‘Lebanon’s ability to sidestep crisis does not guarantee sound future’ (Zawya)
BEIRUT: The positive economic indicators prevailing in Lebanon after the eruption of the global financial crisis do not provide a guarantee for the future of the country with the presence of a public debt that is increasing year after year, president of the World Union of Arab Banks Joseph Torbey said Wednesday.
Lebanese get lesson on foreign domestic workers from ‘Mimi’ (The Manila Times)
BEIRUT: A series of children’s books launched in Lebanon to coincide with Labor Day aims to sensitize the population to the estimated 200,000 foreign domestic workers often ignored and even abused in the country.
Lebanese generals freed by U.N. court (Moldova.org)
Four generals detained in the 2005 bombing that killed former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri were released Wednesday.The Special Tribunal for Lebanon said prosecutor Daniel Bellemare no longer sought to have the generals detained, a United Nations statement said.The prosecutor reportedly said the evidence was insufficient to seek indictments in the United Nations-backed court against Jamil …
Lebanon tribunal orders release of Hariri suspects (The Peninsula)
AMSTERDAM/BEIRUT: The Special Tribunal for Lebanon yesterday ordered the release of four pro-Syrian security generals held in Lebanon since 2005 over the assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq Al Hariri.
Lebanon general released in Hariri case plans comeback (AFP via Yahoo! Canada News)
BEIRUT (AFP) – Former Lebanese security services director Jamil Sayyed, detained for four years in connection with the murder of ex-premier Rafiq Hariri, vowed on Thursday a comeback as he savoured his first day of freedom.
Hariri suspects’ release may shift Lebanon balance (The Indiana Gazette)
BEIRUT (AP) — A general freed after nearly four years in jail in connection with the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri said Thursday his release by a U.N.-backed tribunal discredited Lebanon’s judiciary and could shift the country’s fragile political balance.
Lebanese President urges peace as he visits Britain (Middle East Online)
Suleiman: Israel poses ‘very great danger’ to Lebanon, must withdraw from Lebanese territories.
Lebanon judges concerned over mounting criticism (The Daily Star Lebanon)
BEIRUT: The Higher Judicial Council will meet next week to discuss mounting criticism against Lebanon’s judiciary in the wake of the controversial 44-month detention and surprise release of four generals in the Hariri assassination case. A well-informed judicial source said the meeting, which was announced Thursday by the council’s president.
Vincent reassures Lebanese on Tribunal (The Daily Star Lebanon)
BEIRUT: Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) registrar Robin Vincent highlighted developments at the UN-backed court on Wednesday, just hours before pre-trial judge Daniel Fransen announced of the release of four suspects held since 2005. “There is a great deal in front of us.
Gov backs Hariri tribunal after talks with Lebanon’s Suleiman (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Prime Minister Gordon Brown reiterated support for a tribunal over the death of ex-Lebanese premier Rafiq Hariri Thursday as he hailed Beirut’s “vital role” in the Middle East.
