Lebanon complains to UN about Israel 'spy ring' Lebanon has filed a complaint with the United Nations over what it says is an Israeli spy ring in the country, giving a list of 141 suspected agents, a diplomat said on Friday.

Lebanon seeks Interpol help to arrest ex-general 'spy' Lebanon has asked Interpol to circulate an arrest warrant against a Lebanese ex-general suspecting of working for the Israeli spy agency Mossad, a judicial source said on Thursday.

LEBANON: Beach clubs blatantly discriminate against African and Asian workers [Updated] Summer in Lebanon is beach season, especially among the leisure class and wealthy expatriates who travel extensively and often complain of racism in the West. But some of the country's top beach clubs that cater to these same spenders are...

Lebanon Township fails to adopt bond ordinance to pay for ambulance and other equipment LEBANON TWP. — With one Township Committee member absent, a bond ordinance was one vote short of adoption on Wednesday night. The proposed bond ordinance would have authorized the township to spend up to $175,000 on the ambulance and...

Lebanon files complaint to UN over alleged Israeli spy network Lebanon has filed a complaint to the United Nations accusing Israel of planting spy networks in the country.

Lebanon to get new trash hauler this month LEBANON – The Borough Council learned Kasper Disposal, the borough’s trash hauler, is being purchased by Premier Disposal, effective Wednesday, Sept. 1.

Lebanon backtracks on calls for 'arms-free' Beirut Lebanon's powerful Hezbollah warns against attempts to disarm Shiite party. A chorus of calls for an "arms-free" Beirut in the wake of a deadly battle outside a mosque last week is fast fading as Lebanon's powerful Hezbollah warns against attempts to disarm the Shiite party.

Lithuania beats Lebanon 84-66 to go to 5-0 Lithuania defeated Lebanon 84-66 to end its group stage campaign with a 5-0 record. Lebanon (1-4) had already been eliminated, its fate in the six-team group sealed with a loss to Spain on Wednesday. With the top spot in Group D secured, Lithuania gave its reserves nearly as much playing time as its starters and they outscored Lebanon's reserves 24-10 in the first half as Lithuania took a 39-32...

Lebanon man seriously hurt in Ryan Twp. crash BARNESVILLE - A 75-year-old Lebanon man was seriously injured when the motorcycle he was driving crashed Thursday afternoon in Ryan Township.Clarence Neuin was flown to Lehigh Valley Hospital, Allentown, after the 12:40 p.m. crash on Route 54 near the e

Lebanon welcomes new police chief LEBANON — The city’s new chief of police doesn’t believe inwasting time.

Explosions Shake Suspected Hizbullah Arms Cache in Shehabiyeh Several explosions caused a large fire at a building in the southern town of Shehabiyeh on Friday amid...

Geagea: Hizbullah's Arms No Longer Serve Lebanon's Interest Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea snapped back at Hizbullah Deputy Chief Sheikh Naim Qassem on Friday...

Nasrallah Speech on Jerusalem Day: Hizbullah's Stance from Peace Talks Hizbullah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah's address on the occasion of Jerusalem Day on Friday will mainly...

Tribunal Defense: Indictment is Just the Beginning, Not Final Verdict Head of Defense at the Special Tribunal for Lebanon Judge Francois Roux stressed the indictment that...

Soaid: Syria is Heading towards Launching Direct Negotiations with Israel over the Golan Heights The March 14 forces General-Secretariat coordinator Fares Soaid highlighted on Friday Syria's recent...

Fadlallah's Office: Eid el-Fitr Starts Sept. 9 Sayyed Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah's office said Eid el-Fitr starts next Thursday. Eid el-Fitr marks...

Qassem Vows to Confront Strife, Says No Government Change Hizbullah deputy chief Sheikh Naim Qassem has stressed that the party's arms were only aimed at Israel...

Syrian Ambassador: Damascus Backs Itself When it Supports Hizbullah Syrian Ambassador to Lebanon Ali Abdelkarim Ali said Damascus hoped that dialogue would be consolidated...

