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BEIRUT: Prime Minister Fouad Siniora said on Thursday his government will approve salary raises in a Cabinet session next week, adding that the Lebanese should double efforts to preserve stability in their country. "We are determined to improve...
BEIRUT: The Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) on Thursday dismissed media reports which said it had plans to beef up its presence in North Lebanon in order to put an end to the "growing influence of fundamentalist groups" there, in direct reference to...
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BEIRUT: Prime Minister Fouad Siniora proposed a six-point plan on Tuesday to develop the city of Tripoli and the North. The plan's main pillar, according to Siniora, was enforcing security and achieving stability. "Tripoli and its citizens have a...
BEIRUT: Lebanon is expected to start receiving Egyptian electricity in two weeks and this additional power will drastically reduce rationing, Energy and Water Minister Alan Tabourian said on Monday. "If we get the Egyptian electricity according...
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Lebanon's Prime Minister Fouad Siniora is in Iraq for trade talks with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. His trip comes one week after King Abdullah of Jordan became the first Arab head of state to visit Iraq since the 2003 U.S.-led...
BEIRUT: Prime Minister Fouad Siniora said on Monday that all Lebanese parties were committed to implementing what was agreed on in Doha last May regarding the drafting of a new electoral law for next year's parliamentary elections. "All parties...
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