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Police prepare to bring back Jamal from Lebanon 
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Jul 09 5:35 PM
New South Wales police commissioner Ken Moroney says two police officers are set to leave for Lebanon to bring back western Sydney man Saleh Jamal. Saleh Jamal has served two years in a Lebanese prison for plotting subversive activity with others in the country's Palestinian refugee camps.Lebanon to extradite terror suspect The Daily Telegraph - Jul 09 2:46 AM
LEBANON has agreed to extradite to Australia a terror suspect who once allegedly said he wanted to fly a plane into the Sydney Harbour Bridge.Elias Hrawi, 80, Ex-Chief of Lebanon, Is Dead New York Times - Jul 07 9:47 PM
Former President Elias Hrawi oversaw Lebanon's emergence from a 1975-90 civil war.Lebanon to send extremist back to Australia Sydney Morning Herald - Jul 08 4:24 PM
LEBANON has decided to extradite to Australia a Jordanian-Australian national, who has just completed a two-year prison sentence on terrorism charges. -Jordan signs agriculture agreement with Lebanon Zawya - Jul 08 10:55 PM
09 July 2006 AMMAN (Petra) -- Jordan and Lebanon signed recently an agreement to conduct joint research in the field of agriculture. Under the deal, the two sides will cooperate to improve the quality of irrigation and will conduct studies on fields crops.Lebanon's former president Hrawi dies AFP via Yahoo! News - Jul 07 7:25 AM
Lebanon's former president Elias Hrawi has died of cancer in a Beirut hopital at the age of 80.Plotter arrested in NYC bomb plot, Lebanon says Reuters via Yahoo! News - Jul 07 8:20 AM
U.S. authorities thwarted a plot to bomb New York's mass transit system, leading to the arrest of a suspected plotter in Lebanon, the FBI and Department of Homeland Security said on Friday.Former Lebanon president Hrawi dies Aljazeera - Jul 08 5:05 AM
Elias Hrawi, a former president of Lebanon, who oversaw his country's emergence from 1975-1990 civil war, has died of cancer in a Beirut hospital, hospital officials said. He was 80.Lebanon arrests suspect in plot to bomb New York tunnel International Herald Tribune - Jul 07 6:39 AM
Authorities in Lebanon have arrested a man in connection with a plot to blow up New York's Holland Tunnel, officials said today.Plotter arrested in NYC bomb plot-Lebanon source Reuters via Yahoo! News - Jul 07 6:32 AM
A plot to bomb New York's Holland Tunnel in an effort to flood the Wall Street financial district has been uncovered by the FBI, New York's Daily News reported on Friday and Lebanon said it had arrested one of the plotters.Petitions seek three recalls in New Lebanon Dayton Daily News - Jul 07 10:41 PM
A group of New Lebanon residents filed recall petitions Friday against Mayor Larry Shock and council members Wayne Michael and Raymond Arriola.Lebanon says suspect admitted NYC plot; family says he loved to have fun KVOA Tucson - Jul 08 2:03 AM
BEIRUT, Lebanon Lebanese officials say a suspect in a bomb plot in New York has confessed to following Osama bin Laden's orders to attack this year.Mt. Lebanon schools cleared in handling of explicit 'Top 25' list Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Jul 07 9:11 PM
A federal agency has cleared Mt. Lebanon School District of sexual harassment allegations stemming from an explicit "Top 25" list circulated by some students.Lebanon schools align schedules Albany Democrat-Herald - Jul 07 11:37 PM
LEBANON This fall, for the first time in four years, all Lebanon schools will follow the same overall schedule for winter, spring and summer breaks.Plans Found on NYC Plot Suspect's Computer Los Angeles Times - Jul 09 2:12 PM
BEIRUT, Lebanon -- Lebanese authorities found maps and bombing plans on the personal computer of an al-Qaida suspect accused of plotting to attack New York train tunnels, a senior Lebanese official said.Former Lebanon leader Hrawi dies Gulf Times - Jul 08 1:12 AM
BEIRUT: Lebanon s former president Elias Hrawi died of cancer yesterday in a Beirut hospital at the age of 80, hospital officials said. The presidency declared a three-day period of mourning, running until tomorrow.Lebanon claims to arrest al Qaeda member who planned attack in US Al Bawaba - Jul 08 12:25 AM
