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Lebanon faces uncertain presidential polls (Khaleej Times)
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Sun, 09 Sep 2007 04:43:22 GMT

BEIRUT - Lebanon in less than three weeks faces uncertain presidential polls in parliament, with its feuding political parties at daggers drawn over choosing a consensus candidate.


0909 Lebanon Primaries (Norwich Bulletin)
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Sun, 09 Sep 2007 03:51:38 GMT

The John Deere tractor wound its way over rows of cut hay, the rakes on the baler behind it clicking as the machinery criss-crossed a section of Lebanon's famous town green on a recent evening.


Poisoned by war, Lebanon reaps meagre harvest (Khaleej Times)
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Sun, 09 Sep 2007 04:31:52 GMT

FRUN, Lebanon - In the field bordering the remnants of his home, Amin Akel Saad points to skeletal tobacco plants pushing up out ofland burnt by Israeli bombs.


Court Orders Iran to Pay for Lebanon Bombing (New York Times)
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Fri, 07 Sep 2007 22:53:05 GMT

A federal judge ordered Iran to pay $2.65 billion to relatives of the American service members killed in a 1983 bombing in Lebanon.


Lebanon gets World Bank money (Calcutta News)
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Sat, 08 Sep 2007 20:10:59 GMT

The World Bank has granted more than US$100 million for economic reforms to Lebanon.


Spain wants EU to help control Syria-Lebanon border (AlertNet)
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Sat, 08 Sep 2007 16:15:21 GMT

Source: Reuters By Ingrid Melander VIANA DO CASTELO, Portugal, Sept 8 (Reuters) - The European Union should offer to help Syria control its border with Lebanon by sending equipment, training and experts to monitor ...


Saudi Arabia, Lebanon ask Sharif to quit plans to return (PTI via Yahoo! India News)
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Sat, 08 Sep 2007 14:07:30 GMT

K J M Varma Islamabad, Sept 8 (PTI) Saudi Arabia and Lebanon today intensified pressure on former prime minister Nawaz Sharif to give up his plans to return to Pakistan on Monday and honour


World Bank grants 100 million dollars for Lebanon reforms (AFP via Yahoo! News)
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Fri, 07 Sep 2007 17:15:05 GMT

The World Bank on Friday granted more than 100 million dollars for economic reforms which Lebanon pledged to introduce at a donor conference in Paris last January.


Iran blasts US over fine for 1983 Lebanon attack (IANS via Yahoo! India News)
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Sat, 08 Sep 2007 10:55:18 GMT

Tehran, Sep 8 (Xinhua) Iran on Saturday lashed out at a recent US court's decision to fine the Islamic Republic $2.65 billion for the 1983 bombing of the US Marine barracks in Lebanon, terming the verdict 'baseless'.


NEW: Lebanon buying some power for its new water tower (Granite City Press-Record)
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Sat, 08 Sep 2007 19:00:32 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.