Dear Editor: There are major concerns about the cost of universal health care.   President Obama in one of his town hall meetings said he planned to fund his health care program by reducing medical-practice waste and insurance expenses to cover two-thirds, and one-third by taxing those who make over $250,000 a year. […]

  The Lebanese army on Tuesday began sending troop reinforcements to the northern border with strife-torn Syria after deadly attacks in the region, an army spokesman told Agence France Presse. "Yes, we have started to reinforce our troops, and the operation will take us a week to 10 days to complete," the spokesman said on condition […]

  MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) – A radical Islamist sect claimed responsibility Tuesday for weekend attacks that have killed at least 58 people including two lawmakers in central Nigeria, adding a new dimension to a security crisis in a region that has seen years of religious violence. Christians "will not know peace again" if they do not […]

  The Syrian crisis has become the latest test of Russia’s relations with the West. Moscow’s support for the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad and its readiness to aggravate the West in pursuit of that policy has surprised Western politicians and observers, especially in light of the initial "conciliatory" position that Russia took toward […]

    رأى البطريرك الماروني مار بشاره بطرس الراعي "ان على الشعب اللبناني مسؤولية المحافظة على قيمه، وهو قد سئم الخلافات والنزاعات ولا يريد الحرب ولا القتال"، مشيرا الى "ان لغة العالم العربي حاليا هي لغة الحرب والسلاح والدمار والبغض وعلى اللبنانيين نشر لغة الشركة والمحبة رافضا رفضا باتا تسمية اي لبناني بأنه عدو لي". […]

  The past 16 months have been a real nail-biter for Lebanon’s banking sector. Since the US Treasury accused the Lebanese Canadian Bank (LCB) of laundering drug money for Hezbollah last February, local banks’ images have taken a beating in the international press, and Beirut’s ties to sanctioned regimes in Damascus and Tehran have been […]

     "مهما حصل من انتكاسات في بعض الأماكن، علينا كلبنانيين ان نتشارك جميعنا في التهدئة وايجاد الحلول لأي قضية خصوصا ان في لبنان لا احد يريد تغيير النظام السياسي لأن السقف السياسي موجود وهو اتفاق الطائف الذي يعطي كل ذي حق حقه". وتطرق سليمان الى موضوع الاغتيالات، معتبرا ان "عدم اعطاء الداتا تحول الى […]

  ترأس البطريرك الماروني مار بشارة بطرس الراعي قداس الاحد في الصرح البطريركي الصيفي في الديمان، عاونه فيه المطارنة: شكرالله حرب، مطانيوس الخوري، بولس الصياح وحنا علوان، سكرتير البطريرك الخاص الخوري نبيه الترس، وخدمت القداس جوقة الرهبنة المريمية في مار ليشع. بعد الانجيل المقدس، ألقى البطريرك الراعي عظة بعنوان "أرسلهم أمامه إلى كل مدينة وموضع […]

  Batroun entered the Guinness Book of World Records Sunday for the largest cup of lemonade. Around 400 participants took part in the event, which was part of the Batroun International Festival and organized by the Batroun Merchants’ Association in coordination with the city’s municipality. The head of the Batroun Merchants’ Association, Farah al-Khoury, initially announced that […]

  Every season has something to offer Lebanon. The country has now lost the summer as the unrelenting violence in Syria and sporadic internal clashes stifle our tourism, investment and trade opportunities. In parallel, there are internal debates (often expressed by way of burning tires) about various matters that, though not always economic in nature, […]