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A beaming Hariri gets budget approval
Lebanon's Cabinet has approved Prime Minister Rafik Hariri's austerity budget for 1998, ending nine days of political wrangling between officials.Announcing the victory to reporters late Friday, a beaming Hariri said the new budget was a cornerstone for the gradual recovery
Lebanon, Economics, 10/4/1997
Hizbullah calls for expulsion of US ambassador
A statement by the Shiite Muslim militant group published Friday said Jones position "was in line with the American's biased policy towards the Zionist entity which intrinsically tends to terrorism, aggression, assault and the usurpation of the territories of others."
Lebanon, Politics, 10/4/1997
Hizbullah trains with Hamas militants in Lebanon
In an interview with an weekly magazine, Hizbullah deputy secretary-general Sheik Naem Kassem said the two groups had coordinated in the past.
Lebanon-Palestine, Politics, 10/4/1997
Lebanese ambassadors meet in Paris
Minister of Foreign Affairs Fares Boueiz stated that Lebanon wouldn't allow any Palestinians to settle in its territory.
Lebanon, Politics, 10/4/1997
Good morning - stranger
In Lebanese villages, it has become a custom: When you walk in the street, you greet every one you see, stranger or not.
Lebanon, Short Essay, 10/3/1997
EU activists accuse Israel of human right abuses
The EU-Israel association agreement involving trade, educational, industrial and cultural cooperation will be up soon for ratification.
Lebanon, International, 10/3/1997
No final decisions yet on Budget
The session, which is the second this week, centered around the measures that the government should take to improve tax collection and initiate administrative reforms.
Lebanon, Economics, 10/3/1997
Retrial for Sidon terrorist ordered
Bilal Khaled Sheiti, a member of Esbat Al Ansar, had been convicted of detonating a bomb at the Hilton cinema in Sidon on the pretext that it showed pornographic films, and of firing a gun at an army patrol near Ain el Hilweh refugee camp.
Lebanon, Judicial, 10/2/1997
Berri versus Hariri
It has been noticed that, since the last cabinet meeting and the refusal of Prime Minister Rafik Hariri's economic plan, the connection between Speaker Nabih Berri and Prime Minister Hariri has been interrupted.
Lebanon, Politics, 10/2/1997
Lebanese private hospitals demand fees from patients up front
Owners of private hospitals agreed to postpone for only three weeks their decision to charge patients insured by the government admittance fees up front, exposing deep distrust of the government's pledge to raise funds to pay its debts.
Lebanon, Business, 10/2/1997
Kofi Annan could open Beirut Escwa building
Boueiz repeated his opposition to any further cuts in the Unrwa budget, saying that he feared this financial issue could switch to a political issue with the host countries forced to integrate Palestinian refugees.
Lebanon, Politics, 10/2/1997
Increase in taxes on cigarettes and customs duties on cars in Lebanon
The Lebanese government imposed new taxes on imported cigarettes with a 10% increase which would provide between $62 to $83 million a year.
Lebanon, Economics, 10/2/1997
The minister's crying for more funds
Joumblat offered proposals, including taxes on Casino revenues and closing down some non-useful embassies abroad. Minister Frengieh highlighted the needs of his ministry for funds, affirming that the accumulated debts can't be tolerated anymore and the hospitals are in a critical condition.
Lebanon, Economics, 10/2/1997
A laundry of proposal on finance and budget committee agenda
The main points included enacting active supervision over government spending, starting an administrative reform project, creating a coherent and balanced economic revival plan that will not block social policy, dropping the policy of taxation without prior planning.
Lebanon, Economics, 10/2/1997
Israelis continue attacks on south Lebanon
In the morning, Israeli warplanes flew over the south and Bekaa reaching the capital Beirut and breaking the sound barrier. Israeli Naval Forces stopped a trade ship carrying cars toward Tyre port, and inspected it.
