Russia stands by Hezbollah on Der Spiegel
25 May 2009: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov condemns as 'provocative' a recent report by a German magazine, which attempts to link Hezbollah with Hariri's death. In a smear campaign German magazine Der Spiegel published a report on Saturday, claiming that itLebanon charges ex-general with spying for Israel
23 Apr 2009: BEIRUT, April 23 - A Lebanese prosecutor on Thursday charged a former general and three other people with spying for Israel and referred them to the military court. Adeeb al-Alam, a retired brigadier general of the prominent General Security directorate,South Korean troops under UNIFIL suspend mission but to stay in Lebanon
04 Sep 2009: BEIRUT, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- The South Korean troops working under the command of UN Interim Forces in Lebanon (UNIFIL) suspended Saturday their mission in southern Lebanon, local Elnashra website reported. The South Korean chief of staff office said thatClashes near US embassy
07 Jan 2009: Lebanese security forces dispersed demonstrators on Sunday outside the American embassy at Aokar using water hoses and tear gas. According to press reports, some 150 demonstrators belonging to the Lebanese Communist Party gathered outside the embassy inThousands of Lebanese join protests
06 Jan 2009: BEIRUT: Lebanese police have used water hoses to disperse protesters rallying against Israel's Gaza ground offensive near the US Embassy, north of Beirut. More than 500 university students hurled sticks at police yesterday and tried to break through theGlobal guidebook takes Lebanese real estate down a peg in terms of cost
05 Jan 2009: BEIRUT: The Global Property Guide's annual report on real estate investment trends around the world indicated that Lebanon ranked in 60th place globally, up from 62nd place in 2007, and 4th among 10 markets in the MiddleIsrael-Hizbullah saber rattling raises UN concerns
27 Nov 2008: BEIRUT: The intensification of violent rhetoric between Israel and Lebanon was to be discussed Wednesday during a United Nations Security Council meeting on UN chief Ban Ki-moon's most recent report on the implementation of Security Council ResolutionNasrallah and al-Hariri enter talks
28 Oct 2008: Hassan Nasrallah, the secretary-general of Hezbollah, has held talks with his political rival Saad al-Hariri, leader of Lebanon's parliamentary majority, a statement issued by both sides has said. The meeting on Sunday was the first between the twoLebanon announces unity cabinet
11 Jul 2008: Lebanon has announced a new 30-member national unity government, seven weeks after an agreement brokered by Qatar brought the country back from the brink of civil war. Fouad Siniora, reinstated as Lebanon's prime minister, announced the new cabinetslashnews
Major quake shakes eastern city of Van
A 7.2-magnitude earthquake hit eastern Turkey yesterday, triggering the collapse of buildings and killing many people, according
to officials and experts. At least 50 people were taken to the single hospital in the city of Van, Anatolia news agency said,
The wretched scandal of Gaza
Past bombed suburbs and scrubland stands the house on the frontier of hell. Once, Abdullah Wahdem's home was a pleasant villa set
in the citrus groves of northern Gaza. Now its cream stucco frontage is pitted by the bullets and artillery salvos that
From Hate to Love -
Story of Adiy ibn Hatim
In the ninth year of the Hijrah, an 'Arab king made the first positive moves to Islam after years of feeling hatred for it. He
drew closer to faith (iman) after opposing arid combating it. And he finally pledged allegiance to the Prophet, peace be on him,
Microsoft Bing in search deal with China’s
Baidu
Microsoft has signed a deal with China’s top search engine, Baidu, to provide the site with censored web search services in
English. Baidu, which dominates 83 per cent of the local market and whose success is built on its Chinese language services, said
