NPR | Environmentalists Warn Of Mediterranean Pollution From Lebanon Land Reclamation NPR On a bright, beautiful October day, Lebanese fisherman Emilio Eid is in his boat on the Mediterranean Sea. Lebanon's scenic mountain ranges are clear in the distance. But the water around him is brown and littered with pieces of floating plastic. He ... |
Chatham House | Is Lebanon Set for an Oil Bonanza? Chatham House Lebanon holds estimates of potential natural gas reserves of 25 trillion cubic feet (tcf) based on seismic studies, but these have not have been confirmed by drilling and may not amount to reserves that are commercially viable. The Lebanese public ... How Lebanon Managed to End Its Bloodiest Conflicts, While Israel Failed |
Wall Street Journal | Hariri Wants Lebanon Kept Out of the Saudi-Iranian Conflict Wall Street Journal BEIRUT—Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri called for Lebanon to be left out of the regional clash between Saudi Arabia and Iran, and praised the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militia for doing its part to de-escalate the tensions. In his first interview ... The Fiction that Destabilizes the Middle East Lebanon to host 2019 Arab Summit: Hariri Hezbollah Parliamentary Bloc Stresses Importance of Holding Lebanon's Elections on Time |
NBC Connecticut | Who Owns the Lebanon Town Green? NBC Connecticut Lebanon can't renovate the public library on the Town Green because it turns out the Green is actually owned by a mystery group of heirs of the original proprietors, dating back to Colonial times. (Published 3 hours ago). The Town of Lebanon filed a ... |
BBC News | Wonder Woman Gal Gadot dress trouble for Lebanese designer BBC News The posting of a photograph of Israeli actress Gal Gadot in a dress by Lebanese fashion designer Elie Saab has caused consternation on social media. Israel and Lebanon have technically been at war since 1948, and Lebanon boycotts its southern neighbour ... |
Los Angeles Times | Lebanon's Oscar contender 'The Insult' wages an absorbing but overblown war of words Los Angeles Times The spat that kicks off “The Insult” (“L'insulte”) an engrossingly blunt instrument of a movie from Lebanese writer-director Ziad Doueiri, concerns an illegal drainpipe on an apartment balcony. Some gutter language, so to speak, ensues. Yasser Salameh ... 'The Insult' review: Lebanon's Ziad Doueiri presents a compelling courtroom drama that's steeped in metaphor |
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | Munch goes to Umai – not Umi or Umami – in Mt. Lebanon Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Indeed, it's something of an anomaly. A trio of restaurants with very similar names — Umi, Umami and Umai — all doing variations of Japanese food, and quite well. It could easily cause confusion and be the backdrop to a “Seinfeld” script, were that ... |
The National | Head of Palestinian relief agency in Lebanon defends work as US threatens to cut funding The National Mr Cordone: Our services impact nearly every aspect of life for Palestine refugees in Lebanon. And in many cases, for example in health, UNRWA's services to the Palestine refugee community in Lebanon are literally life-saving. Beyond health, an UNRWA ... |
Lebanon Daily News | Freezing temperatures leave more than 100 in N. Lebanon trailer park without water Lebanon Daily News Green Acres' management was working with both the state Department of Environmental Protection and the township to resolve the problem, according to Brenner. Late Tuesday afternoon, park management arrived with maintenance to look under the skirting of ... |
Mt. Lebanon senior Antonio Garofoli has star qualities Pittsburgh Post-Gazette He has also had games where he has made eight and seven 3-pointers. Garofoli is shooting 42 percent from behind-the-arc and is averaging 20.7 points per game for a Mt. Lebanon team that entered Friday's game with an 11-1 record and is considered one of ... |