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Saturday, November 21, 2009 4:31 PM

Beirut

Type: City

Name: Beirut

Country: Lebanon

Latitude: 33.880001

Longitude: 35.5

population: 1,252,010

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 8 Documents (in Politics)

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF/ICEF)

School drop-out rate high

The school dropout rate among Palestinian refugees in Lebanon is alarmingly high with 50 percent of 17-year-olds and 40 percent of 16-year-olds receiving no education, UN officials warned on Friday. 'We are sounding the alarm that the dropout rate is ... [iafrica.com - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Refugees, Child Labour, Lebanon, United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF/ICEF)

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 2 Documents

Four Seasons Hotel Beirut to open in December

Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts has announced the launch its Beirut property in December, which will be followed by properties in China, two in the US, and one in Morocco during 2010.Approaching 50 years of operation, with an expanding portfolio of 82 ... [Trade Arabia - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Beirut, Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, China, Venice (Italy), Hangzhou

First Reported 14 hours ago - Updated 13 hours ago - 2 Documents (in Environment)

Global warming to hit Arab states

BEIRUT: Global warming will have a severe impact on Arab states where water is already scarce, a regional report warned on Thursday ahead of next month's Copenhagen environment summit.Some of the most feared effects include depletion of agricultural land, ... [The News International - 13 hours ago]

Entities: Global Warming/Climate Change, Copenhagen, Fresh Water, Beirut

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 2 Documents (in Environment)

Second annual AFED conference kicks off in Beirut

- Powered by BEIRUT: The second Annual Conference of the Arab for Environment and Development (AFED) got under way in Beirut on Thursday with a dire warning: We are not doing enough to prevent catastrophe.With less than three weeks to go before the COP15 ... [Lebanon Daily Star - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Global Warming/Climate Change, Beirut, Copenhagen, Environment

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 14 hours ago - 2 Documents

Saad Hariri

Hariri welcomes economic benefits of stronger EU ties

- Powered by BEIRUT: Prime Minister Saad Hariri renewed on Friday Lebanons commitment to its partnership with Europe. Lebanon has always been the portal of Europe to the Mediterranean and the portal of the Mediterranean to Europe as well, Hariri said. ... [Lebanon Daily Star - 14 hours ago]

Entities: Saad Hariri, Lebanon, Adnan Kassar, European Union

First Reported 22 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 2 Documents

Lebanon fires Israeli drone

BEIRUT, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- The Lebanese Armed Forces issued a statement on Saturday saying that it launched anti-aircraft defense fire toward an Israeli drone violating Lebanese air space, the official National News Agency reported.The statement said ... [Xinhua News Agency - 2 hours ago]

Entities: Lebanon, Beirut, Altitude

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 2 Documents

Fatah Party

Lebanese Body Find May Be British Journalist

Dominic Waghorn, Middle East correspondentForensic experts may have discovered the remains of a British journalist kidnapped by Palestinians a quarter of a century ago in Lebanon. Lebanese security officials say a British team searching for the body ... [Sky News - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Beirut, Abd-al-Rahman Ismail Abdallah Talab, Air Attack, Tripoli (Libya), Fatah Party

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 2 Documents (in Politics)

Lebanese army chief: We are strong due to military's strength

BEIRUT, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) -- Lebanese Army commander General Jean Kahwagi said that the army's key mission is to defend the country against Israel, adding that Lebanon is strong as a result of its military's strength. 'The army is the state's backbone ... [Xinhua News Agency - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Lebanon, Military/Armed Forces, Israel, Army

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents

Last chance to book industry fares to Europe/Middle East/USA/Singapore/South

Airfares:CLASSCORAL CLASSPEARL CLASSTOEXMEL/SYDBNEMEL/SYDBNEAthens, London, Manchester, Paris, Frankfurt, Geneva, Istanbul, Larnaca, Munich, Brussels, Casablanca, Brussels, Milan, Moscow, DublinReturn$849$849$4,779$4,779Abu Dhabi, Amman, Beirut, Damascus, ... [e-Travel Blackboard - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Singapore, Taxes, Brussels, Manchester

