Italian conductor Riccardo Muti is to launch a season of summer festivals in Lebanon that were scrapped last year because of the Israel-Hezbollah war, organisers announced on Thursday.
Israeli leader Ehud Olmert cast blame on the military for failings in the Lebanon war in testimony released on Thursday to an inquiry whose criticism of his own conduct has him battling for political survival.
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told the inquiry into last summer's war in Lebanon that he had no choice but to act quickly against the Hezbollah guerillas, and the Army told him it was ready. The military "seriously let itself down," he said.
Source ::: QNA beirut • The Secretary-General of Qatar National Olympic Committee, H E Sheikh Saud bin Abdurrahman Al Thani, and the delegation accompanying him, yesterday visited two sites in north Lebanon on which a Qatari-Lebanese sports centre would be established .
LEBANON n Big hits did in Crescent Valley High as the Raiders dropped a 10-3 decision to Lebanon on Tuesday in a Mid-Willamette Conference baseball game.
The Fatah faction of Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas on Wednesday accused a foreign intelligence service of masterminding the murders of two of its members in a Lebanon refugee camp.
Embattled Israeli PM told inquiry he blamed the military for failings in Lebanon war.
The testimony of Israel's embattled Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to an official inquiry investigating last year's Lebanon War has been released for publication. As Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau, his comments have brought further calls for his resignation.
Ehud Olmert, the embattled Israeli leader, was placed under further pressure today after it was revealed that he told an inquiry into last summer's Lebanon War that his Army had "seriously let itself down" but that he made the "correct" decision to enter the conflict.
The Lebanon Sprint Triathlon will take place May 19 at the Lebanon Community Pool, 1800 S. 5th St. The triathlon includes a 500-yard swim, 12.5-mile bike ride and 3.1-mile run. Heats begin at 8 a.m.