BEIRUT (Reuters) - About 2,000 Syrian troops have pulled out of eastern Lebanon over the past week, a senior Lebanese security source said Monday, bringing Syria a step closer to ending its 29-year military domination of Lebanon.  The source said small units in the eastern Bekaa Valley were going home, leaving behind a division of the Syrian army as well as scores of intelligence agents. A Syrian-Lebanese military committee is due to meet next week to set a timeline for withdrawing the 8,000 remaining forces. U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan has said he expects Syria to complete the pull out before general elections due in May.

ألشيخ غصوب نجيب ألخازن ,أعداد : يعقوب رياض ألخازن - 27/3/2005 قدم يوسف أبن خاطر ألخازن من كسروان- جبل لبنان في مطلع ألقرن ألثامن عشر , ألى قرية ألبقيعة في ألجليل ألقريبة من مدينة صفد , وتزوج أمرأةً من عائلة خَرْمَة , وولد له أبراهيم ألذي أنتقل ألى قرية ألبعنه في ألجليل ألغربي قرب مدينة عكا حيث عمل ناطوراً على ألعين ألفوقا فيها , وتزوج وأنجب موسى .عمل موسى بتربية ألمواشي وألأتجار بها وتزوج أمرأةً من عائلة جريس في ألبعنه وأنجب ولدان هما خازن وحنا .

By BASSEM MROUE, Associated Press Writer BEIRUT, Lebanon - Following Lebanon's third bombing in eight days, President Emile Lahoud pledged Sunday to fight the violence gripping his country since last month's assassination of former premier Rafik Hariri.  Saturday's blast at an industrial property in the mainly Christian northeastern suburb of Bouchrieh injured five people and set at least six factories ablaze. The attack followed bombings on March 19 and March 23 that targeted two Christian strongholds, killing three people and wounding at least 10. "We will do all we can. We should all be united because this is how we can save the country," Lahoud, a Maronite Christian and close Syrian ally, vowed after attending Easter Mass.

The Lord is Risen! May the lord protect us and guide us on Easter and always. While he Leads we cannot Fall. …