Lebanon Crisis Monitor – A Near-Perfect Taste of the Mediterranean (New York Times)
A Near-Perfect Taste of the Mediterranean (New York Times)
Bennies, a restaurant operated by the Hamade family in Englewood, N.J., is a multipart essay in the virtues of Lebanese cuisine.
Lebanon ‘Accepts’ Hezbollah’s Weapons (Middle East Online)
Privately, the reaction to legitimizing Hezbollah’s deterrence to Israeli aggressions is causing a strong reaction on Capitol Hill. AIPAC has another Congressional Resolution ready to condemn Lebanon.
Fallout from Dubai crisis will spare Lebanese economy (The Daily Star Lebanon)
Lebanon will not be drastically affected by the looming financial crisis in Dubai but Beirut should derive news lessons from the experience of the once-thriving emirate, economists and bankers said on Sunday.There was also a consensus that one should wait to see what kind of action the oil-rich Abu Dhabi will take to help its neighbor Dubai.
Lebanon’s other women ‘out’ in force (Bangkok Post – Thailand’s English news)
They remain anonymous, but their voices are out in force and bold print: a group of lesbian, bisexual, and transgender women have braved law and social taboo in Lebanon with a little pink-and-white book.
Wagamama opens today (Times of Malta)
Former Rubino proprietor Julian Sammut has much on his plate these days as Kitchen Concepts, the restaurant development company he runs, inaugurates two projects in the next fortnight.
Khaleej Times Online – Sulayem Tells UAE Drivers to Fight for Podium Places (Khaleej Times)
DUBAI – Mohammed bin Sulayem, President of Automobile & Touring Club of the UAE, urged a line-up of some of the top local drivers to aim for the podium when the final round of the 2009 Middle East Rally Championship, the 31st Dubai International Rally, gets under way on December 3.
Video: Man arrested in missile sting in Philly (Main Line Times)
PHILADELPHIA – A scheme to transport stolen cell phones, laptops and video game systems that evolved into a plot to ship machine guns and anti-aircraft missiles to Syria was broken up with the arrest of a central figure in the plan, according to FBI documents released Monday
GCC Funding Helps Insurgency In Lebanon (Middle East Newsline)
LONDON [MENL] — Lebanon has identified Gulf Cooperation Council states as the source of funding for Al Qaida-aligned groups. Officials said elements within the six GCC states were relaying funding to Sunni insurgency groups in Lebanon.
‘Where are you, Randa?’ (Tri-County Times)
Anisse Jawhari (center, front), the mother of Randa Jawhari, is surrounded by three of her daughters and her daughter-in-law.
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