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Daouk slams shooting at journalists in Tripoli
Walid Daouk condemned the shooting at several journalists Wednesday in the latest round of violence to overwhelm Tripoli. The vehicle of the English-language Al-Jazeera TV crew came under fire ...
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String of thefts as criminals impersonate ISF officers
BEIRUT: Enterprising criminals are impersonating security officers to steal everything from scooters to phone credit, in what appears to be a growing trend amid an overall rise in crime. Internal Security Forces announced Wednesday they had arrested two individuals for impersonating security personnel, one of whom was also charged with attempted robbery. The arrests took ...
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High pesticide levels found in local produce
Trade Ministry reawakened old food concerns Wednesday, warning shoppers that recent tests showed signs of pesticide overuse in locally grown fruits and vegetables. Tests conducted by the Consumer Protection Department of the ministry revealed that some products had dangerous levels of pesticides, some containing chemical deposits from pesticides banned in Lebanon. The warning comes after a ...
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Southern suburbs receive dead from Qusair
Hezbollah and its supporters prepared to celebrate the May 25, 2000, withdrawal of Israeli troops from south Lebanon, the atmposphere was glum at the Iran-funded Rassoul al-Aazam Hospital, where their wounded fighters, back from Syria’s Qusair, were seeking treatment. A middle-aged man waited anxiously on a bench in the hospital’s main hall Wednesday, surrounded by members of his ...
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NGOs U.N. No major refugee influx in north Bekaa Valley
United Nations say they have yet to see an anticipated corresponding refugee influx into Lebanon. "After the recent clashes in the village of Qusair, DRC was expecting a large number of refugees ...
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Hostages’ families say left to face unknown
Mariam Saleh, left, whose husband Jamil Saleh is one of the kidnapped pilgrims, speaks during an interview with The Daily Star in Beirut's southern suburbs, Monday, May 20, 2013. (The Daily Star/Hasan ...
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Sidon on edge after tense burial of Hezbollah fighter
Hezbollah while fighting for the Islamist party, which supports President Bashar Assad’s regime, during the raging battle for the town of Qusair in the Syrian province of Homs. The son of a Sunni father and a Shiite mother, Sabbagh became a Shiite and joined Hezbollah years ago. His family, with the exception of his mother, insisted he be buried at a Sunni cemetery in Sidon. But a group ...
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Syrian rebels stay out of Tripoli fight
Syrian refugees protest in front of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) offices in Tripoli, Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013. (The Daily Star/Antoine ...
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Union Accounting errors a stall tactic on wage hike
Finance Ministry of intentionally submitting salary scale bills with errors in them in a bid to delay the ratification of a wage hike in Parliament. "On three different occasions the Finance Ministry has sent a salary scale plan that contained accounting errors. Had they assigned school children to draft the salary scale, they would have been successful by now," said Nehme Mahfoud, ...
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France seeks to brand Hezbollah as terrorist group
Laurent Fabius said on Wednesday. "Because of the decisions that have been taken by Hezbollah and the fact that they are fighting very harshly the Syrian population, we have decided to ask that the military branch of the Hezbollah would be considered as a terrorist organisation," Fabius told reporters in English. The United States has long designated the Lebanon-based militant group, ...
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Lebanon Transit adopts $3.88M budget
Shared-rider users of Lebanon Transit Authority's paratransit mini-buses will see their fares adjusted in July. Some, including seniors 65 and over, will see their fares rise, while others will see a decline. The fare change is being made to accommodate a new software system Lebanon Transit will be using that keeps track of ridership on a miles-traveled basis, explained financial officer ...
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Friends of Syria demands withdrawal of Hezbollah Iran fighters
AMMAN (Reuters) - The Friends of Syrian alliance called on Iran and its Lebanese Hezbollah ally on Thursday to withdraw fighters immediately from Syrian territory and described their armed presence in the country as a threat to regional stability. In a communiqué issued after a meeting in Amman, the alliance said any transitional government in Syria being proposed as a core of a ...
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France wants Hezbollah on terror blacklist
FRANCE will call for the military arm of Hezbollah to be added to an EU terror blacklist due to its backing of the Syrian regime, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius says. "Because of the decisions that have been taken by Hezbollah and the fact that they are fighting very harshly the Syrian population, we have decided to ask that the military branch of the Hezbollah would be considered as ...
