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Kiwi in Lebanon to be freed on bail 
TVNZ - 2 hours, 39 minutes ago
New Zealander David Pemberton should be freed from a jail in Lebanon on Monday night - and he may never have to go back. The 40-year-old was facing kidnapping charges after allegedly helping Melissa Hawach snatch her daughters from their father.Sabaa toots Lebanon's horn at labor meet The Daily Star Lebannon - Mar 11 2:39 PM
Lebanon thwarted Israeli ambitions and prevented a Zionist victory during last summer's war, acting Labor Minister Hassan Sabaa said Sunday. Speaking at the 34th session of the Arab Labor Conference that kicked off Saturday in this Egyptian resort town, Sabaa stressed that Lebanon "will not surrender or give in to any Israeli pressure placed.U.N. talks of robust Lebanon force, but what, exactly, does that mean? JTA - Mar 11 9:27 AM
A French peacekeeper with the U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon points his gun at members of the Shiite Amal militia in Marrakeh, Lebanon in 1996.Lebanon crisis talks gather pace AFP via Yahoo! News - Mar 10 5:28 AM
Lebanon's parliamentary majority leader Saad Hariri met opposition speaker Nabih Berri overnight for their second round of talks in as many days, sparking hopes on Saturday of a breakthough in a four-month-old political crisis.NZer set to be freed from Lebanon jail - report Stuff - Mar 11 5:21 AM
A former New Zealand soldier held in a Lebanon jail on child kidnapping charges is expected to walk free this week.Cazenovia man unhurt in plane crash Lebanon's board to look at roads, planning panel The Post-Standard - Mar 11 1:19 AM
The Lebanon Town Board will meet at 7:30 p.m. Monday to discuss road repairs and planning board changes. Planning board Chairman Sam Campbell has asked to step down but remain on as a member of the planning board. Gary Will, of River Road, is expected to be named his replacement.RP honors IOM chief for helping OFWs in Lebanon ABS-CBNNEWS.com - Mar 10 7:37 PM
State honors will be conferred Monday on Director General Brunson McKinley of the International Organization for Migration in recognition of his contributions to help Filipino migrants who have been repatriated and saved from the life-threatening conflict in Lebanon last year, ABS-CBN reported.Lebanon s year ends in opening round Lebanon Daily News - Mar 10 8:03 PM
HOLLAND Utterly helpless. The Lebanon girls basketball team could feel literally see its season slipping away. And there was absolutely nothing the Cedars could do about it.Lebanon building holds old rail cars Albany Democrat-Herald - Mar 10 10:32 PM
LEBANON Two rail cars of potentially historic value are housed inside the Scroggins Feed and Seed warehouse in Lebanon, a property that may go up for auction this year.Build Lebanon Trails Albany Democrat-Herald - Mar 10 10:30 PM
Build Lebanon Trails, a community coalition devoted to creating 45 miles of accessible trails in and around the town of Lebanon, will be holding a groundbreaking ceremony on Saturday, March 17, to celebrate funding of its first trail.A whole new world: Germany debates sending troops to Lebanon JTA - Mar 10 2:13 PM
Michel Friedman, center, head of Keren Hayesod in Germany, attends a recent pro-Israel rally in Berlin. With Germany considering offering peacekeeping troops in southern Lebanon, politicians and Jewish leaders are weighing in on what the German army s role should be.Mt. Lebanon ends AG's playoff run, 66-60 Herald Standard - Mar 10 9:03 PM
CANONSBURG - Albert Gallatin's greatest basketball season came to a close on Saturday with a 66-60 loss to Mount Lebanon in the first round of the PIAA Quad-A playoffs.Lebanon crisis talks gather pace Japan Today - Mar 10 1:59 PM
BEIRUT Lebanon's parliamentary majority leader Saad Hariri met opposition speaker Nabih Berri on Saturday for their second round of talks in as many days, sparking hopes of a breakthough in a four-month-old political crisis.Reports: Israel ready before Lebanon war AP via Yahoo! News - Mar 09 12:46 PM
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has told an investigative panel that Israel began planning for war in Lebanon months before last summer's conflict against Hezbollah guerrillas, countering criticism that he was caught off guard and acted too hastily in launching the military operation, officials said Friday.Despite war toll, some Christians in Lebanon support Israel s goals JTA - Mar 10 7:13 AM