A suspected al-Qaeda operative, detained in Lebanon, has confessed to plotting to attack New York City tunnels later this year and said he was acting on Osama bin Laden's orders, Lebanese officials said. Jaipur Foot gives mobility to landmine victims in Lebanon Khaleej Times - Jul 07 9:10 PM
JAIPUR The Jaipur Foot, the extraordinary prosthesis or artificial limb, that has revolutionised life of millions of landmine amputees all over the world, has reached Lebanon.Lebanon arrests suspect with plot to bomb New York tunnel People's Daily - Jul 07 9:24 PM
Lebanon's Internal Security Forces said Friday that they have arrested a terror suspect who has admitted to be in a plot to carry out a bombing attack in a New York tunnel.Elias Hrawi Times Online - Jul 09 4:57 PM
WHEN Elias Hrawi was elected President of Lebanon on November 24, 1989, he could be forgiven for thinking he had been handed a poisoned chalice. His predecessor, Rene Mouawad, had died two days earlier in a bomb blast after only 17 days in office.Lebanon Man Convicted in Chat Room Sting Fox 19 Cincinnati - Jul 07 6:36 PM
A twenty-six year old Lebanon man was involved in an on-line Internet chat room sting operated by Hamilton Township Police. Thomas Croce was convicted today of unlawful sexual conduct with a minor in Warren County Common Pleas Court.NY plot suspect attended Mtl. university: report CTV.ca - 1 hour, 13 minutes ago
A man held in Lebanon on suspicion of plotting an alleged attack on New York's train tunnels attended Montreal's Concordia University in the 1990s, according to The Canadian Press.Suspect says plot was targeting NYC tunnels - Lebanon The Star Online - Jul 07 4:01 PM
BEIRUT (Reuters) - A suspect arrested by Lebanese authorities for involvement in a plot to carry out an attack in New York said the plan was targeting metro tunnels under the Hudson river, Lebanon's Interior Ministry said on Friday.U.S. says thwarts NY bomb plot; 1 held in Lebanon Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News - Jul 07 10:35 AM
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. authorities thwarted a plot to attack New York's mass transit system later this year, leading to the arrest of a plotter who confessed in Lebanon, U.S. and Lebanese officials said on Friday.Lebanon says suspect admitted NYC plot; family says he loved to have fun ABC 7 El Paso - Jul 07 1:51 PM
BEIRUT, Lebanon Lebanese officials say a suspect in a bomb plot in New York has confessed to following Osama bin Laden's orders to attack this year. But the suspect's family...Residents seek recall of New Lebanon mayor, council members Dayton Daily News - Jul 07 9:41 AM
NEW LEBANON A group of New Lebanon residents filed recall petitions Friday against Mayor Larry Shock and two council members, Wayne Michael and Raymond Arriola.Elias Hrawi, Lebanon's first postwar president, passes away at 80 The Daily Star Lebannon - Jul 07 1:26 PM
Former Lebanese President Elias Hrawi died of cancer on Friday afternoon at the age of 80. Hrawi, who served as president from 1989 to 1998 before being succeeded by President Emile Lahoud, died at the American University Hospital in Beirut. Lahoud declared a three-day period of mourning, lasting until Sunday.In a statement, Lahoud said that Hrawi's death "is one of Lebanon's greatest.'Vagina Monologues' Echo Through Beirut New York Times - Jul 08 6:27 PM
Four cast members get ready for a performance of Eve Ensler's collection of genitally themed tales in the most unexpected place: Lebanon.Terror suspect to return to Australia The West Australian - Jul 09 4:34 PM
Lebanon has agreed to extradite to Australia a terror suspect who once allegedly said he wanted to fly a plane into the Sydney Harbour Bridge.Profiles In Travel Management Business Travel News - 2 hours, 31 minutes ago
DECEMBER 05, 2005 -- Rapid TMC, Card Rollout Company: JT International Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland Worldwide Air Volume: $50 million JT International switched to American Express as both its travel management company and card provider in 40 countries, including locations as diverse as the United States, Lebanon, Hong Kong, Estonia and Brazil, in the space of just four months.Lebanon may sell telecom business to Cincinnati Bell Pulse-Journal - Jul 07 3:19 PM
