http://www.wikio.com/search=Mount Lebanon Wikio - Mount Lebanon http://www.wikio.com/search/Mount+Lebanon?rinfoid=65153957 Figures released by the Order of Engineers of Beirut and Tripoli reveal that construction permits totaled 5,074,893 million square meters in the first half of 2008, up by 24.8 percent from 4,066,666 square meters in the same period the previous year. This increase signifies acceleration in construction activity in the first five months of 2008. Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:47:29 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Mount+Lebanon?rinfoid=65153957 2008-07-22T21:47:29Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Mount+Lebanon?rinfoid=64978354 From The Guardian: Samir Qantar, feted as a hero of the resistance in his native Lebanon this week, was reviled as a child-murdering monster in Israel, which freed him in exchange for the bodies of two soldiers killed by Hizbullah in the raid that triggered the 2006 war. Over four years Chen Kotes-Bar, an Israeli journalist [...] Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:12:02 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Mount+Lebanon?rinfoid=64978354 2008-07-21T16:12:02Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Mount+Lebanon?rinfoid=64949920 A Lebanese mufti, an Islamic scholar, sharply criticized Hizbullah, implying it was holding the Lebanese nation hostage after last week's prisoner exchange with Israel. Sheikh Muhammad 'Ali Al-Jouzu, the mufti of Mount Lebanon, said the Lebanese were happy to receive Samir Quntar and his companions, but the exchange was mainly a way for Hizbullah to shore up its standing. "We released the prisoners in exchange for the whole nation becoming a prisoner of Hizbullah and its weapons, of Iran... Mon, 21 Jul 2008 01:45:57 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Mount+Lebanon?rinfoid=64949920 2008-07-21T01:45:57Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Mount+Lebanon?rinfoid=64882631 Tucked away on a winding road, Lebanon's silk museum resides in the sleepy town of Bsous, near Wadi Chahrour. The Bsous Silk Museum is housed in a beautifully restored former silk factory. As Donna Raad, a tour guide at the silk museum, explained, it "was built by the Fayad family and fully operational between 1901 and 1954." Sun, 20 Jul 2008 20:10:44 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Mount+Lebanon?rinfoid=64882631 2008-07-20T20:10:44Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Mount+Lebanon?rinfoid=64539628 With all the coverage of the prisoner swap, these three out-takes deserve closer attention: • Acerbic commentary in Now Lebanon (via PJM) slams Hezbollah, says Lebanese public paid the real price for Samir Kuntar's freedom: Add to the two Israeli... Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:32:04 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Mount+Lebanon?rinfoid=64539628 2008-07-17T12:32:04Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Mount+Lebanon?rinfoid=64341684 Pittsburgh travel agencies announce mergerBizjournals.com, NC - 2 hours agoMount Lebanon-based Worldview Travel LLC, the region's seventh-largest agency, and Green Tree-based MAC Travel, the region's 13th-largest, have combined … Tue, 15 Jul 2008 22:54:57 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Mount+Lebanon?rinfoid=64341684 2008-07-15T22:54:57Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Mount+Lebanon?rinfoid=64072776 QUINCY A yearlong squabble over a phone company's attempt to install cellular antennae in a Quincy church steeple is heading to court. T-Mobile wants to install the antennae in the steeple of the First Church of Squantum to improve reception. Some residents are opposed. Leaflets have been circulated that warn of cancer from radio-frequency emissions. The Zoning Board of Appeals ... Mon, 14 Jul 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Mount+Lebanon?rinfoid=64072776 2008-07-14T04:00:00Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Mount+Lebanon?rinfoid=63900498 Samir Kuntar will soon be liberated after spending 29 years in an Israeli jail. Considered a terrorist by the Israelis and celebrated as a hero by the Lebanese, the longest-serving Lebanese detainee may have a future in politics. Fri, 11 Jul 2008 22:38:52 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Mount+Lebanon?rinfoid=63900498 2008-07-11T22:38:52Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Mount+Lebanon?rinfoid=63479314 The Lebanese Army and Civil Defense units put out a series of forest fires which erupted across Lebanon on Tuesday. The fires effected the areas of Barjeh and Roumieh in Mount Lebanon; Ansarieh, Nejarieh, Bnaafoul, Anqoun, Kfarmilki al-Mari, Haboush, Nabatieh, and Tiri in the South, and Batroun in the North. Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:42:04 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Mount+Lebanon?rinfoid=63479314 2008-07-08T21:42:04Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Mount+Lebanon?rinfoid=63397275 Links from my del.icio.us account for July 7th through July 8th: FT.com / World - Gulf states urged to rethink dollar pegs - Sooner or later it will happen Egypt summons Iranian diplomat over Sadat film - Reuters.com - Note that this happens as the Egyptian press is full of anti-Shia conspiracy theories Family history | Mount Lebanon’s [...] Tue, 08 Jul 2008 09:00:27 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Mount+Lebanon?rinfoid=63397275 2008-07-08T09:00:27Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Mount+Lebanon?rinfoid=62921660 A fine family memoir explores notions of emigration, identity and sectarianism "ELDERLY persons are a treasure we squander in cajoleries and blandishments," laments Amin Maalouf as he explores the history of his Lebanese family without the benefit of the memories of the old aunts and cousins he had never thought to interrogate until it was too late. The unearthing of a great trunk of documents belonging to his grandfather, Botros, an eccentric poet, orator and teacher who lived on Mount Lebanon at the turn of the 19th century, sets him off on his journey of discovery in an attempt, among other things, to understand why some of his family left their villages--for America, Egypt, the Gulf--while others stayed on. In particular he is intrigued by the family legend that in 1902 Botros undertook a mission to Cuba to rescue his brother, Gebrayel, who had migrated there in 1895 and was said to be in dire legal and financial trouble. Botros learnt Spanish on his 40-day outward journey and returned home triumphant, mission accomplished. Mr Maalouf, whose detective work takes him on many a gentle adventure in modern-day Havana, discovers the legend to be largely a fabrication. Gebrayel, far from being in distress, had prospered as a respected Havana shopkeeper. He had tried to persuade his brother to join him and Botros, half-tempted, gave emigration a go. But it didn't work out and he returned disillusioned to the mountains. ... Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:02:45 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Mount+Lebanon?rinfoid=62921660 2008-07-03T13:02:45Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Mount+Lebanon?rinfoid=62224607 Aintoura, Mount Lebanon - A 32 year old Lebanese citizen opened fire at construction workers, killing two Lebanese nationals and one Syrian citizen, before taking his own life on Friday. Fri, 27 Jun 2008 18:32:24 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Mount+Lebanon?rinfoid=62224607 2008-06-27T18:32:24Z