Palestinian clerics continued negotiating on Monday on the possible evacuation of wounded militants from a camp besieged by the army in northern Lebanon since May 20, a mediator said.
Israel's government has implemented all the recommendations of an inquiry panel into last year's Lebanon war on tackling crises more effectively, officials said on Monday.
Latasha Arnt, who pleaded guilty to fatally stabbing her husband, a Lebanon native serving in the military in Turkey, is expected to be sentenced today.
Three Lebanese soldiers were killed in fighting with Islamic extremists at a Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon, a day after the families of the militants were evacuated, the military said Sunday.
France is ready to open up in a "spectacular way" to Syria if it stops meddling in Lebanon, Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said in a newspaper interview Sunday.
Islamist militants are seeking to evacuate their wounded from a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon where they have been battling the army for more than three months, security sources and a mediator said on Sunday.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Monday that the only efficient solution to Lebanon's nine-month-old political impasse was the election of a new president. "The presidential poll ought to proceed within deadlines set by the Constitution, while keeping in mind that Lebanon's next president should act as a representative.
Italian Deputy Foreign Minister Ugo Intini said Monday that Italy, in addition to other European countries were committed to helping Lebanon find solutions to the almost 10-month-old political impasse. "Italy is determined to help Lebanon come up with a comprehensive solution to put an end to all skirmishes happening on the Lebanese political.
Costa Rica and Lebanon re-established diplomatic relations after 23 years of respite during a ceremony Friday at the United Nations headquarters in New York, according to a statement from the Foreign Ministry, Costa Rica's newspaper Tico Times said on Monday.
A man from Lebanon County is facing driving under the influence charges after he crashed while trying to get away from police.