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Lebanon News
February 2009 |
Lebanonwire/Lebanon Bar
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| February
28 |
| U.N. court to ask Lebanon to hand over generals |
| Focus in Hariri assassination shifts to courtroom |
| Lebanon on "highest alert" before tribunal
opens |
| Hezbollah demands Lebanese generals be freed |
| Hezbollah 'ready for any confrontation with Israel' |
| U.S.: No normal Syria ties until it stops backing Hamas,
Hezbollah |
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| February
27 |
| Hariri to shun unity govt if Hezbollah wins poll |
| $395m budget to catch Hariri's murderer |
| Lebanese judge rejects release of four generals |
| Lebanon's Hariri to accept U.N. trial findings |
| Hariri killing suspects do not fear UN tribunal: lawyer |
| Iran assuming Mughniyeh role inside Hezbollah |
| Security fears hang over Lebanon vote - Gemayel |
| Obama offers support to Lebanese president |
| UN prosecutor vows to reveal the 'truth' in Hariri murder |
| Amnesty International says Hariri tribunal
"insufficient" |
| Hariri tribunal will end impunity in Lebanon - Siniora |
| Lebanon Press Highlights: February 27, 2009 |
| Lebanese leaders due to resume national dialogue |
| Legal analysts believe Hariri tribunal will take years |
| Lebanese army arrests 16 suspects in Chekka clashes |
| Lebanese Minister says Lebanon's debt highest in the
world |
| Lebanon could record a 4 percent growth in 2009 - Salameh |
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| February
26 |
| Boxed in by Washington, Assad may resort to border
violence |
| Lebanon confident on eve of Hariri tribunal |
| Hariri murder suspects languish in jail four years on |
| Lebanon Releases suspects ahead of Hariri tribunal |
| Lebanon: 6 Israeli jets fly over country |
| Maronite church say will excommunicate those who slander
Patriarch |
| Lebanon Press Highlights: February 26, 2009 |
| EU's Solana hopes for 'tension-free' Lebanon election |
| EU to work with any Lebanon government: Solana |
| Lebanese property firm unveils ‘Cedars Island’ |
| Israeli flag flies high in Lebanon, on film |
| Lebanese property firm unveils ‘Cedars Island’ |
| Lebanon budget deficit jumps to 27.3 percent |
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| February
25 |
| 4 rockets found near Lebanon-Israel border |
| Lebanon frees three suspects in Hariri killing |
| Former U.S. ambassador stresses Syrian role in Hariri's
assassination |
| Tribunal on Lebanon assassination to open Sunday |
| Leading figure of Lebanese majority movement found shot
dead |
| Lebanon Press Highlights: February 25, 2009 |
| Hariri Tribunal to seek Syria's help |
| EU foreign policy chief Solana arrives in Lebanon |
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| February
24 |
| Lebanon 'moves right way' on ID |
| Lebanon Press Highlights: February 24, 2009 |
| Lebanese defense minister meets Hariri case judge |
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| February
23 |
| Oscar's 'Waltz with Bashir' Breaks Barriers in Arab
World |
| 'Global jihad could be behind rockets' |
| Four arrested Lebanese generals will be transferred to
Hague |
| Lebanon Press Highlights: February 23, 2009 |
| Siniora pledges not to yield to threats or intimidation |
| Lebanon signs deal to receive electricty form Egypt |
| Security incidents cause downturn in Beirut markets |
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| February
22 |
| Lebanon rockets just one of Bibi's problems |
| New pro-Saudi group suspected of Katyusha attack from
Lebanon: report |
| Ex-spymaster: First Lebanon War was a Mossad success |
| Lebanon guerrillas fire rockets into Israel |
| Unrest in South Lebanon amid calls for restraint |
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| February
21 |
| Lebanese PM slams rocket attack, Israeli shelling |
| Hezbollah denies responsibility for firing rockets on
Israel |
| Army reinforces positions in southern Lebanon |
| Violence erupts on Israel-Lebanon border |
| Lebanon central bank chief got it right |
| Flares over Lebanese border after reports of missing
Israeli |
| Lebanon central bank chief got it right |
