In Beirut, Raw Materials Meet Magic (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
ON a balmy Middle Eastern night, our feast was rolling along fabulously on the outdoor roof terrace of Abd el Wahab, a vaulted and marbled Beirut gastropalace, when a flock of birds made a sudden appearance.
Food scare grips Lebanese (Middle East Online)
Lebanese look more closely at what goes on their plates amid high pesticide levels detected in produce.
Beirut Lax In Torture Measures, Groups Say (OfficialWire)
Lebanon allowed a deadline to establish an anti-torture institution to pass and should quickly adopt measures to address the issue, human-rights groups said.
Lebanese city’s mountain of rubbish (BBC News)
The BBC’s Natalia Antelava reports from a 30-year-old rubbish dump in the ancient harbour town of Sidon in Lebanon, which campaigners say is catastrophic for the local ecosystem.
Dangerous waste (BBC News)
Lebanese city in the shadow of a mountain of rubbish
Settling old scores (Al-Ahram Weekly)
In February 2006, Mahdi Dakhallah, then Syrian minister of information and today serving as Syria’s ambassador to Riyadh, spoke confidently of how Lebanese politicians spearheading a campaign against Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad would eventually struggle to mend fences with Damascus.
Giles, Johnson to beef up Lebanon in Dubai cage meet (GMA News)
Two familiar faces will be aching to face Smart Gilas Pilipinas when the RP National team takes on Lebanon in the tough 21st Dubai Invitational Tournament next year.
RA Prime Minister invites his Lebanese counterpart to Armenia (PanARMENIAN.Net)
Armenian ambassador to Lebanon Ashot Kocharyan met Thursday with Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri to discuss bilateral cooperation.
Drugs trade a growing force in Lebanon but Hezbollah denies link (The Scotsman)
LEBANON’S drug-producing heartland is back in business, with a resurgence of marijuana and poppy fields challenging the country’s underpowered security forces and addi
‘What’s in my tabbouleh?’, Lebanese ask (AFP via Yahoo!Xtra News)
BEIRUT (AFP) – A series of food scandals has prompted the Lebanese, who pride themselves on the quality of their cuisine, to look more closely at what goes on their plates and to increasingly turn to organic produce.
