Lebanon’s midfielder Rida Antar who inspired the country’s historic victory against South Korea during the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers was chosen as Goal.com’s player of the week.
The website recognized the player for his role in the victory, a first by Lebanon against the Asian nation.
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The President of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, Judge Sir David Baragwanath, will arrive in Lebanon on Wednesday, al-Liwaa newspaper reported.
Baragwanath will hold a meeting with Prime Minister Najib Miqati at the Grand Serail to reiterate the importance of paying Lebanon’s dues to the tribunal before December 15, the daily said on Tuesday.
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The head of the Mustaqbal bloc MP Fouad Saniora is preparing to file a lawsuit against the head of the Finance and Budget Committee MP Ibrahim Kanaan, revealed al-Liwaa newspaper on Tuesday.
The former prime minister had accused the MP of being ignorant of financial affairs.
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Prime Minister Najib Miqati will not include the funding of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon on the cabinet’s agenda for this week’s sessions, An Nahar newspaper reported on Tuesday.
Ministerial sources told the daily that Miqati will include the STL article on the session scheduled to be held on November 30 after he returns from his visit to the Vatican.
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Speaker Nabih Berri is annoyed at the lack of contacts with former Prime Minister Saad Hariri, al-Joumhouria newspaper reported on Tuesday.
Berri’s visitors told the daily that he doesn’t want the political boycott to last any further, expressing relief after al-Mustaqbal bloc leader MP Fouad Saniora attended a dinner banquet held in honor of visiting Brazilian Vice-President Michel Temer.
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An American official stressed that espionage will always be fraught with dangers, reported As Safir newspaper on Tuesday.
He told the newspaper that collecting information about enemies who are always trying to uncover spies within their ranks will always be a risky matter.
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Head of the Mustaqbal parliamentary bloc, former premier Fouad Saniora, warned Monday that “those who disavow the Special Tribunal for Lebanon would be exposing Lebanon to danger.”
In an interview on MTV, Saniora said “financing is one of the aspects of dealing with the tribunal, but respecting the protocol signed between the Lebanese state and the STL is what’s important.”
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Interior Minister Marwan Charbel on Monday announced the arrest of three people in connection with Wednesday’s ransacking of the Greek Orthodox Archbishopric in Beirut’s Ashrafieh district.
The incident “has no political or sectarian motivations and it was only aimed at theft,” Charbel told OTV.
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President Michel Suleiman on Monday called for “adhering to international legitimacy” and honoring Lebanon’s commitments towards the U.N.-backed Special Tribunal for Lebanon.
In a televised address to the nation on the 68th anniversary of Lebanon’s independence, Suleiman said “there is a duty to adhere to international legitimacy, including to the STL, for the sake of justice rather than out of fear of sanctions.”
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The Phalange Party hoped on Monday that Lebanon’s Independence Day on Tuesday would be an occasion for all sides to become aware of the meaning of independence for which thousands of Lebanese martyrs have died for.
It hoped in a statement after its weekly politburo meeting that the “Lebanese government would assume its responsibilities for Lebanon and the region during these critical moments.”
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