Arabic News Weekly Edition for Lebanon, 5/5/2003
Weekly Edition, Lebanon - Week of May 5, 2003
- Fire and explosives attacks renew in Ein al-Helweh camp, south Lebanon
The fire opening and explosives series in Palestinian refugee camp of Ein al-Helweh in Southern Lebanon continued yesterday for the second running day. Lebanon-Palestine, Local, 5/10/2003 - Al-Shara gets a phone call from Obeid Syria-Lebanon, Politics, 5/9/2003
- Syria-Lebanon agricultural cooperation Syria-Lebanon, Economics, 5/9/2003
- Assafir: Nasrullah: American pressures are very serious, but will not push us to give up resistance option
The secretary general of the Hizbullah party Hassan Nasrullah has stressed that the general developments in the region reveal that the American pressures will be escalated against Syria and Lebanon in the coming phase, but he ruled out the occurrence of fundamental changes in the two states position concerning the major issues, considering that Hizbullah will maintain its option, because the reasons that pushed it to resistance are still there. Lebanon-USA, Politics, 5/8/2003 - Kuwait announces elimination of 'the fog' in the relations with Lebanon
Kuwait's first deputy prime minister and minister of foreign affairs Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah yesterday announced that the "fog" which has clouded relations between Kuwait and Lebanon was eliminated. Kuwait-Lebanon, Politics, 5/7/2003 - UN: the Lebanese army is deployed in South Lebanon
A spokesman for the UN in South Lebanon said yesterday that the Lebanese army was actually deployed in the area formerly occupied by Israel. Lebanon-UN, Politics, 5/7/2003 - Lebanon: An attack on western missionaries resulted in death the executor
The police said that a man placing an explosive on Tuesday evening in front of the house of a missionary couple from the Western Anglicans in Tripoli in North Lebanon was killed in the explosion. Lebanon, Local, 5/7/2003 - Baqradouni: Syria's presence in Lebanon is legitimate Lebanon-Syria, Politics, 5/6/2003
- Syrian, Lebanese Awqaf cooperation
Syria's Minister of Religious Endowments (Awqaf) Mohammed Zeada received on Monday Mufti of Lebanon, Mohammed Rasheed Qabani and an accompanying delegation. Lebanon-Syria, Religion, 5/6/2003 - Powell - Obeid press conference
US. Secretary of State Colin Powell yesterday described his talks with President Bashar al-Assad as frank and cordial. Lebanon-USA, Politics, 5/5/2003 - Syrian-Lebanese women sign cooperation agreement Syria-Lebanon, Culture, 5/5/2003
- Israeli warplanes violate the Lebanese airspace Lebanon-Israel, Military, 5/5/2003