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Lebanon sends six to state equestrian meet
The Oregon State athletic department announced on Tuesday that former head strength and conditioning coach Jeff Macy will return to Corvallis ...
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Hezbollah fighters fight rebels near Syria capital
Residents of Qusayr in Syria's central Homs province wave yellow Hezbollah flags on June 5. Fighters from Lebanon's Hezbollah joined Syrian troops battling rebels near Damascus on Wednesday, monitors said, as President Bashar al-Assad's regime kept up a push to cut off the insurgents' supply ...
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Assad forces build up for Aleppo offensive
Forces loyal to Syria's embattled President Bashar Assad are reported to be tightening a cordon around the northern city of Aleppo, once the country's commercial heart, in a major offensive against rebels who hold 60 percent of the ...
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Baath MP accused Lebanon President of high treason
Baath Party MP Assem Qanso on Wednesday accused President Michel Suleiman of high treason and called for his prosecution after the latter filed a memorandum of complaint to the UN concerning Syrian violations of Lebanese sovereignty. "We will work, according to the constitution and laws, on prosecuting the president for high ...
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Syrian refugee students battle with Lebanese exams
Syrian students take exams in the Lebanese town of Tripoli last week. Forced by Syria's war to sit her secondary school diploma exam in northern Lebanon, Riham Othman, 19, bursts into tears, fearing the Lebanese authorities will never recognise the test ...
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Hezbollah Advances Will Help Palestinian Resistance Brigades
Brigades in Gaza on Friday said advances in Hezbollah's weapons capabilities would benefit the Palestinian resistance. Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on Thursday said his movement had sent the reconnaissance drone shot down over Israel last weekend.The Gaza-based Al-Mujahideen Brigades described Hezbollah's operation as "unprecedented" and said it proved that ...
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Drone Downed by Israel Sent by Hezbollah
Former US President Jimmy Carter has downplayed the US influence over Israel and Palestine, saying its record low sway on either side hinders resolution of prolonged Palestinian-Israeli ...
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Lebanese army sets up Sidon outposts in wake of armed clashes
The Lebanese army deploy in the southern town of Sidon's eastern suburb of Abra. AFP photo The Lebanese Army sets up Wednesday outposts in the volatile areas east ...
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Gunmen briefly kidnap farmer in Lebanon’s Baalbek
BEIRUT: Unidentified gunmen briefly kidnapped early Wednesday a farmer after blocking the path of two vehicles in Baalbek, east Lebanon, security sources ...
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Lebanese March 14 coalition call for Hezbollahs Syria withdrawal
The March 14 coalition called Tuesday for an immediate withdrawal of Hezbollah from the fighting in Syria and the deployment of the Lebanese Army along the tense border to prevent recurrent attacks on Lebanon.In a memorandum delivered to President Michel Sleiman, the coalition also called for ...
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Syria peace talks delayed after Putin unyielding
Syrian peace talks will be delayed after Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed to boycott talks that assume President Bashar Assad will resign, officials said. The international peace conference in Geneva, Switzerland, proposed by Washington and Moscow six weeks ago to be held as soon as May is now likely to be delayed until September, a Western official told several news organizations after ...
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As Europe Debates Hezbollah Question Burgas Probe Called into Question
JTA On a continent led by Western capitals with diminishing sympathy for Israel's problems, Jerusalem has come to rely on Eastern European allies in its drive to have Hezbollah placed on the European Union's list of terrorist organizations.In February, Israel seemed to score a breakthrough on this front when the Bulgarian government implicated the Lebanese group in a deadly bus ...
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Gasoline prices continue slow rise
Lebanon increased by LL200, the Energy and Water Ministry's weekly fuel price update showed Wednesday.The price of the 95-octane gasoline is LL33,500 while the 98-octane is LL34,200, each increasing by LL200 from last week.Kerosene, fuel oil and diesel prices also went up LL100 and now respectively sell at LL26,700, LL25,300 and LL25,100.All prices are per 20 ...
