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Topic: Rafic Hariri


  
  For Lebanon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Hariri was the power behind the Taef Agreement, which succeeded in ending the war and the drafting of a new constitution for Lebanon.
Hariri, established the Ministry for the Displaced to help thousands of people who were forced to flee their homes during the war to return to their towns and villages.
Rafic Hariri, was designated to form his fourth cabinet, after his parliamentary bloc won all of the seats in Beirut on September 3, 2000.
www.forlebanon.net /bio.htm   (2074 words)

  
 Rafik Hariri - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hariri was assassinated on 14 February 2005 when explosives equivalent to around 1000 kg of TNT were detonated as his motorcade drove past the St George Hotel in the Lebanese capital, Beirut.
Hariri by security officials in case he abstained from voting in favor of the extension or “even thought of leaving the country”.
Hariri was well regarded among international leaders counting French President Jacques Chirac as a close friend, enjoying the envied record of being the political figure most often received by the French President.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rafik_Hariri   (2050 words)

  
 The Manila Times Internet Edition | OPINION > Rafic Hariri: A friend as smooth as silk   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Rafic Hariri was a great man whose death is a great loss to Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and the Arab world in general.
Rafic Hariri was the greatest of the great because after 14 years of a bloody civil war, he came out of the darkness and despair, and as if by magic, made the peace and kept the peace from the day he took office till the day he died.
Rafic Hariri, though he will surely be remembered by historians as one of the greatest Lebanese leaders, whose assassination set the tone for an independent and free Lebanon.
www.manilatimes.net /national/2005/feb/26/yehey/opinion/20050226opi5.html   (1087 words)

  
 France-diplomatie [Actualité diplomatique]
Hariri's meetings with the president and prime minister and the meetings between the Lebanese ministers and their counterparts took place in a very cordial and warm atmosphere.
Hariri are also scheduled, including in particular meetings with their French counterparts and working meetings on strengthening bilateral cooperation in many areas.
Hariri's visit are the resumption of high-level political dialogue between both countries and the strengthening of bilateral cooperation in all areas.
www.france.diplomatie.fr /actu/articleTxt.asp?ART=10455   (947 words)

  
 Rafic Hariri / Elections 2000   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Hariri heralded Lebanon into the post war era, starting the massive reconstruction effort which transformed Lebanon in less than six years from a war-ravaged country to a respected player on the international scene, politically and financially, and restored normal life and services to Beirut and all of Lebanon.
Hariri most as the philanthropist who put his means at the disposal of the Lebanese government to clean Beirut and deal with the effects of the Israeli siege of Beirut, in 1982.
Hariri is a renowned businessman, whose career began in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia where he founded one of the country's biggest companies (Saudi Oger).
www.hariri2000.com /biography.htm   (768 words)

  
 Rafic Hariri's  page from chouf.net
Hariri's vast fortune — estimated at $4 billion — allowed him to maintain political independence without defying his country's main power-broker, Syria, which keeps about 15,000 troops in Lebanon and influences virtually all key political decisions.
In 1989, Hariri paid all the expenses of a Christian-Muslim peace conference in Taif, Saudi Arabia, which produced the accord that finally ended the civil war between the country's two main religious groups.
Hariri ran a commercial empire that also embraced computers, banking, insurance, real estate and television and was the majority owner of Lebanon's Future Television.
www.chouf.net /Hariri.htm   (946 words)

  
 .:Future Movement - ALMUSTAQBAL:. Lebanon - Biography: Mr. Rafic Hariri
Hariri is a philanthropist, a self-made man who built his businesses single-handedly on the basis of his reputation as an honest, credible and trustworthy partner in all his endeavors.
Former Prime Minister Rafic Hariri was assassinated in an explosion that targeted his motorcade on a Beirut waterfront road, killing the late Lebanese leader, seven of his bodyguards and bystanders.
The Hariri family also received condolences at the late leader's residence in Majdelyoun (Saida) and later in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where Crown Prince Abdullah Ben Abdel Aziz was among the first visitors to offer his condolences, expressing his grief and bereavement for the loss of a great Arab leader and friend.
www.futuremovement.org /forum/showthread.php?t=243   (2302 words)

