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Last Updated on: Friday, March 19, 2010
Speaker defends Sleiman's stance on resistance
BEIRUT: Speaker Nabih Berri defended President Michel Sleiman's stances vis-a-vis the resistance after criticism by opposition figures mounted on Wednesday with Tawhid Movement leader Wi'am Wahhab, a close ally to Syria, calling on Sleiman to resign. "It is a love campaign," Berri told reporters at Baabda Presidential Palace when asked to comment on the [...] Full story
» EU chief Ashton voices support for Cabinet
» Ghanem cites progress on judiciary's independence
» Abbas suspends decision to reshuffle local Fatah posts
» Lebanon-Libya Arab summit spat just tip of iceberg
» Arab energy ministers call for more investments in electricity plants
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Lebanon peace key to luring investment - Slim
BEIRUT: The World's Richest Man, Carlos Slim, told an assembly of government ministers and Lebanese economic leaders on Tuesday that "peace in Lebanon is essential for future investment." Slim, 70, was addressing a conference of delegates organized by Minister of State Adnan Kassar on the subject of Lebanese investment opportunities [...] Full story
» WTTC: Lebanon to rank first globally in tourism growth
» Moody's: Stable outlook for Lebanese banking system
» Industrialists urge Dedeyan to address disregard for trade pacts
» Safadi stresses need for better quality management
» Association of Banks recommends ceiling on US dollar deposit rates
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Forex? What is it, anyway?
The currency trading (FOREX) market is the biggest and fastest growing market on earth. Its daily turnover is more than 2.5 trillion dollars. The participants in this market are banks, organizations, investors and private individuals, just like you. (click here to read full market background by Easy-Forex™).  [...] Full story
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An inexplicable triple threat

Turkey's prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has laid down a dangerous and seemingly inexplicable threat - a triple threat, in fact. Erdogan told the BBC's Turkish service that while an estimated 170,000 ethnic Armenians live in his country, only 70,000 or so are actually full-fledged citizens, meaning that the rest faced the possibility of deportation.

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World's richest man sees Lebanon as promising country for development
BEIRUT: Hundreds gathered to hear imparted wisdom from the world's richest man; Mexican-Lebanese entrepreneur Carlos Slim at the American University of Beirut Wednesday. Speaking on his successful career and business experience spanning over 50 years during a lecture titled "The New Civilization of Knowledge and Technology," Slim [...] Full story
» French take over Gemmayzeh with festival
» UN, Spain launch Canal 800 project for south Lebanon
» Sayyed calls lawsuit against Syrian officers 'shameful'
» New Sagesse boss looks to get club back on track
» Beirut auction looks to raise awareness of need for biodiversity in planting trees
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Strangers behind the looking glass
TEHRAN: Suppose you meet a friend on a Tehran street and ask, "How are you?" Chances are your friend would simply say, "I'm doing okay" - or, as we're likely to say in Farsi, "I'm alive." This "being alive" is a close approximation of Heidegger's dasein - a form of "being there," denoting nothing more than existing in the world, just like all the others who,  [...] Full story
» Mysteries of monotheistic pharaoh unveiled with DNA tests
» Music through a camera lens
» Defending values with offensive art
» Subtle delivery of sacred songs escapes Hollywood-style sentiment
» 'Resh Mayya' pulls some unorthodox moves
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Syria turns up the heat on Samir Geagea
By Michael Young
There was a revealing moment last Saturday in the interview conducted by Al-Jazeera's Ghassan bin Jiddu with Walid Jumblatt, which may explain to some extent what Syria will expect of the Druze leader now that President Bashar Assad has agreed to receive him.The interview with Bin Jiddu was one of the two conditions imposed on Jumblatt [...] Continue reading
» Private intelligence is making some headway in Afghanistan
   By David Ignatius
» Why refuse to calculate costs and benefits in climate change?
   By Bjorn Lomborg
» Fayyad's plan shows that the Palestinians are serious
   By Ali Jarbawi
» The euro's woes reflect unresolved European problems
   By Harold James
» Iranian women rally against a law to permit polygamy
   By Sahar Sepehri
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Tribunal preparing for trial within a year
Editor's note: The following are excerpts of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon's annual report, which was released Saturday. The Daily Star is publishing excerpts of the report until Wednesday.PART II - MAIN ACTIVITIES OF THE TRIBUNAL BETWEEN MARCH 2009 AND FEBRUARY 2010 A. Chambers 1. Introduction 95. The Tribunal's Chambers are [...] Full story
» Human-rights report highlights failures in Lebanese practices
» Tribunal staff 'can take pride' in their recent achievements
» Public opinion mixed on whether to separate politics from religion
» Confessionalism: The drug that weakens Lebanon's body
» Uproar hides fact Berri only called for ideas
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The law has teeth: building on judicial decisions
By Chibli Mallat
Amid the continuing turmoil over the settlements, a little judicial victory for West Bankers was registered at the European Court of Justice on February 25. The case is excerpted on this page, together with a comment by Christopher Lund. Considering the bulldozing-like style of Israeli occupation, both really and figuratively, the little achieved by European judges [...] Continue reading
» European Court of Justice: Goods manufactured in West Bank settlement cannot be considered 'made in Israel'
   
» Europe's highest court rejects preferential EU treatment for products made in Israeli-occupied Palestinian territory
   Christopher Lund
» Obstacles to presidential change in Egypt: what ElBaradei and others face
   Marina Ottaway
» The perils and repercussions of Kosovo's independence
   Sebastien Malo
» The Islamic Republic invites the United States to a mad tea-party
   Solmaz Copeland
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Etihad Airways hosts gala dinner at Four Seasons Hotel
BEIRUT: Hundreds descended on the Grand Ballroom of the Four Seasons Hotel for the first-ever gala dinner of Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates. Dedicated to recognizing the efforts of the carriers' trade partners, the dinner is projected to be an annual event. Among invitees were Mariam Beiruty, Elie Rizk.  [...] Full story
» LAU president throws bash to honor Lebanon's media
» When all else fails, traditional music saves the day
» Fashion designer Adam Zayyat unveils spring 2006 collection
» Radio stations in tune
» Casino du Liban holds a 'journey to the roots'
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