| Lebanon: Salameh calls for creation of Mediterranean bank |
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| February
20 |
| Piracy costing dear to Lebanon |
| Christian leader calls for calm after grenade attacks |
| Lebanon Press Highlights: February 20, 2009 |
| Report: Spy sold cars fitted with satellite tracking
devices to Hezbollah |
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| February
19 |
| ICG: Lebanon's Palestinian camps a 'time bomb' |
| Hezbollah updates security after suspect caught spying
for Israel |
| US senator urges Syria to end its alliance with Iran |
| Lebanon Press Highlights: February 19, 2009 |
| US wants Syria to help disarm Hezbollah: Kerry |
| Hezbollah adopts security changes after arrest of
Israeli spy |
| Gemayel asserts alliance with Murr in Metn elections |
| London Stock Exchange welcomes leading Lebanese bank |
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| February
18 |
| UN Hariri tribunal to start operating on March 1 |
| Family loses second airman in murder in Lebanon |
| Lebanese president urges U.S. to press Israel to accept
Arab initiative |
| Iran urges UN to probe "abduction of its
diplomats" in Beirut |
| Lebanese defense minister holds talks with Mubarak |
| Lebanon Press Highlights: February 18, 2009 |
| Lebanese authorities confirm arrest of Mossad spy in
Nabatiyeh |
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| February
17 |
| German train bomber among defendants in Lebanon terror
trial |
| One person hurt as 2 bombs explode in Beirut
neighborhoods |
| EU ready to send observers to monitor Lebanese
elections: commissioner |
| Lebanon Press Highlights: February 17, 2009 |
| Murr reaches 'final' alliance with Phalange Party |
| Lebanon annual inflation slows further in Jan - Central
Bank |
| Lebanon growth to decline from from 7 to 4 percent, study
says |
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| February
16 |
| Hezbollah chief seeks unity gov't after Lebanon elections |
| Hezbollah says it has the right to possess air defenses |
| Lebanon Druze leader urges calm after deadly clashes |
| EU pledges 4 million euros for Lebanon parliamentary
elections |
| Lebanon: Removal of religion from IDs 'positive but not
sufficient' |
| Ban expresses sorrow on Hariri murder anniversary |
| Lebanese army arrests spy working for Israeli
intelligence |
| Lebanon Press Highlights: February 16, 2009 |
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| February
15 |
| One dead after attacks following Hariri rally |
| Anti-Syrian party says one dead after Beirut clashes |
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| February
14 |
| Hundreds of thousands commemorate Hariri anniversary |
| Participants in Hariri anniversary attacked after rally |
| Lebanon Hariri rally shows support for court, poll |
| Washington moves toward dialogue with Damascus |
| U.S. Pledges Support For Hariri Tribunal |
| Lebanon marks fourth anniversary of Hariri killing |
| Lebanon: Kidnapping near the airport |
| Arab buying boom in London property market |
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| February
13 |
| Lebanon marks fourth Hariri murder anniversary |
| UN investigators to Syria on eve of Hariri's death
anniversary |
| France says it has transported Hariri documents to The
Hague |
| Israel warns of harsh response to any attack by Hezbollah |
| Canada backs UN move to try Hariri killers |
| EU Commissionaer Ferrero-Waldner to visit Damascus and
Beirut |
| Lebanon: UNRWA, EU inaugurate new secondary school in
Taalabaya |
| Lebanon Press Highlights: January 13, 2009 |
| Washington praises Lebanon's investment climate,
criticizes red tape |
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| February
12 |
| Obama reaffirms U.S. support for Hariri tribunal |
| Lebanon's Hariri would not join Hezbollah coalition |
| Lebanon moves to tackle religious discrimination |
| Isreal on high alert for fear of Hezbollah revenge
attack |
| Lebanon Press Highlights: February 12, 2009 |
| Fear of assassinations haunts Lebanon on Hariri
anniversary |
| Mystery terrorist was targeted for assassination |
| Israel troops near Lebanon are on full alert, security
