Signs of hope to settle the impasse of the halt of parliament has shed light yesterday, as a meeting held with Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea at Bkirki. While the next biggest debate facing the country would be the battle for Baabda, this was said:

The formation of a second government would constitute as a criminal, [...]

While politics will still roam Lebanese go clubbers‘ chit-chat, the tone will be somewhat careless. Deep down, what is really happening in Lebanon’s political turmoil will mean little to the summer that will kick in socially.
Last year, the lively to almost embarrassing image of Lebanese clubbing and partying during the summer war was impossible to [...]

The United States’ image is plummeting in many corners of the globe” - Pew Global Attitudes Project

The 47-country survey also found global warming and other environmental problems are seen as the top threat in many places, ahead of nuclear proliferation, AIDS and other dangers.
The United States’ favorable ratings declined in 26 of the 33 countries [...]

This Just in… Source: Al-Manar - The Opposition Studies its Next Move
A delegation from opposition parties visited former Prime Minister Salim Hoss and said that forming a second government in Lebanon would be a good step the opposition is seriously taking into consideration. Hezbollah official Mahmoud Komati stressed the opposition is also studying other steps [...]

The Lebanese government of Fouad Saniora “is dictated, run, managed and funded by the United States of America” - that is the claim the leader of the FPM movement G. M. Aoun and Hezbollah openly accuse.
In todays news, after the meeting of U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice with newly elected French President Nicolas [...]

The Cabinet’s decision to no longer acknowledge Good Friday as an official national holiday poses great threat to a major identity among Lebanese diversity.
Good Friday is “a central day in Christian culture“, said Archbishop Bishara Raii.
This blogger assumes Lebanese as one of the initial founders of Christianity and it’s traditional rituals that was exported [...]

Yeeha… Just in time for summer!
Defense Minister Eliass al-Murr declared victory on Thursday in its 33-day war against an al Qaeda-inspired militant group at a Palestinian refugee camp and said its military operation there was over.