Arabic News Weekly Edition for Lebanon, 8/16/2004
Weekly Edition, Lebanon - Week of August 16, 2004
- An explosion targets a telecommunications center in Southern Lebanon
News reports in Beirut said that one explosive went off yesterday in Ein al-Helweh camp for the Palestinian refugees south Lebanon. Lebanon, Politics, 8/21/2004 - Washington lifts restrictions from its diplomats in Beirut
The US yesterday lifted an embargo it had imposed since two months on its diplomats in Beirut provided for banning them from heading to certain quarters in the southern part of the capital. Lebanon-USA, Politics, 8/21/2004 - Lahoud was briefed on Water Projects Between Syria and Lebanon Lebanon-Syria, Economics, 8/19/2004
- Lahoud demands complete Israeli withdrawal from Shebaa Farms Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 8/19/2004
- Lebanese Grand Mufti deplores practices against the Palestinians
Lebanese Grand Mufti, Sheikh Muhammad Rashid Kabbani, Wednesday said "the Palestinian people encounter genocide at the hands of Israeli occupation troops, in addition to displacement and houses demolishing." Lebanon-Palestine, Politics, 8/19/2004 - Al-Assad continues meeting with Lebanese officials Syria-Lebanon, Politics, 8/18/2004
- Al-Assad confers with Lebanese dignitaries Syria-Lebanon, Politics, 8/16/2004