Rival camps in student elections at Universite Saint Joseph (USJ) claimed victory Wednesday, as leading politicians put their own spin on the results.While USJ failed to post the official results on its website, the newspaper An-Nahar claimed that March 14-affiliated

A newly created league bringing together ancient Canaanite, Phoenician and Punic cities held its second-ever convention last week in Byblos [Jbeil], pledging closer ties between member countries.The League of the Canaanite, Phoenician and Punic Cities was founded by Maha al-Khalil

The Internal Security Forces (ISF) rescued a 28-year-old woman who tried to commit suicide in Dbayye on Tuesday, said a security source close to the ISF. The woman was trying to throw herself off the Dbayye bridge in Beirut when

Eighteen wanted suspects were arrested and two car thieves were caught red-handed by the Internal Security Forces (ISF) and the judicial police on Wednesday, said a security source. The suspects were wanted for various crimes such as theft, smuggling weapons,

The Sixth Francophone Games did not receive widespread media coverage, said the media analysis company Comtrax Solutions on Wednesday. The international games, which were held in Lebanon in September, didn't receive heavy coverage in news reports of local media outlets,

A campaign to highlight motorcycle safety and stress the importance of wearing helmets has been launched by the Youth Association for Social Awareness (YASA), as road tragedies continue to claim the lives of young people at an alarming rate.On Tuesday,

United Nations Deputy Secretary General Asha-Rose Migiro on Wednesday urged Lebanon and the other Western Asian Arab nations to stand by their commitments to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MGDs).Speaking at a regional meeting at the UN Economic and Social

The recent bout of stormy weather that hit the country has broken up parts of one of the country's worst eyesores, the Sidon dump, and left city officials fuming about the state of neglect. But for others, making their living

ArmInfo. We sincerely welcome the current positive breakthrough in Armenia-Turkey contacts, deputy Foreign Minister of Russia Grigory Karasin said in an interview with Respublika Armenia newspaper. According to him, Moscow considers signing of Protocols between Armenia and Turkey on October

ArmInfo. We see our role in supporting the Karabakh conflict settlement, searching of decisions on the key problems, but without imposing any formulas from outside to its participants. We are stemming from the fact that Azerbaijanis and Armenians themselves should

ArmInfo. Armenia will receive the first tranche $60 mln of Asian Development Bank for development of potential of North-South transport corridor in 2010, press-service of Armenian Transport Ministry told ArmInfo correspondent.It is scheduled to start construction works in spring 2010.

ArmInfo. By decision of the Public Services Regulatory Commission, Orange Armenia has obtained license for use of radio frequencies.The frequencies have been provided for 10years for organization of radio relay links. The Company received 6 frequency bands - 18250/19260, 18305/19315,

ArmInfo. Just go to Google and write in Orhan Pamuk and "hain" (the Turkish equivalent of traitor) and you will get almost 40,000 hits. There are many Turks who hate Pamuk, but why? To get answer to this question see

ArmInfo. The total of 54.094 bln drams will be allocated for healthcare from the Armenian state budget 2010. Another 1 bln drams will be spent for the salary of Armenian Healthcare Ministry employees, Armenian Deputy Finance Minister Pavel Safaryan said

ArmInfo. Science Development Strategy in Armenia for 2020 will be discussed at the National Academy of Science (NAS) on December 4.NAS President Radik Martirosyan said in a press conference at the National Press Club on Wednesday that the Strategy suggests

ArmInfo. November 2 has been announced the Day of Armenia in the City Hall of Bagno a Ripoli town of Italian Toscana region.As Armenia's Foreign Ministry press service reports, the programme of recovery of the water supply system of Aygebats

ArmInfo. "It is not true, that the difficulties that Turkey and Armenia have had in their bilateral relationship constituted, as you say, a "serious obstacle" to the development of NATO-Armenia relations in the past," says NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh

ArmInfo. NATO is indeed very concerned with the conflicts in the South Caucasus, says NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen in an interview with Day.az. "It is vital that these conflicts be resolved peacefully and within a reasonable timeframe. Regarding

ArmInfo. Secretary General of the Communist Party of Armenia Rouben Tovmasyan has denied the statements on territorial belonging of Nagorno-Karabakh that were ascribed to Armenian Communists. Tovmasyan said at today's press-conference that the statement of the First Secretary of the

ArmInfo. Today, the maximum buying rates at commercial banks of Yerevan were 387 drams for 1 dollar, 570 drams for 1 EUR and 13,1 drams for 1 Russian ruble. The minimum selling rates stood at 388 drams for 1 dollar,