  
 Prime Minister Rafic Hariri   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The Hariri Foundation continues to grant loans to those who meet all of its conditions, particularly those based on success with good averages and regular attendance at all classes.
The Hariri Foundation had previously sent 2,500 students in two groups to France to improve their French; and quite a number joined French universities, whereas others returned to Lebanon and continued their course of study here.
In 1985 the Hariri Foundation sent 144 university graduates, mainly engineers, to be retrained and to keep abreast of new developments in their respective fields after they had been given intensive English training.
www.rafikhariri.com /youthzone2.aspx   (1571 words)

  
 Remembering Prime Minister Rafic Hariri of Lebanon
Rafic Hariri of Lebanon, and a number of others in a powerful bomb blast.
Hariri, who ceremonially opened UN-HABITAT's Second World Urban Forum in Barcelona last September, was awarded a Special Citation on the 2004 Habitat Scroll of Honour for his work in the post-conflict reconstruction of his country.
Hariri's wife and family, as well as to all the other bereaved families.
www.unchs.org /remembering_rafic_hariri.asp   (303 words)

  
 Ain-Al-Yaqeen - September 17, 2004 - Article 7
Prime Minister Rafic Hariri hailed the sacrifices of the Lebanese and called for Middle East peace, at a special ceremony in Barcelona, where he received a Special Citation of the UN-HABITAT Scroll of Honour for his work in the post-conflict reconstruction of Lebanon.
Hariri for his outstanding and visionary leadership in the post-conflict reconstruction of Lebanon the highest award given by the United Nations for achievements in the field of human settlements.
Hariri's vision to rebuild Lebanon and end the vestiges of war that lasted fifteen years succeeded, and so did the desire of the Lebanese to end warfare.
www.ain-al-yaqeen.com /issues/20040917/feat7en.htm   (2659 words)

  
 Lebanon.com Newswire - Local News February 18 1997
Mr Hariri who is back home is now facing the turbulent issue of Ouzai-Maramel, that is on surface, but in depth it is the issue of the relations with the speaker.
The observers raise the question whether Hariri external moves would enhance his internal position, or his influence is decreasing day after day as a result of the opposition to his policy.
The government of Mr Hariri retreated temporarily and postponed the eviction and the demolishing of houses, obstructing a highway construction, before settling the compensations of the residents.
www.lebanon.com /news/local/1997/2/18.htm   (2662 words)

  
 Beirut Conference news - The Cowardly Stoop of Rafic Al-Hareery (3/30/2001)
Hariri could have honestly and candidly told the Lebanese people, and other Arabs, that he could not withstand the pressure exerted on him by American Zionists.
Hariri, knowingly or unknowingly, was aiming a blow at the standing and reputation of the modern school of revisionism.
Hariri is in sharp contrast with the comment made by Mr.
www.ihr.org /conference/beirutconf/010330alshaab.html   (830 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
s H.E. Prime Minister Rafic Hariri is a great believer in the importance of extending education and learning to people, he adopted and supported a few schools which suffered a lot during the war and were about to close.
Hariri Foundation restored some of its building and provided the lycée with the most modern laboratory equipment, and it added new halls that can take more students.
Hariri Foundation contributed in constructing and donating the buildings needed for this institute and collaborated with the Lebanese University, which is in charge of its administrative and academic operations, and with the Ministry of Higher Education in France, which assumes the responsibility of training the teaching cadre.
www.hariri-foundation.org.lb /adopt.htm   (842 words)

  
 Prime Minister Rafic Hariri - News
The terrorists will not be able to bring Rafic Hariri's project to a halt, whatever their position is. We are here to say that national unity is a great trust which Rafic Hariri left us and we will not allow anyone to squander it.
Rafic Hariri is in the hearts of the people of Beirut, all of Beirut from Achrafieh to Saifi to Rmeil to the Port to Medawar to Mina Alhusn to Mazaraa to Tarik Al Jadidah to Zkak Al Blat to Msaitbeh to Bachoura to Dar Al Mreisseh and Ras Beirut.
Rafic Hariri is present in the national unity for which he paid in his blood a very dear price.
www.rhariri.com /news.aspx?ID=3357   (1319 words)

  
 RHHS | Articles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Rafic Hariri was a person who gave and never took.
Rafic Hariri is a hero who doesn’t deserve to die.
We are going to punish the murderers, but Rafic Hariri had a dream that he wanted to fulfill.
www.rhhs.edu.lb /edu/article_read.asp?id=104   (476 words)

