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Pound for Pound (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
Beirut, "Nantes" ( YSI link ) I had a seriously shitty, emotional night last night and this was the only song I wanted to hear. I've listened to it close to 50 times on the L ride over and back and walking around and whatnot tonight and I needed to post this up late night to clear out of some of the bad vibes for sleep. It's Beirut's "Nantes" and I consider it to be the best song of the last 25 years,...
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The Telegraph India (Free subscription) | 15 hours ago
New Delhi: Dempo coach Armando Colaco would like to take a cautious approach when his team take on Lebanese outfit Safa in the first leg of the AFC Cup semi-final at the Sports City Stadium in Beirut on Tuesday.
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
Amman- The Jordanian Foreign Ministry said Tuesday that it was closely following up on the abduction of a Jordanian family in Beirut with the Lebanese authorities. A Jordanian mother and her three daughters, aged eight, five and three, were kidnapped...
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Daily Star (Free subscription) | yesterday
Congestion at the Port of Beirut has become a major concern among traders, shipping companies and the Port Authority, despite the large revenues that are being generated from the rapid growth in the number of containers coming through the facility.
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Times of the Internet (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
BEIRUT, Lebanon, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- A Jordanian woman and her three daughters have been kidnapped in Lebanon for non-political reasons, a Jordanian Foreign Ministry source told local media Sunday. KUNA, the Kuwaiti news agency, reported an unnamed source told the Jordanian Al-Ghad daily newspaper the abduction of the woman and her daughters, ages 3, 5 and 7, happened Thursday near a Beirut hotel as they...
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Daily News Analysis (Free subscription) | 17 hours ago
When Armando Colaco's boys take the field at the National Stadium in Beirut on Tuesday, they will hope to better their own record
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Ya Libnan | Lebanon News Live from (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Beirut - Syria on Tuesday has reportedly expanded its troop buildup near Lebanon's northern border, deploying tanks on its frontier with the northern Bekaa Valley.
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YaLibnan (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
Beirut - The U.S. Embassy issued a travel warning to American citizens living in Lebanon alerting them to possible violent actions around Mid October 2008 that will be targeting Americans Here is the text of the travel warning in the form of a warden Message The U.S. Embassy is concerned about the potential for groups or individuals to exploit the end of the holy month of Ramadan to undertake violent...
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StarTribune.com (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
A narrow escape from Beirut inspired a U freshman to offer tech support to raise money for refugees.
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Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
A narrow escape from Beirut inspired a U freshman to offer tech support to raise money for refugees.
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 17 hours ago
BEIRUT, Lebanon -- The United States and Lebanon on Monday set up a joint military commission to bolster military cooperation - a move that follows the first visit by the newly elected Lebanese president to Washington.
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Daily Star (Free subscription) | yesterday
A Jordanian woman and her three daughters disappeared last week in Beirut, according to Monday's issue of An-Nahar newspaper. The daily reported that Jordanian Motaz Yassine Mahmoudi arrived in Beirut last Wednesday to celebrate Eid al-Fitr along with his wife Hajar Abou Salim and three daughters Rahaf, Roa and Ranad.
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Daily Star (Free subscription) | yesterday
American University of Beirut (AUB) president Peter F. Dorman told students, faculty and staff at the inaugural ceremony for the 2008-09 academic year on Monday that the fact that no one possesses "absolute truth" makes education and learning all the more exciting and dynamic.
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The Media Mob (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Atlantic 's PR reps just sent out some PDFs of the magazine's new look, as overseen and conceived by editor James Bennet and Pentagram's Michael Bierut . In an essay in the November issue of the 151-year-old magazine, Mr. Beirut writes: I was both honored and daunted to receive the commission to create a new design for The Atlantic . I know the magazine well, having been a faithful reader for...
