BBC News | Lebanon's leaders should heed the dynamics of a changing world Daily Star - Lebanon, Lebanon By Nora Boustany As Iran heads toward unchartered waters with people power gnawing at the heels of that regime's legitimacy, Lebanon and its leaders should pay attention to the dynamics of a changing world. That applies to the so-far verbally ... UK envoy in first Hezbollah talks Hezbollah MP meets British ambassador From Iran to Bangladesh, the rise of the ballot box |
Middle East Online | Syria, Lebanon agree to launch diplomatic ties Atlanta Journal Constitution, USA By Liz Sly Beirut —- Lebanon and Syria formally established diplomatic relations Wednesday for the first time since they won their independence in the 1940s, a historic move that was overshadowed by a bombing in the northern Lebanese port city of ... Syria frees prominent political detainee Syria Frees Prominent Dissident Mahmud Issa - Rights Group |
Soldier Sentenced In Lebanon County Rape WGAL, PA LEBANON COUNTY, Pa. -- A Pennsylvania National Guard soldier has been sentenced to prison for his role in the rape of a woman in 2007 in a barracks at Fort Indiantown Gap. Matthew Taggart, 24, of Delaware County, was sentenced to three months to two ... Guardsman sent to jail for role in rape Guardsman Sentenced In Rape At Fort Indiantown Gap No sticker shock here: Players to honor fallen |
Ohio slots to be recommended; Lebanon to make a decision The U.S. Trotting Association Newsroom, OH Meanwhile, Lebanon Raceway may opt not to race its fall harness meet and another track just avoided being closed by the racing commission for failure to post a performance bond. Reps. Lou Blessing, Jr. (R-Cincinnati) and T. Todd Brook (D-mcdermott) ... Lebanon Raceway down, not out Carlo: Lebanon Not Closing Slots' backers try once again |
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 Lebanon says Netanyahu's stance calls for more Arab unity Netanyahu's hostile move |
New York Times | 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 ... Hezbollah Still Holds Sway in Lebanon The Virtual Mosque A cedar grows in Lebanon |
Global Voices Online | Lebanon: Bloggers React to Iran Crisis Global Voices Online, MA The turmoil in Iran - a key power broker in Lebanon and main supporter of the powerful Lebanese Shia group Hezballah - has received mixed reactions. Whilst many of the bloggers are resisting to choose a side in Iran's dispute, they have plenty to say ... Robert Baer: Don't Forget Mousavi's Bloody Past Lessons from Iran, Lebanon and North Korea |
CBS News | 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 |
Beirut-Online News | 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 |
It's now up to Sleiman to drive Lebanon's national reform agenda Daily Star - Lebanon, Lebanon As Lebanon's steward and Doha's executor, Sleiman led the nation through the perils of political deadlock and a fiercely contested parliamentary election. On Saturday, June 20, Parliament's mandate ends and Prime Minister Fouad Siniora's government ... |