At least three rockets were fired from southern Lebanon into Israel on Thursday, prompting the Israeli military to respond with an artillery attack near the village of Tair Harfa. During an emergency meeting Thursday night, the Lebanese Cabinet said it refuses to give Israel "pretexts" to launch a wide-ranging offensive on Lebanon. Full Story
Finance Minister Mohammed Shatah on Monday revised Lebanon's projected GDP growth for 2009 to 3 percent from 5 percent in light of the global financial crisis and the expected economic slowdown in the oil-rich Gulf Arab states. The minister, who was speaking at a press conference to unveil the 2009 draft budget. Full Story
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Everyone with a stake in the Middle East professes to be aware of the mortal threats posed by Israel's bloody war on the Gaza Strip, but none of those most imperiled seems to recognize that the issues are much larger than the current crisis. Hamas is the purported target of the Israeli offensive. Continue
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A coalition of Lebanese and Palestinian NGOs have accused the European Union of being party to crimes against humanity by supporting Israel's military offensive in the Gaza Strip. Protesters gathered outside the EU's offices in Beirut on Thursday to deliver a letter slamming the 27-member bloc's response to the "crimes" in Gaza. Full Story
Arab filmmakers from the Middle East and North Africa generate many films a year, which, like anywhere else, range in quality. There are no shortage of films but the Arab world has few symptoms of a "film industry." The most-developed Arab film industry - that is, with the complex of onshore infrastructure (from film schools and film-developing labs.Full Story
The rocket attacks yesterday across Lebanon's southern border with Israel were a worrying sign that the conflict in Gaza may escalate into a wider conflagration. Hizbullah, or whichever group it allowed to fire the weapons from its territory, sought in some degree to push a fearful international community into imposing a cease-fire in Gaza.Continue
The Beirut International Exhibition and Leisure Center hosted a celebration of Qatar's national day on December 18. Among those in attendance were Rita Mayal, Sami al-Khatib and Hisham Khalifa.
