Mount Lebanon (Lebanon)

Civil Defense chief says forest fires 'premeditated'

dailystar.com.lb     41 mins ago   1 related          

Civil Defense Director Darwish Hobeika said on Thursday that the series of forest fires afflicting Lebanon's countryside was "premeditated." Hobeika said the blazes "break out at night," although typically forest fires begin...                    

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Lebanon's credit outlook improves

ameinfo.com     yesterday   4 related          

(B minus) long-term foreign and local currency ratings to stable fromnegative. Bank Audi-Audi Saradar Group, BBAC, BLOM Bank, Byblos Bank, Credit Libanais, and Fransabank - has also been changed to Stable. The ratings of the...                    

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Masked gunmen destroy coffee shop in Bchamoun

nowlebanon.com     yesterday          

Inside sources told NOW Lebanon that masked gunmen entered a coffee shop Tuesday in Bchamoun in Aley, destroyed it and opened fire in the direction of a house that belongs to a Future Movement supporter from the Mnaimneh...                    

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Firefighters bring Lebanon forest blazes under control

dailystar.com.lb     Aug 5, 2008   2 related          

Raging forest fires were brought under control Tuesday evening in the Aley and Kabr Shmoun regions, Civil Defense officials said. The fires began early on Tuesday, putting dozens of houses at risk in the latest blazes to hit...                    

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Lebanese Cabinet unanimously approves draft policy statement

zawya.com     Aug 5, 2008   17 related          

Lebanon's Cabinet on Monday "unanimously" approved its draft policy statement after nearly three weeks of extensive debates. "The Cabinet on Monday approved unanimously the draft policy statement and referred it to Parliament,"...                    

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Civil Defense battles blazes in Jbeil, Kesrouan

zawya.com     Aug 5, 2008          

BEIRUT: Forest Fires raged in the Jbeil and Kesrouan regions of Kartaba and Yahshoush on Monday, with firefighters still struggling to contain the blazes late into the evening. Brigadier Darwish Hobeika, head of the Civil...                    

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The Forgotten Christians of Lebanon

sigcarlfred.blogspot.com     Aug 4, 2008   1 related          

Once free and equal, Lebanon's Christians now struggle against tremendous odds in a country dominated by Syrian politics and an increasingly Islamized culture. I mention Solzhenitsyn's studied caution only to suggest that a...                    

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Franjieh takes aim at Hariri, Jumblatt

nowlebanon.com     Aug 4, 2008   2 related          

Head of the Marada Movement Sleiman Franjieh told New TV on Sunday that MP Saad Hariri considers the permanent settlement of Palestinians in Lebanon a priority in order to ensure a balance between the Sunni and the Shia, adding...                    

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Jumblat Hopes to Become 'Ally' of Arch Foe Arslan

sawtbeirut.com     Aug 4, 2008          

Lebanon news, Lebanese radio station , world news, music, discover Lebanon, visit Beirut, Radio sawt Beirut MP Walid Jumblat has urged the various political leaders to talk "politely" to each other and hoped he would become an...                    

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Trading slows on BSE as investors show caution over political paralysis

zawya.com     Aug 4, 2008   1 related          

Activity on the Beirut Stock Exchange last week was overshadowed by the political impasse resulting from the disagreement over the ministerial statement, and cautious investor sentiment replaced the preceding profit taking.                    

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