Angry Arab News Service (Free subscription) | yesterday
It really pains me how they refer to Beirut "marathon" as "Beirut Marathon" when it is no more than 3 or so miles. Don't call it a marathon if it is NOT a marathon. Why does Lebanon like to delude itself about everything?
Panarmenian (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
Armenian Ambassador to Lebanon Ashot Kocharyan met with the Minister of Culture of Lebanon Salim Wardeh.
France24 (Free subscription) | yesterday
Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas's visit to Beirut on Monday casts the spotlight on the plight of nearly 300,000 Palestinians in Lebanon who fear they are doomed to be refugees for life. His brief trip comes amid renewed efforts to revive the Middle East peace process and concern in Lebanon's political circles that any deal struck on the refugee issue would be at the expense of the Lebanese.
Rantburg (Free subscription) | yesterday
[Asharq al-Aswat] In just one week, representatives of Hamas met with the Hezbollah leadership in Beirut, whilst in Damascus on Thursday the deputy chief of the Hamas politburo Musa Abu Marzook met with the Iranian nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili. In Lebanon, the reason given for Hezbollah's meeting with Hamas, according to a Hezbollah statement, was to study Palestinian-Lebanese relations and "the...
Britannia Radio (Free subscription) | 12/05/2009
Column One: Lebanon's legacy in Afghanistan Dec. 4, 2009Caroline Glick , THE JERUSALEM POST The day after US President Barack Obama announced that he was deploying additional US forces to Afghanistan, an event occurred in Beirut that brought home the stakes in that battle. On Wednesday, Hamas leaders flew to Beirut to pay their respects to Hizbullah chief Hassan Nasrallah. The Sunni
France24 (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
Lebanon's Prime Minister Saad Hariri said on Friday he will be visiting long-time foe Syria after parliament grants his government a vote of confidence, but gave no date for the trip. "I will be going on a tour after the vote of confidence, and Syria will be part of that tour," Hariri told reporters in Beirut ahead of Thursday's vote in parliament. Hariri has had tense ties with Syria ever...
The New Nation (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
Staff Reporter The 46th death anniversary of country's legendary leader Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy, who was also Prime Minister of undivided Pakistan, will be observed today (Saturday) across the country. On this day in 1963, Suhrawardy died in a hotel room in Beirut in Lebanon. His death was officially due to heart problems, though some have alleged he was poisoned. After a befitting funeral attended...
France24 (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
Pollution and climate change cost Lebanon more than half a million dollars (330 million euros) a year, the environment minister said on Friday ahead of the UN climate talks. "The state loses up to 550 million dollars (365 million euros) to pollution annually, 100 million of which is due to climate change," Environment Minister Mohammed Rahhal said at a conference in Beirut. The tourism,...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
Beirut - Clashes with rocket-propelled grenades and machine guns erupted Thursday in northern Lebanon between a family and a Sunni fundamentalist movement, wounding at least six people, the police said. Members of the Hassoun family and the Sunni Taw...
Muslims Against Sharia (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
On Jan. 1, 2010, Hezbollah and its de-facto ruler Iran could have a direct line to the Security Council and gain access to all the confidential information to which Security Council members are privy. In October the U.N. General Assembly overwhelmingly voted for Lebanon to be the Asian bloc's new non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council for a 2-year term. Earlier today the Lebanese...
France24 (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
Prosecutor of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon Daniel Bellemare said on Wednesday his investigation into the assassination of former Lebanese premier Rafiq Hariri was moving at "full pace". "The investigation is making progress and is proceeding at full pace," said statement released by his spokeswoman, Radhia Achouri. Earlier, Bellemare met President Michel Sleiman on his first...
Palestinian Pundit (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
By Franklin Lamb - South Beirut, Lebanon Palestine Chronicle "Like many liberation and resistant movement 'Manifestos', 'Charters' or 'Declarations' issued to the public early in its founding - the African National Congress, Palestine Liberation Organization, Hamas, Algerian FLN, and various “Sons of Liberty” groups during the American Revolution, come to mind - Hezbollah has been...
Israel & Palestijnen Nieuws Blog (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
Hassan Nasrallah says armed struggle is the only way to regain Arab lands captured by Israel and Hezbollah will never recognize any peace agreement between Arabs and the Jewish state. Dat betekent dat men Israel nooit zal erkennen en er vrede mee sluiten, want daar is een overeenkomst voor nodig. Wat dat betreft is hun positie dus onveranderd, ondanks het nieuwe zogenaamd 'gematigdere' manifest. RP...
France24 (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
Prosecutor of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon Daniel Bellemare on Tuesday began a seven-day visit to Beirut where he will meet members of the new Lebanese government, his spokeswoman said. During the visit, Bellemare's first to the country, he will stress the importance of cooperation between the Lebanese authorities and the tribunal, Radhia Achouri said in a statement.
France24 (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
Hezbollah's new political platform signals a shift in its position as it seeks to portray itself as an integral part of Lebanon's domestic scene rather than an Iranian proxy, analysts said Tuesday. "The manifesto is reassuring as it shows Hezbollah's integration with Lebanese political life," said Paul Salem, who heads the Beirut-based Carnegie Middle East Centre.
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