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

Hariri probe 'finds new culprits'

Thursday, November 29th 2007, 10:15

UN investigators into the murder of former Lebanese PM Rafik Hariri say they have made progress.
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Gunfight raises Lebanon tension

Wednesday, November 28th 2007, 10:01
related countries: Libya
related places: Tripoli

Lebanese forces are deployed in Tripoli to prevent a repeat of clashes that left at least one dead on Tuesday.
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Power vacuum threat for Lebanon

Saturday, November 24th 2007, 6:08

Lebanon is in limbo as the president leaves office and rival factions argue over who now takes control.
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Lebanon presidency ends in chaos

Friday, November 23rd 2007, 22:50

The term of Lebanon's president ends with no successor and a bitter row over who is now in power.
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Lebanese fail to elect president

Friday, November 23rd 2007, 12:04

Feuding Lebanese MPs fail to convene to elect a president as the term of the incumbent, Emile Lahoud, expires.
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Lebanon 'needs interim president'

Friday, November 23rd 2007, 0:05

Lebanese opposition leader Michel Aoun proposes an interim president as a way of breaking the deadlock.
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France decries Lebanon 'blockage'

Monday, November 19th 2007, 15:21
related countries: France

France's foreign minister blames unnamed groups for blocking a compromise in the Lebanon presidency impasse.
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UN chief in Lebanon election plea

Friday, November 16th 2007, 23:02
related places: Beirut

The UN head urges Lebanese MPs to elect a president on time to avoid reaching "the brink of the abyss".
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UN joins Lebanon crisis mediation

Thursday, November 15th 2007, 16:11
related places: Beirut

The UN chief flies into Beirut to help broker an end to Lebanon's long impasse over a new president.
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Lebanon delays presidential vote

Sunday, November 11th 2007, 1:20

Lebanon's presidential election is postponed for a third time, the speaker of parliament, Nabih Berri, announces.
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Argentina bomb warrants backed

Wednesday, November 7th 2007, 21:02

Interpol approves arrest warrants for five Iranians and a Lebanese over a 1994 Argentina bomb attack.
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Syria dismisses 'new Hariri plot'

Wednesday, October 31st 2007, 12:48
related countries: Syria

Syria rejects claims by Lebanon's parliament majority leader, Saad Hariri, that it is plotting to murder him.
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Lebanon delays presidential vote

Monday, October 22nd 2007, 14:15

The election of a president by Lebanese members of parliament has been postponed for a second time.
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Appeal for Lebanon refugee rights

Wednesday, October 17th 2007, 13:18

A rights group condemns Lebanon for what it calls discrimination against Palestinian refugees.
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Families return to Lebanon camp

Wednesday, October 10th 2007, 10:54

The first families are allowed back to the Lebanese refugee camp of Nahr al-Bared, following months of fighting.
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Swathes of Lebanon forest burnt

Wednesday, October 3rd 2007, 10:39

Forest fires destroy large areas of woodland across Lebanon, killing one woman and injuring dozens.
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US pledges funds for Hariri court

Friday, September 28th 2007, 7:26
related countries: United States

The US contributes $5m towards the trial of suspects in the murder of former Lebanese PM Rafik Hariri.
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Votes and assassinations in Lebanon

Thursday, September 27th 2007, 10:45

Jim Muir reflects on Lebanon's political crises - past and present - as the deadline for electing a new president approaches.
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Lebanese MPs delay crucial vote

Tuesday, September 25th 2007, 9:50

Lebanon's parliament adjourns a crucial session to elect a new president until 23 October.
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Crowds attend Lebanon MP funeral

Friday, September 21st 2007, 17:08
related countries: Syria

Huge crowds join senior Lebanese politicians at the funeral of murdered anti-Syrian MP Antoine Ghanim.
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Lebanon government defies bombers

Thursday, September 20th 2007, 17:01
related countries: Syria
related places: Beirut

The Beirut government insists it will hold a presidential vote, despite the killing of an anti-Syrian politician.
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Day of mourning for Lebanese MP

Thursday, September 20th 2007, 16:25
related countries: Syria

Banks, schools and offices close as Lebanon mourns an anti-Syrian MP who was killed in a bomb attack.
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Anger at new Lebanon MP killing

Thursday, September 20th 2007, 8:53
related countries: Syria
related places: Beirut

World and Lebanese leaders condemn the murder of an anti-Syrian MP on the eve of a key vote.
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Lebanese MP killed in car bombing

Wednesday, September 19th 2007, 18:31
related places: Beirut

Anti-Syrian MP Antoine Ghanim is killed in a car bombing in a mainly Christian suburb of Beirut.
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'Israeli warplanes raid' Lebanon

Tuesday, September 18th 2007, 15:55
related countries: Israel
related places: Beirut

Israeli jets have violated Lebanon's airspace, causing sonic booms, reports from Beirut say.
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Lebanon seizes fugitive militants

Saturday, September 15th 2007, 14:56

Four Islamist militants involved in a siege at a Palestinian refugee camp have been captured, Lebanon's army says.
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Lebanon militant 'escaped siege'

Monday, September 10th 2007, 14:08

DNA tests on a body identified as the leader of Lebanese refugee camp militants are negative, officials say.
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Iran faces US bomb award

Friday, September 7th 2007, 21:26
related countries: Iran, United States
related places: Beirut

A US judge orders Iran to pay $2.65bn to families of marines killed by a 1983 suicide bomb in Beirut.
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Israel accused over Lebanon war

Thursday, September 6th 2007, 11:48
related countries: Israel

Human rights campaigners accuse Israel of carrying out indiscriminate air strikes in the 2006 war in Lebanon.
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Lebanon army 'killed 222 rebels'

Tuesday, September 4th 2007, 10:20

Lebanon's defence minister says at least 222 Fatah al-Islam fighters were killed in the Nahr al-Bared siege.
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Explosions rock Lebanon camp

Monday, September 3rd 2007, 15:50

Explosions are heard at a refugee camp in northern Lebanon, a day after troops captured it from militants.
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Lebanon PM hails end of siege

Sunday, September 2nd 2007, 20:02

Lebanese PM Fuad Siniora declares victory over terrorism after the army seizes Nahr al-Bared refugee camp.
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Islamists killed in Lebanon clash

Sunday, September 2nd 2007, 11:28

Twenty Islamist militants are killed by Lebanese troops as they tried to flee a besieged refugee camp, officials say.
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Lebanese MP stands for president

Thursday, August 30th 2007, 20:48
related countries: Syria

An MP from the anti-Syrian coalition in Lebanon announces he will run for the presidency in an upcoming election.
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Israeli Arab dies from 2006 attack

Thursday, August 30th 2007, 14:03
related countries: Israel

An Israeli Arab man critically wounded in a rocket attack during last year's Lebanon war dies from his wounds.
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Women flee Lebanon camp

Friday, August 24th 2007, 19:42

The families of Islamist militants are evacuated from a refugee camp besieged by Lebanese troops.
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Deal on Lebanon camp safe passage

Wednesday, August 22nd 2007, 10:28

Lebanese army agrees to let the families of militants leave the refugee camp where they have been fighting.
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