Lebanon may be getting out of the telecommunications business.Official: Plans In Tunnel Plot Suspect's Computer KUTV.com - Jul 09 3:04 PM
(AP) BEIRUT, Lebanon Lebanese authorities found maps and bombing plans on the personal computer of an al Qaeda suspect accused of plotting to attack New York train tunnels, a senior Lebanese official said.Lebanon says suspect admitted NYC plot; family says he loved to have fun KBCI Boise - Jul 07 1:52 PM
BEIRUT, Lebanon Lebanese officials say a suspect in a bomb plot in New York has confessed to following Osama bin Laden's orders to attack this year. But the suspect's family in Lebanon denies an al-Qaida link. His mother says the man (Assem Hammoud) teaches economics at a local university.Plans found on NYC plot suspect's computer Syracuse.com - Jul 09 2:19 PM
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) Lebanese authorities found maps and bombing plans on the personal computer of an al-Qaida suspect accused of plotting to attack New York train tunnels, a senior Lebanese official said.Lebanon expected to name new athletic director Monday The Western Star - Jul 07 12:28 PM
Lebanon school board members are expected to approve the contract of a new athletic director Monday morning at a special board meeting.War photo hero from France Catherine Leroy dies at 60 AFP via Yahoo! News - Jul 08 1:13 PM
The US-based French war photographer Catherine Leroy died of cancer aged 60, ending an adventurous life of photojournalism that took in the Vietnam and Lebanon wars, friends said.School cleared in handling of explicit ranking list phillyburbs.com - Jul 09 7:13 AM
MOUNT LEBANON, Pa. - A federal agency has cleared a school district of accusations that it mishandled an anonymous list circulated at a suburban Pittsburgh high school last spring and containing explicit rankings of girls.Lebanon s former president Hrawi dies Khaleej Times - Jul 07 7:28 AM
BEIRUT - Lebanon s former president Elias Hrawi died of cancer Friday in a Beirut hopital at the age of 80, hospital officials said.In Tomorrow's Paper EdmontonSun.com - Jul 09 12:59 PM
EDMONTON David Phillips loves to ask people whether Canada, Venezuela, Lebanon, Cuba or Bangladesh has had the highest recorded temperature.US: Foreign-based bomb plot in New York foiled Reuters via Yahoo! News - Jul 08 12:56 PM
U.S. authorities thwarted a foreign-based plot to stage a suicide bombing of a rail tunnel in New York later this year and three suspects are being held abroad, one of them in Lebanon, U.S. officials said on Friday.Outpouring of praise bears Hrawi to final resting place The Daily Star Lebannon - Jul 09 11:17 AM
Lebanon bid farewell Sunday to former President Elias Hrawi in a ceremony that drew the country's top officials to the St. George Maronite Cathedral in Downtown Beirut. Hrawi died on Friday after a long fight with cancer. He was 80 years old. President Emile Lahoud, Speaker Nabih Berri and Prime Minister Fouad Siniora marched.A fetid breeding ground for fiends New York Daily News - Jul 09 1:13 AM
WASHINGTON - The impoverished Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon where alleged tunnel terror mastermind Assem Hammoud trained is a teeming recruiting ground for Al Qaeda and the Iraqi insurgency, experts said yesterday.Lebanon Man Convicted In Online Sex Sting WHIO-TV 7 Dayton - Jul 07 4:20 AM
LEBANON, Ohio -- A Lebanon man was convicted of attempted unlawful sexual conduct with a minor. Prosecutors said Thomas Crocee started an online chat with who he thought was a 15-year-old girl in December. He immediately solicited sex from the undercover police officer.Killer forsakes appeals, welcomes execution The Columbus Dispatch - Jul 09 3:50 AM
LEBANON, Ohio Rocky Barton beat one of his ex-wives with a shotgun, stabbed her three times, cut her throat and left her for dead. She survived. Kimbirli Jo Barton Rocky Barton s fourth wife wasn t so lucky. He killed her with a point-blank blast from a .410-gauge shotgun.Suspect in tunnel plot said to visit U.S. AP via Yahoo! News - 10 minutes ago
