LATEST LEBANON NEWS
[12-Mar-2010 20:03:43]
Hezbollah Slams Israeli Decision To Expand Settlements
Beirut - The Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah on Friday criticized Israel's plans of building 1,600 housing units in East Jerusalem. "Such a step is very dangerous and aims to change the demographic...
[12-Mar-2010 20:03:19]
Corruption Still Plagues Lebanon
BEIRUT: The Lebanese government is riddled with corruption and while human-rights abuses are not as flagrant as elsewhere in the Arab world, they continue largely unabated, according to the US State D...
[12-Mar-2010 20:03:16]
Tycoon Carlos Slim Discusses Local Projects With Lebanese
BEIRUT: Carlos Slim, the world’s richest man and a Mexican tycoon of Lebanese origin, met on Friday with the country’s three top leaders and received an honorary medal for his achievements...
[12-Mar-2010 20:03:15]
Lebanese Support On Iran Sanctions 'unlikely'
BEIRUT: Western powers have given up on getting Lebanon, a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council, to support further sanctions against Iran in an upcoming resolution because of Iranian-backe...
[12-Mar-2010 20:03:13]
Jumblatt To Cement Exit From March 14 During Tv Interview Al- Will Begin To Speak
BEIRUT: Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) leader Walid Jumblatt will tackle his relations with the Syrian leadership during a televised interview on Saturday that is expected to outline Jumblatt&rsquo...
[12-Mar-2010 20:03:11]
Briton Appointed Chief Of Investigations At Stl
BEIRUT: British national Michael Taylor was appointed Chief of Investigations at the Prosecutor’s Office of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL), the office announced on Friday.
[12-Mar-2010 20:03:09]
Linking Lebanon To Iran-syria Axis At Heart Of Dispute - Zahra
During a Hizbullah rally in Hermel, MP Hassan Fadlallah said a new strategy had been established in Lebanon and the region to face Israeli threats of war, based on equal retaliation as well as unity i...
[12-Mar-2010 20:03:08]
Isf Adjutant Questioned Over Franjieh Killing
BEIRUT: The Permanent Military Tribunal questioned on Friday Internal Security Forces Adjutant Michel Mikhael in the case of killing Marada Movement official Youssef Franjieh and it sentenced a Palest...
[12-Mar-2010 20:03:06]
Mp Hamade Slams Rifi Media Reports
BEIRUT: Chouf MP Marwan Hamade slammed Friday media reports criticizing Internal Security Forces Director General General Ashraf Rifi, adding that Rifi was “above all suspicion.”
[12-Mar-2010 20:03:03]
Uk Warns China Risks Isolation Over Resistance To Iran Sanctions
LONDON: Britain’s ambassador to China said on Friday that Beijing risks isolation if it fails to join international efforts to impose sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program. Speaking via vid...
[12-Mar-2010 20:03:03]
Isf Announces Street Closures Due To Road Works, Race
BEIRUT: Several streets will be blocked in Beirut during the weekend due to road works and a marathon, the Internal Security Forces (ISF) announced. Georges Haddad Street from the Port Street to Goura...
[12-Mar-2010 20:03:01]
Google Awards Prizes To Iranian Women Bloggers
PARIS: Internet giant Google this week joined a top journalists’ rights group in rewarding a collective of Iranian women bloggers for their reporting on last year’s post-election unrest.
[12-Mar-2010 20:03:00]
Pflp-gc Accuses Abbas Of Provoking Strife
BEIRUT: The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command accused Palestinian President Mahmmoud Abbas Friday of attempting to provoke domestic Palestinian strife inside refugee camps ...
[12-Mar-2010 20:03:59]
Maliki Lays Groundwork For New Cabinet
BAGHDAD: The Iraqi prime minister’s bloc said Friday it has started laying the groundwork to form a coalition government, signaling growing confidence after preliminary election results showed i...
[12-Mar-2010 20:03:58]
Israeli Tanks Did Not Cross Blue Line
BEIRUT: Two Israeli tanks crossed the technical fence bordering southern Lebanon Friday but did not enter Lebanese territory, UNIFIL said. Media reports that the tanks encroached into Lebanon and took...
[12-Mar-2010 20:03:57]
City Mall Hosts Us Food, Beverage Exhibition
Numerous representatives of US food products, kitchen supplies, as well as American restaurants in Lebanon were brought together on Friday at City Mall for the first annual “Taste of America&rdq...
[12-Mar-2010 20:03:57]
Israel Seals Off West Bank Amid Heightened Tensions
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Israel sealed off the West Bank on Friday amid tensions in Jerusalem over controversial plans to build new homes for Jewish settlers and fears of fresh violence at the Al-Aqsa Mosq...
[12-Mar-2010 20:03:56]
Thousands Teaching Without Teaching Diplomas
BEIRUT: About 5,000 teachers work in schools from grades K-12 but only 37 percent of them have a teaching diploma, according to Fadi Yaraq, the director general at the Education Ministry.
[12-Mar-2010 20:03:55]
Iea Sees Higher 2010 Oil Demand On Emerging Markets
LONDON: World oil demand this year will be slightly higher than previously expected, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Friday, because of growth in developing countries. The agency lifted ...
[12-Mar-2010 20:03:54]
France To Offer Support For Lebanese Civil Servants
BEIRUT: Although issues such as reforming and decentralizing the state’s bureaucracy are widely discussed in Lebanese political circles, it is the civil servants involved in the country’s ...