Lebanon Crisis Monitor – INDICATORS – Lebanon – June 24 (Reuters via Yahoo! Malaysia News)
INDICATORS – Lebanon – June 24 (Reuters via Yahoo! Malaysia News)
BEIRUT, June 24 (Reuters) – Below is a table of the latest Lebanese economic statistics.
Five arrested in plot to avenge Musa Sadr (Foreign Policy Blogs)
Breaking news: Beirut – Lebanon charged five people on Wednesday on charges of planning to murder Libya’s prime minister to avenge the 1978 disappearance of a Shi’ite spiritual leader, a judicial official said. The defendants, three Lebanese, one Libyan and a Palestinian, are accused of planning to send a booby-trapped package to Libyan Prime Minister Al-Baghdadi Ali [...]
U.S. Renews Military Shipments To Lebanon (Middle East Newsline)
NICOSIA [MENL] — The United States, ending a lull of more than a year, has renewed military shipments to Lebanon. Officials said the U.S. Defense Department oversaw the delivery of combat vehicles to the Lebanese Army in June 2009. They said the delivery came in wake of Lebanese parliamentary elections, won by a coalition of pro-U.S. political parties.
Beirut, STL work to set up witness protection program (The Daily Star Lebanon)
Kuwait’s Al-Anbaa newspaper reported Wednesday that the Lebanese authorities, in collaboration with a team from the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL), are working to implement a new protection program for around 90 witnesses from different nationalities who will testify in the STL for the 2005 assassination of former Premier Rafik Hariri.
Lebanon Charges Five Over Plot To Kill Libyan PM -Official (Nasdaq)
BEIRUT (AFP)–Lebanon charged five people Wednesday with planning to murder Libya’s prime minister to avenge the 1978 disappearance of a Shiite spiritual leader, a judicial official said.
Analyst: War in terror is a war of words (UPI)
BEIRUT, Lebanon, June 24 (UPI) — The fight against al-Qaida will not be won exclusively through military means, but by undermining their message and ideology, analysts say.
Lebanon charges 5 over plot to kill Libya PM (The Daily Star Lebanon)
Lebanon charged five people on Wednesday on charges of planning to murder Libya’s prime minister to avenge the 1978 disappearance of a Shiite spiritual leader, a judicial official said.The defendants, three Lebanese, one Libyan and a Palestinian, are accused of planning to send a booby-trapped package to Libyan Prime Minister Al-Baghdadi Ali al-Mahmoudi.
Lebanese consumers hit by sharp rise in global energy costs (The Daily Star Lebanon)
The sharp fluctuation of oil prices in the international markets are taking their toll on Lebanese consumers as prices of gasoline, kerosene and gasoil climbed unchecked for the fourth week in a row. In less than one month, prices of 20 liters of gasoline rose by an average of LL3,000 to reach LL31,800 for 98 octane and LL31,100 for 95 octane.
Saudi envoy denies allegations of funding polls (The Daily Star Lebanon)
Saudi Ambassador Ali Asiri dismissed Tuesday a report in US magazine Newsweek concerning Saudi funding of the polls in Lebanon. “The Saudi leadership’s attention is always focused on the unity and stability of Lebanon and all Lebanese people across the board, and we deny these allegations,” Asiri said.
LebHotels.com: The Hunt for Hotels in Beirut Ends Here (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
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