Beirut, Lebanon News

David Tolbert, a lawyer with extensive experience in international criminal law, was Thursday appointed a registrar for the special tribunal prosecuting the assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri.

Lebanon's president on Friday ordered the release of an innocent Palestinian who spent 15 years in prison after he was convicted of assassinating a Jordanian diplomat in Beirut.

The formation of the next government in Beirut is strictly a Lebanese affair as the country moves ahead after elections, Syrian and French officials say.

Windsor is lobbying to be part of a new jet passenger service from Canada to the Middle East hub of Beirut, Lebanon, a route that at least three international airlines are interested in flying.

A couple that live in a closet-sized Beirut apartment has happily decorated it with 13 snakes -- that they allow to roam free.

Date : Thu, 9 Jul 2009 12:10:39 +0500 ARMENIAN DELICACIES IN BEIRUT tasteofbeirut.com http://www.tasteofbeirut.com/?p=1608 July 8th, 2009 Mayrig means "little mother" in Armenian.

A Lebanese security source claimed late on Tuesday that a Lebanese army colonel suspected of spying for Israel fled to the Jewish state last week, Reuters reported.

In a Saturday, July 4, 2009 file photo, heiress Paris Hilton, center, dances as she arrives to host a party in Beirut, Lebanon.

I heard about the death of former US Defense Secretary Robert McNamara this week, as I was following two different news events: the fresh American and NATO military offensive in Afgha?nis?tan and the Byzantine backroom negotiations among Lebanese, Syrians, and Saudis to form the next Lebanese government.

BEIRUT: The Italian Embassy in Beirut announced on Tuesday the visit to Lebanon on July 8 and 9 of a Delegation of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Italian Chamber of Deputies, headed by its President, Stefano Stefani, and which also includes.

Israel is sending a dangerous message in its continuous belligerence toward Lebanon as the country moves to form a new government, Beirut said.

Paris partied in a place that she couldna t find on a map, even if she had a map and a map-reading guy helping her.

Snakes and the number 13 are not usually considered good luck charms, but Condi and her 12 serpent siblings have brought happiness to a couple in Lebanon.

Happy to be back again in the land of her ancestors, who left the land of the cedars more than 120 years ago to settle in Colombia.

The aviator glasses are a bit rounder. So is the man. But the dry humor that helped ex-marine Terry Anderson overcome near seven years of Hezbollah captivity testifies to stamina and resolve in returning to Lebanon with American journalism students to teach them that not all Lebanese, Arabs and Muslims are terrorists.

The socialite hit downtown Beirut in Lebanon last night for a party - and dominated the dancefloor.

The North American Convention of the Church of God ended Thursday on a conversational and promising note.

BEIRUT: "Turn 100,000 LBP into art!" is the tagline for the Beirut Art Center's first ever fundraising party.

Post election popular support for Hezbollah appears to have increased. While on the surface the pro-US team here did preserve its 'majority', the Hezbollah led opposition actually won the election by nearly ten percent of the popular vote.

BEIRUT a ' Syria's leader sent a July 4 message full of praise to President Barack Obama on Friday and invited him to visit Syria a ' the latest signs Damascus is hedging its bets in Mideast politics, warming up to its rival the United States at a time when its longtime ally Iran is in turmoil.