Lebanon Crisis Monitor – Iran: Israel ‘main culprit’ in abduction of diplomats (The Daily Star Lebanon)

Iran: Israel ‘main culprit’ in abduction of diplomats (The Daily Star Lebanon)
Israel is responsible for the kidnapping of four Iranian diplomats during Lebanon’s 1975-1990 Civil War, Iran’s Foreign Minister said on Saturday. Speaking at a ceremony to commemorate the 27th anniversary of the men’s disappearance, Manouchehr Mottaki said Tehran was taking the follow up of their cases seriously.

Gallery: Paris Hilton in Lebanon (The Huntington Herald-Dispatch)
U.S. heiress Paris Hilton hosts a party in Beirut, Lebanon, early Saturday, July 4, 2009.

Hariri insists cabinet formation ’strictly’ Lebanese affair (The Daily Star Lebanon)
Lebanon’s Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri said on Saturday that the formation of the upcoming national-unity cabinet was a “strictly” Lebanese domestic affair, adding that the government “will have to stem from the Presidential Palace in Baabda.” Following talks with President Michel Sleiman, Hariri stressed that the cabinet formation process.

German foreign minister starts Mideast tour (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Germany’s foreign minister left for Israel Sunday at the start of a two-day tour that will also take in Syria and Lebanon and is aimed at lending support to the new US engagement in the region.

U.S. Sends Police Vehicles To Lebanon (Middle East Newsline)
NICOSIA [MENL] — The United States has sent 120 police vehicles to Lebanon. Officials said the Lebanese Internal Security Forces has received 120 Dodge Charger police vehicles for patrol and other missions.

What idea did you have about Lebanon before coming here? And how do you conceive your mission on the diplomatic, … (Monday Morning)
I had a quite concrete notion, since I spent a part of my childhood in Lebanon, where I studied for two years at the AUB.

South Lebanon MP: Michel Moussa (Monday Morning)
The latest developments of the regional situation, MP Moussa indicates, should impel us to consolidate the internal front so that we can effectively confront all the dangers of the situation.

CampbellGray to open in Lebanon (AME Info)
UK-based CampbellGray Hotels is set to open its first property in the Middle East, the Le Gray, in the Lebanese capital, Beirut. The new luxury hotel includes 75 suites. Le Gray is located in the Solidere district of Beirut’s downtown.

Posted: 05-07-2009 , 09:37 GMT (Mena Report)
Lebanon is facing a severe electricity shortage. As thousands of Lebanese and foreign visitors enter Lebanon for the summer, Lebanon’s power stations have been overstrained pushing the government to ration electricity.

UN Security Council to discuss Ban’s report on Resolution 1701 – media (The Daily Star Lebanon)
The United Nations Security Council will meet on Wednesday to discuss Secretary General Ban Ki-moon’s latest report on the implementation of Resolution 1701, a Lebanese newspaper claimed Saturday. According to An-Nahar, Lebanese government officials were notified on Friday that the five permanent.

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