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  Saeb Salam - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Salam was the son of Salim Salam, the scion of a prominent Sunni Muslim family who was a prominent politician both under Ottoman rule and then during the French Mandate.
In 1943, Salam was elected to the National Assembly from a Beirut constituency.
Salam was appointed Oil Minister by Prime Minister Abdullah Aref al-Yafi in 1956, and negotiated deals the Aramco and Tapeline companies to connect the Zahrani and Baddawi refineries with oilfields in Saudi Arabia and Iraq.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Saeb_Salam   (862 words)

  
 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Flag of Lebanon
It was first drawn in Deputy Saeb Salam's house in Mousaitbeh by the deputies of the Lebanese parliament.
Saeb Salam in centre Saeb Salam (1905-21 January 2000) was a Lebanese politician, who served as Prime Minister four times between 1952 and 1973.
Seeking for independence, the actual flag was first drawn in deputy Saeb Salam's house in Mousaitbeh by the deputies of the Lebanese parliament.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Flag-of-Lebanon   (1214 words)

  
 FREE LEBANON - POLITICIAN SAEB SALAM DIES   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-30)
Salam, a Sunni Muslim, began his political career in 1943 and ended in 1992, when his eldest son, Tamam, succeeded him in the Beirut parliamentary seat he had held for decades.
Salam, who smoked cigars and appeared in public with a white carnation pinned on his suit, was a moderate in a country whose politics have often been turbulent.
Salam was one of a few Muslim Lebanese leaders who publicly supported a controversial peace accord signed by Lebanon and Israel in 1983 to secure an Israeli withdrawal from a border strip in southern Lebanon.
www.generalaoun.org /news58.html   (282 words)

  
 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Rashid Karami
Karami resigned and was succeeded by Saeb Salam.
Karami was a strong proponent of the rights of Lebanon's Muslim community, which in his time increased to outnumber the Christian population for the first time in Lebanese history, causing major ripples in the social fabric of the country.
Karami was born in the northern Lebanese town of An Nouri, near Tripoli.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Rashid-Karami   (3095 words)

  
 The Principle Characters
Salam was born in 1905 to Salim Salam, a leading politician in Ottoman-governed and later French-ruled Beirut.
In 1945, Salam established Middle East Airlines and a year later was given his first Cabinet position as interior minister.
In 1968, Salam launched a scathing attack against “the ghosts,” a reference to the military intelligence and its interference in politics.
www.geocities.com /CapitolHill/Parliament/2587/bio.html   (9818 words)

  
 Is Jon Faine fascist? : Melbourne Indymedia
The setting was the white, three-storey palace of former Lebanese Prime Minister Saeb Salam.
Salam, a crafty 77 year-old politician, praised the guerrillas and their honourable fight against impossible odds.
As it was the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, Salam invited Arafat to join him later that evening for the traditional breaking of the day-long fast.
www.melbourne.indymedia.org /news/2006/07/116955_comment.php   (2970 words)

  
 Lebanon.com Newswire - Local News January 21 2000
Saeb Salam dies at the age of 95
Former Prime Minister Saeb Salam today died at the age of 95.
President Emil Lahhoud and Prime Minister Salim Al-Hoss were among the first to pay condolences to Salam's family including his son, Beirut MP Tammam Salam.
www.lebanon.com /news/local/2000/1/21.htm   (823 words)

  
 Lebanon Today   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-30)
Lebanese policemen and civilians raise the coffin of the former prime minister Saeb Salam as a woman mouns him during a funeral January 22.
Salam, the major figure of Lebanon' s independence era, died on January 21 at the age of 95.
An Israeli soldier from the elite Golani Brigade fights back tears as he and other mourners stand under umbrellas in strong rain January 27 while attending the funeral of Staff Sargeant Rafael Zangwill on Mount Herzl Military Cemetery.
www.cedarland.org /100.html   (333 words)

  
 Inauguration (bulletin Dec 82)
Salam spoke as well of the great work of the Makassed association in founding schools and social centres for the progress of the Islamic community.
Salam said in concluding: "If Lebanon's future requires continuous education, it is evident that the continued vast progress of this institution, its interaction with its location and the region, means a certain, firm and stable future for Lebanon in its rejuvenation and well-being."
Saeb Salam, AUB 1924, as one in the long line of men and women passing through the University who have made major contributions to "our beloved Lebanon''
www.aub.edu.lb /themes/1999/Kerr/inauguration.html   (1322 words)

  
 Dar Al Hayat   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-30)
I am sure that he was not clear on the subject matter, as we were walking in a noisy area; plus his original story spoke of Ezzat Basha al-Abed.
When he mentioned Abu al-Huda al-Sayadi al-Rifai in Geneva, Saeb Bey said that he knew him; he arrived in Beirut in 1920 and was received by Abu Ali Salam at the port, who invited him to lunch before continuing on his way to his homeland, Syria.
As for Saeb Bey, it would be impossible for him to know Abu al-Huda, seeing as he was born in 1905.
english.daralhayat.com /opinion/OPED/05-2006/Article-20060508-145f67db-c0a8-10ed-01d1-b9b70e3b14a9/story.html   (1944 words)