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents

Beirut is born-again

Strolling along the Corniche, which runs along the northernmost stretch of Beirut's Mediterranean seaboard, on a warm Saturday evening, dodging power walkers, promenaders and soignée women with dogs in their handbags, it was striking how very good-looking ... [LebWeb.com - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Beirut

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents

ATFP extends $30 million line of credit to Bank Audi

- Powered by BEIRUT: A $30 million line of credit agreement was signed in Beirut on November 18, 2009, between the Arab Trade Financing Program (ATFP), based in Abu Dhabi, and Bank Audi sal Audi Saradar Group, a designated national agency of the Program ... [Lebanon Daily Star - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Bank Audi, American Task Force on Palestine (ATFP), Beirut, Lebanon

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Environment)

Hariri to champion strong stance on climate change

- Powered by BEIRUT: Prime Minister Saad Hariri will champion a strong stance during an upcoming global climate-change conference in Copenhagen, activists said Wednesday. During a visit to the prime minister, a delegation from the League of Independent ... [Lebanon Daily Star - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Saad Hariri, Global Warming/Climate Change, Lebanon

Quotes

...efforts to reform its economic legislations with a view to creating the conditions conducive to FDI and luring foreign investors," he pointed out. "Kuwait, under the visionary leadership of His Highness the Amir, is mobilizing its resources to transform into a regional financial and commercial hub" Al-Saq'abi affirmed...

Kuwait safe haven for foreign investment Al-Saq'abi [Arab Times - 6 hours ago]

...Ronald Hajj, GM Levant at FVC, said: "The new space will allow us to increase the frequency and efficiency of our TechCafes and Workshops. This will help our partners understand and stay updated on the latest technology and also use these as 'proof of concept' centres for their customers."

FVC expands operations in Levant and North Africa [AME Info - 9 hours ago]

The AFED report, released in Beirut, said sea level rise will mostly threaten Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Tunisia, affecting "one to three per cent of land in these countries." In Egypt, the Arab world's most populous nation, more than 12 per cent of the country's best agricultural land in the Nile Delta is at risk from sea...

Global warming to hit Arab states [The News International - 13 hours ago]

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Blogs

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The World Cup is not a democracy [SBS Blogs - 11/17/2009] The distribution of spots in World Cup finals has been the subject of intense debate ever since the tournament grew from 16 to 24 teams in 1982. And there seems ...
Obama's Out-Reach to Syria is Another Foreign P... [YID With LID - 11/17/2009] The day after he was elected then President-elect Barack Obama sent Anti-Israel adviser Robert Mally to reach out to Syria. WASHINGTON [MENL] -- Presidential-elect ...
Syria Undermining UNSCR 1701 Slows Rapprochemen... [Counterterrorism Blog - 11/16/2009] During its first year in office, the Obama Administration has invested heavily in improving relations with Syria. Not only have several senior American political ...
Surge Lite [NO QUARTER - 11/15/2009] Editor’s Note: On Sundays at 11:00 ET, Larry Johnson joins the “experts panel” weekly on my West Coast syndicated radio show. Listen via KFI-AM. Very Limited ...
Terror Front Behind Biggest Counterterrorism Se... [Atlas Shrugs - 11/13/2009] Today in the biggest counterterrorism seizures in U.S. history: Feds Seize N.Y. skyscraper, 4 mosques - prosecutors said the Alavi Foundation, the terror front ...

Audio/Video

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Hariri forms unity government - 10 Nov 09 [Al Jazeera - YouTube - 11/10/2009]
No smoking in Lebanon? [CNN International - YouTube - 11/09/2009]
No smoking in Lebanon? [CNN.com - Video - 11/09/2009]
"Beirut" from inside a tank [Reuters Video: Entertainment - 09/10/2009]
Biden pledges US support in Beirut [Reuters Video: Top News - 05/22/2009]

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