Seven-story building collapses in Beirut, killing 27
January 17th, 2012 - 8:17 pm ICT by BNO News
BEIRUT, LEBANON (BNO NEWS) -- More than 25 people were killed on late Monday afternoon when a seven-story building collapsed in the Lebanese capital of Beirut, officials said on Tuesday. A dozen ... Read more...
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Craig toyed with being war journalist
December 5th, 2011 - 4:16 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 5 (IANS) Actor Daniel Craig, who has won millions of hearts as British super spy James Bond, once considered becoming a war journalist.The actor almost found himself ... Read more...
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UAE, Lebanon discuss cooperation in education sector
October 21st, 2011 - 12:55 am ICT by IANS
Beirut, Oct 20 (IANS/WAM) UAE Ambassador to Lebanon Youssef Ali Abdul Rahman Al Osaimi in a meeting with the Lebanese Minister of Education and Higher Education Hassan Diab discussed ways ... Read more...
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Lebanon draw 2-2 with Kuwait in World Cup qualifier
October 12th, 2011 - 1:11 pm ICT by IANS
Beirut, Oct 12 (IANS) Lebanon missed a chance of achieving victory against Kuwait after being forced to a 2-2 draw in the third game of Group B at the Asian ... Read more...
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Sushila Devi wins gold in Asian junior judo
October 4th, 2011 - 6:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 4 (IANS) India bagged seven medals, including a gold from Sushila Devi, at the Asian Youth and Junior Judo Championships in Beirut.Indian judokas also won four silver ... Read more...
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Bomb blast kills 2 in Beirut
August 11th, 2011 - 10:01 pm ICT by BNO News
BEIRUT (BNO NEWS) -- Two people were killed and another was injured on Thursday after a blast ripped through a parking lot in a suburb of the Lebanese capital of Beirut, The ... Read more...
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Flydubai doubles fleet
August 4th, 2011 - 1:19 am ICT by IANS
Dubai, Aug 3 (IANS/WAM) Flydubai, Dubai's pioneering low-cost airline, has doubled the size of its fleet within a year following the arrival of its 18th aircraft last week.Marking yet ... Read more...
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Play about UAE enthrals Los Angeles
July 26th, 2011 - 11:38 pm ICT by IANS
Los Angeles, July 26 (IANS/WAM) A play about the United Arab Emirates (UAE) - titled "Zayed and the Dream" - has drawn huge crowds in Los Angeles.The play depicts the ... Read more...
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Emirates offers special fares for Ramadan
July 19th, 2011 - 12:34 am ICT by IANS
Dubai, July 18 (IANS/WAM) Emirtaes, the flag carrier of Dubai, has announced special fares to 32 select destinations across Europe, Africa, the Middle East, the Far East and the Indian ... Read more...
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Lady Gaga’s ‘Born This Way’ banned in Lebanon
June 7th, 2011 - 7:37 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Beirut, June 7 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Lady Gaga’s new album “Born This Way” has been banned in Lebanon. The country’s authorities consider the song too vulgar religiously and as a result given the ... Read more...
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Gas station blast kills seven in Lebanon
June 7th, 2011 - 8:34 am ICT by IANS
Beirut, June 7 (IANS) At least seven people were killed and 10 injured when a fuel tank blew up at a gas station near the Lebanese capital of Beirut, state-run ... Read more...
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Hacking can now be made useless
May 18th, 2011 - 6:35 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, May 18 (IANS) Hackers can now be discouraged from hacking into user accounts despite having access to passwords, reveals a new Labanese research.According to the Key-Pattern Analysis (KPA), a ... Read more...
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Lebanese leader denies inciting unrest in Syria
April 14th, 2011 - 4:41 am ICT by IANS
Beirut, April 14 (IANS) An anti-Syrian Lebanese politician has declined accusations that he was involved in financing and arming anti-government protests in Syria, Xinhua reported."We don't have the desire, the ... Read more...
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Egypt Air strikes out Israel from route map
March 26th, 2011 - 2:36 pm ICT by ANI
Cairo, Mar.26 (ANI): Egypt Air has removed Israel from its route map, even though its subsidiary, Air Sinai, flies to its capital, Tel Aviv, four times a week.Customers seeking flights to ... Read more...
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Athens named ‘world’s most flirtatious city’
March 1st, 2011 - 1:54 pm ICT by ANI
London, March 1 (ANI): Athens has been named the world's most flirtatious city in a new study.But London ranks a lowly 57th, according to the compilers of the world's largest ever study ... Read more...
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“Egypt is free!”: Nation celebrates as Mubarak resigns
February 12th, 2011 - 12:06 am ICT by BNO News
CAIRO (BNO NEWS) -- Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak resigned from the presidency on Friday after weeks of massive anti-government protests, the country's vice president said, an announcement hailed by millions around the ... Read more...
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Now, third woman who was seduced by WikiLeaks founder emerges
December 20th, 2010 - 2:37 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 20 (ANI): WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who is at the centre of sex assault allegations by two women, is said to have seduced a third right from under her boyfriend's ... Read more...
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Saudi wanted joint Arab-US-NATO force to destroy Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon
December 8th, 2010 - 2:14 pm ICT by ANI
Riyadh, Dec 8 (ANI): Saudi Arabia had proposed creating an Arab force backed by US and NATO aerial and navy power to intervene in Lebanon two years back and destroy Iranian-backed Hezbollah, ... Read more...