As Israel pounds Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon with bombs, artillery fire and advancing ground troops, some Lebanese at home and abroad especially Christians are quietly applauding Israel s offensive.Kiwi held in Lebanon may be released today Newstalk via Yahoo!Xtra News - Mar 11 5:18 PM
The New Zealander who's been held in a Lebanese jail facing kidnapping charges is likely to be released today.In Congress, concern over Lebanon threatens to overshadow terrorism bill JTA - Mar 10 5:43 AM
Congress recent preoccupation with Israel s war in Lebanon could abort what had been this year s signature victory for some pro-Israel lobbyists: The Palestinian Anti-Terrorism Act.Crisis in Lebanon sends Israel back to the drawing board in West Bank JTA - Mar 11 4:44 PM
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, left, and Air Force Commander Elyezer Shkedi visit an Israeli air force base on July 24.Kiwi merc may have to stay in Lebanon despite $5k bail Stuff - 46 minutes ago
A New Zealander held in a Lebanese prison for three months for helping reunite two children with their Canadian mother, could be stuck in Beirut despite being granted bail.Gov t lifts deployment ban on Lebanon, Nigeria Sun Star - Mar 10 8:43 AM
MANILA -- The Department of Labor and Employment (Dole) allowed again the sending of Filipino workers to Lebanon and Nigeria.DoLE partially lifts deployment ban to Nigeria, Lebanon INQ7.net - Mar 10 5:27 AM
MANILA, Philippines -- Labor Secretary Arturo Brion on Saturday announced the partial lifting of the ban on the deployment of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to Nigeria and Lebanon due to the improved security situation in the two countries.As efforts gain steam for cease-fire, Israel Lebanon differ on the details JTA - Mar 10 2:57 AM
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert visits northern Israel, July 26. International efforts to end Israel-Hezbollah fighting moved into high gear after the tragic killing of civilians in Kana, but there remain fundamental differences between Israel and Lebanon over what needs to be done next.Lebanon crisis talks gather pace Channel NewsAsia - Mar 10 3:28 AM
BEIRUT : Lebanon's parliamentary majority leader Saad Hariri and opposition speaker Nabih Berri met overnight for their second round of crisis talks in as many days, the official NNA news agency said Saturday.Govt partially lifts deployment ban to Nigeria, Lebanon ABS-CBNNEWS.com - Mar 10 1:52 AM
The ban on the deployment of overseas Filipino workers to Lebanon and Nigeria has been partially lifted due to improved security conditions in both countries, a government official announced Saturday.Deployment ban to Lebanon, Nigeria partially lifted The Daily Tribune - Mar 10 5:55 AM
The Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) yesterday partially lifted the deployment ban to Lebanon and Nigeria. DoLE Scretary Arturo Brion said the partial lifting of the ban only covers returning overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who have valid and existing contracts.Lebanon's Berri wants crisis end this month-paper AlertNet - Mar 11 10:16 AM
Source: Reuters BEIRUT, March 11 (Reuters) - An influential Lebanese opposition leader said in remarks printed on Sunday he wants to resolve the country's political crisis before an Arab summit this month, a Kuwaiti ... Freedom for Kiwi in Lebanon TVNZ - Mar 09 10:19 PM
A former New Zealand soldier is set to walk free from a Lebanese jail after fears he could have faced up to 10 years behind bars. David Pemberton was accused of kidnapping after helping a Canadian woman snatch her children back from their father during last year's war in Lebanon.Courier News Online - LEBANON TWP.: Youth theater to stage Peter Pan Bridgewater Courier News - Mar 11 2:09 PM
High flying adventures in Neverland, treacherous pirates, a crafty crocodile and the boy who won t grow up all descend on Voorhees High School as the award-winning ShowKids Invitational Theatre (SKIT) presents its production of Peter Pan from March 23 through April 1.AG faces Mt. Lebanon today Herald Standard - Mar 09 10:33 PM
