Minister Fattoush sues MTV over Jeita Grotto report

Minister Nicolas Fattoush filed a lawsuit against MTV's Joyce Akiki over a report she did on the Jeita Grotto and the "Mapas" company that's supposedly managing the Grotto. Looking at the video, local authorities should be the ones investigating this minister and not him suing journalists. Added to that, I am wondering now if it was also "Mapas" that got Jeita Grotto in the N7W competition and made us lose hundreds of thousands of dollars…

“Doshka” is allowed in Lebanon

Few days ago, I read on a Lebanese news portal that a man by the name of Zakaria Ahmad Hankir was arrested outside a Palestinian camp in Lebanon with a "Doshka" in his trunk. The weapon was confiscated and the man put behind bars. Surprisingly, the man was released today because, and I quote, "he was using the weapon as a decoration item". صوت لبنان 100.5: اخلاء سبيل زكريا أحمد حنقير بعدما تبين أن الاسلحة…
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Beaten Ethiopian worker commits suicide

14 years ago
[YouTube] The Ethiopian woman who was beaten in front of her embassy by a Lebanese called Ali Mahfouz has committed suicide. According to LBC, she was being treated in Deir el Salib when she killed ...
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Prime Minister Najib Mikati tops Lebanon’s billionaires

14 years ago
Forbes released its World’s Billionaires 2012 list with Carlos Slim Helú hanging on to the top spot with $69bn, followed by Bill Gates. [Link] As far as Arab billionaires are concerned, HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin ...
Gossip & Rumors

What happened on the MEA flight?

14 years ago
Supposedly what happened was the guy was coming out of the bathroom and he accidentally stepped on a woman’s foot. Instead of apologizing he kissed her (I’m guessing some kind of air blown kiss kinda ...
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Patriarcat Towers in Beirut

14 years ago
Divine apartments for sale starting 599,000$. ...
Automotive

Mother of potholes

14 years ago
Watch out on your way up to Dbayyeh right after Hotel Royal. In case you missed this huge pothole, the Dbayyeh municipality made sure to keep a manhole cover open few meters later. ...
Automotive

Dbayyeh bridge

14 years ago
What the hell happened here? ...
Critiques

After SOPA & PIPA, it’s time to Stop LIRA!

14 years ago
The Lebanese government is trying to kill freedom of expression on the internet by imposing the Lebanese Internet Regulation Act, or LIRA. The man behind this proposal is Walid el Daouk, the minister of information. ...
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Confiscated Rotten Meat (Update)

14 years ago
According to LBCI, the list of restaurants/hotels/pubs/butchers who bought rotten meat exceeds 190 names. [Link] I think they should publish the full list in the papers. ...
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