AMMAN (WABA Championship 2017) - Lebanon have locked up the title in the West Asia Basketball Association (WABA) Championship 2017 in Amman, Jordan after beating hosts Jordan on Day Four of competition. Iran and Syria also notched huge victories to book seats in the FIBA Asia Cup 2017.
Lebanon defeated Jordan, 72-61, to move up to 4-0 and officially win the WABA Championship 2017 crown. The Cedars did not waste any time in this one, building up a commanding 27-9 lead at the end of the first period. Coach Joe Moujaes and his wards would not relinquish the advantage the rest of the way despite Jordan staying within striking distance.
BEIRUT: Ministers discussed alternative methods of waste disposal during a Cabinet session Wednesday in an effort to pre-empt a potential trash crisis, with incinerators at the forefront of suggested solutions to Lebanon’s recurring garbage woes. “If incinerators are to be used then of course environmental impact studies will be made, a lot of technological developments have taken place since the 1990s and we will be applying them,” Environment Minister Tarek Khatib told The Daily Star. “We are looking into an overarching study that would include all aspects of the solution. ... The plan will be announced soon.”
As he was entering the session at the Grand Serail, Minister for the Displaced Talal Arslan said that the Cabinet was looking at importing incinerators and establishing so-called advanced factories. Beirut Mayor Jamal Itani had also said earlier that his administration would be seeking to employ incinerators to safely dispose of the capital’s waste. Lebanon is bound by the Stockholm Convention that aims to reduce and eliminate the emission of persistent organic pollutants. The pollutants are produced through thermal processes involving organic matter and chlorine.
Years of inadequate waste management have made locals distrustful of government plans around the issue, potentially rendering any new plans subject to extra public scrutiny.
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Lebanon Speaker Nabih Berri declared on Wednesday that he will not endorse any electoral law that “does not enjoy consensus.” “Contacts and discussions are still ongoing in a bid to agree on a new electoral law and new ideas are being discussed,” MPs Berri was quoted as saying by MPs during his weekly meeting with lawmakers in Ain el-Tineh. “We are still in the phase of mulling proposals and we have not yet reached a dead end,” Berri added.
“We reiterate the need to apply unified standards (in the electoral law format) and I will not endorse any law that does not enjoy consensus,” the speaker went on to say. Berri’s AMAL Movement, Hezbollah, Future Movement and the Free Patriotic Movement are holding meetings aimed at reaching a deal on a new electoral law.
Taef accord compliance
Responding to claims that the hybrid electoral law does not not comply with the Taef accord Lebanese Forces chief Samir Geagea stressed on Wednesday that no one is trying to manipulate the Taef accord, assuring that efforts exerted are merely focusing on finding a new electoral law, National News Agency reported on Wednesday. Geagea expressed astonishment at the “latest talk about the Taef Accord. We like to remind that we were the first to pay the price, and will not accept any tampering with Taef.
“But it is worth noting that no one has such an intention. There are strenuous efforts to reach a new electoral law which in turn would reinstate the Taef Accord further,” said Geagea during a celebration in Maarab. He called upon all political parties to focus on approving a new electoral law to regulate political work in Lebanon, considering that the “hybrid law is the only one that would bring all parties together midway.”
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Population Movements to Keserwan - The Khazens and The Maans
ما جاء عن الثورة في المقاطعة الكسروانية
ثورة أهالي كسروان على المشايخ الخوازنة وأسبابها
Origins of the "Prince of Maronite" Title
Growing diversity: the Khazin sheiks and the clergy in the first decades of the 18th century
Historical Members:
Barbar Beik El Khazen [English]
Patriach Toubia Kaiss El Khazen(Biography & Life Part1 Part2) (Arabic)
Patriach Youssef Dargham El Khazen (Cont'd)
Cheikh Bishara Jafal El Khazen
Patriarch Youssef Raji El Khazen
The Martyrs Cheikh Philippe & Cheikh Farid El Khazen
Cheikh Nawfal El Khazen (Consul De France)
Cheikh Hossun El Khazen (Consul De France)
Cheikh Abou-Nawfal El Khazen (Consul De France)
Cheikh Francis Abee Nader & his son Yousef
Cheikh Abou-Kanso El Khazen (Consul De France)
Cheikh Abou Nader El Khazen
Cheikh Chafic El Khazen
Cheikh Keserwan El Khazen
Cheikh Serhal El Khazen [English]
Cheikh Rafiq El Khazen [English]
Cheikh Hanna El Khazen
Cheikha Arzi El Khazen
Marie El Khazen