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Saudi envoy quits Lebanon amid attack warnings (AFP via Yahoo! News)
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Sat, 25 Aug 2007 18:38:30 GMT

The ambassador of Saudi Arabia, a leading supporter of Lebanon's beleaguered Western-backed government, has left Beirut in the face of attack warnings, a senior Lebanese official said on Saturday.


French envoy ends mission to Lebanon (AFP via Yahoo! News)
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Sat, 25 Aug 2007 19:26:43 GMT

A French envoy ended a visit to Beirut on Saturday without any sign of progress toward defusing the nine-month political standoff that threatens to scuttle a looming presidential ballot in Lebanon.


Civilians evacuated from Lebanon camp released by army (AFP via Yahoo! News)
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Sat, 25 Aug 2007 07:30:01 GMT

The wives and children of Fatah al-Islam militants holed up in a refugee camp in north Lebanon have been released after being evacuated and questioned by the army, a cleric told AFP Saturday.


Mt. Lebanon focuses on tradition (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
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Sun, 26 Aug 2007 04:16:34 GMT

The Mt. Lebanon football team lost a Division I tight end, its quarterback, leading rusher and one of the top kickers in the WPIAL.


TNT/South Lebanon still relishing tourney win (Lebanon Daily News)
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Sun, 26 Aug 2007 02:53:26 GMT

It took 20 years, but Lebanon has returned to a top spot in the softball world thanks to South Lebanon/TNT Sanitation’s perfect outing in Kitchener, Ontario.


U.N. force stays 1 more year in Lebanon (AP via Yahoo! News)
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Fri, 24 Aug 2007 23:15:51 GMT

The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Friday to keep peacekeepers in Lebanon for another 12 months, recognition that the country remains unstable more than a year after Israel's war with Hezbollah.


UN extends Lebanon peace force (AFP via Yahoo! News)
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Fri, 24 Aug 2007 21:55:21 GMT

The UN Security Council Friday extended for another year the mandate of the UN's peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon, strengthened after the Israeli-Hezbollah war in August 2006.


Saudi envoy leaves Lebanon amid attack warnings (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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Sat, 25 Aug 2007 20:58:26 GMT

The ambassador of Saudi Arabia, a leading supporter of Lebanon's beleaguered Western-backed government, has left Beirut in the face of attack warnings, a senior Lebanese official said.


Civilians evacuated from besieged Lebanon camp (AFP via Yahoo! News)
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Fri, 24 Aug 2007 20:29:20 GMT

The families of Islamist fighters besieged in a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon were evacuated by the army on Friday, opening the way for a possible final military assault on the militants.


World Cup qualifiers: India to train in Dubai before Lebanon tie (Calcutta News)
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Sat, 25 Aug 2007 18:40:35 GMT

The Indian football team will train in Dubai for ten days before their first round qualifier match for the 2010 World Cup against Lebanon slated for Oct 8.