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Proposal: Longer U.N. stay in Lebanon (AP via Yahoo! News)
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Sat, 18 Aug 2007 03:41:15 GMT

France circulated a draft U.N. resolution Friday that would extend the mandate of the 13,600-strong U.N. peacekeeping force in Lebanon and call for a permanent cease-fire and long-term solution to last summer's Israel-Hezbollah war.


Jihadist Killers Use God, Guns to Win Recruits in Lebanon Camps (Bloomberg.com)
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Fri, 17 Aug 2007 15:41:17 GMT

Aug. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Young men with beards, black T-shirts and pistols hanging on their belts emerge from Friday prayers at a mosque in Ein el-Hilweh, a Palestinian refugee camp in central Lebanon.


Violence rages on in Lebanon refugee camp (UPI)
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Fri, 17 Aug 2007 14:59:14 GMT

Violence between the Lebanese Army and what is left of the Fatah Al-Islam militia reportedly escalated Friday at a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon.


Lebanon Bans Tale of Fighters in Militias (New York Times)
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Sat, 18 Aug 2007 03:51:05 GMT

Over the next three months, the Lebanese artist Rabih Mroué will stage his new performance piece in Paris, Rome and the capitals of Tunisia, Morocco and Egypt. But he will not present it here, for the audience with whom it might resonate most.


Lebanon chamber seeks new leader (Albany Democrat-Herald)
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Fri, 17 Aug 2007 19:48:23 GMT

LEBANON — Joe Raia is no longer the leader of the Lebanon Area Chamber of Commerce, a position he took last November. A Wednesday press release said his last day was Aug. 6.


Violence rages on in Lebanon refugee camp (Moldova.org)
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Fri, 17 Aug 2007 15:12:05 GMT

Violence between the Lebanese Army and what is left of the Fatah Al-Islam militia reportedly escalated Friday at a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon.Security sources told the Kuwait News Agency, KUNA, that heavy weapons and machine guns were used in clashes between the two sides at the Nahr El-Bared camp in North Lebanon.However, the sources also said the army had gained control of several ...


Former Lebanon terrorism suspect jailed for Sydney shooting (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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Fri, 17 Aug 2007 08:42:47 GMT

A 32-year-old man who was cleared of suspected terrorist activity in Lebanon has been jailed for nine years over a shooting in Sydney's south-west.


Violence rages on in Lebanon refugee camp (EARTHtimes.org)
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Fri, 17 Aug 2007 15:08:56 GMT

Violence between the Lebanese Army and what is left of the Fatah Al-Islam militia reportedly escalated Friday at a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon. Security sources told the Kuwait News Agency, KUNA, that heavy weapons and machine guns were used in cl...


Lebanon man dies after drinking poison used to euthanize animals (The Western Star)
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Fri, 17 Aug 2007 09:52:10 GMT

LEBANON — Police said they believe a 53-year-old Lebanon man who worked as a Warren County assistant dog warden killed himself Wednesday with a poison used to euthanize animals.


'Upscale' development slated for Lebanon (St. Clair County Journal)
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Fri, 17 Aug 2007 14:58:41 GMT

The city of Lebanon is considering plans to rezone land south of Belleville Road from commercial to single-family and double-family residential for a new subdivision.