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YaLibnan (Free subscription) | yesterday
Beirut - The media in Lebanon continues to focus on the Saudi-Syrian negotiations and there is a lot of speculation about the content of these talks , especially with regards to Lebanon. Syrian president Bashar al Assad has reportedly interrupted his vacation in northern Syria and returned Friday to Damascus to meet the Saudi envoys ( Son of king Addullah and Information Minister Abdel Aziz Khoja)...
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Daily Star (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
If by naming Beirut as the 2009 World Book Capital the United Nations wishes to encourage the Lebanese to study more, its latest report should be a must-read. Lebanon's fourth National Human Development Report (NHDR), "Towards a Citizen's State," highlights a worrying discrepancy in adult reading rates between urban and rural regions.
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My Right Word (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
This site has a cute chronology for the "Palestine National Authority" (although they do have a Palestine state flag"): Chronology 23 Aug 1516 Palestine part of the Ottoman Empire. 26 Sep 1918 British occupation (Palestine). 14 Jul 1922 Palestine League of Nations mandate under Britain (see Israel). 14 May 1948 Former British mandate of Palestine independent as Israel; West Bank under...
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Daily Star (Free subscription) | 06/29/2009
In its annual assessment of the market accessibility of 75 Developed, Emerging and Frontier equity markets, global portfolio analytics and indices provider MSCI Barra kept Lebanon in its Frontier Markets category. MSCI Barra evaluated the country's stock market based on four accessibility criteria:
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San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 06/29/2009
Relatives angry over the fatal shooting of a Lebanese woman in a clash between rival Sunnis and Shiites in a Beirut neighborhood burned tires and briefly blocked a road Monday, in a sign of the country's lingering tensions as it struggles to form a unity government.
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Reuters (Free subscription) | 06/29/2009
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Saad al-Hariri began parliamentary consultations Monday aiming to form a unity government with rivals including the Iranian-backed Hezbollah.
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War News Updates (Free subscription) | 06/29/2009
In this photo released by Hezbollah media office, Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, right, meets with Lebanese majority leader lawmaker Saad Hariri, left, in Beirut, Lebanon, late Thursday June 25, 2009. Lebanon's Hezbollah says the group's chief met with the leader of the Western-backed parliament majority in another step ahead of the expected formation of a unity government. Hariri is expected...
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San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 06/28/2009
Sunni supporters of Lebanon's prime minister-designate and Shiite rivals from the parliament speaker's political faction traded gunfire in a Beirut neighborhood Sunday. Security officials said one civilian was killed and two others were wounded in the first outbreak of violence since this month's elections.
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MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 06/28/2009
Security officials say supporters of Lebanon's prime minister-designate are trading gunfire with rivals in the streets of Beirut.
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kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 06/28/2009
Security officials say supporters of Lebanon's prime minister-designate are trading gunfire with rivals in the streets of Beirut.
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Reuters (Free subscription) | 06/27/2009
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's parliamentary majority leader Saad al-Hariri was appointed prime minister-designate on Saturday, pledging to seek a national unity government but warning that his task would be difficult.
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 06/27/2009
Beirut - Saad Hariri was designated Saturday Lebanon's new prime minister after his anti-Syrian coalition won the majority in parliament earlier this month -and immediately vowed to work for all of Lebanon. Hariri is the son of assassinated former pr...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 06/27/2009
Beirut - Four years after the assassination of his father, former five-time prime minister Rafik Hariri, the youthful Saad Hariri has become Lebanon's new head of government, vowing to unite Lebanon and work for the interest of his country. Saad Hari...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 06/27/2009
Beirut - More than four years after the February 2005 assassination of former prime minister Rafik Hariri, his eldest son, Saad Hariri was designated Lebanon's prime minister on Saturday. Following is a list of political events in Lebanon which have ...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 06/27/2009
Beirut - Saad Hariri was designated Saturday Lebanon's new prime minister after his anti-Syrian coalition won the majority in parliament earlier this month. Hariri was nominated Saturday by 86 of the 128-member parliament, The opposition led by Shiit...
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