Lebanese Silvio Chiha wins gold at water skiing championship

Lebanese water skier Silvio Chiha snagged the gold medal Monday at the Asia-Australasia Oceania water skiing championship in Chuncheon, South Korea, the state-run National News Agency reported Wednesday. The final ranking of the competition came as follows: 1-Silvio Chiha 2- Cha Bum-Kun 3-Josh Briant 4-Kim Don John via LBC

Abboud: Tourism Police too few to enforce smoking ban

How come he only thought of mentioning that now? And if he did earlier, why didn't he say anything about it to the government? The implementation of the smoking-ban law will start on September 3rd. BEIRUT: Tourism Minister Fadi Abboud warned Tuesday that the ranks of the Tourism Police are severely understaffed, and he may not have enough officers to enforce the new smoking ban that goes into effect next week. At a news conference…
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Can Alfa explain this?

13 years ago
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It’s not just hate or poverty: Tripoli needs better media coverage

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[YouTube] I’ve been following up on the situation in Tripoli and the deadly clashes between various factions there and I have to say that the media is playing a very negative role in their coverage. ...
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Is the smoking ban law good or bad for Lebanon?

13 years ago
The smoking-ban law 174 goes into effect on September 3 and will affect all Lebanese restaurants, cafes, pubs and nightclubs. Now we all agree that smoking is bad, but that doesn’t give the government the ...
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TeleLiban to shut down?

13 years ago
There are talks circulating around that TeleLiban will be shutdown soon and that the TV’s workers are not getting paid, but Lebanese Information Minister Walid al-Daouq is denying such rumors and saying more funds will ...
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