Archive for April, 2009
Business Monitor International (BMI) estimated the size of the Lebanese information technology (IT) sector at around $251 million in 2008, adding that the market’s considerable potential remains constrained by an unstable political outlook and a mixed picture regarding economic policy, as reported by Lebanon This Week, the economic publication of the Byblos Bank Group. It [...]
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(France 24) - Le Liban a libéré, mercredi, quatre généraux, emprisonnés depuis le 30 août 2005 pour leur implication présumée dans l’assassinat de l’ancien Premier ministre libanais, Rafic Hariri, le 14 février 2005. Un peu plus tôt, le ministre de la Justice libanais, Ibrahim Najjar, joint au téléphone par FRANCE 24, avait affirmé que le pays [...]
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An unintended grin arose when I saw Lebanon in Reuters|Oddly Enough. I believe prevention is better than cure, but this is absurd. BEYROUTH (Reuters) – Swine flu has not yet hit Lebanon but is threatening a national custom. Lebanese should stop greeting each other with kisses to the cheek (!), Health Minister Mohammad Khalifeh told [...]
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Tags: Lebanon, swine flu
It’s so easy to love the Cedar Island idea, I guess its why it getting so much attention. Update: Work on Cedar Island, an $8.2 billion artificial island off the coast of Beirut, Lebanon, will be postponed until after the parliamentary elections in June. ”We are still waiting for permits from the authorities, so everything is on [...]
Filed under: Activism, Lebanese Expatriates, Mediterranean | 1 Comment
Tags: Artificial Island, Cedar Island, man made, Mohammad Saleh
