Lebanon
July 1, 2000
Kuwait granted Lebanon a 20-year soft loan of $35.2 million on Thursday to help build a highway linking Hazmieh area, eastern Beirut, with the mountai
Eight alleged followers of Islamic militant, Osama bin Laden, were convicted Friday on charges that included planning terrorist attacks. They were sen
June 30, 2000
Singer Rabih Khawli has decided to embrace religion and become a monk, leaving behind 20 years in music.
June 29, 2000
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan promised Lebanon's President Emile Lahoud that he would put a stop to Israeli encroachments on Lebanese territory by F
Lebanese officials Thursday strongly contested their country's inclusion on recent lists of states allegedly facilitating money laundering, saying it
Hizbollah movement remains unchanged in ideology and objectives, despite the recent halt in its attacks, a high-ranking Israeli security official said
A Beirut military court sentenced another 65 Lebanese accused of collaborating with Israel to jail terms of between three weeks and 15 years in prison
Lebanon has raised 500 million dollars from a five-year Eurobond issue, with local banks the main contributors, Finance Minister Georges Corm was quot
June 28, 2000
Two Syrians were injured Wednesday when they opened a booby-trapped box containing explosives in Northern Metn, east of Beirut, Lebanese police said.
Lebanon hopes a conference soliciting donations for the reconstruction of its south will be held soon, Prime Minister Salim Hoss said Wednesday. "We a
Hizbollah's military official for south Lebanon, Nabil Qauq, said Wednesday that the group is prepared to use force to free Lebanese prisoners held in
The World Bank on Tuesday said it granted Lebanon an 80-million-dollar loan to finance infrastructure projects in Lebanese municipalities, reported th
June 27, 2000
Lebanese President Emile Lahoud said Tuesday he is satisfied that the United Nations has recognized Israeli violations of the border and asked the int
Legislative elections that had been scheduled to take place in three phases from August 20th have been put back by a week and cut to two phases, Inter
United Nations peacekeepers were looking into an alleged Israeli encroachment into southern Lebanon Tuesday, working from the Israeli side of the bord