<HTML><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"><style>.bluebg {background-color: #004080;font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 10px;color: #FFFFFF;}.verwhite2bold {font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12px;font-weight: bold;color: #FFFFFF;text-decoration: none;}.blackbg {font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 9px;background-color: #000000;}.verwhite1 { font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 10px;font-weight: normal;color: #FFFFFF;}.verwhite1Bold {font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 10px;font-weight: bold;color: #FFFFFF;}.sectiontitle {font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14px;color: #000000;text-decoration: none;font-weight: bold;}.verblack1 {font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12px;color: #000000;text-decoration: none;font-weight: normal;}</style> <title>HTMLMail</title></head><Body><table width='100%' border='0' cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0'><tr> <td height='15' align='left' valign='middle' class='bluebg'> <table width='100%' border='0' cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0'> <tr class='verwhite2bold'> <td width='50%' class='verwhite1bold'> The Middle East's Leading English Newspaper</td> <td width='50%' align='right' class='verwhite1'> Monday, March 12, 2007</td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td height='50' align='center' valign='bottom'><table width='100%' border='0' cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0'> <tr align='center' valign='middle'> <td width='33%'></td> <td width='33%'><a href='http://www.dailystar.com.lb/'><img src='http://www.dailystar.com.lb//images/dslogo.gif' width='380' height='45' border='0'></a></td> <td width='33%'></td> </tr> </table> <table width='95%' border='0' align='center' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0'> <tr> <td class='sectiontitle'>Message from your Friend</td> </tr> <tr> <td class='blackbg' height='1'></td> </tr> <tr> <td><table width='100%' border='0' cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0'> <tr align='left' valign='top'> <td height='15'></td> </tr> <tr align='left' valign='top'> <td width='60%' class='verblack1'></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td height='20'></td> </tr> <tr> <td class='verblack1'> Click the following to access the sent link:</td> </tr> <tr> <td class='verblack1'> <a href=http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?article_ID=80369&categ_ID=2&edition_id=1>Self-hating Lebanese - a peculiar national malady </a></td> </tr> <tr> <td class='verblack1'> Or copy and paste the following link in your browser address bar:</td> </tr> <tr> <td class='verblack1'> http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?article_ID=80369&categ_ID=2&edition_id=1</td> </tr> <tr> <td class='verblack1'> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class='verblack1'><u>Abstract:</u></td> </tr> <tr> <td class='verblack1'> Since 1943, the Lebanese have been taught to hate themselves. The unrelenting psychological pressure has led to socio-political personality disorders that are threatening Lebanon with an impending implosion. Today's political crisis is merely a continuation of the state of denial that so many Lebanese prefer to live in.</td> </tr> </table></body></HTML>