Albert Gallatin coach Dan Andria and Mount Lebanon coach Joey David both have concerns heading into their state playoff game today.Robert Fisk: Torture in Lebanon via a Toronto stage Independent - Mar 09 4:31 PM
Scorched is the right title for Wajdi Mouawad's play about Lebanon. The word "Lebanon" doesn't occur in the script and "the army invading from the south" - the Israeli army, of course - remains preposterously anonymous. But any playwright who calls a town "Nabatiyeh: or refers to a prominent Shia figure called "Shamseddin" - the late Mehdi Shamseddin was the leader of the Shia clergy in Lebanon - ...Sunni, Shiite leaders meet in Lebanon UPI - Mar 09 6:25 AM
Sunni and Shiite political leaders in Lebanon have taken the first step toward a possible easing of political and sectarian tensions in the country. Saad ...Kidnap pair may have to stay in Beirut Daily Telegraph - 1 hour, 51 minutes ago
AN Australian and a New Zealander imprisoned in Lebanon for helping a Canadian woman snatch her children back from her Australian husband may have to stay in Beirut despite being released on bail.Lebanon s Footloose production opens today Albany Democrat-Herald - Mar 09 10:34 PM
I love musicals, said Lebanon High School student Morgan McGowan. It didn t matter what musical we were doing, I wanted to be in it. This year s Lebanon High musical theater production is Footloose, directed by teachers Debbie Edwards and Kevin Wong.PLO official says Palestinian refugees "guests" in Lebanon People's Daily - Mar 09 7:30 PM
Visiting Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Politburo Chief Farouk al Kadoumy said on Friday that Lebanon-based Palestinian refugees were guests in Lebanon and abided by local laws and regulations.No one to be singled out over Israel-Lebanon war debacle: report AFP via Yahoo! News - Mar 08 3:00 PM
An interim report on Israel's conduct during the Lebanon war will not single out individuals for criticism, Israeli television reported late Thursday.Top EU diplomat will visit Syria to bolster Lebanon The Daily Star Lebannon - Mar 09 1:41 PM
EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana said on Friday he would travel to Syria next week in a bid to win its help in securing peace in Lebanon, resuming high-level contacts with Damascus after a two-year hiatus. At the end of a two-day summit in Brussels, EU heads of state and government sanctioned Solana's visit and expressed.Textbook's take on Syria-Lebanon relations sparks outcry The Daily Star Lebannon - Mar 09 1:32 PM
The Lebanese political party Loubnanouna held a demonstration on Friday in Dekwaneh against the publication and the use of certain chapters in a government-administered "Civic Education" textbook. The material in question pertains to the relation between Lebanon and Syria.Woman Hit By Car, Killed WGAL via Yahoo! News - Mar 10 4:49 PM
Sandra Klinefelter, 52, of Lebanon County was killed after being hit by a car in Annville Township, according to police.Reports: Israel Ready Before Lebanon War The Daily Comet - Mar 09 11:58 AM
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Israel began planning for war in Lebanon months before last summer's conflict against Hezbollah guerrillas, countering criticism that he was caught off guard and acted too hastily in launching the military operation, Israeli media reported.For Israel, 5766 proved to be a particularly turbulent year JTA - Mar 11 12:29 PM
Israeli reserve soldiers exit Lebanon on Aug. 14. The Jewish year 5766 was one of the most dramatic in Israel s already dramatic history. Before you continue...Lebanon County s winningest wrestler ends career with fifth-place medal at states, 160 wins Lebanon Daily News - Mar 10 8:03 PM
HERSHEY It all came down to if. As in, if there was just enough time left.Ehud Olmert's popularity has plummeted since the war in Lebanon last summer [AFP] Aljazeera - Mar 09 8:30 AM
An interim report into Israel's conduct of the war in Lebanon is unlikely to single out individuals for criticism despite the prime minister reportedly saying that the military was following a plan prepared months in advance.Economy 'completely recovered' from war Haaretz Daily - Mar 11 4:51 PM
