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It sends a strong signal to foreign investors to invest in various untapped sectors of the country. The 12 companies belong to different countries around the globe including Australia, USA, Russia, Germany, China, Italy, Turkey, Bangladesh, Iraq and Lebanon.
Tags: SECP, Lebanon, Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan, Islamabad, Business Finance, Economy of Pakistan, Pakistan Inc, Privately held company, Companies Ordinance
Fears have mushroomed about the viability of the Gulf city state's economy after revelations that its main state-run company, Dubai World, is struggling to meet debt repayment deadlines, spurring panic over a possible financial collapse. Of course, this...
Tags: Dubai World, Dubai International Financial Centre, Analysis Dubai, New Dubai, Lebanon, Beirut, Business Finance, Hospitality Recreation, Persian Gulf, Dubai, Jebel Ali Free Zone, Developments in Dubai, Special Economic Zones, Economy of Dubai
Saturday, when the state fire marshal ended the agency's on-site investigation after the early-morning fire that killed two grooms and 43 horses. Photos: Lebanon Raceway fire One issue that could be a focus is whether grooms who died were living in the...
Tags: Lebanon Raceway, Ronnie Williams, Lebanon, Horse, Barn
Hsu Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, December 8, 2009; 5:26 PM A document posted online by the U.S. Transportation Security Administration as part of a contract solicitation inadvertently revealed a range of closely guarded secrets regarding airport...
Tags: Lebanon, Beirut, Sensitive Security Information, Transportation in the United States, Security, Transportation Security Administration, Air safety, Federal Air Marshal Service, United States Department of Homeland Security, United States government secrecy, Central Intelligence Agency, Secondary Security Screening Selection, Technology Internet, National security, Airport security
Set for the most part in a university women’s toilet, the short depicts the not-so-delicate back and forth among a clutch of students as one histrionic young woman struggles with how to reveal an awkward secret to her new fella. At first her pals take...
Tags: Cannes Film Festival, European Film Festival, Mirna Mounayar, Lebanon, Beirut, films, Film, Entertainment Culture
First Investigating Judge in Beirut Ghassan Owaydat issued two arrest warrants on Monday against two suspects for being part of the Al-Qaeda inspired militant group Fatah al-Islam. Owaydat also postponed on Monday the questioning of Fadi Ghassan Ibrahim,...
Tags: Fatah al-Islam, Lebanon, Beirut, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, War Conflict, Nahr al-Bared, Palestinian nationalism, Fatah, Palestine refugee camps, Palestinian militant groups, Fertile Crescent, Al-Qaeda, Ain al-Hilweh, Ghassan, Lebanon conflict, United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
The Criminal court in the Bekaa sentenced five suspects on Monday to hard labor and a fine of L.L 50 million for drug trafficking. The suspects were 36-year-old Naef al-Masri from Hawr Taala, 47-year-old Hassan Sadeq Wehbe from Brital, 25-year-old Abbas...
The fair has been organized by the club with the collaboration of the Lebanese Publisher’s Union and has coincided with naming Beirut as the World Book Capital for 2009. It will include discussions and gatherings with renowned Arab writers and will be...
Tags: Beirut, obstacles facing, Lebanon, Mediterranean, Crusades, Biel, Education, Arab League, Fertile Crescent, Arab World, Labor
The demand for learning English is growing in the Middle East, according to Sue Beaumont, the regional director of the British Council in North Africa and the Near East. During a three-day visit to Beirut, Beaumont told The Daily Star that the role of...
Tags: Lebanon, British Council, Sue Beaumont, english language, Beirut, English-language education, Education, British culture, International College Beirut, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Lebanon should move to end the “flagrant contradictions” in its application of laws to help a generation of stateless individuals regain their dignity, civil society officials said Monday. Launching the report, “Invisible Citizens: Legal Study on Statelessness...
Tags: Lebanon, Lebanese University, stateless individuals, UNHCR, Beirut, Human rights instruments, Fertile Crescent, Refugee, Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons, Social Issues, Politics of Lebanon, Nationality law, Statelessness