The Daily Star | Celebrity health minister tries to clean up Lebanon's food and politics Washington Post Last year, Transparency International ranked Lebanon as the 39th most corrupt country in the world. The watchdog has described corruption as “the main challenge” facing Middle Eastern countries and a driver of the uprisings in Tunisia, Egypt and ... Ministry probes infant death in Ajaltoun nursery |
The Daily Star | Lebanon to lose French loans unless a president is elected The Daily Star BEIRUT: A visiting French official Monday reminded Lebanon that it could not benefit from $181 million worth of loans if the country fails to elect a president before a summer deadline. The French Development Agency has granted the Lebanese government ... French aid to Lebanon linked to political deadlock French official to Lebanon: No president, no loan |
The Daily Star | Support for host communities to expand The Daily Star The Lebanon Host Communities Support Project was launched in February 2013 jointly between the Social Affairs Ministry and the UNDP with the aim of stabilizing careworn Lebanese communities hosting Syrian refugees. The project is also part of the ... Drama therapy workshop in Lebanon helps heal wounds for displaced Syrians |
The Daily Star | US-Iran nuclear deal directly impacts Lebanon: interior minister The Daily Star “The failure to reach an agreement between the two countries (Iran and the United States) would have repercussions on Lebanon, Syria, Yemen and Bahrain,” he told Lebanese reporters during a visit to Washington. Machnouk, who is a member of the Future ... |
The Daily Star | Israel steps up military drills on Lebanon border The Daily Star HOULA, Lebanon: Thunderous explosions were heard along Lebanon's southeastern border Monday as Israeli forces carried out military exercises. A Lebanese security source told The Daily Star that the blasts came from an area where the Israeli Army was ... Latest from Iran |
NBC Connecticut | Lebanon Farm Worker Dies After Pile of Corn Collapses Onto Him NBC Connecticut A man was taken to the hospital Monday evening after he hurt in a farming accident involving a pile of corn, according to state police. State police spokesperson Trooper First Class Kelly Grant said police were called to 1068 Trumbull Highway in ... |
Daily Mail | Radioactive sanitary pads from China seized by authorities in Lebanon Shanghaiist Ladies, have you noticed a healthy glow of late after purchasing sanitary products in China? Yesterday a half ton shipment of radioactive made-in-China maxi pads was seized after setting off alarms in Beirut, Lebanon. The Lebanon Minister for Finance ... Lebanon airport officials seize half a ton of RADIOACTIVE sanitary pads Lebanon seizes half a ton of radioactive sanitary towels Seized maxi pads 35 times more radioactive than limit |
FIFA.com (registration) | Lebanon coach out to sink his countrymen FIFA.com (registration) When Lebanon and Iran step out on Katara beach in Doha for Monday's opening match of the 2015 AFC Beach Soccer Championship, there is one onlooker who will surely be feeling a little emotional when he hears the two national anthems. That man is ... |
The Daily Star | Missing Syrian boy found strangled in north Lebanon The Daily Star KWAIKHAT, Lebanon: The body of a 14-year-old Syrian boy who went missing in north Lebanon Sunday was found strangled Monday near a river not far from his home. The body of Ali Halloum was discovered in a grassy area on a riverbed in the town of ... |
The Daily Star | Syrian security apparatus used to 'subjugate' Lebanon, Siniora tells STL The Daily Star BEIRUT: Former Prime Minister Fouad Siniora began testifying before the Special Tribunal for Lebanon Monday, recalling to the U.N.-backed court how Syria's security apparatus used to "subjugate" Lebanon. Siniora, the most senior Lebanese political ... Assad threatened Hariri to break Lebanon on his head, Siniora tells STL Saniora before STL: Hariri's Ties with Hafez Assad Differed than those with ... |