Lebanese authorities found maps and bombing plans on the personal computer of an al-Qaida loyalist accused of plotting to attack New York train tunnels, and a U.S. official disclosed that he had visited the country at least once.Hezbollah Calls Meeting to Discuss Response to Gaza Operation Israel National News - Jul 09 10:35 AM
(IsraelNN.com) The Hezbollah has called for a meeting of various Arab terror groups in Lebanon on Monday to determine a response to Israel s operation in Gaza to free kidnapped soldier Corp. Gilad Shalit and deter terrorists from firing Kassam rockets into Israel.Nation News In Brief: Emir sends cable to Lebanon The Peninsula - Jul 08 9:23 PM
DOHA The Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani has sent a cable of condolences to the Lebanese President Emile Lahoud on the death of former Lebanese President Elias Hrawi.Foreign media scramble to win over Arab viewers Reuters via Yahoo! News - 2 hours, 5 minutes ago
Rarely have Western news organizations wooed Arab hearts and minds so avidly -- or with so little certainty of political or commercial reward.Australian man wanted over terror plot 7News via Yahoo!7 News - Jul 08 8:12 PM
Lebanon plans to deport an Australian man accused of planning a terror attack in Sydney.NYC, Miami cases show FBI efforts to pre-empt plots USA Today - 2 hours, 29 minutes ago
The plotters hadn't bought explosives or even been to the USA to scout their alleged target, but Web postings convinced the FBI that a plan to blow up and flood New York City's commuter tunnels was, as assistant director Mark Mershon put it, "the real deal."Eldon man injured in wreck Jefferson City News Tribune - Jul 08 11:16 PM
Rex Vernon, 21, Eldon, is in stable condition at Lake Regional Hospital in Osage Beach after sustaining injuries in a one-vehicle accident Saturday. William Allen, 26, Lebanon, was reportedly taken from Lake Regional Hospital to University of Missouri Hospital and Clinics.08/07/06 Central News Agency - Jul 08 10:58 PM
INTERNATIONAL HEADLINE NEWS Los Angeles, July 8¡]CNA¡^ Los Angeles Times¡G Plot on N.Y. Tunnelys Alleged. U.S. authorities, aided by Lebanon, have disrupted a plot by foreign terrorists to blowMissing Man Found In Mount Gretna WGAL via Yahoo! News - Jul 09 10:46 AM
Search crews found Robert Hoffsommer, 76, around midnight, nearly 10 hours after he disappeared during a walk near his Mount Gretna cottage. Hoffman was missing since Friday.Plans found on NYC plot suspect's computer USA Today - Jul 09 2:25 PM
Lebanese authorities found maps and bombing plans on the personal computer of an al-Qaeda suspect accused of plotting to attack New York train tunnels, a senior Lebanese official said.Lebanese authorities find maps, bombing plans in Al Qaeda suspect s computer Khaleej Times - Jul 08 8:43 PM
BEIRUT, Lebanon - Lebanese authorities found maps and bomb plans on the personal computer of an Al Qaeda suspect arrested in an alleged plot to attack train tunnels in New York City, a senior Lebanese official said.Jury finds man guilty of role in robbery Lebanon Daily News - Jul 08 8:32 PM
A jury on Friday convicted a 26-year-old city man of his role as the getaway driver in an armed robbery of a Lebanon grocery store in December 2004. Renaldo Sonsini II, who last lived at 507 Guilford St., was found guilty of robbery and conspiracy but cleared of receiving stolen property.Terrorism arrests, prosecutions Boston Globe - Jul 08 1:37 PM
Recent arrests and prosecutions in the government's counterterrorism campaign: -- July 7, 2006: U.S. authorities announce the arrest of Assem Hammoud, a Lebanese man they claim was plotting to bomb New York City train tunnels. Hammoud was arrested in April in Lebanon, but his detention was kept secret while the investigation continued, officials said.Man With Alzheimer?s Missing In Mount Gretna WGAL via Yahoo! News - Jul 07 8:15 PM
Police and volunteers are searching the Governor Dick Park in Mount Gretna, Lebanon County, for a man missing since Friday afternoon.Mt. Lebanon First Friday festivals now will stretch to Saturdays Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Jul 06 9:53 AM
