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Killings add to Lebanon's sectarian unrest (Los Angeles Times)
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Sat, 28 Apr 2007 04:29:43 GMT

As Ziad Ghandour, 12, and Ziad Qabalan, 25, are buried, Sunnis march in anger and politicians appeal for calm. BEIRUT — As Lebanon braced for possible civil unrest, hundreds of people marched here Friday behind the coffins of two Sunni Muslim youths killed this week.


Israel's military denies incursion into Lebanon (AFP via Yahoo! News)
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Fri, 27 Apr 2007 07:36:34 GMT

Israel's military on Friday denied claims by the Lebanese army that an Israeli patrol had crossed into southern Lebanon one day earlier.


N. Lebanon man charged with rape (The Patriot-News)
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Sat, 28 Apr 2007 04:08:02 GMT

A North Lebanon Twp. man was charged yesterday with raping a woman he met through a dating service, Susquehanna Twp. police said. John Field, 31, of Aspen Way, was arrested at his home and arraigned before District Judge Raymond Shugars on charges of rape and theft by unlawful taking.


Olmert ‘is ready to quit’ over Lebanon conflict (Times Online)
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Fri, 27 Apr 2007 21:36:46 GMT

Ehud Olmert could resign as Prime Minister of Israel after publication on Monday of a report into last summer’s war in Lebanon. The government-appointed inquiry into the conflict has reached “conclusions of a personal nature against the Prime Minister himself”, a spokesman for the commission said.


Regional powers fight over Lebanon (BBC News)
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Fri, 27 Apr 2007 08:17:38 GMT

The BBC's Kim Ghattas reports on efforts by the US, Iran and Saudi Arabia to gain influence in tiny Lebanon.


Lebanon completes its city-wide Wi-Fi system (Corvallis Gazette-Times)
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Sat, 28 Apr 2007 00:39:38 GMT

LEBANON — Tightening the bolts on a lamp post over Kees Street west of Lebanon early Wednesday morning, Consumers Power lineman Steve Vaughan mounted one more radio transmitter in the citywide wireless fidelity system.


Crescent Valley boys top Lebanon (Corvallis Gazette-Times)
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Sat, 28 Apr 2007 00:26:13 GMT

The Crescent Valley High boys tennis team defeated Lebanon 7-1 in a Mid-Willamette Conference match on Tuesday. The Raiders swept the doubles matches, and had wins in three of the four singles matches.


Killings mark pullout anniversary / 2 years ago, Syria withdrew from Lebanon -- leaders call for restraint after ... (San Francisco Chronicle)
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Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:51:49 GMT

The second anniversary of Syria's withdrawal from Lebanon in the face of huge popular protests after the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri ended in two gruesome killings Thursday. The bodies of Ziad Qabalan, 25, and Ziad Ghandour, 12,...


Political rivals in Lebanon unite to condemn killings (Gulf News)
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Fri, 27 Apr 2007 23:03:55 GMT

Beirut : Several thousand people bid farewell yesterday to a man and a 12-year-old boy whose murder shocked Lebanon and caused rival political leaders to reach out to each other to stop the country from reverting to the sectarian bloodshed of its past.


Murder in Lebanon sparks fear of strife (UPI)
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Fri, 27 Apr 2007 17:12:46 GMT

Murder in Lebanon is not like murder anywhere else and when two were killed this week in what appears to be a common crime, political jitters naturally rise.