http://yalibnan.com/ Lebanon News Live from Beirut Copyright 2008 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:31:43 +0200 http://yalibnan.com/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Beirut - After a little over a year of inaugurating its controversial but apparently successful plastic surgery loan, Lebanon’s First National Bank (FNB) has launched yet another initiative, this time, the world’s first fertility loan.]]> http://yalibnan.com/site/archives/2008/08/plastic_surgery.php http://yalibnan.com/site/archives/2008/08/plastic_surgery.php Arts & Culture Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:31:43 +0200 By Peter Hirschberg With the eruption of fighting between Russia and Georgia, Israel has found itself in an awkward position as a result of its arms sales to Georgia, caught between its friendly relations with Georgia and its fear that the continued sale of weaponry will spark Russian retribution in the form of increased arms sales to Iran and Syria. http://yalibnan.com/site/archives/2008/08/cold_war_brewin.php http://yalibnan.com/site/archives/2008/08/cold_war_brewin.php Politics Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:25:47 +0200 Beirut - As expected the parliament failed during the Tuesday session to adopt the bill on the electoral division. Speaker Berri adjourned the legislative session and returned the bill to the parliamentary Administration and Justice Committee and asked for a revised bill to be returned to the http://yalibnan.com/site/archives/2008/08/wednesday_news_10.php http://yalibnan.com/site/archives/2008/08/wednesday_news_10.php Politics Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:57:16 +0200 Beirut - A Lebanese court has issued an arrest warrant for the Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi over the abduction of a senior ayatollah 30 years ago. http://yalibnan.com/site/archives/2008/08/lebanon_issues_4.php http://yalibnan.com/site/archives/2008/08/lebanon_issues_4.php Politics Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:03:42 +0200 Amman- Jordan on Wednesday offered to supply Lebanon with between 50 and 70 megawatts of electricity daily for the coming 16 months, the Jordanian Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Khaldoun Qteishat said. http://yalibnan.com/site/archives/2008/08/jordan_to_help.php http://yalibnan.com/site/archives/2008/08/jordan_to_help.php Politics Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:54:57 +0200 Beirut- The high death toll of migrant domestic workers in Lebanon, from unnatural causes, shows the urgent need to improve their working conditions, Human Rights Watch said today. http://yalibnan.com/site/archives/2008/08/hrw_calls_for_i.php http://yalibnan.com/site/archives/2008/08/hrw_calls_for_i.php Arts & Culture Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:35:38 +0200 Jerusalem - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Tuesday urged Israel to stop expanding settlements on disputed territory hours after a new report came out saying the Jewish state has nearly doubled such activity in the past year. http://yalibnan.com/site/archives/2008/08/rice_settlement.php http://yalibnan.com/site/archives/2008/08/rice_settlement.php Politics Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:14:12 +0200 Beirut - The focus in Lebanon today will be the parliament session and the discussions on the new electoral law including the division of the electoral districts. The opposition wants this on the agenda , while the ruling majority wants the discussions on this item postponed until the Administration and Judicial committee http://yalibnan.com/site/archives/2008/08/tuesday_news_br_6.php http://yalibnan.com/site/archives/2008/08/tuesday_news_br_6.php Politics Tue, 26 Aug 2008 07:59:28 +0200 Denver- Below are the prepared remarks of Michelle Obama, wife of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, for her address to the Democratic National Convention on Monday night in Denver, as released by the Obama campaign: http://yalibnan.com/site/archives/2008/08/michelle_obamas.php http://yalibnan.com/site/archives/2008/08/michelle_obamas.php Politics Tue, 26 Aug 2008 07:37:06 +0200 Beirut - Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah vowed yesterday to destroy Israel if it carries out threats to hit Lebanon should the government give greater legitimacy to the Shia militant group. http://yalibnan.com/site/archives/2008/08/hezbollah_warns_1.php http://yalibnan.com/site/archives/2008/08/hezbollah_warns_1.php Politics Mon, 25 Aug 2008 10:18:05 +0200