Breaking News – 09:43am GMT
Israeli commandos seize ship containing arms destined for Hezbollah. Ship was off the coast of Cyprus and had originated from Iran.
Lebanese Army refused to comment stating that the incident occurred outside Lebanon’s borders and outside its national waters. The contents of the ship are being unloaded at the Israeli port of Ashdod.
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Update: November 5, 2009
Hezbollah [...]
The Gulf
The war of words between Iran and the (pro-US) Arab World may have spilled onto AUB’s campus (its been bound to; its been on the streets of Lebanon forever):
The American University of Beirut (AUB) has canceled an exhibition, which was to display historical documents about the Persian Gulf.
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University officials canceled the event the night before [...]
Thumbs Up from the Time’s
Time Magazine has given rave reviews to the current political play titled: The Suleiman Era.
Expectations were low when the former head of the Lebanese Armed Forces, General Michel Suleiman, became president in May 2008 after a nearly two-year political crisis that ended in pitched battles between rival militias in the streets of Beirut.
Apparently, they are [...]
