by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Jan 23, 2012 | Lebanese Abroard
Christchurch, New Zealand Having survived the 2011 Christchurch earthquake, the Carson family defend their choice to leave the city behind for Nelson: It’s a long road ahead, Mr Andrew Carson says, but they’re of an age where they’re not prepared to...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Dec 15, 2011 | Lebanese Abroard
A complete about face in a matter of 7 days! From KUNA on December 8: Kuwaiti-Lebanese relations are “deep-seated and historic,” Kuwait’s Interior Ministry Assistant Undersecretary for Borders Security Affairs Major General Sheikh Mohammad Al-Youssef...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Nov 21, 2011 | Lebanese Abroard
Something must happen to our representatives when they are stationed down under. First we have Lebanon’s Consul General in Sydney, Robert Naoum, who filed a defamation lawsuit against an Australian blogger for calling him a ‘Zionist’. Naoum then went on to...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Nov 1, 2011 | Lebanese Abroard
Lebanese in Dunedin on New Zealand’s South Island have unveiled a Cedars of Lebanon Grove at the city’s botanical garden: …about 250 people gathered on the edge of the Botanic Garden’s Mediterranean Garden to witness the ceremonial opening of...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Sep 5, 2011 | Lebanese Abroard
As we approach the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, it appears that the New York Police Department is keeping tabs on certain ‘ancestries of interest’ and no surprise that Lebanese are included on the list: Documents proving the existence of...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Jun 15, 2011 | Lebanese Abroard
Los Angeles’ 23rd sister city has donated benches placed right in front of LA’s sister city signpost: Los Angeles Beirut Sister Cities dedicated three new benches Downtown–one each for Councilmembers Eric Garcetti, Dennis Zine, and Tom LaBonge (for...