By: William Wheeler Beirut- When Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Eric S. Edelman visited with top officials in Lebanon May 31, he brought more than just words of encouragement.
Beirut - Lebanon's Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri promised President Michel Suleiman yesterday to try and mediate in the controversy over Hezbollah's nomination of Ali Qansou, the former SSNP chief, to join the new cabinet as minister of youth and sports.
Beirut- The Lebanese Army on Thursday bolstered its troops in Tripoli and deployed in the contested districts of Jabal Mohsin and Bab Tabbaneh with orders to "firmly confront" whoever sparks clashes.
Held by devotees and himself to be The Universal Teacher supreme, Sathya Sai Baba avoids giving any teaching on sexual issues or related problems like HIV and AIDS. This is a remarkable and most revealing fact, that he has never
By Robert F. WorthBeirut/ Doha - In the past month, after Qatari diplomats brokered a landmark peace deal in Lebanon, this tiny Gulf emirate has enjoyed a moment of giddy celebrity.
Beirut- Premier-designate Fouad Siniora does not reject participation by the Syrian Social National Party (SSNP) in the forthcoming cabinet, but rejects its former leader Ali Qansou in person.
Beirut - Lebanon's Democratic Gathering leader MP Walid Jumblatt urged all residents of Bab al Tabbanah and Jabal Mohsin to exercise calm and restraint and to be patient
The two boys, just around 12 years old, strapped on leather belts stuffed with explosives and tried to pass through a checkpoint in Fallujah. The plan was to blow themselves up in a nearby mosque. But they were thwarted by
A 15-page paper on the process requirements for casting and machining of uranium metal into hemispherical forms - said to be useful only for making the core of a nuclear weapon - has been raised by the International Atomic Energy
Palestinian and international protesters clashed with troops in the Occupied West Bank Wednesday in one of several demonstrations marking four years since the World Court called for the demolition of parts of Israel's separation barrier. Soldiers fired tear gas and
Qatar has freed a Saudi sentenced to death for involvement in an attempted coup d'etat in 1996, the Saudi newspaper Asharq Al-Awsat reported on Wednesday. Pardoned by Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani after spending nearly 12 years in prison,
India will continue its presence in Afghanistan despite a suicide attack on its embassy in Kabul that killed 41 people including four of its nationals, New Delhi's envoy said Wednesday. "My political message is that India is not going to
The African Union (AU) has demanded UN sanctions against all parties hampering a Somali truce agreement initialed last month and whose implementation was due to begin Wednesday at the latest. The pan-African body "reiterates the need for the UN Security
Banks will be able to get over the problem of growing inflation and rising interest rates by increasing the deposit rates, hiking prime lending rates and mobilising low cost deposits, according to K Ramakrishnan, chairman and managing director, Andhra Bank.
Relief and rehabilitation has been a disaster, especially from the state government.' BJP leader Kirit Somaiya on the plight of the July 11, 2006 blast victims.
Beirut - One day after threatening to strike Israeli and U.S. interests if attacked, the Iranian Revolutionary Guards were reported Wednesday to have test-fired nine missiles, including one that Tehran claims has the range to reach Israel.
Beirut - The focus will again be the formation of the government. A new obstacle is facing the formation of the government ...it is the nomination by Hezbollah of Ali Qansou the former head of Syrian Social Nationalist Party. Prime
