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Najib
Mar 22, 2019 03:51
Georges was 22 when he was kidnapped as he was on his way to a business meeting in west Beirut on December 30, 1983. Marie looked for him everywhere but never found him. IMM AZIZ DIRAWI was enjoying breakfast with her four sons when militiamen barged into her home. Aziz, Ibrahim, Mansour and Ahmad, aged between 13 and 31 , were taken away. It was 1982, in the midst of the Lebanese civil war. Ms…
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Najib
Mar 21, 2019 01:57
The Mercer 2019 Quality of living report is out and Beirut ranked right after Khartoum and Damascus regionally while Dubai continues to rank highest for quality of living across the Middle East, closely followed by Abu Dhabi . The Mercer report is based on several factors including recreation, housing, economic environment, consumer goods availbility, public services and transport, school and education, medical and health considerations and others. Globally, Vienna topped the ranking for the 10th…
Posted By
Fred
Mar 19, 2019 02:47
Last week, Virgin Radio Lebanon's iconic morning host Anthony Salame appeared on air for the final time to bid the country and Lebanese people farewell, many of whom have been following him since 2013. Starting yesterday, March 18, Boudi and Zeina took over from 6 to 10AM. Here's Anthony's closure: Thank you to my Virgin Radio family! I don’t use the word family lightly but over the last six years that’s exactly what they’ve become.…
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Najib
Mar 18, 2019 07:21
"Beirut port in a storm over corruption": That was the title of an article dated October 2012 when Al Jadeed reported on what it called rampant corruption cases at the Port’s Customs Department, saying it has deprived the treasury of hundreds of millions of U.S. dollars in revenues each year. One way that was proposed to help fight corruption at the port and customs agencies in general was introducing new scanners or at least making…
Alcohol
6 years ago
There’s a good reason The Macallan is the most sought-after whisky for collectors and one of the best-selling distilleries in the world. Whether it’s its history and sense of prestige, the exceptional oak casks or ...
Information
6 years ago
Yellow vest protesters damaged the Lebanese Tourism Office in Paris during their latest protest. The office, which is located close to the Champs Elysee, had its main door and glass windows shattered, even though nothing ...
Lebanon
6 years ago
A picture showing an elderly man driving his taxi while on oxygen has gone viral online, which prompted a Good Samaritan to try locate the old man and see how we can help him. Hadil ...
Lebanon
6 years ago
It took them SEVEN years to build that tiny Jal el Dib bridge, knowing that the reasons behind dismantling it in the first place weren’t that convincing. Nevertheless, and after almost two years of agonizing ...
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