The local economy has completely recovered from last summer's war in Lebanon, Macro, the Center for Political Economics, reported yesterday.Self-hating Lebanese - a peculiar national malady The Daily Star Lebannon - Mar 11 2:40 PM
Since 1943, the Lebanese have been taught to hate themselves. The unrelenting psychological pressure has led to socio-political personality disorders that are threatening Lebanon with an impending implosion. Today's political crisis is merely a continuation of the state of denial that so many Lebanese prefer to live in.U.N. chief to visit Lebanon, Israel AP via Yahoo! News - Mar 09 7:30 PM
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Friday he will visit Israel and the Palestinian territories later this month in an effort to help revive the Mideast peace process.Young war victim returns after treatment in France The Daily Star Lebannon - Mar 11 2:47 PM
Ten-year-old Ali Abbas Gharib returned home to Lebanon on Sunday from France, where he underwent eight months of medical treatment for wounds sustained during the summer 2006 war with Israel. Ali and his family had sought refuge from the Israeli onslaught at the Civil Defense building in Tyre.As Hezbollah rockets kill their sons, many Israeli Arabs still blame Israel JTA - Mar 11 9:42 AM
Above a tent in the Israeli city of Nazareth, erected to protest Israel s incursion in Lebanon, are flags for Lebanon, the Palestinians and the Hadash political party.Lebanon: Hariri, Berri hold positive talks Al Bawaba - Mar 09 11:10 AM
Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri of the opposition and parliamentary majority leader Saad Hariri said Friday, a day after their first meeting in months to end the political deadlock in Lebanon, that they have agreed on some topics, but that other issues needed further consultations.Berri, Hariri agree on need for speedy solution The Daily Star Lebannon - Mar 11 2:40 PM
Speaker Nabih Berri and parliamentary majority leader MP Saad Hariri, who are preparing for a third round of talks, agreed over the weekend to "fast and serious" consultations to find a solution to Lebanon's enduring political crisis. Meanwhile, Hizbullah officials on Sunday renewed their vow that the opposition.March 11 rally uses food to attract hundreds The Daily Star Lebannon - Mar 11 2:47 PM
Hundreds of people flocked to Downtown Beirut on Sunday for a free lunch offered by the newly formed March 11 movement, which aims to give voice to what it says is a silent majority of Lebanese opposed to the current political deadlock. "We are all here as Lebanese for Lebanon," March 11 founder Merhi Abu Merhi told those gathered over loudspeakers in Nijmeh Square.Lebanon Man Killed in One Vehicle Crash KOLR/KSFX Ozarks - Mar 09 6:35 AM
(Camden County, MO) A 38-year old Lebanon, MO man died when his car struck a tree in Camden County last night. The Missouri Highway Patrol says Richard L. Flores died around 11:00 pm Thursday when his car ran off the road, hit a tree.Israeli PM says Lebanon war was pre-planned: report Reuters via Yahoo! News - Mar 08 5:10 AM
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has testified he launched last year's war against Hezbollah fighters in Lebanon in line with a contingency plan he approved four months before, the Haaretz daily said on Thursday.Report: Lebanon war was preplanned JTA - Mar 10 11:27 PM
Before you continue... Help us understand our readers. Please register. It's free and fast!Lebanon firefighters to be promoted Albany Democrat-Herald - Mar 09 9:17 AM
The Lebanon Fire Department will hold a promotional ceremony during its fire board meeting at 4 p.m. Tuesday at the main station, 1050 W. Oak St. Three department members will be formally promoted during the ceremony.EU's Top Diplomat to Re-engage With Syria Deutsche Welle - Mar 11 10:51 AM
EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana heads to Syria next week, restarting high-level contacts with Damascus for the first time in two years in an effort to help secure peace in Lebanon.Khalilzad: Iraq talks a good 'first step' EARTHtimes.org - Mar 11 2:25 PM
Iran says the officials are diplomats based at the Iranian consulate in Erbil, the New York Times said. Khalilzad said Iran also denied supplying roadside explosives and training to insurgents in Lebanon who are going to Iraq.Sunni, Shiite leaders meet in Lebanon EARTHtimes.org - Mar 09 6:25 AM
