Lebanon Crisis Monitor – INDICATORS – Lebanon – June 18 (Reuters via Yahoo! Philippines News)
INDICATORS – Lebanon – June 18 (Reuters via Yahoo! Philippines News)
BEIRUT, June 18 (Reuters) – Below is a table of the latest Lebanese economic statistics.
Hezbollah chief vows to maintain calm following elections defeat (People’s Daily)
Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah said that his group will maintain calm in Lebanon despite defeat in parliamentary elections, Al-Manar TV reported Wednesday night. During a ceremony to honor his electoral team in the southern suburbs of Beirut, the Lebanese Shiite armed group leader said his party accepts the elections results, but will follow up election violations in a legal way and will not …
Reactions to elections results in Iran and Lebanon show marked contrast (The Daily Star Lebanon)
The different manner in which opposition supporters greeted defeat in June elections in Lebanon and Iran could not have been more pronounced. In Lebanon’s general polls on June 7, parties from the defeated March 8 coalition were quick to accept the outcome, with a Hizbullah spokesman conceding the same night as preliminary results were announced.
Lebanon urged to press UN on Palestinian’s return (The Daily Star Lebanon)
Head of the Union for Lebanon Masoud al-Ashkar urged the Lebanese government on Tuesday to submit to the UN Security Council a draft resolution forcing Israel to take in all Palestinian refugees living in neighboring countries. Ashkar also called of the Lebanese government “not to approve any peace deals.
Jumblatt warns of ‘Israeli agression on Lebanon’ (The Daily Star Lebanon)
Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblatt warned against an Israeli attack on Lebanon in light of Israeli Premier Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech which focused on the growing Iranian threat. Netanyahu’s speech “could mean an aggression on Lebanon under the slogan of ‘thwarting the Iranian threat.”
Fatah member killed in Lebanon (Gulf Times)
AFP/Beirut A member of the Palestinian Fatah movement was killed in the largest refugee camp in Lebanon late on Tuesday, a Palestinian official said yesterday.
Lebanon’s GDP estimate for 2009 higher than expected (Zawya)
BEIRUT: Regional investment bank EFG Hermes revised its estimate for real GDP growth in Lebanon from 3 percent to 4 percent in 2009, and kept its forecast at 3 percent for 2010, as reported by Lebanon This Week, the economic publication of the Byblos Bank Group.
Lebanese resilience encourages investors at Project Lebanon (Zawya)
BEIRUT: The exceptional resilience of the Lebanese economy to the global financial crisis and the political stability that has been prevailing following the June 7 Parliament elections encouraged a great number of investors to participate in Project Lebanon 2009. “I believe that there is a great potential of investing in Lebanon, and Arabs are going to be much more interested in our country …
Lebanese resilience encourages investors at Project Lebanon (The Daily Star Lebanon)
The exceptional resilience of the Lebanese economy to the global financial crisis and the political stability that has been prevailing following the June 7 Parliament elections encouraged a great number of investors to participate in Project Lebanon 2009. “I believe that there is a great potential of investing in Lebanon.
Lebanon on US watch list for failing to combat human trafficking (The Daily Star Lebanon)
The US State Department has placed Lebanon on a watch list of countries that have failed to sufficiently combat human trafficking. The State Department’s annual Trafficking in Persons Report released this week labeled Lebanon a “Tier 2 Watch List” country, citing inadequate efforts to prosecute trafficking offenses and protect victims.
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