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Election season is full swing in Lebanon and all the prospective MPs are running wild trying to secure the votes of citizens by their hollow promises. They have breached numerous of these pledges …
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Hugo Shorter: Women On Municipalities Show Society Benefits From Full Participation of Women
As part of his ongoing engagement for greater representation of women in all walks of life, British Ambassador Hugo Shorter met a group of women municipality members to hear about their successes representing …
Read More »Lebanon remains at the heart of international conferences – Brussels II
With the world’s focus once again on the Syria crisis, the Brussels conference, less than a month after CEDRE, is another opportunity to demonstrate our resolve and unwavering commitment to support Lebanon, host communities and Syrian refugees, to cope with the ongoing …
Read More »Violence Breeds violence!
There has been an outcry against the onslaught of senseless murders being committed lately in Lebanon. The distraught parents are crying out for harsh measures against the guilty. They claim that unless these …
Read More »A Stain of Shame on Your Electoral Program!
There is no dignity for a nation that fails to offer its elderly the dignity they are owed for what humanity is if it does not dignify the wisdom of leathery hands that …
Read More »Fears for Lebanese economy if Saudis impose Qatar-style blockade
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanese politicians and bankers believe Saudi Arabia intends to do to their country what it did to Qatar – corral Arab allies into enforcing an economic blockade unless its demands …
Read More »Saudi Arabia says that calls for internationalization of holy sites a declaration of war
DUBAI – Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister called what he said was Qatar’s demand for an internationalization of the Muslim hajj pilgrimage a declaration of war against the kingdom, Saudi-owned Al Arabiya television said …
Read More »Turkish women march in rights protest in Istanbul
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Hundreds of Turkish women marched in the country’s biggest city Istanbul on Saturday to protest against the violence and animosity they face from men demanding they dress more conservatively. The …
Read More »Russia orders out U.S. diplomats in sanctions retaliation
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia on Friday ordered the United States to cut hundreds of diplomatic staff in retaliation for a new round of U.S. sanctions, and said it was seizing two U.S. diplomatic …
Read More »U.S. orders Venezuela embassy families out, crisis deepens
CARACAS – The U.S. government ordered family members of employees at its embassy in Venezuela to leave on Thursday as a political crisis deepened ahead of a controversial vote critics contend will end …
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