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Global Crisis May Hit Egypt Real Estate Sector - Report

BEIRUT (Zawya Dow Jones)--The global financial crisis might hit the Egyptian real estate sector and the government should act quickly and take protective measures, pan-Arab daily Asharq Al Awsat reports Saturday citing Egyptian...

Lebanon Banks Assets Up 14% At $90.7 Bln In August

BEIRUT (Zawya Dow Jones)--Combined assets of Lebanon's commercial banks grew 14% year-on-year to hit $90.7 billion in August, a report by the country's Blom Bank said Saturday. Foreign assets, however, fell to $18.85 billion in...

Iran, Lebanon review expansion of mutual relations

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Iran's Ambassador to Beirut Mohammad-Reza Sheibani on Saturday conferred with Lebanese Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh on expansion of relations between the two countries. Speaking to IRNA after the meeting, he said the two...

Daily Star Political News: Cabinet seeks common front on Syrian troop move

Cabinet labored into the night on Friday as ministers tried to cobble together a common position on the recent deployment of Syrian troops to Lebanon's northern border. Sources close to the meeting said the ministers were...

Daily Star Political News: Israelis carry out operation near Blue Line

An Israeli infantry patrol crossed the technical fence in the Abbad region of South Lebanon and carried out a search operation without crossing the Blue Line into Lebanon, according to a report carried by the National News...

Daily Star Political News: Zaki says Sleiman boosted refugee camp security

The Palestine Liberation Organization representative in Lebanon, Abbas Zaki, told LBC television on Friday that President Michel Sleiman's inaugural speech and recent actions have reduced the level of danger in the Palestinian...

Daily Star Political News: Italy inaugurates solar heating system in Deir al-Ahmar

The Embassy of Italy in Beirut inaugurated Friday the installation of a new pilot thermal solar heating system in the village of Deir al-Ahmar in the Baalbek region. The system, financed by the embassy's Italian Cooperation...

Israeli troops cross technical fence with Lebanon [The Earth Times Online Newspaper]

Beirut - An Israeli infantry patrol crossed the technical fence into south Lebanon and carried out a search operation, but stopped short of coming across the formal border, Lebanese security source confirmed late Friday. The...

TV satire lets Lebanese vent political frustrations (AFP)

BEIRUT (AFP) - Puppet shows, political parodies, ridiculing politicians -- in a Lebanon faced with bombings, violent clashes, and political conflicts, it's better to laugh than cry. "It's better to die laughing than to die...

Daily Star Political News: Jumblatt helps launch new group to venerate his father

Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) leader Walid Jumblatt helped a launch a new non-governmental organization (NGO) this week that says it will invoke the legacy of his late father, Kamal Jumblatt, to foster awareness on issues...