CBC.ca | Hezbollah Coalition May Win Lebanon Vote in Tilt Away From US Bloomberg By Massoud A. Derhally June 5 (Bloomberg) -- A Hezbollah-led coalition may expand its power in Lebanon's June 7 parliamentary elections, helping the Iranian-backed Shiite group preserve a militia the US has sought to disband. ... Lebanon Struggles for Stability on Eve of Elections Lebanon election has designs on voters In Lebanon's Election, Reeling in the Fishermen Is Key |
Showdown in Lebanon Wall Street Journal By AMIR TAHERI While economies across the globe are in meltdown mode, the banks in Lebanon appear flush, offering hefty interest rates on savings. The Lebanese have had a knack for business and banking since Phoenician times, when they traded with ... US Faces Dilemma as Lebanon Elections Loom |
Lebanon board agrees to build veterans' monument Indianapolis Star, United States By Mark Ambrogi LEBANON -- After a long struggle, the Veterans Memorial Committee received approval to build a monument to veterans in Memorial Park in Lebanon. The Lebanon Parks and Recreation Department Board of Trustees voted 3-2 Wednesday night to ... Volunteers at forefront of holiday effort |
Albany Democrat Herald | Lebanon to bid farewell to 288 seniors Albany Democrat Herald, OR LEBANON — A commencement ceremony for the 228 graduating seniors of Lebanon High School is set for 6:30 pm Tuesday at Heath Stadium. The Class of 2009 has eight valedictorians earning 4.0 GPAs and one salutatorian with a 3.98 GPA. ... |
BBC News | Analyzing President Obama's Cairo Speech FOXNews Lebanon: This Sunday (June 7), elections in Lebanon which will decide whether a moderate government is returned to power, or whether a militant Islamist Hezbollah-led coalition will take control of the state. Hezbollah is neither “peaceful” nor “law ... Video: Indiana Muslims react to Obama speech Obama, Bush, the West, and Islam Obama plans to reach out to Muslim world |
Car Show Security Costs Lebanon $20000 WSMV, TN LEBANON, Tenn. -- All the extra security at a car show in Lebanon last month is going to cost the city. Police logged 450 hours of overtime during Slammin' & Jammin', equaling about $20000. The car show draws thousands, which brings millions in revenue ... Police log 450 overtime hours at Lebanon car show |
SINDH TODAY | US military aid at stake in Lebanon elections AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) — The US administration will suspend its military aid to Lebanon if an alliance led by the Islamist group Hezbollah wins Sunday's elections, but will seek to maintain ties, experts say. US officials are anxiously eyeing the outcome of ... Hezbollah promises unity government US steadfast against Hezbollah Lebanese reaction to President Obama's Cairo speech |
Aljazeera.net | Lebanon charges nine for spying Aljazeera.net, Qatar Saqr Saqr, the military prosecutor, charged the nine suspects with aiding Israeli forces and providing Israel with information about civilian and military positions and political figures in Lebanon, the state agency said. It said some were charged with ... Lebanon Charges 9 People With Spying for Israel Lebanon: 9 accused of spying for Israel Lebanon arrests colonel 'spies' |
Washington Post | For Palestinians, a Chance to Get Out and Play Washington Post, United States With the plight of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon an issue in upcoming elections there, one man works to give children a break from life in the camps. Palestinian children from the Ain al-Hilweh refugee camp south of Beirut, Lebanon, dance to music in ... Lebanon's Palestinian refugees Refugee children photograph their lives in camp |
Lebanon crash victim may have been released from hospital Foster's Daily Democrat, NH By JOHN QUINN jquinnfosters.com LEBANON, MAINE — The 31-year-old Acton man involved in a serious crash Sunday may have been released from Maine Medical Center, according to Assistant Rescue Chief Jason Cole. Police, firefighters and rescue personnel ... |