Bilateral collaboration agreement between Malta and Lebanon (Maltamedia.com Daily News)
During his visit to Lebanon, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Tonio Borg held talks with Lebanese President Michel Suleiman, Prime Minister Fouad Siniora and Foreign Affairs Minister Fawzi Salloukh. This is the second country from the Middle East that Dr Tonio Borg has visited in the past few days. He had already visited [...]
Israel to withdraw from Lebanon’s Ghajar by late April (Russian Information Agency Novosti)
DAMASCUS, April 16 (RIA Novosti) – Israel will pull its troops out of the northern part of the village of Ghajar, which straddles the Lebanese border, by late April, Lebanon’s An Nahar newspaper said on Thursday, citing diplomatic sources.
Lebanon’s Civil War Remembered on 34th Memorial (The Epoch Times)
The Lebanese civil war claimed hundreds of thousands of lives, and is indelibly etched in the minds of survivors.
New deal for domestic workers in Lebanon (Middle East Online)
Lebanese authorities to enact new unified contract for migrant domestic workers to improve working conditions.
Lebanon May Have ‘Commercial Quantities’ of Oil (Update2) (Bloomberg)
April 16 (Bloomberg) — Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora said that his country, which relies on imports for its energy needs, may have “good commercial quantities” of offshore oil and gas.
Lebanese army presses on with Bekaa crackdown (AFP via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
The Lebanese army on Thursday pushed on with its crackdown on crime rings in the lawless Bekaa Valley of eastern Lebanon arresting 20 more fugitives and suspects.
Lebanese army presses on with Bekaa crackdown (Middle East Times)
Lebanese soldiers stand guard at outside the hospital in Rayak, after an army vehicle was ambushed in the town, about 20 kms south of the Bekaa valley’s main town of Baalbek, on April 13, 2009. The Lebanese army on Thursday pushed on with its crackdown on crime rings in the lawless Bekaa Valley of eastern Lebanon arresting 20 more fugitives and suspects.
Lebanese minister dips out of call to go veggie (AFP via Yahoo! Canada News)
BEIRUT (AFP) – Lebanon’s environment minister on Thursday shunned a call to give up kebabs and live on the country’s wide range of vegetarian dishes.
LEBANON: Fair deal for domestic workers? (IRIN)
BEIRUT, 16 April 2009 (IRIN) – Eighty Ethiopian women have been in Tripoli Women’s Prison in north Lebanon for over a year, accused of not having a passport which was either taken from them when they started as domestic workers, or which they never had in the first place.
No word on release of Hariri suspects (UPI)
BEIRUT, Lebanon, April 16 (UPI) — There is no word on the release of four Lebanese generals detained in connection with the assassination of former Lebanese Premier Rafik Hariri, officials said.