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Hezbollahs Fallen Soldiers - By Phillip Smyth
Where is the decision on Afghanistan? Amid comeback, Petraeus at center of Benghazi; Sexual assault prevention workers to get furlough reprieve; Whose fault is sexual assault? No pics of bin Laden; and a little bit more. - by Gordon ...
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Farmer’s market in Lebanon opens June 1
Lebanon will sponsor a regional farmer’s market from 9 a.m. to noon each Saturday morning June 1 through Oct. 12 at town hall, 579 Exeter Road, Lebanon. Twenty vendors will have local vegetables, fruits, cheeses, meats and plants for sale. There will also be live music, a goat feeding, lessons from a master gardener and produce samples. Free, reusable ';Lebanon Farmer's ...
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With Hezbollah coffins Syria now exporting conflict
HERMEL, Lebanon - On a country road in Lebanon's northeast, traffic is heavy; ambulances screech by, sirens blaring, and cars packed with mourners follow coffins as Hezbollah brings wounded fighters home from Syria, and its dead.With the bodies from the battle over the border at Qusair, comes the violence, as civil conflict between Syria's Iranian-backed ruler and Sunni rebels ...
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Lebanon borough school chief loses court appeal
LEBANON — The Appellate Division of the state Superior Court has upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit filed by Chief School Administrator Dominic Costanzo. ...
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3 in Europe Now Oppose Hezbollah
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Germany and Britain Push to List Hezbollah as a Terror Group
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Hezbollah Fighters Pose New Threat In Syria
WASHINGTON -- The civil war in Syria is taking a new, and possibly ominous turn, in the battle for Qusair, a small but strategic town near the frontier with Lebanon. For the first time, the mainly Sunni Muslim rebels seeking to oust Syrian President Bashar al-Assad have been fighting Syrian troops backed by a large contingent of battle-hardened guerrillas from Hezbollah, the militant Lebanese ...
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EU terror listing for Hizbollah wing
BRUSSELS // Germany will back a British drive to put the armed wing of Hizbollah on the European Union's list of terrorist organisations, German diplomats said yesterday. Britain said on Tuesday it wanted the EU to add Hizbollah's military wing to its terror list because of evidence that the Lebanese militant group was behind a bus bombing in Bulgaria in July that killed five Israelis ...
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EU consider labelling Hezbollah military wing a terrorist group say officials
BRUSSELS – The European Union is reassessing whether to declare the Lebanese party Hezbollah's military wing a terrorist organization, a move it has long shied from despite pressure from the U.S., officials said Wednesday. The move is bolstered by Germany's change of heart on the issue after long resisting calls to list Hezbollah as a terrorist organization for fear it could ...
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Kerry Complains About Hezbollah Fighters in Syria
Prison Planet.com May 22, 2013 During a meeting with Jordan’s King Abdullah II in Amman, Secretary of State John Kerry said Hezbollah is fighting alongside al-Assad’s soldiers in Syria with Iranian support, according ...
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Lebanon Countys primary roundup
Here are highlights from Lebanon County's primary election: David Arnold, Lebanon County's incumbent district attorney, captured the Republican nomination for a third four-year term Tuesday. With all 56 precincts reporting, Arnold earned 5,603 primary votes, compared to 3,033 for Elizabeth Judd. Lebanon County Republican voters went with experience on Tuesday by overwhelmingly ...
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Lebanon Spillover of violence from Syria
18/12/2012 04:06 CET Anti-government fighters in Syria are continuing to clash with the army in the border town of Al Qusair. It is some of the fiercest fighting seen in months in the country’s two year old civil war, which is now said to have cost over 80,000 lives. Government air strikes and shelling have rocked the town as the two sides battle it out for control. Syrian TV claimed ...
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Lebanon on the up despite uncertainty over future conflicts
Lebanon has seen strong economic growth since the 2006 war between Israel and Lebanon and the tourism sector, along with construction is experiencing strong signs of confidence from investors. If all goes well, the country may be able to shake off perceptions in the international community of a war-torn and politically unstable country.
The war in 2006 between Hezbollah and Israel had a severe impact on Lebanon. Tourism in 2006 plummeted as international holidaymakers shied away from a country seen as unstable, plagued by an internal lack of security and on the verge of another war, as Israel warned of future military action if the government did not do more to disarm Hezbollah. While some progress has been made in this regard, the greater achievement is the country’s resurgence in the areas of investment, construction and tourism even as the global economy quivers at the edge of a possible second downturn in Europe. Read more
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