This week, Beirut said goodbye to an almost century-old coffee house that survived civil war, regime changes and countless political crises. Activists say it was one of more than a thousand historical landmarks that have disappeared from the city's l...
Todd: So, Rina, you were saying Lebanon, or Beirut, has really good night clubs. (Mm-hm) Ah, what's a really cool night club in Beirut? Rina: My favorite night club was rated 5th in Maxim magazine, and it's called B. O. 18, and what it used to be was...
By Edward Yeranian Beirut 24 November 2007 Lebanon's Prime Minister Fuad Siniora says his care-taker government will temporarily assume the powers of Lebanon's president, until parliament is able to elect a successor to Emile Lahoud, who left offic...
By Edward Yeranian Beirut 21 September 2007 Lebanon's top political leaders and hundreds of ordinary citizens turned out for the funeral Friday, of slain Christian lawmaker Antoine Ghanem. Edward Yeranian reports from Beirut. Church bells tolled as t...
By Challiss McDonough Beirut 01 December 2006 Hundreds of thousands of opposition protesters rallied in central Beirut on Friday, in a Hezbollah-organized demonstration aimed at bringing down the government of Prime Minister Fuad Siniora. Thousands...
By John Featherly Washington 28 October 2006 European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana visited Beirut Saturday to meet with Lebanese officials and the commander of the United Nations peacekeeping force there. European Union foreign policy ch...
By Margaret Besheer Beirut 10 August 2006 Israeli war planes blanketed three Shi'ite suburbs of Beirut Thursday with leaflets warning of a painful and strong response to Hezbollah attacks, and urging residents to evacuate. Earlier, an Israeli missil...
