Recent articles by YaLibnan.http://www.trcb.com/en-Us60Sat, 26 May 2012 08:57:31 ESTCopyright 2012 YaLibnan, TRCB.com All Right Reservedhttp://www.trcb.com/news/lebanon/xxxfrontpage/ya-libnan-is-being-upgraded-18818.htmWe are in the process of upgrading Ya Libnan. We plan to be back online with updates within 24-48 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:59:12 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/lebanon/xxxfrontpage/ya-libnan-is-being-upgraded-18818.htmTRCB.comNews Lebanon / xxx.FRONTPAGEhttp://www.trcb.com/news/lebanon/xxxfeatured/66th-anniversary-of-the-end-of-the-french-mandate-18800.htmBy Ghassan Karam Special to Ya Libnan The 23rd of November , 1943 is a bitter sweet occasion for all Lebanese, or at least it ought to be. It was 66 years ago today that Lebanon won officially its independence. Lebanon was the first Arab country to Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:25:41 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/lebanon/xxxfeatured/66th-anniversary-of-the-end-of-the-french-mandate-18800.htmTRCB.comNews Lebanon / xxx.FEATUREDhttp://www.trcb.com/news/lebanon/xxxfrontpage/sunday-news-briefs-18788.htmBeirut - Lebanon celebrated its 66th Independence Day . A military parade was held in the capital Beirut, with President Michel Suleiman, Prime Minister Saad Hariri and Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri, as well as foreign and Arab officials present. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:11:42 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/lebanon/xxxfrontpage/sunday-news-briefs-18788.htmTRCB.comNews Lebanon / xxx.FRONTPAGEhttp://www.trcb.com/news/lebanon/politics/suleiman-calls-for-abolishing-political-sectarianism-in-lebanon-18774.htmBeirut- President Michel Suleiman addressed the nation on the eve of Lebanons 66th anniversary of independence saying: "To encourage vast participation in political life , a national committee should be established and charged with abolishing Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:03:46 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/lebanon/politics/suleiman-calls-for-abolishing-political-sectarianism-in-lebanon-18774.htmTRCB.comNews Lebanon / Politicshttp://www.trcb.com/news/lebanon/xxxfrontpage/saturday-news-briefs-editorial-18763.htmBeirut - Two issues are the focus of the media in Lebanon: The paragraph dealing with Hezbollah arms in the ministerial policy statement and the dispute between Interior minister Ziad Baroud and ISF Director General Ashraf Rifi over discharging Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:19:37 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/lebanon/xxxfrontpage/saturday-news-briefs-editorial-18763.htmTRCB.comNews Lebanon / xxx.FRONTPAGEhttp://www.trcb.com/news/lebanon/xxxfeatured/would-the-wall-ever-fall-in-the-arab-world-18744.htmBy Ghassan Karam Special to Ya Libnan The whole world has been celebrating one of the most momentous events of the later half of the tweentieth century, the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. What a triumph for the human spirit, for democracy, Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:33:53 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/lebanon/xxxfeatured/would-the-wall-ever-fall-in-the-arab-world-18744.htmTRCB.comNews Lebanon / xxx.FEATUREDhttp://www.trcb.com/news/lebanon/xxxfrontpage/friday-news-briefs-18730.htmBeirut - The issue of Hezbollah arms continues to delay the finalization of the ministerial policy statement . Yesterday the committee charged with drafting the statement met again but no agreement was reached . Many were hopeful that the statement Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:53:02 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/lebanon/xxxfrontpage/friday-news-briefs-18730.htmTRCB.comNews Lebanon / xxx.FRONTPAGEhttp://www.trcb.com/news/lebanon/xxxfrontpage/thursday-news-briefs-18678.htmBeirut- Finally someone is thinking about the Lebanese people. Prime Minister Saad Hariri told the Annual Arab Banking Conference held at the Phoenicia hotel in Beirut that the new national unity government's policy statement should guarantee a better Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:39:01 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/lebanon/xxxfrontpage/thursday-news-briefs-18678.htmTRCB.comNews Lebanon / xxx.FRONTPAGEhttp://www.trcb.com/news/lebanon/xxxfrontpage/wednesday-news-briefs-18630.htmBeirut - As expected President Michel Suleiman hosted Wednesday