source says |
| Hand grenade blast in Beirut, no casualties |
| Analysts question feasibility of avenging Mughniyeh
assassination |
| Gemayel perusing electoral pact with Murr,Tachnak |
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| February
11 |
| Lebanese believe outcome of Israeli elections will not
bring peace |
| Lebanese can remove confession from idetification:
Interior ministry |
| Gemayel hopes Aoun would reeturn to March 14 principles |
| Documents related to Hariri's murder transferred to
Hague |
| Lebanon Press Highlights: February 11, 2009 |
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| February
10 |
| Lebanon MPs warned of Islamist assassination threat |
| Ain al-Hilweh factions deny formation of new militant
group |
| Hariri murder probe files moved to Hague - Siniora |
| Ban denies launch of Hariri tribunal next month will
ignite crisis in Lebanon |
| UAE, Lebanon asserts importance of inter-Arab
conciliation |
| Geagea calls for massive participation in February 14
rally |
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| February
9 |
| Sfeir's rebuked for warning against March 8 triumph |
| Sfeir warns of 'historic dangers' if March 8 wins |
| Hezbollah commander Mughniyeh was assassinated by Mossad:
Report |
| Lebanese lawmakers warned against assassination threat |
| Lebanon 'to become non-permanent UN Security Council
member' |
| Declining oil prices to reduce income of oil producers:
IMF |
| Lebanon's Byblos Bank offers shares-to-GDR swap |
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| February
7 |
| In Lebanese camp, fears over Palestinian divisions |
| Report: Russian-donated MIG-29 to Lebanon
"unsafe" |
| Arab rift over Gaza raises stakes in Lebanon vote |
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| February
6 |
| U.S. Officials: Hezbollah Gaining in Latin America |
| Lebanon condemns Israeli seizure of ship |
| Ship activists held by Israel return to Lebanon |
| Lebanon Press Highlights: February 6, 2009 |
| Salameh urges Arab measure to limit effects of financial
crisis |
| Lebanon 09 growth less than 5 pct, IMF forecasts |
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| February
5 |
| Israel seizes Lebanese ship carrying aid for Gaza |
| Poland plans to end military missions in Lebanon, Golan,
Chad |
| Lebanon Press Highlights: February 5, 2009 |
| Israel intercepts Lebanese aid ship bound for Gaza |
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| February
4 |
| Barak: Syria-Hezbollah arms deal will prompt Israeli
action |
| Five rockets found in south Lebanon: army |
| Murr says will run in polls atop an independent Christian
list |
| Geagea: Wiretapping abuse led to assassinations |
| May Chidiac resigns form LBC, says 'time has come to say
goodbye' |
| Lebanon Press Highlights: February 4, 2009 |
| Central Bank governor warns against increased government
spending |
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| February
3 |
| Iran wants joint committee to probe missing diplomats |
| Israeli air force learned from its Lebanon war mistakes |
| Hezbollah Death Squads Gone Wild |
| Arab press feels the strains of economic crisis |
| Aid ship heads to Gaza from Lebanon |
| Islamic Group names candidates for Lebanon's
parliamentary elections |
| Jumblat stands against freezing Council of the South fund |
| Murr backs Bassil's stand over over wiretapping |
| Aoun calls for trying Siniora, Hariri and Jumblat for
harming Syria relations |
| Bellemare briefs Siniora on Hariri probe progress |
| Lebanon Press Highlights: February 3, 2009 |
| Lebanon: On Hold |
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| February
2 |
| Hariri says parliamentary elections to be held on time |
| Lebanon Press Highlights: February 2, 2009 |
| Calls for Lebanon's middle bloc gain steam |
| Lebanon: New Palestinian group 'planning attack' on
Egyptian embassy |
| Lower cellular rates finally in Beirut |
| Lebanon's EDL continues to strangle state finances |
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| February
1 |
| Lebanon's own Palm Jumeirah runs into opposition |
| Lebanon banks insulated from financial crisis |
| Israel: Hezbollah planning murder or abduction bid |
