Paris - Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Mouallem said on Wednesday that his country was ready for diplomatic relations with Lebanon after Syria's smaller neighbor succeeded in forming a cabinet.
Beirut - General Michel Aoun said he is opposed to the US foreign policy and his opposition is an act of self defense . He defended his alliance with Hezbollah and criticized those that opposed it.
Recently there appeared on some websites what was claimed to be a recently discovered photo of Shirdi Sai Baba.It is clearly a photo of that much revered Indian 'saint'.One must not confuse Shirdi Sai Baba with the would-be usurper of
Under the title "How is believing in miracles helpful in one's spiritual growth? A Sai Baba devotee, Anjali Gadiraju, wrote how amazed he was at what he took as a proof of Sai Baba's miraculous omnipresence, as follows:-"I will tell
Beirut- The US embassy in Lebanon celebrated the US Independence day one day earlier. Over 700 guests were invited to the embassy on July 3, 2008 to join in the celebrations of the 232nd anniversary of United States' independence.
Beirut- The government formation will again be the focus on Friday. It appears that Lebanon is inching closer to a solution and some are predicting that by this weekend , the country could witness the birth of the new government
A senior US general arrived here Thursday on a one-day visit for talks with his Turkish counterparts on efforts to root out Kurdish rebels based in northern Iraq, a US Embassy official said. General James Cartwright, vice chairman of the
A suspected Islamist extremist said to have "direct links" with Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has been freed on bail in Britain after more than seven years in jail, court officials said Thursday. The 45-year-old Algerian, identified only as "U,"
Egypt will "soon" host inter-Palestinian talks between Fatah and Hamas as well as other factions, Palestinian Ambassador to Egypt Nabil Amr was quoted as saying on Thursday. The talks are aimed at bringing together, under a Yemeni plan, the factions,
Mauritania's seven-week-old government resigned Thursday, pre-empting a censure motion filed by ruling party rebels, but Prime Minister Yahya Ould Ahmed Waghf was immediately reappointed. A decree issued to that effect by President Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi was carried by state
US airline Continental and two of its employees are to stand trial for manslaughter over the crash of an Air France Concorde airliner in 2000 that killed 113 people, officials said Thursday. A former French civil aviation official and two
Turkey's Islamist-rooted ruling party Thursday presented its final defense in the country's highest court against charges that it had sought to undermine the secular system and should be closed down. The hearing at the Constitutional Court, which lasted more than
The price of oil set a record high above $146 a barrel here on Thursday, driven by falling reserves of US crude, simmering tensions over Iran and a weak dollar, traders said. Russian energy giant Gazprom, meanwhile, forecast that oil
The Israeli military closed border crossings to the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip on Thursday after a rocket was fired from the territory in defiance of a truce that has been in effect since June 19. "A Qassam rocket was fired from
LTTE child soldier Shobasakthi, whose book Gorilla was translated into English earlier this year, talks about life as a refugee, LTTE chief, Prabhakaran, the future of Tamil Eelam and much more.
The Syrian Socialist Nationalist Party (SSNP) formally announced Thursday the appointment of Asaad Hardan as the party's new president, who is replacing Ali Qanso. The announcement took place at a news conference held at SSNP's Martyr Khalid Alwan Hall in
Opposition parties are touting a meeting scheduled for Friday as a "National Christian Gathering," but key representatives of the community like the Phalange Party and other pro-government factions have not been invited. Organizers say the event will bring together some
The Union for Lebanon, headed by Massoud al-Ashkar, held a meeting on Thursday to mark the "War of 100 Days" in 1978, between an alliance consisting of the Lebanese Forces and the Phalange Party and the Syrian Army.The war ended
