The campaign against the NITC is being waged, unsurprisingly, by the owner of the present Ambassador Bridge, Manuel Maroun.

ECONOMIST: Infrastructure

Still, Mr Maroun has not given up, and has managed to force the question of the new river crossing on to the state ballot this November.

ECONOMIST: Infrastructure

United Nations observers in south Lebanon said there was a lull Friday in the fierce ground battles that have been taking place between Israeli soldiers and Hezbollah guerillas near the villages of Bint Jbail and Maroun al-Ras.

NPR: Israeli Warplanes Pound Targets in Lebanon