The Mabarrat Foundation honored 300 university graduates in a special ceremony held on Tuesday at the Imamayn Hassanayn Mosque in Haret Hreik under the auspices of senior Shiite cleric Sayyed Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah. Mabarrat, a charitable association that provides for

When widow Salam Hassoun and her three children left their home in Beirut's southern suburbs on the third day of the summer 2006 war with Israel, she did not know it would be for the last time. Israeli bombs displaced

The Provincial Council of Barcelona and the United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG), in cooperation with the Technical Office of Lebanese Cities and the Tyre municipality, held a conference in the southern city of Tyre on Tuesday with the aim

The release of Nassim Nisr, a man of Lebanese origin who has also held Israeli citizenship for a number of years, will be put on hold for another week or so, according to reports published Tuesday by the Israeli daily

Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Butros Sfeir shed light on Tuesday on the emigration problem plaguing Lebanon, saying that the phenomenon was almost the same as what has occurred in Palestine. "Things have become clear between Lebanon and Palestine and the problem

Parliamentary majority leader MP Saad Hariri said on Tuesday that he was certain a new Lebanese president would be elected on May 13. bSpeaking after a meeting with Prime Minister Fouad Siniora, Hariri also said he had no objections to

The establishment of the UN tribunal to try suspects in the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri has moved one step closer, as the UN announced on Tuesday that the tribunal's registrar was formally taking office this week. As

Israeli officials are extremely concerned about Hizbullah's growing strength in South Lebanon, Transportation Minister Shaul Mofaz told US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Monday. Hizbullah controls southern Lebanon and enjoys a "complete hold" over the area, Mofaz said.

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The new U.N. envoy to Afghanistan told President Bush on Tuesday that an upcoming donors' conference in Paris is key to helping rebuild the war-ruined nation. Bush said he sees progress, but difficult challenges remain.

I think this is a great idea for a story," smiles Jack Shaheen. He's gesturing to an article on the business page of an English-language daily about plans for a billion-dollar theme park in Dubai, inspired by Western superheroes. "Every

Prime Minister Fouad Siniora presided over an unofficial cabinet meeting on Tuesday to discuss the possibility of raising the minimum wage, and two participants said some ministers proposed a LL100,000 increase alongside a LL50,000 transportation allowance. A cabinet spokesman said.

President George W. Bush said on Tuesday that the United States was making "good progress" in Afghanistan, despite a brazen Taliban attack on a parade attended by Afghan President Hamid Karzai.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, April 29 -- At least 18 people were killed in a suicide bombing in eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday, the second high-profile attack in the country this week, according to Afghan officials.

The assault is the latest by militants against government teams responsible for destroying the opium poppy crop. Newly deployed U.S. Marines begin a major offensive in the country's south. A suicide bomber and gunmen attacked a drug-eradication team in eastern

Marines stormed into a Taliban-held town before daybreak Tuesday, trading gunfire with insurgents on the ground and using helicopter gunships to destroy a militant compound in one of Afghanistan's most violent regions.

Members of the Bint Jbeil municipality and Italian representatives celebrated the launching of the newly constructed meeting center of the municipality on Tuesday. The center was funded by Italian Embassy, through the Italian Cooperation Office, and the Humanitarian Organization for

The UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) on Tuesday denied charges of bias circulating in the Lebanese and Israeli press since a UN patrol was intercepted by unidentified gunmen on March 30. In response to the Israeli daily Haaretz's coverage