Fatah al-Islam Accuses Lino of Collaborating with Lebanese Intelligence, Threatens to Kill him A statement signed by Fatah al-Islam's media office has accused Fatah movement's military official in...

Hariri Pledges to Fight Extremism Prime Minister Saad Hariri on Thursday vowed to fight extremism. "We should realize that we cannot live...

Congressional Delegation Stresses to Hariri, Murr U.S.' Commitment to Support Lebanon A congressional delegation headed by U.S. Representative Jim Marshall of Georgia held talks on Thursday...

Israel Urges Lebanon to be Vigilant against Border Disturbance on Jerusalem Day Israel called on the Lebanese government to be vigilant against attempts by Hizbullah to create disturbances...

Iranian Ambassador after meeting Hariri: Ahmadinejad in Beirut during October Iranian Ambassador to Lebanon Ghazanfar Roknabadi said Thursday that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad...

Electricite du Liban Searches Batroun Cleric House as Part of Crackdown on Power Thefts As part of a crackdown on power theft, Electricite du Liban on Thursday said a search team has inspected...

Lebanon Delivers Aid to Pakistan Flood Victims About 23 tons of relief aid on Thursday was airlifted to Pakistan from Lebanon upon instructions from...

Huge fire in Batroun Threatens Nearby Homes A vast area of forest overlooking the sea was gutted in a fire that broke out Thursday on the outskirts...

International Tribunal Official Leaves for Paris Head of the Defense Office of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, Francois Roux, left Beirut for Paris...

Tripartite Meeting: Lebanon, Israel Provide Comments on Adeisseh Clash, UNIFIL to Study Them A tripartite meeting chaired by UNIFIL Force Commander Maj. Gen. Alberto Asarta was held in Naqoura...

Geagea Regrets Turning Politics into Clashes over Illegal Arms Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea expressed regret at turning politics in Lebanon into clashes over...

Jumblat: Borj Abi Haidar More Dangerous than Any External War Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblat said the slogan of arms-free Beirut was meaningless...

Shehayyeb: Our Demand of Disarmament Cannot be Solved Except through Politics Minister of the Displaced Akram Shehayyeb stressed Thursday that all political powers are demanding...

Hariri: Can We Afford All this Amount of Weapons? Prime Minister Saad Hariri said the state should confront the spread of arms throughout Lebanese territories...

2 Lebanese, 2 Palestinians Charged with Spying for Israel Military Prosecutor Saqr Saqr on Thursdaycharged two Lebanese and two Palestinians with collaborating...

Syria Arrests Lebanese Sheikh Suspected of Spying for Israel Syrian authorities arrested a Lebanese sheikh last month while he was on his way to Saudi Arabia to...

What Future Awaits Beirut as Parties Bicker Over 'Arms-free' Slogan? A chorus of calls for an 'arms-free' Beirut in the wake of a deadly battle outside a mosque last week...

Assad: Let No One Dare Touch the Resistance Syrian President Bashar Assad has warned that Hizbullah's rifle was directed at Israel, saying no one...

Lebanon Files Complaint to U.N. Over Spy Networks Lebanon has filed a complaint to the United Nations over spy networks planted by Israel in the country,...

Minister: Israel Lost 2006 War Due to Distance from God Israeli Interior Minister Eli Yishai has said that Israel lost the 2006 war with Hizbullah because Israelis...

Hof Visits Damascus, Discusses Syrian and Lebanese Peace Tracks Frederic Hof, U.S. Middle East envoy George Mitchell's aide, discussed with Syrian officials ways to...

Cabinet: 50 People to Be Interrogated in Beirut Clashes after Cameras Caught Pictures of Them Authorities will interrogate 50 people in Beirut's Borj Abi Haidar's street battles after cameras caught...

Hizbullah on Hamas' West Bank Shooting: This is to Prove Resistance in Only Option Hizbullah on Wednesday commented on Hamas' West Bank shooting in which four Israeli settlers were killed,...

Joint UNIFIL, Army Live Fire Exercise Aimed at Enhancing Combined Efforts The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon and the army conducted on Wednesday a joint live fire exercise...

