Beirut, Lebanon - The call by Al-Qaida's deputy chief for Sunni militants in Lebanon to attack U.N. peacekeepers is a bad omen for the country and a dangerous threat to its future, a Lebanese Cabinet minister said Tuesday.
Beirut - The United Nations Peacekeeping force in Southern Lebanon (UNIFIL) on Tuesday confirmed there had been an 'incident' between militants believed to be from the Lebanese Shiite Hezbollah movement and an Italian patrol working in the UN peace mission
Syria's Foreign Minister Walid Moallem expressed anger over the exclusion of his country from talks to help Lebanon move forward. Syria is widely believed to be responsible for the series of assassinations in Lebanon since 2005.
Lebanon's ruling coalition on Tuesday buried two slain members of the Phalange Party in the eastern town of Zahle amidst tight security measures and a pledge by ex-President Amin Gemayel that the crime would not go unpunished.
The killing of two members of the Lebanese Phalange (Kataeb) Party in Zahle city has contributed to reviving fears that a civil war in Lebanon may ignite at any moment.
Youth branch of the Dashnaktsutiun Armenian Revolutionary Federation organized in Stepanakert a conference on Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement. Members of youth organizations of Nagorno Karabakh and Armenia took part in the conference, REGNUM correspondent in Stepanakert has reported. Attendants presented
Georgia is preparing to use force in resolving Georgian-Ossetian and Georgian-Abkhazian conflicts, South Ossetian interior minister Mikhail Mindzayev has stated. In an interview to REGNUM correspondent, the minister said that a series of terrorist acts that took place in South
ArmInfo. Microsoft and HayPost signed an Enterprise Agreement on three year cooperation on April 22, 2008. The agreement was signed between Hans Boon, Director General of HayPost, and Grigor Barsegyan, Microsoft CM. With support of Dom Daniel LLC - the
ArmInfo. Armenia should take measures to normalize the activity of democratic institutions in the country, Chairman of the Armenian delegation to PACE, Head of the Armenian National Assembly's Standing Commission for Legal Issues David Harutyunyan said at a press-conference in
ArmInfo. Armenian policemen have a long way to go yet to become professionals, the head of the Armenian delegation to PACE, says the chairman of the standing committee on state and legal issues of the Armenian Parliament David Haroutyunyan."The Armenian
Company CEO Sathish Kumar told reporters here today that BP Hi-Flex knee replacement system, made using cobalt chromium alloy, was launched late last year and expressed hope that this would enable the company achieve the said target. "We hope to
The board has recommended dividend of 60 percent (Rs three per share), a special dividend of 40 percent (Rs two per share) pursuant to the divestment of the enzyme business. It also recommended a 1:1 bonus share issue, Biocon CMD,
Prices of everything from raw materials to energy inputs to ocean freight and consequently of steel products have recently surged to unprecedented highs due to rapid steel demand growth from the developing economies, coupled with inadequate raw material availability," he
Moreover, the PE investments in India surpassed that of neighbouring China, which stood at 570 million dollars during the same period. The report prepared by IndusView, an India-focused cross- border advisory firm, the Indian real estate and infrastructure sectors contributed
Bajaj Holdings and Investment would replace S Kumars Nationwide in the BSE-500 index, a BSE circular said. The BSE-500 index represents nearly 93 per cent of the total market capitalisation on BSE. This index represents all 20 major industries of
City-based Citra Developers won the auction for the land, measuring 5,41,436 sq metres, today. When contacted Indiabulls Group spokesman Gagan Banga refused to comment. It is understood that the company would develop an integrated township on this land. Metropolitan Intrahousing
In its expansion programme the bank would introduce on-line trading to augment the its non-interest income, Shandilya told reporters here. He said during 2007-08, the bank has recorded a business growth (deposits plus advances) of Rs 10,181 crores to reach
The bank staff were coming in a jeep to the bank with the cash at about 1.30 pm after withdrawing Rs 20 lakh from the UCO bank branch and Rs 13 lakh from the LIC office here when the incident
In a letter to Manmohan Singh, Raje asked him to issue directions to concerned departments in this regard. She said the two thermal power stations at Kota and Suratgarh were facing shortage of coal for generating power. In the letter,
