Sarkozy: Syria respects Lebanon (UPI)
L’AQUILLA, Italy, July 9 (UPI) — The Syrian government is upholding its commitment to respect the sovereignty of Lebanon, the French president said at the G8 summit in Italy.

INDICATORS – Lebanon – July 9 (Reuters via Yahoo! Philippines News)
BEIRUT, July 9 (Reuters) – Below is a table of the latest Lebanese economic statistics.

US lawyer named registrar for Lebanon’s Hariri tribunal (EARTHtimes.org)
New York – David Tolbert, a lawyer with extensive experience in international criminal law, was Thursday appointed a registrar for the special tribunal prosecuting the assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri. Tolbert will begin w…

Egypt arrests group it says plotted Suez attacks (AP via Yahoo! News)
Egyptian authorities arrested 25 people on suspicion of plotting attacks on oil pipelines and ships in the Suez Canal, the Interior Ministry said in a statement on Thursday.

Check It Out (Israel National News)
(IsraelNN.com) Lebanese media reported Thursday that exiled former MK Azmi Bishara was in Damascus to secure the release of Hilmi Moussa, Israel-affairs reporter for Lebanese newspaper A Safir, who has been held in Syria since Sunday on suspicion of contacting an Israeli agent or one of a number of Lebanese recently arrested on charges of spying for Israel.

Fragile Lebanon (BBC News)
Sadness and anger but peace holds on streets of Beirut

France’s Kouchner opens talks with Lebanese leaders (EARTHtimes.org)
Beirut – French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner arrived Thursday in Beirut for talks with Lebanese leaders on the situation in Lebanon and regional peace efforts. Cabinet formation is an internal issue, Kouchner said on arrival at Rafik Hariri in…

Alfa installs 116 new radio stations and expands 283 pre-based stations since February 2009 (AME Info)
Alfa, the mobile operator, managed by Orascom Telecom announced that it is keeping on strengthening its network all over Lebanon by installing 13 new Radio Stations since the 23rd of June 2009.

Check It Out (Israel National News)
(IsraelNN.com) Lebanese sources reported Thursday evening that anti-Syrian Lebanese journalist Hilmi Moussa was released earlier in the day from Syrian detention. Moussa was arrested at the beginning of the week on suspicion of contact with Israeli agents.

Living ‘Under the Bombs’ (The Yuma Sun)
This film, set and shot in the aftermath of the 2006 bombing of Beirut, doesn’t have much in common with the usual sanitized Hollywood fare. But then the Lebanese, who have been bombed or invaded by Israel something like eight times in the past 30 years, haven’t led a very glamorous life.

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