tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5098799573553891532017-10-24T14:04:47.006+03:00LEBANESE TAGAggregates and Probes from Lebanon & the... Demented Region!Silvio Van Zanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12645924251998226468noreply@blogger.comBlogger799125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-509879957355389153.post-72722134509880501662013-05-26T14:17:00.000+03:002013-05-26T14:17:37.291+03:00* Rockets in Shiyah: Mikati calls for vigilance and wisdom to prevent discord
Outgoing Prime Minister Najib Mikati on Sunday stated that the two rockets which hit southern Beirut suburb sought to confuse and cause negative reactions.The Lebanese army confirmed in a communiqué that two rockets fell this morning near the church of Mar-Michael and Maroun Misk in Shiyah. According to their statement, four people were injured and properties were damaged. Launching platforms ofSilvio Van Zanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12645924251998226468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-509879957355389153.post-1101455090693170462013-03-03T22:34:00.000+02:002013-03-03T22:34:52.684+02:00* Madina Bank Scandal Back at Forefront as Koleilat Intends to Hand Over Names of Culprits
Rana Koleilat, who was accused of playing a key role in the fraud case at al-Madina Bank, revealed on Wednesday that she will hand over to authorities the names of her accomplices. Koleilat said in comments published in al-Akhbar newspaper that General Prosecutor Judge Hatem Madi will be handed over during the upcoming two weeks the names of the figures that received funds from her. The Silvio Van Zanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12645924251998226468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-509879957355389153.post-32381365801880477742012-12-21T14:54:00.001+02:002012-12-21T14:54:31.703+02:00* Lebanon's Stagnation - POLICYWATCH
December 19, 2012
ANALYSIS OF NEAR EAST POLICY FROM THE SCHOLARS AND ASSOCIATES OF THE WASHINGTON INSTITUTELEBANON'S STAGNATIONBy David Schenker******************************Lebanon
has a long history of muddling through, and it may do so again unless
Syrian violence reignites sectarian tensions in the perennially troubled
state.******************************In recent months,
violence in Silvio Van Zanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12645924251998226468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-509879957355389153.post-88299832189837162022012-10-26T00:21:00.001+03:002012-10-26T00:21:15.846+03:00* Its about time Lebanon (video)Silvio Van Zanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12645924251998226468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-509879957355389153.post-18127066537003074972012-10-20T20:55:00.000+03:002012-10-20T21:03:16.153+03:00* Lebanon Assassinations 2005-2012Silvio Van Zanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12645924251998226468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-509879957355389153.post-61551634292259396772012-10-19T19:57:00.000+03:002012-10-20T21:03:16.205+03:00* Wissam Al Hassan Targeted and Killed in Ashrafieh Car Bomb
Eight people were killed and seventy-eight injured in a car bomb in Ashrafiyeh, Lebanese Civil Defense stated.A car bomb rocked Sassine Square in Achrafiyeh Friday at 14h45, resulting in numerous casualties, NNA correspondent reported.The bomb was situated facing Farah Library, 200 meters away from Kataeb House.The Red Cross and Civil Defense are currently working on rushing the wounded to Silvio Van Zanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12645924251998226468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-509879957355389153.post-41429483979410862802012-09-26T16:20:00.001+03:002012-09-26T16:23:25.683+03:00* GCC Doors Slammed in Lebanese Faces
الخليج مغلق أمام اللبنانيين
لا زوّار ولا «فيَز» زيارة: حرارة الأحداث أقوى
هل تفكّر دول الخليج بالمقاطعة التجارية؟ (أرشيف ــ هيثم الموسوي )
تكثر الروايات عن المقاطعة الخليجية للبنان. هي مقاطعة غير معلنة ولم تصل إلى مستوى دبلوماسي وسياسي وتجاري، بل تقتصر على الأفراد والزيارات. هكذا هي العلاقات بين لبنان ودول الخليج عموماً، متوتّرة «إلى حدّ ما»، أما السبب الرئيسي وخلفياته فهو Silvio Van Zanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12645924251998226468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-509879957355389153.post-81741151780934984092012-09-14T14:45:00.000+03:002012-09-14T14:45:57.767+03:00* Pope Benedict in Lebanon for peace visit
Pope arrives in Beirut for three-day visit, focusing on religious tolerance and welfare of Christians in Middle East.
A plane carrying Pope Benedict XVI has arrived at Beirut's International airport, witnesses said, at the start of a three-day visit aimed at addressing the position of Christians in a region torn by civil war in neighboring Syria.The Lebanese deployed thousands of Silvio Van Zanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12645924251998226468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-509879957355389153.post-58046779313832937802012-07-28T21:56:00.000+03:002012-07-28T21:56:28.979+03:00* Beirut replaces Abu Dhabi as most expensive city in Middle East
The Middle East sees its ranking fall in Mercer's 2012 Worldwide Cost of Living Survey due largely to a drop in rental prices.
