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Al-Rahi: We’re Awaiting Outcome of Committee’s Efforts on New Electoral Law

  In an update in regards to the Bkirki meeting that was supposed to take place in April, Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi stated on Wednesday that he was not informed that the Bkirki meeting that was supposed to be in April has been postponed. He said: “We are still awaiting the outcome of the efforts of […]

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Al-Rahi: We’re Awaiting Outcome of Committee’s Efforts on New Electoral Law

  In an update in regards to the Bkirki meeting that was supposed to take place in April, Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi stated on Wednesday that he was not informed that the Bkirki meeting that was supposed to be in April has been postponed. He said: “We are still awaiting the outcome of the efforts of […]

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Mazloum Denies Postponement of Maronite Meeting

Bishop Samir Mazloum has denied that a conference of Maronite MPs that was set to be held in Bkirki next month was postponed to avoid a meeting between Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi and Lebanese Forces chief Samir Geagea. Al-Rahi sees the campaigns launched against him in a “democratic way whereby each side is free to express its […]

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الراعي: علينا المحافظة على لبنان في هويته وميثاقه الوطني وديمقراطيت

    An extract from Patriarch Rai’s speech during his visit to Egypt. [Full Article] بعد الانجيل المقدس القى الراعي عظة تحت عنوان: "يا يوسف لا تخف" (بيان الملاك ليوسف) توقف فيها عند تاريخ الله الخلاصي مع البشر وفيه كل الضمانة للكنيسة التي تتقاذفها الرياح والعواصف، مجددا التعازي بوفاة البابا شنوده الثالث الذي فقدت فيه […]

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Authorities Seek to Regulate Chaos of Special Passports

  In the land of "wasta", you can get your hands on everything, even a special passport. After several complaints and problems, Speaker Nabih Berri "is expected to discuss with the Parliament’s Bureau on Monday complaints that Special Passports are being granted to people not entitled to get them in contravention with the Vienna Convention […]

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Can IBM fix Boston’s bad traffic?

Can IBM fix Boston’s bad traffic? By Michael B. Farrell, Globe Staff/

Can the data experts at IBM improve Boston’s notoriously bad traffic?

That’s the hope when the computer giant lends several engineers to the city for three weeks this summer, to come up with solutions for fixing traffic problems more quickly and ideas for reducing vehicle emissions.

Boston is one of 33 cities around the world that will get access to IBM know-how as part of the company’s 2012 Smarter Cities Challenge. The winners of the grants, worth about $400,000 each, were revealed Thursday.

“This is another example of how we are piloting innovative work in the city of Boston and sharing it with our colleagues around the world,” said Mayor Thomas M. Menino, in a statement.

The city competed with 140 applications from 40 countries in the challenge, which grew out of IBM’s Corporate Service Corps. Since it began in 2008, the program has sent about 1,400 IBM employees on assignments in 24 countries.

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Suleiman Calls for Cooperation of Ministries in Takfiri Network Case

  "The army is the backbone of stability in the country", Pr.Michel Sleiman said on Wednesday. This came after Suleiman called on Wednesday for the coordination of the defense, interior and telecommunications ministries to resolve the case of the extremist network that was planning attacks on the Lebanese army. [Link]

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