ABC News | Jumblatt warns of 'Israeli agression on Lebanon' Daily Star - Lebanon, Lebanon BEIRUT: Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblatt warned against an Israeli attack on Lebanon in light of Israeli Premier Benjamin Netanyahu's speech which focused on the growing Iranian threat. Netanyahu's speech "could mean an aggression ... Video: Israel's controversial foreign minister in US - 17 Jun 09 Hezbollah leader: US, Israel plotting scheme Obama's ripple effect in the Mideast |
The Irrawaddy News Magazine | Lebanon on US watch list for failing to combat human trafficking Daily Star - Lebanon, Lebanon By Nicholas Kimbrell BEIRUT: The US State Department has placed Lebanon on a watch list of countries that have failed to sufficiently combat human trafficking. The State Department's annual Trafficking in Persons Report released this week labeled ... Ethiopia - A source country for trafficked people - State Department US Human Trafficking Watchlist Grows to Include 52 Countries Report: Recession boosts human trafficking |
International Middle East Media Center | Fatah member killed in Lebanon refugee camp AFP BEIRUT (AFP) — A member of the Palestinian Fatah movement was killed in the largest refugee camp in Lebanon, a Palestinian official said. "A masked gunman shot at Fatah member Ahmad Abu al-Kull in the Ain el-Helweh camp with a military machine gun, ... Palestinian official assassinated at a Lebanon refugee camp Lebanese Fatah Man Fatally Gunned Down Fatah leader killed in Lebanon refugee camp |
Gulf Times | Hezbollah Still Holds Sway in Lebanon Huffington Post, NY While Lebanon's democratic election should be celebrated, it will not affect the power currents running beneath the surface. Before we get carried away with excitement at the victory of the "pro-western" (US and Saudi backed) 14 March alliance in the ... A cedar grows in Lebanon Lebanon At Crossroads Following Parliamentary Election Egypt, Lebanon push trade initiatives |
PRESS TV | Lebanon military launches spy tribunal PRESS TV, Iran Lebanon launches a military tribunal to probe charges against suspected Israeli agents as the country continues tracking down spy networks. The Military Court led by Judge Rashid Mazhar initiated on Tuesday the investigations of Lebanese Army colonels ... Lebanon charges 2 colonels for working with Israel Suspected Israeli spies rounded up in Lebanon Two Lebanese colonels charged with spying for Israel |
GulfNews | Two new H1N1 reports bring number of cases in Lebanon to 10 Daily Star - Lebanon, Lebanon By Dalila Mahdawi BEIRUT: Lebanon's Health Ministry announced Tuesday the discovery of two new cases of the deadly H1N1 virus, otherwise known as swine flu, bringing the total number of confirmed infections in the country to 10. ... Video: 3 H1N1 deaths, 2 weeks, 1 city H1N1 Flu Death Swine Flu Cases Rise to 12 |
Globe and Mail | The Virtual Mosque New York Times, United States During the past eight years, in Iraq, Lebanon, the Palestinian territories, and, to a lesser extent, Egypt, spaces were opened for more democratic elections. Good news. Unfortunately, the groups that had the most grass-roots support and mobilization ... China's Middle East envoy to visit seven nations Posted on June 16th, 2009 by Daniel Larison Oh dear, how inconvenient for the White House |
Reactions to elections results in Iran and Lebanon show marked ... Daily Star - Lebanon, Lebanon By Patrick Galey BEIRUT: The different manner in which opposition supporters greeted defeat in June elections in Lebanon and Iran could not have been more pronounced. In Lebanon's general polls on June 7, parties from the defeated March 8 coalition ... Nasrallah questions Sfeir's speech and nominates Berri for speaker ... Nasrallah Criticizes Sfeir, Vows to Seek Legal Action against ... Lebanon may have missed going Iran's way |
Times Online | Why steal an election in Iran? Examiner.com On June 7, a pro-Western alliance of parties won more that half the seats in Lebanon's parliament. This alliance is led by the Future Movement party of Saad Hariri, son of the assassinated anti-Syrian politician Rafik Hariri. Hariri fils is now poised ... Video: Anti-Government Protest In Iran - Bloomberg Iran's uproar sends tremors through Mideast neighbours Forget new Mid-East birth pangs, settle for reality |
Virgin Mary Statue Defaced In Mt. Lebanon ThePittsburghChannel.com, PA LEBANON, Pa. -- Parishioners in Mt. Lebanon are praying after someone broke a Virgin Mary statue into pieces last week and defaced it with satanic markings scrawled on her hands and face. St. Bernard Church held a vigil Tuesday evening that opened with ... Pa. church members pray for Virgin Mary vandals Parishioners to pray for those who desecrated statue of Mary Vandal defaces Virgin Mary statue in Pa. |