by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Jun 14, 2012 | Society
Beirut will be heading up against the some of the culinary capitals of the world to be crowned Destination of the Year for 2013 in the UK’s Food and Travel magazine: Vietnam and Beirut are among the nominees vying for the title of ‘destination of the...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Jul 3, 2011 | Society
Greek Yogurt: In 2005, Kraft Foods decided to close its yogurt plant in South Edmeston, Chenango County. It shut down an 85-year-old dairy processing operation, threw 55 employees out of work and added a new chapter to the story of fading economic fortunes in Upstate...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Oct 11, 2009 | Society
The war with Israel has moved from the battlefields at the border to cooks in kitchens. As Israelimom had pointed out earlier this month: …an Israeli company has entered the book of Guiness World Records for the largest plate of Hummus. […] …Lebanon...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Sep 11, 2009 | Security
Actually, we were: More than 30 security-related sources of radioactive elements were taken from Lebanon by a team from the International Atomic Energy Agency, the watchdog said. An IAEA mission announced it had removed 36 Cobalt-60 sources with a combined radioactive...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Feb 27, 2009 | Lebanese Abroard, Security
Two student groups at the University of Oklahoma are joining forces to raise money for landmine clearing in Lebanon. The issue here is not their cause but which two groups are behind the event: The Lebanese Student Association and the Hillel Jewish Student Association...
