http://lebanon.web2announcer.com/ Web 2.0 announcer top stories for Lebanon en Mon, 11 Jun 2007 13:31:12 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2040586 unknown@Netscape.com Lebanese troops exchanged sporadic gunfire with Islamic militants holed up in a Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon on Monday as the war against al-Qaida-inspired fighters entered its fourth week. Mon, 11 Jun 2007 13:31:12 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2040586violenceContinuesLebanoncampNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2004447 unknown@Netscape.com The war in Lebanon was shocking for many reasons: for the monstrous scale of the destruction, for American complicity, and for the awkward silence as Israel committed war crimes. Wed, 23 May 2007 06:22:08 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2004447LebanonNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2002621 unknown@Netscape.com Al Jazeera has broadcast the first pictures from inside the Nahr al-Bared Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon as the fighting continues between the national army and Fatah al-Islam. Tue, 22 May 2007 19:23:21 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2002621NahralBaredLebanonVideofootageNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1999770 unknown@Netscape.com BEIRUT, Lebanon (CNN) -- Black plumes of smoke poured from a Palestinian refugee camp near Tripoli on Tuesday as members of an Islamic militant group battled the Lebanese army for a third day. Tue, 22 May 2007 12:13:11 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1999770LebanonNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1972317 unknown@Netscape.com Lebanese forces engaged in deadly fighting with al-Qaeda-linked Islamic militants in Tripoli and a nearby Palestinian refugee camp early Sunday, officials said, in the worst violence to hit the northern city in two decades.At least seven Lebanese soldiers were killed outside the refugee camp, emergency officials said. Security officials, speaking o Sun, 20 May 2007 18:47:14 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1972317LebanonwarNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1671051 unknown@Netscape.com BEIRUT -- Two female artists in Lebanon are pushing the boundaries with their new exhibition called Erotika, which, with its depictions of female sexuality, has sparked mixed reactions. Sun, 29 Apr 2007 21:11:07 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1671051ErotikasexualityreactionsLebanonNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1278163 unknown@Netscape.com France and Israel are on a collision course in south Lebanon following incidents involving Israeli warplanes over- flying the positions of the French military contingent serving with the UN peacekeeping force there. Tue, 03 Apr 2007 03:26:51 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1278163IsraelLebanonfrancewarNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1152771 unknown@Netscape.com Israel's defense minister told the head of the United Nations on Saturday that the U.N.-brokered cease-fire in southern Lebanon is endangered by Hezbollah militants, who continue to hold two captured Israeli soldiers and receive arms shipments from Syria. Sun, 25 Mar 2007 07:07:56 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1152771IsraelLebanonCeasefireinjeopardyNews http://web2announcer.com/go/942988 unknown@Netscape.com Scorched is the right title for Wajdi Mouawad's play about Lebanon.The word "Lebanon" doesn't occur in the script and "the army invading from the south" the Israeli army, of course - remains preposterously anonymous. But any playwright who calls a town "Nabatiyeh: or refers to a prominent Shia figure called "Shamseddin Sun, 11 Mar 2007 03:55:44 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/942988RobertFiskLebanontortureviatorontostageNews http://web2announcer.com/go/913260 unknown@Netscape.com Preparations for Israel's war in Lebanon last summer were drawn up at least four months before two Israeli soldiers were kidnapped by Hizbullah in July, Ehud Olmert, the prime minister, has admitted. Fri, 09 Mar 2007 06:09:38 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/913260IsraelLebanonwarplanningNews http://web2announcer.com/go/584805 unknown@Netscape.com Lebanon plans to mark the second anniversary of Rafik al-Hariri's assassination on Wednesday and anti-Syrian leaders have called for a mass rally to commemorate the killing despite deadly bus bombings. Wed, 14 Feb 2007 05:53:11 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/584805LebanonRafikAlHaririsassassinationBombingsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/581232 unknown@Netscape.com Terrorism took a significant turn for the worse here today as three people were killed and 19 wounded in two bus bombings, the first attacks aimed at random civilians here in many years. Tue, 13 Feb 2007 20:11:50 