The Daily Star | Portuguese-Lebanese running for European Parliament The Daily Star BEIRUT: A Portuguese of Lebanese descent is the youngest candidate running for the 2014 European Parliament election, Lebanon's National News Agency reported Friday. Safa Rashid Dib, 28, is running on the ecologist party The Greens' list and is among ... |
The Daily Star | Unlimited Internet plan coming to Lebanon The Daily Star BEIRUT: Telecoms Minister Boutros Harb Friday unveiled Lebanon's first unlimited broadband Internet plan, while cutting prices and increasing speeds on existing DSL services. Harb said the price of the new 2 Mbps, unlimited download plan would be LL75 ... |
The Daily Star | No President for Lebanon as Deadline Looms ABC News Lebanon's parliament failed to pick a new president Thursday during a session seen as a last-ditch effort to elect a new head of state, two days before President Michel Suleiman's six-year term expires. The move all but ensures a presidential vacuum in ... Keep calm in Lebanon Lebanon heads for presidential vacuum after final failed vote |
Niko's at Lebanon Farmers Market closes its doors Lebanon Daily News Niko's Restaurant at the Lebanon Farmers Market in downtown Lebanon has closed its doors for good. Carla Henry, manager of the market, said she found out Friday morning from the restaurant's owners, Steve Kujovsky and Lonnie Long, that the restaurant ... |
Lebanon 'War Office' Played Central Role In Revolutionary War Hartford Courant The War Office in Lebanon is a small museum with tons of history related to the Revolutionary War. The War Office was basically the "command and control center" for Connecticut's war efforts. George Washington and Gov. Jonathan Trumbull met there ... |
Amnesty International | Syrian refugees in Lebanon desperate for health care amid international apathy Amnesty International Hospital treatment and more specialized care for Syrian refugees in Lebanon is woefully insufficient, with the situation exacerbated by a massive shortage of international funding. Syrian refugees in Lebanon are suffering as a direct result of the ... Syrian refugees struggle to get health care in Lebanon Machnouk urges Syrian refugees not to hold public gatherings Syrian refugees in Lebanon face health care crisis - Amnesty |
Fox 59 | Gas leak in Lebanon repaired WISH Officials say repair times will go past the time that Lebanon High School and Lebanon Middle School release for the afternoon. Officials are working to develop a plan for students who walk home or are picked up by private vehicle. Students that drive ... UPDATE | Gas leak closes school, park in Lebanon VIDEO: Gas leak at Meridian and Ulen now capped |
Canada.com | Tourists Return to Lebanon Hit by Syria Conflict, Minister Says Bloomberg Holidaymakers are returning to Lebanon with hotel bookings double last year's figure, the nation's tourism minister said, even as political upheaval linked to the war in Syria continues. Hotel occupancy has jumped to as much as 70 percent this summer ... Tourism slowly rebounding in Lebanon, despite political instability |
The Daily Star | Reports that Beirut synagogue will reopen dismissed as rumors The Daily Star The synagogue, located in Wadi Abu Jamil in Downtown Beirut, was badly damaged during Lebanon's 1975-90 Civil War and has been undergoing an extensive renovation for the past five years. “The construction is basically done,” Hout told The Daily Star. Beirut's synagogue renovated but no date for re-opening Beirut Synagogue to Remain Closed Despite Renovation for Lack of Benches ... |
The Daily Star | Debate: Lebanon's president will be chosen from abroad Asharq Alawsat English This situation is an indication of a democratic crisis, which is manifested in Lebanon as a constitutional crisis. The prime culprits are those who gave up on national sovereignty and linked the fate of Lebanon to the outcomes of regional and ... Will the vacuum again lead to an abyss? |