by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Nov 2, 2011 | Society
The UN has released its 2011 Human Development Index which measures the development of people in countries based on life expectancy, literacy, education and standards of living. According to the Lebanon comes in 7th place among Arab countries (71 globally). Here are...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Dec 20, 2010 | Society
They can agree but they sure can’t implement: Steven Spielberg was blacklisted by the Arab League’s Central Boycott Office after making a $1m (£645m) donation to Isreal during the 2006 conflict in Lebanon. A US embassy memo released by WikiLeaks reveals...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Nov 23, 2010 | Society
The US State Department has issued statistics covering US non-immigrant visa rejection rates for the first three quarters of 2010 by nationality. Here’s the list of Arab countries ranked in order of decreasing rejection rates: Somalia – 69.6% Djibouti...