BAFLAY, Lebanon — When 30,000 U.N. and Lebanese troops deployed across southern Lebanon at the end of last year's Israel-Hezbollah war, the Islamic militant group's presence shrank in the zone bordering Israeli and its influence seemed likely to diminish as well.
Large swathes of woodland have been destroyed in fires that swept through several regions of Lebanon, leaving one woman dead and dozens injured, officials said on Wednesday.
Saad Hariri, son of Rafik Hariri, the former prime minister who was assassinated in 2005, bears the shaky hope for a pro-Western, democratic future in Lebanon.
Paper Street Press, a Mt. Lebanon-based literary magazine, has opened one of its regular reading sessions along Beverly Road.
Mt. Lebanon officials have reached a tentative settlement agreement with the golf pro of their public course, who filed a federal age discrimination lawsuit last year.
A total of 118 fires that ravaged forests across Lebanon from Akkar in the North to the Chouf, destroying 2,734 dunums of woodland, have been put out with assistance from Jordan, Cyprus and Italy, which sent specially fitted fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters to Lebanon to assist in fire fighting.
Neighbouring countries help Lebanon fight wildfires
LEBANON, Pa., Oct. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- PPL Corporation ( Nachrichten ) and the Greater Lebanon Refuse Authority dedicated a renewable energy facility Wednesday (10/3) that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions and power 2,500 homes with clean energy.
LEBANON - The Lebanon Community School District has filed a lawsuit to try to recoup $800,000 it lost in what it says was an ill-conceived insurance plan.
The following cases were decided in Lebanon Justice Court between Sept. 10 and Sept. 20. Information for each case includes the defendant's name, age and city of residence, offenses the defendant was convicted of, the court's decision, the date the case came before the court and the total money judgment imposed by the court.