  
 Site Template -- Geneology
Hariri, 60, a multi-billionaire businessman who resigned from government last October, recently joined calls by the opposition for Syria to quit Lebanon in the run-up to general elections in May, Reuters reported.
Hariri served as prime minister from 1992-98 and again from 2000 until his resignation after parliament amended the Lebanese constitution to extend Syrian-backed President Emile Lahoud's term by three years.
Several of the vehicles from Hariri's convoy were torn apart and set on fire despite their armor plating, Reuters reported.
10452.8k.com   (2430 words)

  
 Rafic Hariri High School - Saida
Rafic Hariri High School continues to represent the founders' belief that education shapes the character, attitudes, skills and habits that serve people throughout their lives.
At Rafic Hariri High School, we have made effective use of technology, and it has become an essential tool in learning.
The school objective is to make all parent participation at school a positive, helpful experience for the children, the faculty and the parents, and to encourage increased and open communication with parents about all characteristics of the school program.
www.rhhs.edu.lb /articles/anmviewer.asp?a=7&z=4&isasp=academics.asp   (320 words)

  
 Rafic Hariri
Hariri's murder, and many of the Syrians interviewed say they are feeling resentful, isolated, and fearful of the growing anti-Syrian sentiment.
In the first two weeks after Hariri's death, the Syrian government remained relatively silent in the face of mounting calls from the Lebanese street and from the US and France for Syria to quit Lebanon.
Touma, like many other Syrians, blames the US and Israel for the death of Hariri and says that the assassination was meant to isolate Syria and torment the area.
www.hindkabawat.com /hariri.htm   (781 words)

  
 Future TV   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The late former Prime Minister Rafic Hariri was at the helm of five governments in Lebanon since 1992.
Hariri presided over the physical and economic reconstruction of a Lebanon torn by war.
The martyred Hariri was a philanthropist, a self-made man who built his businesses single-handedly on the basis of his reputation as an honest, credible and trustworthy partner in all his endeavors.
www.future.com.lb /Default.aspx?page=programpage&idprog=185   (1925 words)

  
 Rafik Hariri - Hariri.info
The late Rafik Hariri was assassinated on February 14, 2005 when explosives equivalent to around 300 kg of C4 were detonated as his motorcade drove past the Saint George Hotel in the Lebanese capital, Beirut.
In 1969, Hariri established his own construction company CICONEST, which benefited greatly from the oil price boom of the 1970s, accumulating vast amounts of wealth in a short period of time, Hariri emerged to become a powerful construction tycoon.
On February 14, 2005 Hariri was assassinated, along with at least 16 others, when explosives equivalent to around 300 kg of C4 were detonated as his motorcade drove near the Saint George Hotel in Beirut.
www.hariri.info   (706 words)

  
 Hariri on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Saad Hariri crie victoire aux législatives à Beyrouth
Rafic Hariri sur le lieu de l'attentat Les locaux d'une télévision appartenant au Premier ministre libanais Rafic Hariri o.
Rafic Hariri sur le lieu de l'attentat Les locaux d'une télévision appartenant au Premier ministre Rafic Hariri ont été la..
www.encyclopedia.com /html/H/Hariri.asp   (580 words)

  
 Rafic Hariri, un multimillonario que perdió su pulso con Siria - obituarios - elmundo.es
Rafic Hariri nació en 1944 en la ciudad de Sidón, en el seno de una familia modesta: su padre era granjero y su madre despachaba fruta en una tienda.
Hariri había tenido sus más y sus menos con el régimen sirio, verdadero árbitro de la política libanesa, pero sus relaciones con Damasco se deterioraron sobre todo en 2004, cuando se opuso al proyecto de enmienda constitucional que abriría el paso a un nuevo mandato del presidente Emil Lahud, quien debía pasar a retiro.
Tras su sonada dimisión -le sustituyó un hombre claramente identificado con Siria- Hariri se convirtió en un diputado de a pie y se fue aproximando cada vez más al heterogéneo grupo de diputados que piden el fin de la tutela siria sobre El Líbano, si bien Hariri siempre se negó a criticar abiertamente a Damasco.
www.elmundo.es /elmundo/2005/02/14/obituarios/1108398596.html   (569 words)

