Across the World: Lebanon

Escaped prisoner captured

The Lebanese army captured an Islamist militant yesterday, a day after he escaped from a high-security prison, security sources said. Security forces combed large parts of Beirut in an effort to apprehend Taha Hajj Suleiman, a Syrian national, who is a member of the Al-Qaida-inspired Fatah al-Islam group. He was found in the woods near Roumieh prison, east of Beirut, where he was being held on terrorism charges.