Wahhab says PSP member tried to kill him in Syria
Source: The Daily Star
Beirut :: Lebanon | updated 2012-09-25 09:45:02 -0700 | political-news
Former Minister Wiam Wahhab, head of the Arab Tawheed Party, accused Tuesday a member of MP Walid Jumblatt's Progressive Socialist Party of plotting to assassinate him in Syria. He said a non-Lebanese man, holding a forged Lebanese identity endorsed by...
Meshaal to Cairo for talks on Palestinian reconciliation
Source: NOW Lebanon
Doha :: Qatar | updated 2012-08-22 11:30:10 -0700 | political-news
Hamas head Khaled Meshaal is to travel to Cairo next week for talks with Egyptian officials on Palestinian reconciliation, a senior official of the Islamist movement said Thursday. Hamas political bureau chief Meshaal "will visit Cairo early next week to...
Judge requests death penalty for men indicted in Estonians' abduction
Source: NOW Lebanon
Beirut :: Lebanon | updated 2012-06-26 09:43:02 -0700 | political-news
Military Investigative Judge Fadi Sawwan requested the death penalty for 26 people accused of kidnapping seven Estonians in Lebanon last year. Sawwan requested the death penalty for 26 people, nine of whom are in [Lebanese] custody and 19 of whom...
US urges Bahrain to show restraint
Source: NOW Lebanon
Manama :: Bahrain | updated 2012-06-26 14:57:03 -0700 | political-news
The United States on Wednesday urged Bahrain to exercise restraint and allow peaceful protests, condemning a new outbreak of unrest in the US-allied Sunni Muslim-led kingdom. "We are deeply concerned about the increase in violence in Bahrain," State Department spokesperson...
Iran has not, will not build nuclear weapon – Israeli military chief
Source: Russia Today
Tehrān :: Iran | updated 2012-06-26 04:14:32 -0700 | political-news
Iran has not decided to build a nuclear bomb, says IDF Chief of Staff Lt...The military chief's words cut a sharp contrast with the bellicose rhetoric of PM Netanyahu. Israeli Defense Forces Lieutenant General Gantz told Ha'aretz daily that Iran...
Republican VP prospect: US may have to strike Iran
Source: NOW Lebanon
Tehrān :: Iran | updated 2012-06-26 04:13:13 -0700 | political-news
Potential Republican vice presidential candidate Marco Rubio on Wednesday said a unilateral "military solution," from the United States may be needed to stop Iran acquiring a nuclear bomb. Rubio, a freshman Senator for Florida, said in a speech in Washington...
Land Transportation Unions to strike Thursday
Source: NOW Lebanon
Beirut :: Lebanon | updated 2012-06-25 17:51:57 -0700 | sports-news
The Confederation of Land Transportation Unions announced on Wednesday a strike starting April 26 to pressure the government into reducing the price of gasoline, the National News Agency reported. The confederation also called for a protest in Beirut's Cola area....
Geagea: Electoral law must be based on Muslim-Christian equity
Source: NOW Lebanon
Beirut :: Lebanon | updated 2012-06-25 17:49:59 -0700 | political-news
Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea said on Tuesday night that the electoral law must be based on many pillars, including equity between Muslims and Christians. He also said during an LF dinner that the expatriates voting was approved in the...
Netanyahu says Iran must stop “all enrichment”
Source: NOW Lebanon
Qom :: Iran | updated 2012-07-31 20:48:40 -0700 | political-news
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that Iran should remain under biting sanctions until it halts all uranium enrichment, appearing to exceed UN demands on Tehran. His remarks appeared aimed at stepping up pressure on Iran as it engages...
UNIFIL to host tripartite meeting Wednesday on Shabaa Farms
Source: NOW Lebanon
Damascus :: Syria | updated 2012-06-24 20:54:48 -0700 | travel-news
The statement added that the meeting will focus on the issue of IDF patrol road construction works in the area of Shabaa Farms and the need to preserve stability in this area...Israel seized the Farms from Syria at the same...
Sacked Yemen general finally quits post, says UN envoy
Source: NOW Lebanon
Say'ūn :: Yemen | updated 2012-07-08 16:38:31 -0700 | political-news
Yemen's sacked air force commander, who has refused to quit for weeks, on Tuesday left the post he has held for nearly three decades, the United Nations envoy to Yemen said. "General Mohammed Saleh al-Ahmar has handed his duties over...
Cabbie seriously injured in stabbing attack
Source: Ynet News
Tel Aviv :: Israel | updated 2012-06-24 10:41:25 -0700 | political-news
Moti Kimchi Police believe Arab passenger stabbed Israeli taxi driver; man in custody Raanan Ben-Zur A 30-year-old taxi driver sustained serious injuries overnight after he was stabbed by a passenger. He was rushed to the Meir Hospital in Kfar...
Iran says nuclear “capabilities” must be recognized
Source: NOW Lebanon
Tehrān :: Iran | updated 2012-06-23 19:31:07 -0700 | political-news
Iran's top nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili said on Monday the West has to give a "correct assessment" of his country's atomic capabilities in important talks due to be held in Baghdad next week. The outcome of the Baghdad meeting relies...
Plans underway to launch smart cities, Sehnaoui says
Source: NOW Lebanon
Beirut :: Lebanon | updated 2012-06-23 19:31:04 -0700 | business-news
Telecommunications Minister Nicolas Sehnaoui said on Monday that preparations were underway to launch a group of smart or digital cities and a media citywhich will be located, in principle, in [the East Beirut suburb of] Dekwaneh.
Bahrain delays final verdict for 21 activists
Source: NOW Lebanon
Manama :: Bahrain | updated 2012-06-23 14:25:52 -0700 | travel-news
Bahrain's highest appeals court on Monday postponed for a week the final verdict in the case of 21 democracy activists convicted of plotting to overthrow the kingdom's rulers. The Court of Cessation, which had been scheduled to issue its decision...
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