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Belgian crown prince in Lebanon to visit peacekeepers (AFP via Yahoo! News)
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Thu, 19 Apr 2007 20:41:05 GMT

Belgian Crown Prince Philippe met Prime Minister Fuad Siniora after arriving in Beirut on Thursday to visit Belgian UN peacekeepers monitoring a truce on the Lebanon-Israel border, officials said.


Russian envoy meets Syria's Assad on Lebanon crisis (AFP via Yahoo! News)
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Thu, 19 Apr 2007 14:07:37 GMT

A Russian envoy held talks with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on the political stalemate in neighbouring Lebanon on Thursday.


Lebanon VA gets interim director (The Patriot-News)
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Fri, 20 Apr 2007 04:23:04 GMT

A Tennessee Valley Veterans Administration administrator will be the interim director of Lebanon VA Medical Center starting April 29, VA director Terry Gerigk Wolf announced.


Preservation Movement Grows in South Lebanon (Architectural Record)
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Thu, 19 Apr 2007 16:35:08 GMT

Bint Jbail is a small town in southern Lebanon. Labeled a Hezbollah stronghold, it was especially hard hit by Israeli air strikes during last summer’s war—more than 2,500 houses were damaged and 800 completely destroyed.


Release of Olmert's Lebanon war testimony delayed (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
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Thu, 19 Apr 2007 16:54:00 GMT

Israel's Lebanon war investigative commission won court approval on Thursday to delay publication of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's testimony until after the release of its interim findings later this month.


U.N. wants to view Lebanon border for arms traffic (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
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Wed, 18 Apr 2007 19:04:53 GMT

The U.N. Security Council has authorized a mission to check on reports of arms smuggling from Syria to Lebanon, which Britain said on Wednesday could trigger another crisis.


US says Lebanon's Hezbollah still getting arms via Syria (AFP via Yahoo! News)
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Wed, 18 Apr 2007 17:58:03 GMT

Syria or Iran continue to provide weapons to the Shiite militia Hezbollah in Lebanon in violation of a UN arms embargo, a senior US official said Wednesday.


Situation 'stalled' in Lebanon: Italian FM (AFP via Yahoo! News)
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Wed, 18 Apr 2007 17:56:13 GMT

A "stalled" situation in Lebanon is hampering efforts to check arms smuggling across the border with Syria, Italian Foreign Minister Massimo D'Alema said Wednesday.


U.S. Prepared To Boost Reconstruction Aid for Lebanon (U.S. Department of State)
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Fri, 20 Apr 2007 01:45:10 GMT

President Bush is requesting a dramatic increase in levels of funding to support ongoing relief and reconstruction efforts in Lebanon as part of the supplemental budget now under consideration in Congress, and administration officials addressing a congressional subcommittee assert that the funds are necessary to support progressive forces in that country.


Release of Olmert's Lebanon war testimony delayed (AlertNet)
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Thu, 19 Apr 2007 16:05:28 GMT

Source: Reuters JERUSALEM, April 19 (Reuters) - Israel's Lebanon war investigative commission won court approval on Thursday to delay publication of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's testimony until after the release of ...