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“Lebanese Prime Minister Emile Lahoud”
You can ignore Israel National News when they called former Lebanese President Emile Lahore but when Abu Dhabi-based The National gets it so wrong, it leaves you with alot of questions.
This was taken from an article published today concerning Mohammed Zuhair al Siddiq who is still in a UAE prison although he has completed his [...]
Speeding Up Lebanon’s Snail-Net
Good news for people in Lebanon hoping to watch YouTube without the constant disruptions by mid-viewing downloads:
The Lebanese government is planning on buying an additional 45 gigabytes of international internet bandwidth for $45 million in the coming few months said an IT expert on Sunday.
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[Riad] Bahsoun, who is the general manager of the Telecommunication Information Technology [...]
Data’Bank’ Breach at HSBC
The story remains sketchy for the time being (it supposedly occured 3 years ago and is now just being investigated), but apparently a HSBC employee stole data on the bank’s high-value customers and was trying to sell the information to a Lebanese bank:
Banking giant HSBC has said that 15,000 Private Bank customers may have been affected [...]
“Now it’s like Beirut”
A 31-year resident of the Australian town of Altona Meadows has had enough:
Altona Meadows is being ruined by selfish residents with no respect for their neighbours, says Trevor, an emergency services worker who has lived in Shirley St for 31 years.
“Ten years ago this was the most beautiful street in Altona Meadows,” he says.
“Now it’s [...]
Restart for Natour Development
Just when Cedar Island has hit the wave breakers, Natour Development up north has finally released lifted its anchor:
The $500m Natour development is no longer on hold and the project developer says design work will be completed by June.
The Natour project, located near Anfeh, south of Tripoli, covers an area of 485,000 square meters, and [...]