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/581232LebanonterrorismBombingsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/570184 unknown@Netscape.com Up to 12 people have been killed and 20 injured after bomb blasts tore through two buses near the Lebanese Christian mountain town of Bikfaya. Tue, 13 Feb 2007 10:41:38 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/570184BusbombingLebanonbombBikfayaNews http://web2announcer.com/go/340734 unknown@Netscape.com The Bush administration will inform Congress on Monday that Israel may have violated agreements with the United States when it fired American-supplied cluster munitions into southern Lebanon during its fight with Hezbollah last summer, the State Department said Saturday. Sun, 28 Jan 2007 04:28:01 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/340734IsraelclusterbombsLebanonmiddleeastU.S.News http://web2announcer.com/go/275444 unknown@Netscape.com Thousands of Lebanese demonstrators have paralysed parts of the country, barricading roads as part of a strike aimed at toppling the government. Smoke billowed over Beirut as protesters burned tyres and flights in and out of the city were cancelled as roads to the airport were blocked. The Hezbollah-led opposition called the strike as part of its drive to dislodge the government and hold new elections. Tue, 23 Jan 2007 08:42:52 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/275444beirutLebanonHezbollahprotestriotcoupNews http://web2announcer.com/go/274320 unknown@Netscape.com The United States plans to make a "substantial" aid contribution to Lebanon at a foreign donors meeting in Paris this week, said senior U.S. government officials on Monday. Tue, 23 Jan 2007 00:01:56 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/274320PoliticsussubstantialdonorLebanonParisNews http://web2announcer.com/go/47873 unknown@YahooMyWeb.com No description for this story Thu, 07 Dec 2006 20:29:23 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/47873linesfrontbreaking newsLebanonberuitblogslinksandersonreporterCoopercnnheadline360Newsblog http://web2announcer.com/go/9406 unknown@Del.icio.us.com The Red Cross Ambulance Incident Sun, 03 Sep 2006 15:30:14 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/9406IsraelPoliticsLebanonwarNews http://web2announcer.com/go/7667 unknown@Netscape.com Hezbollah chief Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah has said he would not have ordered the capture of two Israeli soldiers if he has realised it would lead to war. Sun, 27 Aug 2006 20:51:08 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/7667NewsHassan NasrallahHezbollahNasrallahLebanonMiddle East http://web2announcer.com/go/7245 unknown@Netscape.com We are walking with open eyes into our next war." The pessimism of a senior Israeli official who made that comment on Aug. 13 was striking because he had just finished telling a group of security analysts brought to Israel by the American Jewish Committee that the United Nations-brokered cease-fire had achieved many of Israel's goals. Sun, 27 Aug 2006 07:20:30 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/7245NewsIsraelsyriaMiddle EastiranLebanon http://web2announcer.com/go/7204 unknown@Netscape.com Scientology volunteers provided disaster relief and helped calm down the area during recent combat between Israel and Lebanon. Sun, 27 Aug 2006 01:39:10 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/7204Religionscientologyscientology volunteer ministersisrealLebanonconflictwarpeaceintoleranceThe Way to HappinessL. Ron HubbardNews http://web2announcer.com/go/7170 unknown@Netscape.com Now that the guns have fallen silent and the carnage has stopped, our writhing, aching hearts for the dead, the dying and the injured of Lebanon can rest. Now that the destruction and mayhem have ceased, we can look around and begin to assess the damage, weigh the facts, analyze the causes and deduct conclusions. It is a strange war, a war like no Sat, 26 Aug 2006 21:53:55 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/7170PoliticsLebanonIsraelHezbollahMiddle EastterrorismNews http://web2announcer.com/go/7121 unknown@Netscape.com Just what Lebanon needs: a disruption in power supplied by Syria to replace the energy lost when Israel destroyed the Lebanese power stations. The disruption was supposedly due to technical issues, not because of a political decision by Syria. The state-owned Lebanese power company, Electricite du Liban, thought the outage would last 2-3 days. Sat, 26 Aug 2006 17:31:07 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/7121PoliticselectricityLebanonsyriapower outageNews http://web2announcer.com/go/7113 unknown@Netscape.com In survey, 59% say Bush has no clear policy to deal with terrorism, but his job-approval ratings improve slightly. Sat, 26 Aug 2006 15:14:10 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/7113PoliticspolliraqWar on TerrorLebanonbushNews http://web2announcer.com/go/7105 unknown@Netscape.com Lebanon is entitled to compensation for the