Beirut

It seemed a fitting way to end a show dedicated to the successes and hardships that has made Beirut what it is today.

Beirut's often in the headlines for the wrong reasons.

The vehicle exploded by the suicide bombers near the Iranian embassy in Beirut a few days ago had been loaded with bombs in Yabroud town of Al-Qamoun region of Syria, the Lebanese newspaper As-Safir quoted Lebanese security sources as saying.

In a statement to Saudi Press Agency (SPA), the director of the campaign office in Beirut Walid Al-Jalal said that rent checks were delivered to 120 Syria families in Beirut with a total value of USD90,000.

Everyone enjoys getting a little more than they expected," said Stefan Simkovics, general manager of Four Seasons Hotel Beirut.

Last week and after the Burj Abi Haidar incident, Lebanese authorities took a decision to seize all private arms in Beirut in an attempt to turn Lebanon's capital into a demilitarized zone.

More than any other capital in the Middle East, Beirut is a city where East meets West; it has even been called "Paris of the East." Beirut is quintessentially, a vibrant, energetic city, bustling with possibilities, a city which reflects the unparalleled Lebanese resilience.

Until now Beirut has had no public memorial for the victims of that war.

In Beirut, the commercial center of the city is being recreated in a mammoth project by Solidere, a private company created for the purpose in 1993.

This is a book of the Beirut that the West has come to know since 1975: a free-fire zone where alliances shift by the hour and where killing is so stylish that teenagers wear their AK-47s like Calvin Klein jeans.

Summary: The Council of Development and Reconstruction is following up on the factors contributing to the foul odors that have swept east Beirut over the past several months, Beirut I MP Hagop Terzian said in a statement Thursday.

He addressed them saying: "This is a call from the heart of Beirut to all of Lebanon, to all those who love Rafic Hariri, a call from Saad Hariri to the most precious people in Beirut, to my family and to every family in Beirut.

Summary: TEHRAN (FNA)- Beirut is currently hosting the Third International Iran Hand-Woven Carpet Exhibition which was inaugurated in a ceremony on Tuesday.

Khaled Saghieh, a columnist with the leftist daily AL AKHBAR, criticized calls for making Beirut an arms-free city following last week's bloody clashes between gunmen of the powerful Shiite group Hizbullah and those of the Sunni fundamentalist Islamic Charitable Projects Party, also known as Al-Ahbash.

Summary: Beirut, May 21, 2010, SPA -- German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle arrived today in Beirut on the first leg of his Arab tour, during which he plans to discuss the Middle East Peace process, dpa reported.