by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | May 22, 2012 | Regional News, Security
Not good timing for Dubai92 and the sponsors of the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ competition, Bloomingdales Dubai, when you have this playing right before their top-of-the-hour news bulletin about UAE travel warnings and violence in the Lebanese capital. Rock stars...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Jan 10, 2012 | Regional News
Lebanon Island part of Dubai’s The World will be opening soon and questions concerning basic utilities (power and water) have been answered – Lebanon Island will be borrowing utility tips from the real Lebanon: Treated water must be supplied by boat and...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Dec 7, 2011 | Regional News
The Cedar Island off Lebanese coast may have been nothing but a pipe dream, but apparently the Lebanon Island off Dubai’s coast may be first development to open to the public: The World, the troubled offshore island project off Dubai, will open its first island...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Nov 26, 2011 | Regional News
Three political parties in Armenia (the Social Democrat Henchag Party, ARF Dashnaktsutyun, and Ramkavar Liberal Party) have recently condemned an agreement reached by Beirut and Istanbul authorities to twin their cities: …the three parties released a joint...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Aug 23, 2011 | Regional News
When we all thought the Benihana Kuwait saga was over following Mark’s initial win, a Kuwaiti Appeals Court has overturned the verdict and has awarded damages to Benihana. Here’s the situation as Mark explains it: Well around a month after the victory...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Jul 19, 2011 | Regional News
UAE-based property developer, Reem Developers, have transferred an 800 year old olive tree from Lebanon to Abu Dhabi to sit at the center of their Rawdhat residential development: The olive tree, originating from Lebanon’s Mediterranean coast, has been planted at...