Arms Stretched in Corruption
What do yo get when you cross a Lebanese millionaire and a British politician? Well, whatever it is, it can’t be good:
David Cameron was yesterday challenged to come clean over “shadowy” donations from a company owned by an ex-arms dealer. Lebanese billionaire Fouad Makhzoumi’s firm has given £100,000 in the last four years. As an [...]
But He Called Me Stupid
You’d think after you’ve crossed the threshold of age 8, you shouldn’t experience such childish behavior:
A Lebanese man recounted in court on Tuesday how his ex-boss libelled him on Facebook and claimed he incurred “enormous damages” on what he described as the UAE’s primary e-social networking tool…”The suspect, who posted the comments, called me bad [...]
Lebanon Island Under Construction
No, I’m not talking about the Cedar Island project off Lebanon’s coast; I’m talking about the Lebanon Island project off Dubai’s coast. Indian national, Mr. Wakheel Ahmed, the owner of the island plans to construct:
…a resort comprising 76 suites, 10 water cottages, a health club, a swimming pool, restaurants and suite rooms.
Work on the project [...]
GeekFest Coming to Beirut
Alexander from Fake Plastic Souks has the news:
Yesterday we committed to running GeekFest in Beirut, Lebanon. The plan is to hold the first event at the end of January 2010 – Saadia and I will be working with the amazing (to steal a catchphrase) Alexandra Tohme, whom many will know from her work at Zawya [...]
Celebrating Lebanese Independence Day a Crime
That’s according to the UAE’s Gulf News newspaper. The article just mentions the celebrations held at the Lebanese Consulate in Dubai. But here is the interesting part, check out the URL of the article:
http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/crime/lebanese-expats-celebrate-66th-independence-day-1.531573
Not only that, here’s a screenshot of the website:
I’ve sent both Gulf News and the Lebanese Consulate a heads-up on the article. [...]
