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March 14 wins LAU polls, March 8 takes NDU North

BEIRUT: The March 14 Forces won the student elections at the Lebanese American University in both the Beirut and Jbeil Campuses on Friday. The March 14 Forces won 10 seats out of 12 in the Beirut campus and eight seats out of...

Daily Star Political News: Siniora defends Baroud in face of flak over Syria trip

Prime Minister Fouad Siniora voiced support on Friday for Interior Minister Ziyad Baroud's visit to Damascus earlier this week, which has drawn criticism from several of the premier's March 14 colleagues. "The Lebanese Cabinet...

NOW Lebanon: March 14 wins eight out of 12 seats at LAU Byblos, with March 8 taking three and an...

NOW Lebanon: March 14 wins eight out of 12 seats at LAU Byblos, with March 8 taking three and an independent one. At LAU Beirut, March 14 wins 10 seats, with March 8 taking one, and the remaining seat going to an unopposed...

Geagea says LF has no dispute with Kataeb

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea said there was no dispute between his party and Kataeb Party. He added that there was competition among all March 14 forces to choose candidates for the 2009 parliamentary elections. “This...

Lebanon finds 2,900 year old Phoenician remains

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanese and Spanish archaeologists have discovered 2,900-year-old earthenware pottery that ancient Phoenicians used to store the bones of their dead after burning the corpses. They said more than 100 jars...

$10 million for word on missing Israelis

BEIRUT: Liban Post offices in South Lebanon on Tuesday received faxed messages from an unknown phone number offering $10 million to anyone who provides information on Israeli soldiers missing in Lebanon.The faxed message...

Lebanese American University launches historic fundraising campaign

At a gala dinner in Beirut on October 31, with Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora in attendance, Lebanese American University (LAU) launched the first comprehensive public fundraising campaign in its long history.

EFG-Hermes upbeat on Lebanon despite turmoil

BEIRUT: Regional investment bank EFG-Hermes maintained its economic growth forecast for Lebanon at 4.5 percent in 2008 and 5 percent in 2009 despite the increasing impact of the global credit crisis on the economies of the Gulf...

Aoun: Neutrality not an option

Change and Reform bloc leader MP Michel Aoun called for “clear and honestâ€_ political decisions, and said that being neutral was not an option given the pressing domestic challenges the country faced. During the opening...

Lebanon: Bank, NGO launch new micro-credit plan in Jbeil

teamed up with a nongovernmntal organization (NGO) on Friday to launch a new micro-credit program to help small businesses in the Jbeil region. The program was announced during a press conference at the Adnan Kassar Economic...

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