titleMarcopolis <subtitle type="text"></subtitle> <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://marcopolis.net"/> <id>https://marcopolis.net/</id> <updated>2024-04-27T20:54:41+00:00</updated> <author> <name>Marcopolis</name> <email>info@marcopolis.net</email> </author> <generator uri="http://joomla.org" version="1.6">Joomla! - Open Source Content Management</generator> <link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://marcopolis.net/viewpoint/feed/atom.htm?SETSTYLE=0"/> <entry> <title>Lebanon: Not the Summer anyone Expected 2014-11-21T13:02:30+00:00 2014-11-21T13:02:30+00:00 https://marcopolis.net/lebanon-not-the-summer-anyone-expected.htm Jacques Yétérian editor@marcopolis.net <a href="lebanon-not-the-summer-anyone-expected-2111.htm"><img style="border-width: 0px; margin-right: 10px; float: left;" alt="Lebanon: Not the Summer anyone Expected" src="images/stories/viewpoint/2014/summer-in-lebanon/lebanon-tourism-summer.jpg" height="224" width="420" /></a> <div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; float: left;"></div> <a href="viewpoint.htm"><span style="line-height: normal; text-align: left; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10px; color: #666666; padding-left: 0px;"><br /> Viewpoint</span></a> <div style="line-height: normal; text-align: left; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: #f8931d; padding-left: 0px;">Lebanon: Not the Summer anyone Expected</div> <p style="line-height: normal; text-align: left; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; padding-left: 0px;">It was going to be a different summer -- politically, economically, and security wise, for the average Lebanese and visitors alike.</p> <p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href ="">Read More...</a></p> <a href="lebanon-not-the-summer-anyone-expected-2111.htm"><img style="border-width: 0px; margin-right: 10px; float: left;" alt="Lebanon: Not the Summer anyone Expected" src="images/stories/viewpoint/2014/summer-in-lebanon/lebanon-tourism-summer.jpg" height="224" width="420" /></a> <div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; float: left;"></div> <a href="viewpoint.htm"><span style="line-height: normal; text-align: left; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10px; color: #666666; padding-left: 0px;"><br /> Viewpoint</span></a> <div style="line-height: normal; text-align: left; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: #f8931d; padding-left: 0px;">Lebanon: Not the Summer anyone Expected</div> <p style="line-height: normal; text-align: left; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; padding-left: 0px;">It was going to be a different summer -- politically, economically, and security wise, for the average Lebanese and visitors alike.</p> <p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href ="">Read More...</a></p> Samir Kassir Foundation Quarterly Report on Press and Cultural Freedom Violations - Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Palestine 2014-04-15T08:54:31+00:00 2014-04-15T08:54:31+00:00 https://marcopolis.net/samir-kassir-foundation-quarterly-report-on-press-and-cultural-freedom-violations-lebanon-syria-jordan-palestine.htm Isslam Moubarak isslam@marcopolis.net <a href="samir-kassir-foundation-quarterly-report-on-press-and-cultural-freedom-violations-lebanon-syria-jordan-palestine-1504.htm"><img src="images/stories/viewpoint/samir-kassir-april14/samir-kassir-foundations.jpg" alt="Samir Kassir Foundation Quarterly Report on Press and Cultural Freedom Violations - Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Palestine" style="border-width: 0px; margin-right: 10px; float: left;" height="224" width="420" /></a> <div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; float: left;"></div> <a href="viewpoint.htm"><span style="line-height: normal; text-align: left; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10px; color: #666666; padding-left: 0px;"><br /> Viewpoint</span></a> <div style="line-height: normal; text-align: left; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: #f8931d; padding-left: 0px;">Samir Kassir Foundation Quarterly Report on Press and Cultural Freedom Violations - Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Palestine</div> <p style="line-height: normal; text-align: left; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; padding-left: 0px;">The latest report on press and cultural freedom in Lebanon, Syia, Jordan and Palestine.</p> <p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href ="">Read More...</a></p> <a href="samir-kassir-foundation-quarterly-report-on-press-and-cultural-freedom-violations-lebanon-syria-jordan-palestine-1504.htm"><img src="images/stories/viewpoint/samir-kassir-april14/samir-kassir-foundations.jpg" alt="Samir Kassir Foundation Quarterly Report on Press and Cultural Freedom Violations - Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Palestine" style="border-width: 0px; margin-right: 10px; float: left;" height="224" width="420" /></a> <div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; float: left;"></div> <a href="viewpoint.htm"><span style="line-height: normal; text-align: left; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10px; color: #666666; padding-left: 0px;"><br /> Viewpoint</span></a> <div style="line-height: normal; text-align: left; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: #f8931d; padding-left: 0px;">Samir Kassir Foundation Quarterly Report on Press and Cultural Freedom Violations - Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Palestine</div> <p style="line-height: normal; text-align: left; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; padding-left: 0px;">The latest report on press and cultural freedom in Lebanon, Syia, Jordan and Palestine.