers, at the main Lebanese-Syrian border crossing following a firefight, a news agency has said.
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  • Peace holding along Israeli-Lebanon border Open this result in new window
    The Buffalo News - Nov 27 6:10 AM
    BEIRUT, Lebanon - Three months into their mission of enforcing a cease-fire, U.N. peacekeepers have succeeded so far in keeping the peace at the Israeli-Lebanon border that previously had been a Middle East flash point for decades.
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  • Speed limit revision on Lebanon Road Open this result in new window
    Community Press & Recorder - Nov 27 12:05 PM
    The speed limit on Lebanon Road, from the city of Loveland corporation line to Fields Ertel Road at the Hamilton/Warren County line, has been reduced from 40 mph to 35 mph. New signage was expected to be in place by noon, Tuesday, Nov. 28.
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  • Ad Blitz Satirizes Lebanon's Divides Open this result in new window
    Washington Post - Nov 27 7:29 PM
    BEIRUT, Nov. 27 -- The evening was tense, as most are these days in Beirut, its Maronite Catholics, Greek Orthodox, Sunni and Shiite Muslims and Druze perched imprecisely between war and peace. Malak Beydoun, a young woman, pulled her car into a parking lot in the Christian neighborhood of Ashrafiyeh. She peered at a billboard overhead, alarmed and then indignant....
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  • Lebanon teeters on brink of repeating past Open this result in new window
    International Herald Tribune - Nov 26 12:46 PM
    Lebanon's seeming slide toward civil conflict is a barometer for the region.
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  • Lebanon Valley stumbles in loss to Ursinus Open this result in new window
    Lebanon Daily News - Nov 27 9:11 AM
    ANNVILLE An aberration or an ugly preview of things to come? The Lebanon Valley College mens basketball team had better hope it was the former and not the latter.
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  • Hezbollah plans Lebanon protests Open this result in new window
    CNN.com - Nov 26 9:00 AM
    BEIRUT, Lebanon (Reuters) -- Hezbollah and its allies plan street protests this week to try to topple the Western-backed government which ignored its demands for more power and approved plans for a court to try suspects in the killing of ex-premier Rafik Hariri.
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  • UN Mine Group: Israeli Forces Laid Mines in Lebanon During Summer War Open this result in new window
    Common Dreams News Center - Nov 27 8:02 AM
    UN Mine Group: Israeli Forces Laid Mines in Lebanon During Summer War
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  • Islamic militant leader kills himself Open this result in new window
    AP via Yahoo! News - Nov 28 10:18 AM
    The leader of an Islamic militant group blew himself up at a border post near Lebanon on Tuesday after a gunbattle with security forces that left two of them wounded, the Syrian government said.
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  • War costs Lebanon agriculture $280 mln -FAO Open this result in new window
    AlertNet - Nov 27 3:40 AM
    Source: Reuters ROME, Nov 27 (Reuters) - Conflict in Lebanon this summer cost the country's agriculture, fisheries and forestry industry around $280 million and left many farmers heavily indebted, according to a U.N ...
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  • Energy-hungry China breaks ground in Middle East Open this result in new window
    Reuters via Yahoo! News - Nov 28 9:24 AM
    At the bottom of a deep pit gouged by a bulldozer, a Chinese soldier in a protective visor shovels aside earth to reveal an unexploded bomb left over from Israel's war with Hezbollah guerrillas in south Lebanon.
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  • Lebanon divide hits dangerous deadlock over UN court plans Open this result in new window
    AFP via Yahoo! News - Nov 26 4:12 AM
    Lebanon's political divide has reached a dangerous deadlock after pro-Western ministers defied their pro-Syrian rivals to take the next step in ratifying an international court into ex-premier Rafiq Hariri's 2005 murder.
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  • Lebanon: Protests Timed To ''Surprise'' Government Open this result in new window
    India Daily - Nov 27 8:56 AM
    Lebanon's Hezbollah-led opposition said Nov. 27 it will "surprise" the government with the timing of street demonstrations in Beirut.
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  • Suicide bomber wounds 2 Syrians at Lebanon border Open this result in new window
    Reuters via Yahoo! India News - Nov 28 9:05 AM
    DAMASCUS (Reuters) - A suicide bomber blew himself up at a Syrian-Lebanese border crossing point on Tuesday, wounding two Syrian security officials, the official SANA news agency said.
