Beirut :: Lebanon
| 3 days ago
Lebanon has approved to establish diplomatic relations with the Palestinian Authority, granting it permission to open an embassy in Beirut. "The cabinet has approved the establishment of diplomatic relations with the state of Palestine," Lebanon's Information...
Tags: Lebanon, Fouad Siniora, Tarek Mitri, information minister, diplomatic relations, Palestine, Beirut, minister tarek, future tv
Beirut :: Lebanon
| 12 days ago
Former Lebanese President and head of the Kataeb party Amin Gemayel on Tuesday night addressed the Lebanese people on the second annual commemoration of the assassination of his son, the late Minister and MP Pierre Gemayel. The commemoration also coincides...
Tags: Pierre Amin Gemayel, Pierre Gemayel, Lebanon, Kataeb, Lebanonâ, Walid Jumblatt, Michel Sleimanâ, prime ministers, president michel, Beirut
Beirut :: Lebanon
| 20 days ago
Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh has urged countries around the world to outlaw the use of cluster bombs by signing an international treaty at a conference to be held in Norway next month. Speaking in Beirut on Tuesday to delegates at a conference held...
Tags: South Lebanon, cluster bombs, Beirut
Beirut :: Lebanon
| 20 days ago
Hizbullah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said Tuesday that it was crucial for Lebanon's 2009 legislative elections to be held "on time." "Not holding the elections or postponing them would be very dangerous," Nasrallah said in a speech to mark Martyrs...
Tags: Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, Lebanon, Hezbollah, Beirut, Barack Obama, Syriaâ, Assad Harmouch, national dialogue, Bahia Hariri, Shimon Peres, Hizbullah, Larijani
Beirut :: Lebanon
| 25 days ago
44 PM in Beirut Beirut- Samer Jamal heard the news today on the radio as he drove to work. The 26-year-old Lebanese employee of a Dubai-based television channel said he felt goosebumps. The election of Barack Obama as president of the United States touched...
Tags: obama, facebook, news, beirut, election, usa, Barack Obama
Beirut :: Lebanon
| 25 days ago
Hezbollah official Sheikh Naim Qassem said that his party would not give up its arms unless the state built an equivalent force. At a political meeting in Beirutâs southern suburbs, Qassem said that âwe believe in a strong resistance and we should...
Tags: beirut, Naim Qassem, Beirutâ
Beirut :: Lebanon
| 27 days ago
Hibs as the 'wee team' of Edinburgh, basing their evidence on slightly larger attendances...Savage's reputation as a firebrand does not mark him out as the ideal candidate for a trip to Beirut, but the Derby player has been dispatched to the Middle East.
Tags: Beirut
Beirut :: Lebanon
| 29 days ago
Lebanese authorities are investigating the possibility that a Lebanese citizen arrested on suspicion of spying for Israel had been involved in the assassination of Hizbullah terror chief Imad Mughniyeh, the Lebanese English-language Daily Star reported...
Tags: israel, Ali Jarrah, Israeli, Imad Mughniyeh, Hezbollah, Mossad, Lebanese Army, Youssef al-Jarrah, Beirut
Oaxaca :: Mexico
| about 1 month ago
According to Stereogum.com the six-song 'March Of The Zapotec' EP, recorded in Mexico and Holland, will be released by Condon as Beirut . It will be packaged together with a five-track solo offering 'Holland' under the name of 'Realpeople'. March of the...
Tags: Beirut, Holland, Zapotec 'ElEl Zocalo
Beirut :: Lebanon
| about 1 month ago
The blast rippled across Beirut just after dawn, throwing Khodr Hammoud out of bed and stumbling to his front door. Gazing across the packed houses of the Shiite-populated slums east of Beirut airport, the young Shiite resident saw a huge plume of smoke...
Tags: Beirut, 25th anniversary, Marines, Lebanon, marines barracks