The survey found that Beirut is the most expensive city to live in this year within the Middle East, moving up eight notches to number 67.Mercer's survey factors in the cost of living for 214 cities globally. The consultancy compares the price of more than 200 Silvio Van Zanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12645924251998226468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-509879957355389153.post-68759526177325405342012-05-24T16:30:00.000+03:002012-05-24T16:35:48.226+03:00* Elie Naaman cold blooded crime videoBigDoggChiefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08781560218075871391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-509879957355389153.post-29451421778202486562012-05-21T13:49:00.003+03:002012-05-21T13:49:48.302+03:00* Lebanon's Arabic press digest
Al-MustaqbalHariri for holding accountable all officials responsible for killing the two sheikhs as Assad's tools try to drag strife to Beirut“Stability government” fails Akkar testAttempts to ignite strife in Tripoli upon instructions given by the Assad regime have moved to Akkar.While the Army Command regretted the incident and announced the formation of an investigative committee, the killingBigDoggChiefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08781560218075871391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-509879957355389153.post-34173764274883796962012-05-20T14:00:00.000+03:002012-05-21T14:45:15.378+03:00* Clashes in Beirut, 3 dead
BEIRUT: At least three people were killed and 10 wounded in pre-dawn clashes Monday between Future Movement supporters and their rival Arab Movement Party headed by Shaker Berjaoui, who is close to Hizbollah, in the Beirut neighborhood of Tariq al-Jadideh, security sources said. The five-hour clashes with assault rifles and rocket propelled grenades ended after Berjaoui agreed to evacuate his BigDoggChiefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08781560218075871391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-509879957355389153.post-58258615180583993022012-05-20T13:36:00.000+03:002012-10-20T21:03:16.201+03:00* Sheikh Ahmad Abdel-Wahed: scholar, politician and philanthropist
BEIRUT: Sheikh Ahmad Abdel-Wahed, who was killed at a Lebanese Army checkpoint Sunday, was a prominent figure in local politics, and a philanthropist. Born in 1969 in the town of Bireh in Akkar, he received his primary education in Bireh’s public school and his higher education in Islamic Shariah at Rashid Karami Institute.He served as imam at Bireh Mosque from 1993 to 1998 and, at the time of BigDoggChiefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08781560218075871391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-509879957355389153.post-60281838431330334902012-05-19T13:51:00.000+03:002012-05-21T13:52:32.795+03:00* UAE, Qatar and Bahrain urge their citizens to leave Lebanon
BEIRUT: The UAE, Qatar and Bahrain called on their citizens Saturday to avoid travel to Lebanon and for those in the country to depart given the tense security situation as Prime Minster Najib Mikati, who expressed surprise on the development, urged the three states to reconsider their decisions.Ambassador Isa Abdullah Masoud al-Kalbani, the director of the department of the Nationals' Affairs BigDoggChiefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08781560218075871391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-509879957355389153.post-51387706107653327502012-05-10T17:01:00.001+03:002012-05-10T17:01:36.514+03:00* IMF says Lebanon needs to do more to reduce debt
IMF concerned about the effect of Lebanon’s falling GDP growth on its debt pile.
Lebanon has not taken the necessary measures to reduce its debt following the drop in its economic growth in 2011, according to Nemat Shafik, the deputy managing director of Washington-headquartered IMF.
“Infrastructure and investments are long overdue, as are reforms in the business environment,” said Shafik Silvio Van Zanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12645924251998226468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-509879957355389153.post-21687327191269580462012-04-11T22:32:00.000+03:002012-04-11T22:35:37.044+03:00* Israel’s Killing Spree on Verdun Street
On the anniversary of the infamous 1973 raid in the heart of Beirut, Al-Akhbar speaks to contemporaries of the three Palestinian resistance leaders who were assassinated that night.The Israelis called it “Operation Spring of Youth.” On the night of 10 April 1973, Israeli army commandos led by Ehud Barak – currently the Israeli defense minister – carried out a raid in the heart of Beirut aimed atSilvio Van Zanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12645924251998226468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-509879957355389153.post-20321464137277348522012-04-11T22:01:00.000+03:002012-04-11T22:01:13.322+03:00* Wadi Khaled: Syrian Army Fire Kills NTV Cameraman
Ali Shaaban, 29, was killed when Al-Jadeed television crew came under fire in the increasingly volatile border region with Syria.