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  • DEP Finds Business Polluted Groundwater Open this result in new window
    WGAL via Yahoo! News - Nov 28 5:38 AM
    The state has fined a chicken hatchery in Lebanon County $10,000 for polluting groundwater.
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  • Hezbollah may be helping militias / U.S. official alleges training in Lebanon Open this result in new window
    San Francisco Chronicle - Nov 28 3:42 AM
    A senior U.S. intelligence official said Monday that the Iranian-backed group Hezbollah had been training members of the Mahdi Army, the Shiite militia in Iraq that is headed by Muqtada al-Sadr. The official said that between 1,000 and 2,000 fighters...
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  • Hezbollah warns Lebanon faces 'dark tunnel' Open this result in new window
    AFP via Yahoo! News - Nov 26 2:33 AM
    Powerful Shiite movement Hezbollah has warned that Lebanon risked plunging into a "dark tunnel" after the pro-Western cabinet pressed ahead with a controversial emergency session against the objections of pro-Syrians within the regime.
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  • Lebanon president rejects cabinet move on UN court Open this result in new window
    AFP via Yahoo! News - Nov 26 2:19 AM
    Lebanon's pro-Syrian President Emile Lahoud has warned that he did not recognize the decision of a controversial cabinet meeting to take the next step in ratifying an international court into ex-premier Rafiq Hariri's murder.
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  • New Toll Plaza Opens Gates Open this result in new window
    WGAL via Yahoo! News - Nov 28 6:02 AM
    A new Turnpike toll plaza opened Tuesday morning for motorists getting off at the Lancaster-Lebanon exit.
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  • Lebanon faces uncertain future Open this result in new window
    Gulf News - Nov 28 12:35 PM
    It had been advertised as a funeral but turned out to be a political rally as hundreds of thousands of people gathered to pay tribute to Pierre Gemayel, the Lebanese minister of industry gunned down by unknown assailants, last week.
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  • Lebanon's crisis worsens amid assassination Open this result in new window
    Daily Bulletin - Nov 27 1:41 AM
    BEIRUT, Lebanon - Lebanon's political crisis worsened Friday, with government ministers fearing for their lives after an assassination of one of their own, businesses on strike and all sides ignoring calls for dialogue.
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  • Playing with death in Lebanon Open this result in new window
    Asia Times - Nov 27 2:36 AM
    In the wake of the latest political assassination to rock Lebanon - last week's shooting of Pierre Gemayel, a scion of one of the foremost Christian Maronite political families - suspicion fell on the Syrians, and perhaps Hezbollah, as the most likely culprits.
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  • Lebanon Fighting Produced Info War Coup Open this result in new window
    Aviation Now - Nov 26 8:47 PM
    Hezbollah is incapable of penetrating and exploiting the Israeli army's tactical radio systems as it claimed it did during the recent fighting in Lebanon, say senior U.S. electronics industry officials.
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  • Lebanon: Damage to Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Estimated at Around $280 Million Open this result in new window
    [Press Release] PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - Nov 27 9:23 AM
    Damage and losses to agriculture, fisheries and forestry in Lebanon as a result of last summer's hostilities are estimated at around $280 million, according to an FAO damage assessment report issued today.
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  • UN says Israel laid anti-personnel mines in Lebanon Open this result in new window
    AlertNet - Nov 28 8:10 AM
    Source: Reuters By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA, Nov 28 (Reuters) - The U.N. said on Tuesday Israel used anti-personnel landmines, banned by most countries, as well as cluster bombs during its July-August war in ...
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  • Lebanon: damage to agriculture, fisheries and forestry estimated at around $280 million Open this result in new window
    Fishupdate.com - Nov 27 3:52 AM
    DAMAGE and losses to agriculture, fisheries and forestry in Lebanon, as a result of last summers hostilities, are estimated at around $280 million, according to an FAO damage assessment report issued today.
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  • Syrian militant blows himself up at Lebanon border Open this result in new window
    AlertNet - Nov 28 7:42 AM
    Source: Reuters (Adds, detail, background, previous DAMASCUS) By Maher Samaan JDAITET YABOUS, Syria, Nov 28 (Reuters) - The military leader of a militant Islamist group blew himself up near a Syrian-Lebanese ...
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  • U.S. caught in middle of Iran-Syria-Lebanon triangle Open this result in new window
    The Olympian - Nov 28 4:10 AM
    PHILADELPHIA - Syria and Iran know how badly the United States wants their cooperation to stabilize Iraq, and they're setting a high price. Part of that price was made brazenly clear in Beirut a week ago - where a key anti-Syrian cabinet minister, Pierre Gemayel, was shot dead in broad daylight.
