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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• December 20th 2009 – September 10th 2009
• September 8th 2009 – May 30th 2009
• May 26th 2009 – March 6th 2009
• March 5th 2009 – October 18th 2008
• October 15th 2008 – August 13th 2008
• August 13th 2008 – June 28th 2008
• June 26th 2008 – May 15th 2008
• May 15th 2008 – February 22nd 2008
• February 21st 2008 – January 6th 2008
• January 4th 2008 – November 11th 2007
• November 7th 2007 – August 24th 2007
• August 22nd 2007 – June 24th 2007
• June 24th 2007 – May 30th 2007
• May 29th 2007 – April 30th 2007
• April 26th 2007 – January 29th 2007
• January 26th 2007 – November 25th 2006
• November 25th 2006 – October 20th 2006
• October 20th 2006 – September 11th 2006
• September 9th 2006 – August 28th 2006
• August 28th 2006 – August 17th 2006
• August 17th 2006 – August 11th 2006
• August 10th 2006 – August 2nd 2006
• August 2nd 2006 – July 27th 2006
• July 27th 2006 – July 21st 2006
• July 21st 2006 – July 14th 2006
• July 14th 2006 – March 7th 2006
• March 3rd 2006 – December 14th 2005
• December 13th 2005 – November 12th 2005

Lebanon: news

Lebanon arrests 'Israeli spy' colonel

Tuesday, May 26th 2009, 14:58
related countries: Israel

Lebanese police say an army colonel is the latest person detained on suspicion of spying for Israel, making 30 arrests.
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Russia 'respects Lebanon poll'

Monday, May 25th 2009, 17:23
related countries: Russia

Russia says the international community must recognise the result of Lebanon's general election irrespective of who wins.
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Biden's concerns

Friday, May 22nd 2009, 23:04
related countries: United States

How would the US see a Lebanon opposition poll win?
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US Vice-President Joe Biden visits Lebanon

Friday, May 22nd 2009, 12:23
related countries: United States
related places: Beirut

Vice-President Joe Biden arrives in Beirut ahead of crunch polls in the highest-level US diplomatic visit for nearly 30 years.
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Biden in Lebanon 'support' visit

Friday, May 22nd 2009, 0:33
related countries: United States
related places: Beirut, Washington

Vice-President Joe Biden is to visit Beirut to voice Washington's support for an "independent" Lebanon, the US says.
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Death for killers of Lebanese star Tamim

Thursday, May 21st 2009, 11:17
related countries: Egypt

Egyptian tycoon Hisham Talaat Moustafa and a security guard are sentenced to death for killing Lebanese star Suzanne Tamim.
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UN gets Israeli cluster bomb maps

Wednesday, May 13th 2009, 16:38
related countries: Israel

UN says Israel has handed over maps on where it dropped cluster bombs in Lebanon during the 2006 war.
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Lebanon arrests two more 'spies'

Friday, May 8th 2009, 13:12
related countries: Israel

The Lebanese authorities arrest two brothers and accuse them of spying for Mossad, the Israeli secret service.
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Lebanon releases Hariri suspects

Wednesday, April 29th 2009, 16:58

Four generals in custody over the killing of former Lebanon PM Rafik Hariri are freed from jail after four years.
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US calls for 'fair' Lebanon poll

Sunday, April 26th 2009, 12:49
related countries: United States
related places: Beirut

The US secretary of state calls for the upcoming general election in Lebanon to be fair and free of outside interference.
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Hezbollah TV seller jailed in US

Friday, April 24th 2009, 6:27
related countries: Pakistan, United States

A Pakistani man in the US is jailed for transmitting a TV channel run by Lebanon's Hezbollah movement.
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Lebanon general 'was Israeli spy'

Thursday, April 23rd 2009, 17:42
related countries: Israel

A former Lebanese general and three other people, including two of his family members, are charged with spying for Israel.
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Syrian detained in Hariri killing

Monday, April 20th 2009, 11:54
related countries: Syria

A key suspect in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri has been arrested in Dubai.
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Lebanese army targets crime rings

Thursday, April 16th 2009, 10:45

The Lebanese army is carrying out a major operation against crime rings in the Bekaa Valley after four soldiers are killed.
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Diaspora jump

Thursday, April 16th 2009, 7:35

Armenians find unlikely bedfellows in Lebanon election
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Jailhouse chic

Wednesday, April 15th 2009, 12:18

Star appeal for handbags made by Lebanese prisoners
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Four soldiers killed in Lebanon

Monday, April 13th 2009, 10:16

Four Lebanese soldiers are killed in an attack on an army patrol, according to media reports.
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Hezbollah confirms Egypt arrest

Friday, April 10th 2009, 19:42
related countries: Egypt

The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah movement confirms a member is among 49 men accused of planning attacks in Egypt.
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UN Hariri court seeks Beirut file

Wednesday, April 1st 2009, 19:20
related places: Beirut

A UN tribunal on the 2005 murder of former Lebanese PM Rafik Hariri asks Beirut for all its documents on the case.
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Lebanon approves Syria ambassador

Tuesday, March 24th 2009, 14:13
related countries: Syria
related places: Beirut

Beirut approves the appointment of Syria's first envoy, five months after the neighbours set up diplomatic contacts.
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Lebanon bomb kills PLO official

Monday, March 23rd 2009, 15:23

A powerful roadside bomb in Lebanon kills a senior Palestinian official and three others, close to a refugee camp.
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Lebanese flag raised in Damascus

Monday, March 16th 2009, 11:23
related countries: Syria
related places: Damascus

Lebanon opens its first embassy in the Syrian capital after decades of turbulence with its powerful Arab neighbour.
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Hezbollah chief defiant on Israel

Saturday, March 14th 2009, 2:28
related countries: Israel, United States

The leader of Lebanon's Islamist Hezbollah movement rejects US calls to recognise Israel as a precondition for talks.
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Fields of fear

Tuesday, March 10th 2009, 13:50

Funds for clearing cluster bombs in Lebanon dry up
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Boos as Lebanon camp is rebuilt

Monday, March 9th 2009, 19:05

The UN begins rebuilding a war-torn refugee camp in Lebanon, but to booing from its disillusioned Palestinian residents.
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US calms Beirut over Syria 'thaw'

Friday, March 6th 2009, 15:28
related countries: Syria, United States
related places: Beirut, America

Two US envoys say America's recent moves towards improving ties with Syria do not pose a threat to Lebanon.
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