  
 A.C.E Official I.Q. Test, optical Illusions, and Games Website 2004-2005   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Hariri was assassinated in a car-bomb blast that shredded his motorcade in downtown Beirut as he was returning home from a parliament meeting at 12:55 p.m.
Hariri acquired the MIG group which included banks in Lebanon and Saudi Arabia, as well as companies active in the fields of insurance, computer, publishing, light industry and others.
Hariri is well known for his phylantropic activities, particularly in the reconstruction of Lebanon, education and general social welfare.
www.aceviper.net /Rafik_El_Hariri.php   (2208 words)

  
 LEBANESE HARIRI LEFT LEBANON FOR EL - LEBANESE HARIRI LEFT LEBANON FOR ELECTION IN BEIRUT Bombing to show that Ao   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
However, the prime minister RAFIQ HARIRI is also regarded by many as having sold the country to Syria and destroyed its economy during the course of his life-long drive to enter the ranks of Lebanon's political establishment.
Rafiq Bahaa Edine Hariri was born in the Lebanese town of Sidon SAIDA in 1944, the son of a Sunni Muslim farmer and greengrocer.
Rafik Hariri the lebanese prime minister was killed in his rebuilt city Beirut, Lebanon and all lebanese felt angry about this bomb, and now was the time for CEDAR and Spring Revolution in order to push all syrians troops out of lebanon and move the public opinion to an honest lebanese election this spring.
www.freewebs.com /rafik-rafiq-hariri-harriri   (825 words)

  
 Former Lebanese prime minister Rafic Hariri killed in a large blast in Beirut
Former Lebanese prime minister Rafic Hariri killed in a large blast in Beirut
A booby trapped car went off in the hotels quarters to the west of the Lebanese capital Beirut and this resulted in the killing of the former Lebanese prime minister Rafic Hariri and several others were killed or injured while great damage was inflicted in adjoining buildings for the site of the explosion.
Rafic Hariri quits, not to form a new government
www.arabicnews.com /ansub/Daily/Day/050214/2005021428.html   (329 words)

  
 LAU | Rafic Hariri 1944–2005
Nazik Hariri and Bahaeddine, Saadeddine, Hind, Jumana, Ayman, Fahd and Oday Hariri, the widow and children of the slain former Lebanese Prime Minister.
Whether in office or out, Rafic Hariri was always very supportive of education in general and American higher education in particular as evidenced by his strong support of both LAU and AUB.
Hariri became a good friend and confidant of former LAU President Nassar and made a special effort to attend and honor Dr. Nassar at his Gala Retirement Dinner last July.
www.lau.edu.lb /news-events/news/hariri   (305 words)

  
 ZNet |Mideast | After The Assassination Of The Ex-prime Minister: Is The Lebanese Opposition An Alternative?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The road Rafic Hariri's motorcade prefers when coming back from Downtown Beirut is the stretch of Corniche linking it with the western part of the city.
Hariri's politics were not as clear as his economic project to turn Beirut into a Hong Kong with what this entails of privatization and cutting of social services.
In fact, this "Disneyworld" and the tourists it attracts from the Gulf is hailed as one of the most significant contributions of Hariri to a tourist sector trickling to the economy as a whole.
www.zmag.org /content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=22&ItemID=7300   (1997 words)

  
 Rafic Hariri
Rafic Hariri, aussitôt arrivé sur les lieux, a déclaré que le but de cet attentat est « de porter atteinte à la stabilité du Liban ».
Rafic Hariri, lui, s'est forgé hors du giron syrien.
Après ce tête-à-tête, c'est de manière informelle que Rafic Hariri a répondu aux journalistes pour leur confirmer son inquiétude, ainsi que celle de son hôte, quant à la situation à Gaza et en Cisjordanie.
www.10452lccc.com /zaynoun/rafichariri.htm   (1155 words)

  
 Prime Minister Rafic Hariri
Since the Hariri Foundation is concerned with education, it has supported a number of educational activities and programs.
In an attempt to improve the academic standards of all universities operating in Lebanon and to encourage students to compete for excellence, the Hariri Foundation holds a yearly ceremony to honor the most outstanding Hariri Foundation students whether they are studying in Lebanon or abroad.
The Hariri Foundation honored many writers and poets for the tremendous impact they left on the lives of their readers.
www.rafikhariri.com /youthzone5.aspx   (745 words)

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