Cabinet Approves New Appointments Cabinet met Wednesday under President Michel Suleiman at Baabda Palace. State-run National News Agency...

Jumblat Meets Syrian Ambassador Druze leader Walid Jumblat on Wednesday visited the Syrian embassy in Beirut and met with Syrian Ambassador...

Hizbullah Parliamentary Bloc: Unrealistic Slogans about Beirut are Provocative and Igniting Chaos Hizbullah's parliamentary bloc on Wednesday criticized calls for Beirut to become an arms-free city....

Geagea: Berri Only Politician Who Took My Defense Strategy Proposal Seriously Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea has expressed frustration over President Michel Suleiman's alleged...

Maronite Bishops Urge Officials to End Spread of Arms and their Use The Council of Maronite Bishops urged Lebanese officials on Wednesday to "put an end to the chaos in...

March 14: Bellemare's Latest Stand Indication of Failure of Intimidation Campaigns The March 14 General Directorate praised on Wednesday Special Tribunal for Lebanon Prosecutor Daniel...

Security 'not behind' delay of Sfeir's Jbeil visit  BEIRUT: Former Jbeil MP Fares Soueid has denied that security considerations were behind the Maronite Patriarch's postponement of his trip to Jibbet al-Mnaitra in the district of Jbeil, and said that groups who were "annoyed" by the visit were responsible for the delay. "The visit was postponed but not cancelled - because there are some people that do not

General Security 'has taken all measures' to halt broadcasts of herbal drug ads  BEIRUT: The General Directorate of General Security announced on Thursday that it has taken all measures necessary to stop the advertisement of herbal medicines. The directorate was responding to a speech made by the head of the parliamentary health committee Atef Majdalani a day earlier, in which Majdalani questioned the security force's role in implementing

Debate continues over ridding Beirut of all weapons  BEIRUT: Politicians on Thursday continued to debate whether the capital should be free of "weapons." A chorus of calls for an "arms-free" Beirut triggered by a deadly battle outside mosque last week is fast fading after Hizbullah warned against any attempt to disarm it. After an August 24 gunfight between supporters of Hizbullah and those of the

Lebanese Shiite cleric arrested in Syria over spying for Israel  BEIRUT: A Lebanese Shiite cleric known as a critic of Hizbullah has been arrested in Syria on suspicion of spying for Israel, a high-ranking Lebanese security official said on Thursday. "Sheikh Hassan Msheymish was arrested in July in Syria based on data Lebanese police intelligence had sent to Syrian authorities indicating that he was implicated in collaborating with Israel

Lebanon, Israel vow to avoid Blue Line scuffles  BEIRUT: Senior officers in the Lebanese and Israeli armies vowed to refrain from future Blue Line scuffles during an extraordinary meeting Thursday, which discussed the results of a probe into last month's deadly clashes between the two. In tripartite talks chaired by United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) commander Major General Alberto Asarta

Premier urges Lebanese to 'preserve' coexistence  BEIRUT: Prime Minister Saad Hariri called Thursday for preserving coexistence among sects in Lebanon. "We live in a country with 18 religious sects - While the world witnesses contradictions and strife, we in Lebanon live in a different way - This is the true meaning of coexistence," said Hariri during an iftar at his residence in Qoreitem. "There is no difference between a

US delegation meets Hariri, Murr amid talk of funding cuts  BEIRUT: The US reaffirmed its commitment to "a strong, independent, and democratic Lebanon" Thursday as a Washington delegation met with senior officials in Beirut. The meeting took place amid talk of the US cutting its military funding to Lebanon following the deadly August 3 flare-up between Lebanese and Israeli Armies. A group headed by Georgia

MP says Jird al-Kaiteh awaiting EDL relay stations  BEIRUT: MP Mouin al-Merhebi confirmed that ElectricitE du Liban (EDL) supplied the Jird al-Kaiteh region with electricity all Wednesday night without justifying the outages that had occurred prior to that for an entire week. Merhebi's remarks came in a statement issued Thursday in which he said that they were still waiting for EDL to provide the region with 12