  
 Lebanon.com Newswire - Local News September 2 1998
The former president also inspected the new government house and congratulated the premier on the new move.
Salam later said he held discussions with the premier on a number of local and regional developments.
The former president told reporters his visit aims at congratulating the premier on all the efforts he paid at rebuilding the government house.
www.lebanon.com /news/local/1998/9/2.htm   (968 words)

  
 Youth Government 1970-1972
Among the members of the "Youth Cabinet" as it became to be known, were Ghassan Tuéni, former deputy and editor of an Nahar, Emile Bitar, a respected physician and co-founder of the Democratic Party, and economist Elias Saba.
Members of the Cabinet in varying degrees were, however, unable to implement their reformist policies : Tueni in the Ministry of Education, Bitar in the Ministry of Health and Saba in the Ministry of Finance.
Tuéni resigned after clashing with Frangie and Salam over the introduction of new educational policies.
emilebitar.tripod.com /id3.html   (2845 words)

  
 Hala Maksoud - An Icon Departs: ISNA.net   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-30)
A nationally recognized civil and human rights advocate, she was the recipient of a lifetime achievement award from the American Immigration Law Foundation in March 2002.
Hala Maksoud, who was born in Beirut, was the daughter of the former Lebanese minister Malik Salam and a niece of former prime minister Saeb Salam.
She is survived by her husband Dr. Clovis Maksoud, former ambassador of the League of Arab States to the U.S. and the UN and currently head of the American University’s Global South Center.
www.isna.com /products/viewitem.php?id=126   (306 words)

  
 Lebanonwire.com | Sagesse recovers from Cafe Najjar defeat
Despite missing Elie Mechantaf, who was suspended for 18 months after testing positive for drugs, Sagesse dominated the game from start to finish with point guard Eric Chatfield leading the scorers with 35 points while Fadi Khatib added 33 points.
Meanwhile Riyadi recorded its first win of the season beating Antranik 80-64 at the Saeb Salam Center in Manara.
Despite the 16-point gap in the final score, the game was not an easy ride for the Beiruti club as Antrannik managed to keep up with Riyadi’s pace during most of the game.
www.lebanonwire.com /0312/03121602DS.asp   (246 words)

  
 JUSCOGENS.ORG   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-30)
Saeb Salam declares that the Palestinian leaders have decided to leave Beirut — details of time and destination to be decided.
Arafat submits six point plan to Saeb Salam indicating a readiness to evacuate PLO leaders and fighters.
Saeb Salam states that Arafat has agreed to Lebanese Govt.
www.aldeilis.net /aldeilis/content/view/821/112   (1382 words)

  
 Sabra and Shatila Massacre: The Four Days /Thomas Friedman (NYT, 1982) [Candide's Notebooks]
Salam, a key figure in the talks, that the Moslem and Palestinian representatives insisted that United States, Italian and French troops be deployed in West Beirut until the Lebanese Army was prepared to take over the enforcement of law and order.
Salam said that this was ''precisely why we asked, and received, assurances from the United States that the Israelis would not enter West Beirut.''
Salam's view that these assurances were an integral part of the Habib agreement.
www.pierretristam.com /Bobst/library/wf-265.htm   (9488 words)

  
 "Hariri's Dilemma" (November 2003)
He was seated directly behind Lahoud and Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri at the Independence Day parade.
Former Beirut MP, son of the late former Prime Minister Saeb Salam.
Like Solh, Salam lost his parliamentary seat at the hands of Hariri's steamroller slate in 2000.
www.meib.org /articles/0311_l2.htm   (1907 words)

  
 List of Prime Ministers of Lebanon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-30)
Saeb Salam: 1 May - 16 August 1953
Saeb Salam: 2 August 1960 - 31 October 1961
Saeb Salam: 13 October 1970 - 25 April 1973
www.freeglossary.com /List_of_Prime_Ministers_of_Lebanon   (535 words)

  
 Naharnet Newsdesk - Diesel Drivers Block Intersections, Thoroughfares Unaffected
Diesel-powered taxicab drivers blocked several major traffic intersections in Beirut Friday but benzene cabs, private cars and buses moved unhampered in most districts of the capital as the Drivers Association split over how to beat the government's diesel ban.
Protesting drivers parked diesel cabs across the streets of the Cola and Barbir usually busy intersections and blocked the Salim Salam and Saeb Salam overpasses, cutting considerably down on traffic.
But traffic in the city's two commercial thoroughfares of Hamra and Corniche Mazraa was almost bumper-to-bumper, with reinforced traffic police on guard.
www.naharnet.com /domino/tn/Newsdesk.nsf/Lebanon/15C7A11EFC2E433B42256BD80037A0D9?OpenDocument&PRINT   (268 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-30)
Because of the ongoing civil upheaval in 1943, the French authorities rounded up and imprisoned President Béchara El-Khoury, Prime Minister Riad Al-Solh and several ministers.
On November 11th, seven legislative deputies, Henri Pharaon, Maroun Kanaan, Saeb Salam, Sabri Hamadé, Rachid Beydoun, Saadi Al-Mounla and Mohamed Al-Fadl successfully stormed the French-guarded parliament building to raise the new national flag.
All the deputies had signed the model of the new flag, drawn by Henri Pharaon.
www.wlcu.com /Culture/Otherarticles/flag.htm   (335 words)

