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«مستقبل مطمر الناعمة» هو عنوان الندوة التي ستُعقد في بلدة عبيه مساء الأحد، بحضور وزير البيئة محمد رحال. لا يبدو هذا «المستقبل» واضحاً. الواضح أنّ هذا المطمر يستوعب نفايات جميع السكان القاطنين في بيروت وجبل لبنان، التي تصل إلى ٢٥٠٠ طن يومياً. أما الوعود بإقفاله والتعويض على البلديات المحيطة به، فمن الواضح أنها تتبخّر يومياً [...]

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En 1933
Air France assure sa 1ère liaison entre la France et le Liban
Type d’avion: Hydravion Cam 53
Route: Marseille-Naples-Athènes-Corfou-Castellorizo-Beyrouth
Durée: Une semaine
Fréquence: 1 vol hebdomadaire
En 1950
Air France assure sa 1ère liaison directe entre Paris et Beyrouth
Type d’avion: Constellation
Durée: 08H25
Fréquence: 4 vols hebdomadaires.
En 2010
Le Liban a été et sera toujours une escale privilégiée pour Air France. Nous attachons une grande [...]

A l’occasion de l’exposition “La France au Liban“, la Francofolie crée l’évènement à Gemmayzé mardi 16 mars 2010 à partir de 20h30 !
Les principaux pubs et restaurants de Gemmayzé se mettront aux couleurs de la France pour offrir aux visiteurs une formule unique à 15 USD. Le ticket unique donne accès à tous les principaux [...]

Afin de promouvoir les produits français au Liban, la Chambre de Commerce et d’Industrie de Paris, la Chambre de Commerce, d’Industrie et d’Agriculture de Beyrouth et du Mont-Liban, la Chambre de Commerce franco-libanaise et le Service Economique Régional de l´Ambassade de France, pour Ubifrance – l’Agence française pour le développement international des entreprises, organisent un [...]

Ok, I'll revive this blog for a shameless plug. Shankaboot is out. It is being billed as the first Arabic Web Drama. Although, personally I would've taken a different marketing approach. Being first gives you a carte blanche to claim all the superlatives so why stop at First? It's the Best damn Arabic Web drama out there.It's the most watched Arabic Web Drama out on the world wide web.It's the

The situation in Jerusalem has been a timed bomb for a long time now, it is just some time before it explodes. I fear Israelies are not going to stop until they have Jerusalem for themselves, and who knows when will Al-Aqsa mosque crumble cause of the Israeli underground digging.
Latest Report on Hamas combat doctrine was released and confirms how it is using kids as human shields and invading mosques and taking cover in them.
Masked Palestinians clashed with Israeli police in multiple East Jerusalem neighborhoods on Tuesday, hurling rocks at security forces and burning tires.

Why doesn't the Lebanese press hold the economic officials responsible for their lack of candor?

I'm very late posting this, but here's my piece from last Tuesday in NOW Lebanon about the John Kerry factor in the recent incoherent development in the US policy toward Syria.

My assessment of the Syrians' conception and cultivation of Kerry's role was further corroborated in a recent report in the pro-Syrian As-Safir, which contained the following quote by Imad Mustapha's lap poodle. This is essentially straight from Mustapha's desk:

For a few days now, I'd been wondering how to get back on the blogging track. For me it's one of those times when you have a lot to write, but not enough time. So much to write you can't just cram it into one post and expect it to make sense... So I thought why not see what I had been up to before my unjustified hiatus...Here's to fishing a few drafts from the past, a few posts that were never

Hierbij het verhaaltje dat ik op zondag geleverd heb aan de GPD kranten:

JIHAD JANE’S LIEFDE VOOR TERREUR BEGON IN AMSTERDAM

Van onze correspondent Harald Doornbos

BEIROET (GPD)_De door de FBI gearresteerde Amerikaanse terreurverdachte Colleen LaRose, beter bekend als Jihad Jane, is haar loopbaan binnen de radicale islam begonnen in Amsterdam.

As many of you know, the Lebanese-Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim Helou was in Lebanon last week meeting with political and business leaders and discussing various projects of interest. Slim, who recently regained his title as the World’s Richest Man, was given a medal by Lebanon’s President Michel Suleiman, and fêted in the Lebanese press for demonstrating the inherent superiority of Phoenician DNA in producing successful traders.

"It isnt Israeli terrortists that are trying to bomb us. Can we befreind those who wish to destroy us" - Haaretz commentator

The recent condemnation of Clinton to the Bibi government doesn't express much except how much the US is expected to serve Israeli interests.

ast Friday I was invited to the launching of Shankaboot, the first web drama series in the Arab world, which took place at Art Lounge Karantina, where we were introduced to the project by the producers and also got to exclusively watch 3 episodes of the series (Episodes 1, 2, & 6).

Lebanon to get additional internet bandwidth from India [From the DailyStar]
Government to buy 45 gigabytes for $45 million in coming months
Once i read this article’s title, i thought things are gonna improve, but it turns out the title is deceiving as the content implies we will never probably get that bandwith.
“The Ministry of Telecommunications announced that the additional bandwidth is expected to reach Lebanon in the month of May but I think that this will not happen on time because of the difficulties encountered by the Lebanese government with the Egyptian intelligence service,” Riad Bahsoun told The Daily Star.

Carlos Slim, the world’s richest man and a Mexican tycoon of Lebanese origin, met on Friday with the country’s three top leaders and received an honorary medal for his achievements.
Slim met with President Michel Sleiman at the Presidential Palace in Baabda and received Lebanon’s honorary golden medal.
Slim, who is being accompanied by a delegation during [...]