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  • Some Madhi Army fighters trained with Hezbollah Open this result in new window
    International Herald Tribune - Nov 28 6:46 AM
    An American intelligence official said that 1,000 to 2,000 fighters from the Mahdi Army and other Shiite militia groups from Iraq had been trained by Hezbollah in Lebanon and that the links were facilitated by Iran.
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  • Islamic militant leader killed in suicide attack at Lebanon-Syria border Open this result in new window
    USA Today - Nov 28 2:18 AM
    This just in from the Associated Press: A Syrian leader of an Islamic militant group blew himself up at a Syrian border post on the Lebanese border after a gunbattle with Syrian security forces on Tuesday, the Syrian government said....
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  • Lebanese leaders move forward Open this result in new window
    MSNBC - Nov 28 9:35 AM
    Lebanons Cabinet recently approved an international tribunal to try suspects accused of participating in the assassination of former Lebanese premier Rafik Hariri. Marwan Hamade, an outspoken anti-Syrian minister and Cabinet minister, discusses the current political landscape.
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  • Deborah Annette Wolfe Vosburg, 37, died Tuesday at Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital due to a stroke. Visitation for  Open this result in new window
    Corvallis Gazette Times - Nov 26 10:44 PM
    Deborah Annette Wolfe Vosburg, 37, died Tuesday at Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital due to a stroke.
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  • Islamic Militant Blows Self Up at Syria-Lebanon Crossing, Syrian Gov't Reports Open this result in new window
    FOX 5 Atlanta - Nov 28 7:44 AM
    A Syrian leader of an Islamic militant group blew himself up at a Syrian border post on the Lebanese border after a gunbattle with Syrian security forces on Tuesday, the Syrian government said.
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  • Syria: Islamic militant blows himself up Open this result in new window
    MSNBC - Nov 28 10:50 AM
    The leader of an Islamic militant group blew himself up at a border post near Lebanon on Tuesday after a gun battle with security forces that left two of them wounded, the Syrian government said.
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  • In Lebanon, a crisis for Christians Open this result in new window
    The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! Canada News - Nov 28 1:00 AM
    Pierre Gemayel's murder is yet another blow to the Christian bloc, sidelined by a Sunni-Shiite political divide.
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  • U.N. group: Israel laid mines in Lebanon Open this result in new window
    AP via Yahoo! News - Nov 25 7:09 PM
    A U.N. agency said Saturday that Israel laid mines in Lebanon during this summer's war between the Jewish state and the Lebanon-based Hezbollah group the first time Israel has been accused of planting mines during the latest fighting.
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  • Lebanon takes a step nearer the precipice Open this result in new window
    The West Australian - Nov 26 8:55 PM
    Lebanons political crisis moved towards a new danger point yesterday as the US-backed Government approved an international tribunal for suspects in the 2005 assassination of former prime minister Rafik Hariri despite warnings of mass protests by its opponent Hizbollah.
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  • Opposition demands real change in Lebanon Open this result in new window
    Socialist Worker - Nov 28 10:04 AM
    The Lebanese opposition movement, led by Hizbollah, the Communist Party and the predominantly Christian Free Patriotic Movement, has called on its supporters to begin a street campaign to oust the US-backed government of Fouad Siniora.
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  • Lebanon's Cabinet sends Hariri tribunal accord to President Open this result in new window
    India Daily - Nov 28 8:27 AM
    The Cabinet sent a draft accord to President Emile Lahoud, seeking to create a tribunal to try suspects in the killing of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, further ratcheting up the power struggle between the country's pro-Western and pro-Syrian forces.
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  • School secession plan dies for lack of public support Open this result in new window
    The Express-Times - 12 minutes ago
    LEBANON | The Clinton Township School Board's decision to withdraw its secession bid from the regional high school district drew applause from an audience of about 20 Monday night.
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  • Syria accuses France, US of meddling in Lebanon Open this result in new window
    Middle East Online - Nov 28 5:07 AM
    FM brands as nonsense US, French allegations of Syrian's role in killings of Lebanese political figures.
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  • Man Accused Of Taking $100,000 From Church Open this result in new window
    WLWT.com - 31 minutes ago
    LEBANON -- An employee is accused of taking tens of thousands of dollars from the church he worked for. Mark Anthony was indicted in Warren County on Monday.
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