Angry Arab News Service (Free subscription) | yesterday
My friend Amer (who is back in Lebanon from Berkeley to finish his PhD dissertation) sent me this (I cite with his permission): "I have a good manaqish (pizza pie that are baked with thyme, olive oil, sesame seeds, and sometimes chees) story: so, until a few years back, barbar had these amazing cheese manaqish, the cheese was so melty and so delicious and so rich. No one knew what made it like...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
Beirut - Hezbollah chief Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah vowed Wednesday that if Israel attacked Lebanon, all the Lebanese will together defend their nation. Israel has to understand that if it launches a war on Lebanon, all the Lebanese will together defen...
Islam in Action (Free subscription) | yesterday
Just last night we read about Iran and Turkey uniting, now this morning we see Lebanon forming a unity government with Hezbollah. Lets face it, this democracy with Muslims, is not working out as planned. It is time to change the plan and protect ourselves here at home. The first move is to demand an end to Muslim immigration . Lebanon's Hariri forms unity government with Hezbollah By Nadim Ladki BEIRUT...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | yesterday
Beirut - Lebanon's newly-named cabinet held its first meeting Tuesday, aimed at ending the political impasse that has engulfed the country for more than four months. The cabinet convened at the Baabda presidential Palace under President Michel Suleim...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Beirut - Following is the list of Lebanon's 30-member cabinet, announced Monday by the country's Prime Minister Saad Hariri. The ministers, grouped by political allegiance, are listed with their sectarian affiliation. ...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Beirut - Lebanon's Prime Minister Saad Hariri announced Monday the line-up of the new national unity cabinet after a six- month political impasse that almost led the country into chaos. Hariri's new cabinet will include 30 ministers, 15 ministers loy...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Beirut - Lebanon's Prime Minister Saad Hariri announced Monday the line-up of the new national unity cabinet after a six- month political impasse that almost led the country into chaos. Hariri's new cabinet will include 30 ministers, 15 ministers loy...
Human Rights Watch (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
(Beirut) - The Lebanese government should investigate the deaths of eight migrant domestic workers during October, 2009, as well as the reasons for the disproportionately high death rate among this group of workers, Human Rights Watch said today. An estimated 200,000 domestic workers, primarily from Sri Lanka, the Philippines, and Ethiopia, work in Lebanon. read more
Angry Arab News Service (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Yesterday I posted an item about a media award for Lisa Goldman. (And shame on Amin Malouf for agreeing to sit on the jury committee, but this is not the first political transgression by this former leftist). A person sent me this (I am citing with his/her permission): "...With regards to a post about a media award ceremony, one of the award winners, lisa goldman, did in fact enter into to lebanon...
Eye On The World (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
Hezbollah doesn't even make it a secret they are rearming, which goes against the UN Security Council Resolution 1701 mandating, among other things, that Hezbollah disarms. ( JPost ) Fearing Israel will launch an assault on Hizbullah before a strike on Iran's nuclear facilities, the Lebanese guerrilla group is getting ready for a new war, the Observer reported on Sunday. According to the British newspaper,...
New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
BEIRUT - Hizbollah is rapidly rearming in preparation for a new conflict with Israel, fearing that Benjamin Netanyahu's Government will attack Lebanon again before any assault on Iran's nuclear facilities.Last week, Israeli commandos...
Yahyasheikho786's Blog (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
BEIRUT: We’ve been in Haifa Hospital for precisely seven minutes before the power cuts out. The clock on the wall by the reception booth sits proudly between a picture of Yasser Arafat and a plastic sign showing a Kalashnikov rifle struck through with livid red lines. No guns. This is a hospital, after all. “Electricity is one [...]
Angry Arab News Service (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
A Western source in Beirut (who does not want to be identified) shared with me a message from the Managing Editor of NowHariri showing their preference for non-natives: " NOW Lebanon is currently looking for an editor to work on some brochures (corporate Literature) for Quantum Communications. The job will require the person to work for a few months at Quantum, but then could move to NOW Lebanon...
Reuters (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's Prime Minister-designate Saad al-Hariri will announce a new national unity government in the next two days after clinching a deal with the opposition on its make-up, politicians from both sides said on Saturday.
France 24 (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
A ship intercepted by Israel for allegedly carrying Iranian weapons destined for Hezbollah entered on Friday Lebanese waters where authorities are questioning its crew, the army said. "The Francop ship entered Lebanese territorial waters at noon today and, upon its arrival off Beirut port, the navy in cooperation with UN naval forces searched the vessel," an army statement said.
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