Posted: 30-11-2009 , 02:52 GMT (Al Bawaba)
According to the London daily Elaph, the Lebanese artist Carole Saqer hosted a live concert with the Iraqi artist Rida Abdullah on 13 November in Lebanon.
Putting the green in Orange County Great Park (Los Angeles Times)
Emile Haddad, with a new financing deal approved by Irvine for the site of the former El Toro Marine Corps base, hopes to develop a mixed-use site where people walk more and drive less. The first memory Emile Haddad has of what would become the site of the Orange County Great Park and the location of his biggest development project dates from 1986, not long after he and his family fled their …
‘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.
India peace role in south Lebanon (BBC News)
The BBC’s Shahzeb Jillani reports on the difficult role Indian peacekeepers play in southern Lebanon.
Lebanon’s other women ‘out’ in force (Dawn)
BEIRUT: 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.
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 ‘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.
Joris Minne: Byblos (Belfast Telegraph)
New Lebanese cafe brings an authentic taste of Beirut to Northern Ireland Related Stories At Benone Strand, it is Downhill all the way …
Keeping peace (BBC News)
Indian soldiers’ tricky role in southern Lebanon
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.
