LEBANESE TAG

* Elie Naaman cold blooded crime video

2012-05-24T16:30:00.000+03:00

* Lebanon's Arabic press digest

2012-05-21T13:49:00.003+03:00

Al-MustaqbalHariri for holding accountable all officials responsible for killing the two sheikhs as Assad's tools try to drag strife to Beirut“Stability government” fails Akkar testAttempts to ignite strife in Tripoli upon instructions given by the Assad regime have moved to Akkar.While the Army Command regretted the incident and announced the formation of an investigative committee, the killing

* Clashes in Beirut, 3 dead

2012-05-20T14:00:00.000+03:00

BEIRUT: At least three people were killed and 10 wounded in pre-dawn clashes Monday between Future Movement supporters and their rival Arab Movement Party headed by Shaker Berjaoui, who is close to Hizbollah, in the Beirut neighborhood of Tariq al-Jadideh, security sources said. The five-hour clashes with assault rifles and rocket propelled grenades ended after Berjaoui agreed to evacuate his

* Sheikh Ahmad Abdel-Wahed: scholar, politician and philanthropist

2012-05-20T13:36:00.000+03:00

BEIRUT: Sheikh Ahmad Abdel-Wahed, who was killed at a Lebanese Army checkpoint Sunday, was a prominent figure in local politics, and a philanthropist. Born in 1969 in the town of Bireh in Akkar, he received his primary education in Bireh’s public school and his higher education in Islamic Shariah at Rashid Karami Institute.He served as imam at Bireh Mosque from 1993 to 1998 and, at the time of

* UAE, Qatar and Bahrain urge their citizens to leave Lebanon

2012-05-19T13:51:00.000+03:00

BEIRUT: The UAE, Qatar and Bahrain called on their citizens Saturday to avoid travel to Lebanon and for those in the country to depart given the tense security situation as Prime Minster Najib Mikati, who expressed surprise on the development, urged the three states to reconsider their decisions.Ambassador Isa Abdullah Masoud al-Kalbani, the director of the department of the Nationals' Affairs

* IMF says Lebanon needs to do more to reduce debt

2012-05-10T17:01:00.001+03:00

IMF concerned about the effect of Lebanon’s falling GDP growth on its debt pile. Lebanon has not taken the necessary measures to reduce its debt following the drop in its economic growth in 2011, according to Nemat Shafik, the deputy managing director of Washington-headquartered IMF. “Infrastructure and investments are long overdue, as are reforms in the business environment,” said Shafik

* Israel’s Killing Spree on Verdun Street

2012-04-11T22:32:00.000+03:00

On the anniversary of the infamous 1973 raid in the heart of Beirut, Al-Akhbar speaks to contemporaries of the three Palestinian resistance leaders who were assassinated that night.The Israelis called it “Operation Spring of Youth.” On the night of 10 April 1973, Israeli army commandos led by Ehud Barak – currently the Israeli defense minister – carried out a raid in the heart of Beirut aimed at

* Wadi Khaled: Syrian Army Fire Kills NTV Cameraman

2012-04-11T22:01:00.000+03:00

Ali Shaaban, 29, was killed when Al-Jadeed television crew came under fire in the increasingly volatile border region with Syria. Akkar – While preparing to cover the armed clashes in Syria near the northern Lebanese border in Wadi Khaled, Lebanon’s Al-Jadeed TV crew became headline news on Monday. Their car came under a hail of fire and cameraman Ali Shaaban was fatally shot in the

* Mikati proposes power plant construction

2012-03-25T22:37:00.001+03:00

BEIRUT: Prime Minister Najib Mikati’s counterproposal to leasing out electricity-producing ships, due to be discussed in Cabinet next week, calls for the construction of power plants that are more cost-effective and would remain under state ownership.“[We propose] that a tender take place in order to secure 500 MW to 1,000 MW through the construction of new, advanced power plants as well as the