Washington Road in Mt. Lebanon will be the center of activity Friday night for July's edition of First Fridays, a monthly street festival with music, food, performance artists and children's activities.FBI Disrupts New York City Tunnel Plot Washington Post - Jul 07 6:39 PM
U.S. authorities said they have uncovered a terrorist plot to attack transit systems linking New York City and New Jersey, crediting the arrest of a key suspect by Lebanon, the FBI and Department of Homeland Security said in a joint statement today.Plans Found on NYC Plot Suspect's Computer ABC News - Jul 09 4:42 PM
Lebanese Authorities Find Maps, Bombing Plans in Tunnel Plot Suspect's Computer, Official SaysArab officials scramble to bridge Lebanon-Syria gap The Daily Star Lebannon - Jul 06 1:02 PM
Extensive regional moves are under way in an attempt to bridge the gap in Lebanese-Syrian relations, as Sudan's foreign minister wraps up his three-day visit to Lebanon and Arab League chief Amr Moussa heads to Damascus on Sunday.NY terror plot suspect visited Canada, mom says CTV.ca - Jul 08 2:47 PM
The mother of a man held in Lebanon on suspicion of plotting an alleged attack on New York's train tunnels says her son studied in Canada and visited a girlfriend here.Aging ex-Palestinian hijacker fights against deportation to Lebanon The Daily Star Lebannon - Jul 06 12:56 PM
A 64-year-old Palestinian, who was involved in the hijacking of an Israeli airliner almost 40 years ago, is fighting deportation from Canada to Lebanon, citing health problems. Mahmoud Issa Mohammad, a former member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, was one of the guerrillas who hijacked an El Al plane to Athens in December 1968.Lebanon may sell telecom division to Cincinnati Bell Dayton Daily News - Jul 07 9:26 PM
City officials are talking with Cincinnati Bell about selling the company the city's phone, Internet and cable enterprise, City Manager Pat Clements said Friday.Hariri: National dialogue only path forward ArabicNews.com - Jul 08 3:30 PM
Saad al-Hariri, MP and Head of the Future bloc in the Lebanon's Parliament reaffirmed commitment to the national dialogue conference underway between Lebanese political leaders, to resolve outstanding national issues and called for courageous decisions to "salvage" the country and cement unity.Kuwait's largest bank posts record H1 profits AFP via Yahoo! News - Jul 09 8:27 AM
The National Bank of Kuwait, the Gulf emirate's largest bank, has announced record net profits of 129 million dinars (446 million dollars) for the first six months of 2006.Principal Sentenced to Jail for Sex with Foster Child WTOL News 11 - Jul 08 7:35 PM
LEBANON, OHIO (AP) -- A judge imposed a one-day jail sentence and five years' probation on a former assistant principal accused of having sexual contact with his 14-year-old foster child.Lebanon Little Leaguers beaten, 8-1 Lebanon Daily News - Jul 06 9:02 AM
Yesterday, the Lebanon YMCA all-stars suffered their first setback in Little League competition. After winning the first three games in its initial foray into the world of Little League baseball, the Lebanon YMCA stars dropped an 8-1 decision to Harrisburg American at Mechanicsburg.Swann stumps in Lebanon Lebanon Daily News - Jul 06 9:02 AM
Flashing the same winning smile that followed his 51 career touchdown passes, Republican gubernatorial candidate and former Pittsburgh Steelers receiver Lynn Swann paid a brief visit to Lebanon yesterday to score points with voters.60,888 Iranians tour Lebanon 1st half of 2006 ArabicNews.com - Jul 06 10:47 AM
Some 60,888 Iranian tourists visited Lebanon in the first half of 2006, said Lebanese Tourism Ministry's Research Center yesterday. It said Philippine, with 12,391 tourists, followed Iran in the list.Former Lebanese president Hrawi dies AFP via Yahoo! News - Jul 07 11:48 AM
Former president Elias Hrawi, who oversaw Lebanon's emergence from a 1975-1990 civil war, died of cancer in a Beirut hospital at the age of 80, hospital officials said.Limo driver gets big tip: a kidney Reuters via Yahoo! News - Jul 09 4:38 AM
