Beirut, Lebanon News

The remains of British hostage Alec Collett, who disappeared in 1985 during Lebanon's civil war while working for the United Nations, have been positively identified, the U.N. announced Monday.

By Rana Moussaoui The city centre, devastated during Lebanon's 1975-1990 civil war and paralysed between 2007-2008 by an opposition sit-in and by the Israel-Hezbollah war in 2006, is bustling with activity today Brimming with style, Beirut is regaining its reputation as a shoppers' paradise, with luxury labels such as Christian Dior and Louis ...

A Lebanese soldier stands guard, left, as British experts search the area for the remains of Western hostage.

"If you think you understand Lebanon," a friend counseled me as I prepared for my first trip to her native land, "somebody's just explained it badly." Six days in Lebanon confirmed her wisdom.

The militant Hezbollah group announced Thursday that Sheik Hassan Nasrallah has been re-elected as the Shiite Muslim group's leader for a sixth term.

Forensic experts may have discovered the remains of a British journalist kidnapped by Palestinians a quarter of a century ago in Lebanon.

Living in the north appeared to be an arduous occupation this week. First of all our old adversary, the weather, was up to its usual tricks, leaving the pages of the local papers shivering with tales of lashing winds, rains and commuter tailbacks .

British investigators are hopeful that a body recovered from the eastern Bekaa Valley could be the remains of Alec Collett, a British journalist who was kidnapped and executed by a Palestinian group in 1986 during Lebanon's civil war.

Lebanese lawmakers grappled over the issue of Hezbollah's weapons as the new Beirut government puts the final touches on its policy statement.

Say 'Beirut' and images of a bomb-strewn civil war zone will spring to mind for a certain generation.

BEIRUT: Opposition politicians have met with security officials to discuss ways of tackling the security situation in the Beirut southern suburb, commonly known as Dahiyeh, the head of Internal Security Forces confirmed on Monday.

WAM Abu Dhabi, Nov 16th , 2009 -- UAE Minister of Environment and Water HE Dr. Rashid Ahmed bin Fahad will head a high level UAE delegation at the annual conference of the Arab Forum for Environment and Development being held at Al Habtoor Grand Hotel in Beirut from 19-20 November.

Articles 23:20 11/13/2009 Students at the University of Beirut By Franklin Lamb- Beirut If those in Lebanon watching the news on 11/12/09 blinked they might have missed an interesting news item.

Last month was particularly deadly for young Asian and African women employed by Lebanese families as domestic help.

Lebanon: 2 hours, 17 minutes ago A record number of delegates from the world's leading information and communication technology policy makers are meeting this week in Beirut in an effort to come to grips with the pressing challenges of a fast-changing technology environment.

Lebanon's new government, a shaky coalition of Western-backed factions and the militant Hezbollah, is unlikely to tackle the chief challenge the country faces - a buildup of the Iranian-backed group's weapons - even as the rockets cause sharp new tensions with neighboring Israel.

Lebanese President Michel Sleiman speaks with his Syrian counterpart Bashar Assad at the Syrian presidential palace in Damascus on Thursday DAMASCUS - The Lebanese and Syrian presidents vowed during talks in Damascus on Thursday to keep up coordination between the two Arab neighbours amid signs of improved ties.

BEIRUT: "It all starts with a dot," said Wassily Kandinsky, the eminently quotable progenitor of abstract painting.

Beirut - While Lebanon may be far from adept at making governments, food is another matter.

The United States has welcomed the formation of a new Lebanese unity government and urged it to work to extend its authority over the entire country.