Two hand grenades and a landmine were found near Notre Dame Hospital in Jounieh, north of Beirut, media reports said Friday. The grenades and the mine were discovered in a bucket, they said. Security forces immediately cordoned off the area although they were old and not set to detonate, they added. The hospital’s director Dr. Fawzi […]

  President Michel Suleiman traveled to Bahrain on Tuesday as part of his efforts to convince the leaderships of four Gulf countries to review their travel advisories to Lebanon. He held talks with King Hamad bin Issa al-Khalifa on bilateral ties and the situation in the Middle East. They stressed the importance of activating the work of […]

      A letter to the editor by Sheikh Malek el Khazen.     Dear Editor: What inspires me most about Tommy Thompson’s campaign for U.S. Senate is that I believe if we send him to the Senate to represent us, he will actually get the job done. Remaining true to his conservative principles […]

  THE INTERNET Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has announced that former IBM executive Fadi Chehadé will become its next CEO. The regulator said that Chehadé will take on his role by 1 October, replacing interim CEO and COO Akram Atallah, and will oversee the ongoing rollout of generic top-level domains (gTLDs). A […]

  Throughout the U.S. presidential primary season, Republican candidates disagreed on many issues, but were united in their attacks on President Barack Obama for presiding over the decline in America’s stature in the world. No candidate pursued this line of attack more vigorously than the Republican nominee, Mitt Romney.Romney seems intent on convincing voters that […]

  BEIRUT: The Lebanese Army and police are set to begin a monthlong crackdown across Lebanon with the aim of arresting people with outstanding warrants, Interior Minister Marwan Charbel said Sunday. “Security services, including the Lebanese Army, will target wanted persons and vehicles without proper identification as part of a monthlong, wide-ranging crackdown starting next week,” […]

    Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi urged Lebanese officials on Sunday to help the people preserve their land by resolving the problems that lead to property sales and emigration. In his sermon, al-Rahi said the Lebanese constitution’s preamble states that “Lebanese territory is one for all Lebanese.” “Every Lebanese shall have the right to live in any […]

  تميز اللقاء الذي عقد امس في بكركي بين البطريرك الماروني مار بشارة بطرس الراعي ووفد من موارنة قوى 14 آذار، ضم الرئيس أمين الجميل والنواب بطرس حرب، دوري شمعون وستريدا جعجع، والنواب السابقين نايلة معوض وفارس سعيد وكميل زيادة، «بصراحة وايجابية مطلقتين»، على حد قول مصادر الطرفين. والوفد كان قد ناقش مواضيع البحث في […]

  The latest consultations held between President Michel Suleiman and members of the national dialogue will likely lead to a second Baabda Declaration that is set to highlight what the March 8 forces and the opposition have in common on the country’s defense strategy, An Nahar daily reported Sunday. The seventeen March 8 and 14 leaders […]

  حرص قوى 14 آذار على تضمين مغزى زيارتها لبكركي الكثير من الايجابيات. تصرّ على عدم اثارة اي غبار على لقاء تراهن عليه لتحسين العلاقة بين بكركي والقيادات المارونية في قوى 14 آذار. وبدا واضحاً ان المعنيين بعقد اللقاءات التمهيدية حريصون على ابعاد اجتماع بكركي اليوم عن كل التجاذبات، مفضّلين عدم الحديث عن الخلاف الذي […]