Celebratory gunfire rang out in Beirut Sunday after Lebanon's Parliament elected Gen. Michel Suleiman the nation's 12th president.

The Lebanese parliament Sunday said it agreed to elect army Gen. Michel Suleiman as president following months of political violence.

AL chief calls for more efforts to save Lebanon CAIRO, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- Arab League (AL) Secretary General Amr Moussa has urged all parties concerned to exert utmost effortsfor finding a solution to the ongoing Lebanese crisis, the Egyptian official MENA news agency reported on Tuesday.

A powerful explosion Tuesday killed four Lebanese bystanders and destroyed a car belonging to the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, CNN said. The driver of the vehicle suffered minor injuries but the only passenger -- a Lebanese security official for the embassy -- was unhurt, a U.S.

A powerful explosion Tuesday killed at least three people and destroyed a car belonging to the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, Lebanese media said.