Sunni and Shiite political leaders in Lebanon have taken the first step toward a possible easing of political and sectarian tensions in the country. Lebanon war was planned before kidnappings - Al Jazeera - Mar 09 2:09 AM
Nearly two weeks ahead of the release of an interim report slamming Israel's war on Lebanon that s expected to not single out individuals for criticism , Israeli Prime Minister admitted that last summer s war against Lebanon was decided at least four months before any kidnap of Israeli soldiers.http://www.creators.com/opinion/paul-craig-roberts.html?columnsName=pcr MLive.com - Mar 11 9:29 AM
Gen. Clark told Amy Goodman that shortly after 9/11 he was shown a Pentagon "memo that describes how we're going to take out seven countries in five years, starting with Iraq, and then Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and, finishing off, Iran.Sunni, Shiite leaders meet in Lebanon New Kerala - Mar 09 7:11 AM
BEIRUT, Lebanon, March 9: Sunni and Shiite political leaders in Lebanon have taken the first step toward a possible easing of political and sectarian tensions in the country.Supt. takes job in Lebanon County district York Daily Record - Mar 09 1:23 AM
Richard Nilsen, who led the Dover district during its intelligent-design controversy, starts new job July 1. Mar 8, 2007 Richard Nilsen, superintendent of Dover Area School District, has accepted the superintendent position at Eastern Lebanon County School District.SEN. DAVID BRIGHTBILL R-Lebanon WHERE: Working with a Reading-based law firm PENSION: $45,072 The Patriot-News - Mar 10 9:13 PM
Some retired or ousted state lawmakers have found new careers, while others have retired. Here is a look at what they are doing now, along with their annual pensions, where available. Those without pensions haven't filed for them yet.Peace Now - Disaster Later Israel National News - Mar 11 9:35 AM
All other things have not remained equal. Israel paid the cost in Lebanon for the simplifying working assumption of ceteris paribus . A generation of withdrawal advocates have employed this qualification in grossly understating the dangerous nature of their policy recommendations.One lonely man: Syrian official tries to press case in Washington JTA - Mar 10 11:42 PM
Syria's ambassador to Washington, Imad Moustapha. Chafing under U.S. sanctions imposed last year, Syria says its recent pullout from Lebanon is a sign that it is playing a constructive role in the Middle East a claim that American and Israeli officials regard with open skepticism.Officials alarmed by public information requests Dayton Daily News - Mar 10 9:37 PM
LEBANON Some Ohio Emergency Management Agency directors went "ballistic" when hundreds of reporters, student journalists and League of Women Voters members descended on their offices recently, requesting county plans for responding to natural disasters, hazardous materials spills and terrorism.Arutz 7 TV Israel National News - Mar 11 9:35 AM
(IsraelNN.com) Prof. David Libai will represent State Comptroller Micha Lindenstraus before the High Court for Justice, in the matter of the petition filed against the presentation of the Comptroller's report on the Lebanon War. Libai is a former Minister of Justice and very high profile lawyer.The UN estimates there are about 1 million displaced Iraqis now in Syria [EPA] Aljazeera - Mar 10 10:59 PM
The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has begun a one-week mission to Syria, Lebanon and Jordan to strengthen support for displaced Iraqis in the region and the countries hosting them.Pa. Girls | Mount St. Joseph captures state opener The Philadelphia Inquirer - Mar 11 5:23 AM
As scouting reports go, the one John Miller received about Lebanon's basketball team was short and cost-effective. "It was just phone calls to a couple of coaches I knew out that way," Miller said after his Mount St. Joseph team's 51-35 win over Lebanon in a first-round PIAA state Class AAA girls' basketball game at Council Rock South yesterday.Olmert 'planned Lebanon war before soldiers' kidnap' Independent - Mar 08 4:15 PM