devastation Israel has wrought. Sat, 26 Aug 2006 13:46:25 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/7105PoliticsMiddle EastIsraelLebanonwarNews http://web2announcer.com/go/7073 unknown@Netscape.com A Lebanese citizen was arrested in the North on Friday in connection with an alleged terrorist plot to blow up two trains in Germany on July 31, according to Lebanon's State Prosecutor Saeid Mirza. Sat, 26 Aug 2006 07:25:58 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/7073NewsterrorGermanytrainLebanonMasked http://web2announcer.com/go/7052 unknown@Netscape.com First, it was to be a 15,000-strong foreign army to reinforce the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, Unifil. Now it is to be about 7,500. And it will not disarm Hizbollah. And anyway, Hizbollah refuses to be disarmed.The French would send 200 men; then they sent 400. Then the Italians would send 3,000. Sat, 26 Aug 2006 03:39:14 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/7052PoliticsLebanonRobert FiskIsraelPeacekeepingNews http://web2announcer.com/go/7001 unknown@Netscape.com France will send additional 1,600 soldiers to reinforce the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) and is willing to lead it, French President Jacques Chirac announced late Thursday. "I have decided to send two extra battalions into the field to expand our UNIFIL contingent. Two thousand French soldiers will thus be placed under t Fri, 25 Aug 2006 20:14:02 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/7001NewsfrenchLebanonpeace http://web2announcer.com/go/6949 unknown@Netscape.com Israelis may be trying to censor and limit the spread of this successful boy band - but they CAN NOT STOP THE ROCK! Fri, 25 Aug 2006 15:22:50 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/6949Do No EvilIsraelLebanonWest BankMiddle EastMusicNews http://web2announcer.com/go/6772 unknown@Netscape.com Hassan Dib Nasrallah, a Lebanese grocer, is a slight man with short gray whiskers. He's 54, bald and looks nothing like the Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, who, at 46, is full-faced with a dark beard. Thu, 24 Aug 2006 20:06:25 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/6772PoliticsIsraelLebanonHezbollahHassan NasrallahNews http://web2announcer.com/go/6718 unknown@Netscape.com Amnesty International has referred to some of Israel’s actions in Lebanon as "war crimes that give rise to individual criminal responsibility." Thu, 24 Aug 2006 17:32:11 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/6718Newsamnesty internationalhuman rightswar crimesIsraelLebanon http://web2announcer.com/go/6737 unknown@Netscape.com There is increasing evidence that Israel instigated a disastrous war on Lebanon largely at the behest of the United States. The administration of President George W Bush was set on crippling Hezbollah, the radical Shi'ite political movement that maintains a sizable block of seats in the Lebanese parliament. Wed, 23 Aug 2006 23:39:25 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/6737PoliticswarIsraelLebanonUnited StatesMiddle EastNews http://web2announcer.com/go/6535 unknown@Netscape.com Some Muslims are reaching toward the Bible for comfort amid the latest round of devastation. And for those displaced to the outskirts of Beirut, many have encountered Christians ready to love them, demonstrating that God can break down longstanding social barriers even in the midst of conflict. Wed, 23 Aug 2006 22:37:35 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/6535ReligionLebanonIsraelMuslimskoranevangelismNews http://web2announcer.com/go/6502 unknown@Netscape.com Greenpeace says large amounts of oil have sunk to the seabed off the coast after Israel bombed a power plant in July. Wed, 23 Aug 2006 19:50:25 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/6502NewsoilspillLebanonwarIsrael http://web2announcer.com/go/6481 unknown@Netscape.com Israel's Defense Ministry has suspended a review of the military's performance during the war against Hezbollah, awaiting a government decision on whether to order a broader inquiry, officials said Tuesday. Wed, 23 Aug 2006 18:20:16 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/6481PoliticsIsraelhebollahLebanonwarNews http://web2announcer.com/go/6338 unknown@Netscape.com My 15-year-old son commented to me the other day, “Dad, everything coming from American politicians and the media is so Israel-centric Wed, 23 Aug 2006 02:31:48 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/6338PoliticsIsraelLebanonmuslimterrorismamericaNews http://web2announcer.com/go/5887 unknown@Netscape.com Any chance of long-term peace between Lebanon and Israel all but vanished last night after Amir Peretz, the Israeli defence minister, said his country was preparing for another round of fighting.Mr Peretz spoke only hours after Israeli commandos mounted a raid deep inside Lebanon. Mon, 21 Aug 2006 19:57:06 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/5887PoliticsIsraelpeaceHezbullahLebanonNews