a reconciliation meeting between Progressive socialist party leader MP Walid Jumblat and Marada Movement leader Suleiman Franjieh. Following the meeting Suleiman hosted the two leaders Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:36:47 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/lebanon/xxxfrontpage/wednesday-news-briefs-18630.htmTRCB.comNews Lebanon / xxx.FRONTPAGEhttp://www.trcb.com/news/lebanon/xxxfrontpage/tuesday-news-briefs-editorial-18589.htmBeirut- The issue of the ministerial policy statement continues to be the focus of the media in Lebanon. The Committee charged with drafting the policy statement will hold a third meeting under PM Saad Hariri at 5 pm on Tuesday in an effort to finalize Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:55:16 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/lebanon/xxxfrontpage/tuesday-news-briefs-editorial-18589.htmTRCB.comNews Lebanon / xxx.FRONTPAGEhttp://www.trcb.com/news/lebanon/xxxfrontpage/monday-news-briefs-18533.htmBeirut - As expected, Hezbollah arms remain the most divisive issue facing the finalization of the ministerial policy statement of the so called national unity government. The committee charged with drafting the statement has been meeting since Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:33:20 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/lebanon/xxxfrontpage/monday-news-briefs-18533.htmTRCB.comNews Lebanon / xxx.FRONTPAGEhttp://www.trcb.com/news/lebanon/xxxfeatured/alice-in-wonderland-or-is-it-alice-in-lebanon-18508.htmBy Ghassan Karam Special to Ya Libnan "Thinghs are not what they appear to be" is as close of a description of the political landscape in Lebanon as a phrase can get. Lewis Carroll could not have had Lebanon in mind when he coined that all popular Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:54:23 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/lebanon/xxxfeatured/alice-in-wonderland-or-is-it-alice-in-lebanon-18508.htmTRCB.comNews Lebanon / xxx.FEATUREDhttp://www.trcb.com/news/lebanon/xxxfeatured/an-open-letter-to-prime-minister-hariri-18507.htmBy: Maurice Obeid* Special to Ya Libnan Your Excellency: Congratulations on the formation of the new cabinet. Now that you have a government in place, I am writing to advise you to capitalize on recent developments to set the stage for peace in Mon, 16 Nov 2009 03:38:22 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/lebanon/xxxfeatured/an-open-letter-to-prime-minister-hariri-18507.htmTRCB.comNews Lebanon / xxx.FEATUREDhttp://www.trcb.com/news/lebanon/general/sunday-news-briefs-editorial-18504.htmBeirut- The focus of the media today is on 2 issues: The election of the board members of the Lebanese Bar Association in which the March 14 majority and the minority are fiercely competing and the controversy surrounding the ministerial statement Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:26:04 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/lebanon/general/sunday-news-briefs-editorial-18504.htmTRCB.comNews Lebanon / Generalhttp://www.trcb.com/news/lebanon/xxxfrontpage/saturday-news-briefs-editorial-18483.htmBeirut - The trend within the March 14 movement calls for getting away from Lebanons extremism and focusing instead on a position between March 14 and March 8 alliances. In his first appearance on Hezbollah's al-Manar TV since 2000, Progressive Sat, 14 Nov 2009 18:17:22 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/lebanon/xxxfrontpage/saturday-news-briefs-editorial-18483.htmTRCB.comNews Lebanon / xxx.FRONTPAGEhttp://www.trcb.com/news/lebanon/xxxfeatured/twenty-years-later-little-has-changed-18448.htmBy: Maurice Obeid* Special to Ya Libnan Twenty years ago this month, on November 4 1989, the civil war ended with the ratification of the Taif Accord. This reconciliation agreement identified the elimination of confessionalism as a national priority. Sat, 14 Nov 2009 05:41:13 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/lebanon/xxxfeatured/twenty-years-later-little-has-changed-18448.htmTRCB.comNews Lebanon / xxx.FEATUREDhttp://www.trcb.com/news/lebanon/politics/opinion-irans-plans-for-yemen-are-destructive-18449.htmBy: Raghida Dergham There is striking evidence of regional consensus over forming a Lebanese national unity government after deliberate obstruction that lasted for five months and an international agreement to implicitly accept a Lebanese government Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:04:13 