U.S. President Bush meets with Lebanese President Sleimanin Washington
U.S. President George W. Bush (R) meets with Lebanese President Michel Sleiman in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on September 25, 2008. (UPI Photo/Kristoffer Tripplaar/POOL)
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Lebanese President Michel Sleiman Saturday appointed Tamman Salam prime minister.
The Lebanese army moved into the city of Tripoli to quell street clashes between supporters and opponents of Syria's government, officials said Sunday.
Lebanese President Michel Sleiman accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Najib Mikati Saturday, who said his decision was a personal one.
Leaders of a teachers' union in Lebanon called for the government to pass a wage hike, as an open-ended strike continued Wednesday.
Gunfire and tear gas erupted in downtown Beirut Sunday during the funeral for Lebanon's slain intelligence chief, witnesses said.
The Vatican said more than 350,000 people attended Pope Benedict XVI's Sunday mass in Lebanon.
Lebanon asked Syria to investigate the death of a Lebanese cameraman shot by Syrian soldiers as the Tuesday deadline for a U.N.-brokered peace plan was ignored.
Lebanese President Michel Suleiman promised Thursday more protection for U.N. peacekeepers two weeks after five French peacekeeping troops were attacked.
A U.S. diplomat arrived in Beirut as the United States ramped up pressure on Lebanon to fund a U.N.-backed probe into the 2005 slaying of Rafik Hariri.
U.S. President Barack Obama said Monday he discussed the "extensive" arms smuggling ongoing in Lebanon with President Michel Suleiman.
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