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SYRIA - 18 March 2004 Reporters Without Borders condemns sacking and death threats against journalist Reporters Without Borders has strongly protested against the reported dismissal of journalist Younes Khalaf, of the government daily Al-Thawra (Révolution), over an article he wrote on pollution of ...

January 17, 2004 "Protests mark 1st executions of Lahoud’s term" ‘We are here to say that this is not being done in the name of the lebanese people’ Human rights advocates decried on Friday the planned executions of three men, holding sit-ins in front of the Parliament building and an over...

It is not THAT bad... The news are updated every morning and it is 100% free... But since they are the only daily local news source in English, they have no concurrency... So maybe that's why their site is not very good!

Beirut, Updated 22 Dec 03, 19:41 Source: www.naharnet.com The United States is determined to get Syria out of Lebanon, shunning any compromise with the Assad regime over its tiny western neighbor and would not in retrospect forge a deal with Lebanon's Christians against Syria. "The era of Syria...

BBC World http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2620711.stm Wednesday, 1 January, 2003, 22:11 GMT Lebanon bans programme on Saudi Arabia The Lebanese government has cut the satellite service of a private Lebanese television station, NTV, to prevent the broadcast of a programme on Saudi Arabia. A sp...

Reporters Without Borders has branded as harassment a 48-hour ban on news and political broadcasts on the independent New Television (NTV), in a letter to Lebanese information minister Michel Samaha. The ban began on 16 December at 15.00 hours. "The attitude of the Lebanese authorities towards ...

The Daily Star Dec 17, 2003 "NTV hit by 2-day shutdown over news violations" ---------------- Information Minister Michel Samaha suspended Tuesday the broadcasting of news bulletins and political programs as well as the reading of newspaper headlines on New Television (NTV) satellite and t...

The Daily Star Dec 16, 2003 "National Audiovisual Council says NTV broke law" --------------------- The National Audiovisual Council announced on Monday that New Television (NTV) violated several articles of the radio and television broadcast law. In a meeting, the council conferred about ...

LEBANON - 9 December 2003 Fear of threat to broadcast media after TV channel owner's arrest Reporters Without Borders today warned the Lebanese authorities against obstructing press freedom following the arrest of commercial TV channel owner Tahsin Khayat , and it urged the political class not to sa...

Lebanon's ecology has been under a lot of pressure due to the civil war and increasing industrialisation. During the war, pollutants and rubbish were dumped in the sea and rivers, and unplanned buildings sprang up everywhere. Lack of government control meant that unlawful quarrying and logging went...

Lebanon lags in global index on infotech access Country ranks just 65th of 178 Tarek El Zein Daily Star staff Dec. 01, 2003 Lebanon currently ranks 65th among 178 countries in the first global index on Information and Communication Technology (ICT) access, according to report published in late Nove...