41.  Israeli warplanes bombed an electrical substation in the hills above the Lebanese capital Thursday, creating a blackout in retaliation for a guerrilla attack on northern Israel.

42.  It was felt in Cyprus and as far east as Beirut, the Lebanese capital.

43.  Menem later toured the Phoenician ruins of Byblos, a port city north of the Lebanese capital Beirut.

44.  Military convoys have headed out of Beirut nightly, moving toward the strategic central mountains and possibly into Syria, according to residents near the Lebanese capital.

45.  Noor el-Huda was one of few people with a street named after them in their lifetime in the Lebanese capital.

46.  On Thursday, protests against the attacks erupted in Cairo, the Lebanese capital Beirut and the Gaza Strip.

47.  Relations may further deteriorate following the disappearance in Beirut this month of a Jordanian hotel executive reportedly seized by Syrian intelligence agents in the Lebanese capital.

48.  Responding to rocket attacks Thursday against its border communities, injuring five, Israeli warplanes blasted a power station near Beirut, blacking out the Lebanese capital.

49.  Relations may deteriorate further following the disappearance in Beirut this month of a Jordanian hotel executive reportedly seized by Syrian intelligence agents in the Lebanese capital.

50.  Scalfaro viewed a model of the huge reconstruction project in the heart of the Lebanese capital, then drove through downtown areas where work is under way.