Beirut- The reaction to the speech of Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah marking the first anniversary of the al-Radwan operation was positive. He called for calm, dialogue and regular meetings. "The martyrs who fell on both sides during the

Beirut - Something strange happened yesterday in south Lebanon . Fourteen UN peacekeepers were injured when about 100 protesters threw stones at UNIFIL soldiers to try to stop an investigation into an arms cache that exploded last Tuesday in Khirbet

By Ghassan Karam Special to Ya Libnan Lebanon has failed ever since its creation, over sixty years ago, to act as an independent sovereign nation.

Beirut - Tension prevailed across southern Lebanon Sunday following the stoning attack by followers of the Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah that left 14 UN peacekeepers injured. The attack took place when a United Nations Interim Force in Southern Lebanon (UNIFIL)

Beirut - As expected Israel is trying to exploit the stoning incident in south Lebanon to amend UN resolution 1701 in its favor, but Lebanese designated Prime Minister Saad Hariri rejected Monday all attempts by Israel to amend the resolution

Geneva - Lebanon's Jeita Grotto , the Grand Canyon and the Great Barrier Reef are competing with 25 other spectacular natural landmarks in the final phase of the global poll to choose the "New 7 Wonders of Nature," organizers said

Beirut- Lebanon continues to be targeted by terrorism. Last month the army uncovered 25 cells spying for the Israeli Mossad and yesterday the army arrested a 10-member extremist network that was planning to carry out attacks against U.N. troops and

Beirut- The focus of the media in Lebanon continues to revolve around 2 issues : 1- The formation of the government by PM designate Saad Hariri . 2- The 10 member al Qaeda inspired terror network that was identified by

Beirut - We are almost at the end of July and so far there are no indication that we will see white smoke anytime soon, despite the optimistic comments of Speaker Nabih Berri. Berri who has been meeting with the

Orkney and Shetland MP, Alistair Carmichael has today slammed the Secretary of State of Scotland, the Rt. Hon Jim Murphy MP after a series of parliamentary answers today revealed the government has no plans to introduce any pilot scheme for

Orkney Islands Council has been invited to give evidence to the Scottish Parliament’s Rural Affairs and Environment Committee when it considers the Marine (Scotland) Bill. This is the result of representations made by Orkney MSP, Liam McArthur, who sits on

Jim Hume, Liberal Democrat MSP for the South of Scotland, has expressed disappointment and sadness at the news that Gala building firm, N&J Graham Ltd, has had to cease trading resulting in 20 redundancies. Jim Hume MSP said: †This

Document reveals severe delays to major road projects across Highlands Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey Lib Dem MP Danny Alexander is demanding answers from the Scottish Government after it emerged that existing plans for road upgrades in the Highlands are

Two weeks on from hailing a new 'vision' for public transport in Bedford Borough in the local press, the Mayor has not shared his ideas with the public or with local councillors. The Liberal Democrats have criticised the Mayor for

Richard Burt has written to the new Housing Minister, John Healey calling on him to "suspend the Regional Spatial Strategy process before it falls apart".

Alarm has been raised at the Government's intention to force through the Animal Health Responsibility and Cost Sharing Bill by June 2010.

The Organizing Committee of the central activities to mark the '26 of July' in this eastern province met Tuesday to discuss with working groups the final touches of preparations for the commemoration of the Cuban National Rebellion Day.

By Candra Malik Solo. Hard-line Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir on Wednesday blamed the US Central Intelligence Agency for Friday's bomb attacks on two hotels in Jakarta. "It's the CIA, just like in the Bali bombings. The CIA directed the

Present-day Naqba By Matti Friedman The Israeli government will remove references to what the Palestinians call the \"catastrophe\" of Israel's creation from textbooks for Arab schoolchildren, the country's education minister said Wednesday. The reference to \"al-naqba\" or catastrophe what the