Hizbullah proved last week that it is the strongest force in Lebanon and could have seized power if it had wanted to, Israel's military intelligence chief said in remarks published on Thursday. "Hizbullah did not intend to take control ...
In Lebanon's northern port city of Tripoli, the scene of deadly sectarian clashes between pro- and anti-government forces, battle lines are being drawn as tensions simmer unresolved. "Our standard is our faith and we do not fear their armies. It
Leaders of Lebanon's opposition and pro-government parties will head to Doha on Friday to hold talks aimed at defusing a long-running feud between rival political factions, Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem al-Thani said Thursday. During
This could be the campaign of loudmouth preacher problems, and not only for Barack Obama. While The Rev. Jeremiah Wright is poster pastor for the type, Republican John McCain's right-wing ecclesiastical stable has a record of ranting, too.
House Democrats on Thursday approved a non-binding plan seeking an exit from Iraq by December of next year. The 149-141 vote came after Republicans withheld support for the funding measure in protest of Democratic tactics. Some 132 Republicans voted "present."
Barack Obama accused President Bush of "a false political attack"Thursday after Mr. Bush warned in Israel against appeasing terrorists -early salvos in a general election campaign that's already blazing evenas the Democratic front-runner tries to sew up his party's nomination.
Gov. Rod Blagojevich continues to push an expansion of state-subsidized health insurance, despite a new audit that found at least $1.5 billion in unpaid bills and the system is plagued by mismanagement. CBS 2 Political Editor Mike Flannery reports with
The Nabeh Foundation marked the end of the first phase of a project aimed at providing jon skills to women and girls who have not accomplished their education with a commencement ceremony at the Maarouf Saad Cultural Center in Sidon
Following their weekly meeting headed by Massoud al-Ashqar, the Union for Lebanon saluted the efforts of the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) in containing last week's clashes. Fighting erupted last week between opposition and pro-government supporters following a Cabinet decision to
Schools in the southern port city of Sidon will reopen their doors on Friday after the recent clashes between government and opposition supporters forced educational institutions in the area to shut down. Sidon MP Bahia Hariri's meetings with a number
Beirut's airport resumed activity Thursday after commercial airlines including Lebanon's national carrier, Middle East Airlines (MEA), had stopped flights in and out of the capital in response to the opposition's blockage of access roads leading to the country's only international
The BYU women's softball team will go head to head with the Tarheels of North Carolina in the first game of the NCAA Regional tournament on Thursday at 3:30 p.m. in Chapel Hill, NC.
Once called the 'quiet generation' by Thomas Friedman of the New York Times, this generation of millennials is now proving to be one of the loudest voices in America.
