19 November 2008
Iraq's top Shiite cleric said Tuesday that the U.S.-Iraqi security pact would only be viable if the country's main political groups backed it and it restored
the country's full sovereignty.
19 November 2008
Oil-laden Saudi super tanker Sirius Star seized by pirates out at sea was Tuesday off the coast of Somalia and the crew is unharmed, the US Navy and the
ship's operators said. The 318,000 deadweight tonnes Very Large Crude Carrier, the largest vessel to be seized by pirates in the region, was hijacked 450
miles east of Kenya on Sunday.
19 November 2008
British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said on Tuesday his talks with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad focused on ways of achieving a comprehensive peace
in the Middle East.
19 November 2008
Iran's Majlis on Tuesday gave vote of confidence to Sadeq Mahsouli, the president's nominee for portfolio of interior ministry. Out of 273 MPs who cast their
votes, 138 voted in favor, 112 against, and 20 abstained.
18 November 2008
The U.N.'s nuclear watchdog chief said Monday the agency needs more transparency from Syria and others to determine whether traces of uranium found at a site bombed by Israeli planes indicate Damascus was building a nuclear reactor there.
20 October 2008
President Michel Sleiman described his French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy's openness toward Damascus as a "brave move" which helped end Lebanon's 18-month
political crisis, the state-run National News Agency said on Saturday. Sleiman held a half hour meeting with Sarkozy on the sidelines of the 12th Francophone
summit in Quebec, Canada on Saturday.
20 October 2008
Prime Minister Fouad Siniora has complained to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon that Israel is constantly violating the terms of the UN resolution that ended
the 2006 war.
20 October 2008
United Nations Interim Forces in Lebanon (UNIFIL) on Sunday took a number of strict security measures aimed at protecting its bases and soldiers following
the arrest of three people accused of planning attacks against the peacekeeping forces, according to a report in Lebanon's National News Agency.
20 October 2008
The weekend witnessed competing ceremonies to honor the death of former National Liberal Party (NLP) leader Dani Chamoun, his wife, and his two sons. The
first ceremony was held by the NLP leader Dori Chamoun (Dani's brother) at a church near the party's headquarters in Sodeco, Achrafieh.
20 October 2008
Energy and Water Minister Alan Tabourian said on Friday that a draft law on offshore oil and gas exploration being prepared with Norwegian assistance could
be ready as early as February or March 2009.
17 October 2008
Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri called Parliament to convene on Tuesday to discuss and ratify the new law on the Constitutional Council and to elect members
of parliamentary committees.
