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Cabinet of 30 ministers announced from Baabda palace

After more than one month and a half of consultations, the cabinet’s Secretary General Fouad Fleilfel announced Sunday the cabinet formation decrees from the Baabda presidential palace, listing the new ministers as follows: – Saad Hariri Prime Minister – Ghassan Hasbany named deputy PM and […]

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Aoun: Lebanon faces era of recovery

Lebanese President, Michel Aoun, said on Friday during his meeting with Head of the Physicians Order, Professor Raymond Sayegh, that Lebanon is undergoing an era of recovery. Separately, President Aoun received Armenia’s Ambassador to Lebanon, Samuel Makritichian, who handed him an official invitation from Armenian […]

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Defense Chief: US to Remain Leader in Anti-IS Fight

LONDON — U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter on Thursday reassured coalition partners that the United States would remain a key player in the fight against Islamic State militants under the incoming administration of President-elect Donald Trump. “I can’t give assurances. I can’t speak for the next […]

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You Need To Go Back To School To Learn English

Until seven years ago, Chicago-born Ben Barron had worked only with fellow Americans. But when he took a job with Zurich Insurance Company, an international company headquartered in Switzerland, Barron found that his new colleagues across Europe, who used English as a shared language, had […]