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Lebanese authorities arrest Islamist hate cleric Omar Bakri following life sentence
November 15th, 2010 - 4:37 pm ICT by ANI
Beirut, Nov 15 (ANI): A radical Islamist preacher Omar Bakri was arrested on Sunday following a violent stand-off with security forces in Lebanon, days after boasting that he would not spend a ... Read more...
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‘South Asia 39′ to promote new Asian writing: Hay fest founder
November 15th, 2010 - 3:48 pm ICT by IANS
By Madhusree Chatterjee
Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 15 (IANS) 'South Asia '39' is a unique literary project to promote new intellect from this part of the world. But choosing young writers for it will be ... Read more...
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Omar Bakri Mohammad convicted on terrorism charges
November 12th, 2010 - 10:03 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Beirut, Nov 12 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Omar Bakri Mohammad - the radical Muslim with a Lebanese and Syrian descent has been sentenced to life in prison in absentia by military court in Lebanon. ... Read more...
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World’s Largest Wine Glass Unveiled in Lebanon
November 3rd, 2010 - 3:02 am ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Nov 2 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The Guinness Book of World Records has made a trip to Lebanon, this time to confirm that a plexi-glass wine vessel is the largest one in ... Read more...
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World’s largest wine glass made in Lebanon
November 2nd, 2010 - 9:28 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Lebanon, Nov 2 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Officially, the world’s largest wine glass is in Lebanon. Officials from the Guinness Book of World Records have certified that the glass is indeed the largest ... Read more...
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Lebanon claims record for world’s biggest wine glass
October 31st, 2010 - 2:01 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 31 (ANI): Lebanon has unveiled the world's biggest wine glass, smashing the previous record set in Portugal.The giant vessel - measuring 1.51 metres in height and 1.46 metres at its ... Read more...
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Ahmadinejad signs 16 agreements with Lebanon
October 14th, 2010 - 8:58 pm ICT by IANS
Beirut, Oct 14 (IANS/AKI) Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has signed 16 agreements with Lebanon in the agriculture, media, education, energy and tourism sectors, a media report said Thursday.Ahmadinejad also expressed willingness to ... Read more...
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Ahmadinejad creates panel to prove US hand behind 9/11 attacks
October 14th, 2010 - 7:07 pm ICT by ANI
Beirut (Lebanon), Oct 14(ANI): Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has created a panel to prove that the United States government was behind the 9/11 attacks."I announce that the formation of an independent and ... Read more...
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Lebanon unfurls world’s largest flag (Video)
October 11th, 2010 - 8:43 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Beirut, Oct 11 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Lebanon has really got the appetite for big things. Currently, the country holds the record for the largest potato and the biggest dish of hummus. The country ... Read more...
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Isreali army fires on Lebanese soldiers: Report
September 21st, 2010 - 6:58 am ICT by IANS
Beirut, Sep 21 (IANS) Israeli army fired gun shots on Lebanese soldiers Monday night along the border, media reports said.
"Machine gun shots were heard coming from the Palestinian occupied territories towards the ... Read more...
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Lebanese spying for Israel sentenced to death
August 18th, 2010 - 5:49 am ICT by IANS
Beirut, Aug 18 (IANS) A military court has sentenced to death two Lebanese after convicting them of spying for Israel, Labanon's state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported.
The judge, Nizar Khalil, pronounced the ... Read more...
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Christian bishop asks Hezbollah not to air Jesus film
August 13th, 2010 - 7:16 am ICT by IANS
Beirut, Aug 13 (DPA) A Lebanese Christian Maronite bishop called late Thursday on Hezbollah television to stop airing a Ramadan series called Al Maseeh, Arabic for Jesus.
Bishop Bashara al-Raai asked al-Manar television ... Read more...
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UN force holds talks with Lebanese and Israeli armies
August 5th, 2010 - 12:50 am ICT by IANS
Beirut, Aug 4 (DPA) Representatives of the Israeli and Lebanese armies discussed Tuesday's border clash with officials of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) Wednesday.
The meeting, at UNIFIL headquarters in ... Read more...
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Two Lebanese soldiers killed in Israel-Lebanon clash (Lead)
August 3rd, 2010 - 9:12 pm ICT by IANS
Beirut, Aug 3 (DPA) Clashes erupted Tuesday between Israeli troops and the Lebanese army in southern Lebanon, killing at least two Lebanese soldiers and wounding two Israelis, a Lebanese security source said.
An ... Read more...
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Emirati play enthrals London
August 2nd, 2010 - 8:09 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 2 (IANS/WAM) A musical play - "Zayed and the Dream" - with performances by over 100 artistes from China, Spain, Ukraine and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), enthralled audiences at ... Read more...
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London to host Emirati musical play
July 29th, 2010 - 6:10 pm ICT by IANS
Abu Dhabi, July 29 (IANS/WAM) A musical play - "Zayed and the Dream" - with performances by over 100 artistes from China, Spain, Ukraine and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), will be ... Read more...
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Armenia’s Yerevan is 2012 World Book Capital
July 7th, 2010 - 6:53 pm ICT by IANS
New York, July 7 (IANS/WAM) Unesco has chosen Armenia's capital Yerevan as the World Book Capital for 2012 as part of the organisation's efforts to promote books and the reading habit.
Yerevan, ... Read more...
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