As tips go, Chicago limousine driver Abdul Faraj got a priceless one this week when one of his regular customers offered up a kidney, media reports said.Israel's threats to assassinate Palestinian officials to be taken seriously ArabicNews.com - Jul 08 3:29 PM
The official in charge of the Political Department of Palestine Islamic Jihad Movement in Lebanon, Ali Abu Shahin, said today that Israel's threat to assassinate Palestinian officials, specially Prime Minister Ismael Haniya should be approached as a serious issue.Car into pole outens lights in N. Lebanon Lebanon Daily News - Jul 06 9:02 AM
A vehicle crashed into a utility pole early this morning in North Lebanon Township, knocking out power for about 1,000 Met-Ed customers.City water usage down; P&Z board members reappointed The Frisco Enterprise - Jul 08 7:23 PM
The Frisco City Council reappointed three board members to the Planning and Zoning Commission on Tuesday at its regular meeting, while also approving the construction of water retention facilities near the intersection of Preston and Lebanon.Lebanon takes a pass on Arab boycott of Nestle The Daily Star Lebannon - Jul 06 1:01 PM
Lebanon's Economy Ministry has decided not to add Swiss firm Nestle to its official "blacklist" of companies with economic links to Israel, a ministry official said Wednesday. As Israel ramped up its military operations in the Gaza Strip, the Damascus-based Arab League Central Boycott Office (CBO) added Nestle to the regional list of companies to be boycotted.US: Foreign-based bomb plot in New York foiled RedNova - Jul 08 2:31 PM
By Daniel Trotta and Gary Crosse NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. authorities thwarted a foreign-based plot to stage a suicide bombing of a rail tunnel in New York later this year and three suspects are being held abroad, one of them in Lebanon, U.S.Probe Of Explicit 'Top 25' Schoolgirl List Ends WTAE ThePittsburghChannel.com via Yahoo! News - Jul 07 10:06 AM
The Mount Lebanon School District said it has been told that an investigation of a graphic "Top 25" list of some of its female high school students is over.US says thwarts NY bomb plot; 3 held abroad Reuters via Yahoo! News - Jul 07 11:35 AM
U.S. authorities thwarted a plot to stage a suicide bombing of a rail tunnel in New York later this year and three suspects are in custody abroad, one of them in Lebanon, U.S. officials said on Friday.Priority shifts to foiling terror plots AP via Yahoo! News - Jul 09 2:48 AM
No one can know for sure whether an al-Qaida loyalist had what it took to follow through on a suspected plot to bomb Hudson River train tunnels. He had no explosives and no detailed plan, and isn't believed to have visited New York, authorities said. But U.S. officials said they weren't willing to find out.Two more NY plot suspects held abroad: FBI Reuters via Yahoo! News - Jul 07 10:51 AM
Two more suspects in a plot to attack a New York rail tunnel are in custody abroad, in addition to a man arrested in Lebanon, a senior FBI official said on Friday.The benefits of yoga come to Lebanon The Western Star - Jul 06 10:03 AM
The Cincinnati Yoga School is now offering classes at Fitness 4 U in Lebanon.U.S, Lebanese officials s The Olympian - Jul 08 4:35 AM
NEW YORK - U.S. authorities, aided by Lebanon, have disrupted an alleged plot by foreign terrorists to blow up commuter train tunnels beneath the Hudson River that connect lower Manhattan and New Jersey, FBI officials said Friday.Israel's mixed messages in Gaza The Christian Science Monitor - Jul 09 2:25 PM
Prime Minister Olmert rejected a cease-fire offer, but some Israeli officials are taking a softer line. FBI uncovers plot to attack New York transit system AFP via Yahoo! News - Jul 07 11:03 AM
The FBI said it had foiled a terror plot to attack mass transit targets in New York, including tunnels, and arrested a key suspect in the alleged conspiracy in Lebanon.Futures of Pittsburgh: Dominican serves up a championship win Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - 25 minutes ago
In a match of high-level tennis that featured wicked ground strokes, acrobatic returns and deft shot-making, the outcome came down to the serve. Matej Bocko was near-perfect.FBI Disrupts New York City Tunnel Plot Washington Post - Jul 07 10:05 AM
