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Lebanese President Emile Lahoud yesterday hailed President His Highness Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan for his continued support for Lebanon in various fields.

Lebanon has arrested nine people plotting an attack on the U.S. embassy and kidnappings to try to force the release of Islamic militant prisoners, military intelligence officials said yesterday.

Conflict will see public debt soar to $41b

Too young to remember the civil war, Christian teenagers in Lebanese Forces t-shirts celebrated the release of former militia leader Samir Geagea yesterday with an impromptu carnival in a Beirut square.

A member of the Palestinian militant group Hamas escaped unhurt yesterday when a bomb blew up his car in the Syrian capital Damascus.

President Emile Lahoud appointed pro-Syrian Omar Karami as Lebanon's prime minister yesterday, a move likely to strengthen Syria's role in Lebanon despite international pressure on Damascus to pull out its troops.

Two militant groups, Hezbollah and Hamas, issued strongly worded condemnations yesterday of the videotaped beheading of American civilian Nick Berg in Iraq.