In the charming if somewhat rundown marina of Larnaca, the cedar-emblazoned flag of Lebanon flies proudly from a yacht as nearby Israelis clad in kippa and prayer shawl prepare for the Sabbath. The holiday island of Cyprus and its coastal resorts, which have long played host to sworn foes in the Middle East, is once again gearing up to serve as safe haven for a troubled region.But given the bloodshed just 160km away across the water in Lebanon, the Israeli boats moored alongside the Lebanese yacht have opted to play it safe and not hoist the Star of David. For it was here, in a violation of the unofficial Arab-Israeli truce on this Mediterranean island, that a Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO) commando killed three Israelis on their boat in Larnaca marina in September 1985, claiming they were Mossad agents.
Nearby, a Lebanese boy asked his father what language their neighbours in the marina were speaking among themselves. Jean-Philippe el-Khazen, the 50-year-old skipper of a 10m yacht, one of three Lebanese vessels stranded in Larnaca by Israel’s air and sea blockade, had nothing but praise for his Cypriot hosts. "The Cypriots always welcome us … They really put us at ease and are ready to assist in everything we need, even to take us by car to the supermarket," he said.
النوايا لذلك مشيراً الى أن كلما طال أمد الأزمة تصبح الحلول أكثر صعوبة.
شدد النائب الدكتور فريد الخازن على انه لا يمكن ملامسة الفتنة في العمل السياسي، مؤكدا ان العمل السياسي هو عمل سياسي سلمي، ديمقراطي تنافسي، ولا يجب ان يؤدي او يستغل لاحداث فتنة. 
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) 14 feb 2007 — Tens of thousands packed into a city square Wednesday to mark the second anniversary of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri’s assassination as hundreds of troops were deployed a day after bus bombings killed three people.Troops in full combat gear and armored cars deployed in and around Martyrs’ Square, where the country’s two main rival groups were present: government supporters commemorating Hariri’s death and opposition supporters continuing their daily sit-in to demand the government’s resignation.
Khazen.org presents its deepest condoleances to the family of the innocent victims and martyrs of Lebanon Michel Attar and Laurice Gemayel. Pope Benedict XVI on Wednesday deplored the twin bomb attacks that claimed at least three lives near Beirut and urged Lebanon’s people and leaders to reject violence. "He entreats the Lebanese people and their leaders to unanimously reject violence and (work) at this tragic moment for national unity and the common good," The pope said in a cable to Cardinal Nasrallah Sfeir in Lebanon.The message, sent on the pope’s behalf by Vatican State Secretary Tarcisio Bertone, said Benedict had been "deeply pained" by news of the bus bombings Tuesday in a Christian area northeast of Beirut. AINALAK,LEBANON 
BEIRUT, The Associated Press Lebanon: Too much zeal for reporting may have led three Lebanese journalists to break into the apartment of a key witness in the slaying of former Prime Minster Rafik Hariri 
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BEIRUT (AFP) – Arab League chief Amr Mussa is due to return to Lebanon next month in a new bid to help resolve the country’s acute political crisis, a government minister has said. "We’re expecting him on February 8," Telecommunication Minister Marwan Hamadeh told AFP Wednesday."Regardless of progress (on resolving the crisis), his presence has become indispensable," he said.
JERUSALEM – Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert spent hours Thursday testifying before the commission investigating Israel’s conduct during its much-criticized war in Lebanon over the summer. The Winograd commission was appointed in the fall to try to reconstruct the government’s decisions during the war with Lebanon’s Hezbollah guerrillas and to determine if anyone should be censured.