  
 Zgharta Zawie Online Magazine
He faced the rise of the then powerful PLO and the multiple incidents between the Lebanese Army and the Palestinians.
The Verdun operation, which resulted in the death of three major PLO figures, ended his long political partnership with PM Saeb Salam.
Political and Governmental instability followed the year 1973 and ended in the outbreak of the civil war in 1975.
www.caza-zgharta.com /Whoswho/SFrangie.htm   (525 words)

  
 BEIRUT HIT BY 11-HOUR AIR RAID; EVACUATION TALKS ARE HALTED; "Outraged" Reagan Calls Begin/ NYT (1982) ...
The key Lebanese intermediary in the negotiations, former Prime Minister Saeb Salam, called the special United States envoy, Philip C. Habib, as the Israeli jets were overhead and told him to ''go home,'' according to a source involved in the negotiations.
The Lebanese police said Israeli jets divebombed areas surrounding the Soviet Embassy compound in Corniche Mazraa and the oceanside residential neighborhoods of Rouche and Ramlet al Baida.
Former Prime Minister Salam, meeting with reporters in his walled mansion tonight, repeatedly charged the United States with responsibility for the Israeli bombing.
pierretristam.com /Bobst/library/wf-271.htm   (1085 words)

  
 Saeb Salam in TutorGig Encyclopedia
'Saeb Salam' (1905-21 January 2000) (Arabic: 5'&(3D'E) was a Lebanese politician, who served as Prime Minister four times between 1952 and 1973.
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www.tutorgig.com /ed/Saeb_Salam   (912 words)

  
 Naharnet Newsdesk - Riyadi Defeats Sagesse, Wins Lebanese Basketball Championship
Defending champion Riyadi has clinched the Lebanese Basketball Championship for the second time in a row after defeating Sagesse 100-78.
The yellow team grabbed the title during a mesmerizing game at Saeb Salam hall in Manara.
This was the fifth title that Riyadi received this season after winning major championships including the Lebanon Cup, the Arab Club championship and the Dubai international tournament.
www.naharnet.com /domino/tn/Newsdesk.nsf/0/36F3E1E75D4216A6C22571930033380B?OpenDocument   (93 words)

  
 The Lebanon War, Lebanese Civil War   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-30)
After the National Front coalition of Kamal Jumblatt and Saeb Salam received major setbacks in the parliamentary elections of 1958 the coalition and its Druze and Sunni supporters decided to take to the streets and turned to violence through open rebellion against the government.
Prime Minister Saib Salam claimed that Army commander General Alexander Ghanim--a Maronite--had disobeyed orders by not resisting the Israeli raid, and he threatened to resign unless Ghanim were stripped of his rank.
Because Ghanim was allowed to remain as army commander (until he was replaced by Hanna Said in September 1975), Salam did resign and was succeeded by a series of weak prime ministers.
www.cedarland.org /war.html   (21117 words)

  
 CEDARLORD's Lebanese Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-30)
This policy was not welcomed, not even by the majority of Christians, as for the minority of Christians who did support him, Chamoun had convinced them that they were a minority in the Middle-East and that they should protect their rights from threats such as Nasser.
The opposition to Chamoun was initially led by Deputy Hamid Franjiye (A Christian Maronite) in a coalition with Rashid Karame, Saeb Salam (Two Muslims) and Kamal Joumblatt (A Druze).
Hamid Franjiye became ill and unable to resume his political life, the others carried on the opposition which made it look like a religious opposition due to the lack Christian leadership in that opposition.
www.fortunecity.com /meltingpot/stelmo/615/1958.htm   (634 words)

  
 Saeb Tabrezi - Page 2 - Afghan Forums
Saeb Tabrezi - Page 2 - Afghan Forums
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Here's the English translated poem of Sa'eb Tabrizi about Kabul city.
www.afghanforums.com /showthread.php?goto=lastpost&threadid=2295   (329 words)

  
 Lebanonwire.com | Wehda beats Riyadi in friendly hoops match
Riyadi Basketball Club lost against Syrian Wehda 88-94 on Wednesday after the two teams drew in the full-time 80-80.
The friendly game was held at Riyadi’s Saeb Salam court in the Manara area.
The first quarter ended in favor of the Syrian club 24-21, which extended its lead to five points 44-39 by the half.
www.lebanonwire.com /0310/03101013DS.asp   (388 words)

  
 The History in Numbers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-30)
The home court, Saeb Salam Stadium, was built in 1991.
The Saeb Salam Stadium's capacity is 1,500 spectators.
Participated in 186 games abroad and won 115.
www.angelfire.com /games/riyadi/history.htm   (51 words)

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