Daily Star, Lebanon’s influential Maronite Patriarch advised President Emile Lahoud to restore the presidential position to its former significance saying that "history will record the stand that you, the president, will take for the sake of the nation." During Christmas Mass at Bkirki Sunday, attended by the president in the front row, the prelate indirectly suggested that Lahoud should reconsider whether remaining in office would serve the interest of the country and the reverence of the presidential post.
For the first time, Sfeir – who unofficially has the last word on who becomes the next president – publicly implied that he backed Lahoud’s early departure from office. "It is your responsibility, your Excellency, as the head of state, to lead Lebanon and the Lebanese to safety and preserve the Constitution and national unity. "If the president is not up to the task, then it is up to him to judge whether remaining in his post or resigning would honor this position or dishonor it."
Lebanese Druze leader Walid Jumblatt has accused Syria of terrorising Arab countries and has urged the head of the Arab League, Amr Moussa, to intervene. Mr Jumblatt, Lebanon’s most prominent anti-Syrian politician, said Syria was "taking the path of terrorism in order to evade international pressure". He said Mr Moussa "must go to Damascus to stop the murders in Lebanon". A UN inquiry has implicated Syrian officials in the killing of former Lebanese PM Rafik Hariri in February. 
In the Bekaa Valley region, there are cities where Brazilian culture is present in most houses. This happens because of the return of immigrants that married and had children in Brazil. ‘When I arrived in Lebanon I had to take private classes to learn Arabic,’ said Mohamed Abdul Fattah, who was born in S
رحم الله الشيخ شفيق الخازن المدير العام الأسبق لوزارة الداخلية في لبنان، عندما كان مدير عام الوزارة المذكورة يتمتع بنفوذ إداري كبير خاصة في مجال الإشراف على الإدارات الأمنية في البلاد.
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In a meeting this month, executives from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) operations of Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: SUNW) extended the offer of a matching grant for classroom or laboratory technology facilities worth up to USD $500,000 to Dr. Joseph Jabbra, President of the Lebanese American University (LAU).
Neil McMahon, The harassment by other Australians is relentless, young Lebanese people say – on trains, at school, on the street, at the beach. But no authority figures attract as much criticism as police officers.Rania Hamam, 18, who was interviewed for the research project by the Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, told the Herald that police harassment was common.She had been stopped and ordered to surrender her mobile phone in Auburn on Wednesday. "I said to him, ‘My phone is private’, but he took it anyway," she said. The officer checked the phone for text messages as part of the police crackdown after recent racial clashes.Ms Hamam said she wanted to become a police officer – because the only way she could see the force changing was if people of different backgrounds joined it. "If police treat us with respect we will reply with respect," she said. The centre’s research on racism revealed a widespread perception of police bias.
By Rita Daou A sleek official-looking convoy rolls up in front of Beirut’s Maronite patriarchate. No-one emerges. Seconds later a lone, humdrum jeep pops up. And out steps Lebanon’s Prime Minister Fuad Siniora.Such fake convoys are just one of the methods used by Lebanese politicians attempting to outwit potential attackers who have reportedly already compiled hit lists of their next targets.
