Articles from The Daily Star (Beirut, Lebanon) (November 3, 2009)

Title	Author	Type	Words
Arab Bank profits drop 25 percent in first nine months.			631
Auto giant Ford turns prudence into profit with third-quarter payout.			810
Biden, Barzani stress need for new Iraqi election law.			1025
Britain seeks to end five years of frost with Russia.			604
Brutal storms wreak devastation across country, flood roads.			527
Children gather at Phoenicia to celebrate differences.			537
Committees can present case to court on missing people.			221
Deep frustration in Jordan.			866
Dozens killed as fighting erupts across Somalia.			607
Dubai property prices rise 9 percent after slump.			439
FPM official charged with defaming army.			150
Glimmers of optimism emerge on cabinet.			1054
Gulf banks urged to merge to weather crisis.			411
Iran wants new nuclear fuel talks amid deepening doubts.			679
Israel delays expulsion of children of foreign workers.			373
Italian leader dines with Sleiman before troop visit.			272
Karzai declared Afghan president after election commission cancels run-off.			557
Lebanese banks maintain high profits despite global crisis.			848
Lebanese expats tell of hardship in Equatorial Guinea.			151
Lebanon prosperity ranks 86th globally, 8th in MENA.			525
Minority sects demand role in government.			408
Need for US-sponsored Arab-Israeli deal.			796
North Korea demands direct dialogue with United States.			655
Rafik Hariri birthday marked at Al-Amin Mosque.			163
Security suffers amid shortage of army equipment.			794
Suicide bomber kills 35 near Pakistan capital.			547
Syria launches its first electricity privatization tender.			543
The birth of a new news medium.			926
The underground methods of culture under siege.			638
Time running out to break climate deadlock, warn UN and Denmark.			644
Tourism at risk as rain stumps leaders.			572
Tripoli lawyers strike over 'unacceptable' ISF treatment.			572
UAE economy recovering, inflation to rise 3 percent.			481
US corporate lender files for largest bankruptcy in American history.			769
Zahle MP Skaff promises to revive Popular Bloc.			205
Zig-zagging Iran in no hurry to cut nuclear deal.			968