Dress to Impress or Repress and Stress

A short BBC video report on renewed fashion industry in Beirut is here.

They just neglect to tell you how that "peace" they speak about came about or what it means:

Jumblat: No Alternative to Power Sharing
Beirut, 04 Jan 10, 08:53

Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblat has said there was no way out of power sharing in the issue of administrative and security appointments in state institutions.
"Power-sharing is a rule imposed by the sectarian system," the MP told As Safir daily in remarks published Monday. However, he insisted that qualified and competent candidates could be chosen despite power-sharing.

Asked if he had any particular demands on the issue of appointments, Jumblat said: "When the big guys reconcile, we become like 'Jarbeedi' fish that is caught in the sea."

Deadly bombing targeting Hamas on Hezbollah turf remains shrouded in mystery
December 28, 2009 | 8:12 am

An explosion went off Saturday night just a few blocks from where hundreds of Shiite Muslims had gathered to hear Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah address the faithful on the eve before the last day of Ashura, the annual 10-day commemoration of Imam Hussein, who was killed in the 7th century.

Hezbollah's TV station Al Manar did not interrupt its live coverage of the speech, but its fighters were busy securing the area and reportedly prevented Lebanese security forces from entering at first.

Early news reports claimed the blast was caused by a car bomb, inciting fears of a sectarian attack that could draw retaliation and drag the country into renewed civil conflict. Later, authorities confirmed the explosion was caused by a bomb in the basement of a Hamas office, killing at least two people and injuring several others.

But so far, Hamas has declined to speculate publicly about who might be responsible for the attack, which for now remains an enigma.

Hamas vows to fight with Hizbullah in next war
Daily Star staff
Monday, January 04, 2010

BEIRUT: Hamas official in Lebanon Ali Baraka vowed on Sunday to fight alongside Hizbullah in the next Israeli war on Lebanon. “We are guests in Lebanon and our policy will not change,” Baraka said during a memorial service to mark one week since the death of two Hamas members in a mysterious explosion in Beirut’s southern suburbs. “However, we are committed to resisting Israeli occupation” forces,” he added. “Israel should know that if it launched a new attack against Lebanon, we will not stand handcuffed. We will face the aggression side by side with our brethren in Lebanon – be they the resistance, the army, or the people, to repel the aggression,” Baraka warned