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Calm Lebanon ‘crisis’: Blackberrys not Kalashnikovs

('English language version of cafebabel.com',) — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 07:30:00 -0000

On 12 January, eleven ministers from the the unity coalition government resigned en masse. Western backed caretaker prime minister Saad Hariri has refused to be a part of a coalition potentially led by the militant Shia muslim group Hezbollah

Wajdi Mouawad and the theatre: ‘I don’t feel as if I belong to this world’

('Helen Swain',) — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 11:43:50 -0000

'Strangely, this does not make me unhappy’, he says the Quebec-Lebanese author, 40. At the 2009 Avignon Festival, he presented Cielos, adding another work to his trilogy on wars, exile and the state of the world.

Lebanon: mirage of peace

('Nabeelah Shabbir',) — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 06:34:00 -0000

After an Al Qaeda video threat aimed at the French and Spaniards on 21 September, Islamist groups in Lebanon are ready to finish with the apparently quietened situation in the 'Middle East's Switzerland'

Saad Hariri: 'impunity in Lebanon is unbearable'

Tue, 19 Jun 2007 12:00:00 -0000

The late prime minister's son speaks to European journalists in Beirut before the UN tribunal came into force on 10 June – the first bringing justice to an individual

World Press Photo Awards 2007

Fri, 20 Apr 2007 11:00:00 -0000

Bombed Beirut, Paris and Burundi – 2006's most important events captured in images. The annual awards ceremony takes place on April 22 in Amsterdam

Interwar Lebanon tightens its belt

Thu, 01 Mar 2007 12:00:00 -0000

In pre-civil war ambience, how are the Lebanese making a living?

'Financial aid to Lebanon won't increase Western control'

Mon, 19 Feb 2007 12:00:00 -0000

400 million Euros from the Commission, $770 million from the US. But Lebanon remains consumed by instability

EU and Syria start over

('Nabeelah Shabbir',) — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 12:00:00 -0000

Syria is the only Mediterranean country which has not signed an agreement with the EU. Can a timely carrot-and-stick strategy re-engage both?

Mixed greetings for UNIFIL in Lebanon

('Emily Griffins',) — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 07:29:00 -0000

The Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon has been UNIFIL’s first successful operation. In Beirut, the European troops have been welcomed but also criticized

Why resolution 1701 falls short of expectations

Fri, 25 Aug 2006 12:00:00 -0000

Following the adoption of resolution 1701, European countries are preparing a peacekeeping force for Lebanon. The European Jewish Congress explains to us why resolution 1701 brings hope but no tangible guarantees

Why Resolution 1701 fails and must be rejected

Wed, 23 Aug 2006 12:00:00 -0000

Passed unanimously, UN Resolution 1701 aimed at ending the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon. The Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign says it will add fuel to the conflict and tells us why

Europe and the Middle East: brothers in arms

Thu, 27 Jul 2006 12:00:00 -0000

Though European governments have been quick to criticize the escalation of violence in the Middle-East, the EU still sells weapons to Israel and Lebanon. Europe needs to strengthen its arms trade Code of Conduct

A cartoon image of enlightenment

Fri, 10 Feb 2006 00:00:00 -0000

The crisis surrounding the Mohammad cartoons is not only a European media sensation, but it also shows us that the media do not react appropriately. Instead of enlightening us, they are just adding fuel to the fire.

Ahmadinejad's Jihad

Thu, 19 Jan 2006 12:00:00 -0000

As the nuclear crisis deepens, isn't it time that Europe put aside its differences with Iran's opposition party, asks MEP Paulo Casaca.