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French PM says Lebanon on 'promising path'

Beirut :: Lebanon | about 5 hours ago | Political News

Source: Zawya Political

French Prime Minister Francois Fillon urged Lebanon on Thursday to press ahead with the process of national reconciliation, saying a deal reached among squabbling political factions in May had put the country on a "promising path." Fillon arrived in Lebanon...

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Sleiman to deliver Independence Day speech on controversial issues

Beirut :: Lebanon | about 10 hours ago | Political News

Source: NOW Lebanon

President Michel Sleiman will deliver an Independence Day speech before 165 university students that will touch on all the countryâs hot-button issues. The speech is part of an initiative that is being called the first of its kind. The National...

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Ban reports Israeli, Lebanese violations of 1701

Beirut :: Lebanon | about 4 hours ago | Political News

Source: The Daily Star

Violations of UN Security Council Resolution 1701 continue to take place and additional progress toward fulfilling obligations is overdue, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said in his eighth report on the resolution's implementation. "I am pleased to report that all...

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Palestinians to hand over wanted militant to LAF

Beirut :: Lebanon | 1 day ago | Political News

Source: The Daily Star

Palestinian officials and Islamist figures in the southern city of Sidon reportedly started efforts on Wednesday aimed at handing over six wanted militants to the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF). Among the wanted is Abdel al-Rahman Awad, who is believed the...

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Gemayel commemorates son’s assassination

Beirut :: Lebanon | 1 day ago | Political News

Source: NOW Lebanon

Former Lebanese President and head of the Kataeb party Amin Gemayel on Tuesday night addressed the Lebanese people on the second annual commemoration of the assassination of his son, the late Minister and MP Pierre Gemayel. The commemoration also coincides...

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FPM adds new twist to shooting of Harb bodyguard

Beirut :: Lebanon | 1 day ago | Political News

Source: NOW Lebanon

The Free Patriotic Movement added a new twist to the Monday shooting in Batroun of Hanna Sassine Harb, a bodyguard for the brother of MP Boutros Harb. The FPM said that two years ago, Harb had opened fire on the...

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Bank Audi on Lebanon amid global turmoil: a new episode of financial ...

Beirut :: Lebanon | 1 day ago | Business News

Source: The Daily Star

Following is a report on Lebanon's economy through the third quarter of 2008, with special emphasis on the implications of the global financial crisis, prepared by Bank Audi. Lebanon's economic activity over the first nine months of the year was...

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Recession in Gulf states would have dire consequences for Lebanon - ...

Beirut :: Lebanon | 1 day ago | Political News

Source: The Daily Star

Participants in an economic conference in Beirut warned on Wednesday that Lebanon will be gravely affected if the oil-rich Arab Gulf states experience a recession. Speaking to dozens of participants, Mohammad Zaatari, the president of the Chamber of Commerce in...

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Jisr says “fabricated” accusations against Saudi Arabia will not ...

Beirut :: Lebanon | 1 day ago | Political News

Source: NOW Lebanon

Future Movement MP Samir Jisr said that he found recent accusations that âSaudi Arabia [indirectly] supported the Israeli war on Lebanon during July 2006â strange. Attending the inauguration of the King Fahd bin Abdulaziz Garden in Tripoli on Wednesday, Jisr...

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