Lebanon
April 18, 2004
Chairman of the Board of Global Investment House Anwar Abdulla Al-Nouri announced that the company received approval from the Central Bank of Kuwait on its financial statements results for the first q
The US Treasury Department has designated eight companies and five associated individuals as fronts for Iraq's former Ba'athist regime. According to a press statement, the companies were "doing busine
April 17, 2004
New Zealand has asked Israel to explain why two men reported by a local newspaper to be Mossad secret service agents were trying to obtain a false New
Lebanese singer Alissa is scheduled to headed off to Italy at the end of April to shoot a new commercial for the international soft drink Pepsi Cola
Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates still lead the Arab countries in the total connectivity measure in 2003, as they did in 2002. Paradoxically, two of these countries are monopoly ma
April 15, 2004
Lebanese singer Pascal Mashaalani has accepted an offer for one million US dollars to be the star of a television commercial for an international watch company
Lebanese singer Nicole Saba has strongly denied circulating rumors that the idea behind her latest music video “Ya Shaghilni Beek” originally belongs to Jiji Lamara, Lebanese singer Nancy Ajram’s busi
April 14, 2004
President Bush said Tuesday night (early Wednesday Middle East time) he is willing to send more American soldiers to Iraq.
Lebanese singer Ragheb Alama was shocked when he heard of recent circulating rumors that a dispute between him and Egyptian singer Ehab Tawfiq had broken out over a song
April 13, 2004
An Egyptian parliament member sent a request to the Minister of Information demanding that Egyptian television should be prohibited from airing and sponsoring events held by singers like Lebanese sing
The government of Lebanon and Microsoft Eastern Mediterranean have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that will bring long-term education programs under the Partners in Learning global initiat
National Bank of Ras Al-Khaimah (Rakbank) is now offering the RAKinvest India Fund Product. The investment period of the product is six years and the minimum investment is $20,000. Expectations for
The Arab Insurance Group and a group of prominent Jordanian businessmen have agreed to sell its 65.4 percent holdings in Arab Jordanian Insurance Group while continuing to hold a 10 percent interest i
April 11, 2004
Over 600 Iraqis have been killed in fighting in Fallujah since Marines imposted a siege on the city a week ago, the head of the city's hospital said S
Lebanese singer Suzan Tamim has announced that she and her father, who has been arrested by Egyptian police for smuggling heroin into Egypt, that they are innocent of such accusations