In the presence of the Marina Towers Management and senior executives from Stow, the developers of the project, the Marina Court was officially launched during a lunch ceremony held at the Phoenicia Intercontinental Eau de Vie restaurant within a massive presence of the media and other prominent personalities.
During his welcoming speech, Farouk Kamal, General Manager of Marina Towers explained: ‘We are very sensitive to real estate and lifestyle trends, particularly when it comes to seaside marina life. We realized that there was a huge demand from yacht setters for smaller surface areas. The demand was international, were quite a few expats, young couples, single executives contacted us wanting the lifestyle without the burden of space that was too big. The minute the need was pinpointed, plans where rolled out for a building that would be faithful to Beirut’s most luxurious waterfront development whilst catering to a different slice of the yacht set community.’
BEIRUT, 6 December (IRIN) – Following the discovery of the second mass grave in Lebanon within a month, international watchdog Amnesty International urged the Lebanese government to take immediate action to ensure that evidence at grave sites was properly preserved."Amnesty International has received reports that the exhumations of bodies in mass graves are not being carried out with the appropriate level of care," the rights group stated on Monday. "There are fears that bodies may be damaged and potential evidence lost." 
BEIRUT, 5 Dec 2005 (IRIN) – Government ministries and civil society groups in the capital Beirut are collaborating for the first time to tackle the issue of violence against women, the open discussion of which is still considered taboo in some segments of Lebanese society.Falling under the international 
Beirut, 6 Dec. (AKI) – German prosecutor Detlev Mehlis, the head of a UN probe into the assassination of former Lebanese premier Rafik Hariri, will leave the post even if the investigation is extended beyond its 15 December deadline. A spokesman for Mehlis who asked not to be identified by name, said on Tuesday that the German prosecutor had indicated when he took on the job in June that he could only committ himself for a period no longer than seven months. 
Amman/Brussels, 5 December 2005: The international community must put aside its own agendas and take steps to sustain Lebanon
ANJAR, Lebanon, Dec 4 (Reuters) – Lebanese forces excavated a suspected third mass grave on Sunday, a day after unearthing 25 decomposed corpses in an eastern town that was the headquarters of Syrian intelligence for three decades. Security forces were digging for more bodies at the third site near two other mass graves close to an old onion farm in the eastern town of Anjar, long used by Syrian intelligence as a notorious interrogation centre. 
A cedar of Lebanon was planted in the square in front of the Paris city hall today in homage to Samir Kassir, a journalist with French and Lebanese dual citizenship who was murdered in Beirut on 2 June. The ceremony was organised by Reporters Without Borders, the Kassir family and the Paris city administration.City of Paris representative Christian Sautter, Reporters Without Borders secretary-general Robert M
