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Geagea's trial in Karami case opens
Geagea has already received three death sentences since he was arrested in April 1994, but all were commuted to life imprisonment.
Lebanon, Judicial, 12/6/1997
Russian envoy offers to help forge prisoners deal
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Viktor Posuvalyuk on Friday said his country wished to help in negotiations to exchange the remains of an Israeli soldier killed in south Lebanon for Lebanese guerrillas imprisoned by Israel.
Lebanon, Politics, 12/6/1997
Three civilians killed in south Lebanon
Three civilians were killed and another wounded on Friday in roadside bomb explosions on the edge of an Israeli-occupied zone in south Lebanon.
Lebanon, Military, 12/6/1997
No Egyptian mediation to restore Lebanese relations with Iraq
Lebanese Foreign Minister Fares Boueiz refuted the news that there has been any Egyptian mediation to restore the Lebanese - Iraqi relations that had been severed 4 years ago.
Lebanon, Politics, 12/6/1997
Hrawi contacted Gaddafi
The Lebanese President showed his country's interest in opening Libyan markets to Lebanese agricultural products. Gaddafi stressed Libya 's readiness to support Lebanon and open Libya 's markets for Lebanese agricultural harvests.
Lebanon-Libya, Agriculture, 12/6/1997
Syrian - Lebanese cultural ties highlighted
Lebanese Culture and Higher Education Minister Fawzi Hbaish on Friday discussed with rector of Damascus university means of boosting cultural ties between the two countries.
Lebanon-Syria, Education, 12/6/1997
Lebanon: 438,000 tourists in the last 9 months
In the first quarter of the year tourists from Saudi Arabia, the Emirates, Bahrain, Qatar, and Jordan were about 88,900 compared with 53,000 in the same period last year. Saudi tourists accounted for 36,000 visits.
Lebanon, Business, 12/6/1997
Lebanese Premier: Lebanon cannot guarantee Israeli security
In press statements he made yesterday Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri dismissed Israel's proposal to withdraw its troops from occupied south Lebanon in return for security guarantees.
Lebanon, Politics, 12/5/1997
Toufeili backs out on campaign
A Shiite Muslim cleric leading a "hunger revolt" in eastern Lebanon's Bekaa Valley has backed out on his anti-government campaign after receiving promises that the government would begin the implementation of development projects in the impoverished region.
Lebanon, Politics, 12/5/1997
South Lebanon conflict continues
Lebanon, Military, 12/5/1997
Spanish ambassador: Lebanese resistance legitimate
Spanish ambassador said: "The Lebanese resistance carries out its legitimate right to liberate its lands."
Lebanon, Politics, 12/5/1997
Inter-Arab agricultural exports are booming
Lebanon signed several agreements and contracts providing for the exchange of agricultural produce with Arab states, according to Lebanese Agriculture Minister Shawki Fakhouri.
Lebanon, Agriculture, 12/5/1997
Sheikh Shamseddine's bodyguards and gunmen
Sheikh Mohammed Mehdi Shamseddine, head of the Higher Shiite Muslim Council, was praying at a mosque in a Beirut southern suburb Thursday, when his bodyguards spotted "suspicious movements" some 50 meters away in surrounding woods.
Lebanon, Local, 12/5/1997
Lebanon dismisses Israeli withdrawal offer
"He (Beilin) should have proposed this plan when he was still in power," Boueiz said at a press conference Wednesday. "Today he is making a proposal as a member of the opposition." Boueiz added that Beilin was "in no position to express an official stance which could be taken seriously."
Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 12/4/1997
Resistance acts continue in south Lebanon
Lebanese security sources said the shelling covered the woods of al-Qatrani area in the central sector. The sources continued the Israeli helicopters mopped up with machine-guns the woods and districts surrounding Kafr Houneh and Midon towns in Western Bekaa.
Lebanon-Israel, Military, 12/4/1997
Cabinet endorses fiscal plan, will borrow $2 billion
All governments are in debt. It is part of the world economic system. They question is how to handle the debt and reduce the deficit, Prime Minister Rafik Hariri said.
