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Lebanon, not "targetted" by US anti-terrorism manhunt BEIRUT, Sept 22 (AFP) - Lebanon is not being "targetted" by the US-led anti-terrorism global manhunt and has so far not been asked to hand over ...
WASHINGTON, May 16 (AFP) - The United States said Friday it was concerned by reported links between nine suspected terrorists arrested in Lebanon this month and Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda network. "We ...
BEIRUT, Aug 7 (AFP) - The Lebanese army's intelligence services Tuesday arrested a high-ranking official of the banned Lebanese Forces (LF) Christian militia, Toufic Hindi, as well as members of ...
Princess Lalla Mariam of Morocco looks on, while Lebanese Culture Minister Ghassan Salameh appears in the background during their visit to the National Museum in Beirut 17 July 2001. The Princess, who ...
Lebanon's Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri, meanwhile, said the United States was mistaken in counting on force alone to combat terrorism. "The United States believes a war must be waged in the (Middle ...
Lebanon angry residents block road to protest power cuts Tripoli, Lebanon, July 19 (AFP) - About 500 residents of an impoverished neighborhood of this northern port city blocked a main highway late ...
BEIRUT, Jan 9 (AFP) - Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri said Wednesday the association agreement Beirut is due to initial this week with the European Union was a "proof of confidence" that will ...
BEIRUT, March 3 (AFP) - Syria and Lebanon on Sunday implicitly rejected Saudi ideas to recognise Israel, saying regional peace must be based on all UN Security Council resolutions on the Middle East ...
Lebanese youths carry the flags of the Progressive Socialist Party (L) and Christian Lebanese Forces in the coastal town of Damour, south of Beirut, 03 August 2001 during the visit of Maronite ...
AYTARUN, Lebanon, Feb 10 (AFP) - Lebanese parliamentary speaker Nabih Berri on Sunday accused the United States of behaving like an "unjust school principal" in the world while remaining biased in ...
BEIRUT, Nov 15 (AFP) - Britain's ambassador to Beirut voiced differences Thursday over the US inclusion of Lebanon's fundamentalist Shiite Hezbollah movement on a list of terrorist organisations. "We ...
Joseph Vogel (11) of Lebanon tries to drive through a defence fo Yao Ming of China at the final match against China of 21st Asian Basketball Championship for Men in Shanghai, 28 July 2001. China won ...