Beirut- The ministerial committee charged with drafting a ministerial policy statement for Premier Fouad Siniora's cabinet announced it would finalize its statement on Friday.

Beirut- The Islamic Resistance has issued a statement condemning Israel's alleged violations of the ceasefire that ended the July-August 2006 War, the newspaper Al-Akhbar reported on Wednesday saying it was close to adopting "operational steps" against the Jewish state.

Sajid, who flew back to Mumbai to be with his wife, who just delivered a baby boy, chats with Nithya Ramani, and talks about the Los Angeles shoot with Sly last week.

Sathya Sai Baba has constantly claimed was once Rama and Krishna!In this claim he is far from being alone - there are scores of would-be Ramas and Krishnas claiming avatarhood in India. Sai Baba also claims to be the reincarnation

The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) hopes talks on settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict will intensify between Armenia and Azerbaijan after the presidential elections to be held in Azerbaijani in October 2008. "We hope the talks on

Beirut - The focus remains the drafting of the clause that deals with Hezbollah arms in the ministerial policy statement. We were under the impression that the ministerial committee was ready to finalize this issue yesterday but this did not

Beirut / Washington - Former U.S. ambassador to Lebanon Jeffrey Feltman has described the creation of a strong Lebanese state as Hezbollah's main enemy, expressing the Bush administration's concern over the Shiite group's "destabilizing role."

Beirut- Lebanese troops deployed to intercept smuggling across the borders with Syria were attacked by unidentified assailants before dawn Wednesday. A soldier was killed and another was wounded.