BEIRUT, Lebanon, Oct. 8 (UPI) -- The Lebanese government is considering buying new electricity generators capable of generating 300 megawatts to reduce power rationing.

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Sept. 18 (UPI) -- Lawmakers in Beirut should discuss the details of forming a new government away from the spotlight of the media, the prime minister-designate said.

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Aug. 21 (UPI) -- Outgoing Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora said a new government would materialize at some point during the holy month of Ramadan.

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Aug. 5 (UPI) -- Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri left the country for France to distance himself from the disputes over forming the next government, officials say.

WASHINGTON, May 26 (UPI) -- The Lebanese will go to the polls next month to vote in a crucial parliamentary election, the outcome of which will decide not only the country's immediate political future, but how much economic and military aid Lebanon will receive – if any -- from the United States and from the Europeans.

BEIRUT, Lebanon, May 22 (UPI) -- U.S. Vice President Joe Biden arrived in Beirut on Friday for a brief visit to express U.S. support for an independent Lebanon ahead of June 7 elections.

BEIRUT, Lebanon, May 22 (UPI) -- U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said Friday that Washington will review its aid to Lebanon based on the outcome of an upcoming election there.

BEIRUT, Lebanon, April 8 (UPI) -- The Lebanese Hezbollah warned of repercussions following the nomination of Prime Minister Fouad Siniora to a Sunni parliamentary seat for the June elections.

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