International Business News - LBN http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Two American journalists who went missing during a vacation in Lebanon were quoted Friday as saying they were "kidnapped" by their taxi driver and taken into Syria, where they were held in custody for a week before being released. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081010/report-americans-released-by-syria-back-in-jordan.htm Fri, 10 Oct 2008 19:15:53 EDT The State Department says two American journalists who were detained by Syrian authorities have been released and are safe at the U.S. Embassy in Damascus. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081009/syria-frees-detained-us-journalists.htm Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:44:37 EDT Two American journalists whose disappearance prompted a U.S. Embassy alert and a wide search turned up in Syrian custody Thursday after being detained while trying to sneak into the country with smugglers, Syrian officials said. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/148250-mideast-jordan-missing-american.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081009/syria-has-2-missing-americans.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081009/syria-has-2-missing-americans.htm Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:39:39 EDT Authorities searching for two American journalists who went missing during a vacation in Lebanon said Thursday they were checking records to determine whether the pair left the country through a border crossing. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/148076-mideast-jordan-missing-american.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081009/lebanon-border-records-checked-for-2-americans.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081009/lebanon-border-records-checked-for-2-americans.htm Thu, 09 Oct 2008 07:21:52 EDT An independent panel said Wednesday that 10 U.N. officials should face reprimands or disciplinary action because of security lapses ahead of the deadly bombing of U.N. headquarters in Algeria. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081008/un-blames-10-for-security-lapse-in-algiers-bombing.htm Wed, 08 Oct 2008 16:53:35 EDT Israel's most famous missing soldier escaped from captivity in Lebanon and probably died 20 years ago while trying to make his way home through difficult terrain, Hezbollah told Israel's government, according to a newspaper report Wednesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/147465-mideast-israel-lebanon-missing-airman.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081008/hezbollah-israeli-mia-escaped-believed-dead.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081008/hezbollah-israeli-mia-escaped-believed-dead.htm Wed, 08 Oct 2008 12:35:27 EDT Two American journalists vacationing in Lebanon have not been heard from since Oct. 1 and are believed missing, the U.S. Embassy said Wednesday, appealing for information on their possible whereabouts. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/147723-mideast-lebanon-missing-americans.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081008/2-americans-missing-in-lebanon.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081008/2-americans-missing-in-lebanon.htm Wed, 08 Oct 2008 18:12:35 EDT A few tents and trucks dotting a green hill across the river are about all that is visible of a Syrian troop deployment on Lebanon's northern border--a buildup that has raised concerns of a possible Syrian incursion. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/147354-mideast-lebanon-syria.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081008/syrian-troops-gather-on-lebanese-border.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081008/syrian-troops-gather-on-lebanese-border.htm Wed, 08 Oct 2008 09:37:18 EDT The widow of an Iraq war veteran who committed suicide while in outpatient care for depression at a Veterans Administration hospital has sued the federal government for negligence. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081007/pa-widow-sues-us-over-iraq-vet-husbands-suicide.htm Tue, 07 Oct 2008 22:58:10 EDT The latest conflict simmering between Lebanon and Israel is all about food: Lebanese businessmen accusing Israel of stealing traditional Middle Eastern dishes like hummus. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081007/hummus-war-looms-between-lebanon-and-israel.htm Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:42:53 EDT A senior Iraqi lawmaker on Monday called for an urgent resolution to Christian demands for a minority quota system in upcoming provincial elections, while the electoral commission ruled out any possibility of holding the vote this year. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081006/iran-refuses-plane-carrying-iraq-speaker.htm Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:32:57 EDT Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert came to Moscow on Monday aiming to focus on Russian arms sales to Israel's enemies at meetings Russia hopes will bolster its image as a Middle East peacemaker. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081006/israels-olmert-brings-security-concerns-to-russia.htm Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:42:07 EDT Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, traveling to Russia this week on one of his last diplomatic missions, said Sunday he would urge Moscow not to sell sophisticated weapons to Israel's enemies. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/145843-mideast-israel-palestinians-olmert.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081005/olmert-to-urge-moscow-dont-arm-israels-enemies.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081005/olmert-to-urge-moscow-dont-arm-israels-enemies.htm Sun, 05 Oct 2008 16:56:33 EDT Egypt sent its foreign minister to Iraq Sunday for the first time in nearly two decades in a sign of growing Arab acceptance of the country's Shiite-led government. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/145743-iraq-eqypt.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081005/us-military-iraqi-killed-in-helicopter-collision.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081005/us-military-iraqi-killed-in-helicopter-collision.htm Sun, 05 Oct 2008 13:46:18 EDT Israel will use "disproportionate force" if Hezbollah guerrillas attack Israel, a senior military commander said in published comments Friday, adding that any village used to fire missiles against the Jewish state will be destroyed. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081003/israeli-general-warns-hezbollah-of-harsh-response.htm Fri, 03 Oct 2008 15:27:46 EDT Placido Domingo's concert at the Mayan ruins of Chichen Itza on Saturday night is being billed as "the world's greatest tenor at one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World," a claim few lovers of opera or history would dispute. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/144702-mexico-placido-domingo.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081003/mexicans-boo-mayan-pyramids-concert-by-great-tenor.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081003/mexicans-boo-mayan-pyramids-concert-by-great-tenor.htm Fri, 03 Oct 2008 13:44:37 EDT A look at some attacks on U.S. diplomatic buildings in Europe and around the world:--Sept. 17: Attackers armed with automatic weapons, rocket-propelled grenades and at least one suicide car bomb assault the U.S. Embassy in Yemen's capital, San'a. Nineteen people are killed, including six assailants. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081002/some-attacks-on-us-missions-overseas.htm Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:21:36 EDT A Lebanese civilian and a soldier died Tuesday of wounds inflicted by this week's bombing in the northern city of Tripoli, raising the total death toll to seven, security officials said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080930/2-men-die-of-their-wounds-in-lebanon-explosion.htm Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:47:59 EDT The attack that killed 17 people in Damascus this weekend was carried out by a suicide bomber who belonged to a Muslim extremist group, Syria's state-run media said Monday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080929/syria-says-suicide-attacker-behind-weekend-bombing.htm Mon, 29 Sep 2008 04:54:14 EDT A remote control car bomb packed with ball bearings ripped through a military bus Monday, killing four soldiers and a civilian in a city that has been tormented by sectarian violence, Lebanese officials said. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/141875-mideast-lebanon-explosion.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080929/officials-bomb-explodes-near-troops-in-lebanon.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080929/officials-bomb-explodes-near-troops-in-lebanon.htm Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:28:41 EDT