Tag: Beirut

A poster welcoming Pope Benedict XVI appears under an billboard advertisement for a retail shop on the Dbayeh highway, north of Beirut AFP PHOTO / PATRICK BAZ

Politics Region

Vatican Pope to visit Beirut

Pope Benedict XVI calls Middle East visit a “pilgrimage for peace”

September 10, 2012

Lebanon's 25-year power crisis costs US$1.5 billion annually in lost business, according to some estimates (Photo caption: AFP/ Ramzi Haidar )

Politics Region

Nationwide blackout in Lebanon threatened

Blackout threatened as power cuts continue in Lebanon

Rana Muhammad Taha

August 2, 2012