Arabic News Weekly Edition for Lebanon, 5/6/2002
Weekly Edition, Lebanon - Week of May 6, 2002
- Israeli military build up in Shebaa farms
While the Lebanese foreign minister Mahmoud Hammoud had stressed that the meeting of the foreign ministers of the Arab peace initiative states will be held in Beirut, Lebanese security sources announced Israeli moves along the line separating the occupied Lebanese Shebaa farms and the occupied Syrian Golan heights. Lebanon-Israel, Military, 5/10/2002 - Kuwaiti fund to finance Lebanese schools project
The Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED) will provide 50% of the US$ 90 million needed for a schools project in the Lebanese capital of Beirut Lebanon-Kuwait, Economics, 5/10/2002 - An explosion in a restaurant in north Lebanon
The Lebanese police said on Thursday that an explosion took place earlier in the day in a restaurant belonging to the American franchise Kentucky Fried Chicken in Tripoli, North lebanon and this resulted in its partial destruction and slight wounds for its guard. Lebanon, Local, 5/10/2002 - Berri today in Damascus Lebanon-Syria, Politics, 5/9/2002
- Al-Hariri confers with Mahateir Muhammad
The Lebanese prime minister Rafiq al-Hariri on Wednesday in Kuala Lumpur discussed with Malaysia's prime minister Mahateir Muhammad in a lunch meeting bilateral relations between Lebanon and Malaysia and regional issues. Lebanon-Malaysia, Politics, 5/9/2002 - Contacts between Maher, Hammoud and Solana
The Egyptian foreign minister Ahmad Maher discussed in a telephone call he made on Wednesday with his Lebanese counterpart Mahmoud Hamoud "the developments of explosive conditions in the occupied Palestinian territories amid the brutal Israeli military escalation against the Palestinian people." Lebanon-Egypt, Politics, 5/9/2002 - Lebanese resistance clash with the Israeli forces
The Lebanese national resistance has announced that its fighters clashed on Tuesday with Israeli soldiers through the borders by machine guns fire. Lebanon-Israel, Military, 5/8/2002 - Palestinian groups form armed leadership Palestine-Lebanon, Politics, 5/7/2002
- Israel continues air violations of south Lebanon
Lebanese security sources said that three Israeli planes flew in the space of the Lebanese capital at an intermediate altitude and carried out mock and provocative raids. Lebanon-Israel, Military, 5/7/2002 - Lebanese- Iranian cultural agreement
Lebanon and Lebanon on Saturday signed a cultural cooperation agreement between the two countries. Lebanon-Iran, Politics, 5/6/2002 - Israeli continues violations of the Lebanese airspace
The Israeli warplanes on Sunday renewed its violations of the Lebanese airspace over vast areas of south Lebanon at intermediate altitude and carried out mock raids. Lebanon-Israel, Military, 5/6/2002