In April 2006, Hadi Gebrane, an 18-year-old university student, died in a car accident. Responding to the personal tragedy and the alarming number of traffic fatalities in Lebanon each year, Hadi's loved ones began a campaign to reform road safety

Local and Arab Muslim religious leaders, politicians and a crowd of thousands gathered in Downtown Beirut to take part in the first Friday prayers at Mohammad al-Amin Mosque, six years after late former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri launched its establishment.

Lebanese American University (LAU) officials are brimming with pride after two senior figures from the university were honored within a week of each other with high-profile awards from prominent American institutions. Charles Elachi and Paul Boulos, both trustees of LAU,

The sandbags, sniper slits and pockmarked facade of a Beirut house stand as a chilling reminder of Lebanon's 1975-1990 Civil War.Now, more than 15 years after the end of the fighting, the building is poised to become a museum aimed

Adapting a book as successful and charming as Suad Amiry's "Sharon and My Mother-in-Law" wasn't going to be easy. So Afaf Shawwa Bibi, whose stage version debuted Wednesday at the Monnot Theater, decided instead to use it as an inspiration,

Energy and Water Minister Alan Tabourian said on Friday that a draft law on offshore oil and gas exploration being prepared with Norwegian assistance could be ready as early as February or March 2009. "The Norwegian side say that the

The present report is my eighth semi-annual report on the implementation of Security Council resolution 1559 (2004). It provides an update on progress in the implementation of the resolution, and highlights areas of concern that continue to impede on efforts

Libya has become the second biggest stakeholder in Italy's leading bank, UniCredit, as foreign investors show renewed interest in troubled Western banks amid the global financial crisis. The investment of nearly 1.5 billion euros ($2 billion), based on UniCredit's current

All of the recent polling data suggests that in the absence of a truly remarkable "October surprise," Barack Hussein Obama will be elected as the next president of the United States. The Illinois senator has promised the American people that

Somali pirates released 22 sailors they kidnapped last month after the South Korean ship owner paid a ransom, an official said Friday as India announced it plans to send a warship off the troubled nation's coast. The eight South Koreans

Bank of Beirut announced on Friday that its net profits in the first eight months of 2008 rose by 74.58 percent to $49.5 million. The bank attributed the sharp rise in profits to successful operations both in Lebanon and abroad.

The Beirut International Exhibition and Leisure Center (BIEL) hosted the 4th Annual Trade Fair for U.S. products and services. The yearly business conference - entitled 'Made in America' - took place between October 9 and 11 and was organized by

A fundraising campaign that aims to gather $25 million to improve Lebanon's firefighting capacity has received an $8 million donation from Future Movement leader MP Saad Hariri, taking the total raised to more than $10 million. Lebanon's woodland regions have

A surge of fighting in Sudan's North Darfur region has displaced 24,000 people who face shortages of food and water, a senior UN official said Friday, urging a rapid humanitarian response. "The numbers being thrown out now are ... about

The Cyprus government said Friday it was satisfied with statements by US presidential candidate Barack Obama on the Cyprus issue, but believes "specific actions" are needed. A joint declaration on Europe this week by Obama and his Democratic vice presidential

While the Pentagon's budget has risen to heights not seen since World War II, US diplomatic and foreign aid assets have largely atrophied and must be quickly rebuilt by any new administration that takes office in January, according to a

A Chinese engineer taken hostage in Pakistan seven weeks ago escaped from his Taliban abductors and found his way to an army post, the military said Friday. The Taliban said one of two Chinese hostages they were holding had gone

A senior US defense official signed an agreement in Beirut on Friday to give the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) additional military equipment. US Undersecretary of Defense Eric Edelman met with Prime Minister Fouad Siniora and the commander of the LAF,

UN chief Ban Ki-moon presented his eighth report on the implementation of Security Council Resolution 1559 Thursday, noting several positive developments, like the normalization of Lebanese Syrian-relations, but warning of the dangers of Lebanon's many unresolved security threats.

Chief Military Investigating Magistrate Rasheed Mezher has issued arrest warrants against an officer in the General Security and two civilians, the state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported on Friday. "Judge Mezher ordered the arrest of General Security officer Mohammad Amer