Recently added articles from The Daily Star (Beirut, Lebanon):
Somali pirates hijack oil tanker heading for US.
Dec 01, 2009; ... Byline: Daily Star Staff Summary: Somali pirates seized a tanker carrying crude oil from Saudi Arabia to the United States in the increasingly dangerous waters off East Africa, an official said Monday, an attack that could pose a huge environmental or security threat to the ...
Berri adviser calls cluster bombs Israeli attacks.
Dec 01, 2009; ... Byline: Daily Star Staff Summary: peaker Nabih Berri's media adviser Ali Hamdan said on Monday cluster bombs dropped by Israel during the summer 2006 ought to be considered "a prolongation of Israeli attacks and violence against Lebanon." Hamdan spoke to reporters after visiting ...
Dubai shrugs as world descends into panic.
Dec 01, 2009; ... Byline: Daily Star Staff Summary: Glitzy Dubai may face a debt crisis that has sent a shudder through global markets, but you wouldn't know it from officials or local media.AaWorld leaders have commented on the crisis - but not those in the United Arab Emirates itself, where ...
Jumblatt: sectarianism has reached 'dangerous level'.
Dec 01, 2009; ... Byline: Maher Zeineddine Summary: Sectarianism in Lebanon has reached a dangerous level, Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) leader Walid Jumblatt said on Monday in the party's newspaper Al-Anbaa.AaJumblatt said sectarianism in the country was gravely dangerous and it should be ...
Three aid workers snatched from Mauritania convoy.
Dec 01, 2009; ... Byline: Daily Star Staff Summary: Three Spanish volunteer aid workers were kidnapped by gunmen while delivering supplies to impoverished villages in Mauritania, and Spain's interior minister said Monday he suspected Al-Qaeda-linked Islamists.AaTwo men and a woman were kidnapped ...
Nasrallah: Sectarianism impeding democracy.
Dec 01, 2009; ... Byline: Elias Sakr Summary: Hizbullah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah said on Monday the major problem facing Lebanon's political regime was political sectarianism, which hindered the establishment of a true democracy. He also stressed the continued need for the ...
Egypt suffers limited impact from Dubai debt crisis.
Dec 01, 2009; ... Byline: Daily Star Staff Summary: Egypt's investment minister said Monday the Dubai debt crisis would have a limited effect on the Egyptian economy, which he said had no direct exposure to Dubai World debt.AaEgypt's stock market recorded its biggest daily loss in 13 months on ...
Mysterious 'Saddam Channel' hits Iraq TV.
Dec 01, 2009; ... Byline: Daily Star Staff Summary: Turning on their television sets during the long holiday weekend, Iraqis were greeted by a familiar if unexpected face from their brutal past: Saddam Hussein.AaThe late Iraqi dictator is lauded on a mysterious satellite channel that began ...
French banking boss lauds Lebanese prudence.
Dec 01, 2009; ... Byline: Sebastien Malo Summary: The governor of the Banque de France, Christian Noyer, praised Lebanon's stringent banking regulations for their good practice as he addressed a select audience of Lebanese bankers at Banque du Liban's headquarters in Beirut on Monday.AaNoyer's ...
Britain open to contacts with Hizbullah.
Dec 01, 2009; ... Byline: Josie Ensor Summary: Britain is willing to step-up contact with Hizbullah as they begin to play a bigger role in Lebanon's government, Foreign Secretary David Miliband toldAaThe Daily StarAain an exclusive interview.AaMiliband told the paper this week he believed ...
Israeli illegal settlers vow to defy construction freeze.
Dec 01, 2009; ... Byline: Daily Star Staff Summary: Israeli settler leaders vowed Monday to resist the government decision to impose a temporary ease on West Bank settlement building after months of pressure from the US.AaProminent settler leaders held an emergency meeting at which it was decided ...
'The Last Communique': A fusion more melodic.
Dec 01, 2009; ... Byline: Matthew Mosley Summary: "We're trying to mix the colors," explains Ghazi Abdel Baki, "to show that you can have green between the blue and the yellow."Abdel Baki is not talking about elementary painting technique. A singer and instrumentalist who also produces the output ...
UAE banks positioned 'to weather crisis'.
Dec 01, 2009; ... Byline: Daily Star Staff Summary: The United Arab Emirates' central bank Governor Sultan Nasser al-Suweidi said Monday there was no cause for concern about local banks, which he said had proven able to weather the global crisis, the state news agency WAM reported.AaSuweidi's ...
Lebanese stability does Syria no good.
Dec 01, 2009; ... Byline: Ferry Biederman Summary: Rare is the occasion on which the anti-Syrian camp in Lebanon agrees with the regime in Damascus. But even though the Western-backed March 14 bloc's Saad Hariri is heading his first government and even though the anti-Syrian parliamentary ...
UNIFIL's Italian contingent relieves German Navy.
Dec 01, 2009; ... Byline: Patrick Galey Summary: International delegates and military heads gathered at the Port of Beirut on Monday to witness the transfer of naval command between German and Italian contingents of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL).AaIn a ceremony aboard ...
Korean UNIFIL contingent welcomes new boss.
Dec 01, 2009; ... Byline: Mohammed Zaatari Summary: Command of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) Korean battalion transferred on Monday to Colonel Kim Myung Joong during a ceremony held in the southern port city of Tyre.AaThe celebration was overseen by the commander of ...
Jrud Akkar protest forces EDL to grant extra power hours.
Dec 01, 2009; ... Byline: Daily Star Staff Summary: Residents of the Jrud Akkar region in north Lebanon suspended their 24-hours protest in front of Electricite du Liban (EDL) on Monday when some of their demands were met after only two hours.AaThe locals organized the protest to condemn the ...
Baroud to boost Charles Helou area parking spaces.
Dec 01, 2009; ... Byline: Daily Star Staff Summary: Interior Minister Ziyad Baroud asked the Beirut municipality on Monday to dedicate an area of the Charles Helou bus station in Beirut for Gemmayzeh visitors. Baroud asked the municipality to reconsider the conditions to activate the station for ...
Journalist Eid charged with slander of judge, fined.
Dec 01, 2009; ... Byline: Daily Star Staff Summary: The press court sentenced Lebanese journalist Ghada Marouni Eid on Monday to three months in prison and a fine of LL20 million for slander against Judge Afif Shamseddine. The court, presided over by Judge Roukoz Rizk, accused Eid of slander ...
Rahhal discusses environment with Norwegian envoy.
Dec 01, 2009; ... Byline: Daily Star Staff Summary: Environment Minister Mohammad Rahhal met with the Norwegian ambassador to Lebanon Aud Lise Norheim on Monday to discuss Norway's help in fighting environmental hazards. Rahhal thanked Norway for its help in cleaning the Lebanese beach from oil ...
