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In Lebanon, soldiers win new respect (The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News)
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Tue, 28 Aug 2007 08:00:00 GMT

Mustafa Borghol stares solemnly out from one of dozens of "martyr" portraits stuck to walls in this village in northern Lebanon. The 24-year-old Lebanese Special Forces soldier is the 10th resident of Bibnine to die in three months of bitter fighting between the Lebanese Army and the Al Qaeda-inspired militants of Fatah al-Islam in the Nahr al-Bared Palestinian refugee camp, just three miles ...


Lebanon board sets Sept. 4 special meeting, tour and presentation (The Western Star)
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Tue, 28 Aug 2007 20:30:14 GMT

Donna Davis Norris, President of the Lebanon City Schools Board of Education, announced a special board meeting for 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 4 in the Board Office, 700 Holbrook Ave., Lebanon.


Chinese peacekeeping troops for Lebanon (China Daily)
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Wed, 29 Aug 2007 03:15:02 GMT

The third batch of Chinese peacekeeping troops for Lebanon receive intensive training in Southwest China's Chengdu Military Command on August 28, 2007. The engineering battalion will leave for Lebanon in early September.


TNT/South Lebanon still relishing tourney win (Lebanon Daily News)
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Tue, 28 Aug 2007 19:37:56 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.


Lebanon football preview: Big shoes to fill (Albany Democrat-Herald)
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Tue, 28 Aug 2007 23:54:59 GMT

LEBANON - A little taste of success has a tendency to raise expectations. That’s certainly the case for the Lebanon football program.


Sfeir warns against moves that could divide Lebanon (The Daily Star Lebannon)
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Tue, 28 Aug 2007 19:24:11 GMT

Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir warned on Tuesday against electing Lebanon's next president with a simple majority of half-plus-one of MPs in the first electoral session, saying such a move risks splitting the country in half. Sfeir said he accepts the idea of amending the Constitution if it is in the national interest.


Lebanon district may change policies after two buses collide in parking lot (The Western Star)
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Tue, 28 Aug 2007 15:16:05 GMT

Lebanon school officials did not break any laws by not reporting a bus-on-bus collision in the high school parking lot, according to Asst. Police Chief Bob Hawley.


Lebanon buying some power for its new water tower (St. Clair County Journal)
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Tue, 28 Aug 2007 19:14:24 GMT

The Lebanon City Council agreed Aug. 13 to pay 10,000 to have power supplied for the pumps on the city's new water tower.


Mediators try to evacuate wounded from Lebanon siege camp (AFP via Yahoo! News)
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Mon, 27 Aug 2007 14:13:10 GMT

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 takes Lebanon war panel's advice: officials (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
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Mon, 27 Aug 2007 09:59:15 GMT

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.