Summer weddings stay hot despite rising costs and Ramadan  BEIRUT: As couples eagerly await the summer season to tie the knot in Lebanon, a usually booming sector has shown signs of a slowdown this season, as the combination of rising prices and the positioning of Ramadan during a peak period seem to be affecting business. The MOvenpick Hotel and Resort in Raouche hosts weddings on a daily basis during summer

Sahel gain a 1-1 draw against Syrian team Wihda in friendly  BEIRUT: Lebanese club Al-Sahel came away with a 1-1 friendly draw against Wihda from Syria at the Safa stadium in Lebanon Wednesday. This was Sahel's final chance to try Nigerian forward Samson, as the names for foreign players are meant to be handed in for each Lebanese club, following a recent decision to limit the number of foreigners playing on each

Marathon Association lays down 'historic' plaque  BEIRUT: The Beirut Marathon Association unveiled a plaque on the city's corniche in Ain al-Mreisseh on Wednesday to mark the starting point of the Beirut Marathon, as well as the beginning of a new training program, designed to provide tips, medical advice and a schedule for all runners. With the Beirut Marathon only 64 days away, future participants

Spirited Lebanon goes down to Lithuania at championships  BEIRUT: Lebanon was unable to salvage its pride in what turned out to be a disappointing World Championship campaign after losing its fourth match in succession to Lithuania 66-84 Thursday. Although most Lebanese supporters and players will feel the 2010 campaign was a failure, it is important to note that in hindsight that Lebanon was placed in a difficult group

Fires take their toll on northern farmland  AKKAR: The series of fires that broke out across the country this summer have left numerous green spaces completely torched. The massive damage has become evident in the north Lebanon region of Akkar, where almost 100,000 square meters of land were ruined, threatening both the environment and the future of local farmers. The flames were reportedly

Sidon neighborhood changes its Jewish name in honor of Gaza  SIDON: A Sidon neighborhood referencing the Jewish people was renamed by locals in honor of the besieged Palestinian Gaza Strip on Thursday. Residents of the southern city of Sidon raised a metal sign that read "Haret Gaza," Arabic for Gaza neighborhood, in an area known as "Haret al-Yahoud," Arabic for neighborhood of the Jews. The redubbing

Activist starts hunger strike over military tribunals  BEIRUT: A human rights activist began a hunger strike on Thursday to protest a military tribunal ruling which sentenced him to two months in prison and imposed a LL2,500,000 ($1,666) fine for noncompliance with the court. Nour Merheb, 24, was sentenced on September 1 for refusing to attend the original date of his hearing on May 28. He had previously

Lebanese extravagance challenges virtues of Ramadan  BEIRUT: "A more beautiful Ramadan," promises an advertisement for one Beirut clinic offering discounts to image-conscious Lebanese during the Muslim holy month of dawn-to-dusk fasting. Though traditionally a time of frugality and prayer, the month of Ramadan has become an occasion for extravagant spending on everything from lavish evening meals to crystal

Nijmeh coach to take over national football team  The coach of Lebanese football team Nijmeh, Emile Rustom, has been appointed to head the national squad for the second time, media reports said Friday. Lebanon has been without a coach since Adnan al-Sharqi stepped down in June. "We hope that in the coming months we will be able to show how improved Lebanese football is."

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Palestinian family refuses to quit collapsing home  A Palestinian family refuses to leave their ramshackle home in the Mieh we Mieh Palestinian refugee camp, notwithstanding warnings from the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) and other local authorities. "They ask us to abandon our home without providing us with an alternative," the house's owner Najwa Kaouch told The Daily Star.

Alfa hosts lavish iftar celebration at Phoenicia-Intercontinental  BEIRUT: The Carthage Room of the Phoenicia-Intercontinental Hotel in the exclusive Beirut seaside neighborhood of Ain al-Mreisseh afforded the venue for a glittering, equally exclusive, iftar gathering, hosted by Alfa, one of Lebanon's two mobile telephone providers, on Tuesday evening. Among those in attendance were Natalia Nasser, Souad Trad, Salma Sfeir and Samira Chibawi.