Gunmen kill 3 Lebanon Shiites, Turk: Security source
Source: Zee News
Beirut :: Lebanon | updated 2013-06-17 10:42:24 -0700 | disasters-news
Gunmen killed three Lebanese Shiites and a Turk on Sunday in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley, a security source said, revising an earlier toll breakdown, as conflict in neighbouring Syria raised fresh tensions. The unidentified assailants shot dead "two members of the...
Insurance sector faces stagnation in 2013
Source: The Daily Star
Beirut :: Lebanon | updated 2013-06-16 20:53:04 -0700 | business-news
Activity in the tourism, real estate and trade sectors stagnated in 2012, Lebanon's business leaders warned last week, and the insurance sector will follow suit in 2013, according to industry experts. With the economy forecast to expand by less than...
Israeli soldiers cross Blue Line, assault fisherman
Source: The Daily Star
Beirut :: Lebanon | updated 2013-06-16 19:43:47 -0700 | travel-news
Israeli soldiers crossed the Blue Line, entering the occupied village of Ghajar and fired shots at a Lebanese man fishing in the Wazzani River, an Army statement said Sunday. On Saturday afternoon, nine Israeli soldiers crossed the Blue Line toward...
Nahhas calls for salvation conference to rebuild state
Source: The Daily Star
Beirut :: Lebanon | updated 2013-06-17 06:45:40 -0700 | political-news
A gathering of politicians, intellectuals and civil society activists over the weekend called for a national salvation conference that would help rebuild the Lebanese state. We have entered an era of major changes in the world and in our region,...
Faten Hamama on her road to fame
Source: The Daily Star
Beirut :: Lebanon | updated 2013-06-16 18:06:01 -0700 | entertainment-news
The Daily Star Hamama says her key to success was her sincere love of art. Acclaimed Egyptian film actress Faten Hamama said she was only playing when she started performing. When she made her screen debut in 1939, at the...
Handful of delis gain customers' loyalty
Source: The Daily Star
Beirut :: Lebanon | updated 2013-06-16 18:05:21 -0700 | entertainment-news
In the face of sprawling hypermarket stores like Spinneys, and the French chain Carrefour recently established at the City Centre mall, there are only a handful of fine delicatessens in Beirut, offering specialty food products and personalized customer service.
Salam resumes Cabinet bid as parties stick to their guns
Source: The Daily Star
Beirut :: Lebanon | updated 2013-06-17 01:39:09 -0700 | political-news
Prime Minister-designate Tammam Salam resumes this week his consultations in earnest on a new Cabinet amid signs the rival parties stood firm on their conflicting stances, dashing hopes for a swift formation of the government. The 2-month-old Cabinet deadlock coincides...
Asaad blames Lebanon officials, Hezbollah for embassy killing
Source: The Daily Star
Beirut :: Lebanon | updated 2013-06-16 15:53:56 -0700 | political-news
Head of the Lebanese Option Party Ahmad al-Asaad blamed Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah and senior officials in the Lebanese state Sunday for the recent killing of an anti-Hezbollah protester outside the Iranian Embassy in Beirut. Asaad also scheduled another...
New facility at Masnaa to improve border control
Source: The Daily Star
Beirut :: Lebanon | updated 2013-06-16 15:20:18 -0700 | political-news
Around the eastern mountains of the Bekaa Valley and along the Damascus highway, General Security has erected a new facility that it hopes will contribute to efforts to regain control over the nation's border with Syria. The new facility comes...
MP Hariri to promote relations with Palestinians
Source: The Daily Star
Beirut :: Lebanon | updated 2013-06-16 15:20:15 -0700 | political-news
MP Bahia Hariri presided over a preparatory meeting for the seventh annual student camp aiming to promote Lebanese-Palestinian relations. The annual camp, organized by Hariri Foundation for Sustainable Human Development, will be held from Aug. 14-22 at the Mokhalis Monastery...
Lebanese Army biased toward Hezbollah: Future MP
Source: The Daily Star
Beirut :: Lebanon | updated 2013-06-16 03:06:35 -0700 | travel-news
Future Movement MP Ahmad Fatfat criticized the Lebanese Army for not deploying in Hezbollah-controlled areas in east Lebanon and favoring the resistance group in its operations. "We feel that the military institution has begun to fall under the influence of...
Over 530,000 Syrian refugees in Lebanon
Source: Zee News
Beirut :: Lebanon | updated 2013-06-16 02:21:11 -0700 | travel-news
The UN Higher Council for Refugees said on Sunday that the number of Syrians who have fled their war-torn country to Lebanon has exceeded 530,000. In its latest report on Syrian refugees, the UN agency said more than 455,000 have...
Rai lashes out at Lebanon's March 8, March 14 camps
Source: The Daily Star
Beirut :: Lebanon | updated 2013-06-16 03:06:51 -0700 | political-news
Maronite Patriarch Beshara Rai lobbed vehement criticism at both of Lebanon's March 8 and March 14 camps, accusing the country's politicians of losing sight of the national interest. In Lebanon, we see that the political performance has deviated openly from...
Nasrallah scorns the people like Qaddafi
Source: Arab News
Beirut :: Lebanon | updated 2013-06-15 14:56:48 -0700 | travel-news
Abdulrahman Al-Rashed Sunday 16 June 2013 Last Update 16 June 2013 12:36 am Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has become so accustomed to years of glorification and praise, he can't imagine anyone telling him he is wrong and that he should...
Protest over parking garage plans at Beirut Jesuit Garden
Source: The Daily Star
Beirut :: Lebanon | updated 2013-06-15 12:36:36 -0700 | political-news
The Daily Star In a city where green spaces are scarce, some people fear that a planned parking garage at a public garden will destroy one of the few public parks in the Lebanese capital. In a city where green...
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