Hariri confident financial crisis spared Lebanon (Zawya)
BEIRUT: Deputy Saad Hariri said on Wednesday that all indications show that Lebanon has not been affected by the global financial crisis.
Five rockets found in south Lebanon: army (AFP via Yahoo! Canada News)
TYRE, Lebanon (AFP) – Lebanese soldiers and UN peacekeepers on Wednesday discovered five rockets in the south of the country five kilometres (three miles) from the Israeli border, the army and the UN said.
Israel soldiers storm Lebanese aid ship bound for Gaza (EARTHtimes.org)
Beirut – Israeli soldiers stormed Thursday a Lebanese ship carrying humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, Lebanese radio reports and organizers said. According to the reports, the Israeli soldiers boarded the Brotherhood Ship and beat up its crew. Th…
BMI sees lower growth rate for Lebanon in 2009 (Zawya)
BEIRUT: Business Monitor International (BMI) revised downward its growth projection for the Lebanese economy for 2009 to 2.5 percent from 4.5 percent, citing negative external conditions, infrastructure shortages and a potential real estate correction as factors keeping growth below its potential, according to Lebanon This Week, the economic publication of the Byblos Bank Group.
Israel intercepts Lebanese aid ship bound for Gaza (EARTHtimes.org)
Beirut – An Israeli gunboat late Wednesday intercepted a Lebanese ship carrying medical aid and other supplies bound for Gaza, the organizer of the Lebanese delivery said. The Brotherhood Ship was fired on by an Israeli military boat 20 miles (32 ki…
BMI sees lower growth rate for Lebanon in 2009 (The Daily Star Lebanon)
Business Monitor International (BMI) revised downward its growth projection for the Lebanese economy for 2009 to 2.5 percent from 4.5 percent, citing negative external conditions, infrastructure shortages and a potential real estate correction as factors keeping growth below its potential, according to Lebanon This Week.
Hariri confident financial crisis spared Lebanon (The Daily Star Lebanon)
Deputy Saad Hariri said on Wednesday that all indications show that Lebanon has not been affected by the global financial crisis. Speaking at the opening the Lebanese Omani Businessmen Forum at the Movenpick Hotel, Hariri added that the Lebanese banks demonstrated a rare capability to withstand all the violent financial shocks.
Lebanon’s Ex-President Emile Lahoud declares exclusively: “We are in a State of War with Israel” (Foreign Policy Blogs)
I interviewed former Lebanese President last year. You have few excerpts here: Manuela Paraipan: What are the few crucial moments that you can recall during your time as President of Lebanon and are willing to speak of? Emile Lahoud: There were more than a few such moments, during 18 years, because I was Commander in Chief for [...]
Some 28 percent of Lebanese live below poverty line – study (Zawya)
BEIRUT: According to two national reports on poverty and living conditions unveiled by the Social Affairs Ministry and the United Nations Development Programme on Wednesday, 28 percent of the Lebanese population qualify as poor, while 8 percent are living under conditions of extreme poverty.
