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Mt. Lebanon deemed Tree City (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
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Thu, 03 May 2007 04:20:13 GMT

Standing on a patch of land near an entrance to Bird Park in Mt. Lebanon, fourth-grader Jenny Stein joined four other Markham Elementary School students in shoveling the last piles of dirt onto a newly planted tree.


Khalilzad To Face Showdown on Lebanon (The New York Sun)
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Thu, 03 May 2007 04:20:51 GMT

UNITED NATIONS — In one of the first tests of his diplomatic skills as America's new ambassador here, Zalmay Khalilzad is about to face a Security Council showdown on Lebanon that could have wide implications for the Middle East and the war on terror. Mr. Khalilzad — an alumnus of the American University in Beirut — assumed the monthly rotating presidency of the council May 1, on only his second ...


UN to weigh Lebanon options after mission fails (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
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Wed, 02 May 2007 20:13:00 GMT

The U.N. Security Council faced a divisive debate over setting up a court in the murder of Lebanon's former prime minister after a U.N. envoy reported on Wednesday he had failed to break the deadlock in Beirut.


After the war in Lebanon... the battle for Israel (Independent)
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Wed, 02 May 2007 23:04:40 GMT

The struggle for control of an Israeli government gripped by aftershocks from the failures of last year's bloody Lebanon war began in earnest last night after Tzipi Livni, the Foreign Minister, called on the Prime Minister to resign.


‘No Progress’ In Lebanon (Scoop.co.nz)
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Wed, 02 May 2007 22:35:16 GMT

Lebanon’s key political forces have made no progress in ending their deadlock over the ratification of a planned special tribunal to try the suspected killers of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, the United Nations Legal Counsel said today after briefing the Security Council on his recent visit to the country.


UN to weigh Lebanon options after mission fails (Tiscali)
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Thu, 03 May 2007 00:58:01 GMT

The world body had hoped Lebanon would agree on a law establishing the court after it asked the council to approve the tribunal and investigate the killing of Rafik al-Hariri and 22 others in a bombing in Beirut on February 14, 2005.


Search For Missing Lebanon Women May Be Scaled Back (WHIO-TV 7 Dayton)
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Wed, 02 May 2007 20:56:44 GMT

LEBANON, Ohio -- Authorities expect the intense search for two missing southwest Ohio women will be pulled back soon. Major John Newsom with the Warren County sheriff's office said efforts to find 68-year-old Mary Ellen Waters and 80-year-old Ada Wasson will be kept up as long as possible.


Israeli foreign minister calls for premier to resign over Lebanon war (USA Today)
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Wed, 02 May 2007 14:47:48 GMT

Israel's foreign minister has joined those calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert over his handling of the war in Lebanon. I told him that resignation would be the right thing for him to do, Foreign Minister Tzipi...


Eritrea: Eritreans in Lebanon, Syria And Jordan Hold Discussions (AllAfrica.com)
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Wed, 02 May 2007 21:08:55 GMT

Eritreans residing in Lebanon, Syria and Jordan held discussion on the objective situation in the Homeland and their participation in development programs.


Lebanon talks gas tax (2) (Cnylink)
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Wed, 02 May 2007 19:09:26 GMT

High energy prices threaten to undercut the town of Lebanon's attempts to tax natural gas being produced within its borders. A 2005 bill introduced by Assemblyman William Magee