Ehud Olmert's decision to go to war in Lebanon in response to abductions of soldiers was taken as early as March 2006, according to a leak of his evidence to the commission investigating the war.Lebanon motorist killed in tree collision The Springfield News-Leader - Mar 09 4:53 AM
A Lebanon man died last night after his 2001 Ford Mustang struck a Camden County tree, the Missouri Highway Patrol said. The Ford reportedly overcorrected around 11 p.m. on Missouri 5 just south of Valley Crest Road. Richard L. Flores, 38, was pronounced dead at the scene, a patrol report said.Lebanon war was pre-planned : Olmert The Peninsula - Mar 08 5:05 PM
JERUSALEM Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has testified he launched last year's war against Hezbollah fighters in Lebanon in line with a contingency plan he approved four months before, the Haaretz daily said yesterday.Valley preps for avian flu Lebanon Daily News - Mar 10 7:57 PM
By CHRIS SHOLLY Staff Writer Addie Shiner went down in history. Lebanon Daily News The 62-year-old Schaefferstown woman, ill for just a week, died Oct. 6, 1918, making her Lebanon County s first victim in the 1918 Spanish-flu pandemic.Boom or doom? Oil bonanza strains Sudan social fabric AFP via Yahoo! News - Mar 11 3:39 PM
Sudan's economic liberalisation is spurring huge foreign investment and spectacular growth, but observers warn uneven social redistribution could only add to the restive country's woes. Chaos reigns at YMCA s day Lebanon Daily News - Mar 10 7:57 PM
The Lebanon Valley Family YMCA was buzzing with activity yesterday as mobs of people meandered around the building, clogging the hallways as they paused to take a look around.Olmert evading responsibility for Peretz posting Haaretz Daily - Mar 11 1:05 AM
The issue of Amir Peretz's appointment as defense minister is central to the discussions of the Winograd Commission, which is investigating the second Lebanon war.An influenza epidemic here? It wouldn t be the first time Lebanon Daily News - Mar 10 7:57 PM
If the avian flu becomes a pandemic, it won t be the first time Lebanon County has faced this type of situation. Local leaders were overwhelmed when the Spanish flu took hold here 89 years ago after spreading quickly across the globe.Missing Iranian general was Western spy: report AFP via Yahoo! News - Mar 11 2:24 PM
A former Iranian deputy defence minister who disappeared from Turkey last month had been spying on Iran for Western intelligence since 2003, a newspaper reported Sunday, citing Iranian sources.Andria, Colonials classy in defeat Herald Standard - Mar 10 11:29 PM
Albert Gallatin's season ended Saturday afternoon after Mt. Lebanon came out on the better end of a 66-60 decision in the first round of the PIAA Quad-A playoffs.Reports: Israel Ready Before Lebanon War ABC News - Mar 09 12:00 PM
Reports: Olmert Says Israel Prepared for Hezbollah War Months Before Fighting BeganBush wishes Chirac 'all the best' AFP via Yahoo! News - Mar 11 1:59 PM
US President George W. Bush wished French President Jacques Chirac, whose refusal to support the Iraq war had cooled US-French relations, "all the best" after Chirac announced he would not seek another term, the White House said on Sunday.Lebanon soldier recovering from Afghanistan injuries Lebanon Express - Mar 08 5:07 PM
Staff Sgt. Scot Noss, 29, formerly of Lebanon, is recovering at Bethesda Naval Hospital from injuries suffered in a helicopter accident in Afghanistan.Bend halts Lebanon's playoff run Lebanon Express - Mar 08 5:15 PM
The Warriors went one-and-out in the state 5A women's basketball playoffs, falling to Bend High School 64-47 on Feb. 28. Bend's stifling defense kept Lebanon to just one field goal in the entire first half and forced Lebanon into numerous turnovers.US refugee official presses opening to Syria AFP via Yahoo! News - Mar 11 12:51 PM
A senior US official arrived in Syria late Sunday on the highest-level visit in two years as Washington pressed the limited opening to Damascus began at Baghdad security talks the previous day.In east Linn County, a building boom has not brought an influx of children Albany Democrat-Herald - Mar 10 10:31 PM
SWEET HOME - Where are all the kids? Building is going on throughout both the Lebanon and Sweet Home school district, but so far, it s not bringing in more students.Lebanon crisis talks gather pace Middle East Online - Mar 10 12:57 AM
