Former Lebanese Prime Minister Amin al-Hafez, who served turbulent 2-month term, dies at 83

September 30th, 2009 Former Oklahoma Gov. Henry Bellmon diesOKLAHOMA CITY — Henry Louis Bellmon, who in 1963 became Oklahoma's first GOP governor since statehood, has died.

August 10th, 2009 Israel says Lebanon govt accountable for HezbollahJERUSALEM —Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his country will hold the Lebanese government responsible for any attacks on Israeli targets by the country's Hezbollah militia. It's the latest shot in a war of words which has been escalating since a July 14 explosion at a suspected Hezbollah arms depot near the Israeli border.

August 10th, 2009 Israel says Lebanon accountable for HezbollahJERUSALEM —Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Monday that his country would hold the Lebanese government responsible for any attacks on Israeli targets by the country's Hezbollah militia. It was the latest shot in a war of words that has been escalating since a July 14 explosion at a suspected Hezbollah arms depot near the Israeli border.

August 5th, 2009 Former Greek junta minister Makarezos dies aged 90ATHENS, Greece — Nikolaos Makarezos, one of the leaders of the military dictatorship that ruled Greece from 1967-1974, has died at age 90. Colonel Makarezos, the junta's chief economic policymaker who served as deputy prime minister and minister for coordination under dictator George Papadopoulos, died Monday, Greek media reported.

June 19th, 2009 BEIRUT - The Lebanese Army Friday accused Israel of violating the Lebanese border by establishing an observation post in a restricted area on the outskirts of the Kfarshouba hills. "In clear violation of a restricted area of Lebanese territory, and in an attempt to impose a new reality on the ground, the Israeli enemy Wednesday set up an observation post at the edge of Kfarshouba and a military position overlooking Baathaeel pond," a Lebanese army statement said.

June 12th, 2009 Former Mich. Congressman Carl Pursell dies at 76LANSING, Mich.

May 13th, 2009 Israel delays decision on returning Lebanese townJERUSALEM — Israel is suspending discussions of a possible withdrawal from the Lebanese side of a divided border town until after the neighboring country's elections next month, concerned that Iranian-backed Hezbollah could gain more political power and take control of the area, an official said Wednesday. Israel has held the Lebanese half of Ghajar since recapturing it in its 2006 war with Hezbollah, concerned that if it gives it back it will give the Shiite militant group another foothold on the border.

May 9th, 2009 BEIRUT - Lebanese security authorities have arrested three members of the same family on suspicion of spying for Israel, a Lebanese security source said Friday. 'A man, his wife and his brother were seized from their home in the town of Ghaziyeh, near the southern port of Sidon ...

May 5th, 2009 BEIRUT - The UN is trying to persuade Israel to withdraw its troops from Ghajjar village in southern Lebanon, a Lebanese government source said Tuesday. 'Members of the Lebanese and Israeli armies along with a senior UN official will meet Wednesday at the Naquora crossing point to discuss the issue of Ghajjar village,' the source said.

April 29th, 2009 Hariri court judge to rule on generals' detentionLEIDSCHENDAM, Netherlands — A judge at the U.N.-backed tribunal set up to prosecute former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri's assassins will make a ruling Wednesday on whether to keep the only suspects in the suicide bombing in custody. Four pro-Syrian Lebanese generals have been jailed since Aug.

April 19th, 2009 GUWAHATI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Sunday rejected Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) supremo Lalu Prasad's charge that the Congress too was to blame for Babri Masjid, saying the party 'can't be blamed' for the 1992 mosque demolition. 'We can't be blamed,' the prime minister told a press conference in Amin Gaon in Guwahati ahead of addressing a poll rally.

February 13th, 2009 BEIRUT - Amid tightened security measures, hundreds of thousands of Lebanese rallied Saturday at the Martyrs Square in central Beirut to mark the fourth anniversary of the assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri. The demonstrators carried Lebanese flags and banners reading 'Independence, Sovereignty, Freedom', 'Lebanese Unity', and sang the national anthem of the country.

February 7th, 2009 BEIRUT - Lebanese President Michel Suleiman Saturday said he will give instructions to the concerned parties to obtain more information on the missing Iranian diplomats, the National News Agency (NNA) reported. The president's remarks came after meeting with Iranian ambassador to Lebanon Mohammad Reza Shibani at the presidential palace.

January 29th, 2009 BEIRUT - Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Seniora has hit back at Hezbollah chief Hasan Nasrallah for holding his government responsible for the four Iranian diplomats who went missing in 1982, a media report said Friday. In a statement Thursday, Seniora said his government had sent a letter to UN chief Ban Ki-moon in September last year, urging him to help resolve the issue of Iranian diplomats who were kidnapped during the Israeli invasion in 1982, the NBN TV reported.

December 29th, 2008 BEIRUT - Lebanese President Michel Suleiman gave orders Tuesday for the rescue of an aid vessel which had been destined for the Gaza Strip before it was reportedly rammed by an Israeli naval ship, Lebanese media have reported. The boat, named 'Dignity', was carrying aid and activists from the Free Gaza Movement, and sailed from Cyprus late Monday bound for the Gaza.