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A Beirut-bound charter jet crashed Thursday on takeoff from a coastal airport in the tiny West African country of Benin, killing at least 36 people, a Lebanese security official said.
The Back To Roots Club had a Christmas stand for 3 days collecting gifts for the children of the LF martyrs. They managed to collect over 100 gifts worth more than $400. 
Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Butros Sfeir said on Sunday that the church’s defense of people’s freedom and the country’s sovereignty is not an interference in politics but a political responsibility. Speaking during Sunday Mass, Sfeir said: “The church is not interfering in politics and political disputes, but being politically responsible, which stems from its role as the primary caretaker of its people. It is responsible for their fate, freedom and dignity as citizens possessing political rights and public freedoms.” After Mass, the patriarch met with a delegation from the Employees and Workers Union at Casino du Liban that submitted a memorandum stating their problems to Sfeir. The memo addressed general issues pertaining to workers in the country such as foreign competition, the danger of privatization, unemployment as well as national issues. The memo also expressed the delegation’s refusal of plans to resettle Palestinian refugees in their host countries and called for resolving the Lebanese University’s crisis. It demanded that owners of diesel-powered buses would be treated justly and given fair compensation. The memo denounced the failure of MPs to satisfy the demands of workers and urged President Emile Lahoud to put an end to squandering. “How can we remain silent as workers when the minimum wage is LL300,000, which is not enough to buy bread, when an MP … who should defend us … has allocations of more than LL11 million per month.” the statement questioned. Sfeir also met with a delegation of Lebanese Forces (LF) students who presented to the prelate a study on youth emigration. The LF’s student committee is working on halting the brain drain. The delegation submitted a memorandum urging the government to “treat the causes of the crisis politically and economically … by promoting national consensus, protecting freedoms, building a transparent and productive administration and creating job opportunities.” It said that if emigration continued, it would be one of the main factors that pave the way for resettlement. The memo urged churches to study ways to end emigration and encourage young people to stay here and called on civil associations and political parties to give the issue top priority. According to the memo, expatriates should stop comparing their societies with the Lebanese society and should develop a sense of belonging here through moral and financial assistance. The statement urged both Christians and Muslims to stop thinking in terms of majorities and minorities and work together for the country’s interest. 
ROME, Italy (CNN) -- Pope John Paul II has seen the controversial Mel Gibson movie, "The Passion of Christ," and he liked it, Vatican sources said Wednesday.
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israel's military is phasing out the legendary Uzi submachine gun, calling it antiquated and replacing it with more sophisticated, electronics-outfitted weaponry, an army spokesman said Wednesday.
A would-be suicide bomber was arrested outside the U.S. Embassy in Lebanon on Wednesday, Lebanese security officials said. The man was carrying explosives with the apparent aim of blowing himself up inside the embassy compound in the Beirut suburb of Aukar, the officials said. A senior Lebanese military official said the suspected bomber, a Lebanese identified as Abed Mreish, was arrested by Lebanese soldiers at an army checkpoint about 500 meters from the embassy compound. "The man was carrying a kilogram of explosives in a small suitcase," the official told The Associated Press, refusing to speculate on the man's motives, and adding that Mreish, in his 30s, was being interrogated by army officers. The U.S. Embassy official confirmed that a man with "a suspicious package" was arrested when he tried to enter the embassy. Wednesday's incident came less than a week after the U.S. State Department urged Americans in Lebanon to keep a low profile, vary times and routes of travel and avoid Palestinian refugee camps because of growing tensions and anti-American rhetoric in the Middle East. On May 30, the United States reopened its consulate in Beirut, nearly 20 years since its closure during the war.
Two words, ONE leader. Only ONE leader, and no one else. No one but Samir Geagea holds command of the Lebanese Forces, and we will only answer to him, we always have, and always will. Samir Geagea is more than a leader, he's a symbol, he's a living martyr, and when he chose to be incarcerated instead of enjoying freedom in some remote country, he did it for us, his Rife', his comrades, because he would not let the sacrifices we made go unacknowledged for. We have sacrificed everything, and we are still ready to sacrifice everything, and the struggle has been passed on from a generation to another, over hundreds of years. Why?? Why were all these young men ready to sacrifice their lives, leave everything, and fight? And for whom?