Akkar – While preparing to cover the armed clashes in Syria near the northern Lebanese border in Wadi Khaled, Lebanon’s Al-Jadeed TV crew became headline news on Monday.
Their car came under a hail of fire and cameraman Ali Shaaban was fatally shot in the Silvio Van Zanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12645924251998226468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-509879957355389153.post-17740209210277392572012-03-25T22:37:00.001+03:002012-03-25T22:38:53.815+03:00* Mikati proposes power plant construction
BEIRUT: Prime Minister Najib Mikati’s counterproposal to leasing out electricity-producing ships, due to be discussed in Cabinet next week, calls for the construction of power plants that are more cost-effective and would remain under state ownership.“[We propose] that a tender take place in order to secure 500 MW to 1,000 MW through the construction of new, advanced power plants as well as the Silvio Van Zanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12645924251998226468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-509879957355389153.post-46257383888772691032011-07-01T13:18:00.001+03:002011-07-01T13:19:47.207+03:00* STL Indictment is out: Hariri hails turning point
The following is the full text of a statement released by former Prime Minister Saad Hariri following the delivery of an indictment and four arrest warrants by the U.N.-backed Special Tribunal for Lebanon, which is investigating the 2005 assassination of his father, former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.
Dear Lebanese, brothers and sisters, friends everywhere,After long years of patience, waiting Silvio Van Zanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12645924251998226468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-509879957355389153.post-42915112953514411442011-06-13T18:06:00.011+03:002012-10-20T21:03:16.189+03:00* Lebanese government formation after 5 months Nearly five months after his appointment, Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati on Monday announced the formation of a 30-member cabinet in which Hezbollah and its allies hold a majority. Mikati, a billionaire Sunni businessman, announced his line-up following arduous negotiations over key portfolios including the justice and telecommunications ministries, now controlled by the Syrian- andSilvio Van Zanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12645924251998226468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-509879957355389153.post-25238594168401075762011-05-28T16:27:00.001+03:002011-05-28T16:29:08.488+03:00- How to make beautiful hot Lebanese girl scream in a WRX drift!Silvio Van Zanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12645924251998226468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-509879957355389153.post-48139346222706594012011-05-07T12:13:00.000+03:002011-05-07T12:13:49.096+03:00* My Last Valentine in BeirutA trailer for a daring lebanese movie called "My Last Valentine in Beirut" by T Productions.
It's about a hooker (by Laurine Kodeh) who admits her profession to shed a light over the dangers of this business and the prevailing society.
Silvio Van Zanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12645924251998226468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-509879957355389153.post-57906365783888018102011-05-05T22:39:00.000+03:002011-05-05T22:39:48.028+03:00* Abu Ayyash sues Al-Madina bank assistantAl-Madina Bank General Manager Ibrahim Abu Ayyash on Monday filed a lawsuit against the bank's executive assistant, Rana Qoleilat, on charges of giving him false savings passbooks and making him give her $220 million in fraudulent means.
State Prosecutor Adnan Addoum subsequently referred the lawsuit to the Central Criminal Investigations Department for investigations.
Abu Ayyash was Silvio Van Zanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12645924251998226468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-509879957355389153.post-72986720269007805722011-04-05T10:08:00.000+03:002011-04-05T10:08:45.223+03:00* CNN: الأمطار في الشرق الأوسط ملوثة بالإشعاعات
05 نيسان 2011
حذرت بعض التقارير، التي نشرتها قناة الـ CNN العالمية، من الأمطار التي سيشهدها الشرق الأوسط هذا الشهر، والتي- حسب هذه التقارير- ستكون ملوثة بالإشعاعات النووية التي تسرَّبت من محطة فوكوشيما النووية اليابانية. ورغم أن تقارير مواجهة أعلنت أن الخبر غير دقيق، إلا أن تقارير الـ CNN حذرتSilvio Van Zanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12645924251998226468noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-509879957355389153.post-42564147555914829492011-03-25T12:33:00.000+02:002011-03-25T12:33:16.919+02:00* الجديد سرب اسماء الوزراء الجدد الحصص والحقائب"الجديد "يسرب اسماء الوزراء الجدد والحقائب عرضت قناة "الجديد" في نشرتها المسائية تسريبات حول التشكيلة الحكومية المتوقعة بانتظار حل ما وصفته عقدة وزارة الداخلية التي ترجح مصادر لموقعنا ان تبقى من نصيب الوزير زياد بارود على رغم الاعتراض الشديد من قبل العماد ميشال عون الذي اشار الجديد الى احتمال اعطائه عشرة وزراء من اتشكيلة الثلاثينية من بينهم حصة الوزير سليمان فرنجية وجاءت التشكيلة( Silvio Van Zanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12645924251998226468noreply@blogger.com0