Arabic News Weekly Edition for Lebanon, 3/8/2004
Weekly Edition, Lebanon - Week of March 8, 2004
- Lebanese president confers with American lawyers on developments Lebanon-USA, Politics, 3/13/2004
- Lebanese FM discusses with UN envoy situation in Iraq Lebanon-UN, Politics, 3/13/2004
- A mass grave found in a southern Lebanese town Lebanon, Local, 3/13/2004
- Three Lebanese students were wounded in clashes with the police
Three students supporters for the Christian opposition in Lebanon were wounded and other two arrested following clashes erupted between them and the security forces which banned them from demonstrating at the entrance of the "Yasu'eya" University in Beirut on Wednesday. Lebanon, Politics, 3/12/2004 - Renowned Lebanese musician, Poet died at 88 Lebanon, People, 3/12/2004
- Lahoud: great hopes are pinned on forthcoming Arab summit Lebanon-Regional, Politics, 3/11/2004
- Beirut's Arab Parliamentary Symposium concluded Regional-Lebanon, Local, 3/11/2004
- Beirut's Arab Women Forum warps up meeting, final Statement
The Forum of Arab Women and Armed Conflicts on Tuesday condemned the inhuman practices Arab woman is exposed to under the Israeli occupation and Israel's violations of the international norms and conventions. Regional-Lebanon, Politics, 3/10/2004 - Al-Assad meets wth a Lebanese delegation of dignitaries Syria-Lebanon, Politics, 3/10/2004
- Lahoud confers with Bulgarian head of the foreign relations defense parliamentarians committee Lebanon-Bulgaria, Politics, 3/10/2004
- On Beirut's Arab Women Forum
The Forum of "Arab Women and Armed Conflicts" was opened in Beirut on Monday in the presence of Mrs. Asma al-Assad, wife of president Bashar al-Assad, and a number of wives of Arab Kings, Presidents and the Arab League Secretary General. Lebanon-Regional, Politics, 3/9/2004 - One Yemeni sentenced for 20 years imprisonment over attacking American restaurants in Lebanon
A Lebanese military court sentences to 20 year imprisonment with labor, one Yemeni who was convicted of carrying out a series of attacks by bombs against branches for American take-away food restaurants and planning for attacking the American embassy in Beirut. Lebanon-Yemen, Local, 3/9/2004 - Berri appreciated Syria's initiative on dismantling WMD Lebanon-Syria, Politics, 3/9/2004
- Lebanon's First Lady opens activities of forum on Arab women and international conflicts
Activities of the "Arab woman and armed conflicts forum" started yesterday in Beirut with a celebration patroned by the Lebanese First Lady Andree Lahoud, on the occasion of the " Woman world Day." Regional-Lebanon, Politics, 3/8/2004 - Beirut conference on 'Woman and armed conflict' :EU Parliamentarian Marie Banotti: A call to bridging the gap of understanding between the west and east
She said that the European image of the women from the Arab states are the weeping and tragic mothers who weep over their children and their dead men in their family in the context of the war in Israel and, of course, in Iraq Regional-Lebanon, Politics, 3/8/2004 - Mrs. Asmaa Al-Assad takes part in the Beirut Arab woman forum
Syria's First Lady Asmaa al-Assad arrived in Beirut on Sunday to take part in celebrations of the Woman World Day and the forum of "The Arab woman and armed conflict." The forum which starts on Monday coincides with the Woman World Day. Lebanon-Syria, Politics, 3/8/2004