Berri, Hariri meet for second round of talks amid strong support from Hezbollah for crisis dialogue.Job Point selected Jefferson City News Tribune - Mar 11 12:25 AM
Job Point was selected by the Central Region Workforce Investment Board to provide the Disability Navigator Program for individuals with disabilities seeking training and employment assistance at Missouri Career Centers located in Camdenton, Columbia, Fort Leonard Wood, Jefferson City, Lebanon, Mexico and Rolla.Abbas and Olmert meet, but no breakthrough AFP via Yahoo! News - Mar 11 12:22 PM
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas met for more than two hours on Sunday for the second time in less than a month, but with no apparent breakthrough in the stalled peace process.News :: The web edition of the Lebanon Express, Lebanon, OR Lebanon Express - Mar 08 5:14 PM
Some of the statistical information on crime in Lebanon was incorrect in a story in the Feb. 21 issue of the Lebanon Express.Key Lebanese leaders meet for first time AP via Yahoo! News - Mar 09 4:21 PM
In their first direct negotiations in four months, leaders of Lebanon's pro-government and opposition camps met twice in 24 hours and found some convergence of views on ending the country's political crisis.Beyer to hold forum on jobs in Lebanon Lebanon Express - Mar 08 5:09 PM
SALEM - State Senator Roger Beyer (R-Molalla) is sponsoring a town hall meeting in Lebanon to talk with the community and its leaders about economic development in the city and county.Roundup: Lebanese rival leaders meet over political crisis People's Daily - Mar 10 7:00 PM
Lebanese parliament speaker Nabih Berri, a main opposition leader, and rival parliamentary majority leader Saad Hariri met twice in less than 24 hours in a bid to end the political impasse in Lebanon.Today's Situation Argia - Mar 10 11:31 PM
Seven months after the end of the fighting, last summer's war between Israel and Hizbollah in Lebanon is the main story in two of the main newspapers and features prominently in all of the weekend editions.Expectations low as Abbas and Olmert meet AFP via Yahoo! News - Mar 11 11:06 AM
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas met for more than two hours on Sunday for the second time in less than a month, but amid dim hopes that the encounter would yield a breakthrough in the stalled peace process.2 Belgians killed in Lebanon UPI - Mar 07 9:40 PM
Two U.N. peacekeepers from Belgium were killed and others were seriously injured in a traffic accident in Lebanon.IAOM Mideast and Africa District Moves Conference and Expo from Beirut, Lebanon to Muscat, Oman Grainnet.com - Mar 08 11:00 AM
The event was orginally scheduled for Oct. 21-24 in Beirut, Lebanon. Now the event will be held Dec. 8-11 at the Barr Al Jissah Resort and Spa in the Sultanate of Oman.Israeli PM says Lebanon war was pre-planned Gulf News - Mar 08 1:27 PM
Occupied Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has testified he launched last year's war against Hezbollah fighters in Lebanon in line with a contingency plan he approved four months before, the Haaretz daily said yesterday.Scorned U.N. rights body seeks identity AP via Yahoo! News - Mar 11 9:32 AM
The United Nations' top human rights body, scorned by the U.S. administration and shunned by the only two countries it has sought to scrutinize, is still trying to set the rules for combatting atrocities a year after its creation by the General Assembly.With Hamas stockpiling weapons, Israel fears new Lebanon in South JTA - Mar 10 3:42 AM
An Israeli soldier works near one of two Palestinian arms smuggling tunnels found near the Philadelphia route along the Gaza-Egyptian border, Oct. 17.Israeli officials skeptical after Assad makes overture on Golan JTA - Mar 10 11:43 AM
An Israeli cowboy on Kibbutz Merom Golan herds cattle near the Syrian border. Could Israel s recent war with Hezbollah in southern Lebanon lead to its withdrawal from the nearby Golan Heights? Syrian President Bashar Assad certainly appears to hope so.Lebanon eyes 20-acre rezoning The Western Star - Mar 08 9:11 AM
Lebanon City Council will decide the fate of 20 acres at the northeast corner of Monroe Road and Ohio Bypass 48 on Tuesday.