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

Large Hezbollah rally in Lebanon

Monday, February 16th 2009, 21:54
related places: Beirut

Lebanon's Hezbollah movement holds a rally to mark the anniversary of the killing of top commander Imad Mughniyeh.
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Lebanon remembers Hariri killing

Saturday, February 14th 2009, 12:19

Thousands of Lebanese mark the fourth anniversary of the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.
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Israel expels Gaza aid ship team

Friday, February 6th 2009, 14:55
related countries: Israel

Israel expels those on board a Lebanese ship carrying aid for Gaza that was seized by the Israeli navy on Thursday.
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Israel seizes Gaza-bound aid ship

Thursday, February 5th 2009, 19:42
related countries: Gaza Strip, Israel

A Lebanese ship carrying aid for Gaza is seized by the Israeli navy, but Israel denies Lebanese reports it was fired on.
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Rockets hit Israel from Lebanon

Thursday, January 8th 2009, 11:58
related countries: Israel

Rockets are fired from Lebanon into northern Israel raising fears that the current conflict in Gaza could spill over.
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Renewed protests at Israeli raids

Monday, December 29th 2008, 15:40
related countries: Israel

Thousands in the Arab world rally against Israeli air raids in Gaza, while Hezbollah puts its fighters in southern Lebanon on alert.
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Shared genes

Saturday, December 20th 2008, 12:53

DNA yields unifying message in divided Lebanon
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Russia 'to give' Lebanon war jets

Wednesday, December 17th 2008, 16:26
related countries: Russia
related places: Moscow

Moscow says it is sending 10 MiG-29 fighters jets to Lebanon as a gift and sign of military assistance.
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Fatah al-Islam says leader 'dead'

Wednesday, December 10th 2008, 12:13
related countries: Syria

The militant Islamist group Fatah al-Islam says its leader, who fled from Lebanon last year, has been killed or captured in Syria.
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Train plotter jailed in Germany

Tuesday, December 9th 2008, 10:20
related countries: Germany

Germany's court sentences a Lebanese man to life in jail over a failed plot to bomb German trains in 2006.
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A Lebanese farmer finds what may be the world's 'heaviest' potato

Monday, December 8th 2008, 11:49

A farmer in southern Lebanon digs up what he suspects is the heaviest potato in the world.
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Lebanon's Aoun in Damascus visit

Wednesday, December 3rd 2008, 22:42
related countries: Syria

Lebanese Christian leader Michel Aoun, who fought a "war of liberation" against Syrian troops, meets Syria's president.
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UN finds new clues in Hariri case

Tuesday, December 2nd 2008, 23:26

The UN body investigating the killing of Lebanese ex-Prime Minister Rafik Hariri says fresh evidence could help identify new suspects.
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Lebanon president visits Tehran

Monday, November 24th 2008, 11:24
related countries: Iran
related places: Tehran

Lebanese President Michel Suleiman is in Tehran for talks with his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
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Shoot-out in north Lebanon city

Friday, November 21st 2008, 10:19
related countries: Libya
related places: Tripoli

One person is killed and three are wounded in a shoot-out in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli, security forces say.
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Miliband holds meeting in Lebanon

Wednesday, November 19th 2008, 4:44
related countries: United Kingdom

British Foreign Secretary David Miliband has met his Lebanese counterpart Fawzi Salloukh to discuss peace in the Middle East.
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Day at the races

Friday, November 14th 2008, 7:51
related places: Beirut

A historic pursuit in war-torn Beirut, but for how long?
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Day at the races

Friday, November 14th 2008, 7:51
related places: Beirut

A historic pursuit in war-torn Beirut, but for how long?
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Arab singer held on drugs charges

Sunday, November 2nd 2008, 22:37
related countries: Sweden, Syria

The Syrian-Lebanese singer, George Wassouf, is arrested in Sweden on suspicion of drug offences, police say.
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Lebanese rivals hold rare meeting

Monday, October 27th 2008, 14:50

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah holds talks with western-backed Lebanese politician Saad Hariri, their first meeting for two years.
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Tycoon denies murdering pop star

Saturday, October 18th 2008, 14:44
related countries: Egypt

Egyptian tycoon Hisham Talaat Moustafa pleads not guilty of ordering the murder of Lebanese pop star Suzanne Tamim.
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Syria and Lebanon formalise ties

Wednesday, October 15th 2008, 9:07
related countries: Syria

A signing ceremony is held in Damascus to establish diplomatic ties for the first time between Syria and Lebanon.
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Syria to open embassy in Beirut

Tuesday, October 14th 2008, 9:24
related places: Beirut

Syria's President Bashar al-Assad issues a decree to set up diplomatic ties with Lebanon and open an embassy.
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US citizens 'missing in Lebanon'

Wednesday, October 8th 2008, 21:12
related countries: United States
related places: Beirut

Two American citizens are missing in Lebanon, the US embassy in Beirut says in an appeal for information on their whereabouts.
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Border warning

Wednesday, October 8th 2008, 9:21
related countries: Syria, United States

US military aid to Lebanon sends Syria a message
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Syria 'boosts troops on border'

Tuesday, October 7th 2008, 18:11
related countries: Syria

Syria moves troops to Lebanon's eastern border, weeks after boosting numbers on its northern frontier, reports say.
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