Posted By
Najib
Sep 14, 2010 09:22
Lebanon’s Maronite Christian Church inaugurated a towering, lighted cross Monday as a sign of unity among the world’s people. The cross soars more than 73.8 meters into the air and is lit up with 1,800 spotlights in the mountain village of Qanat Bekish, according to Father Farid Doumit, a Maronite priest in the village. Building the cross took about two years and cost some $1.5 million, which mainly came from donations from the Maronite Church…
Posted By
Najib
Sep 13, 2010 04:28
As reported by blogger Beirut boy, Acid club "was ordered to close by the municipality following noise complaints from neighbors.", according to Non-profit LGBT organization Helem. For those who don't know, Acid is a gay club and has been open for years, even though homosexuality is illegal by law in Lebanon. As for the reason of its closure mentioned above, it doesn't sound very reasonable as there are barely any residential areas around Acid. It…
Lebanon
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Lebanon’s capital, Beirut, is the 10th most expensive rental city in the world for expatriate housing in 2010, compared with its rank of 28 last year, Byblos Bank SAL said. The city is ahead of ...
Lebanon
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The Hike of Hope i posted about almost a month ago is over and the 6 Lebanese climbers managed to collect 64,676$ for charity. Here are some pictures of the hike and here’s an interview ...
Lebanon
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At least six people were killed and 15 others were injured on Tuesday in a crash between several trucks and vehicles on the Jiyyeh highway, south of Beirut. [Naharnet] Several trucks?? walaw! I think this ...
Lebanon
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“The first and only showroom in the Levant is scheduled to open in Beirut on September 24, ahead of Lebanon’s second annual HOG tour” from October 1 to 3, said Marwan Tarraf, general manager of ...
Lebanon
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I just got back home and i saw from my balcony what looks like a fire at the Casino du Liban or nearby it. The picture is a bit dark because electricity is off (as ...
Lebanon
15 years ago
I have a friend whose brother is called Rodger and he insisted that it is Rodger and not Roger. When i asked him why adding the “d”, he said his parents insisted on adding the ...
Automotive
15 years ago
I heard it in the morning on Radio One and just read it on autoblog: “Following a series of high-profile fires in its new 458 Italia, it is rumoured by US car blog Jalopnik that ...
Lebanon
15 years ago
While i was checking out the duty free in Moscow airport on my way back, i saw a Russian paper with Mar Charbel’s picture on its front page. I have no clue what the paper ...
