From hero to zero
Not long ago now, Hezbollah was claiming it was merely fighting in Syria to protect Shiite shrines and those Lebanese living across the border.

U.S. mess in Iraq

Plan B looms

Delusions of grandeur

Eternal bad blood

Nijmeh studio

POLITICS:

Lebanese Army needs full support: Jumblatt
Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblatt urges all political sides to provide full support to the Lebanese Army and denounces attacks against the military in the northern city of Tripoli.

Burial of Hezbollah fighter sparks tension in Sidon

Ghosn: Army has green light to act in Tripoli

Sleiman, Berri aide discuss elections, new Cabinet

Franjieh reiterates support for Assad, Hezbollah

Heavy clashes batter north Lebanon's Tripoli

BUSINESS:

Lebanon gasoline prices up slightly
Gasoline prices inch slightly higher, with 20 liters of 95-octane selling at LL32,400.

Demand for cheaper cars reflects weaker purchasing power

Lebanese farmland firm GLB to invest up to $800M in Sudan

Salameh rules out bank financing for PPPs

EDL: Lights to come back on ‘soon’

Bank Audi warns over Lebanon’s rapidly increasing public debt

LOCAL NEWS:

Rai attends Mass in Vatican
Maronite Cardinal Beshara Rai meets with Pope Francis in the Vatican and asks for the pontiff’s blessing for Lebanon and the Middle East.

Baalbek residents back Hezbollah in Qusair fight

Hostages’ relatives back down on protest escalation

Bishop laments the state of Christians ahead of conference

UNICEF donates school kits to Palestinian refugees

Rockets disrupt Akkar funerals of Syrian fighters

ARTS & CULTURE:

Liberace film throws spotlight on gay rights at Cannes festival
The relationship between the flamboyant pianist Liberace and his young lover dazzled at the Cannes film festival on Tuesday and threw the spotlight on gay rights at the movie industry's largest annual gathering.

China's Ai Weiwei launches musical career with heavy metal "Dumbass" single

Rare "Harry Potter" first edition fetches record auction price

La Dolce Vita plays out with Italian films at Cannes

Syria favorites finding new customers in Lebanon

A gnome grows in Chelsea – at the flower show

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