Lebanon, Economics, 12/4/1997
Guerrillas wound three Israeli soldiers
Despite last week's violence and recent Israeli threats to bomb public utilities and infrastructure in the Lebanese capital Beirut, U.S. Ambassador Richard Jones said he did not believe the region was headed towards a major confrontation.
Lebanon, Military, 12/3/1997
Teachers stage warning strike
Thousands of public and private school teachers staged a one-day warning strike Wednesday to press their long-standing demands for better pay and work conditions.
Lebanon, Education, 12/3/1997
Availability of fresh water sources in the Lebanese marine environment
A Lebanese paper to the eighth International Symposium on Remote Sensing Applications said that an airborne infrared thermal survey was carried out along the coast of Lebanon to detect differential temperature anomalies.
Lebanon, Science, 12/3/1997
Heritage conference on Lebanon
The International conference on Lebanon's heritage will open this month in Beirut with the aim of creating proper conditions to preserve Lebanon's legacy and heritage.
Lebanon, Culture, 12/3/1997
Europe to play a key role in peace process
"I assured Prime Minister Hariri that Europe will play a bigger role in the peace process;" the European Union's special envoy to the Middle East, Miguel Moratinos said.
Lebanon, Politics, 12/3/1997
Hrawi stresses support for Lebanese resistance
Lebanese President Elias Hrawi has expressed his support for the Lebanese national resistance, adding the resistance will continue so long as Israel occupies Lebanese lands.
Lebanon, Politics, 12/3/1997
Two pro-Israeli militiamen wounded
Two pro-Israeli militiamen were wounded on Monday when a roadside bomb went off near their patrol in Israel's South Lebanon occupation zone, a militia security source said.
Lebanon, Military, 12/2/1997
Cabinet to discuss 'fiscal rescue plan'
The plan spells out means of restricting waste in the Lebanese administration and keeping the budget deficit in check. It was unanimously agreed upon by President Elias Hrawi, Prime Minister Rafik Hariri and House Speaker Nabih Berri.
Lebanon, Economics, 12/2/1997
Investigation continues into MEA deal
Investigations continued Tuesday in what has come to be known as the Middle East Airlines scandal, after Prosecutor-General Adnan Addoum seized records of recent company board meetings.
Lebanon, Judicial, 12/2/1997
Continued Israeli aggressions against Lebanon
Lebanese resistance on Saturday killed three Israeli-allied militiamen and injured five Israeli soldiers in bomb attacks in south Lebanon, security sources said.
Lebanon, Military, 12/1/1997
Minister promises shipment of toxic waste barrels
Two barrels containing industrial waste from Canada were shipped to Lebanon during the civil war days. Two other containers from Belgium were shipped here in October 1996 and have been at Beirut harbor since then.
Lebanon, Local, 12/1/1997
Nasrallah pledges resistance against occupation
The Secretary General of Hizbullah Party in Lebanon, Hassan Nasrallah, said that presence of Syrian troops in Lebanon is a security need and a guarantee for national reconciliation and stability for Lebanon, which is always threatened by the Israeli invasion.
Lebanon, Politics, 12/1/1997
Lebanese-Syrian peace tracks inseparable, Lebanese cleric says
Sheikh Mohammad Mehdi Shamseddine, has asserted the inseparability of Syrian and Lebanese tracks in the talks to achieve a comprehensive peace in the Middle East.
Lebanon-Syria, Politics, 12/1/1997
Amnesty International concerned over Lebanese prisoners
Previous prisoners had disclosed that prisoners in Israeli jails undergo systematic torture and abuses including beating, whipping, electric shocks and dipping in hot and cold water.
Lebanon, Politics, 12/1/1997
Lebanon, Islamic bank sign $26 million agreement
Lebanon and the Islamic Development Bank on Saturday signed a $26 million agreement to finance equipment for the government-run Beirut University Hospital.
Lebanon, Economics, 12/1/1997
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