News: Lebanon

We have started to collect the most important news related to Lebanon in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

World news related to Lebanon – overview

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• November 23rd 2009 – August 18th 2009
• August 13th 2009 – May 22nd 2009
• May 21st 2009 – February 21st 2009
• February 16th 2009 – October 7th 2008
• September 30th 2008 – August 5th 2008
• August 4th 2008 – June 19th 2008
• June 17th 2008 – May 12th 2008
• May 11th 2008 – February 18th 2008
• February 17th 2008 – December 24th 2007
• December 19th 2007 – October 10th 2007
• October 3rd 2007 – August 6th 2007
• August 4th 2007 – June 18th 2007
• June 18th 2007 – May 25th 2007
• May 24th 2007 – April 11th 2007
• April 4th 2007 – January 24th 2007
• January 23rd 2007 – November 23rd 2006
• November 22nd 2006 – October 6th 2006
• October 5th 2006 – September 6th 2006
• September 5th 2006 – August 25th 2006
• August 25th 2006 – August 17th 2006
• August 17th 2006 – August 8th 2006
• August 8th 2006 – August 2nd 2006
• August 1st 2006 – July 26th 2006
• July 25th 2006 – July 20th 2006
• July 20th 2006 – July 13th 2006
• July 13th 2006 – February 11th 2006
• February 9th 2006 – December 11th 2005
• December 9th 2005 – November 12th 2005

Lebanon: news

Lebanon body confirmed as Briton

Monday, November 23rd 2009, 17:50
related countries: United Kingdom

Human remains found in Lebanon are confirmed as those of a British journalist kidnapped nearly 25 years ago.
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UK 'finds Lebanon hostage body'

Thursday, November 19th 2009, 12:56
related countries: United Kingdom

Human remains have been found by a team searching for a British journalist, Alec Collett, who was kidnapped in Lebanon in 1985.
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Lebanon's struggle to move forward

Thursday, November 12th 2009, 13:23

After years of political paralysis, Lebanon's politicians are still pulling the country in different directions, says Natalia Antelava.
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Hezbollah dismisses Obama pledges

Wednesday, November 11th 2009, 23:44

The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah group says Barack Obama's promise to engage with Muslims has proved false.
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Hezbollah 'could strike Tel Aviv'

Tuesday, November 10th 2009, 16:21

The Lebanese Shia Islamist group, Hezbollah, has rockets capable of reaching Tel Aviv, Israel's military chief warns.
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Lebanon finally forms government

Tuesday, November 10th 2009, 11:02

Lebanon's Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri forms a unity government, ending five months of political deadlock.
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Concern at Lebanon maid deaths

Monday, November 9th 2009, 18:17

A human rights group wants the Lebanese government to investigate the suspicious deaths of eight foreign maids last month.
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Deal on Lebanon government agreed

Saturday, November 7th 2009, 15:03

Lebanon's Hezbollah says its opposition alliance has agreed to join a national unity government under PM-designate, Saad Hariri.
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Hezbollah denies arms ship claims

Thursday, November 5th 2009, 10:25
related countries: Israel

Hezbollah rejects Israeli allegations that weapons on a seized ship were destined for the Lebanese militant group.
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Lebanon stops fresh rocket attack

Wednesday, October 28th 2009, 10:10
related countries: Israel

Lebanese troops find four rockets ready to be fired at Israel, a day after a rocket hit an open area in Kiryat Shmona.
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Israel spying devices found by UN

Monday, October 19th 2009, 13:42
related countries: Israel

UN peacekeepers discover Israeli spying devices in southern Lebanon that were planted during Israel's 2006 war with Hezbollah.
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Hezbollah disputes 'rocket' video

Thursday, October 15th 2009, 17:16
related countries: Israel

Lebanese group Hezbollah airs its own footage to dispute an Israeli claim that it removed arms from the site of an explosion.
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Israel warns of Hezbollah threat

Wednesday, October 14th 2009, 1:10
related countries: Israel
related places: Tyre

Israel's president says Hezbollah has turned Lebanon into a "powder keg", after an explosion at a house near Tyre.
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Probe into southern Lebanon blast

Tuesday, October 13th 2009, 10:19
related places: Tyre

The Lebanese army and UN peacekeepers being investigations into a blast at a Hezbollah member's house near the city of Tyre.
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UAE jails man for 'terror links'

Monday, October 12th 2009, 10:26
related countries: United States

An Emirates court convicts US-Lebanese citizen Naji Hamdan on terrorism-related charges and jails him for 18 months.
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Arab rivals urge Lebanese unity

Thursday, October 8th 2009, 17:22
related countries: Saudi Arabia, Syria

Syria and Saudi Arabia call for a national unity government to be formed in Lebanon to end political stalemate there.
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Fear of forgetting

Tuesday, October 6th 2009, 23:38
related countries: Turkey

Lebanon Armenians object to planned deal with Turkey
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UAE confession was 'under duress'

Monday, September 14th 2009, 16:17
related countries: United States

The lawyer for a US citizen of Lebanese origin on trial in the UAE says his client was tortured into a confession.
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Top Venice award for Israeli film

Saturday, September 12th 2009, 19:35
related countries: Israel

The Israeli war film Lebanon, about the 1982 invasion, wins the top Golden Lion award at the Venice Film Festival.
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Rockets hit Israel from Lebanon

Friday, September 11th 2009, 20:35
related countries: Israel

Two rockets are fired into northern Israel from Lebanon, with no immediate reports of casualties or damage.
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Hariri to step aside in Lebanon

Thursday, September 10th 2009, 14:39

Saad Hariri abandons efforts to form a government in Lebanon and steps down as the country's PM-designate.
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Hezbollah denies bankruptcy link

Tuesday, September 8th 2009, 17:31

Lebanon's Hezbollah movement denies any role in the bankruptcy of a prominent businessman from the same sect.
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Hezbollah criticises cabinet plan

Tuesday, September 8th 2009, 8:54

Hezbollah criticises the Lebanese PM minister designate for proposing a unity cabinet before agreeing it with the opposition.
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Egypt 'Hezbollah cell' on trial

Sunday, August 23rd 2009, 13:45
related countries: Egypt
related places: Cairo

A group on trial in Cairo pleads not guilty to plotting attacks in Egypt for Lebanese Islamist group Hezbollah.
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Lebanon catches fugitive militant

Wednesday, August 19th 2009, 13:56

An Islamist militant is recaptured by the Lebanese army a day after he escaped from a high security prison.
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Militant escapes Lebanon prison

Tuesday, August 18th 2009, 15:02

An Islamist militant escapes from a Lebanon prison after members of his group form a human ladder and help him scale a wall.
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