http://web2announcer.com/go/5883 unknown@Netscape.com Despite claims of a mounting humanitarian crisis in Lebanon, the navy is under orders to maintain a sea blockade until a multinational force completes its deployment in the south, a high-ranking naval officer told The Jerusalem Post Sunday. Mon, 21 Aug 2006 19:56:10 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/5883PoliticsnavyIsraelUSALebanonHezbullahNews http://web2announcer.com/go/5864 unknown@Netscape.com 'Before the Israeli attack, Lebanon no longer existed, it was no more than a hologram. At Beirut innocent citizens like myself were forbidden access to certain areas of their own capital,' writes Michael Behe from the Metula News Agency Mon, 21 Aug 2006 18:29:56 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/5864PoliticsLebanonIsraelHezbollahiransyriaNews http://web2announcer.com/go/5686 unknown@Netscape.com Germany has ruled against sending police to Lebanon as part of the expanded United Nations peacekeeping force in the southern portion of the nation. According to Chancellor Angela Merkel in a newspaper interview, she said Germany will not send troops. "There will not be German police," she told Die Welt newspaper. Mon, 21 Aug 2006 11:44:52 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/5686NewsUnited Nationspeacekeeping forceGermanyLebanon http://web2announcer.com/go/5555 unknown@Netscape.com The United Nations said on Sunday the week-old truce between Israel and Hizbollah could easily collapse again into "an abyss of violence and bloodshed" if the U.N. resolution which engendered it was violated further. Sun, 20 Aug 2006 22:48:23 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/5555NewsLebanon http://web2announcer.com/go/5496 unknown@Netscape.com The Lebanese government vowed on Sunday to crush any attempt on the Lebanese side to breach the ceasefire in the conflict with Israel, a day after the U.N. condemned an Israeli raid on Hizbollah as a truce violation. Sun, 20 Aug 2006 16:23:51 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/5496NewsLebanonIsraelcease-firebreach http://web2announcer.com/go/5301 unknown@Netscape.com "It's worthwhile to speculate about some of the procedures of 'legerdemain' (sleight-of-hand) adhered to by the political magicians of our time - what set of practices allow them success in managing their audience while they unswervingly pursue their strategic goals...." Sat, 19 Aug 2006 17:36:08 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/5301PoliticsbushterrorterrorismmisdirectionplotsecrecyspinmediaNewsLebanonmagician http://web2announcer.com/go/5272 unknown@Netscape.com Israel's fresh operation inside Lebanon came five days after the UN-brokered ceasefire came into effect. Sat, 19 Aug 2006 12:26:07 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/5272PoliticsIsraelLebanonwarceasefireNews http://web2announcer.com/go/5189 unknown@Netscape.com The breeze blew fine dust across graves where 29 people killed in an Israeli airstrike — half of them children — were buried, as the ground was opened for funerals in south Lebanon on Friday, the Muslim holy day. Fri, 18 Aug 2006 23:38:00 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/5189NewsLebanonMiddle East http://web2announcer.com/go/5162 unknown@Netscape.com Israel objects to including countries that do not have diplomatic relations with the Jewish state in a planned United Nations force for southern Lebanon, the country's ambassador to the United Nations said on Friday. Fri, 18 Aug 2006 20:11:35 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/5162NewsIsraelLebanon http://web2announcer.com/go/5123 unknown@Netscape.com A 3.5-acre pit located between three churches and three mosques in central Beirut was slated to become Hadiqat As-Samah: the Garden of Forgiveness. Now the war in Lebanon has put those plans on the backburner. Fri, 18 Aug 2006 17:52:38 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/5123NewsLebanonIsraelpeacegardenlandscape http://web2announcer.com/go/5055 unknown@Netscape.com The United Nations Environment Program on Thursday pledged 50 million euros, about $64 million, to help clean up and contain a major Mediterranean oil spill caused by the conflict in Lebanon. Fri, 18 Aug 2006 13:54:36 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/5055Newsoil spillUnited NationsLebanon http://web2announcer.com/go/5020 unknown@Netscape.com They're digging them up by the hour, the swelling death toll of the Lebanon war. Fri, 18 Aug 2006 10:31:56 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/5020NewsIsraelLebanonwarwar crimescivilians http://web2announcer.com/go/4856 unknown@Netscape.com Bush conveyed his strong personal support for the military offensive during a White House meeting with Olmert on May 23, according to sources familiar with the thinking of senior Israeli leaders. Thu, 17 Aug 2006 20:15:52 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/4856PoliticsbushIsraelLebanonOlmertHezbollahNews