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Issue 3- June 2003
Chaos rules Baghdad
Have you ever been to a city where you cannot have a conversation in the streets because of the noise of generators? A city where long cues of cars lineup in front of gasoline stations? A city where black market vendors of gasoline are everywhere? A city where residents keepAK47 rifles inside their houses to protect themselves against possible looters? A city where walking at night is dangerous while driving a car alone is not recommended? Full Story
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NEWS & REPORTS
Occupation must end, but road map does not freeze settlements
Road map to peace's destination is a final and comprehensive settlement of the Israel-Palestinian conflict by 2005.
Women's profile in LAU - Direct Line Film Festival
The Institute for Women's Studies in the Arab World at the Lebanese American University in coordination with Direct Line's Cine-Club organized its fourth annual film festival by the end of May at Irwin Hall in LAU Campus in Beirut.
Youth group aims at re-understanding socialism
Founded in 1975, the Young Democratic Socialists is considered the largest socialist youth organization in the US, and is the only American member of the International Union of Socialist Youth. YDS are the youth section of the Democratic Socialists of America.
Qatar is unlike what it is thought to be
My first surprise upon landing in Doha was to see the airport 's personnel being drawn from both males and females. The women, however, do everything. They are even part of the police force and some of them are not veiled.
Young foreigners eye the first Baghdad English weekly
With American and British businessmen flooding the Iraqi capital to start investments of all sizes, three young men -- two British and one American -- took the first step toward launching a weekly English newspaper, the Baghdad Bulletin.
The dramatic change in the region has exposed an unprecedented degree of leftist failure.
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EDITORIALS
Doing business Thirld World style
The major obstacle facing people doing business in Third World countries is a cultural one. It is that of understanding the mentality of the people one would be dealing with.
Order of the day: Very disappointing engineers
After my graduation as an engineer and, as an active student during my university years, I joined the Beirut Order of Engineers and Architects hoping this would constitute a natural prolongation of my involvement in the political, social and professional life in my country.
Iraq's debts are Saddam's, don't make us pay them back
It is a matter of time before the country gives birth to another Saddam Hussein, people here believe. The problem is that the world did not learn what history should have taught it when it comes to post-war debts.
FEATURES & ANALYSIS
US Democracy: Big Pipes is watching you!
An ardent defender of Israel, an anti-Arab propagandist and a pretentious expert on Islamic and Middle Eastern affairs, Daniel Pipes has emerged as the top apologist of the American war on terror especially after Sep. 11.
Bashir Gemayel exterminates 'The Tigers'
The National Liberal Party did not know what hit them on July 7, 1980 until it was too late.
Lebanese front hosts nightlife, Syrian tourism suffers
Yes, we're back, alive and kickin'! We were not mistaken for English or Americans and publicly lynched. Neither were we hit by a lost scud or a suicide bomber. Instead we experienced the warm hospitality and the friendly helpfulness of the Middle East. Moreover, being Belgian and Christian did give us some advantage: a free ride by an Armenian taxi driver in Aleppo (Syria).
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is expected to adopt dramatic rule changes that will extend the market dominance of the five media corporations that control most of what Americans read, see and hear. I am a major shareholder in the largest of those five corporations, yet -- speaking only for myself, and not for AOL Time Warner -- I oppose these rules. They will stifle debate, inhibit new ideas and shut out smaller businesses trying to compete. If these rules had been in place in 1970, it would have been virtually impossible for me to start Turner Broadcasting or, 10 years later, to launch CNN.
LIGHT NEWS
Habr sends messages through music
Leftists enjoyed a night of music to the tunes of a famous singer.
Regression surfaces in Basketball final
A regressive Lebanese attitude incarnated in the Lebanese unique divisions along sectarian lines came to the fore during the basketball league's final game between Sagesse and Sportive.
The al-Madina Theatre was the venue for a Lebanese jazz festival called "Jazz is Alive".
ISM preaches end to occupation in Palestine
The International Solidarity Movement made itself felt in Beirut this month after the movement's founders David Shapiro, an American Jew, and his wife, Howeida, a Palestinian-American paid the Lebanese capital a three day visit.