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LEBANON: Global Warming Makes Mischief Worse

LEBANON: BEIRUT, Jul 30 (IPS) - With its long, dry summers, Lebanon's diminishing woodlands are devastated by wild fires every year - and this year is no exception. Last week, more than 30 fires were started at the same time in the ...

From MONA ALAMI, Inter Press Service,  30 Jul 2009

LEBANON: No Law for Detained Palestinians

LEBANON: BEIRUT, Jul 28 (IPS) - Palestinian refugee Youssef Shaaban was released from prison early this month - after serving 16 years in a Lebanese prison for a crime he did not commit. Shaaban was convicted by Lebanon's Justice Council ...

From MONA ALAMI, Inter Press Service,  28 Jul 2009
Related Topics: United Nations

LEBANON: Stepping Nearer the WTO

LEBANON: BEIRUT, Jul 27 (IPS) - Lebanon could be stepping closer to joining the WTO following years of political instability that have held up reforms. "We are in the final stages of the process, which is built on multilateral, bilateral ...

From MONA ALAMI, Inter Press Service,  27 Jul 2009
Related Topics: World Trade Organization,  Pascal Lamy

LEBANON: How Not to Oppose an Opposition

LEBANON: BEIRUT, Jun 25 (IPS) - Christian heads of both the majority and the opposition have raised their stakes ahead of the imminent formation of the Lebanese government headed by Sunni leader Saad Hariri. "General Aoun is calling for ...

From MONA ALAMI, Inter Press Service,  25 Jun 2009
Related Topics: Michel Aoun,  Saad Hariri,  Samir Geagea,  American University

LEBANON: Defeated Shias Ponder Uncertain Future

LEBANON: TYRE, Jun 20 (IPS) - A large highway cuts through the green hills connecting Lebanon's south to the Mediterranean Sea. Here, nestled amid banana trees and colourful bougainvillea bushes, lies the city of Tyre, a bastion of the ...

From MONA ALAMI, Inter Press Service,  20 Jun 2009
Related Topics: Hassan Nasrallah,  Michel Aoun,  Nabih Berri

LEBANON: Law to Stop Violence Against Women Takes Time

LEBANON: BEIRUT, Jun 16 (IPS) - There was some good news for womens activists in Lebanon last week. The government met to discuss a new law criminalising spousal abuse - a giant step forward in a campaign by womens groups for equal rights. ...

From MONA ALAMI, Inter Press Service,  16 Jun 2009
Related Topics: Fouad Siniora

LEBANON: March 14 Marches Ahead

LEBANON: BEIRUT, Jun 8 (IPS) - The Jun. 7 election in Lebanon has provided another dramatic turn of events in the country's tumultuous political arena. While early opinion polls had pointed to a landslide sweep for the March 8 opposition ...

From MONA ALAMI, Inter Press Service,  8 Jun 2009
Related Topics: Michel Aoun,  Hassan Nasrallah

MIDEAST: Unconventional Warfare on the Rise

MIDEAST: Analysis by Mona Alami BEIRUT, Jan 26 (IPS) - Violent conflict is hardly new to the Middle East, but increasingly it is taking the form of unconventional warfare. In the military dictionary, unconventional warfare means military ...

From MONA ALAMI, Inter Press Service,  26 Jan 2009
Related Topics: Hamas,  United Nations,  American University,  Hezbollah

MIDEAST: Lebanon War More Than a Shadow

MIDEAST: BEIRUT, Jan 9 (IPS) - The eerie calm reigning on the green hills of south Lebanon was broken Thursday by the sound of explosions as three Katyusha rockets were launched into Nahariya and Western Galilee areas in Israel. Israel ...

From MONA ALAMI, Inter Press Service,  9 Jan 2009
Related Topics: Hamas,  Hassan Nasrallah,  Fouad Siniora,  Mahmoud Abbas,  Ehud Olmert

LEBANON: Christians Step Uneasily Closer to Syria

LEBANON: BEIRUT, Dec 26 (IPS) - Christian Lebanese have been long-time foes of the Syrian regime, and their history is tainted with blood, mistrust and assassinations. This month, one of Lebanon's' leading Christian leaders, Gen. Michel ...

From MONA ALAMI, Inter Press Service,  26 Dec 2008
Related Topics: Michel Aoun,  Bashar al-Assad,  Hezbollah,  Amine Gemayel (politician),  Hafez al-Assad

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