INDICATORS – Lebanon – Oct 26 (Reuters via Yahoo! Singapore News)
BEIRUT, Oct 26 (Reuters) – Below is a table of the latest Lebanese economic statistics.
Opposition restless in Beirut (UPI)
BEIRUT, Lebanon, Oct. 26 (UPI) — Opposition lawmakers in Lebanon said they would consider a new approach if a government is not formed by the end of the week.
Hummus be joking, chefs in Lebanon tell Israelis (The New Zealand Herald)
BEIRUT – Lebanon taunted Israel with a gesture of gastronomic one-upmanship yesterday after 300 chefs in Beirut prepared a 2056kg dish of hummus in an attempt to affirm ownership of the Middle Eastern dip.The two countries have…
Lebanon’s Maronite patriarch calls for national unity (Press TV)
Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Sfeir believes the fact that there is no national unity cabinet in Lebanon is the source of all the country’s problems.
Opposition Restless In Beirut (OfficialWire)
Opposition lawmakers in Lebanon said they would consider a new approach if a government is not formed by the end of the week. Lebanon held parliamentary elections in June, giving Saad Hariri and his March 14 coalition a narrow victory over the opposition March 8 slate.
Lebanese To Israel: Hands Off Our Hummus! (KMGH 7 Denver)
Lebanese chefs prepared a massive plate of hummus weighing over two tons Saturday that broke a world record organizers said was previously held by Israel.
Israel defies UN call on Lebanon spying (Press TV)
Israel has refused to yield to a UN call for clarifications on planting “listening devices” in southern Lebanon, boasting that intelligence gathering on its northern neighbor will persist.
Beirut’s history can’t be reduced to a ‘heritage trail’ (Belfast Telegraph)
The Romans were here. The Crusaders were here, and then the Muslims came. They’ve just discovered a bit of Beirut’s Crusader castle.