</p> <p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href ="">Read More...</a></p> Kidnapped Spanish journalists have spent months in captivity 2013-12-12T13:46:25+00:00 2013-12-12T13:46:25+00:00 https://marcopolis.net/kidnapped-spanish-journalists-have-spent-months-in-captivity.htm Ben Novak editor3@marcopolis.net <a href="http://marcopolis.net/kidnapped-spanish-journalists-have-spent-months-in-captivity-1212.htm"><img width="420" height="224" style="border-width: 0px; margin-right: 10px; float: left;" alt="Kidnapped Spanish journalists have spent months in captivity" src="images/stories/viewpoint/spanish-journalists-kidnapped/Kidnapped-Spanish-journalists-have-spent-months-in-captivity.jpg" /></a> <div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; float: left;"></div> <a href="viewpoint.htm"><span style="line-height: normal; text-align: left; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10px; color: #666666; padding-left: 0px;"><br /> Viewpoint</span></a> <div style="line-height: normal; text-align: left; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: #f8931d; padding-left: 0px;">Kidnapped Spanish journalists have spent months in captivity</div> <p style="line-height: normal; text-align: left; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; padding-left: 0px;">Javier Espinosa, bureau chief of EL MUNDO in the Middle East with 25 years of front line reporting, and Ricardo Garcia-Vilanova, award-winning freelance photographer, were abducted on the 16th of September at a check-point near Tal-Abyad, northern Syria...</p> <p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href ="">Read More...</a></p> <a href="http://marcopolis.net/kidnapped-spanish-journalists-have-spent-months-in-captivity-1212.htm"><img width="420" height="224" style="border-width: 0px; margin-right: 10px; float: left;" alt="Kidnapped Spanish journalists have spent months in captivity" src="images/stories/viewpoint/spanish-journalists-kidnapped/Kidnapped-Spanish-journalists-have-spent-months-in-captivity.jpg" /></a> <div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; float: left;"></div> <a href="viewpoint.htm"><span style="line-height: normal; text-align: left; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10px; color: #666666; padding-left: 0px;"><br /> Viewpoint</span></a> <div style="line-height: normal; text-align: left; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: #f8931d; padding-left: 0px;">Kidnapped Spanish journalists have spent months in captivity</div> <p style="line-height: normal; text-align: left; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; padding-left: 0px;">Javier Espinosa, bureau chief of EL MUNDO in the Middle East with 25 years of front line reporting, and Ricardo Garcia-Vilanova, award-winning freelance photographer, were abducted on the 16th of September at a check-point near Tal-Abyad, northern Syria...</p> <p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href ="">Read More...</a></p> Libya, a case of Western interests and the liberation into chaos 2013-11-27T10:15:31+00:00 2013-11-27T10:15:31+00:00 https://marcopolis.net/libya-a-case-of-western-interests-and-the-liberation-into-chaos.htm Jacques Yétérian editor@marcopolis.net <a href="http://marcopolis.net/libya-a-case-of-western-interests-and-the-liberation-into-chaos-2711.htm"><img style="border-width: 0px; margin-right: 10px; float: left;" alt="Libya, a case of Western interests and the liberation into" src="images/stories/viewpoint/libya-viewpoint/libya-viewpoint.jpg" height="224" width="420" /></a> <div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; float: left;"></div> <a href="viewpoint.htm"><span style="line-height: normal; text-align: left; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10px; color: #666666; padding-left: 0px;"><br /> Viewpoint</span></a> <div style="line-height: normal; text-align: left; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: #f8931d; padding-left: 0px;">Libya, a case of Western interests and the liberation into chaos</div> <p style="line-height: normal; text-align: left; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; padding-left: 0px;">Because of the speed at which news stories develop, and are replaced by new events, it is not surprising that Libya, the once admirable great giant of Africa no longer makes it even in the new briefs.</p> <p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href ="">Read More...</a></p> <a href="http://marcopolis.net/libya-a-case-of-western-interests-and-the-liberation-into-chaos-2711.htm"><img style="border-width: 0px; margin-right: 10px; float: left;" alt="Libya, a case of Western interests and the liberation into" src="images/stories/viewpoint/libya-viewpoint/libya-viewpoint.jpg" height="224" width="420" /></a> <div style="margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; float: left;"></div> <a href="viewpoint.htm"><span style="line-height: normal; text-align: left; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10px; color: #666666; padding-left: 0px;"><br /> Viewpoint</span></a> <div style="line-height: normal; text-align: left; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: #f8931d; padding-left: 0px;">Libya, a case of Western interests and the liberation into chaos</div> <p style="line-height: normal; text-align: left; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; padding-left: 0px;">Because of the speed at which news stories develop, and are replaced by new events, it is not surprising that Libya, the once admirable great giant of Africa no longer makes it even in the new briefs.</p> <p class="feed-readmore"><a target="_blank" href ="">Read More...</a></p>