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Security crisis takes toll on Beirut's restaurants - The Daily Star
While ruling out any dismissals in his business, the manager, who did not wish to be identified, said restaurants would not hire any additional staff, an otherwise common measure to meet extra demand in the busiest season of the year.
Putin writes to Obama on security, missile defense: source - The Daily Star
The letter is meant to prepare the ground for a scheduled meeting with Obama at the G20 summit in Mexico next month, their first since the Russian leader returned to the presidency for a historic third term, the source said. Obama was overheard telling ...
Syrian shot dead crossing border from Lebanon - The Daily Star
TRIPOLI: A Syrian was shot dead and two others wounded as they tried to cross the border from Lebanon back into their country Saturday, security and medical sources said. The three men had left the northern Lebanese village of Mukaibleh and were trying ...
Iran's electricity offer bogged down - The Daily Star
The Iranians made a verbal offer to Prime Minister Najib Mikati to supply electricity through the high voltage lines crossing through Iraq and Syria,” a source close to the government said. An Iranian Energy Ministry official earlier said that the ...
Judiciary will not be blackmailed - The Daily Star
By Hassan Lakkis The judiciary will not be blackmailed, Grand Serail sources said Monday, referring to reports that security authorities are being swayed by attempts – including demonstrations and threats – to influence a number of judicial cases.
Iran 'could order Hezbollah hit on Israel' - The Daily Star
And if the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad collapses, the resulting unrest could see Al-Qaeda type groups create chaos on the Syrian Golan Heights, he said in an interview conducted on Sunday, speaking on condition of anonymity.
Egypt police raid Iran TV office in Cairo: security source - The Daily Star
The raid was carried out on Sunday and the head of Al-Alam's Cairo office, Ahmed Sioufi, was charged with working without an official permit, the source said. On the Arabic-language channel's website, Sioufi confirmed that "several members of the ...
Qaeda suspects blow up Yemen gas pipeline: govt official - The Daily Star
ADEN: Suspected Al-Qaeda militants blew up a gas pipeline supplying Yemen's Balhaf export terminal in the Gulf of Aden, the second such attack in a month, a government official said on Monday. "A gas pipeline was blown up near Mayfaa" in Shabwa ...
Mikati sees solution for spending crisis this week - The Daily Star
“There is a possibility for a way out for spending, but this can only be achieved if there is a package deal over the rest of the divisive issues,” the source said. Daouk said Mikati was holding contacts with all the parties represented in the Cabinet ...
Beijing envoy in Sudan as tension soars between Khartoum, Juba - The Daily Star
“I think mostly it's about the current situation between the two Sudans,” said the official, who did not wish to be identified. From Khartoum, Zhong will head to Addis Ababa and then to the South Sudanese capital Juba, the official said.
Protesters block roads in north over kidnapping, arrest of fugitive - The Daily Star
Security sources, speaking to The Daily Star on condition of anonymity, said that residents of the village of Abboudieh blocked the border crossing in protest over the abduction of Mahmoud Mohammad Ibrahim, 40. They said Ibrahim, who hails from ...
US drone kills 8 militants in Yemen - The Daily Star
“We heard three explosions rock the town,” the source said, adding that a “US drone” carried out the strikes on a residence where the jihadists had been meeting in the dead of night. “Eight militants were killed and their bodies were left in pieces,” ...
Chinese woman suicide bomber kills two in protest: Xinhua - The Daily Star
I can't tell you anything, but three people were killed and 14 were injured," said an official reached by telephone at the local government office, who refused to give his name. "Of those (injured), four were badly hurt and are now on their way to ...
Last-ditch talks aim to avert Cabinet clash - The Daily Star
However, sources close to Prime Minister Najib Mikati said they were not optimistic about reaching a solution for the spending problem as Sleiman and March 8 ministers stood firm on their conflicting attitudes. A revised draft law submitted by Finance ...
2 wounded by gunfire in Beirut suburb, wanted men arrested in south - The Daily Star
BEIRUT: Two Lebanese men were wounded overnight by gunfire in three separate clashes in Beirut's southern suburbs and police arrested two wanted men in south Lebanon, security sources said Wednesday. They said Hassan Bahij Alawieh, 37, ...
Syria arms ship impounded, crew held for questioning - The Daily Star
BEIRUT: Military Prosecutor Judge Saqr Saqr ordered Saturday that the 11-member crew of the Syria-bound weapons ship "Lutfallah II" be held for questioning, sources close to the matter said. The sources told The Daily Star that the ship was carrying ...
Sudan's oil revenue cut by 20 percent - The Daily Star
... of the fiscal impact of the loss of the Heglig oil production, my very preliminary estimate, is it's about 20 percent of revenues remaining after the South left” in July last year, said the international economist who asked to remain anonymous.
Sleiman to consult with rival political leaders on best election law - The Daily Star
“The president will also stress in his talks the need to avoid a return to the 1960 election law,” the source said. Sleiman has voiced his support for a draft electoral law based on a system of proportional representation. During his visit to Australia ...
Jumblatt on fence-mending mission in Saudi Arabia - The Daily Star
By Hasan Lakkis BEIRUT: Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblatt flew to Saudi Arabia Sunday on an official invitation, sources close to him told The Daily Star. The sources said Jumblatt would meet with Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah Bin ...
Spray-painting activists may be charged - The Daily Star
Both Saghieh and the source said it was unclear whether charges would be filed at all. Fakhry said that he and Salameh had been released after leaving their addresses and contact information with the authorities, and were told that they could be ...
Nepali climber, 30, dies in fall on Everest - The Daily Star
KATHMANDU: A 30-year-old Nepali mountaineer died on Saturday attempting to scale Mount Everest, a government official said, in the second death this season on the world's highest peak. Namgya Tshering Sherpa fell into a deep crevasse while climbing ...
Turkey calls for tougher action against PKK - The Daily Star
"The issue of tougher action against the (Kurdistan Workers' Party) PKK was discussed ... during the meeting" between Massud Barzani and Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, said the diplomat who declined to be named. The meeting also focused on ...
French ex-president Chirac to vote for Socialist: report - The Daily Star
PARIS: France's former right-wing president Jacques Chirac will vote for the Socialist Francois Hollande in Sunday's first-round presidential vote, a newspaper Tuesday quoted a source close to him as saying. French historian Jean-Luc Barre, ...
Sleiman sets terms for overspending law - The Daily Star
... President Michel Sleiman refuses to issue a law legalizing the 2011 extra-budgetary spending unless amendments suggested by the Finance and Budget Parliamentary Committee are first introduced to the draft, said a source close to Sleiman Friday.
Lebanon TV cameraman killed 'by Syrian army' on border - The Daily Star
BEIRUT: Al-Jadeed TV cameraman Ali Shaaban was killed Monday at a border crossing in the area of Wadi Khaled, north Lebanon, security sources said. Al-Jadeed blamed the Syrian army for the incident. The TV crew was reporting from Khat Naft in the Wadi ...