The Daily Star | Lebanon won't attend 'Friends of Syria' The Daily Star By Hussein Dakroub BEIRUT: In compliance with its disassociation policy, Lebanon will not attend the “Friends of Syria” conference due to be held in Tunisia this week, Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour said Tuesday. Mansour made the announcement after ... Lebanon, Russia boycott 'Friends of Syria' meet Lebanon is a friend of “Bashar”, not “Syria” Mansour Says Lebanon to Boycott 'Friends of Syria' Conference |
The Daily Star | Lebanon's economic revival to be slow: S&P The Daily Star By Mohamad El Amin BEIRUT: International rating agency Standard & Poor's said Lebanon's path to recovery over the next few years will be slow, but maintained a stable outlook of the country's banking sector. “[S&P] anticipates that real GDP growth will ... S&P maintains Banking Industry Country Risk Assessment on Lebanon at group '8 ... |
The Associated Press | Azerbaijan Says It Uncovered Terrorists With Iran, Lebanon Ties Bloomberg Azerbaijan's Ministry of National Security said it uncovered a terrorist group with ties to Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps, or Sepah, and Lebanon's Hezbollah, state television channel AzTV reported. The authorities have detained an unspecified ... Baku reports arrests linked to Iran's Revolutionary Guards |
LVC honors Harrisburg orchestra director Lebanon Daily News (LEBANON DAILY NEWS EARL BRIGHTBILL) ANNVILLE - At a young age, Stuart Malina was directing music for his community and school plays. On Tuesday, the music director and conductor of the Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra received the Founders Day Award for ... Lebanon Valley College Founders Day Awards Honor Maestro Stuart Malina, Ice ... |
Lebanon man faces multiple rape counts Middletown Journal By Denise G. Callahan, Staff Writer 8:12 PM Tuesday, February 21, 2012 LEBANON — A Lebanon man faces a possible 48-year prison sentence if he is found guilty of drugging and sexually assaulting four women in his apartment over an eight-month period. |
Al-Bawaba | Bringing Lebanon out of the dark, naturally Al-Bawaba At his goat farm in the remote Bekaa Valley town of Qaa near the Syrian border, Hasan Istaytiyyah is enjoying a rare luxury in Lebanon: 24-hour electricity. For the past seven months, the house on his farm has been running on a solar-powered system ... |
The Daily Star | Life in Lebanon for Syria's newest refugees The Hill (blog) By Sarnata Reynolds, Refugees International - 02/21/12 12:42 PM ET LEBANON - On a craggy, windswept hill in northern Lebanon, high above the Mediterranean Sea, my Refugees International colleague and I knocked on the door to what looked like a small, ... Aid and safety lacking for Syrian refugees in the Bekaa Caritas Lebanon prepares for influx of Syrian refugees Lebanon prepares for refugees from Syria |
Press TV | Who are Syria's Druze? The National The Druze, officially known as Al Muwahhidun Al Duruz, are a monotheistic religious community found primarily in Syria (700000), Lebanon (400000), Israel (100000) and Jordan (20000). The sect, which emerged in the 11th century as an offshoot of Shia ... Lebanon Druze leader joins anti-Assad club |
GLC, private sector lodge ILO complaint against ministry The Daily Star BEIRUT: In a first for Lebanon, the General Labor Confederation and the Economic Committees filed separate complaints to the International Labor Organization against the Labor Ministry Tuesday for failing to respect labor laws and procedures. |
Dividend.com | Cracker Barrel 2Q profit falls, ups 2012 outlook msnbc.com LEBANON, Tenn. — Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Inc.'s fiscal second-quarter profit fell 11 percent, dragged down by increased food costs and higher expenses. But the restaurant chain lifted its full-year earnings outlook on Tuesday, citing rising ... Cracker Barrel Reports Results for Second Quarter Fiscal 2012 and Increases ... Cracker Barrel 2Q revenue rises 5%, net income drops Earnings: Cracker Barrel dips 11% in 2Q |