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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Middle East Star.com http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/10/id/7948506725f8face/ en-us Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:00:45 -0500 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:00:45 -0500 30 The Cabinet on Thursday formed a committee tasked with submitting ideas for the criterions and mechanism of administrative nominations and appointments. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7948506725f8face/id/33038342/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:08:06 -0500 Naharnet http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7948506725f8face/id/33038342/ Speaker Nabih Berri on Thursday stressed that the Media and Communications Parliamentary Committee will persistently follow up on the issue of the alleged security agreement with the U.S. Embassy. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7948506725f8face/id/33038343/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:08:05 -0500 Naharnet http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7948506725f8face/id/33038343/ U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday stressed the persistence of Washington in supporting Lebanon's institutions and working on the implementation of U.N. Security Council Resolution 1701 "t... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7948506725f8face/id/33028953/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:28:52 -0500 Naharnet http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7948506725f8face/id/33028953/ During the 38 years he spent in the business world, Choueiri was the main advertising representative of several Arab media corporations such as An-Nahar and As-Safir Lebanese dailies, Lebanese Broadca... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7948506725f8face/id/33023165/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:55:31 -0500 Naharnet http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7948506725f8face/id/33023165/ President Michel Suleiman said Thursday that the Israeli government's announcement earlier this week of plans to build 1,600 new homes in disputed east Jerusalem confirms that any opportunity for peac... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7948506725f8face/id/33023166/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:55:29 -0500 Naharnet http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7948506725f8face/id/33023166/ The Justice and Administration parliamentary committee is due to convene on Thursday to continue debate on a draft law on municipal elections that was forwarded by Parliament in a hasty manner. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7948506725f8face/id/33020990/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:25:29 -0500 Naharnet http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7948506725f8face/id/33020990/ Syria has reportedly turned a blind eye on trials in absentia for Lebanese officials in the lawsuit filed against them by former head of Lebanon's General Security Jamil Sayyed. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7948506725f8face/id/33018940/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:57:30 -0500 Naharnet http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7948506725f8face/id/33018940/ A former policeman with Lebanon's Internal Security Forces Elias Tanious has filed a lawsuit against four Syrian officers on kidnapping on nine-year imprisonment charges. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7948506725f8face/id/33018941/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:57:28 -0500 Naharnet http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7948506725f8face/id/33018941/ Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has ordered new appointments within the leadership of Fatah in Lebanon, pan-Arab daily al-Hayat reported Thursday. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7948506725f8face/id/33018942/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:57:27 -0500 Naharnet http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7948506725f8face/id/33018942/ Cabinet, however, approved a proposal by the Higher Judicial Council to name two active members among its ranks and appoint one additional member to the Justice Council, Information Minister Tareq Mit... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7948506725f8face/id/33016740/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:29:21 -0500 Naharnet http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7948506725f8face/id/33016740/ Prime Minister Saad Hariri has plans for a second visit to Damascus in the beginning of April to review old deals between Lebanon and Syria and propose new agreements as needed. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7948506725f8face/id/33014373/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:05:43 -0500 Naharnet http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7948506725f8face/id/33014373/ The Arab Forum for Environment and Development (AFED) announced that its Annual Conference will convene in Beirut on 4-5 November 2010. The conference will debate a comprehensive report on water, bein... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7948506725f8face/id/33014372/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:57:08 -0500 AME Info http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7948506725f8face/id/33014372/ Muslims have mixed reviews Muslim nations show mixed support for the extremist Islamic organizations Hamas and Hezbollah. Hamas, which won parliamentary elections in Palestine four years ago, is vi... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7948506725f8face/id/33012004/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:46:28 -0500 Deseret News http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/7948506725f8face/id/33012004/