Shambolic state
What happened on the football field of Egypt’s Port Said city Wednesday had nothing to do with the game that had just been played.

Absolute failures

Democracy in name

Buoyed by Russia

Old scare tactics

Selfish politicking

POLITICS:

Salehi says military intervention in Syria would devastate region: TV
Iranian Foreign Affairs Minister Ali Akbar Salehi warned that military intervention in Syria will have devastating repercussions in the region.

New U.N. special coordinator arrives in Lebanon

Gemayel rebukes Charbel for belittling assassination fears: report

Lebanon's Arabic press digest - Feb. 4, 2012

Hoss urges Mikati to resume Cabinet sessions

Tributes pour in for Lahoud as officials gather at family residence

BUSINESS:

Plenty of solutions to electricity crisis, but no will
Energy experts and officials are still at loggerheads over the best way to end the long-running electricity crisis.

Economists warn higher wages will give way to sharp rise in inflation

ICT experts: Time to focus on social policies

Francois Bassil: Lebanon may suffer Greece’s fate

Workers' allowances should be raised: Labor union

New book covers history of Lebanese advertising

LOCAL NEWS:

Bellemare held secret meeting with Siniora: Al-Akhbar
During a farewell visit to Beirut, chief prosecutor for the Special Tribunal for Lebanon Daniel Bellemare had a secret meeting with former Prime Minister Fuad Siniora, Al-Akhbar newspaper reported.

Tele Liban employees intensify demand for punctual pay: report

Nassib Lahoud extolled as ardent democrat at funeral

In Lebanon, a refuge for Syria's wounded

Rai laments loss of trust in people and politics: report

Dead man in Jezzine identified as Palestinian from camp in south

ARTS & CULTURE:

Russia’s shiny new Bolshoi Theater grappling with gripes
When Moscow’s Bolshoi Theater threw open its doors after a six-year renovation, a gilded handle broke off in a reporter’s hand during the first dress rehearsal for the opening opera.

A chat with Egypt’s revolutionary artist-activists

U.S. author chases Rimbaud’s mysterious Java journey 130 years on

Hiba Kalache’s colorful dreams of a far better world

Mike Massy’s latest album nostalgically looks back

Iraq postpones Islamic Capital of Culture project

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