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/lebanon/politics/opinion-irans-plans-for-yemen-are-destructive-18449.htmTRCB.comNews Lebanon / Politicshttp://www.trcb.com/news/lebanon/xxxfrontpage/friday-news-briefs-editorial-18432.htmBeirut - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is in Paris, France to ask the French to play a bigger role in Middle East peace efforts. Assad said the issue would be the focal point of his talks with French President Nicolas Sarkozy because he was Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:33:26 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/lebanon/xxxfrontpage/friday-news-briefs-editorial-18432.htmTRCB.comNews Lebanon / xxx.FRONTPAGEhttp://www.trcb.com/news/lebanon/xxxfrontpage/thursday-news-briefs-editorial-18381.htmBeirut - Lebanese President Michel Suleiman held talks today with his Syrian counterpart President Bashar al-Assad. Suleiman arrived in Damascus early Thursday and the summit lasted for 90 minutes, following which he headed by helicopter to the Baabda Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:43:37 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/lebanon/xxxfrontpage/thursday-news-briefs-editorial-18381.htmTRCB.comNews Lebanon / xxx.FRONTPAGEhttp://www.trcb.com/news/lebanon/politics/the-phalange-is-still-a-member-of-lebanons-march-14-alliance-18350.htmBeirut - The Phalange Party announced that it is still a member of March 14 majority alliance and ended speculation about its withdrawal from the new Cabinet, saying attempts to exclude the party from decision-making have failed. Salim Sayegh , the Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:23:19 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/lebanon/politics/the-phalange-is-still-a-member-of-lebanons-march-14-alliance-18350.htmTRCB.comNews Lebanon / Politicshttp://www.trcb.com/news/lebanon/opinion/beneath-lebanons-new-political-deal-a-fear-of-violence-18343.htmBy: Andrew Lee Butters Beirut- It's been an almost endless summer in Lebanon, with beach weather and relative political harmony continuing well into November. The only thing marring what could have been a perfect year for a country more accustomed to Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:18:56 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/lebanon/opinion/beneath-lebanons-new-political-deal-a-fear-of-violence-18343.htmTRCB.comNews Lebanon / Opinionhttp://www.trcb.com/news/lebanon/xxxfrontpage/wednesday-news-briefs-editorial-18336.htmBeirut- Now that we have a cabinet in Lebanon the next issue is the ministerial statement . Again, as in the case of the cabinet formation the delay factor in coining the statement will be Hezbollah arms. The committee that will be responsible for Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:51:56 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/lebanon/xxxfrontpage/wednesday-news-briefs-editorial-18336.htmTRCB.comNews Lebanon / xxx.FRONTPAGEhttp://www.trcb.com/news/lebanon/xxxfrontpage/tuesday-news-briefs-editorial-18289.htmBeirut- The international reaction to the formation of the government has been swift. As soon as the formation of the government was announced , French President Nicolas Sarkozy congratulated Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri . In a letter released by Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:10:04 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/lebanon/xxxfrontpage/tuesday-news-briefs-editorial-18289.htmTRCB.comNews Lebanon / xxx.FRONTPAGEhttp://www.trcb.com/news/lebanon/breaking-news/breaking-news-lebanon-has-a-new-cabinet-18266.htmBeirut- Finally and after five months of tough negotiations Lebanon has a new cabinet . Decree number 2839 confirming the cabinet lineup was just issued by President Michel Suleiman from the Baabda palace following a meeting with PM designate Saad Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:04:37 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/lebanon/breaking-news/breaking-news-lebanon-has-a-new-cabinet-18266.htmTRCB.comNews Lebanon / Breaking Newshttp://www.trcb.com/news/lebanon/xxxfrontpage/monday-news-briefs-18246.htmBeirut- Saad Hariri, Lebanon's prime minister-designate is putting the final touches to a new government line-up after nearly five months of winning the parliamentary elections. An announcement on the new cabinet is expected as early as Monday Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:17:37 ESThttp://www.trcb.com/news/lebanon/xxxfrontpage/monday-news-briefs-18246.htmTRCB.comNews Lebanon / xxx.FRONTPAGE