Lebanon, Military, 10/1/1997
Fakhoury puts food import ban on ice because of budget debate
Agriculture Minister Fakhoury vowed that the plan, which is designed to protect local agriculture and industries and halve the nation's $1.5 billion US annual food import bill, will be implemented soon.
Lebanon, Agriculture, 10/1/1997
A peaceful meeting yesterday
Supervised by President Elias Hrawi, the ministers discussed new revenues that would not affect the poor, including raising cellular phones fees, higher road taxes, introducing a public beach property tax, taxes on hotel and restaurant bills, increasing the import duties on certain items, taxes on the foreign workers in Lebanon, and raising passport fees.
Lebanon, Economics, 10/1/1997
Khiam torture more frequent
Detainees at Israel's Khiam prison have been subjected to further mistreatment after the killing of 12 Israeli commandos in a battle with the resistance at Ansariyeh on September 5, the National Committee for Lebanese Detainees in Israeli prisons said.
Lebanon, Local, 10/1/1997
Boueiz: Israeli talks should be restarted from where they left off
Lebanese Foreign Minister Fares Boueiz said that Syria and Lebanon will not agree on the resumption of peace talks except from the point they stopped at last year.
Lebanon, Politics, 10/1/1997
Phoenician ruins uncovered under Sidon building
Phoenician ruins, including what are believed to be sarcophagi, have been uncovered inside an historic tunnel on the site of the government hospital in Sidon while digging operations for the expansion of the complex were underway.
Lebanon, History, 9/30/1997
Hariri promises quick solutions to hospital payment problem
The president of the union, Fawzi Odaymeh, stated after the meeting that emergency and humanitarian cases will be admitted to the hospitals and that Mr. Hariri has promised some quick and effective solutions.
Lebanon, Medicine, 9/30/1997
Newspaper boss charged over money report
Takeidin demanded Al Dyar 's director, Youssed Howayck, be given a two-year jail sentence and a 100 million US dollars fine.
Lebanon, Local, 9/30/1997
Markets sought for apples, grapes
Akkar MP Wajih Baarini said he discussed with Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri the "catastrophe the farmers face."
Lebanon, Agriculture, 9/30/1997
Developments in south Lebanon
The resistance stated that it launched several attacks on positions in Al-Sueidaa and Al-Reshaf and bombed a Lahdian infantry patrol, on the Sheheen-Jebeen road.
Lebanon, Military, 9/30/1997
Anti-aircraft missile discovered near school
An unexploded anti-aircraft missile believed to date back to the civil war has been discovered near a school in Beirut, the police daily report said.
Lebanon, Local, 9/30/1997
Power workers threaten strike
Workers at the electricite du Liban announced on September 29 they would begin an open-ended strike on October 14
Lebanon, Economics, 9/30/1997
The meeting of the finance and budget committee
The MPs who were in session all agreed on the refusal of the proposed plan and its tax-increases. They demanded the government to come up with a long-term economic plan and a large-scalereform project supervised by the administration and the independent assemblies.
Lebanon, Economics, 9/30/1997
Hariri projects while hospital owners refuse to treat patients
Prime Minister Rafik Hariri announced that new development projects, including the $100 million allocated for the impoverished in Hermel (Bekaa) and Akkar, have been postponed for an undetermined length of time.
Lebanon, Politics, 9/29/1997
Taxes are burdening Lebanese citizens
The Lebanese government is facing a social environment that could explode at any moment due to deteriorating living conditions and the continuation of the reconstruction plan amidst high debts.
Lebanon, Essay, 9/29/1997
Farewells to pianist Walid Akl
Famous Lebanese pianist Walid Akl passed away on Friday September 27 in Paris, following heart surgery.
Lebanon, People, 9/29/1997
Berri in Damascus meets with Assad
Berri insisted on his refusal of any increases. The meeting also confirmed the fact that no changes in the cabinet will take place
Lebanon, Politics, 9/29/1997
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