* STL Indictment is out: Hariri hails turning point

2011-07-01T13:18:00.001+03:00

The following is the full text of a statement released by former Prime Minister Saad Hariri following the delivery of an indictment and four arrest warrants by the U.N.-backed Special Tribunal for Lebanon, which is investigating the 2005 assassination of his father, former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. Dear Lebanese, brothers and sisters, friends everywhere,After long years of patience, waiting

* Lebanese government formation after 5 months

2011-06-13T18:06:00.011+03:00

Nearly five months after his appointment, Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati on Monday announced the formation of a 30-member cabinet in which Hezbollah and its allies hold a majority. Mikati, a billionaire Sunni businessman, announced his line-up following arduous negotiations over key portfolios including the justice and telecommunications ministries, now controlled by the Syrian- and

- How to make beautiful hot Lebanese girl scream in a WRX drift!

2011-05-28T16:27:00.001+03:00

* My Last Valentine in Beirut

2011-05-07T12:13:00.000+03:00

A trailer for a daring lebanese movie called "My Last Valentine in Beirut" by T Productions. It's about a hooker (by Laurine Kodeh) who admits her profession to shed a light over the dangers of this business and the prevailing society.

* Abu Ayyash sues Al-Madina bank assistant

2011-05-05T22:39:00.000+03:00

Al-Madina Bank General Manager Ibrahim Abu Ayyash on Monday filed a lawsuit against the bank's executive assistant, Rana Qoleilat, on charges of giving him false savings passbooks and making him give her $220 million in fraudulent means. State Prosecutor Adnan Addoum subsequently referred the lawsuit to the Central Criminal Investigations Department for investigations. Abu Ayyash was

* CNN: الأمطار في الشرق الأوسط ملوثة بالإشعاعات

2011-04-05T10:08:00.000+03:00

05 نيسان 2011 حذرت بعض التقارير، التي نشرتها قناة الـ CNN العالمية، من الأمطار التي سيشهدها الشرق الأوسط هذا الشهر، والتي- حسب هذه التقارير- ستكون ملوثة بالإشعاعات النووية التي تسرَّبت من محطة فوكوشيما النووية اليابانية. ورغم أن تقارير مواجهة أعلنت أن الخبر غير دقيق، إلا أن تقارير الـ CNN حذرت

* الجديد سرب اسماء الوزراء الجدد الحصص والحقائب

2011-03-25T12:33:00.000+02:00

"الجديد "يسرب اسماء الوزراء الجدد والحقائب عرضت قناة "الجديد" في نشرتها المسائية تسريبات حول التشكيلة الحكومية المتوقعة بانتظار حل ما وصفته عقدة وزارة الداخلية التي ترجح مصادر لموقعنا ان تبقى من نصيب الوزير زياد بارود على رغم الاعتراض الشديد من قبل العماد ميشال عون الذي اشار الجديد الى احتمال اعطائه عشرة وزراء من اتشكيلة الثلاثينية من بينهم حصة الوزير سليمان فرنجية وجاءت التشكيلة(

* Anti-Syrian states fund nearly all of the $62M PA Rafik Hariri Lebanon assassination tribunal, 2008

2011-03-25T11:45:00.000+02:00

Release date March 25, 2009 Summary The billionaire former Prime Minister of Lebanon (1992-1998, 2000-2004) Rafik Bahaa El Deen Al-Hariri, or "Rafik Hariri" and 22 others were killed in a bomb attack in Beirut on 14 Feb 2005. Following the assassination an investigating court, the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, was slowly established by Lebanon, donor countries and the United Nations. Syria

ما الذي قدّمه ميقاتي للمعارضة ورفض أن يقدمه الصفدي؟

2011-01-25T12:17:00.001+02:00

الرئيس نجيب ميقاتي إذاً هو مرشح المعارضة.. بعد أسبوع من الشدّ والجذب والمواقف والمشاورات، رست سفينة فريق الثامن من آذار في ميناء طرابلس وكان عليها أن تختار من بين ثلاثة مرشحين من يستطيع أن يؤمن لها الأغلبية المطلوبة لإقصاء الرئيس سعد الحريري عن السراي الحكومي. ومنذ مطلع الأسبوع الماضي، بدا خيار ترشيح الرئيس عمر كرامي معرضاً للفشل والسقوط بسبب التحفظات الداخلية

جورج وسوف نجح بإبعاد رولا شامية عن ابنه وديع؟!

