http://yalibnan.com/ Lebanon News Live from Beirut Copyright 2009 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:01:57 +0200 http://yalibnan.com/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Beirut- Hezbollah's Shura Council held a meeting recently and decided not to participate in the new government according to informed sources of Lebanese news Agency al Markaziyah. http://yalibnan.com/site/archives/2009/07/hezbollah_opted.php http://yalibnan.com/site/archives/2009/07/hezbollah_opted.php Politics Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:01:57 +0200 Beirut - Speculation continues in Lebanon over the formation of the new national unity government and many are predicting that it will see the light within 2 weeks. Prime minister designate MP Saad Hariri left yesterday for Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, reportedly to provide the answers to the Syrian questions http://yalibnan.com/site/archives/2009/07/thursday_news_b_54.php http://yalibnan.com/site/archives/2009/07/thursday_news_b_54.php Politics Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:30:08 +0200 A 12-year-old girl thought to be the only survivor of the Yemenia air crash has told how she was thrown into the ocean and watched her aircraft sink. Baya Bakari told her father at a hospital in Yemen that she heard voices around her in the Indian Ocean, but could not see anyone. http://yalibnan.com/site/archives/2009/07/yemenia_crash_s.php http://yalibnan.com/site/archives/2009/07/yemenia_crash_s.php Travel & Leisure Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:31:00 +0200 Beirut - Prime minister designate Saad Hariri met yesterday with president Michel Suleiman to go over the portfolio demands of the various political factions in the new government. According to reports circulating in Beirut the two leaders did not try to discuss any particular government formula. http://yalibnan.com/site/archives/2009/07/wednesday_news_53.php http://yalibnan.com/site/archives/2009/07/wednesday_news_53.php Politics Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:40:53 +0200 By George Friedman Speaking of the situation in Iran, U.S. President Barack Obama said June 26, “We don’t yet know how any potential dialogue will have been affected until we see what has happened inside of Iran.” http://yalibnan.com/site/archives/2009/06/analysis_the_re.php http://yalibnan.com/site/archives/2009/06/analysis_the_re.php Opinion Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:18:28 +0200 Beirut - Gen. David Petraeus, Commander of US Central Command, arrived in Beirut on a military aircraft Tuesday and went directly to Baabda Republican palace for talks with Lebanese President Michel Suleiman. http://yalibnan.com/site/archives/2009/06/petraeus_in_bei.php http://yalibnan.com/site/archives/2009/06/petraeus_in_bei.php Politics Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:40:40 +0200 Baghdad - Iraqi forces have assumed formal control of security in Baghdad and other cities after U.S. combat troops withdrew from urban areas. A countdown clock broadcast on Iraqi TV ticked to zero as the midnight deadline passed for combat troops to pull back. http://yalibnan.com/site/archives/2009/06/baghdad_proclai.php http://yalibnan.com/site/archives/2009/06/baghdad_proclai.php Politics Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:17:27 +0200 Beirut - Prime Minister-designate MP Saad Hariri was upbeat yesterday following the consultations with the parliamentary blocs over the formation of a new cabinet : “No formula for the cabinet has been crystallized yet but all the blocs have shown openness and coop http://yalibnan.com/site/archives/2009/06/tuesday_news_br_48.php http://yalibnan.com/site/archives/2009/06/tuesday_news_br_48.php Politics Tue, 30 Jun 2009 08:54:42 +0200 Beirut - Despite the fact that Speaker Nabih Berri's parliamentary bloc was the only group in the opposition that supported the nomination of Saad Hariri as the next prime minister, supporters of his Amal movement and Hariri's al Mustaqbal movement clashed last night in the predominantly http://yalibnan.com/site/archives/2009/06/monday_news_bri_52.php http://yalibnan.com/site/archives/2009/06/monday_news_bri_52.php Mon, 29 Jun 2009 08:32:55 +0200 Beirut - As expected president Michel Suleiman issued a decree designating MP Saad Hariri as the next prime minister . Hariri accepted the nomination and vowed to form a homogeneous and consensus government that is able