Beirut - A Lebanese army helicopter crashed in southern Lebanon on Thursday after apparently being struck by gunfire, initial reports by army sources said.

Beirut - At least one person was wounded Wednesday in clashes that erupted between rival Palestinians inside a refugee camp in southern Lebanon, Palestinian sources said.

The clashes erupted between the mainstream Fatah faction and extremists from Jund al-Sham in the camp at Ain el-Hilweh, east of the southern Lebanese city of Sidon, the sources said.

The fighting started after a personal quarrele broke into clashes with machineguns, wounding at least one person, the sources said.

The clashes caused panic inside the camp which is the residence of some 70,000 Palestinian refugees.

There are some 367,000 Palestinian refugees living in 12 camps around Lebanon.

Beirut  - An international human rights watchdog says immigrant maids in Lebanon are dying of "unnatural causes" at an alarming rate and called for an immediate investigation, local radios reported Wednesday.

Human Rights Watch (HRW) said at least 95 migrants who worked as domestic servants died in Lebanon since January 2007, mostly in suicides or in attempts to escape abuse.

Researcher Nadim Houry said domestic workers are dying "at a rate of more than one per week."

A report by HRW last year criticized several Gulf states and Lebanon for failing to stop abuse and secure protection for migrant women workers, around of 150,000 work in Lebanon.

Beirut  - Lebanon has indicted Libyan leader Moamer Gaddafi and is seeking his arrest for his alleged role in the disappearance of a Lebanese Shi'ite Muslim leader in 1978, according to Lebanese local radio Wednesday.

Lebanese Shiite leaders have long accused Libya of kidnapping Imam Musa al-Sadr and two of his aides during a visit to the North African country. Libya has denied such a charge on several occasions.

Lebanon's public prosecutor said in August 2004 he would open the investigation after looking into new evidence.

"We decided ... to accuse Moamer Gaddafi ... of inciting the kidnapping ... of Imam Musa al-Sadr," radio stations quoted court documents.

Beirut- Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit said on
Wednesday that he is concerned about ongoing sectarian tensions in
Lebanon.

"We are worried about the situation in Lebanon, particularly
Tripoli in north Lebanon," Abul Gheit said after meeting with Lebanese
Prime Minister Fouad Seniora.

North Lebanon has witnessed in the past two months repeated clashes
between Sunni followers of the western-backed government and others
loyal to the opposition-led by Hezbollah.

Abul Gheit, who arrived in Beirut for a one-day visit, also met