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UNITED NATIONS November 10, 2009 (Reuters) - The United States accused Iran in the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday of illicit arms deliveries to Lebanese guerrillas, endorsing charges by Israel after it seized a ship in the Mediterranean last week.

November 9, 2009 (BBC) - Lebanon's prime minister-designate Saad Hariri has formed a new 30-member unity government, ending five months of deadlock since the general election.

BEIRUT November 5, 2009 (Reuters) - Lebanon's Hezbollah guerrilla group denied on Thursday any connection with a shipment of weapons that Israel said it had intercepted on the high seas.

November 4, 2009 (BBC) - Israel's navy has intercepted a ship carrying hundreds of tonnes of Iranian weapons intended for Hezbollah in Lebanon, the Israeli military has said.

October 28, 2009 (AFP) - Four rockets ready to be fired at Israel were discovered by the Lebanese army on Wednesday, a day after one was launched into the Jewish state prompting a barrage of retaliatory fire, the military said.

September 11, 2009 (Bloomberg) - At least two rockets were launched from Lebanon into northern Israel today, and Israeli forces returned fire across the border, an Israeli Army spokesman said, speaking anonymously according to regulation.

August 6, 2009 (Times Online) - Three years after Israel fought a bloody war in Lebanon against Hezbollah, there are fears that hostilities could erupt again — this time with the militant group better armed than ever.

BEIRUT July 28, 2009 (Xinhua) - Six Israeli warplanes made their way right up to the north of Lebanon on Tuesday, in a serious violation of Lebanon's airspace, the official National News Agency (NNA) reported.

July 24, 2009 (Reuters) - The U.N. peacekeeping chief has said there are signs an illegal weapons stockpile that exploded last week in southern Lebanon belonged to the Lebanese guerrilla movement Hezbollah.

BEIRUT June 26, 2009 (The Daily Star) - The Israeli Army stepped up its presence along the border with Lebanon deploying armored tanks and setting up fortifications as it intensified airspace violations in the area, Lebanon's state-run National News Agency reported Thursday.