Les revenus du port de Beyrouth en hausse de 26% en 2009

22Nov09

Citant des chiffres publiés par les Autorités du port de Beyrouth, le Lebanon This Week de la Banque Byblos indique que les revenus du port ont totalisé 135 millions de dollars pour les dix premiers mois de l’année 2009, soit une hausse de 26,1% par rapport à la même période l’an passé.
L’activité de frêt a [...]

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Tags: port revenues, revenus du port

Patrick Semaan’s Make love, not war

08Oct09

This is a design expression which I’ve spotted that needs redistributing. As the title implies, this was designed by Patrick Semaan. It beats having a Kalashnikov on your flag. I feel the concept behind this design reminds me a lot of Saatchi & Saatchi’s campaign of “I ♥ Live”.
The subheading in red says:”The Islamic Love [...]

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Vernissages culturels aux Villages des Partenaires et Francophone

29Sep09

En périphérie des jeux sportifs, aujourd’hui de nombreuses activités culturelles débutent aux Villages des Partenaires et Francophone.
La semaine s’ouvre sur des expressions différentes telles que le « Contes d’orient et chant choral » au village francophone à partir d’hier à 20h30.
La danse, la capoeira brésilienne du groupe Filhos de Bimba Escola et la musique lyrique, (voix [...]

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Tags: Jeux de la Francophonie, Villages des Partenaires, Villages Francophone

An-Nahar lays off more than 50 editors & employees.

29Sep09

Update: After An-Nahar, LBC, MTV & Studio Vision lays off more of their staff.
Elias Khoury, Georges Nassif, Jean Karam (who headed the training center), Nazih Khater, May Yaacoub (editor of the last page), Khalil Nahas (editor of the sports page), Bahjat Khater (editor of the judiciary section), and Walid Abboud (responsible for the Nahar al-Shabab supplement) [...]

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Tags: 50, Al Nahar, An-Nahar, Booz Allen, editors, Elias Khoury, employees, fire, fires, Georges Nassif, Jean Karam, lay offs, layoff, lays off, Lebanese Media, May Yaacoub, Nazih Khater

UFO – Flying saucers over Lebanon?

24Sep09

Two days ago, Libnanews posted an article about the witness of unidentified lights being seen in the skies of Jounieh, the news was first announced during LBC’s Il Maestro. During Sunday night and Monday morning, cars on the autostrade of Jounieh came to a halt, and stared directly at (almost) fifty (50) lights glittering in the skies.
One [...]

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Tags: Antelias, flying saucers, Jounieh, lights, sky, UFO

UNDP’s circular funding

10Sep09

The Monthly ‘claims’ that…

Since the beginning of the 1990’s, the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) has provided technical and administrative assistance to the Lebanese government. Its work has been focused in the ministries of finance, economy, administrative development and environment and, a few years ago, the premiership.
Most researchers and Lebanese think that the UNDP finances [...]

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Tags: UNDP, United Nations Development Program

Now Lebanon admits it! Respect.

02Sep09

Now Lebanon’s 88th newsletter published a ‘new opinion‘ article, I’m compelled to aggregate it here. Before they hound me on placing a link to their article, I’m honestly inviting you to read it. I’ll quote the revealing introduction.
Hezbollah does it. Wiam Wahhab does it; even educated FPM members do it! 
Or rather they don’t.
Since its launch [...]

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Tags: Now Lebanon