U.S. authorities said they have uncovered a terrorist plot to attack transit systems serving New York and New Jersey, crediting the arrest of a key suspect by Lebanon, the FBI and Department of Homeland Security said in a joint statement today.N.Y. Plot Is Uncovered in Early Stage New York Times - Jul 07 8:09 AM
A man was arrested in Lebanon in connection with a plot to blow up part of the transportation system, officials said.On the road in Lebanon: Connecticut Jewish Ledger - Jul 06 7:08 AM
WEST HARTFORD - Many people might have considered it an offer they could easily refuse. But not Jake Koteen. For the 26-year old freelance photographer with a touch of the wanderlust in him, the notion of exploring Lebanon for a full month was just too appealing to pass up.Armed Robbery Suspect Arrested After 2-Hour Standoff WGAL.com - Jul 08 7:17 AM
LEBANON COUNTY, Pa. -- Police in Lebanon County arrested an armed robbery suspect after a two-hour standoff. David Smith surrendered peacefully after the standoff on Pine Street in North Lebanon Township.Beirut to extradite terror suspect to Australia Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Jul 08 8:02 AM
Lebanon has decided to extradite to Australia a Jordanian-Australian national who has just completed a two-year prison sentence on terrorism charges, a judicial source has told AFP.Terrorism arrests, prosecutions WBZ.com - Jul 08 4:07 PM
July 7, 2006: U.S. authorities announce the arrest of Assem Hammoud, a Lebanese man they claim was plotting to bomb New York City train tunnels. Hammoud was arrested in April in Lebanon, but his detention was kept secret while the investigation continued, officials said.House rebels try to break the iron grip of leadership Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - 36 minutes ago
HARRISBURG -- Strong-willed legislative bosses such as House Speaker John Perzel, Democratic leader H. William DeWeese and Senate President Pro Tem Bob Jubelirer didn't become successful by sharing power with the rank and file.PG South: Led by local alums, Mt. Lebanon rebounds from slow start to be a playoff contender in baseball league Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Jul 05 9:09 PM
When Mt. Lebanon High School won the WPIAL Class AAAA baseball championship May 31, much of the community was understandably proud and excited. Count George Strasbaugh among them. A longtime member of the Mt. Lebanon baseball community, Strasbaugh's source of enthusiasm was genuine.WAR PHOTO HERO FROM FRANCE CATHERINE LEROY DIES AT 60 The Tocqueville Connection - Jul 08 9:34 AM
ARLES, France, July 8, 2006 (AFP) - The US-based French war photographer Catherine Leroy died of cancer aged 60, ending an adventurous life of photojournalism that took in the Vietnam and Lebanon wars, friends said here on Saturday.N.Y. tunnel plot uncovered CNN.com - Jul 07 6:24 AM
A man is being held in Beirut, Lebanon, in connection with a plot to blow up tunnels in New York, counterterrorism sources told CNN.City calendar, 7/10 - 7/16 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - 34 minutes ago
TODAY BROOKLINE: Church of the Resurrection, 1100 Creedmoor Ave., holds a six-day parish festival from 7 to 11 p.m. daily through Saturday, with an ice cream shop, bingo and ticket auction. Dinners are available in the church hall, but only from 4 to 6:30 p.m. tomorrow through Friday.Plot To Attack NYC Tunnels Foiled CBS News - Jul 07 8:27 PM
Authorities have disrupted a plot to attack train tunnels used by thousands of New York City commuters. Officials said three of eight principal players in the plot are in custody, including an alleged al Qaeda operative under arrest in Lebanon.Viva Italia, viva soccer Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune - 1 hour, 40 minutes ago
Sweat rolled off Gino Lanatta's face at a Minneapolis pub as he cheered on the Italians during Sunday's World Cup soccer championship. Still, Lanatta, 41, refused to shuck his blue jacket, with "Italia" embroidered across the back. That's just one way the Hopkins man showed his allegiance to the country where his grandparents were born. Lanatta watched his beloved team beat France at the standing