2011-01-25T12:11:00.001+02:00

توترت علاقة سلطان الطرب جورج وسوف بابنه الكبير وديع بسبب علاقته مع الممثلة اللبنانية رولا شامية، وذلك لأنها تكبره بـِ 12 عاماً، ولأسبابٍ أخرى يراها الوسوف (كوالد) غير صحيحة في العلاقة المبنية بين إبنه ورولا شامية.العلاقة بقيت سراً لفترة طويلة، فهي بدأت منذ حوالى العام والنصف رغم معارضة الوسوف الذي كان غير راضٍ عن هذه العلاقة، وتمَّ كشفها منذ أشهرٍ قليلة.. ولكن الجديد الذي نكشف عنه اليوم هو أن

* March 8 Ministers, Sayyed Hussein Resign from Cabinet, Ask Suleiman to Form New One

2011-01-12T23:06:00.001+02:00

Lebanon's hard-won unity government collapsed on Wednesday after the March 8 coalition ministers and State Minister Adnan Sayyed Hussein, who had been named by President Michel Suleiman, announced their resignations. On behalf of the ten opposition ministers, Energy and Water Minister Jebran Bassil announced resignation from Cabinet, following a brief meeting at Free Patriotic Movement

* CBC Report on Hariri's Killing

2010-11-23T15:21:00.001+02:00

It wasn't until late 2007 that the awkwardly titled UN International Independent Investigation Commission actually got around to some serious investigating. By then, nearly three years had passed since the spectacular public murder of Lebanon's former prime minister Rafik Hariri. Hariri, the builder. The billionaire tycoon who'd reclaimed Beirut's architectural heritage from the shattered

* Beirut property market projected to rise over next three years

2010-11-21T18:13:00.000+02:00

The Lebanese economy ministry has said that the country's real estate market is expected to grow by up to 15% in the next three years, the Daily Star has reported. "Lebanon has gone against the current of the international financial crisis in the real estate sector," director general of the economy ministry Fuad Fleifel said at the Beirut International Property Fair. "Its real estate value has

* لبنان الاختلاط يتراجع... كل طائفة تعيش في قبرها

2010-11-17T13:20:00.000+02:00

ابن بيروت الهارب من ضوضاء مدينته والباحث عن الهدوء في عرمون وبشامون، عليه أن يقدّم أوراق اعتماده إلى الطائفة ليحصل على سند التمليك. وابن الضاحية الذي يحب المدينة وتمنعه ظروفه من السكن فيها، ستحول طائفته بينه وبين السكن في الأشرفية. والشاطر من ينجح في التمويه ولا تُكشف حقيقته الطائفية إلا بعد أن يصبح داخل شقته الجديدة. عندها تبدأ معركة التحمّل ربى أبو عمّوحين اتصل حسين نصر الله للسؤال عن

* Lebanon and Iran make uneasy bedfellows

2010-10-31T08:48:00.001+02:00

I think it should be a Beirut Diary this week. Deep background, you understand. The truth. Believe me, it is. When President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad entered the palace dining room to eat with Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri last week – Saad being the son of ex-premier Rafiq who was murdered by ... we'll come to that later – Saad made sure that Beethoven was on the public address system. It

* Beirut’s property boom prices many Lebanese out

2010-10-29T12:20:00.000+03:00

Beirut used to conjure up images of clear skies, sparkling sea and red-roofed Ottoman-era houses, but cranes and new buildings now puncture its Mediterranean skyline and the cacophony of bulldozers has shattered the idyll. All over Beirut, developers are spending hundreds of millions of dollars building luxury flats for high-income Lebanese, and prices are soaring, especially in the