صدر عن الكرسي الرسولي في الفاتيكان اليوم، بيان جاء فيه: "ان قداسة البابا بندكتس السادس عشر طلب إلى البطريرك الماروني الكاردينال مار بشارة بطرس الراعي، من خلال أمين سر دولة حاضرة الفاتيكان الكاردينال ترشيزيو برتونيه، إعداد نصوص الصلوات التي ستقرأ أثناء رتبة درب الصليب والتي ستقام في يوم الجمعة العظيمة أمام الملعب الروماني القديم […]

  An explosion was heard on Monday in al-Abbas street in Hay al-Sellom neighborhood of Beirut’s southern suburb, al-Jadeed television reported. "No injuries were reported and the losses are limited to material damage,” it added, explaining that the explosion was caused by the detonation of a small-sized explosive device. The National News Agency also confirmed: “No […]

    رأى عضو تكتل التغيير والإصلاح النائب د. فريد الخازن أن ما شهدته أروقة المجلس النيابي في إطار البحث عن قانون إنتخاب كان ضمن الممرات أو المراحل إلزامية التي لا بد من عبورها خصوصا بعد أن توافق المسيحيون تحت سقف بكركي على مشروع اللقاء الأرثوذكسي، حيث كانوا يخضعون لإمتحانين : الأول معني بتوافق القيادات […]

    BEIRUT: The Beirut-based car company W Motors has completed the first prototype of its $3.4 million “ultra-luxury hypercar” and is gearing up to officially launch sales at the Qatar Auto show on Jan. 29. The “LykanHypersport 2013” is the brainchild of Beirut-born car designer Ralph Debbas, who is the lead investor, chairman and chief […]

  رحب الوزير السابق فريد هيكل الخازن، في حديث لـ"ال.بي.سي."، "بأي مواطن لبناني في كسروان اذا كانت تأتي في اطار السياحة انما نرفض شكل زيارة الشيخ احمد الاسير اليوم خصوصا ان كافة السيارات كانت من الزجاج الداكن ". واكد ان تحرك الاهالي كان عفوياً، معتبرا انه "يحق لنا الاعتصام على ارضنا سلمياً، خصوصا ان الاسير […]

  Around 50 protesters from Kfardebian briefly blocked the main road of the mountain town on Thursday to protest a visit to a ski resort by controversial Salafist cleric Sheikh Ahmed al-Asir. Kfardebian municipal chief Jean Aqiqi told Voice of Lebanon radio (93.3) that the road was blocked “out of fears of the consequences that Sheikh […]

  BEIRUT (Reuters) – Palestinians who fled Syria’s war to neighboring Lebanon are living up to 20 in a room with no water, fresh air or electricity, the head of the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees said on Tuesday. Donors needed to do more to help at least 20,000 Palestinians who have already come in and […]

  President Michel Suleiman expressed on Monday his desire for current transformations in the region to “guarantee the reform, freedom and true democracy that people are looking for”. "There is no stability in the Middle East without social justice,” Suleiman stated after receiving an award by the International Foundation for Unity of Orthodox Christian Nations in […]

  Russia is sending two planes to Lebanon to evacuate Russians from war-torn Syria, authorities said Monday, a move that appears to reflect Moscow’s increasing doubts about Syrian President Bashar Assad’s ability to stay in power. The announcement came as the opposition National Coalition failed for a second time to form a provisional government, while a […]

In his highly-anticipated second inaugural speech Monday, President Barack Obama signaled that he will take a more aggressive approach to achieving his liberal policy goals, opening up a new, more assertive chapter of his presidency as he begins his second term. 

The address was by far the most liberal speech Obama has given as President, presenting a forceful case for the progressive priorities that he championed during the 2012 presidential campaign and plans to push through in his final four years in office.

The paragraph below sums up the gist of Obama’s message: