Archaeological ruins halt $149M Landmark project
Source: The Daily Star
Beirut :: Lebanon | updated 2013-05-20 16:48:49 -0700 | technology-news
The Daily Star Culture Minister Gaby Layyoun offers condolences over the death of Greek Orthodox Patriarch Ignatius IV Hazim at St...The plans underway to implement the Landmark project in Downtown's Riad al-Solh Square will come to a halt after a...
Lebanese matchmaking app 'Psst' launches
Source: The Daily Star
Beirut :: Lebanon | updated 2013-05-20 11:03:03 -0700 | technology-news
The Middle East's first matchmaking application Psst launched Monday, offering a simple way for smartphone users to anonymously profess their love. Psst allows you to anonymously [and] secretly like, connect and chat with anyone on Facebook that you have a...
Oxfam warns of health risks to Syria refugees
Source: DAWN
Beirut :: Lebanon | updated 2013-05-23 22:20:57 -0700 | technology-news
Aid organisation Oxfam warned on Monday that the warmer weather will increase health-related risks for hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees in Jordan and Lebanon, and appealed for urgent funds. With temperatures set to soar up to 40 degrees Celsius...
Limited 4G data service arrives in Beirut
Source: The Daily Star
Beirut :: Lebanon | updated 2013-05-23 23:20:42 -0700 | technology-news
Alfa unrolled Wednesday the country's first 4G LTE network in certain areas of Beirut, but very few smartphones in the market will support the service and currently it only applies to data. Alfa CEO Marwan Hayek said at a news...
Archeologists believe Roman gate found in Beirut
Source: The Daily Star
Beirut :: Lebanon | updated 2013-05-14 17:40:14 -0700 | technology-news
Archaeologists said this week that after working for seven years on Downtown's Riad al-Solh Square they have reason to believe that ruins there include the remnants of a gate that served as a main entrance to the ancient Roman city...
Meet the 5 Most Powerful Women in Gaming
Source: Inc.
Beirut :: Lebanon | updated 2013-05-14 10:50:11 -0700 | technology-news
CEO Julie Uhrman closed a whopping $15 million in funding, in a round led by Kleiner Perkins. The funding was a sign of a dramatic shift underway as women start to revolutionize games. "There are more [games] that appeal to...
Special needs school marks 20th year
Source: The Daily Star
Beirut :: Lebanon | updated 2013-05-10 16:34:38 -0700 | technology-news
A song about waking up sleepy children makes a fitting choice for a Friday morning theater performance. On stage, the singers, a small group of young students, clap their hands and stamp their feet in time with the tune's tempo,...
ISF reissues computer, mobile virus warning
Source: The Daily Star
Beirut :: Lebanon | updated 2013-05-07 16:05:22 -0700 | technology-news
The Internal Security Forces reiterated Tuesday its warning about a virus affecting mobile phones and computers that has recently been spreading across Lebanon and the Middle East. The ISF already issued a similar statement on April 10 to draw the...
Drug use prevention must start at young age, experts say
Source: The Daily Star
Beirut :: Lebanon | updated 2013-05-03 15:29:51 -0700 | technology-news
Addiction psychiatrist Joseph al-Khoury is clear: Beirut is awash with drugs...And preventing [drug] use has to start when kids are exposed to it, which is at a young age, [it's] not [at] 18 anymore. As is the case with most...
Education Ministry project aims at Internet safety for kids
Source: The Daily Star
Beirut :: Lebanon | updated 2013-05-02 16:27:21 -0700 | technology-news
A government-sponsored Internet Safety for Children project is moving toward curriculum development and training sessions for local schools, it was announced Thursday. Caretaker Education Minister Hassan Diab discussed progress in the project during a meeting with Leila Fayyad, the head...
AMAR relaunches with drug campaign
Source: The Daily Star
Beirut :: Lebanon | updated 2013-04-28 16:03:25 -0700 | technology-news
International, a U.K.-based charity, relaunched its activities last March in Lebanon with a drug awareness campaign featuring a series of lectures that, despite dynamic audiences, has yet to capture the interest of youth, where drug use is especially prevalent.
Order of Physicians rejects new prescription form
Source: The Daily Star
Beirut :: Lebanon | updated 2013-04-26 15:11:01 -0700 | technology-news
Doctors are not obligated to conform to a 2011 decree that created a unified prescription form, the deputy head of the Order of Physicians said Friday. Ali Mansour said doctors didn't have to use the new standardized prescription forms because...
Illegal plastic surgery preys on beauty seekers
Source: The Daily Star
Beirut :: Lebanon | updated 2013-04-25 15:28:31 -0700 | technology-news
The Daily Star Health organizations launched a campaign to raise awareness about bad unlicensed plastic surgery. When people ask Dr. Dany Touma how bad the illegal plastic surgery industry has become, he tells them about a young woman who went...
Kuwait makes $300 million Syrian aid contribution
Source: The Daily Star
Beirut :: Lebanon | updated 2013-04-24 06:59:45 -0700 | technology-news
Kuwait has offered $300 million to help Syrian refugees in the region, a contribution that will do much to ease dire aid budget shortfalls in Lebanon, United Nations officials said Wednesday. The U.N. warned last week that budget shortages would...
Diab: Students with learning difficulties should be integrated at school
Source: The Daily Star
Beirut :: Lebanon | updated 2013-04-21 17:16:48 -0700 | technology-news
Caretaker Education Minister Hassan Diab emphasized Sunday the importance of early detection and public-school integration for children with learning difficulties. The ministry attaches great importance to the early detection of learning difficulties to deal with every case individually,...
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