Arabic News Weekly Edition for Lebanon, 8/11/1997
Weekly Edition, Lebanon - Week of August 11, 1997
- Radio stations receive second shutdown warning
Even as 11 unlicensed northern radio stations announced merger plans, others have begun preparing for the post-closure period by moving into the DJ business. Lebanon, Business, 8/15/1997 - Lebanese president launches long-awaited Bekaa development
Lebanese president Elias Hrawi signed a decree launching development projects in the traditionally-neglected area of the northern Bekaa. Lebanon, Politics, 8/15/1997 - US firms make moves to be part of rebirth
Despite a state department warning that Lebanon remains risky for Americans, the lifting of the travel ban has reinvigorated the interest of US citizens. Lebanon, Business, 8/15/1997 - Human rights activists expected Israel to block their attempt
A delegation from Amnesty International-Canada in Beirut to probe the conditions of Lebanese detainees held by Israel or its proxy militia was denied entry into the Khiam center in the occupied border zone. Lebanon, Politics, 8/14/1997 - Hizbullah leader welcomes troops sent to muzzle protesters
Four hundred soldiers were deployed outside Baalbek and Hermel in line with a cabinet decision last week to crack down on civil disobedience. Lebanon, Military, 8/14/1997 - South Lebanon Army pulls out of Saidoun
The South Lebanon Army withdrew its forces from a position in the village of Saidoun, near Jezzine, in a move that is likely to return several villages to the Lebanese government's control. Lebanon, Military, 8/14/1997 - First Middle East lung transplant from living donor a success
In the first operation of its kind in the Middle East, surgeons at the St. George hospital in Achrafieh performed a successful lung transplant from a living donor. Lebanon, Medicine, 8/14/1997 - Zoghbi condemns forced closure of unlicensed media
The president of the government-recognized General Labor Organization (GLC), Ghanime Zoghbi, condemned the government's decision to shut down unlicensed audio-visual media stations. Lebanon, Business, 8/14/1997 - Price of gasoline and oil is increased
Citing increases in international fuel prices, the ministry of oil on August announced a 500 Lebanese Lira increase per 20 liters of gasoline and 100 Lebanese lira increase for the same amount of diesel oil. Lebanon, Economics, 8/13/1997 - Force will be used to shut down Islamic TV and other radio stations
Tripoli's General Security department is expected today to order unlicensed broadcast media in the north of Lebanon to shut down within 24 hours, or risk closure by force. Lebanon, Local, 8/13/1997 - Trade agreements were signed between Lebanon and Egypt
At the end of the Lebanese-Egyptian joint committee meeting, the two parties signed 12 agreements in different fields and set up a free trade zone. Lebanon-Egypt, Economics, 8/13/1997 - US delegation chooses Beirut as regional headquarters for the Middle East
Members of the first American business delegation to visit Lebanon since the lifting of the US travel ban announced their plans to open offices in Beirut. Lebanon, Business, 8/13/1997 - Attacks on Lebanon escalate
Israeli occupation forces continued to attack Lebanese areas close to occupied south Lebanon and the western Bekaa. Lebanon, Military, 8/13/1997 - Hizbullah leaders escalate crisis in Lebanon
Lebanese President Elias Hrawi made a separate phone calls to Speaker Nabih Berri and Sheikh Mohammed Mahdi Shamseddine, the head of the higher Shiite council, in order to calm down the Shiites and to keep them from steering Lebanon toward another war. Lebanon, Politics, 8/12/1997 - More Israeli air raids on Lebanon
Israeli jet fighters and helicopters on flew over the Bekaa region, dropping strange objects. Lebanon, Military, 8/12/1997 - Further Israeli attacks on Lebanon, resistance retaliates
One Israeli soldier was killed and another wounded in a clash with Lebanese resistance men in Israel’s South Lebanon occupation zone. Lebanon, Military, 8/11/1997 - Israeli warplanes attack eastern Bekaa
Lebanese security sources said that the Israeli F-16 fighters fired a number of missiles at the town of al Nabi Sheet to the east of Bekaa. Lebanon, Military, 8/11/1997 - Iraqi delegation to Lebanon back on track
A visit by an Iraqi industrial delegation, postponed because of last month’s Pan-Arab games controversy, should be confirmed this week. Iraq-Lebanon, Politics, 8/11/1997