Lebanon

Cleric says Iran will try British Embassy staffers

BEIRUT, Lebanon - A senior Iranian cleric said yesterday that employees of the British Embassy in Tehran arrested in recent days would be put on trial for unspecified charges of acting against Iran's national security, a move...

Qobeissy: Lebanon should not be divided into safe and unsafe areas

Amal Movement MP Hani Qobeissy speaks to the Free Lebanon radio station: - Lebanon should not be divided into safe and unsafe areas. Talking about a “disarmed Beirutâ€_ or a “safe Beirutâ€_ is being proposed at the wrong...

Gerard Tufenkjian - Head Of The AGBU Lebanon Office

GERARD TUFENKJIAN - HEAD OF THE AGBU LEBANON OFFICE AZG Armenian Daily 03/07/2009 Diaspora The Central Board of Directors of the Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU) recently appointed Gerard Tufenkjian as the Chairman of...

Financing tops discussion among administrative heads of UN-backed tr..

Zaterdag 4 juli 2009 | United Nations (UN) ] 3 July 2009 - The Registrars, or top administrative officials, of the International Criminal Court (ICC), United Nations tribunals and courts backed by the world body wrapped up a...

Steinberg to NOW Lebanon: Obama’s visit to Syria will not take place anytime soon

US Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg. (AFP/Yoshikazu TSUNO) Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg told NOW’s correspondent in Washington DC that President Barack Obama will not visit Syria anytime soon. "It will...

Tel Aviv mobilizes additional forces on Lebanese-Israeli border

Tel Aviv has mobilized additional forces, which include Mir kava tanks and other heavy military equipment, on the Lebanese-northern Israeli border, a source told NOW Lebanon on Saturday. The source added that the Shebaa farms...

Sakr: If opposition is granted obstructing third, we will have to contact Syria daily

“If we grant the opposition the obstructing-third vote in the new cabinet, then we will have to contact Syria daily,â€_ Lebanon First bloc MP Okab Sakr said on Saturday, adding that President Michel Sleiman will be granted...

Holdal Integrates Its Third Facility on the Infor WM Solution with SNS

Holdal is one of the leading distributors and retailers of Pharmaceutical, Cosmetics, Fashion and Accessories in Lebanon. Holdal stores its stock in multiple facilities in a single site based on the category and brand of the...

Alderney and Sark beaten only by Spain

ALDERNEY and Sark have been jointly ranked the second-best-kept travel secret in the world by Lonely Planet. The magazine, which is part-owned by the BBC, published a list of 50 great travel secrets in its July edition....

Ethnic Cleansing as a State Policy

In his speech at Bar Ilan University on June 14, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu proposed a new Israeli “peace plan,” with preconditions that a Palestinian negotiator must first meet before he would “promptly” engage...