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.

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Lebanon: news

Second retrial for Egypt tycoon

Monday, January 16th 2012, 16:48
related countries: Egypt

An Egyptian tycoon jailed in 2010 over the murder of Lebanese popstar Suzanne Tamim is to face a second retrial in the case.
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VIDEO: Syrian injured treated in Lebanon

Wednesday, January 4th 2012, 16:15
related countries: Syria

Activists suggesting the monitors are not getting a full picture of the situation in Syria
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VIDEO: Tour of Beirut's divided streets

Wednesday, December 21st 2011, 1:16
related places: Beirut

More than 20 years after the Lebanese civil war ended, Beirut is still split into political and sectarian enclaves.
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'Hezbollah laundered funds' in US

Friday, December 16th 2011, 13:33
related countries: United States

Three Lebanese financial institutions linked to Hezbollah laundered more than $300m through the US used car market, US prosecutors say.
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Syria unrest: Refuge for the wounded in Lebanon

Friday, December 16th 2011, 13:26

Syrians fleeing violence find safety in northern Lebanon
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Lebanon blast injures UN troops

Friday, December 9th 2011, 11:52

At least five UN peacekeepers and a Lebanese civilian have been injured by a bomb blast in southern Lebanon, security officials say.
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Hezbollah head in rare appearance

Tuesday, December 6th 2011, 18:28
related places: Beirut

The leader of the Lebanese Hezbollah Shia Islamist group, Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah, makes his first public appearance for several years at a Beirut rally.
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Lebanese split over draft law on violence against women

Thursday, December 1st 2011, 9:26

Lebanon's family violence bill meets resistance
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Lebanon president condemns attack

Tuesday, November 29th 2011, 19:15
related countries: Israel

Lebanese President Michel Suleiman condemns a rocket attack against Israel carried out from Lebanon, as an obscure group claims responsibility.
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Rockets from Lebanon hit Israel

Tuesday, November 29th 2011, 1:27
related countries: Israel

Several rockets fired from southern Lebanon landed in northern Israel, the Israeli army says, but no casualties are reported.
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VIDEO: Lebanon TV debate punch-up

Tuesday, November 15th 2011, 16:52
related countries: Syria

Lebanon TV debate on Syria leads to studio punch-up
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UN Lebanon court mulls next move

Monday, October 17th 2011, 20:45

Judges at the UN-backed tribunal investigating the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri are considering whether to try the suspects in absentia.
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Hezbollah: Terrorist organisation or liberation movement?

Tuesday, October 11th 2011, 0:53

What role will Hezbollah play if conflict returns to Lebanon?
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Syria army 'kills man in Lebanon'

Thursday, October 6th 2011, 21:47
related countries: Syria

Syrian forces cross into Lebanon and shoot dead a Syrian living in a border area, reports say, raising fears of a spillover of unrest.
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VIDEO: Beirut's beauty parlour for children

Wednesday, September 28th 2011, 6:01

In recent years the number of beauty parlours specifically for young girls has risen in the Lebanese capital.
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Lebanese comedy wins at Toronto

Monday, September 19th 2011, 11:52

A comedy set in war-torn Lebanon scoops the People's Choice award - won last year by The King's Speech - at Toronto International Film Festival.
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Cluster bomb meeting in Lebanon

Tuesday, September 13th 2011, 10:07
related places: Beirut

Officials from more than 100 countries are in Beirut for an international conference aimed at eradicating cluster bombs.
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'Slave maid' in Lebanon

Friday, August 19th 2011, 12:28

Madagascar woman freed after 15 years of hard labour
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Trial ordered for Hariri suspects

Wednesday, August 17th 2011, 18:11

A UN-backed tribunal publishes charges against four suspects in the assassination of Lebanon's Rafik Hariri, saying it has enough evidence to try them.
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Lebanese bomb blast 'kills two'

Thursday, August 11th 2011, 13:42
related places: Beirut

An explosion kills at least two people in a car park in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, police officials say.
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VIDEO: Lebanon's tensions exposed on film

Monday, August 8th 2011, 16:30

Lebanese film-maker Nadine Labaki is preparing for the worldwide release of her second film, Where Do We Go Now?, which won several awards and critical acclaim at this year's Cannes Film Festival.
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UN tribunal names Hariri suspects

Friday, July 29th 2011, 15:36

A UN-backed tribunal releases the names of four suspects - all linked to Hezbollah - indicted in the assassination of Lebanese ex-PM Rafik Hariri.
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Lebanon frees 'slanderous' singer

Thursday, July 28th 2011, 17:40

Lebanon frees singer Zeid Hamdan, detained over a song in which he urges President Michel Suleiman to "go home".
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Attack on UN in Lebanon condemned

Wednesday, July 27th 2011, 9:13
related countries: France

The UN Secretary General says he is "deeply disturbed" by a bombing that wounded five French peacekeepers in Lebanon.
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Estonian hostages free in Lebanon

Thursday, July 14th 2011, 11:13
related countries: Estonia

Seven kidnapped Estonians are released in Lebanon after four months in captivity.
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Israel-Lebanon gas border dispute

Monday, July 11th 2011, 12:03
related countries: Israel

A maritime border dispute is looming between Israel and Lebanon that could set off a new conflict over energy reserves.
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MPs vote in new Lebanon cabinet

Thursday, July 7th 2011, 15:12

Lebanon's government wins a parliamentary confidence vote, after a heated debate over the tribunal investigating the killing of former PM Rafik Hariri.
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Israel 'angry' at Lebanon report

Wednesday, July 6th 2011, 18:14
related countries: Israel

Israeli officials are reportedly boycotting a UN official in Lebanon who wrote a report criticising Israel's response to a Palestinian border protest.
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Hezbollah rejects Hariri warrants

Sunday, July 3rd 2011, 3:50

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah rejects indictments of four of its members by the UN-backed tribunal over the 2005 assassination of Lebanon's former PM Rafiq Hariri.
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VIDEO: Hezbollah rejects Hariri warrants

Sunday, July 3rd 2011, 2:37

A Hezbollah leader has rejected calls to arrest four men accused of assassinating Lebanon's former prime minster, Rafik Hariri, in 2005.
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Press on UN Hariri warrants

Friday, July 1st 2011, 11:24

The press in Lebanon and the wider region is split in its response to the issuing of four arrest warrants by the UN-backed tribunal investigating the 2005 murder of Lebanon's former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.
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Truth or stability

Friday, July 1st 2011, 10:27

Lebanese face choice over Rafik Hariri tribunal
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VIDEO: Warrants issued for Hariri murder

Thursday, June 30th 2011, 20:58

Four arrest warrants have been issued by the UN-backed tribunal investigating the murder of Lebanon's former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.
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UN court issues Hariri warrants

Thursday, June 30th 2011, 18:40

Four arrest warrants have been issued by the UN-backed tribunal investigating the murder of Lebanon's former PM Rafik Hariri, the court says.
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VIDEO: More camps on Turkey Syria border

Sunday, June 26th 2011, 3:28
related countries: Syria, Turkey

Syrian troops move into another village near the Turkish border and a town near Lebanon, amid reports of deadly shootings at protesters' funerals
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Syrian army 'widens border sweep'

Sunday, June 26th 2011, 2:51
related countries: Syria, Turkey

Syrian troops move into another village near Turkey and a town near Lebanon, amid reports of deadly shootings at protesters' funerals, reports say.
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Hezbollah members 'spied for CIA'

Friday, June 24th 2011, 21:39

The head of Hezbollah, Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah, says two members of the Lebanese Islamist group have confessed to working for the CIA.
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