Audi Bank Profit Soars (Khaleej Times)
BEIRUT – Bank Audi on Friday posted a 19 per cent rise in net profit for 2008 and said it aimed to increase net earnings and assets in 2009 despite a difficult regional economic outlook.
Lebanon, Syria to bolster military cooperation (Middle East Online)
Increased military cooperation between Lebanon, Syria mirrored by warming of diplomatic relations.
David Dodge, First Lebanon Hostage, Dies at 86 (New York Times)
Mr. Dodge was the first American to be kidnapped in Lebanon and held hostage for an extended period during the country?s 15-year civil war.
Posted: 31-01-2009 , 05:41 GMT (Al Bawaba)
According to the London daily Elaph, the ‘LAU’ university in Lebanon surveyed over 6,000 students in 2008 to find out their favored stars. After the survey an award ceremony was held where all the stars that won were invited to accept their awards.
Lebanese-Syrian crisis over football team (People’s Daily)
The Syrian football team who participated in the Asian Cup in Lebanon complained about the “unsuitable welcome” in Lebanon, As-Safir daily reported Friday. Six Syrian football players and officials were poisoned, and became sick during their stay in a Beirut hotel, prompting youth and sport minister Talal Arslan to announce that he is investigating the case. Head of the Syrian delegation Baha …
Waltz With Bashir shown in Beirut (Guardian Unlimited)
Waltz With Bashir , Israeli film-maker Ari Folman’s Oscar-nominated film about the horrors of the 1982 Lebanon war, has been shown in Beirut for the first time. A small private screening was held at a production centre in the south of the capital, despite a nationwide ban on Israeli products. German-born Monika Borgmann, who runs the centre with her Lebanese husband, Lokman Slim, said she …
Syria’s Assad seeks dialogue with U.S. under Obama (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
Syria wants to have a constructive dialogue with the United States after years of tension, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad told a visiting U.S. congressman Saturday.
Minister ends Beirut visit (Gulf Times)
BEIRUT: HE the Minister of Business and Trade Sheikh Fahd bin Jassem bin Mohamed al-Thani and his accompanying delegation left Beirut yesterday afternoon concluding a three-day visit to Lebanon.
Lebanese PM hits back at Hezbollah on missing Iranian diplomats (People’s Daily)
The office of Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Seniora hit back at Hezbollah Chief Hasan Nasrallah’s accusations concerning the case of missing Iranian diplomats in Lebanon since 1982, local NBN TV reported Friday. A statement by Seniora’s office late Thursday said the government sent a letter to UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Sep. 13, 2008,urging him to help resolving the fate of the four Iranian …
Kuwait News (Arab Times)
BEIRUT, Jan 30, (KUNA): Lebanese Grand Mufti Shaykh Mohammed Rasheed Qabani on Friday said the Arab Economic, Development and Social Summit helped provide a stepping stone to cooperation and Arab unity for the support of Palestinians in Gaza. He said of the January 19-20 Arab summit in Kuwait, that it aided a wide spread consensus amongst Arab states that resulted in a broad mood of satisfaction.
