Al-Arabiya | Lebanon enters dangerous power vacuum Aljazeera.com As a result, Lebanon has entered a presidential vacuum that could endanger its internal security, paralyse its political institutions and weaken its Christian community. Thus, despite the Lebanese army and Internal Security Forces' successful security ... UN urges Lebanon to elect new president UN urges Lebanon election as soon as possible As Lebanon and Syria become one |
Washington Post (blog) | This is what the Syrian election looks like in Lebanon Washington Post (blog) (Joseph Eid/AFP/Getty Images). While it's tempting to casually dismiss the upcoming Syrian election as a pointless exercise in legitimizing Bashar al-Assad's rule, the scenes today in Lebanon are a clear reminder that a lot of people feel very strongly ... Huge turnout for Syrian vote in Lebanon Syrian exiles in Lebanon voting frenzy Beirut roads paralyzed by Syrian voters headed to polls |
The Daily Star | Lebanon, a land of fat boys: study The Daily Star The percentage of boys under twenty who are obese in Lebanon range between 13 to 19.1 percent, placing the Mediterranean nation at fifth in the world, tied with the Caribbean nation The Bahamas. The findings are according to a recently released global ... |
The Daily Star | Lebanon seeking refugees' biometric data: Derbas The Daily Star BEIRUT: After saying that Lebanon had iris scans of Syrian refugees on record, Social Affairs Minister Rashid Derbas backtracked Friday afternoon, saying General Security was working with UNHCR to access the agency's biometric data. “The Lebanese state ... Germany offers conference to help Lebanon Germany offers conference on Lebanon's refugee crisis “Lebanon Spearhead in Fight against Terrorism” |
The Daily Star | Lebanon detains gang for fraud The Daily Star In a statement, General Security said it raided two apartments in Doueir and Mayfadoun in south Lebanon and confiscated a printing machine used to forge documents and make counterfeit banknotes as well as silver and gold coins. The raid took place ... |
Syrians in Lebanon Flood Polling Place, Choosing Assad Out of Fervor or Fear New York Times YARZE, Lebanon — Syrians living in Lebanon swarmed their country's embassy here on Wednesday to cast early ballots in a sharply disputed presidential election that is virtually sure to keep President Bashar al-Assad in power, turning out in numbers ... |
Lebanon Daily News staffers win Keystone Press Awards Lebanon Daily News Cassidy Nolan, 3, of Palmyra watches a model train go by with awe on Dec. 6, 2013, at the Lebanon Valley Mall as she checks out the annual Advent Train Garden. The photo won honorable mention in the Keystone Press Awards. (Jeremy Long — Lebanon ... |
The Daily Star | Ban expresses hope STL moves quickly The Daily Star BEIRUT: U.N. Chief Ban Ki-moon Friday expressed hope that the Special Tribunal for Lebanon's proceedings would move “smoothly and expeditiously,” after his meeting with the head of the court's defense office Francois Roux. In a statement, Ban also ... |
Bassil urges diaspora members to invest in Lebanon The Daily Star BEIRUT: Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil called Friday on Lebanese people living overseas to come back and invest in their country. “You are the wealth and the energy of Lebanon,” he told the Lebanese Diaspora Energy conference in Beirut. “But it is ... |
The Daily Star | Lebanon's ambassador to South Korea dies in car accident The Daily Star SEOUL: Police in South Korea say Lebanon's ambassador to the Asian country has died in a car accident. Officers say Ambassador Jad Saeed al-Hassan was driving his car by himself Thursday when it hit another vehicle inside a tunnel in Seoul. They say ... Lebanon envoy dies in S. Korea car accident |