Owner of a dairy plant kidnapped in Lebanon

Ahmed Zeidan, the owner of Liban Lait, one of the largest dairy companies in Lebanon was kidnapped by gunmen at gunpoint in Talia a Bekaa town in Eastern Lebanon , National News Agency ( NNA) reported.

The five gunmen reportedly forced the owner of Liban Lait, (more…)

Germany probes if Iran pondering attacks on US targets, report

German media are reporting that prosecutors are investigating suspicions that Iran might be planning attacks on American targets in the country. (more…)

EU powers to circulate UN Syria draft resolution

Britain, France, Germany and Portugal soon plan to circulate a new draft U.N. resolution condemning Syria that drops calls for immediate sanctions against Damascus, diplomats said on Tuesday. (more…)

Reports: Shots fired near open-air papal Mass in Germany

Facing discontent within his German flock, Pope Benedict XVI made a gesture by meeting with victims of clerical sex abuse as he called for Roman Catholics in the former communist East to rediscover their faith.

An estimated 30,000 people gathered Saturday before dawn in the cobblestone square beneath the soaring spires of Erfurt’s medieval cathedral for an open-air Mass (more…)

E. coli outbreaks in Europe linked to Egyptian seeds

E. coli outbreaks in Germany and France could have come from seeds sourced in Egypt, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control has said.

A report said there was still “much uncertainty”, but fenugreek seeds imported in 2009 and 2010 “had been implicated in both outbreaks”. (more…)

Germany: E Coli traced to bean sprouts

The E coli outbreak in Northern Germany has been traced to a single bean-sprout farm near Hamburg, John Dalli, European commissioner in charge of health and consumer policy, confirmed Saturday. (more…)

Germany’s Merkel lands in India after Iran blocks plane

Iran briefly refused to allow a plane carrying German Chancellor Angela Merkel to India to enter its airspace, forcing the government aircraft to circle over Turkey for almost two hours before giving clearance. (more…)

Germany to deport 200 lebanese charged with crimes

Germany sent Lebanese the authorities a list of 200 Lebanese nationals residing in Germany whom it intends to deport after having charged them with various criminal offenses, including some theft and rape cases, AFP reported on Friday. (more…)

Turkey joins NATO in Libya military action

TURKEY’S parliament overnight approved sending a naval force off Libya as the Islamist-rooted government moved reluctantly to join military action in the conflict-torn country despite anger at Western-led air raids. (more…)

Libyan rebels form ‘interim government’

Libya’s pro-democracy fighters have formed an “interim government” even as forces backing the country’s leader, Muammar Gaddafi, press ahead with attacks against them.

Heading up the new government as an interim prime minister is Mahmoud Jibril, who had been working as a representative to foreign powers.
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