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Beiruts Le Bristol to spend $30m on renovation
Lebanon's iconic hotel Le Bristol has announced plans to invest up to $30m in renovations, despite the security and political turmoil that wreaked havoc on the country's tourism sector, The Daily Star has reported. "This hotel is 62 years old so we are thinking about the next 50 years, not the next 50 days," said the hotel's chairman, Pierre Doumet. The nine-month ...
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Banque Libano-Francaise reports surge in Q1 income
Lebanese lender Banque Libano-Francaise has reported a surge in first-quarter net profit to $38.6m, compared with $8.8m in the same period of 2012, The Daily Star has reported. Net assets, however, fell 1% year-on-year to $10.4bn at the end of March. Customers' deposits also dropped slightly to $9bn at March-end from the total recorded at the end of 2012, the bank ...
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Lebanons public debt hit $59bn in April
The Association of Banks in Lebanon has said the country's public debt has grown by nearly $5bn during the term of former premier Najib Mikati's cabinet, The Daily Star has reported. "Based on the statistics provided by the Finance Ministry, the public debt rose by $5bn, 60% of which is foreign currency," head of the association, Makram Sader, told the daily. Sader blamed the ...
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EU Lebanon discuss Syrian refugee issue
Visiting EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton on Tuesday discussed with Lebanese officials the plight of Syrian refugees in the country and urged "a political solution to the conflict in Syria."According to a statement, Ashton said after a meeting with Lebanese President Michel Suleiman that "de-escalating tensions in Lebanon is a priority."Ashton said "any country ...
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Activists pelt Constitutional Council with tomatoes
Constitutional Council failed again to address legal challenges to Parliament's extension, its judges found their own legitimacy questioned by some two dozen protesters who rallied outside, some armed with nothing but posters and tomatoes. "The judges who refused to look into the challenges to Parliament's extension were committing a crime against the Constitution," said ...
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Citizen says he was detained over tweets
BEIRUT: The Office to Combat Cyber Crimes at the Internal Security Forces briefly detained a Lebanese Web developer Tuesday for insulting the president of the republic on ...
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Energy firms eyeing all areas of Lebanon’s waters
Caretaker Energy Minister Gebran Bassil, center, speaks during Lebanon's first offshore licensing round in Dbayeh, Tuesday, June 18, 2013. (The Daily Star/Mohammad ...
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Lebanon hospital to hold babysitter training
LEBANON -- Kids from 11 to 13 years old who are interested in babysitting work can learn all they need to know at a Safe Sitter class this ...
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Lebanon Support Needed for Syrian Refugees and Their Hosts
Wednesday, 19 June 2013, 10:41 am Press Release: UN News Visiting Lebanon, UN Official Urges Greater Support for Syrian Refugees and Their HostsNew York, Jun 18 2013 - The United Nations refugee chief today urged greater support for those who have fled the conflict in Syria and for the countries hosting them, as he kicked off a visit to the region in Lebanon, where the pressure on local ...
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Syria to activate $1B loan to stabilizepound
Iran in order to stabilize the pound after it plummeted to a record low against the dollar this week. In response to mounting demands from Syrian banks to buy foreign currency from the central bank, the government Tuesday implemented the appropriate mechanisms to activate the credit line Iran extended in January, which would fund "a big part of the market needs," Mayaleh said. ...
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Multilane a technological oasis in Lebanon
Fadi Daou is leading an intentionally disconnected life at his villa in the mountains above Beirut. His sprawling estate is home to olive groves and dozens of varieties of fruits and vegetables; the building’s chairs, tables and shelves are made on site, and he pays a premium for top-of-the-line Internet connection and generators, giving him little reason to spend much time in Beirut. For ...
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Saad al-Zein elected VP of advertising association IAA
Saad al-Zein as vice president and area director for the International Advertising Association. "It is an honor for me to be selected for this great responsibility-filled position, even more so as the IAA celebrates its 75th anniversary this year," Zein was quoted as saying by an IAA statement."I aim to efficiently manage the expectations and financial obligations of the existing ...
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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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