to function away from obstruction. Hariri is expected to http://yalibnan.com/site/archives/2009/06/sunday_news_bri_54.php http://yalibnan.com/site/archives/2009/06/sunday_news_bri_54.php Politics Sun, 28 Jun 2009 08:29:27 +0200 Beirut - Prime Minister-designate and parliament majority leader MP Saad Hariri vowed on Saturday to form a homogeneous and consensus government that is able to function away from obstruction. http://yalibnan.com/site/archives/2009/06/hariri_vows_to.php http://yalibnan.com/site/archives/2009/06/hariri_vows_to.php Politics Sat, 27 Jun 2009 18:47:37 +0200 Beirut - After yesterday's premiership consultations it has become crystal clear that MP Saad Hariri is destined to form the next government. The question is how will this new government look like. Many math formulas are circulating in Lebanon about the form of the next government http://yalibnan.com/site/archives/2009/06/saturday_news_b_49.php http://yalibnan.com/site/archives/2009/06/saturday_news_b_49.php Politics Sat, 27 Jun 2009 08:22:34 +0200 By Dirk Smillie Since last fall, Shahram Homayoun has turned the audience of his satellite TV channel into a militia of activists. He's the founder of the "Ma Hastim" (We Exist) Iranian human rights movement, which grew out of meetings at Tehran bakeries organized by announcements on his satellite channel. http://yalibnan.com/site/archives/2009/06/satelite_tv_ira.php http://yalibnan.com/site/archives/2009/06/satelite_tv_ira.php Politics Sat, 27 Jun 2009 06:35:53 +0200 Beirut - As expected MP Nabih Berri was reelected as the speaker of The Lebanese parliament for the fifth term and Farid Makari was reelected as his deputy. What was not expected was the low number of votes attained by both. Berri is reportedly angry for receiving less than 100 votes http://yalibnan.com/site/archives/2009/06/friday_news_bri_54.php http://yalibnan.com/site/archives/2009/06/friday_news_bri_54.php Politics Fri, 26 Jun 2009 08:32:43 +0200 By Karin Laub, Tehran - Iran's key opposition leader said Thursday for the first time that he is being isolated by authorities and pressured to drop his presidential election challenge, while the declared winner of the vote, http://yalibnan.com/site/archives/2009/06/iran_arrests_70.php http://yalibnan.com/site/archives/2009/06/iran_arrests_70.php Politics Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:29:35 +0200 Beirut - The good news in Lebanon today is the fact that the Lebanese parliament is expected to meet this morning to elect its speaker and his deputy, but the sad news is the fact that the same speaker who kidnapped the parliament for two years will be returning for the fifth time http://yalibnan.com/site/archives/2009/06/thursday_news_b_53.php http://yalibnan.com/site/archives/2009/06/thursday_news_b_53.php xxx.FRONTPAGE Thu, 25 Jun 2009 08:26:15 +0200 By Parisa Hafezi and Fredrik Dahl Tehran - Iran's reformist opposition leaders vowed to press on with legal challenges to an election they say was rigged, even as the hardline government appeared on Thursday to have largely crushed mass street protests. http://yalibnan.com/site/archives/2009/06/irans_oppositio.php http://yalibnan.com/site/archives/2009/06/irans_oppositio.php Politics Thu, 25 Jun 2009 07:00:10 +0200 By Oliver Klaus Dubai - Iran has unexpectedly fired one of its senior oil officials amid ongoing unrest on the streets of Tehran. "I am no longer the deputy oil minister for planning from yesterday," Akbar Torkan told Dow Jones Newswires by telephone late Monday. He didn't provide a reason for his removal from office. http://yalibnan.com/site/archives/2009/06/iran_fires_oil.php http://yalibnan.com/site/archives/2009/06/iran_fires_oil.php Politics Thu, 25 Jun 2009 06:29:57 +0200 Special to Ya Libnan
"If we are victorious in one more battle... we shall be utterly ruined".]]> http://yalibnan.com/site/archives/2009/06/how_to_lose_ele.php http://yalibnan.com/site/archives/2009/06/how_to_lose_ele.php xxx.FEATURED Thu, 25 Jun 2009 04:52:30 +0200 BY Helen Kennedy Her name is Neda, which means "voice" in Farsi, and her death has become the central rallying cry of the Iranian rebellion. The fresh-faced teenage girl killed by what appears to be a single sniper shot on the streets of Tehran Saturday is now a potent symbol for Iran's pro-democracy protesters. http://yalibnan.com/site/archives/2009/06/brutally_killed.php http://yalibnan.com/site/archives/2009/06/brutally_killed.php Opinion Wed, 24 Jun 2009 07:30:31 +0200