Recently added articles from The Daily Star (Beirut, Lebanon):
Non-ID Palestinians lack even basic rights of refugees.
Dec 14, 2009 ... Byline: Mohammed Zaatari Summary: While education, marriage and freedom of movement, may be basic rights for most people, thousands of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon are denied essential human rights because in the eyes of the Lebanese government and of the rest of the world ...
'Invisibles' fight for recognition in eyes of the state.
Dec 14, 2009 ... Byline: Dalila Mahdawi Summary: In the Middle East, the word "statelessness" usually conjures up images of Bedouins in the Gulf, Kurds or the Palestinians. But in Lebanon, at least, it is the descendents of Lebanese women married to non-Lebanese men who are arguably those most ...
Iraqi illegal immigrants face exploitation.
Dec 14, 2009 ... Byline: Richard Hall Summary: The US invasion of Iraq in 2003 saw a huge increase in the number of Iraqis who fled their country and came to Lebanon, joining thousands of Iraqis who had already emigrated in search of work and a better way of life.Aa"They come here because there ...
N. Korea hints readiness for nuclear talks.
Dec 12, 2009 ... Byline: Daily Star Staff Summary: SEOUL: North Korea indicated on Friday it was ready to end its year-long boycott of nuclear negotiations, following talks in the reclusive state this week with a US envoy trying to revive a disarmament-for-aid deal.The three days of meetings in ...
UN draft calls for big emissions cuts from rich nations.
Dec 12, 2009 ... Byline: Daily Star Staff Summary: COPENHAGEN: Wealthy nations would commit to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the next decade, and the world should strive to nearly eliminate them - or at least cut them in half - by 2050 under a draft text circulated Friday at the ...