LEBANON, Ohio - Gerald Miller, president of the Lebanon Conservancy Foundation, is grateful for linoleum, layers and layers of it, five or so layers in some rooms.
The UN's top legal adviser on Friday called for a return to dialogue in divided Lebanon and for the prompt creation of the tribunal to resolve the 2005 murder of former premier Rafiq Hariri.
LEBANON — Nominations are being accepted for the 2007 Citizen of the Year award. People of good character who have made significant volunteer contributions to their community can be nominated. They can be volunteers at clubs, organizations, churches and hospitals.
Lebanon's business community and its trade unions have urged the country's politicians to observe a 100 day truce in order to help boost the economy, reported the Daily Star. An announcement to this end is expected to be made on Monday by the Economic Committee and the General Trade Federation.
Asia News UN - LEBANON UN insists: an inquest into the Hariri case, vital for dialogue LEBANON SYRIA UN BAN KI MOON RAFIK HARIRI TRIBUNAL INQUEST DAMASCUS ASSAD Nicolas Michel, chief UN legal advisor has met with Lebanon’s political leaders, reminding them that the prompt ratification of the treaty for the creation of the tribunal to resolve the 2005 murder of former premier Hariri, is necessary.
KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia wants to extend its United Nations peacekeeping mission in Lebanon from six to nine months and more than double the number of troops serving there, a newspaper reported on Saturday quoting the armed forces chief.
BEIRUT: The UN’s top legal adviser yesterday called for a return to dialogue in divided Lebanon and for the prompt creation of the tribunal to resolve the 2005 murder of former premier Rafik al-Hariri.
French President Jacques Chirac is set on starting a new bout of civil fighting in Lebanon. For months, his ambassador to Lebanon, Bernard Emié has been pumping steroids into the muscles of the US supported Lebanese Government.
The Israeli army blows up a Hezbollah outpost in southern Lebanon during this summer´s war. If chances of a Lebanese-Israeli peace agreement seemed distant after Israel’s war this summer with Hezbollah, the assassination of a leading Lebanese Christian politician has further dampened the prospects.
Belgian Crown Prince Philippe met Prime Minister Fuad Siniora after arriving in Beirut on Thursday to visit Belgian UN peacekeepers monitoring a truce on the Lebanon-Israel border, officials said.